Granted Patent B2

US 12,463,781 · App. 17/816,471 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Inventors: Chih-Hao Liu (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Giovanni Chisci (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L5/0053H04W72/20

Abstract

Claims (88)

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

receiving, using a first set of frequency resources comprising at least a first interlace of resource blocks (RBs) in a plurality of RB-sets of a shared frequency band, a sidelink (SL) data communication; and

transmitting, using a second set of frequency resources comprising at least a second interlace of RBs in two or more RB-sets of the plurality of RB-sets of the shared frequency band, a SL feedback communication for the SL data communication,

wherein the transmitting the SL feedback communication is based on a mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets, wherein the first set of frequency resources is different from the second set of frequency resources,

wherein the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets comprises a mapping of a first slot to the first set of cyclic shift (CS) pairs and a mapping of a second slot to the second set of CS pairs, and

wherein the mapping of the first slot to the first set of CS pairs and the mapping of the second slot to the second set of CS pairs are based on a hashing function.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more RB-sets of the a plurality of RB-sets comprises all RB-sets of the a plurality of RB-sets of the shared frequency band.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the SL feedback communication comprises a first instance of an SL feedback waveform and a second instance of the SL feedback waveform, wherein each of the first instance and the second instance occupy resources from a respective RB-set of the plurality of RB-sets.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the transmitting the SL feedback communication comprises transmitting the SL feedback communication using resources from two or more SL feedback resource pools; and

each of the SL feedback resource pools is associated with a corresponding RB-set of the plurality of RB-sets.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the plurality of RB-sets comprise a leading RB-set;

the leading RB-set is associated with the first interlace of RBs; and

the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets comprises a mapping of the first interlace of RBs to the second interlace of RBs for each of the two or more SL feedback resource pools.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the receiving the SL data communication comprises receiving the SL data communication in the first slot and the second slot; and

a first SL feedback resource pool of the two or more SL feedback resource pools comprises a first set of cyclic shift (CS) pairs in the first RB-set and a second SL feedback resource pool of the two or more SL feedback resource pools comprises a second set of CS pairs in the first RB-set.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets:

is based on a SL feedback resource pool comprising the plurality of RB-sets; and

comprises a mapping of the first interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets to the second interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets, and

wherein the transmitting the SL feedback communication comprises transmitting the SL data communication based on the mapping of the first interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets to the second interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of the two or more RB-sets, wherein the two or more RB-sets comprises fewer RB-sets than the plurality of RB-sets,

wherein the transmitting the SL feedback communication is based on the indication.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the receiving the SL data communication comprises receiving the SL data communication during a channel occupancy time (COT);

the receiving the indication of the two or more RB-sets comprises receiving scheduling information associated with the SL data communication, the scheduling information indicating the two or more RB-sets;

the transmitting the SL feedback communication comprises transmitting the SL feedback communication during the COT; and

the method further comprises:

receiving, during the COT and based on the two or more RB-sets, a second SL data communication.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the transmitting the SL feedback communication comprises transmitting:

a first instance of an SL feedback waveform using resources from the first RB-set of the two or more RB-sets; and

a second instance of the SL feedback waveform using resources from the second RB-set of the two or more RB-sets.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the transmitting the first instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a first cyclic shift (CS) offset and the transmitting the second instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a second CS offset different from the first CS offset;

the transmitting the first instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a first root sequence and the transmitting the second instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a second root sequence different from the first root sequence; or

a combination thereof.

12 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory device;

a transceiver; and

a processor in communication with the memory device and the transceiver, wherein the UE is configured to:

receive, using a first set of frequency resources comprising at least a first interlace of resource blocks (RBs) in a plurality of RB-sets of a shared frequency band, a sidelink (SL) data communication; and

transmit, using a second set of frequency resources comprising at least a second interlace of RBs in two or more RB-sets of the plurality of RB-sets of the shared frequency band, a SL feedback communication for the SL data communication,

wherein the UE configured to transmit the SL feedback communication is based on a mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets, wherein the first set of frequency resources is different from the second set of frequency resources,

wherein the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets comprises a mapping of a first slot to the first set of cyclic shift (CS) pairs and a mapping of a second slot to the second set of CS pairs, and

wherein the mapping of the first slot to the first set of CS pairs and the mapping of the second slot to the second set of CS pairs are based on a hashing function.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the two or more RB-sets of the plurality of RB-sets comprises all RB-sets of the plurality of RB-sets of the shared frequency band.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the SL feedback communication comprises a first instance of an SL feedback waveform and a second instance of the SL feedback waveform, wherein each of the first instance and the second instance occupy resources from a respective RB-set of the plurality of RB-sets.

