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A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 08/21/2026 has been entered.
Response to Amendment
Applicant’s amendment, filed 07/23/2026 has been entered and carefully considered. Claims 1-2, 22-23, and 28 are amended. Claims 1-6, 18-26, and 28 are currently pending.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments filed 07/23/2026 with respect to claim(s) 1-6, 18-26, and 28 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claims 1-3, 6, 19, 22-24 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Miao et al. (US 2024/0188044 A1) in view of Li et al. (US 2021/0227602 A1) and further in view of Liu et al. (US 2022/0353945 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Miao discloses a method for sidelink communication in a wireless communication network, performed by a first UE, comprising (Fig. 2, paragraphs 0052-0055 disclose first UE communicates with a second UE using sidelink): initiating a sidelink data transmission session with a second UE which is running in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode (Paragraphs 0054-0055 disclose the first terminal device 110 may determine a resource selection window 305 for the sidelink transmission 112 from the first terminal device 110 to the second terminal device 120. The first terminal device 110 may determine the duration based on a DRX configuration of the second terminal device 120. The determined one or more resources are to be used by the first terminal device 110 for transmitting the sidelink transmission 112); and selecting a first transmission resource within a first active time of the second UE for transmitting a first data packet of the sidelink data transmission session to the second UE (Paragraphs 0051-0053 disclose the first terminal device 110 may determine one or more duration(s) within the resource selection window 305. In general, the one or more durations determined by the first terminal device 110 may be any duration in which the first terminal device 110 may need to avoid the resource selection and the sidelink transmission 112. For example, based on information related to the second terminal device 120, the first terminal device 110 may determine that the second terminal device 120 cannot receive the sidelink transmission 112 during the determined one or more durations. In this event, the first terminal device may need to determine resources for the sidelink transmission 112 within the resource selection window 305 (active time or active duration of the second UE) without the one or more determined durations, so as to ensure that the sidelink transmission 112 can be received by the second terminal device 120. Paragraph 0053 discloses the active and inactive duration of the sidelink DRX mechanism).
Miao does not specifically discloses determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission based on an inactivity timer of the second UE expiring prior to sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, the inactivity timer being resettable to extend to another active time upon sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE; and when the first transmission resource is no longer suitable, updating the first transmission resource with a second transmission resource suitable for sidelink data transmission by selecting the second transmission resource from a transmission resource pool maintained by the first UE to replace the first transmission resource.
In an analogous art, Li discloses determining that first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission, determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission (Paragraph 0301-0302 disclose Based on sensing within a sensing duration, the UE may generate/identify a valid resource set, wherein the valid resource set is a subset of the candidate resource set. The generation/identification of the valid resource set may be performed via excluding some candidate resources from the candidate resource set, for instance Step 2-1 and Step 2-2 shown in FIG. 9. The generation/identification of the valid resource set may be performed via selecting/identifying some valid candidate resources, for instance Step 3-1 shown in FIG. 9. And then, the UE selects one or some valid resources from the valid resource set to perform transmission from the UE. The valid resource selection for transmission may be randomly selected from the valid resource set, for instance Step 3-2 shown in FIG. 9): and updating the first transmission resource with a second transmission resource suitable for sidelink data transmission by: selecting the second transmission resource from a transmission resource pool maintained by the first UB to replace the first transmission resource (paragraphs [0464] Higher layer of the first device may indicate a specific number of sub-channels for the sidelink resource (re-)selection procedure. The valid resource set may be delivered from physical layer to the higher layer. The valid resource set may mean or represent or may be replaced as identified resource set. Paragraph 0476 discloses In step 1405, the first device (is triggered or requested to) performs sidelink resource selection or reselection procedure for a sidelink transmission to a second device, wherein the sidelink resource selection or reselection procedure is performed to select at least one sidelink resource from candidate sidelink resources within a time duration of selection window. In step 1410, the first device selects a first sidelink resource based on sidelink active time or wake-up time of the second device, wherein the first sidelink resource is within the time duration of selection window. In step 1415, the first device performs the sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource to the second device).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Li to the system of Miao to provide a method and apparatus of handling device-to-device resource pool with consideration on discontinuous reception operation in a wireless communication system (Abstract, Li).
The combination of Miao and Li do not disclose determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission based on an inactivity timer of the second UE expiring prior to sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, the inactivity timer being resettable to extend to another active time upon sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE.
