Method and apparatus of new radio V2X cluster head
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorsJu-Ya Chen, Chien-Yi Wang, Ahmet Umut Ugurlu
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Abstract
Various examples and schemes pertaining to methods and apparatus of a New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) cluster head are described. An apparatus implemented as a source user equipment (UE) determines whether there is a need to either join a cluster or become a cluster head in an NR V2X communication environment. The apparatus also detects whether there is any existing cluster head in the NR V2X communication environment responsive to determining that there is the need. The apparatus then determines whether to join a first cluster associated with a first cluster head responsive to the first cluster head being detected as an existing cluster head in the NR V2X communication environment.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processor of an apparatus implemented as a user equipment (UE), whether there is a need to either join a cluster or become a cluster head in a New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication environment;
- and
- detecting, by the processor, whether there is any existing cluster head in the NR V2X communication environment responsive to determining that there is the need,
- wherein the determining of whether there is the need comprises determining that there is the need responsive to a resource allocated by an existing cluster head being insufficient.
An apparatus implemented as a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a communication device configured to communicate wirelessly;
- and
- a processor coupled to the communication device and configured to perform operations comprising:
- determining, via the communication device, whether there is a need to either join a cluster or become a cluster head in a New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication environment;
- and
- detecting, via the communication device, whether there is any existing cluster head in the NR V2X communication environment responsive to determining that there is the need,
- wherein, in determining whether there is the need, the processor is configured to determine that there is the need responsive to a resource allocated by an existing cluster head being insufficient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.