Methods and apparatuses for coexistence of sidelink communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12490284-B1
Application number	US-202519300474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 14, 2025
Priority date	Feb 15, 2023
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for resource selection for a user equipment (UE) in a first sidelink communication. The method includes: determining, by a first sidelink communication module, a selection window; setting at least one first threshold parameter for a resource exclusion at the first sidelink communication module; initializing a candidate resource set; receiving, from a second sidelink communication module, at least one of: at least one second threshold parameter used for a resource exclusion at the second sidelink communication module, sidelink sensing information obtained by the second sidelink communication module, or resource reservation information collected by the second sidelink communication module; determining one or more final candidate resources in the first sidelink communication using the at least one first threshold parameter and the at least one information received from the second sidelink communication module; and reporting the determined one or more final candidate resources to a higher layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising:
a memory storing an instruction; and a processor configured to execute the instruction, for resource selection in a first sidelink communication, stored in the memory to:
set at least one first threshold parameter for a resource exclusion at the UE;
initialize one or more first candidate resources in the first sidelink communication;
obtain, at least one of: at least one second threshold parameter used for a resource exclusion in second sidelink communication, sidelink sensing information in the second sidelink communication, or resource reservation information in the second sidelink communication;
determine one or more second candidate resources from among the one or more first candidate resources using the at least one first threshold parameter and the obtained at least one information in the second sidelink communication; and
report one or more third candidate resources to a higher layer for selection of one or more transmission resources in the first sidelink communication based on the one or more second candidate resources,
wherein, the at least one first threshold parameter is determined based on information preconfigured by a network.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first threshold parameter is included in at least one of:
a list of initial threshold parameters for resource exclusion of one or more resources in the first sidelink communication, or a list of initial threshold parameters for resource exclusion of one or more resources in the second sidelink communication.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
increase the at least one first threshold parameter by an increment if the number of the one or more second candidate resources is smaller than total number of the one or more first candidate resources multiplied by X, where the X is indicated by the information preconfigured by the network.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
initialize a candidate resource set including one or more resources in the first sidelink communication, if the number of the one or more second candidate resources is smaller than total number of the one or more first candidate resources multiplied by X, where the X is indicated by the information preconfigured by the network.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine the one or more third candidate resources based on DRX active time.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first threshold parameter is determined based on at least one of: one or more priorities of one or more other UEs in a second sidelink communication, or one or more priorities associated with one or more transmissions in the first sidelink communication.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink sensing information in the second sidelink communication comprises: one or more sidelink measurement in the second sidelink communication.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein in determining the one or more third candidate resources, the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to:
exclude, from the one or more first candidate resources, one or more resources having the one or more sidelink measurement greater than the at least one first threshold parameter.

9 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink measurement in the second sidelink communication comprises at least one of:
SL-RSRP measurement in the second sidelink communication, and SL-RSSI measurement in the second sidelink communication.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first threshold parameter is determined based on the information preconfigured by the network and total number of the one or more first candidate resources.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Barbosa Abreu Renato
• Kiilerich Pratas Nuno Manuel
• Jacobsen Thomas Haaning
• Shimizu Takayuki
• Panzner Berthold
• Arzelier Claude

Classifications

• H04W74/0808

  using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] · CPC title

• H04W72/25 Primary

  between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W72/02 Primary

  Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/1215

  for collaboration of different radio technologies · CPC title