US 12,192,986 B2
Communicating about sidelink resource availability without legacy user equipment interference
Wei Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Seyedkianoush Hosseini, San Diego, CA (US); Tien Viet Nguyen, Bridgewater, NJ (US); and Gabi Sarkis, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,528.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,295, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046663 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/25 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/25 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
encode sidelink control information (SCI) associated with a communication on a sidelink channel, wherein the SCI includes second stage SCI (SCI-2), wherein the communication is associated with resource availability information for the sidelink channel, and wherein the SCI indicates that the communication is not intended for any legacy UE based at least in part on a destination identifier included in the SCI and associated with the communication; and
transmit the SCI.