Patent ID: 11906643
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A method of wireless communications, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment (UE) device, a request to associate with at least one other UE device to form a UE platoon;
identifying the UE device as a sidelink synchronization source for the UE platoon based on a position of the UE device relative to the at least one other UE device;
transmitting a first sidelink synchronization signal while at least a portion of the UE platoon is in a geographic area associated with a deficient synchronization source signal; and
discontinuing transmission of the first sidelink synchronization signal in response to determining that the at least one other UE device has exited the geographic area.