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US 12,501,471 · App. 18/243,046 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Method and apparatus for carrier aggregation in sidelink communication

Inventors: Ying Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Lin Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/542H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,501,471
App. No.
18/243,046
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for carrier aggregation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node, comprising: receiving a downlink signal containing first information from a second wireless communication node, and based on at least a portion of the first information, determining first resource information to perform sidelink communication between the first wireless communication node and at least one third wireless communication node.

Claims (37)

1 . A method performed by a first wireless communication node, comprising:

receiving a downlink signal containing a first channel busy ratio (CBR) threshold value and a second CBR threshold value, from a second wireless communication node, and

based on the first and second CBR threshold values, determining a first carrier from a plurality of carriers for use in a long term evolution (LTE) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication between the first wireless communication node and at least one third wireless communication node,

wherein:

the first CBR threshold value and the second CBR threshold value are configured separately,

the first CBR threshold value is used to determine whether the first carrier is suitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication, and

the second CBR threshold value is used to determine whether the first carrier becomes unsuitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when a measured CBR value of a frequency is smaller than the first CBR threshold value, the frequency is selected as a suitable first carrier for use in the sidelink communication.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second CBR threshold values are each associated with a quality of service (QOS) requirement.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the QoS requirement indicates data priority.

5 . A first wireless communication node, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a downlink signal containing a first channel busy ratio (CBR) threshold value and a second CBR threshold value, from a second wireless communication node, and

at least one processor configured to, based on the first and second CBR threshold values, determine a first carrier from a plurality of carriers for use in a long term evolution (LTE) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication between the first wireless communication node and at least one third wireless communication node,

wherein:

the first CBR threshold value and the second CBR threshold value are configured separately, and

the at least one processor is further configured to use the first CBR threshold value to determine whether the first carrier is suitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication and use the second CBR threshold value to determine whether the first carrier becomes unsuitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication.

6 . The first wireless communication node of claim 5 , wherein when a measured CBR value of a frequency is smaller than the first CBR threshold value, the frequency is selected as a suitable first carrier for use in the sidelink communication.

7 . The first wireless communication node of claim 5 , wherein the first and second CBR threshold values are each associated with a quality of service (QOS) requirement.

8 . The first wireless communication node of claim 5 , wherein the QoS requirement indicates data priority.

9 . A method performed by a first wireless communication node, comprising:

transmitting a downlink signal containing a first channel busy ratio (CBR) threshold value and a second CBR threshold value to a second wireless communication node,

wherein the first and second CBR threshold values are configured to indicate a first carrier from a plurality of carriers for use in a long term evolution (LTE) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication between the second wireless communication node and at least one third wireless communication node,

wherein the first CBR threshold value and the second CBR threshold value are configured separately, and

wherein the first CBR threshold value is used to determine whether the first carrier is suitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication and the second CBR threshold value is used to determine whether the first carrier becomes unsuitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein when a measured CBR value of a frequency is smaller than the first CBR threshold value, the frequency is selected as a suitable first carrier for use in the sidelink communication.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first and second CBR threshold values are each associated with a quality of service (QOS) requirement.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the QoS requirement indicates data priority.

13 . A first wireless communication node, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink signal containing a first channel busy ratio (CBR) threshold value and a second CBR threshold value to a second wireless communication node,

wherein the first and second CBR threshold values are configured to indicate a first carrier from a plurality of carriers for use in a long term evolution (LTE) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication between the second wireless communication node and at least one third wireless communication node,

wherein the first CBR threshold value and the second CBR threshold value are configured separately, and

wherein the first CBR threshold value is used to determine whether the first carrier is suitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication and the second CBR threshold value is used to determine whether the first carrier becomes unsuitable for use in the LTE V2X sidelink communication.

14 . The first wireless communication node of claim 13 , wherein when a measured CBR value of a frequency is smaller than the first CBR threshold value, the frequency is selected as a suitable first carrier for use in the sidelink communication.

15 . The first wireless communication node of claim 13 , wherein the first and second CBR threshold values are each associated with a quality of service (QOS) requirement.

16 . The first wireless communication node of claim 13 , wherein the QOS requirement indicates a data priority.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed perform the method of claim 1 .

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed perform the method of claim 9 .

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17667385 · Feb 8, 2022
Continuation 16823147 · Mar 18, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2017104102 · Sep 28, 2017
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