Contention level signaling for resource pools

Abstract

The technologies described herein are generally directed toward communicating determined contention levels of resource pools to UEs enabling the UEs to select from available resource pools. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include assigning determined contention levels to respective ones of a group of resource pools. The operations can further include communicating, to a user equipment device, the determined contention levels, enabling the user equipment device to select a resource pool of the group of resource pools based on the determined contention levels.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 from network equipment, receiving, by a user equipment comprising a processor, contention information corresponding to contention levels for respective ones of a group of resource pools, wherein a resource pool of the group of resource pools comprises resources pooled to be offered for selection by the user equipment; and   based on the contention information, selecting, by the user equipment, the resource pool.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the resources of the resource pool were identified by the network equipment based on power control parameters of the resources. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contention levels were identified based on at least one of:
 a first number of user equipment sharing the respective ones of the group of resource pools,   a second number of local manager equipment sharing the respective ones of the group of resource pools,   a third number of user equipment sharing respective manager equipment of the local manager equipment,   a maximum allowed transmission power for ones of a group of user equipment sharing the respective ones of the group of resource pools,   power control parameters for the ones of the group of user equipment sharing the respective ones of the group of resource pools,   geographic sizes of the respective ones of the group of resource pools,   quality of service requirements for the respective ones of the group of resource pools, or   maximum allowed interferences for the respective ones of the group of resource pools.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the respective ones of the group of resource pools comprise respective time and frequency resources that facilitate a sidelink communication, and wherein selecting the resource pool by the user equipment comprises selecting the resource pool for the sidelink communication. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, identifying, by the user equipment, a characteristic of the respective ones of the group of resource pools, wherein selecting the resource pool by the user equipment is further based on the characteristic. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the characteristic of the resource pool comprises that the resource pool is dedicated for use by a group of user equipment comprising the user equipment. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the resource pool is a first resource pool, and further comprising:
 receiving, by the user equipment from the network equipment, an indication that a second resource pool of the group of resource pools is prohibited from being used by the user equipment, wherein the second resource pool of the group of resource pools was prohibited based on a determined contention level associated with the second resource pool; and   further based on the indication, selecting, by the user equipment, the first resource pool.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the resource pool is a first resource pool, and further comprising:
 receiving, by the user equipment from the network equipment, an indication that, for a second resource pool of the group of resource pools, a contention level for the second resource pool of the group of resource pools is unable to be determined, based on an unavailability of data; and   further based on the indication, selecting, by the user equipment, the first resource pool.   
     
     
         9 . First network equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving from second network equipment, contention information corresponding to contention levels for respective pools of a group of resource pools, wherein a resource pool of the group of resource pools comprises resources pooled to be offered for use by network equipment, and 
 based on the contention information, selecting the resource pool for use. 
   
     
     
         10 . The first network equipment of  claim 9 , wherein the resources of the resource pool were identified by the second network equipment based on utilization characteristics of the resources of the resources. 
     
     
         11 . The first network equipment of  claim 9 , wherein the resource pool comprises time and frequency combinations that facilitates wireless communication by the network equipment, and where the network equipment comprises at least one of the first network equipment or the second network equipment. 
     
     
         12 . The first network equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication comprises wireless communication utilizing a sidelink protocol, and wherein the operations further comprise, based on selecting the resource pool, establishing a sidelink connection using the sidelink protocol with the user equipment. 
     
     
         13 . The first network equipment of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise, sensing ambient network characteristics that affect the first network equipment, and wherein selecting the resource pool for use is further based on the ambient network characteristics. 
     
     
         14 . The first network equipment of  claim 9 , wherein the first network equipment comprises user equipment, and wherein the contention levels were identified based on at least one of:
 a number of user equipment sharing the respective pools of the group of resource pools,   a maximum allowed transmission power for ones of a group of user equipment sharing the respective pools of the group of resource pools,   geographic sizes of the respective pools of the group of resource pools,   quality of service requirements for the respective pools of the group of resource pools, or   a maximum allowed interference for the respective pools of the group of resource pools.   
     
     
         15 . The first network equipment of  claim 9 , wherein the resource pool is a first resource pool, wherein the operations further comprise, measuring signal strengths of respective signals from the first resource pool and a second resource pool, wherein the signal strengths are similar in accordance with a similarity criterion, and wherein selecting the first resource pool for use is further based on the signal strengths being similar according to the similarity criterion. 
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving from network equipment, interference information corresponding to respective levels of interference for respective pools of a group of resource pools, wherein a resource pool of the group of resource pools comprises a group of resources pooled to be offered for selection by the user equipment, and wherein the interference information comprises an estimated level of interference for the user equipment in connection with utilizing the resource pool; and   based on the interference information, selecting the resource pool.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the user equipment is a first user equipment, and wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a first ambient network characteristic that affects the first user equipment, and   communicating the first ambient network characteristic to the network equipment, wherein the estimated level of interference for utilizing the resource pool is based on the first ambient network characteristic determined by the first user equipment and a second ambient network characteristic determined by a second user equipment.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the resources of the resource pool were identified by the network equipment based on utilization characteristics of the resources. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the resource pool comprises time and frequency combinations that facilitates wireless communication by the user equipment. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the user equipment is a first user equipment, and wherein the wireless communication comprises wireless communication utilizing a sidelink protocol, and wherein the operations further comprise, based on selecting the resource pool, establishing a sidelink connection with a second user equipment using the sidelink protocol.