Enhanced automatic gain control for sidelink communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11800463-B2
Application number	US-202117559271-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2021
Priority date	Dec 22, 2021
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a sidelink user equipment (UE) may monitor a set of symbols over a wireless channel. The set of symbols may include at least a first subset of symbols and a second subset of symbols. A quantity of symbols included in the first subset of symbols may be based on a carrier frequency of the wireless channel, a symbol length of the wireless channel, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the wireless channel or a capability of the sidelink UE. Further, the sidelink UE may receive a sidelink transmission over the second subset of symbols, where a starting position of the second subset of symbols is defined according to the quantity of symbols included in the first subset of symbols

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor and storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
monitor a plurality of symbols over a wireless channel, the plurality of symbols comprising at least a first subset of the plurality of symbols and a second subset of the plurality of symbols, wherein the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a quantity of symbols, and wherein the quantity of symbols is based at least in part on one or more of a carrier frequency of the wireless channel, a symbol length of the wireless channel, a subcarrier spacing of the wireless channel, or a capability of the first UE, and wherein at least one symbol of the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a repetition of a symbol of the second subset of the plurality of symbols; and
receive a sidelink transmission over the second subset of the plurality of symbols in accordance with the monitoring, wherein a starting position of the second subset of the plurality of symbols is based at least in part on the quantity of symbols comprising the first subset of the plurality of symbols.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a starting symbol or an ending symbol of the second subset of the plurality of symbols.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein all of the symbols in the first subset of the plurality of symbols are duplicates of one another.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of symbols comprising the first subset of the plurality of symbols is greater than or equal to two symbols when the carrier frequency exceeds a threshold.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of symbols comprising the first subset of the plurality of symbols is greater than or equal to two symbols when the subcarrier spacing exceeds a threshold.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of symbols further comprises a third subset of the plurality of symbols and at least a portion of resources comprising the third subset of the plurality of symbols are allocated for reference signal transmissions.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a repetition of a symbol of the third subset of the plurality of symbols.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
identify a respective scrambling seed for each respective symbol of the first subset of the plurality of symbols, wherein the respective scrambling seed is based at least in part on an index corresponding to the respective symbol.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
identify a same scrambling seed for each respective symbol of the first subset of the plurality of symbols.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second subset of the plurality of symbols comprises resources allocated for one or more of a physical sidelink shared channel, a physical sidelink control channel, or a physical sidelink feedback channel.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
estimate an amount of energy of a signal received over the first subset of the plurality of symbols based at least in part on monitoring the first subset of the plurality of symbols; and
adjust a receiver gain for receiving the sidelink transmission based at least in part on estimating the amount of energy.

12. An apparatus for wireless communication at a second user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor and storing instructions and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication of a plurality of symbols for sidelink transmissions over a wireless channel, the plurality of symbols comprising at least a first subset of the plurality of symbols and a second subset of the plurality of symbols, wherein the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a quantity of symbols, and wherein the quantity of symbols is based at least in part on one or more of a carrier frequency of the wireless channel, a symbol length of the wireless channel, a subcarrier spacing of the wireless channel, or a capability of a first UE, and wherein at least one symbol of the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a repetition of a symbol of the second subset of the plurality of symbols; and
transmit, to the first UE, a sidelink transmission over the second subset of the plurality of symbols, wherein a starting point of the second subset of the plurality of symbols is based at least in part on the quantity of symbols comprising the first subset of the plurality of symbols.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a starting symbol or an ending symbol of the second subset of the plurality of symbols.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein all of the symbols in the first subset of the plurality of symbols are duplicates of one another.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the quantity of symbols comprising the first subset of the plurality of symbols is greater than or equal to two symbols when the carrier frequency exceeds a threshold.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the quantity of symbols comprising the first subset of the plurality of symbols is greater than or equal to two symbols when the subcarrier spacing exceeds a threshold.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a base station, an indication of the capability of the first UE, wherein receiving the indication of the plurality of symbols is based at least in part on receiving the indication of the capability of the first UE.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of symbols further comprises a third subset of the plurality of symbols and at least a portion of resources comprising the third subset of the plurality of symbols are allocated for reference signal transmissions.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first subset of the plurality of symbols comprises a repetition of a symbol of the third subset of the plurality of symbols.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
generate a respective scrambling seed for each respective symbol of the first subset of the plurality of symbols, wherein the respective scrambling seed is based at least in part on an index corresponding to the respective symbol.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
generate a same scrambling seed for each respective symbol of the first subset of the plurality of symbols.

22. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second subset of the plurality of symbols comprises resources allocated for one or more of a physical sidelink shared channel, a physical sidelink control channel, or a physical sidelink feedback channel.

23. A method for wireless communication at a

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Ryu Jung Ho
• Akkarakaran Sony
• Luo Tao
• Li Junyi
• Weissman Haim
• Wang Hua

Classifications

• H04W52/52 Primary

  using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers · CPC title

• H04L27/2605

  Symbol extensions, e.g. Zero Tail, Unique Word [UW] · CPC title

• H04L27/26025

  Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003) · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title