# US 12,010,061 B2 · Method for performing beam sweeping by user equipment in wireless communication system supporting sidelink, and device therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,061 B2 - Document ID: US12010061B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/432,641 - Filed: 2020-01-14 - Published: 2022-05-26 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-22 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Yeongjun Kim; Youngdae Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010061B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/06954: {Sidelink beam training with support from third instance, e.g. the third instance being a base station} - H04L 5/0037: {Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04W 4/44: for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04L 27/261: {Details of reference signals} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Various embodiments provide a method for performing beam sweeping by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink, and a device therefor. Disclosed are a method for performing beam sweeping and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: forming a first group for performing the beam sweeping; receiving group information related to the first group; and performing beam sweeping on the basis of the group information, wherein the group information includes area allocation information for a plurality of areas divided on the basis of the number of a plurality of beams that can be formed by UEs included in the first group, and the beam sweeping is performed only within a first area, which has been pre-configured in response to the UEs, from among the plurality of areas. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of performing beam sweeping by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting sidelink, the method comprising: receiving configuration information including information regarding resource pools for sidelink communication, wherein the resource pools include at least one of a first resource pool for Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) or a second resource pool for Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH); participating in a first group including a plurality of UEs; receiving group information related to the first group; performing the beam sweeping based on the group information; and performing a sidelink communication based on the resource pools and a result of the beam sweeping, wherein the group information includes region allocation information allocating a first beam sweeping region to the UE among a plurality of beam sweeping regions based on a positional relationship between the UE and the plurality of UEs, and wherein the beam sweeping is performed only on the first beam sweeping region based on the region allocation information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the group information further includes information regarding a group coefficient (Gv) related to the first group, wherein the group coefficient is used to determine the number of beams to be simultaneously formed by the first group to perform the beam sweeping, wherein the group coefficient is determined by ceil(M/Tv), and wherein M is the number of the plurality of beam sweeping regions, and Tv is the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) needed for the first group to perform the beam sweeping. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein a product of the Tv and the group coefficient is greater than a length of a symbol required to transmit a synchronization signal through one beam. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: receiving cooperation information including information regarding a plurality of zones divided based on a latitude and a longitude and information regarding a zone coefficient for each of the plurality of zones, wherein the zone coefficient is set to a least value of the group coefficient for each of at least one group located in a corresponding one of the zones. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the cooperation information further includes information regarding a time for maintaining a reception beam for each of the plurality of zones. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a direction of the reception beam for the beam sweeping is determined based on the cooperation information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the reception beam is not formed toward a zone having the zone coefficient equal to 0. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the direction of the reception beam for the beam sweeping is determined based on the region allocation information and the cooperation information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein a time required to maintain the direction of the reception beam is determined based on the zone coefficient. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a transmission beam for the beam sweeping is formed only in a direction of a beam directed toward the first beam sweeping region. ### Claim 11 An apparatus configured to perform beam sweeping in a wireless communication system supporting sidelink, the apparatus comprising: a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and a processor connected to the RF transceiver, wherein the processor controls the transceiver and is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving configuration information including information regarding resource pools for sidelink communication, wherein the resource pools include at least one of a first resource pool for Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) or a second resource pool for Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH); participating in a first group including a plurality of UEs; receiving group information related to the first group; performing the beam sweeping based on the group information; and performing a sidelink communication based on the resource pools and a result of the beam sweeping, wherein the group information includes region allocation information allocating a first beam sweeping region to the UE among a plurality of beam sweeping regions based on a positional relationship between the UE and the plurality of UEs, and wherein the beam sweeping is performed only on the first beam sweeping region based on the region allocation information.