# US 2023/0053975 A1 · Techniques for radio access and sidelink discontinuous reception alignment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0053975 A1 - Document ID: US20230053975A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/819,173 - Filed: 2022-08-11 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-13 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Kaidong WANG; Jelena DAMNJANOVIC; Tao LUO; Junyi LI; Juan MONTOJO; Ozcan OZTURK; Peter GAAL; Aleksandar DAMNJANOVIC - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053975A1 ## CPC - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the first UE, assistance information indicating at least part of a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a radio access link between the first UE and a base station. The UE may receive at least part of a sidelink DRX configuration for the sidelink connection, wherein an on duration of the sidelink DRX configuration is not aligned with an on duration of the first DRX configuration. The UE may transmit information indicating at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration. The UE may receive, from the base station, a second DRX configuration for the radio access link. The UE may communicate in accordance with the sidelink DRX configuration or the second DRX configuration. Numerous other aspects are described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to: receive, from a network node, a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a radio access link between the first UE and the network node; receive, from a second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the first UE, at least part of a sidelink DRX configuration for the sidelink connection; transmit, to the network node, information indicating at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration; and communicate in accordance with the sidelink DRX configuration or the first DRX configuration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The first UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to the second UE, assistance information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The first UE of claim 2, wherein the assistance information indicates at least part of the first DRX configuration for the radio access link between the first UE and the network node. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The first UE of claim 3, wherein the assistance information is provided via a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The first UE of claim 3, wherein the assistance information is provided via a medium access control (MAC) message. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The first UE of claim 3, wherein the assistance information includes at least one of: information indicating a preferred sidelink DRX configuration, or information indicating a sidelink DRX configuration between the first UE and another UE other than the second UE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The first UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the network node, a second DRX configuration for the radio access link, wherein the second DRX configuration has one or more parameters that are modified relative to the first DRX configuration including at least one of: a DRX slot offset, a DRX start offset, a DRX short cycle, or a DRX long cycle start offset. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The first UE of claim 7, wherein the second DRX configuration is received via a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The first UE of claim 8, wherein the RRC message includes an entirety of the second DRX configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The first UE of claim 8, wherein the RRC message includes a subset of the second DRX configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The first UE of claim 7, wherein an on duration of the second DRX configuration is aligned with an on duration of the sidelink DRX configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The first UE of claim 1, wherein the sidelink DRX configuration is based at least in part on the first DRX configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The first UE of claim 12, wherein an on duration of the sidelink DRX configuration is aligned with an on duration of the first DRX configuration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The first UE of claim 1, wherein the at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration is received via a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The first UE of claim 14, wherein the RRC message includes an entirety of the sidelink DRX configuration. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The first UE of claim 14, wherein the RRC message includes a subset of the sidelink DRX configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The first UE of claim 1, wherein the at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration indicates, via physical layer signaling, a selected parameter from a set of configured parameters for the sidelink DRX configuration. ### Claim 18 A method of wireless communication performed by a first user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network node, a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a radio access link between the first UE and the network node; receiving, from a second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the first UE, at least part of a sidelink DRX configuration for the sidelink connection; transmitting, to the network node, information indicating at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration; and communicating in accordance with the sidelink DRX configuration or the first DRX configuration. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising transmitting, to the second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the first UE, assistance information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the assistance information indicates at least part of the first DRX configuration for the radio access link between the first UE and the network node. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the assistance information is provided via a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the assistance information is provided via a medium access control (MAC) message. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the assistance information includes at least one of: information indicating a preferred sidelink DRX configuration, or information indicating a sidelink DRX configuration between the first UE and another UE other than the second UE. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising receiving, from the network node, a second DRX configuration for the radio access link, wherein the second DRX configuration has one or more parameters that are modified relative to the first DRX configuration including at least one of: a DRX slot offset, a DRX start offset, a DRX short cycle, or a DRX long cycle start offset. ### Claim 25 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first user equipment (UE), cause the UE to: receive, from a network node, a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a radio access link between the first UE and the network node; receive, from a second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the first UE, at least part of a sidelink DRX configuration for the sidelink connection; transmit, to the network node, information indicating at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration; and communicate in accordance with the sidelink DRX configuration or the first DRX configuration. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the one or more instructions further cause the UE to transmit, to a second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the first UE, assistance information. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the assistance information indicates at least part of the first DRX configuration for the radio access link between the first UE and the network node. ### Claim 28 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for receiving, from a network node, a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a radio access link between the apparatus and the network node; means for receiving, from a second user equipment (UE) associated with a sidelink connection with the apparatus, at least part of a sidelink DRX configuration for the sidelink connection; means for transmitting, to the network node, information indicating at least part of the sidelink DRX configuration; and means for communicating in accordance with the sidelink DRX configuration or the first DRX configuration. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising means for transmitting, to a second UE associated with a sidelink connection with the apparatus, assistance information. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the assistance information indicates at least part of the first DRX configuration for the radio access link between the apparatus and the network node.