Granted Patent B2

US 12,376,141 · App. 18/532,297 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian (San Diego, CA); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Sudhir Kumar Baghel (Pleasanton, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W72/541H04W52/346

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A method of sidelink wireless communication at a first wireless communication device, the method comprising:

communicating with a base station over a first link and a second wireless communication device over a second link on a common carrier shared between the first link and the second link;

receiving a superposition transmission from the second wireless communication device comprising a base layer corresponding to an uplink signal transmitted from the second wireless communication device to the base station and an enhanced layer corresponding to a sidelink signal transmitted from the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device;

receiving interference assistance information associated with the base layer from the second wireless communication device; and

canceling the base layer from the superposition transmission utilizing the interference assistance information to obtain the enhanced layer comprising the sidelink signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the interference assistance information further comprises:

receiving the interference assistance information comprising a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the uplink signal and a power split factor indicating a first power of the base layer comprising the uplink signal and a second power of the enhanced layer comprising the sidelink signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the receiving the interference assistance information further comprises:

receiving sidelink control information (SCI) comprising the interference assistance information and a second MCS of the sidelink signal from the second wireless communication device.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the receiving the interference assistance information further comprises:

receiving the interference assistance information separate from sidelink control information comprising a second MCS of the sidelink signal from the second wireless communication device.

5. A method of wireless communication at a base station, the method comprising:

communicating with a first wireless communication device over a first link on a common carrier shared between the first link and a second link on which the first wireless communication device further communicates with a second wireless communication device;

transmitting a grant to the first wireless communication device comprising an indication of resources on the common carrier for a superposition transmission comprising a base layer corresponding to an uplink signal to be transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the base station and an enhanced layer corresponding to a sidelink signal to be transmitted from the first wireless communication device to at least the second wireless communication device; and

receiving the base layer of the superposition transmission comprising the uplink signal from the first wireless communication device.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting a power split factor to the first wireless communication device to be used by the first wireless communication device in splitting a total power budget of the first wireless communication device between a first power of the base layer and a second power of the enhanced layer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the receiving the base layer of the superposition transmission further comprises:

receiving the base layer generated by the first wireless communication device at the first power.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting closed loop power control parameters and open loop power control parameters for the superposition transmission to the first wireless communication device for use by the first wireless communication device in determining the total power budget.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining a first minimum power of the uplink signal at which the uplink signal can be decoded by the base station based on an uplink quality;

determining a second minimum power of the sidelink signal at which the sidelink signal can be decoded by the second wireless communication device based on a sidelink quality; and

identifying the power split factor based on the first minimum power and the second minimum power.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving the uplink quality comprising a first path loss of the first link from the first wireless communication device; and

receiving the sidelink quality comprising a second path loss associated with at least the second link from the first wireless communication device.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving a scheduling request from the first wireless communication device requesting the grant for the superposition transmission, wherein the scheduling request further comprises the sidelink quality.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the scheduling request further comprises at least one of a sidelink packet priority of the sidelink signal or a buffer status report.

13. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the uplink signal and a second MCS associated with the sidelink signal to the first wireless communication device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting the grant further comprises:

transmitting downlink control information comprising at least the grant, the second MCS, and the power split factor.

15. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving a capability indication from the first wireless communication device indicating a capability of the first wireless communication device to perform the superposition transmission.

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