In an analogous art, Liu discloses determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission based on an inactivity timer of the second UE expiring prior to sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, the inactivity timer being resettable to extend to another active time upon sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE (Paragraph 0043 discloses the first UE may monitor for SCI associated with the second sidelink, and may determine the extended DRX on-duration for the second sidelink in response to detecting the SCI from the monitoring. To that end, the first UE may have information that the second UE may start a DRX-inactivity timer upon receiving the SCI over the second sidelink, and the second UE may remain in an active state (for the extended DRX on-duration) while the DRX-inactivity timer is in progress or active. The second UE may start and/or configure a DRX-inactivity timer in various ways. The SCI may indicate reservation(s) for sidelink resource(s) in some upcoming sidelink slots. The second UE may configure the DRX-inactivity timer based on the sidelink reservations so that the second UE may remain in active state to receive transmissions in the reserved resources. In a first aspect, the second UE may start or restart a DRX-inactivity timer upon detecting the SCI and may configure the DRX-inactivity timer with a duration to include a next reserved sidelink resource (in time) reserved by the SCI. In a second aspect, the second UE may start a DRX-inactivity timer upon detecting the SCI and configure the DRX-inactivity timer with a duration to include the last resource (in time) reserved by the SCI and an additional X number of slots (e.g., a time offset) after the last reserved resource. In a third aspect, the second UE may start a DRX-inactivity timer upon detecting the SCI and configure the DRX-inactivity timer with a duration to include a PSFCH resource associated with the last resource (in time) reserved by the SCI and an additional Y number of slots (e.g., a time offset) after the PSFCH resource).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Liu to the modified system of Miao and Liu to provide discontinuous reception (DRX) extended-on operations and dynamic transmission patterns in sidelink (Abstract).
Regarding claim 22, claim 22 comprises substantially similar limitations as claimed above in claim 1.
Miao discloses a first device for sidelink communication in a wireless communication network (Fig. 2, paragraphs 0052-0055 disclose first UE communicates with a second UE using sidelink), the first device comprising a memory for storing computer instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the computer instructions, the processor is configured to cause the first device to (Fig. 11 discloses device 1100 comprises a processor 1110 and a memory 1120 coupled to the processor):
initiating a sidelink data transmission session with a second UE which is running in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode (Paragraphs 0054-0055 disclose the first terminal device 110 may determine a resource selection window 305 for the sidelink transmission 112 from the first terminal device 110 to the second terminal device 120. The first terminal device 110 may determine the duration based on a DRX configuration of the second terminal device 120. The determined one or more resources are to be used by the first terminal device 110 for transmitting the sidelink transmission 112); and selecting a first transmission resource within a first active time of the second UE for transmitting a first data packet of the sidelink data transmission session to the second UE (Paragraphs 0051-0053 disclose the first terminal device 110 may determine one or more duration(s) within the resource selection window 305. In general, the one or more durations determined by the first terminal device 110 may be any duration in which the first terminal device 110 may need to avoid the resource selection and the sidelink transmission 112. For example, based on information related to the second terminal device 120, the first terminal device 110 may determine that the second terminal device 120 cannot receive the sidelink transmission 112 during the determined one or more durations. In this event, the first terminal device may need to determine resources for the sidelink transmission 112 within the resource selection window 305 (active time or active duration of the second UE) without the one or more determined durations, so as to ensure that the sidelink transmission 112 can be received by the second terminal device 120. The sidelink transmission may be used for transmitting any data or control information associated with sidelink communications, for example, sidelink data or sidelink control information or sidelink feedback information).
Miao does not specifically discloses determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission based on an inactivity timer of the second UE expiring prior to sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, the inactivity timer being resettable to extend to another active time upon sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE; and when the first transmission resource is no longer suitable, updating the first transmission resource with a second transmission resource suitable for sidelink data transmission by selecting the second transmission resource from a transmission resource pool maintained by the first UE to replace the first transmission resource.
