Inter-UE Resource Coordination for Collision Sensing and Response

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current inter-UE communication techniques lack detailed sensing operations, resource set information, and coordination mechanisms for different types of transmissions, leading to inefficiencies and conflicts in wireless communication networks.

Innovation Solution

Implement enhanced inter-UE coordination methods, including resource allocation procedures, post-collision schemes, and pre-collision indications, to manage resource sets and resolve conflicts, using signaling configurations and dynamic indications for UE communication.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If inter-UE coordination mechanisms are implemented, then communication efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidcoordination mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The coordination mechanism is segmented into distinct phases: pre-collision indication phase and post-collision resolution phase. Each phase handles specific aspects of coordination independently, making the overall complex system manageable and implementable through modular functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs pre-collision indications where UEs signal their intended resource usage before actual transmission occurs. This preliminary action allows other UEs to anticipate conflicts and resolve them proactively, improving efficiency without requiring complex real-time coordination during transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Quantity of substance

If resource allocation procedures are enhanced, then resource utilization is improved, but collision response time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilizationVSAvoidcollision response time
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

UEs perform resource sensing and collision detection in advance before transmission occurs. By identifying potential resource conflicts beforehand and exchanging pre-collision indications, the system resolves allocation issues prior to actual transmission, improving resource utilization while minimizing real-time delay.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where UEs receive post-collision indications about resource conflicts and adjust their transmission accordingly. This feedback loop enables continuous optimization of resource allocation while maintaining acceptable response times through efficient collision detection and resolution protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12495435B2Inter-UE communication coordination and collision response
Publication Date: 2025.12.09 APPLE INC
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AI summary

Techniques described herein may include new and enhanced solutions for several aspects of inter-UE communications. For example, techniques described herein may provide inter-UE coordination techniques for different types of resource sets, sensing operations for inter-UE communication, and how UEs involved in inter-UE communication may be determined. In additional, or alternative, examples, techniques described herein may provide solutions for post-collision schemes, including how certain resource sets may be applied, whether and how to jointly transmit post-collision and pre-collision indications, and how to determine the resources for post-collision indication.