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Granted Patent B2
US 12,750,877 · App. 17/728,738 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Resource pre-emption sidelink communication

Inventors: Huei-Ming Lin (Taipei, TW); Zhenshan Zhao (Dongguan, CN); Qianxi Lu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/56H04W72/044H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12,750,877
App. No.
17/728,738
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of SL resource pre-emption. A method of selecting one or more resources for sidelink, SL, communication for a first user equipment, UE, includes the step of performing a pre-emption procedure to determine if one or more SL resources of SL resources already reserved by the first UE is pre-empted by a second UE, when a priority of the first UE is lower than a priority of the second UE.

Claims (22)

1 . A method of selecting one or more resources for sidelink, SL, communication for a first user equipment, UE, the method comprising:

performing a pre-emption procedure to determine if one or more SL resources of SL resources, already reserved by the first UE using resource assignment information and a reservation field in a first sidelink control information (SCI), is pre-empted by a second UE, when a priority of the first UE is lower than a priority of the second UE, and

triggering a resource re-selection procedure to select a replacement resource for SL transmission, wherein a remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources already reserved by the first UE is included as part of the resource re-selection procedure and the remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources reserved by the first UE is continuous in time and frequency domains.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-emption procedure is performed by receiving a second SCI from the second UE.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the priority of the second UE is received in the second SCI.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second SCI indicates assignment of time and frequency resources that overlap with the one or more SL resources of SL resources already reserved by the first UE.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority of the first UE is a transmission priority.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the re-selection process drops or skips a planned SL transmission for the one or more of the pre-empted resources.

7 . A first user equipment, UE, comprising a processor and memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor, whereby said first UE is operative to provide a procedure allowing the first UE to select one or more resources for sidelink, SL, communication for the first UE,

wherein the procedure provides instructions for performing a pre-emption procedure to determine if one or more SL resources of SL resources, already reserved by the first UE using resource assignment information and a reservation field in a first sidelink control information (SCI), is pre-empted by a second UE, when a priority of the first UE is lower than a priority of the second UE, and

triggering a resource re-selection procedure to select a replacement resource for SL transmission, wherein a remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources already reserved by the first UE is included as part of the resource re-selection procedure and the remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources reserved by the first UE is continuous in time and frequency domains.

8 . The first UE according to claim 7 , wherein the pre-emption procedure is performed by receiving a second SCI from the second UE.

9 . The first UE according to claim 8 , wherein the priority of the second UE is received in the second SCI.

10 . The first UE according to claim 8 , wherein the second SCI indicates assignment of time and frequency resources that overlap with the one or more SL resources of SL resources already reserved by the first UE.

11 . The first UE according to claim 7 , wherein the priority of the first UE is a transmission priority.

12 . The first UE according to claim 7 , wherein the re-selection process drops or skips a planned SL transmission for the one or more of the pre-empted resources.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out operations of:

performing a pre-emption procedure to determine if one or more SL resources of SL resources, already reserved by the first UE using resource assignment information and a reservation field in a first sidelink control information (SCI), is pre-empted by a second UE, when a priority of the first UE is lower than a priority of the second UE, and

triggering a resource re-selection procedure to select a replacement resource for SL transmission, wherein a remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources already reserved by the first UE is included as part of the resource re-selection procedure and the remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources reserved by the first UE is continuous in time and frequency domains.

14 . A chip, comprising one or more processors configured to execute program instructions stored in one or more memories to carry out operations of:

performing a pre-emption procedure to determine if one or more SL resources of SL resources, already reserved by the first UE using resource assignment information and a reservation field in a first sidelink control information (SCI), is pre-empted by a second UE, when a priority of the first UE is lower than a priority of the second UE, and

triggering a resource re-selection procedure to select a replacement resource for SL transmission, wherein a remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources already reserved by the first UE is included as part of the resource re-selection procedure and the remaining or non-pre-empted portion of the SL resources reserved by the first UE is continuous in time and frequency domains.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2022
From: LIN, HUEI-MING; ZHAO, ZHENSHAN; LU, QIANXI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059702/0977 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTCN2020130635 · Nov 20, 2020
Provisional Application 62938281 · Nov 20, 2019
Related Publication 20220256553A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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