US 12,336,002 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for slot structure, channel access, and resource allocation for sidelink communications
Liang Hu, San Diego, CA (US); Philippe Jean Marc Michel Sartori, Naperville, IL (US); Yaser Mohamed Mostafa Kamal Fouad, San Diego, CA (US); and Jung Hyun Bae, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,449.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,089, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/336,236, filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087110 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 74/08 (2024.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/0808 (2013.01) [H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a transceiver configured to access a communication network using a sidelink channel; and
a device controller configured to:
perform a listen-before-transmit (LBT) sensing operation; and
perform a transmission using the sidelink channel based on the LBT sensing operation with respect to a slot boundary, wherein the transmission occupies at least a portion of a first slot,
wherein the LBT sensing operation occupies at least a portion of an LBT gap, and at least a portion of the LBT gap occupies at least a portion of a second slot.