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Sony patents method for devices to share beam usage in direct links

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony describes a way for devices to talk directly to each other using focused radio beams. The sender includes details about how it used or reserved those beams in the past, helping the receiver understand the current connection setup.

Why it mattersThis improves how devices manage their direct connections, which could be useful for future vehicle-to-vehicle or device-to-device communications.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and method for a transmitting end device and a receiving end device for sidelink communication. The electronic apparatus for a transmitting end device for sidelink communication comprises: a processing circuit configured to: generate sidelink control information (SCI) when a receiving end device in communication with a sidelink executes a beam-based communication, the SCI comprising information of a resource usage and/or reservation condition of a communication beam in the preceding sidelink communication of a transmitting end device; and carry the SCI on a control channel to be sent to the receiving end device by means of the current beam.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device for a transmitting end apparatus of sidelink communications, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: generate sidelink control information (SCI) in performing beam-based communication with a receiving end apparatus of the sidelink communications, the SCI comprising information of resource utilization and/or preservation conditions of a communication beam in previous sidelink communications of the transmitting end apparatus; and carry the SCI on a control channel to be transmitted to the receiving end apparatus via a current beam.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING END AND RECEIVING END FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION
Publication number
US20260304454A1
Application number
19480074
Filed
Jun 3, 2024
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
26

Classified under

H04W 72/25 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/06952 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0094 Electricity & electronics
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