Facilitation of configured grants for sidelink reception for 5g or other next generation network

Abstract

During a sidelink process, a configured grant can be utilized for data reception. For example, one user device (e.g., gnodeB or local manager user equipment) can send a signal to a receiving UE indicating that the user device should monitor a specific channel for a specific time. The user device can then send another signal to a transmitting user equipment indicating that it needs to transmit on a specific sub channel at the specific time or window of time. Thus, the user device can facilitate scheduling of data transmissions/receptions such that radio resources are preserved.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 in response to determining that a first user equipment is to perform sidelink communication with a second user equipment:
 transmitting, by a local manager user equipment comprising a processor, to the second user equipment, prompt data representative of a prompt to monitor for a signal from the first user equipment, wherein the prompt data comprises size data that specifies a size of second stage sidelink control data; and 
 transmitting, by the local manager user equipment, to the first user equipment, parameter data representative of a parameter to facilitate the sidelink communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the prompt data identifies a channel to be monitored by the second user equipment. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the prompt data further identifies a time window that the channel is to be monitored by the second user equipment. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the parameter data identifies a channel to be monitored by the second user equipment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the parameter data identifies a time window for which the sidelink communication is to occur. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein transmitting the prompt data and transmitting the parameter data is performed as a single broadcast transmission. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the prompt data further identifies a modulating and coding scheme to be employed in the sidelink communication. 
     
     
         8 . Network equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 in response to determining that a first user equipment is to communicate with a second user equipment:
 transmitting, to the second user equipment, a receiving grant to prompt the second user equipment to monitor for a signal from the first user equipment, wherein the receiving grant comprises size data that specifies a size of second stage sidelink control data; and 
 transmitting, to the first user equipment, parameter data representative of a parameter to facilitate communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment. 
 
   
     
     
         9 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the receiving grant identifies a channel to be monitored by the second user equipment. 
     
     
         10 . The network equipment of  claim 9 , wherein the receiving grant further identifies a time period that the channel is to be monitored by the second user equipment. 
     
     
         11 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the receiving grant further identifies a time domain resource to be utilized for the communication. 
     
     
         12 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the receiving grant further identifies a frequency domain resource to be utilized for the communication. 
     
     
         13 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein communicating the receiving grant and communicating the parameter data is performed as a single broadcast transmission. 
     
     
         14 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the receiving grant further identifies a range of modulating and coding schemes for the communication. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a base station device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 in response to determining that a first mobile device is to communicate with a second mobile device:
 sending, to the second mobile device, a receiving grant to initiate the second mobile device to monitor for a signal from the first mobile device, wherein the receiving grant comprises size data that specifies a size of second stage sidelink control data; and 
 sending, to the first mobile device, parameter data representative of a parameter to facilitate communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device. 
   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the receiving grant identifies a channel to be monitored by the second mobile device. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the receiving grant further identifies a time duration that the channel is to be monitored by the second mobile device. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the parameter data identifies a channel to be monitored by the second mobile device. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the parameter data identifies a time duration for which the communication is to occur. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the receiving grant is configured by a radio resource control signal.