US 12,262,352 B2
Dual-mode sidelink operation
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); Murtaza A. Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US); Clive E. Rodgers, Palo Alto, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US); Sree Ram Kodali, San Jose, CA (US); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US); Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US); Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US); and Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/764,481
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/108866
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/056505, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394677 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/02 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 36/037 (2023.05); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless device, comprising:
at least one antenna for performing wireless communications;
a radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and
a processor coupled to the radio;
wherein the wireless device is configured to:
operate according to a first sidelink mode, wherein first communication resources are allocated by a network while operating in the first sidelink mode;
operate according to a second sidelink mode, wherein second communication resources are autonomously selected by the wireless device while operating in the second sidelink mode; and
transmit Uu signaling to the network, wherein the Uu signaling comprises an indication of prohibited communication resources from the first communication resources allocated by the network that conflict with the autonomously selected second communication resources.