US 11,671,967 B2
Techniques for configured beam-sweeping reception for New Radio sidelink
Yisheng Xue, San Diego, CA (US); Jing Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Chih-Hao Liu, San Diego, CA (US); and Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,246.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369343 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication at first user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, an indication of a set of periodic reception occasions, each reception occasion of the set of periodic reception occasions including a plurality of reception opportunities for receiving sidelink control information from a second UE, wherein each reception opportunity of the plurality of reception opportunities is associated with a different receive beam;
monitoring, using one or more receive beams associated with one or more reception opportunities, for the sidelink control information over the one or more reception opportunities associated with a first reception occasion;
decoding whether the sidelink control information is present during a reception opportunity as a result of the monitoring; and
communicating with the second UE in accordance with the decoding.