US 12,376,048 B2
Communication timing for sidelink relay between a ground UE and an aerial device
Lianghai Ji, San Diego, CA (US); Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US); Qiang Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, San Diego, CA (US); Weimin Duan, San Diego, CA (US); and Karthik Anantha Swamy, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/451,631.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120473 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/001 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to cause the UE to:
transmit, while outside of coverage of a terrestrial network that includes a base station, a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) in response to a communication trigger, wherein the S-SSB includes an indication of the communication trigger that is for relay to the terrestrial network, wherein the S-SSB is transmitted to the base station via an aerial device as a relay of communication between the UE and the base station of the terrestrial network;
receive a sidelink message from the aerial device in response to the S-SSB; and
communicate via sidelink communications with the aerial device in response to reception of the sidelink message, wherein the sidelink communications include the communication between the UE and the base station of the terrestrial network.