Single frequency network-manner relaying of sidelink signals

    公开(公告)号:US11792636B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17505480

    申请日:2021-10-19

    CPC classification number: H04W8/18 H04W8/22 H04W16/26

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may perform single frequency network (SFN) manner relaying in sidelink to support exchanging packets between UEs, for example, without maintaining beamforming alignment between the UEs. A first UE (e.g., a source UE or destination UE) may establish a pre-agreement with a second UE for the second UE to operate as an SFN-manner relay over sidelink for the first UE. The pre-agreement may be reached via a publish-and-subscription procedure, in which the second UE publishes an SFN-type relaying service and the first UE subscribes to the SFN-type relaying service. The second UE may receive sidelink signaling associated with the first UE (e.g., transmitted by or to the first UE) and may relay the sidelink signaling in a resource configured for SFN-type transmission based on the first UE being subscribed to the SFN-type relaying service.

    Short transmission time intervals for sidelink feedback

    公开(公告)号:US11758524B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-12

    申请号:US17458223

    申请日:2021-08-26

    CPC classification number: H04W72/0446 H04L5/0053 H04W52/0209

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A sidelink message may be scheduled for a UE during a first short transmission time interval (TTI). The first short TTI and a second short TTI for transmitting a sidelink feedback message corresponding to the sidelink message may both be shorter in duration than a another, longer type of TTI. The UE may transmit automatic gain control information in a first symbol period of the second TTI, transmit the sidelink feedback message in a second symbol period of the second TTI (after the first symbol period of the second TTI), and switch from operating in a transmitting mode to operating in a receiving mode during a third symbol period of the second TTI (after the second symbol period of the second TTI).

    Transmitter multiplexing in multi-opportunity sidelink grant

    公开(公告)号:US11683800B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-20

    申请号:US17321132

    申请日:2021-05-14

    CPC classification number: H04W72/20 H04W74/0808

    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for assigning one or more user equipments (UEs) at one or more corresponding starting positions of multiple slots to perform channel access procedures, such as listen before talk (LBT) procedures in New Radio unlicensed band (NR-U) sidelink communications. The network entity may indicate, to a UE, a starting position in a multi-opportunity grant (e.g., a DCI scheduling multiple slots). The network entity may multiplex different transmitter UEs with different starting positions. If the channel accessing procedure is successful, the transmitter UE with the earliest starting position than the rest may block the rest of the transmitter UEs. In some cases, starting position hopping may be used so that the multiple UEs may have different priority at different slots. In some cases, the DCI may include LBT parameters that are inherited from NR-U uplink transmission configurations.

    Techniques for configured beam-sweeping reception for New Radio sidelink

    公开(公告)号:US11671967B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17318246

    申请日:2021-05-12

    CPC classification number: H04W72/20 H04L5/0055 H04W28/26 H04W72/12

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a base station may configure allocate resources for sidelink communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE as part of a sidelink communication mode 1 and, in some implementations, may configure the first UE (a sidelink receiver) with a set of periodic reception occasions, each reception occasion including multiple reception opportunities for receiving sidelink control information (SCI) from the second UE (a sidelink transmitter). In some examples, each reception opportunity may be associated with a different receive beam and, as such, the first UE may monitor for the SCI from the second UE over different reception opportunities and using different receive beams. Such configured beam-sweeping reception for SCI may increase sidelink reliability as a result of greater spatial diversity, which may increase the likelihood for successful communication between the first UE and the second UE.

    OPPORTUNISTIC COOPERATIVE RELAYING OF SIDELINK SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20230124012A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17505539

    申请日:2021-10-19

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may utilize opportunistic cooperative relaying to support exchanging packets between UEs without establishing or maintaining beamforming alignment between the UEs. Specifically, a source UE may invite nearby UEs (e.g., helper UEs) that receive a sidelink transmission (e.g., a packet meant for a different destination UE) to perform a single frequency network (SFN)-type transmission to opportunistically relay the packet to the destination UE. The helper UEs may receive, decode, and transmit the sidelink signaling from the source UE without establishing or configuring a relay agreement with the source UE. The destination UE may receive the sidelink signaling via cascading, SFN-type transmissions by one or more helper UEs. The destination UE may respond to the sidelink signaling with feedback information via one or more helper UEs or directly to the source UE.

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