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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Zte Corporation, Guangdong, CN;
ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for synchronization in sidelink communications is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for performing sidelink communications, includes: receiving, by a first wireless communication device, a first message from a first wireless communication node; determining, by the first wireless communication device, at least one first synchronization reference according to the first message; selecting, by the first wireless communication device, one of the at least one first synchronization reference as a second synchronization reference for receiving a sidelink communication signal; and performing the sidelink communications with the second wireless communication device according to the second synchronization reference, wherein the first message comprises configuration information for the sidelink communication.