IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,463
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,463 · App. 18/329,767 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Power saving techniques for sidelink communication

Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Peter Pui Lok Ang (San Diego, CA); Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA); Wooseok Nam (San Diego, CA); Gokul Sridharan (Sunnyvale, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA); Zhibin Wu (Los Altos, CA); Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, NJ); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/0235H04B7/0413H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,464,463
App. No.
18/329,767
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a set of one or more sidelink resources, and the UE may identify wake-up signal occasions associated with the resources. The UE may monitor for wake-up signals during the wake-up signal occasions, and the UE may further monitor the associated set of one or more resources based on receiving a wake-up signal. In some examples, respective sets of one or more sidelink resources may be associated with a number of multiple-input multiple-output layers used for sidelink communications, or may indicate respective bandwidth parts used for monitoring sidelink transmissions.

Claims (25)

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

selecting one or more sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters associated with a sidelink communication link, wherein the one or more sidelink DRX parameters comprise one or more sidelink DRX timers; and

transmitting, from the first UE, the one or more sidelink DRX parameters comprising the one or more sidelink DRX timers associated with the sidelink communication link to a second UE.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second UE, at least one transmission on the sidelink communication link based on the one or more sidelink DRX parameters.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE is within a coverage area of a cell and the second UE is outside of the coverage area of the cell.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sidelink DRX parameters are selected from a set of sidelink DRX parameters.

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

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

select one or more sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters associated with a sidelink communication link, wherein the one or more sidelink DRX parameters comprise one or more sidelink DRX timers; and

transmit, from the first UE, the one or more sidelink DRX parameters comprising the one or more sidelink DRX timers associated with the sidelink communication link to a second UE.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit, to the second UE, at least one transmission on the sidelink communication link based on the one or more sidelink DRX parameters.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first UE is within a coverage area of a cell and the second UE is outside of the coverage area of the cell.

8 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the one or more sidelink DRX parameters are selected from a set of sidelink DRX parameters.

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

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

receive, at the first UE, one or more sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters associated with a sidelink communication link from a second UE, wherein the one or more sidelink DRX parameters comprise one or more sidelink DRX timers; and

receive, at the first UE, at least one transmission on the sidelink communication link based on the one or more sidelink DRX parameters comprising the one or more sidelink DRX timers from the second UE.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

monitor the sidelink communication link for the at least one transmission based on the one or more sidelink DRX parameters.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first UE is outside of a coverage area of a cell and the second UE is within the coverage area of the cell.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more sidelink DRX parameters are selected by the second UE from a set of sidelink DRX parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2023
From: HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; ANG, PETER PUI LOK; SARKIS, GABI; NAM, WOOSEOK; SRIDHARAN, GOKUL; JI, TINGFANG; WU, ZHIBIN; CHENG, HONG; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 063866/0011 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16996601 · Aug 18, 2020
Provisional Application 62888951 · Aug 19, 2019
Related Publication 20240155495A1 · May 9, 2024
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