IP Library Granted Patent US 12,082,158
Granted Patent B2
US 12,082,158 · App. 17/593,834 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Sidelink wake-up signal for a wireless device

Inventors: Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Haijing Hu (Los Gatos, CA); Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Hong He (San Jose, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Jie Cui (San Jose, CA); Manasa Raghavan (Sunnyvale, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Yang Tang (San Jose, CA); Zhibin Wu (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W72/02H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,082,158
App. No.
17/593,834
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for power savings by a wireless device. The technique including receiving, by a first wireless device, a set of sidelink resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device from a wireless node, determining, by the first wireless device, to transmit sidelink data to the second wireless device, receiving sidelink coordination information, the sidelink coordination information including discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of the second wireless device, transmitting a sidelink resources request to the wireless node, the sidelink resources request including assistance information based on the received sidelink coordination information, receiving a sidelink resources grant from the wireless node, and transmitting the sidelink data based on the sidelink resources grant.

Claims (46)

1. A method for power saving for a wireless device, comprising:

determining, by a first wireless device, a set of sidelink resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device, wherein determining the set of sidelink resources comprises:

sensing at least a portion of the set of sidelink resources to determine a set of candidate sidelink resources; and

adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources based on discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of the second wireless device, wherein adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources comprises excluding candidate sidelink resources based on a comparison of the candidate sidelink resources in the set of candidate sidelink resources and a DRX-on duration time indicated in the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device;

receiving sidelink coordination information, the sidelink coordination information including the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device;

selecting, from the set of adjusted candidate sidelink resources, a sidelink resource; and

transmitting sidelink data to the second wireless device on the selected sidelink resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device is received from the second wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device is received from a third wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources comprises adjusting a start time of the candidate sidelink resources based on a DRX-on duration start time indicated in the received DRX configuration of the second wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources comprises adjusting an end time of the candidate sidelink resources based on a DRX-on duration end time indicated in the received DRX configuration of the second wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources comprises:

adjusting a start time of the candidate sidelink resources based on a DRX-on duration start time indicated in the received DRX configuration of the second wireless device; and

adjusting an end time of the candidate sidelink resources based on a DRX-on duration end time indicated in the received DRX configuration of the second wireless device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

tracking a DRX status of the second wireless device; and

transmitting a sidelink message to the second wireless device based on the tracked DRX status.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein tracking the DRX status of the second wireless device comprises:

monitoring the set of sidelink resources for sidelink messages addressed to the second wireless device; and

adjusting the tracked DRX status of the second wireless device based on a received sidelink message addressed to the second wireless device.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein tracking the DRX status of the second wireless device comprises:

monitoring the set of sidelink resources for sidelink messages transmitted by the second wireless device; and

adjusting the tracked DRX status of the second wireless device based on a received sidelink message transmitted by the second wireless device.

10. A method for power saving for a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device, a set of sidelink resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device from a wireless node, wherein determining the set of sidelink resources comprises:

sensing at least a portion of the set of sidelink resources to determine a set of candidate sidelink resources; and

adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources based on discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of the second wireless device, wherein adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources comprises excluding candidate sidelink resources based on a comparison of the candidate sidelink resources in the set of candidate sidelink resources and a DRX-on duration time indicated in the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device;

receiving sidelink coordination information, the sidelink coordination information including the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device;

transmitting a sidelink resources request to the wireless node, the sidelink resources request including assistance information based on the received sidelink coordination information;

receiving a sidelink resources grant from the wireless node; and

transmitting sidelink data based on the sidelink resources grant.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the assistance information comprises an identifier of the second wireless device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the assistance information comprises the DRX configuration information.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the assistance information comprises time restriction information based on the DRX configuration information.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device is received from the second wireless device.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device is received from a third wireless device.

16. A wireless device comprising:

an antenna;

a radio operably coupled to the antenna; and

a processor operably coupled to the radio, wherein the wireless device is configured to:

determine a set of sidelink resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device, wherein determining the set of sidelink resources comprises:

sensing at least a portion of the set of sidelink resources to determine a set of candidate sidelink resources; and

adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources based on discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of the second wireless device, wherein adjusting the set of candidate sidelink resources comprises excluding candidate sidelink resources based on a comparison of the candidate sidelink resources in the set of candidate sidelink resources and a DRX-on duration time indicated in the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device;

receive sidelink coordination information, the sidelink coordination information including the DRX configuration information of the second wireless device;

select, from the set of candidate sidelink resources, a sidelink resource; and

transmit sidelink data to the second wireless device on the selected sidelink resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: ZHANG, YUSHU; YE, CHUNXUAN; ZHANG, DAWEI; HU, HAIJING; SUN, HAITONG; HE, HONG; NIU, HUANING; CUI, JIE; RAGHAVAN, MANASA; OTERI, OGHENEKOME; YE, SIGEN; ZENG, WEI; YANG, WEIDONG; TANG, YANG; WU, ZHIBIN
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 057596/0326 →
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