US 11,677,453 B2
Enabling group leader- or base station-based sidelink transmit power control and radio link management
Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Hong Cheng, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Jung Ho Ryu, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Franklin Park, NJ (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,878.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,121, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306054 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/26 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 52/265 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication performed by a first user equipment (UE) participating in a sidelink communications group, comprising:
transmitting one or more packets as part of group communications among the sidelink communications group;
incrementing a transmit counter for each packet transmitted by the first UE as part of the group communications among the sidelink communications group;
receiving one or more packets from a second UE participating in the sidelink communications group as part of the group communications among the sidelink communications group;
incrementing a receive counter for each packet received by the first UE from the second UE participating in the sidelink communications group as part of the group communications among the sidelink communications group;
transmitting the transmit counter and the receive counter to a network node based on a configuration received from the network node; and
receiving, from the network node, a command to reestablish a sidelink with the second UE.