US 12,323,934 B2
Apparatus and method
Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Gistrup (DK); Ling Yu, Kauniainen (FI); Torsten Wildschek, Gloucester (GB); Renato Barbosa Abreu, Aalborg (DK); Timo Erkki Lunttila, Espoo (FI); Laura Luque Sanchez, Nibe (DK); Vinh Van Phan, Oulu (FI); Yong Liu, Shanghai (CN); Jianguo Liu, Minhang Shanghai (CN); and Naizheng Zheng, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/859,576
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/089789
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 24, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/206206, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0113316 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/0015 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an apparatus for a first user equipment comprising:
determining to provide at least one synchronization signal for sidelink communications to a second user equipment;
determining whether to transmit a synchronization signal using a first set of synchronization resources; and
when it is determined to transmit the synchronization signal, abstaining from transmitting a synchronization signal using a second set of synchronization resources; and
when it is determined to abstain from transmitting the synchronization signal in the first set of synchronization resources:
determining whether to transmit the synchronization signal using the second set of synchronization resources; and
abstaining from using any resource coinciding in time with the second set of synchronization resources for transmitting and/or receiving a first sidelink communication.