US 12,219,416 B2
Methods and apparatuses for SL carrier aggregation enhancement
Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei (TW); Hung-Chen Chen, Taipei (TW); Mei-Ju Shih, Taipei (TW); and Yu-Hsin Cheng, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,488.
Application 17/708,488 is a continuation of application No. 17/091,582, filed on Nov. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,323,938.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,401, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225198 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0088 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 36/0072 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:
receive, through a serving cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), a sidelink (SL) resource configuration of a second RAT different from the first RAT;
determine first validity area information associated with the first RAT and second validity area information associated with the second RAT; and
identify a validity area of the SL resource configuration based on the first validity area information and the second validity area information.