In an analogous art, Li discloses determining that first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission, determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission (Paragraph 0301-0302 disclose Based on sensing within a sensing duration, the UE may generate/identify a valid resource set, wherein the valid resource set is a subset of the candidate resource set. The generation/identification of the valid resource set may be performed via excluding some candidate resources from the candidate resource set, for instance Step 2-1 and Step 2-2 shown in FIG. 9. The generation/identification of the valid resource set may be performed via selecting/identifying some valid candidate resources, for instance Step 3-1 shown in FIG. 9. And then, the UE selects one or some valid resources from the valid resource set to perform transmission from the UE. The valid resource selection for transmission may be randomly selected from the valid resource set, for instance Step 3-2 shown in FIG. 9): and updating the first transmission resource with a second transmission resource suitable for sidelink data transmission by: selecting the second transmission resource from a transmission resource pool maintained by the first UB to replace the first transmission resource (paragraphs [0464] Higher layer of the first device may indicate a specific number of sub-channels for the sidelink resource (re-)selection procedure. The valid resource set may be delivered from physical layer to the higher layer. The valid resource set may mean or represent or may be replaced as identified resource set. Paragraph 0476 discloses In step 1405, the first device (is triggered or requested to) performs sidelink resource selection or reselection procedure for a sidelink transmission to a second device, wherein the sidelink resource selection or reselection procedure is performed to select at least one sidelink resource from candidate sidelink resources within a time duration of selection window. In step 1410, the first device selects a first sidelink resource based on sidelink active time or wake-up time of the second device, wherein the first sidelink resource is within the time duration of selection window. In step 1415, the first device performs the sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource to the second device).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Li to the system of Miao to provide a method and apparatus of handling device-to-device resource pool with consideration on discontinuous reception operation in a wireless communication system (Abstract, Li).
The combination of Miao and Li do not disclose determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission based on an inactivity timer of the second UE expiring prior to sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, the inactivity timer being resettable to extend to another active time upon sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE.
In an analogous art, Liu discloses determining that the first transmission resource is no longer suitable for sidelink data transmission based on an inactivity timer of the second UE expiring prior to sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, the inactivity timer being resettable to extend to another active time upon sidelink data being transmitted by the first UE to the second UE (Paragraph 0043 discloses the first UE may monitor for SCI associated with the second sidelink, and may determine the extended DRX on-duration for the second sidelink in response to detecting the SCI from the monitoring. To that end, the first UE may have information that the second UE may start a DRX-inactivity timer upon receiving the SCI over the second sidelink, and the second UE may remain in an active state (for the extended DRX on-duration) while the DRX-inactivity timer is in progress or active. The second UE may start and/or configure a DRX-inactivity timer in various ways. The SCI may indicate reservation(s) for sidelink resource(s) in some upcoming sidelink slots. The second UE may configure the DRX-inactivity timer based on the sidelink reservations so that the second UE may remain in active state to receive transmissions in the reserved resources. In a first aspect, the second UE may start or restart a DRX-inactivity timer upon detecting the SCI and may configure the DRX-inactivity timer with a duration to include a next reserved sidelink resource (in time) reserved by the SCI. In a second aspect, the second UE may start a DRX-inactivity timer upon detecting the SCI and configure the DRX-inactivity timer with a duration to include the last resource (in time) reserved by the SCI and an additional X number of slots (e.g., a time offset) after the last reserved resource. In a third aspect, the second UE may start a DRX-inactivity timer upon detecting the SCI and configure the DRX-inactivity timer with a duration to include a PSFCH resource associated with the last resource (in time) reserved by the SCI and an additional Y number of slots (e.g., a time offset) after the PSFCH resource).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Liu to the modified system of Miao and Liu to provide discontinuous reception (DRX) extended-on operations and dynamic transmission patterns in sidelink (Abstract).
Regarding claim 28, claim 28 comprises substantially similar limitations as claimed above in claim 1, claimed as a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable program medium with computer code stored thereupon, the computer code, when executed by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors (Fig. 11 discloses device 1100 comprises a processor 1110 and a memory 1120 coupled to the processor) to implement the steps of claim 1.
