Patent ID: 11889514
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A first apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the first apparatus being connected to a network via the communication circuitry, the first apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, cause the first apparatus to perform operations comprising:
determining whether conditions for requesting a resource grant are met, comprising determining the availability of resource grants for use in sidelink communication between the first apparatus and a third apparatus; and
if the conditions for requesting a resource grant are met, sending to a second apparatus a first request for a sidelink communications resource grant, the first request for a sidelink communications resource grant being for communications between the first apparatus and the third apparatus,
wherein the first request for a sidelink communication resource grant comprises a request for configuration information for another request for a sidelink communication resource grant, and wherein the instructions further the first apparatus to:
receive, from the second apparatus, configuration information, the configuration information pertaining to the first request for a sidelink communications resource grant;
receive, in response to the first request for a sidelink communications resource grant, a resource configuration for a second request for sidelink communications resource grant;
send, to the second apparatus, a second request for a sidelink communications resource grant,
wherein the configuration information comprises information regarding polled sidelink communication resource grant request resources, and
wherein the configuration comprises an indication of how to determine which resources to use for transmitting the request for sidelink communication resource grant, said transmission occurring when the second apparatus may poll the first apparatus to see whether the first apparatus has a need to send a first request for a sidelink communications resource grant.