US 12,010,658 B2
Resource reservation and release in sidelink
Gabi Sarkis, San Diego, CA (US); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Tien Viet Nguyen, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Shuanshuan Wu, San Diego, CA (US); and Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Hillsborough, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/062,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,968, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0105746 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 1/1867 (2023.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/04 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04L 1/1887 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
29. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive control information comprising (i) a first indication of at least one resource reservation by another apparatus from a resource pool comprising a plurality of time-frequency resources available for sidelink communications and (ii) a second indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable, wherein the at least one resource reservation comprises reservation of at least one resource from the resource pool by a user equipment (UE), and wherein the second indication indicates whether the at least one resource reserved by the UE can be reclaimed by apparatus based on the at least one resource being for a feedback based transmission;
at least one processor configured to:
reclaim the at least one resource reservation based at least in part on the control information; and
select a set of resource reservations from the resource pool to use for sidelink communications based on reclaiming the at least one resource reservation; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor.