US 12,245,234 B2
On demand assistance for sidelink mode 1 communication
Shuanshuan Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); Sourjya Dutta, San Diego, CA (US); and Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,952.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037156 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
memory;
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
receive, from a base station, an assisting node (AN) configuration for one or more ANs associated with the base station, wherein the AN configuration comprises at least location information for each of the one or more ANs and a set of signal directions supported by each of the one or more ANs;
transmit, to the base station, an assistance request (AR) to request assistance with communication with a second UE from at least one AN associated with the base station, wherein the AR comprises at least one of a desired incoming signal direction or a desired outgoing signal direction;
receive, from the base station, a grant to schedule sidelink transmission with the second UE, wherein the sidelink transmission with the second UE is assisted by at least one AN of the one or more ANs associated with the base station; and
communicate via sidelink communication with the second UE, via the at least one AN, using allocated resources of the grant from the base station.