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Samsung patents method for devices to share communication resources

This patent describes a way for two devices to communicate directly without a base station. One device helps the other pick the best time slots to send data by filtering out times it is busy using.

Why it mattersIt improves how devices manage their own communication channels, which is useful for direct device-to-device connections in 5G networks.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses a communication method of a first user equipment (UE), the method including: determining, by the first UE, a candidate sidelink resource set, when a preset determination condition is satisfied; and transmitting, by the first UE, the determined candidate sidelink resource set, when a preset transmission condition is satisfied, wherein the candidate sidelink resource set is used for determining a resource for sidelink transmission.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a first user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a second UE, request information instructing to assist a resource allocation mode 2 for sidelink transmission of the second UE, wherein the first UE is configured to assist a resource allocation mode 2 of the second UE; determining a set of preferred resources of the first UE after receiving the request information; and transmitting, to the second UE, information on the set of preferred resources of the first UE, wherein the determining of the set of preferred resources of the first UE comprises: identifying an initial set of candidate resources, excluding, from the initial set of candidate resources, at least one candidate resource within at least one slot in which the first UE is expected to perform transmission, wherein the first UE is a reception UE for the sidelink transmission of the second UE, and determining the set of preferred resources of the first UE based on the initial set of candidate resources from which the at least one candidate resource is excluded.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Method and device for determining sidelink resource
Patent number
US12745235B2
Application number
17920248
Filed
Apr 21, 2021
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 72/1263 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/25 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/53 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/542 Electricity & electronics
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