IP Library Granted Patent US 12,652,623
Granted Patent B2
US 12,652,623 · App. 18/414,097 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

SL positioning power control

Inventor: Emad Nader Farag (Flanders, NJ)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W52/325H04W52/06H04W52/242
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Patent No.
US 12,652,623
App. No.
18/414,097
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for sidelink (SL) positioning power control in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a power for a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) in a transmission occasion i based on P SL-PRS (i)=min(P CMAX ,P MAX,CBR ,min(P SL-PRS,D (i),P SL-PRS,SL (i))). P CMAX is a configured maximum output power of the UE. P MAX,CBR is related to a priority level of the SL PRS and a channel busy ratio (CBR) range for a CBR measured in slot i−N, where N is a congestion control processing time. P SL-PRS,D (i) is a component for downlink (DL) pathloss based power control for the SL PRS. P SL-PRS,SL (i) is a component for SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS. The method further includes transmitting the SL PRS in the transmission occasion i with the power P SL-PRS (i).

Claims (272)

1 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor configured to determine a power for a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) in a transmission occasion i based on P SL-PRS (i)=min(P CMAX ,P MAX,CBR ,min(P SL-PRS,D (i),P SL-PRS,SL (i))), wherein:

P CMAX is a configured maximum output power of the UE,

P MAX,CBR is related to a priority level of the SL PRS and a channel busy ratio (CBR) range for a CBR measured in slot i−N, where N is a congestion control processing time,

P SL-PRS,D (i) is a component for downlink (DL) pathloss based power control for the SL PRS, and

P SL-PRS,SL (i) is a component for SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit the SL PRS in the transmission occasion i with the power P SL-PRS (i) to a second UE.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the SL PRS is associated with one antenna port.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the transceiver further configured to receive information related to a P O,D value for the DL pathloss based power control,

the processor is further configured to calculate the component for the DL pathloss based power control based on

P

SL

-

PRS

,

D

(

i

)

=

P

O

,

D

+

10

log

10

(

2

μ

·

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

)

+

α

D

·

PL

D

,

μ is a sub-carrier spacing configuration of the SL PRS,

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

 is a number of resource blocks for the SL PRS in the transmission occasion i,

α D is an alpha value for DL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS, and

PL D is a downlink pathloss.

4 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein:

the UE operates in a resource pool shared with SL data,

the P O,D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and

the α D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for the PSSCH or PSCCH.

5 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein:

the UE operates in a resource pool dedicated for the SL PRS,

the P O,D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for the SL PRS, and

the α D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for the SL PRS.

6 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein, when a value for α D is not provided, the processor is further configured to set α D =1.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein, when a value for P O,D is not provided, the processor is further configured to calculate the component for the DL pathloss based power control based on P SL-PRS,D (i)=min(P CMAX ,P MAX,CBR ).

8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the transceiver further configured to receive information related to a P O,SL value for the SL pathloss based power control,

the processor is further configured to calculate the component for SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS based on

P

SL

-

PRS

,

SL

(

i

)

=

P

O

,

SL

+

10

log

10

(

2

μ

·

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

)

+

α

SL

·

PL

SL

,

μ is a sub-carrier spacing configuration of the SL PRS,

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

 is a number of resource blocks for the SL PRS transmission occasion i,

α SL is an alpha value for the SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS, and

PL SL is a SL pathloss.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the UE operates in a resource pool shared with SL data,

the P O,SL is the SL pathloss based power control configured for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and

the α SL is for the SL pathloss based power control configured for the PSSCH or PSCCH.

10 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive information related to a higher layer filtered reference signal received power (RSRP) of the SL PRS from the second UE,

wherein, the higher layer filtered RSRP is across SL PRS transmission occasions using a filter configuration provided by a parameter sl-FilterCoefficient, and

the processor is further configured to:

calculate a reference signal power based on a SL PRS transmit power per resource element (RE), filtered across SL PRS transmission occasions using a filter configuration provided by the parameter sl-FilterCoefficient, and

calculate the SL pathloss based on PL SL =the reference signal power−the higher layer filtered RSRP.

11 . A method of operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

determining a power for a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) in a transmission occasion i based on P SL-PRS (i)=min(P CMAX ,P MAX,CBR ,min(P SL-PRS,D (i),P SL-PRS,SL (i))), wherein:

P CMAX is a configured maximum output power of the UE,

P MAX,CBR is related to a priority level of the SL PRS and a channel busy ratio (CBR) range for a CBR measured in slot i−N, where N is a congestion control processing time,

P SL-PRS,D (i) is a component for downlink (DL) pathloss based power control for the SL PRS, and

P SL-PRS,SL (i) is a component for SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS; and

transmitting the SL PRS in the transmission occasion i with the power P SL-PRS (i) to a second UE.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the SL PRS is associated with one antenna port.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving information related to a P O,D value for the DL pathloss based power control, and

calculating the component for the DL pathloss based power control based on

P

SL

-

PRS

,

D

(

i

)

=

P

O

,

D

+

10

log

10

(

2

μ

·

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

)

+

α

D

·

PL

D

,

 wherein:

μ is a sub-carrier spacing configuration of the SL PRS,

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

 is a number of resource blocks for the SL PRS in the transmission occasion i,

α D is an alpha value for DL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS, and

PL D is a downlink pathloss.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the UE operates in a resource pool shared with SL data,

the P O,D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and

the α D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for the PSSCH or PSCCH.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the UE operates in a resource pool dedicated for the SL PRS,

the P O,D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for the SL PRS, and

the α D is for the DL pathloss based power control configured for the SL PRS.

16 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising, when a value for α D is not provided, setting α D =1.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising, when a value for P O,D is not provided, calculating the component for the DL pathloss based power control based on P SL-PRS,D (i)=min(P CMAX ,P MAX,CBR ).

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving information related to a P O,SL value for the SL pathloss based power control, and

calculating the component for SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS based on

P

SL

-

PRS

,

SL

(

i

)

=

P

O

,

SL

+

10

log

10

(

2

μ

·

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

)

+

α

SL

·

PL

SL

,

 wherein:

μ is a sub-carrier spacing configuration of the SL PRS,

M

RB

SL

-

PRS

(

i

)

 is a number of resource blocks for the SL PRS transmission occasion i,

α SL is an alpha value for the SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS, and

PL SL is a SL pathloss.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein:

the UE operates in a resource pool shared with SL data,

the P O,SL is for the SL pathloss based power control configured for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and

the α SL is for the SL pathloss based power control configured for the PSSCH or PSCCH.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving information related to a higher layer filtered reference signal received power (RSRP) of the SL PRS from the second UE, wherein the higher layer filtered RSRP is across SL PRS transmission occasions using a filter configuration provided by a parameter sl-FilterCoefficient,

calculating a reference signal power based on a SL PRS transmit per resource element (RE) filtered across SL PRS transmission occasions using a filter configuration provided by the parameter sl-FilterCoefficient, and

calculating a SL pathloss based on PL SL =the reference signal power−the higher layer filtered RSRP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: FARAG, EMAD NADER
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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