IP Library Granted Patent US 10,419,942
Granted Patent B2
US 10,419,942 · App. 15/519,806 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Wireless signal transmission and reception method and device in wireless communication system involving a cell group including unlicensed band cells

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W16/14H04L5/001H04L67/1044H04W4/08H04W72/0446H04W12/0052H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 10,419,942
App. No.
15/519,806
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: configuring a cell group including multiple Ucells; identifying subframe configuration information on a particular cell within the cell group; and configuring subframe transmission directions of cells within the cell group so as to be the same at the same time point, on the basis of the subframe configuration information on the particular cell, wherein the particular cell is one Ucell among the multiple Ucells within the cell group when the cell group includes only Ucells, and the particular cell is an Lcell when the cell group includes the Lcell.

Claims (33)

1. A method of performing communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring a cell group including a plurality of unlicensed band cells (UCells);

identifying configuration information about a specific cell in the cell group;

configuring reserved resource periods (RRPs) on the UCells in the cell group to be the same at the same timing, based on the configuration information about the specific cell, wherein each of the RRPs includes a plurality of time intervals contiguously configured on a respective UCell; and

performing a signal transmission process according to a carrier sensing result in an n-th time interval when a signal transmission is scheduled in an (n+1)-th time interval in the RRP,

wherein, if a signal related to a parameter indicated by a base station (BS) is detected in the n-th time interval, the signal transmission is performed in the (n+1)-th time interval, and

wherein, if no signal related to the parameter indicated by the BS is detected in the n-th time interval, whether the signal transmission is performed in the (n+1)-th time interval is determined based on an energy level in the n-th time interval.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the RRP includes a plurality of contiguous downlink (DL) time intervals and a plurality of contiguous uplink (UL) time intervals subsequent to the DL time intervals.

3. The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the RRP includes K1 contiguous DL time intervals and K1 or fewer contiguous UL time intervals subsequent to the K1 contiguous DL time intervals.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication system is a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) wireless communication system.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if the cell group includes only the UCells, the specific cell is any one of the UCells in the cell group, and

wherein, if the cell group includes a licensed band cell (LCell), the specific cell is the LCell.

6. A user equipment (UE) for performing communication in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to

configure a cell group including a plurality of unlicensed band cells (UCells),

identify time interval configuration information about a specific cell in the cell group,

configure transmission directions of cells reserved resource periods (RRPs) on the UCells in the cell group to be the same at the same timing, based on the time interval configuration information about the specific cell, wherein each of the RRPs includes a plurality of time intervals contiguously configured on a respective UCell, and

perform a signal transmission process according to a carrier sensing result in an n-th time interval when a signal transmission is scheduled in an (n+1)-th time interval in the RRP,

wherein, if a signal related to a parameter indicated by a base station (BS) is detected in the n-th time interval, the signal transmission is performed in the (n+1)-th time interval, and

wherein, if no signal related to the parameter indicated by the BS is detected in the n-th time interval, whether the signal transmission is performed in the (n+1)-th time interval is determined according to an energy level in the n-th time interval.

7. The UE according to claim 6 ,

wherein the RRP includes a plurality of contiguous downlink (DL) time intervals and a plurality of contiguous uplink (UL) time intervals subsequent to the DL time intervals.

8. The UE according to claim 7 ,

wherein the RRP includes K1 contiguous DL time intervals and K1 or fewer contiguous UL time intervals subsequent to the K1 contiguous DL time intervals.

9. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the wireless communication system is a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) wireless communication system.

10. The UE according to claim 6 ,

wherein, if the cell group includes only the UCells, the specific cell is any one of the UCells in the cell group, and

wherein, if the cell group includes a licensed band cell (LCell), the specific cell is the LCell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2017
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 042032/0567 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62085344 · Nov 28, 2014
Related Publication 20170251375A1 · Aug 31, 2017
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