Patent ID: 11916684
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 26:
27. A transmitter user equipment (UE), comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit, on a sidelink channel used for communicating with other UEs, a control message indicating at least one range, wherein the control message comprises at least one of:
a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold relevant to the at least one range, or
a threshold value used by another UE detecting the control message to determine whether the sidelink channel is free; and

a processing system configured to monitor for feedback associated with detection of the control message by one or more other UEs within the indicated range, wherein:
the transmitter is further configured to transmit data if the feedback indicates at least that the sidelink channel is free.