Granted Patent B2

US 12,610,413 · App. 18/034,033 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Inventors: Hui Guo (Beijing, CN); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Sourjya Dutta (San Diego, CA); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W76/15H04B17/336

Abstract

Claims (99)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a first sidelink device, comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

establish a first unicast link with a second sidelink device and a second unicast link with a third sidelink device;

transmit, on the first unicast link with the second sidelink device, a first reference signal (RS) from a first transmission reception point (TRP) of the first sidelink device;

receive, based on the first RS, a first channel measurement for the first unicast link from the second sidelink device and a first interference measurement for the second unicast link from the third sidelink device;

transmit, on the second unicast link with the third sidelink device, a second RS from a second TRP of the first sidelink device;

receive, based on the second RS, a second channel measurement for the second unicast link from the third sidelink device and a second interference measurement for the first unicast link from the second sidelink device;

apply space division multiplexing (SDM) for the first unicast link and the second unicast link based on the first channel measurement, the second channel measurement, the first interference measurement of the first unicast link, and the second interference measurement of the second unicast link; and

transmit, based on the SDM, a first transmission to the second sidelink device via the first unicast link and a second transmission to the third sidelink device via the second unicast link with same frequency and time resources.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to transmit the first RS, the one or more processors are configured to cause the first sidelink device to transmit the first RS in a first slot, and wherein to transmit the second RS, the one or more processors are configured to cause the first sidelink device to transmit the second RS in a second slot.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

precode the first RS with a first precoder; and

precode the second RS with a second precoder.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first precoder is associated with a first spatial layer of an SDM transmission and the second precoder is associated with the SDM a second spatial layer of transmission.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein to transmit, based on the SDM, the first transmission to the second sidelink device via the first unicast link and the second transmission to the third sidelink device via the second unicast link with the same frequency and time resources, the one or more processors are configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

transmit the SDM transmission that includes the first transmission to the second sidelink device via the first spatial layer and the second transmission to the third sidelink device via the second spatial layer with the same frequency and time resources.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first RS and the second RS comprise a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

configure the second sidelink device with a first channel measurement resource (CMR) for reception of the first RS; and

configure the third sidelink device with a first interference measurement resource (IMR) for measurement of interference based on the first RS.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

configure the third sidelink device with a second CMR for reception of the second RS; and

configure the second sidelink device with a second IMR for measurement of interference based on the second RS.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first CMR and the first IMR are comprised in a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration.

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

indicate the first IMR to the third sidelink device based on zero power (ZP) resources in the CSI-RS configuration.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first CMR and the second CMR comprise resources for at least one of: a control signal, a control demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or data.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first IMR and the second IMR comprise resources for at least one of: a control signal, a control demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or data.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

indicate to the second sidelink device to perform the first channel measurement for the first unicast link based on the first CMR of the first RS;

indicate to the third sidelink device to perform the first interference measurement for the second unicast link based on the first IMR of the first RS;

indicate to the third sidelink device to perform the second channel measurement for the second unicast link based on the second CMR of the second RS; and

indicate to the second sidelink device to perform the second interference measurement for the first unicast link based on the second IMR of the second RS.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

trigger channel measurement or interference measurement based on a number of transmission failures that exceeds a first threshold or a channel busy ratio (CBR) that exceeds a second threshold for a corresponding unicast link.

15 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

transmit sidelink control information (SCI) that comprises one or more indications to perform channel measurements based on the first CMR or the second CMR or to perform interference measurements based on the first IMR or the second IMR.

16 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or more parameters associated with the first RS or the second RS are configured by a higher layer of the first sidelink device.

17 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

determine a first signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) corresponding to a first precoder based on the first channel measurement for the first unicast link from the second sidelink device and the first interference measurement for the second unicast link from the third sidelink device; and

determine a second SINR corresponding to a second precoder based on the second channel measurement for the second unicast link from the third sidelink device and the second interference measurement for the first unicast link from the second sidelink device, wherein the first sidelink device applies the SDM for transmission on the first unicast link and the second unicast link based on at least one of the first SINR and the second SINR that meets a threshold.

18 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

indicate a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port index for the first unicast link to the second sidelink device and a DMRS port index for the second unicast link to the third sidelink device via a sidelink control second stage information (SCI) transmitted in physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the first sidelink device to:

configure, via the second stage SCI, one or more parameters associated with the SDM, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier (ID), a redundancy version, a destination ID, or a communication range requirement.

20 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a second sidelink device, comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to cause the second sidelink device to:

establish a unicast link with a first sidelink device;

receive, at the second sidelink device, a first reference signal (RS) from a first transmission reception point (TRP) of the first sidelink device;

transmit, to the first sidelink device, a channel measurement for the unicast link based on measurement of the first RS;

receive, at the second sidelink device, a second RS from a second TRP of the first sidelink device;

transmit, from the second sidelink device, an interference measurement for the unicast link based on measurement of the second RS; and

receive, at the second sidelink device, a space division multiplexing (SDM) transmission from the first sidelink device based, at least in part, on the channel measurement and the interference measurement, wherein the received SDM transmission includes multiple transmissions for multiple sidelink devices with same time and frequency resources.

21 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the SDM transmission comprises:

a first spatial layer for the second sidelink device that has a first precoder, and

a second spatial layer for a third sidelink device that has a second precoder.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein to receive the SDM transmission, the one or more processors are configured to cause the second sidelink device to receive the SDM transmission from the first spatial layer of the SDM transmission.

23 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the first RS and the second RS comprise a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

24 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the second sidelink device to:

receive a configuration for channel measurement resource (CMR) for measuring the first RS and interference measurement resource (IMR) for measuring interference based on the second RS.

25 . The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein at least one of the CMR or the IMR is comprised in a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the IMR is indicated based on zero power (ZP) resources in the CSI-RS configuration.

27 . The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the CMR and the IMR comprise resources for at least one of:

control demodulation reference signal (DMRS),

data DMRS,

data resource elements (REs), or

control REs.

28 . The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the second sidelink device to:

receive a first indication from the first sidelink device to perform the channel measurement for the unicast link based on the CMR of the first RS; and

receive a second indication from the first sidelink device to perform the interference measurement for the unicast link based on the IMR of the second RS.

29 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the first indication to perform the channel measurement based on the CMR or the second indication to perform the interference measurement based on the IMR is received in sidelink control information (SCI).

30 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the second sidelink device to:

receive a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port index for the unicast link from the first sidelink device via sidelink control information (SCI) of physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and

decode data received from the first sidelink device based on the DMRS port index.

31 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the second sidelink device to:

receive an indication of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port index for a portion of the SDM transmission in a second stage sidelink control information (SCI) received in a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

32 . The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the second sidelink device to:

receive, from the first sidelink device, a configuration of one or more parameters of an SDM in the second stage SCI, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier (ID), a redundancy version, a destination ID, or a communication range requirement.

33 . A method of wireless communication at a first sidelink device, comprising:

establishing a first unicast link with a second sidelink device and a second unicast link with a third sidelink device;

transmitting, on the first unicast link with the second sidelink device, a first reference signal (RS) from a first transmission reception point (TRP) of the first sidelink device;

receiving, based on the first RS, a first channel measurement for the first unicast link from the second sidelink device and a first interference measurement for the second unicast link from the third sidelink device;

transmitting, on the second unicast link with the third sidelink device, a second RS from a second TRP of the first sidelink device;

receiving, based on the second RS, a second channel measurement for the second unicast link from the third sidelink device and a second interference measurement for the first unicast link from the second sidelink device; and

applying space division multiplexing (SDM) for the first unicast link and the second unicast link based on the first channel measurement, the second channel measurement, the first interference measurement of the first unicast link, and the second interference measurement of the second unicast link.

34 . The method of claim 33 , further comprising:

configuring the second sidelink device with a first channel measurement resource (CMR) for reception of the first RS;

configure the third sidelink device with a first interference measurement resource (IMR) for measurement of interference based on the first RS;

configure the third sidelink device with a second CMR for reception of the second RS; and

configure the second sidelink device with a second IMR for measurement of interference based on the second RS, wherein at least one of the first CMR, the second CMR, the first IMR, or the second IMR comprises resources for at least one of: control signaling, a control demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or data.

35 . A method of wireless communication at a second sidelink device, comprising:

establishing a unicast link with a first sidelink device;

receiving, at the second sidelink device, a first reference signal (RS)) from a first transmission reception point (TRP) of the first sidelink device;

transmitting, to the first sidelink device, a channel measurement for the unicast link based on measuring the first RS;

receiving, at the second sidelink device, a second RS from a second TRP of the first sidelink device;

transmitting, from the second sidelink device, an interference measurement for the unicast link based on measuring the second RS; and

receiving, at the second sidelink device, a space division multiplexing (SDM) transmission from the first sidelink device based, at least in part, on the channel measurement and the interference measurement, wherein the SDM transmission includes multiple transmissions for multiple sidelink devices with same time and frequency resources.

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