Apple patents method to swap wireless slots when high-priority data interrupts

1. A method comprising: reserving, by a first user equipment (UE), a plurality of periodic resources on a wireless link between the first UE and a second UE for a data transmission of the first UE; detecting that one of the plurality of periodic resources reserved by the first UE is a pre-empted resource, wherein the pre-empted resource is reserved for a data transmission of a third UE, the data transmission of the third UE having a higher priority than the data transmission of the first UE, wherein: the plurality of periodic resources are scheduled over a plurality of periods in regular intervals, each period of the plurality of periods is associated with at least a first slot, a second slot, and a third slot, and the pre-empted resource is associated with the first slot; in response to detecting that the one of the plurality of periodic resources is the pre-empted resource, determining a new resource for the pre-empted resource, wherein the new resource is associated with the second slot; and selecting a periodic resource of the plurality of periodic resources for use in subsequent periods for the pre-empted resource in response to determining the new resource, wherein selecting the periodic resource comprises: determining a time gap between the new resource and a reserved resource associated with the third slot that precedes or follows the new resource, wherein the time gap is a time duration between the second slot and the third slot, and if the time gap is greater than a threshold, selecting the periodic resource associated with the first slot for use in the subsequent periods, and if the time gap is less than or equal to the threshold, selecting the periodic resource associated with the second slot for use in the subsequent periods.