IP Library Granted Patent US 12,413,372
Granted Patent B2
US 12,413,372 · App. 18/423,661 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Method and device for wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
H04L5/0082H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/53H04W74/0833H04W88/06H04W88/10
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Patent No.
US 12,413,372
App. No.
18/423,661
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment transmits a first wireless signal and transmits a second wireless signal; the first wireless signal is generated by a first sequence; the first wireless signal is used to determine a first time interval; the first time interval is a time interval between a first and a second time instant; the first time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the first wireless signal transmits the first wireless signal; the second time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the second wireless signal transmits the second wireless signal; the first time instant is earlier than the second time instant; the second wireless signal occupies a first wireless resource; the first wireless resource is one of J candidate wireless resources; the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources.

Claims (40)

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

transmitting a first wireless signal; and

transmitting a second wireless signal;

wherein the first wireless signal is generated by a first sequence; the first wireless signal is used to determine a first time interval between a first time instant and a second time instant; the first time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the first wireless signal transmits the first wireless signal; the second time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the second wireless signal transmits the second wireless signal; the first time instant is earlier than the second time instant; the second wireless signal occupies a first wireless resource; the first wireless resource is one of J candidate wireless resources; the J is a positive integer; the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first sequence belongs to a target sequence set.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the J candidate wireless resources correspond to P time interval ranges; any two time interval ranges of the P time interval ranges do not overlap; the P is a positive integer greater than 1; the first time interval belongs to a target time interval range; the target time interval range is a time interval range of the P time interval ranges; the target time interval range corresponds to K candidate wireless resource(s) out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first wireless resource is one of the K candidate wireless resource(s); the K is a positive integer smaller than or equal to the J; P is configured by network.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving a first signaling;

wherein the first wireless signaling is used to determine Q wireless resource pool(s); the Q is a positive integer; each candidate wireless resource of the J candidate wireless resources belongs to one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the K candidate wireless resource(s) belongs (belong) to a first wireless resource pool; the first wireless resource pool is one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource pool out of the Q wireless resource pool(s).

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second wireless signaling;

wherein the second wireless signaling is used to determine the first time interval; the second wireless signaling indicates a portion of the first time interval, the second wireless signaling is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of an index of the first sequence in the target sequence set, a location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain, a location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain, or a correspondence relationship between the location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain and the location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources through a pre-defined mapping relationship; the index of the first sequence in the target sequence set is an index for which the sequence in the target sequence set are sorted by a specific order.

6. A method for wireless communication in a base station, comprising:

receiving a first wireless signal; and

receiving a second wireless signal;

wherein the first wireless signal is generated by a first sequence; the first wireless signal is used to determine a first time interval; the first time interval is a time interval between a first time instant and a second time instant; the first time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the first wireless signal transmits the first wireless signal; the second time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the second wireless signal transmits the second wireless signal; the first time instant is earlier than the second time instant; the second wireless signal occupies a first wireless resource; the first wireless resource is one of J candidate wireless resources; the J is a positive integer; the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first sequence belongs to a target sequence set.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the J candidate wireless resources correspond to P time interval ranges; any two time interval ranges of the P time interval ranges do not overlap; the P is a positive integer greater than 1; the first time interval belongs to a target time interval range; the target time interval range is a time interval range of the P time interval ranges; the target time interval range corresponds to K candidate wireless resource(s) out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first wireless resource is one of the K candidate wireless resource(s); the K is a positive integer smaller than or equal to the J; P is configured by network.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting a first signaling;

wherein the first wireless signaling is used to determine Q wireless resource pool(s); the Q is a positive integer; each candidate wireless resource of the J candidate wireless resources belongs to one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the K candidate wireless resource(s) belongs (belong) to a first wireless resource pool; the first wireless resource pool is one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource pool out of the Q wireless resource pool(s).

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting a second wireless signaling;

wherein the second wireless signaling is used to determine the first time interval; the second wireless signaling indicates a portion of the first time interval, the second wireless signaling is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of an index of the first sequence in the target sequence set, a location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain, a location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain, or a correspondence relationship between the location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain and the location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources through a pre-defined mapping relationship; the index of the first sequence in the target sequence set is an index for which the sequence in the target sequence set are sorted by a specific order.

