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

Claim 7:
8. 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 when the apparatus is informed or determines not to transmit the sidelink control information over the control channel for an associated second channel using the resource allocation, the apparatus is further caused to listen to the sidelink control information from other sidelink user equipment in proximity to detect possible second channel resource collision.