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Granted Patent B2
US 12,408,189 · App. 17/684,908 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Active interference cancellation for sidelink transmissions

Inventors: Xiaojie Wang (Hillsborough, NJ); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/542H04W72/1263H04W72/23H04W92/20
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Patent No.
US 12,408,189
App. No.
17/684,908
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity may transmit one or more control messages including scheduling information for a sidelink transmission and active interference cancellation (AIC) parameters to a transmitting user equipment (UE), a receiving UE, or both. The transmitting UE may relay the AIC parameters to the receiving UE. The transmitting UE may perform the sidelink transmission to a receiving UE. The transmitting UE may perform sidelink AIC on the sidelink transmission according to the AIC parameters. The receiving UE may decode the sidelink transmission by modifying interference at a receiver of the UE.

Claims (67)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive one or more control messages comprising scheduling information for a sidelink transmission to a second UE and one or more parameters for sidelink active interference cancellation for the sidelink transmission, wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation optimization area, a time resource corresponding to a minimized leakage, a frequency resource corresponding to the minimized leakage, a number of active interference cancellation subcarriers, an active interference cancellation subcarrier position, an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern, or any combination thereof; and

perform the sidelink transmission to the second UE in accordance with the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to receive the one or more control messages, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive a first downlink control information message comprising the scheduling information for the sidelink transmission; and

receive a second downlink control information message comprising the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to receive the one or more control messages, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive a single downlink control information message comprising the scheduling information for the sidelink transmission and the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to perform the sidelink active interference cancellation for the sidelink, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

perform the sidelink active interference cancellation using one or more active interference cancellation subcarriers associated with one or more time-frequency resources for a sidelink shared channel.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the one or more time-frequency resources are associated with the sidelink shared channel.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein a number of the one or more active interference cancellation subcarriers is based at least in part on the one or more time-frequency resources comprising an active interference cancellation to automatic gain control time-frequency resource.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive signaling configuring a plurality of active interference cancellation subcarrier patterns, wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern of the plurality of active interference cancellation subcarrier patterns.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise an indication of one or more UEs to perform the sidelink active interference cancellation, a symbol index associated with the sidelink active interference cancellation, or any combination thereof.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to the second UE, the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to the second UE, the one or more parameters before performing the sidelink transmission to the second UE.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to the second UE, the one or more parameters after performing the sidelink transmission to the second UE.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to the second UE, the one or more parameters in sidelink control information.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

broadcast the one or more parameters to a plurality of UEs comprising the second UE.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive the one or more control messages in a group-common channel.

15. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

determine one or more parameters for sidelink active interference cancellation for a sidelink transmission between one or more user equipments (UEs); and

transmit, to the one or more UEs, one or more control messages comprising scheduling information for the sidelink transmission and the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation for the sidelink transmission, wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation optimization area, a time resource corresponding to a minimized leakage, a frequency resource corresponding to the minimized leakage, a number of active interference cancellation subcarriers, an active interference cancellation subcarrier position, an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern, or any combination thereof.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein, to transmit the one or more control messages, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a first downlink control information message comprising the scheduling information for the sidelink transmission; and

transmit a second downlink control information message comprising the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein, to transmit the one or more control messages, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a single downlink control information message comprising the scheduling information for the sidelink transmission and the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit signaling configuring a plurality of active interference cancellation subcarrier patterns at the one or more UEs, wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern of the plurality of active interference cancellation subcarrier patterns.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise an indication of one or more UEs to perform the sidelink active interference cancellation, a symbol index associated with the sidelink active interference cancellation, or any combination thereof.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

transmit the one or more control messages in a group-common channel.

21. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive one or more parameters for sidelink active interference cancellation for a sidelink transmission;

receive, from a second UE, the sidelink transmission based at least in part on modifying interference at a receiver of the first UE according to the one or more parameters; and

decode the sidelink transmission based at least in part on modifying the interference at the receiver.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein, to receive the one or more parameters, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive a first downlink control information message comprising scheduling information for the sidelink transmission; and

receive a second downlink control information message comprising the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein, to receive the one or more parameters, the one or more processors are operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive a single downlink control information message comprising scheduling information for the sidelink transmission and the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

24. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive signaling configuring a plurality of active interference cancellation subcarrier patterns, wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern of the plurality of active interference cancellation subcarrier patterns.

25. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation optimization area, a time resource corresponding to a minimized leakage, a frequency resource corresponding to the minimized leakage, a number of active interference cancellation subcarriers, an active interference cancellation subcarrier position, an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern, an indication of one or more UEs to perform the sidelink active interference cancellation, a symbol index associated with the sidelink active interference cancellation, or any combination thereof.

26. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive the one or more parameters before receiving the sidelink transmission from the second UE.

27. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive the one or more parameters in sidelink control information.

28. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation from the second UE, a network entity, or both.

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

receiving one or more control messages comprising scheduling information for a sidelink transmission to a second UE and one or more parameters for sidelink active interference cancellation for the sidelink transmission, wherein the one or more parameters comprise an active interference cancellation optimization area, a time resource corresponding to a minimized leakage, a frequency resource corresponding to the minimized leakage, a number of active interference cancellation subcarriers, an active interference cancellation subcarrier position, an active interference cancellation subcarrier pattern, or any combination thereof; and

performing the sidelink transmission to the second UE in accordance with the one or more parameters for the sidelink active interference cancellation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: WANG, XIAOJIE; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059325/0206 →
Continuity (1)
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