# US 11,310,782 B2 · System and method for centralized sidelink scheduling > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,782 B2 - Document ID: US11310782B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/930,392 - Filed: 2020-05-12 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-14 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Junyi Li; Tao Luo; Jung Ho Ryu; Sony Akkarakaran - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310782B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 72/25: between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A first apparatus may receive, on a first control channel, information indicating a first set of resources allocated on a second control channel; send, to a second UE based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, information associated with communication on a data channel; and send data to the second UE on the data channel based on the information associated with the communication on the data channel. A second apparatus may receive, on a first control channel, information indicating a first set of resources allocated on a second control channel; receive, from a second UE based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, information associated with communication on a data channel; and receive data from the second UE on the data channel based on the information associated with the communication on the data channel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, on a first control channel, information indicating a first set of resources allocated on a second control channel and further indicating a first identifier associated with the first UE and a second identifier associated with a second UE; sending, to the second UE based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, information associated with communication on a data channel; and sending data to the second UE on the data channel based on the information associated with the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the communication on the data channel indicates at least one of: a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), information associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the data channel, a second set of resources allocated on the data channel, or an index associated with a beam for the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the index associated with the beam for the communication on the data channel comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and wherein the TCI state is based on beam training between the first UE and the second UE. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the second control channel comprises a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and the data channel comprises a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a first time gap occurs between the receiving on the first control channel and the sending based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, and a second time gap occurs between the sending based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel and the sending the data on the data channel, and wherein the first time gap is longer than the second time gap. ### Claim 6 A method of wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, on a first control channel, information indicating a first set of resources allocated on a second control channel and further indicating a first identifier associated with the first UE and a second identifier associated with a second UE; receiving, from the second UE based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, information associated with communication on a data channel; and receiving data from the second UE on the data channel based on the information associated with the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the information associated with the communication on the data channel indicates at least one of: a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), information associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the data channel, a second set of resources allocated on the data channel, or a first index associated with a first beam for the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the index associated with the beam for the communication on the data channel comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and the method further comprising: determining a second index of a second beam for receiving the data on the data channel based on the TCI state and based on beam training between the first UE and the second UE. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the second control channel comprises a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and the data channel comprises a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein a first time gap occurs between the receiving on the first control channel and the receiving based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, and a second time gap occurs between the receiving based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel and the receiving the data on the data channel, and wherein the first time gap is longer than the second time gap. ### Claim 11 A first user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, on a first control channel, information indicating a first set of resources allocated on a second control channel and further indicating a first identifier associated with the first UE and a second identifier associated with a second UE; send, to the second UE based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, information associated with communication on a data channel; and send data to the second UE on the data channel based on the information associated with the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The first UE of claim 11, wherein the information associated with the communication on the data channel indicates at least one of: a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), information associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the data channel, a second set of resources allocated on the data channel, or an index associated with a beam for the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The first UE of claim 12, wherein the index associated with the beam for the communication on the data channel comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and wherein the TCI state is based on beam training between the first UE and the second UE. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The first UE of claim 11, wherein the first control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the second control channel comprises a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and the data channel comprises a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The first UE of claim 11, wherein a first time gap occurs between the receiving on the first control channel and the sending based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, and a second time gap occurs between the sending based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel and the sending the data on the data channel, and wherein the first time gap is longer than the second time gap. ### Claim 16 A first user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, on a first control channel, information indicating a first set of resources allocated on a second control channel and further indicating a first identifier associated with the first UE and a second identifier associated with a second UE; receive, from the second UE based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, information associated with communication on a data channel; and receive data from the second UE on the data channel based on the information associated with the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The first UE of claim 16, wherein the information associated with the communication on the data channel indicates at least one of: a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), information associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the data channel, a second set of resources allocated on the data channel, or a first index associated with a first beam for the communication on the data channel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The first UE of claim 17, wherein the index associated with the beam for the communication on the data channel comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and the at least one processor is further configured to: determine a second index of a second beam for receiving the data on the data channel based on the TCI state and based on beam training between the first UE and the second UE. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The first UE of claim 16, wherein the first control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the second control channel comprises a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and the data channel comprises a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The first UE of claim 16, wherein a first time gap occurs between the receiving on the first control channel and the receiving based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel, and a second time gap occurs between the receiving based on the first set of resources allocated on the second control channel and the receiving the data on the data channel, and wherein the first time gap is longer than the second time gap.