Patent ID: 11924832
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A user equipment wireless communication device (UE), comprising a memory and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the first UE to:
select a sidelink control information (SCI) stage 2 format based on a sidelink communication type by:
selecting a first SCI stage 2 format when the sidelink communication type is groupcast with acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback enabled, broadcast, or unicast; and
selecting a second SCI stage 2 format when the sidelink communication type is groupcast with NACK feedback only enabled; and
transmit, to a second UE, an SCI stage 2 payload in accordance with the selected SCI stage 2 format.