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Granted Patent B2
US 12,363,653 · App. 17/647,722 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Sidelink slots with multiple automatic gain control symbols

Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu (Fort Lee, NJ); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Xiaojie Wang (Hillsborough, NJ); Hua Wang (Basking Ridge, NJ); Wooseok Nam (San Diego, CA); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Piyush Gupta (Bridgewater, NJ); Kobi Ravid (Closter, NJ); Lik Hang Silas Fong (Bridgewater, NJ); Chih-Hao Liu (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/52H04W72/02H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,363,653
App. No.
17/647,722
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring sidelink slots with multiple automatic gain control symbols. One aspect provides a method for wireless communication by a user equipment, including enabling a slot configuration comprising at least two symbols configured for use by a receiver for automatic gain control in preconfigured symbol locations within a slot, and transmitting the at least two symbols while transmitting symbols within the slot.

Claims (42)

1. A method for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

enabling a slot configuration of a slot, wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control in preconfigured symbol locations within the slot, wherein the at least two automatic gain control symbols comprise a first automatic gain control symbol and a second automatic gain control symbol, wherein the first automatic gain control symbol is a first symbol within the slot and a symbol location of the second automatic gain control symbol within the slot is configured for receiving a transmission from a second UE that is an interference transmission of a sidelink transmission from the second UE, and wherein the sidelink transmission from the second UE is intended for a third UE;

receiving the at least two automatic gain control symbols while receiving automatic gain control symbols within the slot; and

adjusting an automatic gain control setting after receiving each automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot configuration is associated with a resource pool configuration in which all slot configurations associated with the resource pool configuration include the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use by a receiver for automatic gain control in the preconfigured symbol locations.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving the resource pool configuration from a base station.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two mini-slots within the slot.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots comprises one automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control as a first symbol in the mini-slot.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots is separated by at least one gap symbol within the slot.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot is a sidelink slot.

8. A first user equipment (UE) configured for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions and cause the first UE to:

enable a slot configuration of a slot, wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control in preconfigured symbol locations within the slot, wherein the at least two automatic gain control symbols comprise a first automatic gain control symbol and a second automatic gain control symbol, wherein the first automatic gain control symbol is a first symbol within the slot and a symbol location of the second automatic gain control symbol within the slot is configured for receiving a transmission from a second UE that is an interference transmission of a sidelink transmission from the second UE, and wherein the sidelink transmission from the second UE is intended for a third UE;

receive the at least two automatic gain control symbols while receiving automatic gain control symbols within the slot; and

adjust an automatic gain control setting after receiving each automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control.

9. The first UE of claim 8 , wherein the slot configuration is associated with a resource pool configuration in which all slot configurations associated with the resource pool configuration include the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use by a receiver for automatic gain control in the preconfigured symbol locations.

10. The first UE of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions and further cause the first UE to receive the resource pool configuration from a base station.

11. The first UE of claim 8 , wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two mini-slots within the slot.

12. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots comprises one automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control as a first symbol in the mini-slot.

13. The first UE of claim 12 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots is separated by at least one gap symbol within the slot.

14. The first UE of claim 8 , wherein the slot is a sidelink slot.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first user equipment (UE), cause the first UE to perform a method of wireless communication, comprising:

enabling a slot configuration of a slot, wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control in preconfigured symbol locations within the slot, wherein the at least two automatic gain control symbols comprise a first automatic gain control symbol and a second automatic gain control symbol, wherein the first automatic gain control symbol is a first symbol within the slot and a symbol location of the second automatic gain control symbol within the slot is configured for receiving a transmission from a second UE that is an interference transmission of a sidelink transmission from the second UE, and wherein the sidelink transmission from the second UE is intended for a third UE;

receiving the at least two automatic gain control symbols while receiving automatic gain control symbols within the slot; and

adjusting an automatic gain control setting after receiving each automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the slot configuration is associated with a resource pool configuration in which all slot configurations associated with the resource pool configuration include the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use by a receiver for automatic gain control in the preconfigured symbol locations.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises receiving the resource pool configuration from a base station.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two mini-slots within the slot.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots comprises one automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control as a first symbol in the mini-slot.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots is separated by at least one gap symbol within the slot.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the slot is a sidelink slot.

22. A first user equipment (UE) configured for wireless communication, comprising:

means for enabling a slot configuration of a slot, wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control in preconfigured symbol locations within the slot, wherein the at least two automatic gain control symbols comprise a first automatic gain control symbol and a second automatic gain control symbol, wherein the first automatic gain control symbol is a first symbol within the slot and a symbol location of the second automatic gain control symbol within the slot is configured for receiving a transmission from a second UE that is an interference transmission of a sidelink transmission from the second UE, and wherein the sidelink transmission from the second UE is intended for a third UE;

means for receiving the at least two automatic gain control symbols while receiving automatic gain control symbols within the slot; and

means for adjusting an automatic gain control setting after receiving each automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use for automatic gain control.

23. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the slot configuration is associated with a resource pool configuration in which all slot configurations associated with the resource pool configuration include the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use by a receiver for automatic gain control in the preconfigured symbol locations.

24. The first UE of claim 23 , further comprising means for receiving the resource pool configuration from a base station.

25. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the slot configuration comprises at least two mini-slots within the slot.

26. The first UE of claim 25 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots comprises one automatic gain control symbol of the at least two automatic gain control symbols configured for use by a receiver for automatic gain control as a first symbol in the mini-slot.

27. The first UE of claim 26 , wherein each mini-slot of the at least two mini-slots is separated by at least one gap symbol within the slot.

28. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the slot is a sidelink slot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: RYU, JUNG HO; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; LUO, TAO; LI, JUNYI; GAAL, PETER; MONTOJO, JUAN; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; WANG, XIAOJIE; WANG, HUA; NAM, WOOSEOK; ZHOU, YAN; GUPTA, PIYUSH; RAVID, KOBI; FONG, LIK HANG SILAS; LIU, CHIH-HAO; SUN, JING
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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