US 11,792,619 B2
Sidelink communication under control of LTE UU interface or NR interface
Alexey Khoryaev, Nizhny Novgorod (RU); Andrey Chervyakov, Nizhny Novgorod (RU); Mikhail Shilov, Nizhny Novgorod (RU); and Sergey Panteleev, Nizhny Novgorod (RU)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/258,903
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/045785
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033751, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,316, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321234 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/40 (2018.02) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus of a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
a processor, configured to:
detect one or more Long Term Evolution (LTE) synchronization signals from an Evolved Node-B (eNB) over an LTE Uu interface between the UE and the eNB, wherein the LTE synchronization signals are detected in resources allocated for LTE communication, wherein the LTE synchronization signals are detected in accordance with an LTE protocol;
determine, based on the LTE synchronization signals, a reference timing and/or a reference frequency for New Radio (NR) sidelink communication over an NR PC5 interface with another UE; and
encode a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in accordance with an NR protocol, the PSCCH and the PSSCH encoded for transmission to the other UE over the NR PC5 interface in resources allocated for NR sidelink communication.