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US 12,615,675 B2Granted
Information sharing between sidelink devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSatish Kumar, Sarath Pinayour Chandrasekaran, Gabi Sarkis
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first network entity may establish a sidelink connection with a first user equipment (UE). The first network entity may detect sidelink communications including sidelink data from the first UE, and may forward the detected sidelink data to a second network entity via a sidelink interface or a backhaul link. The second network entity may transmit the sidelink data to a second UE via a sidelink connection between the second network entity and the second UE.
Claims26
An apparatus for wireless communications at a first network entity, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors;
- and
- instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
- establish a first sidelink connection with a first user equipment (UE);
- receive, at the first network entity via the first sidelink connection, a first sidelink message comprising sidelink data from the first UE for a second UE that is unavailable for direct communication with the first UE;
- forward the sidelink data, to the second UE, via a second sidelink connection with a second network entity, wherein the instructions to forward the sidelink data to the second UE are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
- establish the second sidelink connection with the second network entity;
- generate a second sidelink message comprising the sidelink data;
- and
- transmit the second sidelink message to the second network entity via the second sidelink connection;
- and
- transmit, to the second network entity, a frequency resource identifier indicating sidelink resources on which the first network entity received the sidelink data.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors;
- and
- instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
- establish a first sidelink connection with a first network entity;
- receive, from the first network entity by a second network entity, via the first sidelink connection with the first network entity, a first sidelink message comprising sidelink data associated with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the first network entity via a second sidelink connection, wherein the sidelink data is for a second UE that is unavailable for direct communication with the first UE;
- receive, from the first network entity, a frequency resource identifier indicating sidelink resources on which the first network entity received the sidelink data;
- establish a third sidelink connection with the second UE;
- and
- transmit, to the second UE via the third sidelink connection, a second sidelink message comprising the sidelink data associated with the first UE.
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A method for wireless communications at a first network entity, comprising:
- establishing a first sidelink connection with a first user equipment (UE);
- receiving, at the first network entity via the first sidelink connection, a first sidelink message comprising sidelink data from the first UE for a second UE that is unavailable for direct communication with the first UE;
- forwarding the sidelink data, to the second UE, via a second sidelink connection with a second network entity, wherein forwarding the sidelink data to the second UE comprises:
- establishing the second sidelink connection with the second network entity;
- generating a second sidelink message comprising the sidelink data;
- and
- transmitting the second sidelink message to the second network entity via the second sidelink connection;
- and
- transmitting, to the second network entity, a frequency resource identifier indicating sidelink resources on which the first network entity received the sidelink data.
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A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- establishing a first sidelink connection with a first network entity;
- receiving, from the first network entity by a second network entity, via the first sidelink connection with the first network entity, sidelink data associated with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the first network entity via a second sidelink connection, wherein the sidelink data is for a second UE that is unavailable for direct communication with the first UE;
- receiving, from the first network entity, a frequency resource identifier indicating sidelink resources on which the first network entity received the sidelink data;
- establishing a third sidelink connection with the second UE;
- and
- transmitting, to the second UE via the third sidelink connection, a first sidelink message comprising the sidelink data associated with the first UE.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.