Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may transmit a message in a first subset of a set of resources. The message may include a position of the apparatus and a resource ID indicating at least one symbol in a second subset of the set of resources for transmitting a sequence. The apparatus may transmit the sequence in the at least one symbol in the second subset of the set of resources identified by the resource ID, receive at least one other sequence, adjust a transmission timing based on the received at least one other sequence, and transmit, based on the adjusted transmission timing, the sequence in one or more symbols in a third subset of the set of resources.

Abstract: Various aspects related to selecting a resource selection procedure for V2V communications are described. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for selecting a resource selection procedure for V2V transmissions, is described. The apparatus, e.g., a UE, may be configured to identify that recent sensing history information at the UE is unavailable for a sensing based resource selection procedure. The UE may be further configured to select, in response to identifying that the recent sensing history information is unavailable, a resource selection procedure based on configuration information obtained from a network entity. In various configurations, the UE may select a resource for a V2V transmission based on the resource selection procedure selected based on the configuration information.

Abstract: Various features described herein relate to DM-RS design for a control channel and a data channel that maybe used for vehicular communications. In an aspect, a UE may determine a base DM-RS sequence associated with a control channel for V2V communication. The UE may further determine a DM-RS sequence based on the base DM-RS sequence and an identity of the UE, and transmit a plurality of DM-RS symbols within the control channel in a subframe using the DM-RS sequence. In another aspect, a UE may generate a plurality of DM-RS sequences, each DM-RS sequence maybe generated for a corresponding DM-RS symbol of a plurality of DM-RS symbols associated with a data channel for V2V communication based on a DM-RS symbol number of the corresponding DM-RS symbol. The UE may transmit the plurality of DM-RS symbols within the data channel in a subframe using the plurality of DM-RS sequences.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to use multi-cluster communications in a vehicle based communication network. The UE may identify a configuration parameter associated with the multi-cluster communications. The UE may select a cluster resource from a set of available cluster resources based on the configuration parameter. The cluster resource may include one or more clusters used for multi-cluster transmissions in the vehicle based communication network. The UE may transmit an indication of the selected cluster resource to a wireless node of the vehicle based communication network, for example, to another UE. The UE may transmit the multi-cluster transmission on the selected cluster resource.

Abstract: Methods and devices are described for forwarding, managing, and/or detecting timing information for device-to-device discovery. Timing information may be received from a base station. A timing signal including the timing information may be transmitted. The timing signal may be transmitted during a sub-frame reserved for device-to-device discovery. Timing information for a base station may be transmitted to a user equipment (UE). Instructions to transmit a timing signal including the timing information during a sub-frame reserved for device-to-device discovery are also transmitted to the UE. Information indicating a timing of sub-frames reserved for device-to-device discovery by a neighboring base station may be received from a serving base station. A timing signal may be detected during at least one of the sub-frames reserved for device-to-device discovery. The timing signal may include timing information for the neighboring base station.

Abstract: Improvement in co-existence of the LTE device-to-device communication with another device-to-device communication method is desired. The apparatus selects a countdown number within a size of a contention window including a plurality of slots before a target subframe. The apparatus determines whether each slot of the plurality of slots is idle or utilized while waiting for the target subframe. The apparatus counts down the countdown number during each of the determined idle slots. The apparatus determines whether the countdown number has reached a threshold number before the target subframe. The apparatus performs, when the countdown number is determined to have reached the threshold number, one of: deferring from transmitting until the target subframe, or transmitting a CUBS until a next subframe or the target subframe.

