IP Library Granted Patent US 10,425,942
Granted Patent B2
US 10,425,942 · App. 15/735,696 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Method and device for transmitting uplink in unlicensed band

Inventors: Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/0453H04L1/18H04W72/0413H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 10,425,942
App. No.
15/735,696
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method and a device for transmitting an uplink in an unlicensed band. The device checks for idle subpools by performing clear channel assessment (CCA) on a plurality of sub-pools in a main pool in an unlicensed band. The device transmits an uplink transmission block by using the idle sub-pools in the unlicensed band.

Claims (24)

1. A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, information regarding a main-pool for uplink transmission in an unlicensed band from a base station;

determining, by the wireless device, an idle sub-pool by performing clear channel assessment (CCA) on a plurality of sub-pools in the main-pool in the unlicensed band;

transmitting, by the wireless device, an uplink transport block to the base station by using the determined idle sub-pool in the unlicensed band; and

receiving, by the wireless device, an acknowledgement (ACK)/not-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the uplink transport block from the base station,

wherein the ACK/NACK signal is included in downlink control information (DCI), and

wherein the DCI further includes information for stopping the uplink transport block, resuming the uplink transport block, an uplink transmission probability and/or information for adjusting a CCA parameter used for a contention based uplink transmission, a contention based uplink retransmission, and a contention based uplink initial transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

randomly selecting, by the wireless device, a sub-pool for performing the CCA from the plurality of sub-pools.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the main-pool comprises a plurality of subframes.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the CCA is performed at a start time of each of the plurality of subframes.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a preamble used to identify the sub-pool before the uplink transport block.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the preamble is generated based on an identifier of the wireless device.

7. A device for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

control the transceiver to receive information regarding a main-pool for uplink transmission in an unlicensed band from a base station;

determine an idle sub-pool by performing clear channel assessment (CCA) on a plurality of sub-pools in the main-pool in the unlicensed band;

control the transceiver to transmit an uplink transport block to the base station by using the determined idle sub-pool in the unlicensed band; and

control the transceiver to receive an acknowledgement (ACK)/not-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the uplink transport block from the base station;

wherein the ACKJNACK signal is included in downlink control information (DCI), and

wherein the DCI further includes information for stopping the uplink transport block, resuming the uplink transport block, an uplink transmission probability and/or information for adjusting a CCA parameter used for a contention based uplink transmission, a contention based uplink retransmission, and a contention based uplink initial transmission.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to randomly select a sub-pool for performing the CCA from the plurality of sub-pools.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: AHN, JOONKUI; KIM, SEONWOOK; SEO, HANBYUL; YANG, SUCKCHEL; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 044385/0066 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62182629 · Jun 21, 2015
Provisional Application 62267928 · Dec 16, 2015
Related Publication 20190090240A1 · Mar 21, 2019