Power saving sensing for reduced sensing UEs using partial sensing and additional sensing with a prioritized resource selection window

US12250660B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Chunxuan Ye · King of Prussia, US
• Chunhai Yao · Beijing, CN
• Dawei Zhang · Saratoga, US
• Haitong Sun · Cupertino, US
• Hong He · Sunnyvale, US
• Huaning Niu · San Jose, US
• Oghenekome Oteri · San Diego, US
• Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian · San Diego, US
• Sigen Ye · San Diego, US
• Wei Zeng · Saratoga, US
• Weidong Yang · San Diego, US
• Yushu Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2025
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D30/70
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods used by reduced sensing user equipment (UE) (relative to a full sensing UE) are disclosed herein. A UE performing partial sensing may use knowledge of resource reservation periods for a resource pool of one or more resources to reduce sensing as compared to the full sensing case. A UE performing resource re-evaluation and/or resource pre-emption may use one or more sensing windows that are relatively smaller than windows used in the full sensing case to reduce sensing. A UE performing prioritized resource selection may use a sensing window to determine availability of resources within a prioritized resource selection window with a high reliability, thereby reducing the need to spend power on other sensing methods (which may include full sensing methods). Combinations of these embodiments are also contemplated.