US 12,245,195 B2
Sidelink repeating operations
Xiaojie Wang, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); and Jianghong Luo, Skillman, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,322.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156664 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/02 (2013.01) [H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) for wireless communications, the RIS comprising:
memory comprising computer executable code; and
one or more processors coupled with the memory and configured to, individually or collectively, execute the computer executable code to cause the RIS to:
receive, from a network entity, an indication of resources available for sidelink communications between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, wherein the indication of the resources comprises one or more sidelink resource configurations including indications of one or more sidelink slots for the RIS to repeat the sidelink communications between the first and the second UEs, and wherein the one or more sidelink slots include a starting slot and a duration for repeating operation;
receive, from the network entity, signaling that configures the RIS to repeat the sidelink communications between the first UE and the second UE over the indicated resources;
receive an initial sidelink transmission from the first UE, wherein the initial sidelink transmission is beamformed from the first UE to the RIS; and
repeat the initial sidelink transmission, wherein repeating the initial sidelink transmission comprises reflecting the initial sidelink transmission to the second UE according to the received signaling.