# US 11,910,242 B2 · Flexible resource reservation indication in sidelink > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,242 B2 - Document ID: US11910242B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/031,325 - Filed: 2020-09-24 - Published: 2021-04-01 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-27 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Gabi Sarkis; Kapil Gulati; Tien Viet Nguyen; Shuanshuan Wu; Sudhir Kumar Baghel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910242B2 ## CPC - H04W 28/26: Resource reservation - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/40: Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or 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) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for flexible resource reservations in sidelink communications. An example method that may be executed by a first user equipment (UE) includes determining, for sidelink communications with a second UE, one or more first resource reservations and one or more second resource reservations. The second resource reservations may have a different frequency resource allocation than the first resource reservations. The method also includes transmitting, to the second UE, control information having an indication of the first resource reservations and the second resource reservations. The method further includes communicating with the second UE based on the first resource reservations and the second resource reservations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), comprising: determining, for sidelink communications with a second UE, one or more first resource reservations and one or more second resource reservations, wherein the one or more second resource reservations have a different frequency resource allocation than the one or more first resource reservations; obtaining a configuration indicating whether control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations, wherein a size of the control information is based on the configuration, wherein the configuration further indicates that a threshold number of resource reservations in the control information determines whether the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations with the different frequency resource allocation; transmitting, to the second UE, a single control information transmission indicating the control information, wherein the control information includes an indication of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations; and communicating with the second UE based on the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the frequency resource allocation of the one or more second resource reservations includes a different number of resource blocks than the one or more first resource reservations. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the configuration includes receiving, from a base station, control signaling that indicates the configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration is preconfigured on the first UE. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration indicates that: if a number of resource reservations in the control information is equal to or less than the threshold number, the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations, and if the number of the resource reservations in the control information is greater than the threshold number, the control information includes resource reservations with a same frequency resource allocation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration indicates that one or more first subsets of resource reservations have a different frequency resource allocation than a second subset of the resource reservations in the control information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein: the configuration indicates a number of resource reservations associated with a segment of the resource reservations in the control information; and the one or more second resource reservations include the segment of the resource reservations. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the configuration indicates that a flag in the control information and associated with each of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations indicates which one or more resource reservations are included in the one or more first subsets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration indicates that whether the control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations is based on whether resource reservations in the control information are associated with feedback based retransmissions or non-feedback based retransmission. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the configuration indicates that if one or more resource reservations in the control information are associated with feedback based retransmissions, the control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations, and if the resource reservations in the control information are associated with non-feedback based retransmissions, the control information includes resource reservations with a same frequency resource allocation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the control information includes a field indicating which one or more resource reservations has the different frequency resource allocation, and wherein the field indicates at least one of: a bitmap having a plurality of bits, and each of the bits corresponds to a different resource reservation in the control information; a number of resource reservations associated with a segment of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations in the control information, and the one or more second resource reservations include the segment of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations; which one or more resource reservations in the control information have the different frequency resource allocation based on the one or more resource reservations being associated with feedback based retransmissions or non-feedback based retransmissions; or which one or more resource reservations in the control information has the different frequency resource allocation based on the one or more resource reservations being associated with a same transport block or different transport blocks. ### Claim 12 A method of wireless communication by a second user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a first UE, a single control information transmission indicating control information, wherein the control information includes an indication of one or more first resource reservations and one or more second resource reservations, wherein the one or more second resource reservations have a different frequency resource allocation than the one or more first resource reservations, and wherein a size of the control information is based on a configuration indicating whether the control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations, wherein the configuration further indicates that a threshold number of resource reservations in the control information determines whether the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations with the different frequency resource allocation; determining time and frequency resource allocations for communicating with the first UE based on the indication of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations; and communicating with the first UE based on the determination of the time and frequency resource allocations. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the frequency resource allocation of the one or more second resource reservations includes a different number of resource blocks than the one or more first resource reservations. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration is obtained by receiving, from a base station, control signaling that indicates the configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration is preconfigured on the second UE. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration indicates that: if a number of resource reservations in the control information is equal to or less than the threshold number, the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations, and if the number of the resource reservations in the control information is greater than the threshold number, the control information includes resource reservations with a same frequency resource allocation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration indicates that one or more first subsets of resource reservations have a different frequency resource allocation than a second subset of the resource reservations in the control information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein: the configuration indicates a number of resource reservations associated with a segment of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations in the control information; and the one or more second resource reservations includes the segment of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the configuration indicates that a flag in the control information and associated with each of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations indicates which one or more resource reservations are included in the one or more first subsets. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration indicates that whether the control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations is based on whether resource reservations in the control information are associated with feedback based retransmissions or non-feedback based retransmission. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration indicates that: if one or more of resource reservations in the control information are associated with feedback based retransmissions, the control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations, and if resource reservations in the control information are associated with non-feedback based retransmissions, the control information includes resource reservations with a same frequency resource allocation. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the control information includes a field indicating which one or more resource reservations has the different frequency resource allocation, and wherein the field indicates at least one of: a bitmap having a plurality of bits, and each of the bits corresponds to a different resource reservation in the control information; a number of resource reservations associated with a segment of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations in the control information, and the one or more second resource reservations include the segment of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations; which one or more resource reservations in the control information have the different frequency resource allocation based on the one or more resource reservations being associated with feedback based retransmissions or non-feedback based retransmissions; or which one or more resource reservations in the control information has the different frequency resource allocation based on the one or more resource reservations being associated with a same transport block or different transport blocks. ### Claim 23 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory being configured to: determine, for sidelink communications with a user equipment (UE), one or more first resource reservations and one or more second resource reservations, wherein the one or more second resource reservations have a different frequency resource allocation than the one or more first resource reservations; and obtain a configuration indicating whether control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations, wherein a size of the control information is based on the configuration, wherein the configuration indicates that a threshold number of resource reservations in the control information determines whether the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations with the different frequency resource allocation; and a transceiver configured to: transmit, to the UE, a single control information transmission indicating the control information, wherein the control information includes an indication of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations; and communicate with the UE based on the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein: the control information includes a field having a plurality of values, one of which indicates that the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations with the different frequency resource allocation, the field is a resource reservation field of one of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations, a total number of resource reservations indicated in the control information is based on a number of resource reservations that have different frequency resource allocation, and the control information has a fixed size. ### Claim 25 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a transceiver configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE), a single control information transmission indicating control information, wherein the control information includes an indication of one or more first resource reservations and one or more second resource reservations, wherein the one or more second resource reservations have a different frequency resource allocation than the one or more first resource reservations, and wherein a size of the control information is based on a configuration indicating whether the control information includes resource reservations with different frequency resource allocations, wherein the configuration indicates that a threshold number of resource reservations in the control information determines whether the control information includes the one or more second resource reservations with the different frequency resource allocation; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory being configured to determine time and frequency resource allocations for communicating with the UE based on the indication of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations; wherein the transceiver is further configured to communicate with the UE based on the determination of the time and frequency resource allocations. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The apparatus of claim 25, wherein: the indication of the one or more first resource reservations and the one or more second resource reservations includes an ordered set of resource reservations; a first resource reservation in the ordered set indicates a first frequency resource allocation; and one or more resource reservations following the first resource reservation in the ordered set indicates a second frequency resource allocation if the one or more second resource reservations include the one or more reservations following the first reservation.