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Granted Patent B2
US 12,426,047 · App. 18/421,669 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Method and apparatus for configuration and signaling of SL resources for inter-UE co-ordination

Inventor: Emad N. Farag (Flanders, NJ)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W72/20H04L5/0048H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 12,426,047
App. No.
18/421,669
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration message to enable inter-UE co-ordination for a sidelink (SL) resource pool, determining a target UE for a SL transmission, and transmitting, to the target UE, a signal to activate or trigger transmission of inter-UE co-ordination information. The method further includes receiving the inter-UE co-ordination information, determining a set of candidate SL resources based on the inter-UE co-ordination information, selecting a SL resource within the determined set, and transmitting a SL channel on the SL resource.

Claims (22)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

acquiring an inter-UE co-ordination configuration for a sidelink (SL) resource pool;

transmitting, to a target UE, a signal to trigger transmission of inter-UE co-ordination information;

receiving the inter-UE co-ordination information from the target UE, wherein the inter-UE co-ordination information includes one of preferred resource information or non-preferred resource information;

in case that the UE does not have a sensing result, randomly selecting a resource from resources for the preferred resource information; and

transmitting a SL signal on the resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the UE has the sensing result, the resource is randomly selected within an intersection of the resources for the preferred resource information and resources associated with the sensing result of the UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein resources for the non-preferred resource information are excluded by the UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the inter-UE co-ordination information is triggered from the UE and obtained based on sensing of the target UE, and

the signal is sidelink control information.

5. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor configured to acquire an inter-UE co-ordination configuration for a sidelink (SL) resource pool; and

a transceiver configured to transmit, to a target UE, a signal to trigger transmission of inter-UE co-ordination information,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the inter-UE co-ordination information from the target UE, wherein the inter-UE co-ordination information includes one of preferred resource information or non-preferred resource information;

wherein the processor is further configured to, in case that the UE does not have a sensing result, randomly select a resource from resources for the preferred resource information; and

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit a SL signal on the resource.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein, in case that the UE has the sensing result, the resource is randomly selected within an intersection of the resources for the preferred resource information and resources associated with the sensing result of the UE.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein resources for the non-preferred resource information are excluded by the UE.

8. The UE of claim 5 , wherein:

the inter-UE co-ordination information is triggered from the UE and obtained based on sensing of the target UE, and

the signal is sidelink control information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2024
From: FARAG, EMAD N.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066235/0033 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17305721 · Jul 13, 2021
Provisional Application 63191183 · May 20, 2021
Provisional Application 63056329 · Jul 24, 2020
Related Publication 20240163874A1 · May 16, 2024
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