# US 12,010,658 B2 · Resource reservation and release in sidelink > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,658 B2 - Document ID: US12010658B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/062,049 - Filed: 2020-10-02 - Published: 2021-04-08 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-04 - 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/US12010658B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - 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 Techniques and apparatus for managing release of resource reservations for sidelink communications are provided. At least one resource reservation is determined from a resource pool having time-frequency resources allocated for sidelink communications with one or more user equipments. Control information that includes an indication of the at least one resource reservation and an indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable is transmitted. A determination of whether to reclaim the at least one resource reservation is made, based on the control information. A set of resource reservations is selected from the resource pool for sidelink communications, based on the determination. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for wireless communications by a first user equipment (UE), comprising: reserving at least one resource from a resource pool comprising a plurality of time-frequency resources allocated for sidelink communications with one or more second UEs, wherein reserving the at least one resource results in at least one resource reservation; and transmitting control information comprising a first indication of the at least one resource reservation and a second indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable, wherein the second indication indicates whether the at least one resource reserved by the first UE can be reclaimed by the one or more second UEs based on the at least one resource being for a feedback based transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the control information is associated with a first transmission sent at a first time and the at least one resource reservation is allocated to a second transmission to be sent at a subsequent second time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second indication comprises an explicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the second indication comprises an implicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the implicit indication indicates whether the second transmission is the feedback based transmission or a non-feedback based transmission. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein: the feedback based transmission comprises a transmission associated with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; and the non-feedback based transmission comprises a transmission that does not require hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one resource reservation is releasable when the second transmission is the feedback based transmission. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one resource reservation is non-releasable when the second transmission is a non-feedback based transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the implicit indication indicates whether the second transmission is for a same transport block as the first transmission. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one resource reservation is releasable when the second transmission is for the same transport block as the first transmission. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one resource reservation is non-releasable when the second transmission is for a different transport block than the first transmission. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein: the implicit indication indicates the second transmission is for a different transport block than the first transmission; and the first transmission and the second transmission are associated with a same service data unit (SDU). ### Claim 13 An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: at least one processor configured to reserve at least one resource from a resource pool comprising a plurality of time-frequency resources allocated for sidelink communications with one or more other apparatuses, wherein reserving the at least one resource results in at least one resource reservation; a transmitter configured to transmit control information comprising a first indication of the at least one resource reservation and a second indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable, wherein the second indication indicates whether the at least one resource reserved by the apparatus can be reclaimed by one or more user equipments (UEs) based on the at least one resource being for a feedback based transmission; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second indication comprises (i) an explicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable or (ii) an implicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable. ### Claim 15 A method for wireless communications by a first user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving control information comprising (i) a first indication of at least one resource reservation by a second UE from a resource pool comprising a plurality of time-frequency resources available for sidelink communications and (ii) a second indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable, wherein the at least one resource reservation comprises reservation of at least one resource from the resource pool by the second UE, and wherein the second indication indicates whether the at least one resource reserved by the second UE can be reclaimed by the first UE based on the at least one resource being for a feedback based transmission; reclaiming the at least one resource reservation based at least in part on the control information; and selecting a set of resource reservations from the resource pool to use for sidelink communications based on reclaiming the at least one resource reservation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the control information is associated with a first transmission sent by the second UE at a first time and the at least one resource reservation is allocated to a second transmission to be sent by the second UE at a subsequent second time. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the second indication comprises an explicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the second indication comprises an implicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the implicit indication indicates whether the second transmission is the feedback based transmission or a non-feedback based transmission. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein: the feedback based transmission comprises a transmission associated with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; and the non-feedback based transmission comprises a transmission that does not require hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising determining the at least one resource reservation is releasable when the second transmission is the feedback based transmission. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one resource reservation is non-releasable when the second transmission is a non-feedback based transmission. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the implicit indication indicates whether the second transmission is for a same transport block as the first transmission. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The method of claim 23, further comprising determining the at least one resource reservation is releasable when the second transmission is for the same transport block as the first transmission. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The method of claim 23, wherein the at least one resource reservation is non-releasable when the second transmission is for a different transport block than the first transmission. ### Claim 26 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one resource reservation is reclaimed when the at least one resource reservation is releasable and the at least one resource reservation has been released. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, further comprising monitoring a feedback channel to determine whether the at least one resource reservation has been released. ### Claim 28 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one resource reservation is not reclaimed when at least one of: (i) the at least one resource reservation is non-releasable or (ii) the at least one resource reservation has not been released. ### Claim 29 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a receiver configured to receive control information comprising (i) a first indication of at least one resource reservation by another apparatus from a resource pool comprising a plurality of time-frequency resources available for sidelink communications and (ii) a second indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable, wherein the at least one resource reservation comprises reservation of at least one resource from the resource pool by a user equipment (UE), and wherein the second indication indicates whether the at least one resource reserved by the UE can be reclaimed by apparatus based on the at least one resource being for a feedback based transmission; at least one processor configured to: reclaim the at least one resource reservation based at least in part on the control information; and select a set of resource reservations from the resource pool to use for sidelink communications based on reclaiming the at least one resource reservation; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the second indication comprises (i) an explicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable or (ii) an implicit indication of whether the at least one resource reservation is releasable.