	US 12,348,291 B2
	Sidelink beam management
Pengfei Xia, San Diego, CA (US); Bin Liu, San Diego, CA (US); and Young Hoon Kwon, Laguna Niguel, CA (US)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,114.
Application 17/887,114 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/022414, filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393741 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)

CPC H04B 7/0632 (2013.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)]

23 Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first electronic device from a base station, a configuration of one or more beam management reference signals (BMRSs) to be communicated on a sidelink between the first electronic device and a second electronic device and a configuration of one or more sidelink random access channels (SL-RACHs);

receiving and measuring, by the first electronic device based on the configuration of the one or more BMRSs, a plurality of BMRSs transmitted by the second electronic device; and

transmitting, by the first electronic device to the second electronic device, a SL-RACH of the one or more SL-RACHs based on a measurement of the plurality of BMRSs and according to the configuration of the one or more SL-RACHs.