US 12,238,722 B2
Communication devices and methods for providing multihop transmission
Serkan Ayaz, Munich (DE); Ömer Bulakci, Munich (DE); Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Munich (DE); Jian Luo, Munich (DE); Zhongfeng Li, Shanghai (CN); and Chan Zhou, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,446.
Application 17/398,446 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/053867, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0377993 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/21 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0035 (2013.01); H04L 5/0037 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for a network device, comprising:
receiving a scheduling request from a User Equipment (UE); and
sending a first message to one or more UEs in response to the scheduling request, wherein the first message indicates sidelink resource allocation information for the one or more UEs to perform a multihop transmission, and wherein the sidelink resource allocation information comprises:
one or more baseline sidelink resources for the one or more UEs of the multihop transmission, wherein the one or more baseline sidelink resources for the one or more UEs comprise indication of a base sidelink resource allocation; and
relative sidelink resource allocation information for the one or more UEs of the multihop transmission relative to the one or more baseline sidelink resources, wherein the relative sidelink resource allocation information for the one or more UEs comprises a first index indicating a quantity of a first sidelink resource allocation above the base sidelink resource allocation for a first UE of the one or more UEs and a second index indicating a quantity of a second sidelink resource allocation above the base sidelink resource allocation for a second UE of the one or more UEs.