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Granted Patent B2
US 12,538,357 · App. 18/094,119 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Systems and techniques for sidelink communication

Inventor: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
H04W74/0816H04W74/006H04W74/0866H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,538,357
App. No.
18/094,119
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sidelink communication. One example method generally comprises identifying, by a wireless device, a frequency of a sidelink operation being unlicensed spectrum. The wireless device may detect whether a synchronization signal is on one or more carriers overlapping with the frequency, and in response to the detection, determine whether to enable the sidelink operation in the frequency. The wireless device may send an indication of whether the sidelink operation is enabled based on the determination.

Claims (70)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating a sidelink bandwidth part (BWP) in an unlicensed spectrum;

receiving downlink control information (DCI), from a base station, indicating a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for a carrier overlapping with the unlicensed spectrum;

determining to transmit an uplink transmission to the base station in response to:

at least a portion of the uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

a success of listen before talk performed based on a first channel access type;

determining whether to transmit or drop a sidelink transmission based on at least a portion of a sidelink resource for the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration;

determining to transmit the sidelink transmission in response to:

the portion of the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

a success of listen before talk performed based on a second channel access type, wherein the first channel access type is different than the second channel access type; and

transmitting the sidelink transmission via the sidelink BWP in response to determining to transmit.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration and failure of listen before talk performed based on the first or second channel access type.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be transmitted in response to the sidelink resource being non-overlapping with the COT duration, and success of listen before talk performed based on the first channel access type.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the uplink transmission.

6 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating a sidelink bandwidth part (BWP) in an unlicensed spectrum;

receiving downlink control information (DCI), from a base station, indicating a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for a carrier overlapping with the unlicensed spectrum;

determining to transmit an uplink transmission to the base station in response to:

at least a portion of the uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

a success of listen before talk performed based on a first channel access type;

determining to transmit a sidelink transmission in response to:

the portion of the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

success of listen before talk performed based on a second channel access type, wherein the first channel access type is different than the second channel access type; and

transmitting the sidelink transmission via the sidelink BWP in response to determining to transmit.

7 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating a sidelink bandwidth part (BWP) in an unlicensed spectrum;

receiving downlink control information (DCI), from a base station, indicating a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for a carrier overlapping with the unlicensed spectrum;

in response to the receiving the DCI, determining a first channel access type for an uplink transmission based on an uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration and a second channel access type for a sidelink transmission, wherein the first channel access type is different than the second channel access type;

determining whether to transmit or drop the sidelink transmission based on at least a portion of a sidelink resource for the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration;

determining to transmit the uplink transmission to the base station in response to:

at least a portion of the uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

success of listen before talk performed based on the first channel access type; and

determining to transmit the sidelink transmission in response to:

the portion of the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

a success of listen before talk performed based on the second channel access type.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration and failure of listen before talk performed based on the first or second channel access type.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be transmitted in response to the sidelink resource being non-overlapping with the COT duration, and success of listen before talk performed based on the first channel access type.

11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising transmitting the uplink transmission and transmitting the sidelink transmission.

12 . One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating a sidelink bandwidth part (BWP) in an unlicensed spectrum;

receiving downlink control information (DCI), from a base station, indicating a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for a carrier overlapping with the unlicensed spectrum;

determining whether to transmit or drop a sidelink transmission based on at least a portion of a sidelink resource for the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration;

determining to transmit an uplink transmission to the base station in response to:

at least a portion of the uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

a success of listen before talk performed based on a first channel access type;

determining to transmit the sidelink transmission in response to:

the portion of the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

success of listen before talk performed based on a second channel access type, wherein the first channel access type is different than the second channel access type; and

transmitting the sidelink transmission via the sidelink BWP in response to determining to transmit.

13 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration.

14 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration and failure of listen before talk performed based on the first or second channel access type.

15 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be transmitted in response to the sidelink resource being non-overlapping with the COT duration, and success of listen before talk performed based on the first channel access type.

16 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting the uplink transmission.

17 . One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating a sidelink bandwidth part (BWP) in an unlicensed spectrum;

receiving downlink control information (DCI), from a base station, indicating a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for a carrier overlapping with the unlicensed spectrum;

in response to the receiving the DCI, determining a first channel access type for an uplink transmission based on an uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration and a second channel access type for a sidelink transmission, wherein the first channel access type is different than the second channel access type;

determining to transmit the uplink transmission to the base station in response to:

at least a portion of the uplink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

success of listen before talk performed based on the first channel access type; and

determining to transmit the sidelink transmission in response to:

the portion of the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration; and

a success of listen before talk performed based on the second channel access type; and

transmitting the sidelink transmission via the sidelink BWP in response to determining to transmit.

18 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim of claim 17 , determining whether to transmit or drop the sidelink transmission based on at least a portion of a sidelink resource for the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration, wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration.

19 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim of claim 17 , determining whether to transmit or drop the sidelink transmission based on at least a portion of a sidelink resource for the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration, wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be dropped in response to the portion of the sidelink resource overlapping with the COT duration and failure of listen before talk performed based on the first or second channel access type.

20 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim of claim 17 , determining whether to transmit or drop the sidelink transmission based on at least a portion of a sidelink resource for the sidelink transmission overlapping with the COT duration, wherein the sidelink transmission is determined to be transmitted in response to the sidelink resource being non-overlapping with the COT duration, and success of listen before talk performed based on the first channel access type.

21 . The one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 17 , further comprising transmitting the uplink transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: YI, YUNJUNG
To: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 63333415 · Apr 21, 2022
Provisional Application 63297131 · Jan 6, 2022
Provisional Application 63297533 · Jan 7, 2022
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