11. A user equipment for wireless communication, comprising:

a first processor transmitting a first wireless signal; and

a first transmitter transmitting a second wireless signal;

wherein the first wireless signal is generated by a first sequence; the first wireless signal is used to determine a first time interval; the first time interval is a time interval between a first time instant and a second time instant; the first time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the first wireless signal transmits the first wireless signal; the second time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the second wireless signal transmits the second wireless signal; the first time instant is earlier than the second time instant; the second wireless signal occupies a first wireless resource; the first wireless resource is one of J candidate wireless resources; the J is a positive integer; the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first sequence belongs to a target sequence set.

12. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the J candidate wireless resources correspond to P time interval ranges; any two time interval ranges of the P time interval ranges do not overlap; the P is a positive integer greater than 1; the first time interval belongs to a target time interval range; the target time interval range is a time interval range of the P time interval ranges; the target time interval range corresponds to K candidate wireless resource(s) out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first wireless resource is one of the K candidate wireless resource(s); the K is a positive integer smaller than or equal to the J; P is configured by network.

13. The user equipment of claim 12 , wherein the first processor receives a first signaling; wherein the first wireless signaling is used to determine Q wireless resource pool(s); the Q is a positive integer; each candidate wireless resource of the J candidate wireless resources belongs to one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the K candidate wireless resource(s) belongs (belong) to a first wireless resource pool; the first wireless resource pool is one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource pool out of the Q wireless resource pool(s).

14. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the first processor receives a second wireless signaling; wherein the second wireless signaling is used to determine the first time interval; the second wireless signaling indicates a portion of the first time interval, the second wireless signaling is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

15. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the first wireless signal occupies a target time-frequency resource; at least one of an index of the first sequence in the target sequence set, a location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain, a location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain, or a correspondence relationship between the location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain and the location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources through a pre-defined mapping relationship; the index of the first sequence in the target sequence set is an index for which the sequence in the target sequence set are sorted by a specific order.

16. A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

a second processor transmitting a first wireless signal; and

a first receiver transmitting a second wireless signal;

wherein the first wireless signal is generated by a first sequence; the first wireless signal is used to determine a first time interval; the first time interval is a time interval between a first time instant and a second time instant; the first time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the first wireless signal transmits the first wireless signal; the second time instant is a starting time instant at which a transmitter of the second wireless signal transmits the second wireless signal; the first time instant is earlier than the second time instant; the second wireless signal occupies a first wireless resource; the first wireless resource is one of J candidate wireless resources; the J is a positive integer; the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first sequence belongs to a target sequence set.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the J candidate wireless resources correspond to P time interval ranges; any two time interval ranges of the P time interval ranges do not overlap; the P is a positive integer greater than 1; the first time interval belongs to a target time interval range; the target time interval range is a time interval range of the P time interval ranges; the target time interval range corresponds to K candidate wireless resource(s) out of the J candidate wireless resources; the first wireless resource is one of the K candidate wireless resource(s); the K is a positive integer smaller than or equal to the J; P is configured by network.

18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein the second processor transmits a first signaling; wherein the first wireless signaling is used to determine Q wireless resource pool(s); the Q is a positive integer; each candidate wireless resource of the J candidate wireless resources belongs to one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the K candidate wireless resource(s) belongs (belong) to a first wireless resource pool; the first wireless resource pool is one of the Q wireless resource pool(s); the first time interval is used to determine the first wireless resource pool out of the Q wireless resource pool(s).

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the second processor transmits a second wireless signaling; wherein the second wireless signaling is used to determine the first time interval; the second wireless signaling indicates a portion of the first time interval, the second wireless signaling is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the first wireless signal occupies a target time-frequency resource; at least one of an index of the first sequence in the target sequence set, a location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain, a location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain, or a correspondence relationship between the location of the target time-frequency resource in time domain and the location of the target time-frequency resource in frequency domain is used to determine the first wireless resource out of the J candidate wireless resources through a pre-defined mapping relationship; the index of the first sequence in the target sequence set is an index for which the sequence in the target sequence set are sorted by a specific order.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17850304 · Jun 27, 2022
Continuation 17095767 · Nov 12, 2020
Continuation 16517678 · Jul 22, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2017072131 · Jan 22, 2017
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