Patent ID: 11950235
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A first user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors and storing processor-executable code that, when executed by the one or more processors, is configured to cause the first UE to:
receive a first sidelink message from a second UE over a sidelink channel, the first sidelink message comprising an indication of first resources of the sidelink channel reserved by the second UE for a second sidelink message by the second UE;
compare a signal metric of the first sidelink message with a threshold;
transmit, to a third UE, a third sidelink message over the sidelink channel, the third sidelink message comprising an indication of second resources of the sidelink channel, wherein an availability of the first resources for inclusion in the second resources is based at least in part on the comparing; and
receive, from the third UE, a fourth sidelink message over third resources of the sidelink channel based at least in part on transmitting the third sidelink message to the third UE, the fourth sidelink message comprising data for the first UE.