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Granted Patent B2
US 12,471,056 · App. 17/593,831 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Sidelink paging for a wireless device

Inventors: Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Haijing Hu (Los Gatos, CA); Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Zhibin Wu (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W68/00H04W72/044H04W72/40H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 12,471,056
App. No.
17/593,831
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique for power saving for a wireless device, the technique including determining, by a first wireless device, a set of resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device the set of resources including a first set of paging resources, establishing a sidelink session with the second wireless device based on the set of resources, entering, by the first wireless device, a reduced power state, monitoring, by the first wireless device and based on the paging schedule, the first set of paging resources, receiving, from the second wireless device, a paging message, exiting the reduced power state based on the received paging message, and monitoring, based on the received paging message, the set of resources.

Claims (47)

1 . A method for power saving for a first wireless device, comprising:

determining a set of resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device, the set of resources including a first set of paging resources, wherein the first set of paging resources comprises one or more sub-channels and the one or more sub-channels are associated with a different sub-channel size than another sidelink sub-channel;

establishing a sidelink session with the second wireless device based on the set of resources;

entering a reduced power state;

monitoring, based on a paging schedule, the first set of paging resources;

receiving, from the second wireless device, a paging message, wherein the paging message includes an identifier for the first wireless device and an identifier for the second wireless device;

exiting the reduced power state based on the received paging message; and

monitoring, based on the received paging message, the set of resources.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sub-channels are configured with a physical sidelink feedback channel.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of paging resources comprises at least a portion of one or more slots.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of paging resources comprises one or more dedicated resource blocks.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of paging resources comprises one or more dedicated symbols in a slot.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting a subset of the first set of paging resources;

transmitting, to the second wireless device, an indication of the selected subset of the first set of paging resources;

receiving a configuration message, the configuration message indicating a second set of paging resources for the first wireless device; and

monitoring the selected subset of the set of paging resources.

7 . The method of claim 6 wherein the paging message further includes an indication of a sub-channel and a time to monitor for the sidelink transmission.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging message includes an indication of a starting time to monitor for a sidelink transmission.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging message is received on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging message is included in a sidelink control information (SCI) message received on one of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging message is included in a sidelink control information (SCI) message included in a physical sidelink control channel, wherein the paging message includes an indication that the SCI message is a paging message.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the second wireless device, an acknowledgment message in response to the received paging message.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a reduced power trigger message, and wherein entering the reduced power state is based on the received reduced power trigger message.

14 . An integrated circuit configured to cause a first wireless device to:

determine a set of resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device, the set of resources including a first set of paging resources, wherein the first set of paging resources comprises one or more sub-channels and the one or more sub-channels are associated with a different sub-channel size than another sidelink sub-channel;

establish a sidelink session with the second wireless device based on the set of resources;

enter a reduced power state;

monitor based on the paging schedule, the first set of paging resources;

receive, from the second wireless device, a paging message, wherein the paging message includes an identifier for the first wireless device and an identifier for the second wireless device;

exit the reduced power state based on the received paging message; and

monitor, based on the received paging message, the set of resources.

15 . The integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the one or more sub-channels are configured with a physical sidelink feedback channel.

16 . A wireless device comprising:

an antenna;

a radio operably coupled to the antenna; and

a processor operably coupled to the radio;

wherein the wireless device is configured to:

determine a set of resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device, the set of resources including a first set of paging resources, wherein the first set of paging resources comprises one or more sub-channels and the one or more sub-channels are associated with a different sub-channel size than another sidelink sub-channel;

establish a sidelink session with the second wireless device based on the set of resources;

enter a reduced power state;

monitor based on the paging schedule, the first set of paging resources;

receive, from the second wireless device, a paging message, wherein the paging message includes an identifier for the wireless device and an identifier for the second wireless device;

exit the reduced power state based on the received paging message; and

monitor, based on the received paging message, the set of resources.

17 . The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more sub-channels are configured with a physical sidelink feedback channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: ZHANG, YUSHU; YE, CHUNXUAN; ZHANG, DAWEI; HU, HAIJING; SUN, HAITONG; ZENG, WEI; WU, ZHIBIN
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 057596/0139 →
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