# US 12,192,966 B2 · Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication

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- Number: US 12,192,966 B2
- Document ID: US12192966B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/683,234
- Filed: 2022-02-28
- Published: 2022-06-16
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2019-08-29
- Assignees: Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited
- Applicants: Qi Jiang; Xiaobo Zhang
- Inventors: Qi Jiang; Xiaobo Zhang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192966B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)}
- H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
- H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals}
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04W 92/18: between terminal devices
- 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

A method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node firstly transmits a target signaling; and then transmits a first signaling and a second signaling; and transmits a first signal in a first radio resource set; the target signaling is used to determine a target reference signal; the first signaling and the second signaling are respectively used to indicate a first radio resource pool and a second radio resource pool; the type of multicarrier symbols comprised in the first radio resource pool is a first type; there is at least one of multicarrier symbols comprised in the second radio resource pool that is of a type other than the first type; the present disclosure, by transmitting a first signal on resources other than cellular link uplink resources, manages to enhance the chance of feedback information transmission in sidelink, thereby improving the spectrum of the sidelink transmission.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A first node for wireless communications, comprising:
a first transceiver, transmitting a target signaling;
a first transmitter, transmitting a first signaling and a second signaling; and
a second transceiver, transmitting a first signal in a first radio resource set;
wherein the target signaling is used to determine a target reference signal; the first signaling and the second signaling are respectively used to indicate a first radio resource pool and a second radio resource pool; the first radio resource pool comprises M1 multicarrier symbols, any of the M1 multicarrier symbols being of a first type; the second radio resource pool comprises M2 multicarrier symbols, there is at least one multicarrier symbol among the M2 multicarrier symbols being of a type other than the first type; when the first radio resource set belongs to the first radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a first reference signal; when the first radio resource set belongs to the second radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a target reference signal, the target reference signal being unrelated to the first reference signal; the first signal is transmitted in sidelink; M1 and M2 are both positive integers greater than 1.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the target signaling is used to indicate K1 candidate reference signal(s), the target reference signal is one of the K1 candidate reference signal(s), where K1 is a positive integer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The first node according to claim 2, wherein the first transceiver receives K2 first-type radio signal(s); the K2 first-type radio signal(s) is (are respectively) associated with K2 first-type reference signal(s); the target reference signal is unrelated to any of the K2 first-type reference signal(s); the first reference signal is related to at least one of the K2 first-type reference signal(s); a receiver for the first signal includes a second node, a transmitter for the K2 first-type radio signal(s) is a third node, the second node and the third node being non-co-located; K2 is a positive integer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the second transceiver receives a third signaling and a second signal; the third signaling comprises configuration information for the second signal, the first signal comprising feedback for the second signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the first type means that a corresponding multicarrier symbol can be used for an uplink transmission in a cellular link; the type other than the first type includes at least one of a second type or a third type, the second type meaning that a corresponding multicarrier symbol can be used for a downlink transmission in a cellular link, while the third type meaning that a corresponding multicarrier symbol can be used for a downlink or uplink transmission in a cellular link.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the phrase that the first signal is associated with a first reference signal means that the first signal and the first reference signal are Quasi Co-located (QCL).

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the phrase that the first signal is associated with a target reference signal means that the first signal and the target reference signal are QCL.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the phrase of the target reference signal being unrelated to the first reference signal means that the target reference signal and the first reference signal are non-QCL.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the first node comprises a first panel and a second panel, the first panel being associated with the first reference signal, the second panel being associated with the target reference signal.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The first node according to claim 9, wherein the first panel is associated with X1 antenna ports, a first antenna port being one of the X1 antenna ports, where X1 is a positive integer, the first reference signal employs the first antenna port to transmit.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The first node according to claim 9, wherein the second panel is associated with X2 antenna ports, the target antenna port being one of the X2 antenna ports, where X2 is a positive integer, the target reference signal employs the target antenna port to transmit.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The first node according to claim 9, wherein a first index and a second index respectively correspond to the first panel and the second panel in the present disclosure; when the first signal is associated with the first reference signal, the first index is used to generate the first signal; when the first signal is associated with the target reference signal, the second index is used to generate the first signal.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The first node according to claim 1, wherein the target reference signal is transmitted in sidelink, while the first signaling and the second signaling are both transmitted in sidelink.

