Patent classifications
H04B7/06954
Sidelink beam configuration and indication
Aspects relate to mechanisms for a wireless communication device to configure and indicate one or more beams for sidelink communication with another wireless communication device. The sidelink communication can include first stage sidelink control information (SCI) and second stage SCI that may be communicated on a first beam configured on the wireless communication devices. The sidelink communication can further include sidelink data traffic that may be communication on a second beam. The second beam may be the first beam or a different beam based on at least one of a beam capability of at least the first wireless communication device or a gap between the sidelink data traffic and at least one of the first stage SCI or the second stage SCI.
Network Assisted Discovery for Wireless Communication
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, including receiving, from a radio access network device, a beam sweeping configuration indicative of spatial limitation in relation to a reference, and performing beam sweeping configured spatially based on the received beam sweeping configuration for extending connectivity via the network device outside coverage of the network device.
DEVICE-TO-DEVICE PERIODIC SIGNAL CONFIGURATION
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit a first set of periodic signals associated with a first set of spatial relationships in a first set of periodic signal transmission occasions associated with a first periodicity; and transmit one or more second sets of periodic signals with a second set of spatial relationships in one or more second sets of periodic signal transmission occasions associated with a second periodicity, wherein the one or more second sets of periodic signal transmission occasions occur before a next first set of the periodic signal transmission occasions. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Sidelink multi-user multiple input multiple output
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of one or more reception parameters, of the UE, for sidelink communication and downlink communication. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the one or more reception parameters, at least one of one or more sidelink streams or one or more downlink streams. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Terminal device, method, and recording medium
[Problem] Provided is an interference protection mechanism for communications using a transmit beam in a sidelink. [Solution] A terminal device capable of communication using any communication method classified as vehicle-to-x (V2X) includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information relating to allocation of a resource pool that can be used by a plurality of terminal devices using the communication method and second information relating to transmit power which is associated with a beam ID of one or a plurality of transmit beams which the terminal devices use in communication using the communication method; a parameter determination unit that determines parameters relating to the transmit beams on the basis of the first information and the second information; and a transmission processing unit that performs packet transmission processing using the communication method on the basis of the determined parameters.
Sidelink measurement reporting in next generation wireless networks
Some of the present implementations provide a method for a first user equipment (UE) to deliver a sidelink measurement report to a second UE. The method receives sidelink measurement configuration through a PC5 radio resource control (RRC) connection between the first and second UEs. The method then generates the sidelink measurement report by monitoring at least one target resource pool allocated to the first UE via the sidelink measurement configuration and transmits the sidelink measurement report to the second UE through the PC5 RRC connection between the first and second UEs. The at least one target resource pool is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and the PC5 RRC connection between the first and second UEs is associated with a second RAT.
SIDELINK DISCOVERY MESSAGES FOR BEAM TRAINING AND ONBOARDING OF INITIATOR USER EQUIPMENTS TO SIDELINK USER EQUIPMENT GROUPS
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE (e.g., an initiator UE) transmits sidelink discovery messages for beam training on a bandwidth associated with DMRS. One or more UEs (e.g., candidate responder UEs) select a beam to pair with a beam associated with one of the sidelink discovery messages, and transmit a sidelink discovery message on the selected beam. In another aspect, a UE (e.g., initiator UE) transmits a sidelink discovery message, which is forwarded to a UE, which may be a lead UE of a sidelink UE group. The lead UE adds the initiator UE to the sidelink UE group, and responds with a sidelink discovery response message and a group indication that at least indicates that the initiator UE now belongs to the sidelink UE group.
Sidelink beam management
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may be configured to support multi-beam, or multi-panel operations, or both which may allow multiple sidelink transmissions to occur simultaneously. In some cases, flexible beam-management for the beamformed sidelink communications is implemented to manage the beams. A transmitting UE may indicate transmission beam information to the base station that the base station may use to schedule sidelink transmissions as part of a beam management procedure. The beam management procedure may allow a transmitting UE to update transmission beam information based on the mobility of the sidelink UEs and other environmental factors. In some cases, beam management includes a beam training procedure that may be implemented to refine the sidelink beams, where support for multi-panel and multi-beam operation may allow for multiple beams to be trained simultaneously.
Beam sweeping on millimeter wave frequencies for device-to-device communications
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a first user equipment (UE) performs a limited beam sweep of one or more transmit beams on a second frequency band in an estimated direction from the first UE to the second UE, wherein the estimated direction is based on one or more parameters received over a previously established signaling radio bearer (SRB) on a first frequency band and/or a device-to-device discovery procedure performed on the first frequency band, receives, over the SRB, a confirmation that a data radio bearer (DRB) has been established on the second frequency band with at least one transmit beam of the one or more transmit beams, and sends, to the second UE, a data flow over the DRB on the second frequency band using the at least one transmit beam.
Beam training in large bandwidth millimeter wave systems
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured with a set of beamforming weights, each beamforming weight corresponding to a transmit beam of a set of transmit beams that may each include a same primary lobe and one or more different side lobes. The UE may then perform a beam training procedure to determine which transmit beams cause more or less interference at one or more nearby UEs. The UE may transmit signals using one or more of the transmit beams, and the nearby UEs may determine which transmit beams and corresponding beamforming weights cause more or less interference. The nearby UEs may then indicate those transmit beams or beamforming weights that cause more or less interference via different options.