US 12,294,980 B2
Techniques for sidelink mini-slot assignment and use
Ahmed Elshafie, San Diego, CA (US); Seyedkianoush Hosseini, San Diego, CA (US); and Wei Yang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,961.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057045 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor;
memory coupled with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive control signaling indicating a set of sidelink shared resources of a sidelink shared resource pool, and a threshold quantity of mini-slot reservations for the set of sidelink shared resources, wherein each slot of a plurality of slots of the set of sidelink shared resources comprises a plurality of mini-slots;
transmit a sidelink control information comprising a reservation of a set of mini-slots of a first slot of the plurality of slots, wherein a quantity of the set of mini-slots satisfies the threshold quantity of mini-slot reservations;
transmit sidelink signaling via the set of mini-slots according to a sidelink transmission mode of operation associated with the set of mini-slots; and
wherein the instructions to transmit the sidelink control information are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit a first sidelink control information message comprising an indication of a first mini-slot of the set of mini-slots; and
transmit, in the first mini-slot of the set of mini-slots based at least in part on the first sidelink control information message, a second sidelink control information message comprising an indication of a second mini-slot of the set of mini-slots.