### Claim 14

A second node for wireless communications, comprising:
a first receiver, receiving a target signaling;
a second receiver, receiving a first signaling and a second signaling; and
a third transceiver, receiving a first signal in a first radio resource set;
wherein the target signaling is used to determine a target reference signal; the first signaling and the second signaling are respectively used to indicate a first radio resource pool and a second radio resource pool; the first radio resource pool comprises M1 multicarrier symbols, any of the M1 multicarrier symbols being of a first type; the second radio resource pool comprises M2 multicarrier symbols, there is at least one multicarrier symbol among the M2 multicarrier symbols being of a type other than the first type; when the first radio resource set belongs to the first radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a first reference signal; when the first radio resource set belongs to the second radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a target reference signal, the target reference signal being unrelated to the first reference signal; the first signal is transmitted in sidelink; M1 and M2 are both positive integers greater than 1.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The second node according to claim 14, wherein the target signaling is used to indicate K1 candidate reference signal(s), the target reference signal is one of the K1 candidate reference signal(s), where K1 is a positive integer.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The second node according to claim 15, wherein a transmitter for the first signal receives K2 first-type radio signal(s); the K2 first-type radio signal(s) is (are respectively) associated with K2 first-type reference signal(s); the target reference signal is unrelated to any of the K2 first-type reference signal(s); the first reference signal is related to at least one of the K2 first-type reference signal(s); a transmitter for the K2 first-type radio signal(s) is a third node, the second node and the third node being non-co-located; K2 is a positive integer.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The second node according to claim 14, wherein the third transceiver transmits a third signaling and a second signal; the third signaling comprises configuration information for the second signal, the first signal comprising feedback for the second signal.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The second node according to claim 14, wherein the first type means that a corresponding multicarrier symbol can be used for an uplink transmission in a cellular link; the type other than the first type includes at least one of a second type or a third type, the second type meaning that a corresponding multicarrier symbol can be used for a downlink transmission in a cellular link, while the third type meaning that a corresponding multicarrier symbol can be used for a downlink or uplink transmission in a cellular link.

### Claim 19

A method in a first node for wireless communications, comprising:
transmitting a target signaling;
transmitting a first signaling and a second signaling; and
transmitting a first signal in a first radio resource set;
wherein the target signaling is used to determine a target reference signal; the first signaling and the second signaling are respectively used to indicate a first radio resource pool and a second radio resource pool; the first radio resource pool comprises M1 multicarrier symbols, any of the M1 multicarrier symbols being of a first type; the second radio resource pool comprises M2 multicarrier symbols, there is at least one multicarrier symbol among the M2 multicarrier symbols being of a type other than the first type; when the first radio resource set belongs to the first radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a first reference signal; when the first radio resource set belongs to the second radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a target reference signal, the target reference signal being unrelated to the first reference signal; the first signal is transmitted in sidelink; M1 and M2 are both positive integers greater than 1.

### Claim 20

A method in a second node for wireless communications, comprising:
receiving a target signaling;
receiving a first signaling and a second signaling; and
receiving a first signal in a first radio resource set;
wherein the target signaling is used to determine a target reference signal; the first signaling and the second signaling are respectively used to indicate a first radio resource pool and a second radio resource pool; the first radio resource pool comprises M1 multicarrier symbols, any of the M1 multicarrier symbols being of a first type; the second radio resource pool comprises M2 multicarrier symbols, there is at least one multicarrier symbol among the M2 multicarrier symbols being of a type other than the first type; when the first radio resource set belongs to the first radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a first reference signal; when the first radio resource set belongs to the second radio resource pool, the first signal is associated with a target reference signal, the target reference signal being unrelated to the first reference signal; the first signal is transmitted in sidelink; M1 and M2 are both positive integers greater than 1.
