Patent ID: 11929952
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 25:
26. A first user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory;
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
determine a sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS) pattern for a sidelink position estimation procedure, the sidelink PRS pattern including at least one PRS transmission occasion for each of a group of UEs on a shared communication medium;
perform one or more attempts to transmit a first PRS on one or more PRS transmission occasions associated with the first UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern;
monitor, in response to a successful attempt to transmit the first PRS on a first PRS transmission occasion, at least a second PRS transmission occasion for receipt of a second PRS from a second UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern;
perform, if the second PRS is not received on the second PRS transmission occasion, one or more attempts to transmit a third PRS on one or more additional PRS transmission occasions associated with the first UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern; and
monitor, in response to a successful attempt to transmit the third PRS on a third PRS transmission occasion, at least a fourth PRS transmission occasion for receipt of a fourth PRS from the second UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern.