US 11,758,481 B2
Independent sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX)
Ling Ding, Chester, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Franklin Park, NJ (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Jung Ho Ryu, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Qian Zhang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Tianyang Bai, Somerville, NJ (US); Kiran Venugopal, Raritan, NJ (US); Jelena Damnjanovic, Del Mar, CA (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 Jan. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/153,097.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,376, filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306948 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 52/0235 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 52/0241 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communications by a sidelink UE (user equipment), comprising:
receiving a first signal as part of a discontinuous reception (DRX) wake-up procedure at the beginning of a sidelink DRX ON duration;
transmitting a response to the first signal as part of a DRX wake-up procedure;
starting a timer after sending the response; and
entering a sleep state upon not receiving a physical sidelink channel before the timer expires.