Granted Patent B2

US 12,375,203 · App. 17/138,849 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventors: Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L1/0007H04L1/0005H04L1/0068H04W4/40

Abstract

Claims (97)

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

receiving signaling comprising an indication of a demodulation reference signal pattern associated with a physical sidelink shared channel;

encoding sidelink information based at least in part on a transport block size, wherein the transport block size is based on a first quantity of resource elements within a slot, wherein the first quantity of resource elements within the slot is based on a second quantity of resource elements within a physical resource block, and on a third quantity of resource elements associated with first-stage sidelink control information, and on a fourth quantity of resource elements associated with second-stage sidelink control information, and wherein the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based on the indicated demodulation reference signal pattern; and

transmitting, to a second UE, the encoded sidelink information via the physical sidelink shared channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block, the second quantity of resource elements comprising an estimate quantity of resource elements associated with the physical resource block for sidelink communications,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining a quantity of allocated physical resource blocks for the sidelink communications; and

determining the first quantity of resource elements within the slot and associated with the allocated physical resource blocks for the sidelink communications based at least in part on the quantity of allocated physical resource blocks or the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block, or both,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the first quantity of resource elements within the slot for the sidelink communications.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

transmitting signaling comprising an indication of a quantity of symbols to use for transport block size determination,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the signaling.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

determining a quantity of allocated symbols associated with a physical sidelink control channel; and

subtracting the quantity of symbols to use for the transport block size determination from the quantity of allocated symbols associated with the physical sidelink control channel,

wherein determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based at least in part on the subtracting.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based at least in part on the quantity of symbols to use for the transport block size determination.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

subtracting the third quantity of resource elements occupied by a physical sidelink control channel that is associated with the first-stage sidelink control information from the first quantity of resource elements within the slot,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the subtracting.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting the first-stage sidelink control information on the physical sidelink control channel based at least in part on the transport block size.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining that the physical sidelink control channel and the physical sidelink shared channel are frequency division multiplexed,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the physical sidelink control channel and the physical sidelink shared channel being frequency division multiplexed.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that the physical sidelink shared channel occupies the first quantity of resource elements within the slot; and

adjusting an overhead of the physical sidelink control channel based at least in part on a value of the first quantity of resource elements occupied by the physical sidelink shared channel, wherein the overhead of the physical sidelink control channel is per slot, wherein the third quantity of resource elements occupied by the physical sidelink control channel is based at least in part on adjusting the overhead of the physical sidelink control channel.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining that the physical sidelink control channel and the physical sidelink shared channel are time division multiplexed,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on determining that the physical sidelink control channel and the physical sidelink shared channel are time division multiplexed.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining an overhead of the physical sidelink control channel per physical resource block based at least in part on determining that the physical sidelink shared channel and the physical sidelink control channel are time division multiplexed,

wherein the transport block size and the third quantity of resource elements occupied by the physical sidelink control channel is based at least in part on the overhead of the physical sidelink control channel being per physical resource block.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a first quantity of symbols associated with the physical sidelink control channel or the physical sidelink shared channel, or both;

determining a second quantity of symbols exclusively including the physical sidelink control channel; and

excluding the quantity of symbols exclusively including the physical sidelink control channel from the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block or the first quantity of resource elements within the slot, or both,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the excluding.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on an overhead of the physical sidelink control channel being per slot.

15. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

subtracting the fourth quantity of resource elements associated with the second-stage sidelink control information from the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block or the first quantity of resource elements within the slot, or both,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the subtracting.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining a control overhead associated with the second-stage sidelink control information based at least in part on a target code rate associated with a modulation coding scheme,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the control overhead associated with the second-stage sidelink control information.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining a control overhead associated with the second-stage sidelink control information; and

ignoring the control overhead associated with the second-stage sidelink control information,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on ignoring the control overhead associated with the second-stage sidelink control information.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

identifying a modulation coding scheme for the sidelink communications; and

identifying a target code rate based at least in part on the modulation coding scheme for the sidelink communications,

wherein determining the fourth quantity of resource elements associated with the second-stage sidelink control information is based at least in part on the target code rate.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein transmitting the sidelink information via the physical sidelink shared channel comprises:

transmitting the second-stage sidelink control information via the physical sidelink shared channel based at least in part on the transport block size.

20. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of an overhead value associated with the physical sidelink shared channel, wherein determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based at least in part on the indicated overhead value.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein:

the overhead value is an offset overhead value relative to the indicated demodulation reference signal pattern; and

determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based at least in part on the offset overhead value.

22. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

adjusting the first quantity of resource elements within the slot for the sidelink communications to a fifth quantity of resource elements within the slot for non-sidelink communications.

23. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining a channel state information reference signal overhead; and

refraining from using the channel state information reference signal overhead from determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block or determining the first quantity of resource elements within the slot, or both,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the refraining.

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

receiving signaling comprising an indication of a demodulation reference signal pattern associated with a physical sidelink shared channel;

receiving, from a second UE, sidelink information via the physical sidelink shared channel; and

decoding the sidelink information based at least in part on a transport block size, wherein the transport block size is based on a first quantity of resource elements within a slot, wherein the first quantity of resource elements within the slot is based on a second quantity of resource elements within a physical resource block, and on a third quantity of resource associated with first-stage sidelink control information, and on a fourth quantity of resource elements associated with second-stage sidelink control information, and wherein the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based on the indicated demodulation reference signal pattern.

25. The method of claim 24 , further comprising:

determining the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block, the second quantity of resource elements comprising an estimate quantity of resource elements associated with the physical resource block for sidelink communications,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block.

26. The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

determining a quantity of allocated physical resource blocks for sidelink communications; and

determining the first quantity of resource elements within the slot and associated with the allocated physical resource blocks for the sidelink communications based at least in part on the quantity of allocated physical resource blocks or the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block, or both,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the first quantity of resource elements within the slot for the sidelink communications.

27. The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

subtracting the third quantity of resource elements occupied by a physical sidelink control channel that is associated with the first-stage sidelink control information from the first quantity of resource elements within the slot,

wherein the transport block size is based at least in part on the subtracting.

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

one or more processors; and

memory coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors configured individually or collectively to cause the first UE to:

receive signaling comprising an indication of a demodulation reference signal pattern associated with a physical sidelink shared channel;

encode sidelink information based at least in part on a transport block size, wherein the transport block size is based on a first quantity of resource elements within a slot, wherein the first quantity of resource elements within the slot is based on a second quantity of resource elements within a physical resource block, and on a third quantity of resource elements associated with first-stage sidelink control information, and on a fourth quantity of resource elements associated with second-stage sidelink control information, and wherein the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based on the indicated demodulation reference signal pattern; and

transmit, to a second UE, the encoded sidelink information on the physical sidelink shared channel.

29. The first UE of claim 28 , further comprising:

an antenna.

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

one or more processors; and

memory coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors configured individually or collectively to cause the first UE to:

receive signaling comprising an indication of a demodulation reference signal pattern associated with a physical sidelink shared channel;

receive, from a second UE, sidelink information via the physical sidelink shared channel; and

decode the sidelink information based at least in part on a transport block size, wherein the transport block size is based on a first quantity of resource elements within a slot, wherein the first quantity of resource elements within the slot is based on a second quantity of resource elements within a physical resource block, and on a third quantity of resource associated with first-stage sidelink control information, and on a fourth quantity of resource elements associated with second-stage sidelink control information, and wherein the second quantity of resource elements within the physical resource block is based on the indicated demodulation reference signal pattern.

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