Patent ID: 11910358
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory comprising computer program code,
the at least one memory and computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
receive, based on a decision of a user equipment, a resource allocation from the user equipment;
receive from the user equipment, a notification of a determination of whether to transmit, from the user equipment, a sidelink control information associated to a transmission using the resource allocation over a control channel; and
receive the transmission of the sidelink control information over the control channel using the resource allocation,
wherein the transmission of the sidelink control information comprises an indicator which indicates whether the control channel is transmitted by the user equipment or by the apparatus, and which triggers the user equipment or the apparatus to measure a channel busy ratio of other user equipment in proximity to the user equipment or the apparatus.