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US 12,256,331 · App. 17/654,657 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Sidelink go-to-sleep indication

Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Yuchul Kim (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Karthika Paladugu (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/0235
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Patent No.
US 12,256,331
App. No.
17/654,657
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit or receive a go-to-sleep (GTS) indication relating to sidelink communication. The UE may enter a sleep state based at least in part on the GTS indication. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (58)

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more memories storing instructions configurable to be executed by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

receive, from another UE, a go-to-sleep (GTS) indication relating to sidelink communication; and

enter a sleep state based at least in part on the GTS indication.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication is received during an active duration of a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) operation.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication identifies at least one of a source identifier or a destination identifier associated with the GTS indication.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication indicates that the UE is not to receive data from the other UE.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a sidelink mode in which UEs perform resource selection, and the UE is not to transmit sidelink data, and

wherein the instructions configurable to be executed to cause the UE to enter the sleep state, are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

refrain from monitoring both a physical sidelink control channel and a physical sidelink shared channel.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a sidelink mode in which UEs perform resource selection, and the UE is to transmit sidelink data, and

wherein the instructions configurable to be executed to cause the UE to enter the sleep state, are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

monitor a physical sidelink control channel for first stage sidelink control information and refrain from monitoring a physical sidelink shared channel for second stage sidelink control information.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a sidelink mode in which a network entity performs resource allocation, and

wherein the instructions configurable to be executed to cause the UE to enter the sleep state, are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to;

refrain from monitoring both a physical sidelink control channel and a physical sidelink shared channel.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication is associated with a sidelink session, of a plurality of sidelink sessions, of the UE, and

wherein the sleep state is entered based at least in part on a determination that each of the plurality of sidelink sessions is associated with a respective GTS indication.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is enabled to support GTS indication for a first cast type, and the UE is not enabled to support GTS indication for a second cast type.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

transmit a request to receive the GTS indication.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the request indicates a duration for which the UE is to sleep.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the request is a sequence-based request.

13. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the request is indicated in a communication of a physical sidelink control channel or a physical sidelink shared channel.

14. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the GTS indication is indicated by acknowledgment feedback for the request.

15. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

receive acknowledgment feedback for the request prior to receiving the GTS indication.

16. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

receive acknowledgment feedback for the request; and

initiate a timer for receiving the GTS indication.

17. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

transmit, to the other UE, an additional GTS indication based at least in part on a determination that the UE is not to transmit data to the other UE; and

transmit, to the other UE, a request to receive the GTS indication based at least in part on a determination that the UE is not to receive data from the other UE.

18. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication that is received indicates that the other UE is not to transmit data to the UE and is not to receive data from the UE.

19. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication is received from the other UE, and

wherein the GTS indication includes a first bit indicating whether the UE is to sleep and a second bit indicating whether the other UE is to sleep.

20. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the GTS indication that is transmitted indicates that the UE is to sleep and is not to receive data.

21. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from another UE, a go-to-sleep (GTS) indication relating to sidelink communication; and

entering a sleep state based at least in part on the GTS indication.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the GTS indication received during an active duration of a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) operation.

23. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

transmitting a request to receive the GTS indication.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the GTS indication is indicated by acknowledgment feedback for the request.

25. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the other UE, an additional GTS indication based at least in part on a determination that the UE is not to transmit data to the other UE; and

transmitting, to the other UE, a request to receive the GTS indication based at least in part on a determination that the UE is not to receive data from the other UE.

26. The method of claim 21 , wherein the GTS indication that is received indicates that the other UE is not to transmit data to the UE and is not to receive data from the UE.

27. The method of claim 21 , wherein the GTS indication is received from the other UE, and

wherein the GTS indication includes a first bit indicating whether the UE is to sleep and a second bit indicating whether the other UE is to sleep.

28. The method of claim 21 , wherein the GTS indication that is transmitted indicates that the UE is to sleep and is not to receive data.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

receive, from another UE, a go-to-sleep (GTS) indication relating to sidelink communication; and

enter a sleep state based at least in part on the GTS indication.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving, from another UE, a go-to-sleep (GTS) indication relating to sidelink communication; and

means for entering a sleep state based at least in part on the GTS indication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; KIM, YUCHUL; CHEN, WANSHI; PALADUGU, KARTHIKA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059531/0820 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63161290 · Mar 15, 2021
Related Publication 20220295407A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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