15 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein:

the UE configured to transmit the SL feedback communication comprises the UE configured to transmit the SL feedback communication using resources from two or more SL feedback resource pools; and

each of the SL feedback resource pools is associated with a corresponding RB-set of the plurality of RB-sets.

16 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein:

the plurality of RB-sets comprise a leading RB-set;

the leading RB-set is associated with the first interlace of RBs; and

the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets comprises a mapping of the first interlace of RBs to the second interlace of RBs for each of the two or more SL feedback resource pools.

17 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein:

the UE is configured to receive the SL data communication in the first slot and the second slot;

a first SL feedback resource pool of the two or more SL feedback resource pools comprises a first set of cyclic shift (CS) pairs in the first RB-set and a second SL feedback resource pool of the two or more SL feedback resource pools comprises a second set of CS pairs in the first RB-set.

18 . The UE of claim 17 , wherein the mapping of the first slot to the first set of CS pairs and the mapping of the second slot to the second set of CS pairs are based on a hashing function.

19 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets:

is based on a SL feedback resource pool comprising the plurality of RB-sets; and

comprises a mapping of the first interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets to the second interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets, and

wherein the UE is configured to transmit the SL feedback communication based on the mapping of the first interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets to the second interlace of RBs in the plurality of RB-sets.

20 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the UE is further configured to:

receive an indication of the two or more RB-sets, wherein the two or more RB-sets comprises fewer RB-sets than the plurality of RB-sets,

wherein the UE is configured to transmit the SL feedback communication based on the indication.

21 . The UE of claim 20 , wherein:

the UE configured to receive the SL data communication comprises the UE configured to receive the SL data communication during a channel occupancy time (COT);

the UE configured to receive the indication of the two or more RB-sets comprises the UE configured to receive scheduling information associated with the SL data communication, the scheduling information indicating the two or more RB-sets;

the UE configured to transmit the SL feedback communication comprises the UE configured to transmit the SL feedback communication during the COT; and

the UE is further configured to:

receive, during the COT and based on the two or more RB-sets, a second SL data communication.

22 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein:

the UE configured to transmit the SL feedback communication comprises the UE configured to transmit:

a first instance of an SL feedback waveform using resources from the first RB-set of the two or more RB-sets; and

a second instance of the SL feedback waveform using resources from the second RB-set of the two or more RB-sets.

23 . The UE of claim 22 , wherein:

the UE is configured to transmit the first instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a first cyclic shift (CS) offset and the transmitting the second instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a second CS offset different from the first CS offset;

the UE is configured to transmit the first instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a first root sequence and the transmitting the second instance of the SL feedback waveform is based on a second root sequence different from the first root sequence; or

a combination thereof.

24 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving, using a first set of frequency resources comprising at least a first interlace of resource blocks (RBs) in a plurality of RB-sets of a shared frequency band, a sidelink (SL) data communication; and

means for transmitting, using a second set of frequency resources comprising at least a second interlace of RBs in two or more RB-sets of the plurality of RB-sets of the shared frequency band, a SL feedback communication for the SL data communication,

wherein the means for transmitting the SL feedback communication is based on a mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets, wherein the first set of frequency resources is different from the second set of frequency resources,

wherein the mapping of the plurality of RB-sets to the two or more RB-sets comprises a mapping of a first slot to the first set of cyclic shift (CS) pairs and a mapping of a second slot to the second set of CS pairs, and

wherein the mapping of the first slot to the first set of CS pairs and the mapping of the second slot to the second set of CS pairs are based on a hashing function.

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