US Patent Application 18309516. SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION (SCI) IN NEW RADIO (NR) UNLICENSED simplified abstract

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SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION (SCI) IN NEW RADIO (NR) UNLICENSED

Organization Name

Apple Inc.


Inventor(s)

Huaning Niu

Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US)

Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US)

Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN)

Hong He of San Jose CA (US)

Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US)

Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US)

Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US)

Sigen Ye of San Diego CA (US)

SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION (SCI) IN NEW RADIO (NR) UNLICENSED - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18309516 titled 'SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION (SCI) IN NEW RADIO (NR) UNLICENSED

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a user equipment (UE) device that can operate in an unlicensed network for vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

  • The UE device includes a V2X device, a baseband processor, or other network device.
  • The UE device can acquire a channel occupancy time (COT) for sidelink (SL) transmission in the unlicensed network.
  • The UE device can provide sidelink control information (SCI) to other UE devices.
  • The SCI is provided in two stages - a first stage SCI in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a second stage SCI in a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).
  • The first stage SCI or the second stage SCI can provide COT indications to receiving UE devices.
  • The COT indications enable COT sharing in a sidelink unlicensed COT (SL-U COT) for SL communication.


Original Abstract Submitted

A user equipment (UE), including a vehicle to everything (V2X) device, a baseband processor or other network device can operate in an unlicensed network to acquire a channel occupancy time (COT) for sidelink (SL) transmission and provide sidelink control information (SCI) with a first stage SCI in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a second stage SCI in a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). The first stage SCI or the second stage SCI can provide COT indications to a receiving UE device that enable COT sharing in a sidelink unlicensed COT (SL-U COT) for SL communication.