Sidelink-aided radio frequency sensing

An apparatus of sidelink-aided radio frequency (RF) sensing at a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication network, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:
• receive, via a downlink communication link with a base station, a sensing establishment message associated with a sensing session;
• receive, via one or more sidelink communication links with a corresponding one or more sidelink UEs, one or more sensing measurement information obtained by the one or more sidelink UEs corresponding to the sensing session, or a first sensing outcome information corresponding to the sensing session obtained by one of the one or more sidelink UEs based on the one or more sensing measurement information;
• and
• transmit, via an uplink communication link with the base station, the one or more sensing measurement information obtained by the one or more sidelink UEs corresponding to the sensing session, or a second sensing outcome information corresponding to the sensing session, the second sensing outcome information being based on either the one or more sensing measurement information or the first sensing outcome information obtained by the one of the one or more sidelink UEs corresponding to the sensing session.

An apparatus of sidelink-aided radio frequency (RF) sensing at a base station of a wireless communication network, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:
• transmit, to a plurality of user equipment (UEs), a sensing establishment message associated with a sensing session, the plurality of UEs comprising a first UE and one or more sidelink UEs, the first UE being in communication, via one or more sidelink communication links, with the one or more sidelink UEs;
• and
• receive, from the first UE via a first communication link, one or more sensing measurement information obtained by the one or more sidelink UEs corresponding to the sensing session, or sensing outcome information corresponding to the sensing session obtained by one of the one or more sidelink UEs based on the one or more sensing measurement information.