MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517063667 A) filed by Lenovo (SINGAPORE) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, on July 3, for 'sidelink logical channel prioritization (lcp) procedure based on a shared channel occupancy time (cot).'

Inventor(s) include Lohr, Joachim; Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander Johann Maria; Ganesan, Karthikeyan; and Basu Mallick, Prateek.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to channel occupancy time (COT) sharing for sidelink communications over unlicensed channels. For example, the systems and methods described herein enable an efficient sidelink LCP procedure by implementing an LCP procedure for sidelink communications that is based on received COT sharing indications. The LCP procedure may identify and utilize sidelink logical channels of a shared COT based on a received indication of the shared COT and transmit data via the shared COT using the sidelink logical channels that satisfy the LCP procedure conditions. Further, by receiving the indication of the shared COT, the UE may perform a type 2 LBT procedure when accessing the shared channel."

The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 03, 2024, under International application No.PCT/IB2024/053252.

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