US 12,439,401 B2
Sidelink unified transmission configuration indicator state
Hua Wang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Yan Zhou, San Diego, CA (US); Tianyang Bai, Somerville, NJ (US); Jung Ho Ryu, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Jing Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,061.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089950 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
transmit, to a second UE, an indication of a sidelink unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state that is applicable to a plurality of sidelink communications on a plurality of sidelink channels between the first UE and the second UE, wherein the sidelink unified TCI state includes at least one of:
a joint forward link and reverse link TCI state that is applicable to sidelink communications on sidelink channels on a forward link between the first UE and the second UE and applicable to sidelink communications on sidelink channels on a reverse link between the first UE and the second UE,
a separate forward link TCI state applicable to the sidelink communications on the sidelink channels on the forward link, or
a separate reverse link TCI state applicable to the sidelink communications on the sidelink channels on the reverse link; and
communicate one or more sidelink communications of the plurality of sidelink communications with the second UE on at least one of the forward link or the reverse link based at least in part on the indication of the sidelink unified TCI state.