Method and apparatus using resource allocation slot aggregation aspects for determining slots to sense and to include in a resource set

A method comprising:

• determining whether a resource pool of a group of time slots associated with a first carrier spacing overlaps with a resource pool of a frame associated with a second carrier spacing within a period of time;
• wherein the first carrier spacing has a higher frequency than the second carrier spacing, and the period of time comprises the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing and the frame associated with the second carrier spacing;
• performing sensing of at least one time slot of the group of time slots, based on whether the resource pool of the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing overlaps with the resource pool of the frame associated with the second carrier spacing within the period of time;
• performing sensing of a first time slot of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing and not performing sensing of any other time slot of the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing other than the first time slot, when each of the time slots of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing overlaps in time with the resource pool of the frame associated with the second carrier spacing;
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• performing sensing of the first time slot of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing and performing sensing of each of the other time slots of the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing other than the first time slot, when none of the time slots of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing overlap in time with the resource pool of the frame associated with the second carrier spacing.

A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, the operations comprising:

• determining whether a resource pool of a group of time slots associated with a first carrier spacing overlaps with a resource pool of a frame associated with a second carrier spacing within a period of time;
• wherein the first carrier spacing has a higher frequency than the second carrier spacing, and the period of time comprises the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing and the frame associated with the second carrier spacing;
• performing sensing of at least one time slot of the group of time slots, based on whether the resource pool of the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing overlaps with the resource pool of the frame associated with the second carrier spacing within the period of time;
• performing sensing of a first time slot of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing and not performing sensing of any other time slot of the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing other than the first time slot, when each of the time slots of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing overlaps in time with the resource pool of the frame associated with the second carrier spacing;
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• performing sensing of the first time slot of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing and performing sensing of each of the other time slots of the group of time slots associated with the first carrier spacing other than the first time slot, when none of the time slots of the group of time slots of the resource pool associated with the first carrier spacing overlap in time with the resource pool of the frame associated with the second carrier spacing.