Granted Patent B2

US 12,389,377 · App. 18/157,076 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventor: Sung Jun Yoon (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: Innovative Technology Lab Co., Ltd.

H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W72/25

Abstract

Claims (74)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless user device, configuration information indicating:

a resource pool for sidelink communication;

a plurality of resource reservation periods; and

a subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing;

determining a slot in a selection window;

monitoring, for a first partial sensing and based on the slot in the selection window, each slot of a first sensing window;

monitoring, for a second partial sensing, a first subset of slots of a plurality of slots in a second sensing window, wherein each slot of the first subset of slots is offset from the slot in the selection window based on at least one periodicity value of the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing; and

transmitting, based on at least one of the first partial sensing or the second partial sensing, a sidelink signal to a second wireless user device via at least one resource of the slot in the selection window.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing is determined by excluding at least one periodicity value from the plurality of resource reservation periods.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the slot in the selection window comprises at least one y slot,

the first subset of slots corresponds to (y−k×P a ) slots,

y is the at least one y slot,

k is an integer,

P a is the at least one periodicity value of the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing, and

k×P a is an offset between the y slot and a slot of the first subset of slots.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of resource reservation periods comprises 0 ms, 1 ms, 2 ms, . . . , 99 ms, 100 ms, 200 ms, 300 ms, 400 ms, 500 ms, 600 ms, 700 ms, 800 ms, and 900 ms.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of resource reservation periods corresponds to sl-ResourceReservePeriodList.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing indicates 16 periodicity values of the plurality of resource reservation periods.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information further indicates at least one additional periodicity value for partial sensing.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink signal comprises at least one of:

a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) comprising first sidelink control information (SCI); or

a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) comprising second SCI.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, from periodicity values of the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing, a periodicity value; and

transmitting, to the second wireless user device, sidelink control information (SCI) comprising the determined periodicity value.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the second partial sensing, skipping monitoring a second subset of slots in the second sensing window, wherein the plurality of slots in the second sensing window comprises the second subset of slots that is not monitored by the first wireless user device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, within a third sensing window, a full sensing associated with sidelink transmission,

wherein the first sensing window is shorter than the third sensing window,

wherein the first partial sensing is a continuous partial sensing in each slot of the first sensing window, and

wherein the second partial sensing is a periodic-based partial sensing.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the slot in the selection window, the first sensing window and the second sensing window, wherein the slot in the selection window comprises a single slot resource candidate.

13. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless user device, configuration information indicating:

a resource pool for sidelink communication;

a plurality of resource reservation periods; and

a subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing;

performing, based on a first slot in a selection window, a first partial sensing in each slot of a first sensing window;

performing a second partial sensing in a first subset of slots of a plurality of slots in a second sensing window, wherein each slot of the first subset of slots is offset from a second slot in the selection window based on at least one periodicity value of the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing; and

transmitting, based on at least one of the first partial sensing or the second partial sensing, a sidelink signal to a second wireless user device via at least one resource of the first slot in the selection window or at least one resource of the second slot in the selection window.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing is determined by excluding at least one periodicity value from the plurality of resource reservation periods,

wherein the plurality of resource reservation periods comprises 0 ms, 1 ms, 2 ms, . . . , 99 ms, 100 ms, 200 ms, 300 ms, 400 ms, 500 ms, 600 ms, 700 ms, 800 ms, and 900 ms, and

wherein the plurality of resource reservation periods corresponds to sl-ResourceReservePeriodList.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the second slot in the selection window comprises at least one y slot,

the first subset of slots corresponds to (y−k×P a ) slots,

y is the at least one y slot,

k is an integer,

P a is the at least one periodicity value of the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing, and

k×P a is an offset between the y slot and a slot of the first subset of slots.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing indicates 16 periodicity values of the plurality of resource reservation periods,

wherein the configuration information further indicates at least one additional periodicity value for partial sensing, and

wherein the sidelink signal comprises at least one of:

a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) comprising first sidelink control information (SCI); or

a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) comprising second SCI.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining, from periodicity values of the subset of the plurality of resource reservation periods for partial sensing, a periodicity value; and

transmitting, to the second wireless user device, sidelink control information (SCI) comprising the determined periodicity value.

18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

based on the second partial sensing, skipping monitoring a second subset of slots in the second sensing window, wherein the plurality of slots in the second sensing window comprises the second subset of slots that is not monitored by the first wireless user device.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

performing, within a third sensing window, a full sensing associated with sidelink transmission,

wherein the first sensing window is shorter than the third sensing window,

wherein the first partial sensing is a continuous partial sensing in each slot of the first sensing window, and

wherein the second partial sensing is a periodic-based partial sensing.

20. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining, based on the first slot in the selection window, the first sensing window;

determining, based on the second slot in the selection window, the second sensing window,

wherein the first slot in the selection window comprises a first single slot resource candidate, and

wherein the second slot in the selection window comprises a second single slot resource candidate.

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