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Granted Patent B2
US 12,309,877 · App. 18/330,872 · Granted May 20, 2025

Sidelink discovery procedure

Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Yisheng Xue (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Yongbin Wei (La Jolla, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W8/005H04L5/0055H04W72/02H04W72/1263H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,309,877
App. No.
18/330,872
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a first case, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit to a second UE a sidelink discovery message preamble corresponding to a sidelink discovery message. The first UE may identify resources for transmission of the sidelink discovery messages based on the sidelink discovery message preamble. The first UE may either transmit the sidelink discovery message to the second UE or may receive the sidelink discovery message from the second UE using the identified resources for the transmission of the sidelink discovery message. In some cases, the second UE may transmit sidelink control information (SCI) to the first UE, and may transmit a sidelink discovery message to the first UE based on resources identified in the SCI. In some cases, the first UE may transmit the sidelink discovery message without transmission of a preamble or a SCI.

Claims (20)

1. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

communicate, at a first user equipment (UE) and with a second UE, a sidelink control information message;

identify, at the first UE and based at least in part on the sidelink control information message, a set of resources from a configured set of resources for transmitting a sidelink discovery message to the second UE; and

transmit, after the sidelink control information message, the sidelink discovery message to the second UE using the identified set of resources.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to communicate the sidelink control information message are further executable to cause the at least one processor to:

transmit, from the first UE to the second UE, the sidelink control information message corresponding to the sidelink discovery message.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the sidelink control information message indicates to the second UE whether the set of resources for transmission of the sidelink discovery message are used for transmitting the sidelink discovery message by the first UE or receiving the sidelink discovery message at the first UE.

4. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

communicating, at a first user equipment (UE) and with a second UE, a sidelink control information message;

identifying, at the first UE and based at least in part on the sidelink control information message, a set of resources from a configured set of resources for transmitting a sidelink discovery message to the second UE; and

transmitting, after the sidelink control information message, the sidelink discovery message to the second UE using the identified set of resources.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein communicating the sidelink control information message comprises:

transmitting, from the first UE to the second UE, the sidelink control information message corresponding to the sidelink discovery message.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sidelink control information message indicates to the second UE whether the set of resources for transmission of the sidelink discovery message are used for transmitting the sidelink discovery message by the first UE or receiving the sidelink discovery message at the first UE.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to communicate the sidelink control information message are further executable to cause the at least one processor to:

receive, from the second UE, the sidelink control information message corresponding to the sidelink discovery message.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein communicating the sidelink control information message comprises:

receiving, from the second UE, the sidelink control information message corresponding to the sidelink discovery message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; SUN, JING; XUE, YISHENG; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; WEI, YONGBIN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 063893/0447 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17078905 · Oct 23, 2020
Provisional Application 62927645 · Oct 29, 2019
Related Publication 20230319540A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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