US 12,245,205 B2
Configuring location information for transmitting packets via assisting nodes
Shuanshuan Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US); Sourjya Dutta, San Diego, CA (US); and Preeti Kumari, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,517.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075115 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 72/40 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04W 72/40 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 27 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a controller of an assisting node, a configuration for the assisting node, wherein the configuration comprises an indication of a set of time resources during which the assisting node is active;
identifying, by the first UE, an indication of location information that indicates communication direction information corresponding to communications via the assisting node during the set of time resources;
selecting a time resource from the set of time resources based at least in part on the indication of location information, a location of the first UE, and information associated with a packet for transmission from the first UE to a second UE via the assisting node, wherein the information associated with the packet for transmission from the first UE to the second UE comprises at least a location of the second UE;
determining to communicate with the second UE via the assisting node based at least in part on the location of the second UE, the location of the first UE, and the communication direction information corresponding to communications via the assisting node during the set of time resources; and
transmitting the packet over the selected time resource.