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US 12,432,755 · App. 17/904,512 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Procedures of sidelink resource pool resource use with reduced sensing

Inventors: Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Hong He (San Jose, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04W72/40H04W72/541H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,432,755
App. No.
17/904,512
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for sidelink (SL) resource pool resource use by a user equipment (UE) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, when the UE performs contiguous partial sensing in addition to periodic partial sensing, the UE performs one of resource selection and resource re-evaluation based a size of a time gap between a slot where the UE has SL data and a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots within a resource selection window. In other embodiments, the UE performs contiguous partial sensing without additional periodic partial sensing in the case where a packet delay budget (PDB) for the SL data is greater than a threshold. In some embodiments, the UE performs periodic partial sensing for resource re-evaluation and/or resource pre-emption according to a set of periodicity values P reserve,re-ev (and optionally period definition data K re-ev ). Restrictions on the use of random resource selection by the UE are also described.

Claims (36)

1. A method of a user equipment (UE) that performs contiguous partial sensing and periodic partial sensing, comprising:

determining, during a slot n, that the UE has sidelink (SL) data to transmit;

determining a time gap between the slot n and a slot t y , wherein the slot t y is a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots within a resource selection window;

identifying a packet delay budget (PDB) expiration slot based on a remaining PDB for the SL data;

performing the contiguous partial sensing for one of a resource selection and a resource re-evaluation for one or more SL transmission resources for the SL data based on a first comparison between the time gap and a first threshold number of slots that is greater than a slot gap number of slots used by the UE for a slot gap for aperiodic traffic and a second comparison between the PDB expiration slot and the slot t y plus a second threshold number of slots, wherein the slot t y plus the second threshold number of slots occurs during the periodic-based candidate slots, and

wherein when the time gap is larger than the first threshold number of slots and when the PDB expiration slot is before the slot t y plus the second threshold number of slots, the UE performs the contiguous partial sensing for the resource selection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more SL transmission resources for the SL data occur prior to the periodic-based candidate slots.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the slot n is not predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+1 slot) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the third threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the slot n is predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+T B slots−31 slots) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the third threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the slot n is predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+t y slot−31 slots) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

10. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for performing contiguous partial sensing and periodic partial sensing, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the UE to:

determine, during a slot n, that the UE has sidelink (SL) data to transmit;

determine a time gap between the slot n and a slot t y , wherein the slot t y is a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots within a resource selection window;

identify a packet delay budget (PDB) expiration slot based on a remaining PDB for the SL data;

perform the contiguous partial sensing for one of a resource selection and a resource re-evaluation for one or more SL transmission resources for the SL data based on a first comparison between the time gap and a first threshold number of slots that is greater than a slot gap number of slots used by the UE for a slot gap for aperiodic traffic and a second comparison between the PDB expiration slot and the slot t y plus a second threshold number of slots, wherein the slot t y plus the second threshold number of slots occurs during the periodic-based candidate slots, and

wherein when the time gap is larger than the first threshold number of slots and when the PDB expiration slot is before the slot t y plus the second threshold number of slots, the UE performs the contiguous partial sensing for the resource selection.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more SL transmission resources for the SL data occur prior to the periodic-based candidate slots.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein when the slot n is not predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+1 slot) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the third threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein when the slot n is predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+T B slots−31 slots) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the third threshold number of slots is configured or pre-configured according to a SL resource pool configuration for the one or more SL transmission resources.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein when the slot n is predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+t y slot−31 slots) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

19. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) for performing contiguous partial sensing and periodic partial sensing, cause the UE to:

determine, during a slot n, that the UE has sidelink (SL) data to transmit;

determine a time gap between the slot n and a slot t y , wherein the slot t y is a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots within a resource selection window;

identify a packet delay budget (PDB) expiration slot based on a remaining PDB for the SL data;

perform the contiguous partial sensing for one of a resource selection and a resource re-evaluation for one or more SL transmission resources for the SL data based on a first comparison between the time gap and a first threshold number of slots that is greater than a slot gap number of slots used by the UE for a slot gap for aperiodic traffic and a second comparison between the PDB expiration slot and the slot t y plus a second threshold number of slots, wherein the slot t y plus the second threshold number of slots occurs during the periodic-based candidate slots, and wherein when the time gap is larger than the first threshold number of slots and when the PDB expiration slot is before the slot t y plus the second threshold number of slots, the UE performs the contiguous partial sensing for the resource selection.

20. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , wherein when the slot n is not predictable at the UE, the contiguous partial sensing occurs during a contiguous partial sensing window from a slot at (slot n+1 slot) to a slot at (slot n+T B slots), where T B slots is less than a number of slots from the slot n to the PDB expiration slot minus a third threshold number of slots.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2022
From: YE, CHUNXUAN; ZHANG, DAWEI; SUN, HAITONG; HE, HONG; NIU, HUANING; OTERI, OGHENEKOME; FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; ZENG, WEI; YANG, WEIDONG; ZHANG, YUSHU
To: APPLE INC.
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