US 12,464,482 B2
Sidelink timing advance for a repeater
Xiaojie Wang, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (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 May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,109.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370989 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 56/0045 (2013.01) [H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04B 7/15528 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication at a first device, comprising:
performing, by the first device, one or more measurements on reference signals received from a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE;
identifying, by the first device and based at least in part on the one or more measurements, a first sidelink communication timing of the first UE in communication with the first device and a second sidelink communication timing of the second UE in communication with the first device;
determining, by the first device and based at least in part on the first sidelink communication timing and the second sidelink communication timing, a sidelink timing offset to be used by the first device in repeating a sidelink message between the first UE and the second UE; and
repeating, by the first device, the sidelink message between the first UE and the second UE in accordance with the sidelink timing offset.