US 12,256,399 B2
In-coverage network controlled off-loading over an unlicensed sidelink
Yisheng Xue, San Diego, CA (US); Jing Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Chih-Hao Liu, San Diego, CA (US); Ozcan Ozturk, San Diego, CA (US); Lik Hang Silas Fong, Bridgewater, NJ (US); and Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,986.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,066, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400704 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/00 (2023.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/0061 (2013.01); H04L 1/1819 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first sidelink (SL) user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a plurality of coupled DCIs, the DCI includes:
a grant of one or more resources for receiving one or more SL data transmissions via a plurality of scheduled physical SL shared channels (PSSCHs) over an unlicensed SL carrier, and
a request for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response for the one or more SL data transmissions;
receiving, from a second SL UE, first SL data via at least one of the plurality of PSSCHs in accordance with receiving the DCI;
decoding the first SL data based on the grant of the DCI; and
transmitting the HARQ response based on receiving the first SL data, the HARQ response including a bitmap indicating a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) pass or fail in accordance with decoding the first SL data.