Abstract: During device-to-device communication between two devices, a communication transmitted from a first UE to a second UE may not be reliably received by the second UE if the first UE is traveling at high speed. Therefore, a travel speed of a transmitting UE may be considered in determining a transmission configuration. According to an aspect, the UE may determine a travel speed of the UE. The UE may determine, based on the travel speed of the UE, a transmission configuration of the UE for device-to-device communication. The UE may transmit the device-to-device communication based on the transmission configuration.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for configuring a UE to assist in mitigating network congestion include determining whether a data packet has expired based on a first parameter, which indicates an expiration of the data, and adjusting a transmission of the data packet based on the determination of whether the data packet has expired. In some aspects, the UE may drop the data packet upon determination that the data packet has expired. The UE may be configured detect to a first congestion level, receive a second congestion level from a second UE, and process a frame for transmission based on the first or second congestion level. The UE may be configured determine a priority, generate a data packet that includes a destination parameter or a source parameter, adjust radio resource parameters based on the destination parameter or source parameter, and transmit data packets according to adjusted radio resources.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus is configured to transmit a first SA information in a first subframe. The apparatus is further configured to transmit a first data in the first subframe. The apparatus is configured to transmit a second SA information in a second subframe. The apparatus is also configured to transmit a second data in the second subframe. The first SA information includes information on the first data and the second data. The second SA information includes information on the second data.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable mediums for wireless communication are provided. One apparatus is configured to receive at least one SA from at least one UE. The apparatus is further configured to determine an energy associated with each at least one SA. The apparatus is also configured to rank data transmission time-frequency resources based on the determined energy associated with said each received at least one SA. Each at least one SA are associated with a different subset of the data transmission time-frequency resources. The apparatus is further configured to select a set of data transmission time-frequency resources based on the ranked data transmission time-frequency resources and to send a data transmission on the selected set of data transmission time-frequency resources. Another apparatus is configured to partitioning time-frequency resources into different resource groups, to divide UEs into UE groups based on location, and map the UE groups to the resource groups.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may transmit a message in a first subset of a set of resources. The message may include a position of the apparatus and a resource ID indicating at least one symbol in a second subset of the set of resources for transmitting a sequence. The apparatus may transmit the sequence in the at least one symbol in the second subset of the set of resources identified by the resource ID, receive at least one other sequence, adjust a transmission timing based on the received at least one other sequence, and transmit, based on the adjusted transmission timing, the sequence in one or more symbols in a third subset of the set of resources.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an unlicensed band. In one example, a method for wireless communication is described that includes identifying a resource pool for D2D discovery in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and selecting a set of resource blocks in the identified resource pool. The method may also include performing a channel occupancy check for the channel in the selected set of resource blocks. The method further includes transmitting a D2D discovery message based at least in part on the channel occupancy check, the D2D discovery message transmitted over the selected set of resource blocks in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines a position of the apparatus. The apparatus broadcasts information in a first subset of a set of resources. The information includes the position of the apparatus, a sequence ID, and a resource ID associated with a second subset of the set of resources. The apparatus broadcasts a sequence in at least one symbol of the second subset of the set of resources. The at least one symbol is identified by the resource ID and the sequence is identified by the sequence ID.

Abstract: The present disclosure enables the assignment of multiple semi-persistent resource assignments at the same time for use in V2V communications. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE (e.g., a vehicle). The UE may determine at least one resource pattern required for V2V communications. The UE may also send assistance information for the at least one resource pattern to a base station. Further, the UE may receive, from the base station, a response associated with the at least one resource pattern. In an aspect, the response may include an index of approved resource patterns. Further still, the UE may receive, from the base station, an activation grant for a resource assignment for the at least one resource pattern. In an aspect, activation grant may include the index of approved resource patterns being activated.

Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to communicating buffer status reports (BSR) in wireless communications. A BSR can be generated at a device indicating a size of each of a plurality of messages stored in a buffer of the device for communicating from the device to one or more other devices. The BSR can be transmitted to a base station to request resources for communicating one or more of the plurality of messages to the one or more other devices.

Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to managing resource pools in wireless communications to optimize the use of those resources for reducing latency in transmissions. The described aspects include receiving, at a user equipment (UE), an alternative resource pool information signal from a network entity; selecting, at the UE, a first control resource from a first frequency portion of the control resource pool based on the alternative resource pool information signal; transmitting, at the UE, the first control resource from the first frequency portion of the control resource pool; selecting, at the UE, a second control resource from a second frequency portion of the control resource pool based on the first control resource; and transmitting, at the UE, the second control resource from the second frequency portion of the control resource pool.

Abstract: Techniques for scheduling assignment (SA) transmissions in device-to-device (D2D) communications are described. A D2D user equipment (UE) may use a block of time resources for SA transmissions. A D2D UE may transmit an SA transmission relatively quickly after determining that D2D data is to be transmitted to another D2D UE, relative to having to wait for specified time resources to send an SA transmission. The D2D data may then be transmitted following the SA transmission, reducing latency for transmission of the D2D data. It may be desirable for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) transmissions to have a relatively low latency to provide data from one vehicle to another with sufficient time for a vehicle to take action while moving at relatively high rates of speed.

Abstract: In one aspect of this disclosure, control information and data are carried in the same subframe in order to reduce control overhead. A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a first UE. The first UE determines a data block to be transmitted to a second UE. The first UE determines a first resource in a subframe for carrying the data block and determines a second resource in the subframe for carrying control information associated with transmitting the data block. The first UE transmits the data block and the control information to the second UE in a device-to-device communication channel on the determined first and second resources, respectively.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus allocates K blocks of subframes for WAN and peer-to-peer communications in a discovery period T and remaining subframes in the discovery period T for WAN communications and allocates a first set of subframes for peer discovery and a second set of subframes for the WAN communications in each block of the K blocks.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be an eNB. The apparatus may be configured to receive a first message from a UE. The first message may include at least one of a first request to participate in D2D positioning or a second request to participate in D2D ranging. The apparatus may be configured to determine at least one of whether to allow the UE to participate in D2D positioning or whether to allow the UE to participate in D2D ranging based on the received first message. The apparatus may be configured to transmit a second message to the UE based on the determination.