Patent ID: 11903074
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory, coupled to the at least one processor, storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
transmitting, to a second UE, an initial message of a unicast link establishment procedure by exchanging UE identifications in initial messages of a unicast link establishment procedure to establish a unicast connection between the first UE and the second UE, wherein the UE identifications are uniquely assigned by each UE such that the initial messages comprise at least a first unique UE identification for the first UE and at least a second unique UE identification for the second UE;
monitor a sidelink broadcast control channel for a first sidelink discovery message associated with the second UE;
establish a sidelink connection with the second UE based on the first sidelink discovery message;
and
perform sidelink discovery by monitoring a sidelink physical layer channel for a second sidelink discovery message associated with a third UE based on a sidelink DRX configuration negotiated between the first UE and the second UE using the first unique UE identification for the first UE and the second unique UE identification for the second UE.