IP Library Granted Patent US 12,388,591
Granted Patent B2
US 12,388,591 · App. 18/437,868 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Sidelink demodulation reference signal indication in sidelink control information

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (San Diego, CA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Youngwoo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04L5/0048H04L5/0023H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12,388,591
App. No.
18/437,868
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive, from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages. The one or more RRC messages may indicate a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) patterns and a length of a DMRS for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns. The wireless device may determine a DMRS pattern of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the plurality of DMRS patterns and the length of the DMRS in the DMRS pattern. The wireless device may transmit, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) indicating the DMRS pattern of the PSSCH and a number of one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

Claims (55)

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating:

a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) patterns; and

a length of a DMRS for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns;

determine a DMRS pattern of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the plurality of DMRS patterns and the length of the DMRS in the DMRS pattern; and

transmit, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) indicating:

the DMRS pattern of the PSSCH; and

a number of one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the length of the DMRS, for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns, is a number of symbols within a slot.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the SCI comprises:

a field indicating the DMRS pattern; and

a field indicating the number of the one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of DMRS patterns are a plurality of sidelink PSSCH DMRS patterns.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more RRC messages indicate a plurality of sidelink resource pools; and

the DMRS pattern is determined for a sidelink resource pool of the plurality of sidelink resource pools.

6. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the DMRS on the PSSCH.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the SCI is transmitted on the physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating:

a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) patterns; and

a length of a DMRS for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns;

determining a DMRS pattern of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the plurality of DMRS patterns and the length of the DMRS in the DMRS pattern; and

transmitting, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) indicating:

the DMRS pattern of the PSSCH; and

a number of one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the length of the DMRS, for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns, is a number of symbols within a slot.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the SCI comprises:

a field indicating the DMRS pattern; and

a field indicating the number of the one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of DMRS patterns are a plurality of sidelink PSSCH DMRS patterns.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the one or more RRC messages indicate a plurality of sidelink resource pools; and

the DMRS pattern is determined for a sidelink resource pool of the plurality of sidelink resource pools.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the DMRS on the PSSCH.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the SCI is transmitted on the physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating:

a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) patterns; and

a length of a DMRS for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns;

determine a DMRS pattern of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the plurality of DMRS patterns and the length of the DMRS in the DMRS pattern; and

transmit, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) indicating:

the DMRS pattern of the PSSCH; and

a number of one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the length of the DMRS, for each of the plurality of DMRS patterns, is a number of symbols within a slot.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the SCI comprises:

a field indicating the DMRS pattern; and

a field indicating the number of the one or more antenna ports for the DMRS in the DMRS pattern.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of DMRS patterns are a plurality of sidelink PSSCH DMRS patterns.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:

the one or more RRC messages indicate a plurality of sidelink resource pools; and

the DMRS pattern is determined for a sidelink resource pool of the plurality of sidelink resource pools.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the DMRS on the PSSCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2024
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; KWAK, YOUNGWOO; YI, YUNJUNG
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 17825126 · May 26, 2022
Continuation 17062841 · Oct 5, 2020
Provisional Application 62910215 · Oct 3, 2019
Related Publication 20240187164A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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