Regarding claims 2 and 23, Miao discloses selecting the second transmission resource within a second active time of the second UE for transmitting a subsequent data packet of the sidelink data transmission session to the second UE (Paragraphs 0051-0055 disclose the partial resource selection window without the determined one or more durations may also be referred to as a second resource selection window. Paragraph 0050 disclose the resource selection window 305 can be determined based on the slot n in which the first terminal device 110 determines to transmit the sidelink transmission 112. For example, in the slot n, a higher layer of the first terminal device 110 may request a subset of candidate resources for the sidelink transmission 112, namely, trigger the resource selection for the sidelink transmission 112. In this event, the resource selection window 305 can be determined as [n+T1, n+T2], where the selections of T1 and T2 can be up to UE implementation. In some embodiments, there may be a predefined maximum value and/or a predefined minimum value of each of T1 and T2)
Regarding claims 3 and 24, Miao discloses configuring the sidelink data transmission session with a periodicity tl, wherein tl is equal to or less than a duration of an inactivity timer managed by the second UE, and wherein the inactivity timer is reset by the second UE in response to receiving a subsequent data packet of the sidelink data transmission session (Paragraphs 0050, 0060-0062 disclose the resource selection window 305 can be determined based on the slot n in which the first terminal device 110 determines to transmit the sidelink transmission 112. For example, in the slot n, a higher layer of the first terminal device 110 may request a subset of candidate resources for the sidelink transmission 112, namely, trigger the resource selection for the sidelink transmission 112. In this event, the resource selection window 305 can be determined as [n+T1, n+T2], where the selections of T1 and T2 can be up to UE implementation. In some embodiments, there may be a predefined maximum value and/or a predefined minimum value of each of T1 and T2. Paragraphs 0061-0065 disclose resource selection window 510, the first terminal device 110 may determine an adjusted sidelink DRX configuration of the second terminal device 120 such that the duration (for example, the off-duration 505 of the second terminal device 120) to be excluded from the partial resource selection window 510 is shortened or eliminated. In some embodiments, the adjusted sidelink DRX configuration may be a totally reconfigured sidelink DRX configuration different from the previous sidelink DRX configuration. In some other embodiments, the adjusted sidelink DRX configuration can be a modified version of the previous sidelink DRX configuration).
Regarding claim 6, Miao discloses wherein selecting the first transmission resource comprises: selecting the first transmission resource within the first active time of the second UE for transmitting the first data packet of the sidelink data transmission session to the second UE according to a DRX configuration of the second UE (Paragraphs 0051-0053 disclose the first terminal device 110 may determine one or more duration(s) within the resource selection window 305. In general, the one or more durations determined by the first terminal device 110 may be any duration in which the first terminal device 110 may need to avoid the resource selection and the sidelink transmission 112. For example, based on information related to the second terminal device 120, the first terminal device 110 may determine that the second terminal device 120 cannot receive the sidelink transmission 112 during the determined one or more durations. In this event, the first terminal device may need to determine resources for the sidelink transmission 112 within the resource selection window 305 (active time or active duration of the second UE) without the one or more determined durations, so as to ensure that the sidelink transmission 112 can be received by the second terminal device 120. Paragraph 0053 discloses the active and inactive duration of the sidelink DRX mechanism).
Regarding claim 19, Miao discloses before initiating the sidelink data transmission session, the method further comprises: transmitting, to the second UE, a sidelink control information (SCI) message, the SCI message comprising a set of transmission resources to be reserved by the second UE to support the sidelink data transmission session (Paragraph 0050 discloses a UE performs periodic-based partial sensing, at least when the reservation for another Transport Block, TB (when carried in sidelink control information, SCI) is enabled for the resource pool and resource selection or reselection is triggered at slot n, it is up to UE implementation to determine a set of Y candidate slots within a resource selection window. In some embodiments, the resource selection window 305 can be determined based on the slot n in which the first terminal device 110 determines to transmit the sidelink transmission 112);
and selecting the first transmission resource within the first active time of the second UE comprises: selecting the first transmission resource from the set of transmission resources (Paragraphs 0051-0053 disclose the first terminal device 110 may determine one or more duration(s) within the resource selection window 305. In general, the one or more durations determined by the first terminal device 110 may be any duration in which the first terminal device 110 may need to avoid the resource selection and the sidelink transmission 112. For example, based on information related to the second terminal device 120, the first terminal device 110 may determine that the second terminal device 120 cannot receive the sidelink transmission 112 during the determined one or more durations. In this event, the first terminal device may need to determine resources for the sidelink transmission 112 within the resource selection window 305 (active time or active duration of the second UE) without the one or more determined durations, so as to ensure that the sidelink transmission 112 can be received by the second terminal device 120. The sidelink transmission may be used for transmitting any data or control information associated with sidelink communications, for example, sidelink data or sidelink control information or sidelink feedback information).
Claims 4-5 and 25-26 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Miao et al. in view of Li et al and further in view of Liu et al. and further in view of Hu et al. (US 2024/0073907 A1).
Regarding claims 4 and 25, Miao, Li and Liu do not explicitly disclose wherein the first UE is running in a DRX mode.
