Patent ID: 11950233
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to:
receive data from at least one neighboring UE;
determine, based at least partially on the received data, whether to send an assistance report including assistance information providing an indication related to communication; and
transmit the assistance report including the assistance information via second stage sidelink control information (SCI), in response to determining to send the assistance report, wherein the assistance information includes a field indicating a location of a non-preferred resource;
wherein the assistance information is encoded in a part of the second-stage SCI having a variable size,
wherein non-assistance information is encoded in a part of the second-stage SCI having a fixed size, and
wherein the assistance information is independently encoded with respect to the non-assistance information.