US 12,256,461 B2
Procedure and signaling for sidelink DRX alignment
Kaidong Wang, San Diego, CA (US); Jelena Damnjanovic, Del Mar, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (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 Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,446.
Application 18/496,446 is a continuation of application No. 17/526,996, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064860 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/28 (2018.02) [H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a second user equipment at a first user equipment over a sidelink interface, discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration assistance information;
transmitting, from the first user equipment to a network via an air interface, the DRX configuration assistance information, wherein the first user equipment relays communication between the second user equipment in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive or idle state and the network via the sidelink interface with the second user equipment and the air interface with the network;
receiving, from the network at the first user equipment via the air interface:
modified air interface DRX configuration information for the first user equipment received from the network, and
sidelink DRX configuration information for the first user equipment and the second user equipment, wherein the sidelink DRX configuration information is based on the DRX configuration assistance information; and
transmitting, from the first user equipment to the second user equipment over the sidelink interface, the sidelink DRX configuration information.