In an analogous art, Hu discloses wherein the first UE is running in a DRX mode (Paragraph 0035 discloses the first UE is running in a DRX mode).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Hu to the modified system of Miao, Li and Liu to provide a solution for inter-UE coordination for sidelink DRX UE, where the first DRX configuration can also comprise an identity of the terminal device (Abstract, Hu).
Regarding claims 5 and 26, Miao, Li and Liu do not discloses configuring a first logical channel configuration for supporting a first sidelink data transmission to a first destination UE which is running in a DRX mode; and configuring a second logical channel configuration for supporting a second sidelink data transmission to a second destination UE which is not running in the DRX mode.
In an analogous art, Hu discloses configuring a first logical channel configuration for supporting a first sidelink data transmission to a first destination UE which is running in a DRX mode (Paragraph 0035 discloses the first UE is running in a DRX mode); and configuring a second logical channel configuration for supporting a second sidelink data transmission to a second destination UE which is not running in the DRX mode (Paragraph 0034 discloses the assisting UE may determine the preferred set of resources that coincides with the same time as an inactive time period of a DRX cycle implemented by the sidelink peer UE(s) of assisted UE(s), which act as the RX UE (for example, the UEs 120-3 and/or 120-5) in sidelink communication. Similarly, in this case, the sidelink RX UE cannot perform reception on the preferred set of resources. Moreover, when the preferred set of resources determined to be used for SL communication during the inactive time of a DRX cycles implemented by one or both the sidelink TX and RX UEs is not included when performing inter-UE coordination, an available resource set that remains for SL transmission will be significantly reduced leading to resource collision during an active time duration of the DRX cycle).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Hu to the modified system of Miao, Li and Liu to provide a solution for inter-UE coordination for sidelink DRX UE, where the first DRX configuration can also comprise an identity of the terminal device (Abstract, Hu).
Claims 20-21 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Miao et al. in view of Li et al. and further in view of Liu et al. and further in view of Lu et al. (US 2023/0403729 A1).
Regarding claim 20, Miao, Li and Liu does not specifically disclose the sidelink data transmission session is associated with a set of logical channels; and the method further comprises: determining a logical channel from the set of logical channels based on a predefined condition.
In an analogous art, Lu discloses the sidelink data transmission session is associated with a set of logical channels; and the method further comprises: determining a logical channel from the set of logical channels based on a predefined condition (Paragraph 0095-0097 discloses the fourth device being a device having at least one of a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE) or a logical channel with a highest priority from the plurality of second devices; or the fourth device being a device in a DRX activation state on the one or more resources for the sidelink transmission from the plurality of second devices)
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Lu to the modified system of Miao, Li and Liu to provide a resource selection method, according to DRX configuration information of one or more second devices, one or more resources for sidelink transmission to improve the overall performance of the sidelink communication system (Abstract, Lu).
Regarding claim 21, Miao, Li and Liu does not specifically disclose wherein the predefined condition comprises one of: the logical channel having a highest priority among all logical channels within the set of logical channels which have sidelink data available for transmission; or the logical channel having a highest priority among all logical channels within the set of logical channels which have a number of token greater than 0.
In an analogous art, Lu discloses wherein the predefined condition comprises one of: the logical channel having a highest priority among all logical channels within the set of logical channels which have sidelink data available for transmission; or the logical channel having a highest priority among all logical channels within the set of logical channels which have a number of token greater than 0 (Paragraph 0095-0097 discloses the fourth device being a device having at least one of a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE) or a logical channel with a highest priority from the plurality of second devices; or the fourth device being a device in a DRX activation state on the one or more resources for the sidelink transmission from the plurality of second devices)
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to provide the technique of Lu to the modified system of Miao, Li and Liu to provide a resource selection method, according to DRX configuration information of one or more second devices, one or more resources for sidelink transmission to improve the overall performance of the sidelink communication system (Abstract, Lu).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 18 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
Narula et al. (US 2021/0185761 A1) discloses in Fig. 6, step 615, the first UE 120-1 may communicate with one or more other UEs 120 (e.g., including the second UE 120-2) using one or more sidelink resources included in the identified time window. For example, the one or more sidelink resources may include one or more time domain resources that are included in the time window (e.g., that occur within the boundaries of the time window, such as at or after a start of the time window or at or before an end of the time window (paragraph 0070-0078).
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