IP Library Granted Patent US 10,057,785
Granted Patent B2
US 10,057,785 · App. 15/813,108 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Method, device, and system for signal transmission in unlicensed band

Inventors: Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Geonjung Ko (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minseok Noh (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology Inc.
H04W16/14H04W74/0825H04L27/26H04W84/045
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Patent No.
US 10,057,785
App. No.
15/813,108
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed relates to a method, device, and system for performing downlink transmission. Specifically, the disclosed relates to a method including when the downlink signal includes a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a channel in the specific cell is sensed to be idle for a first predefined interval, wherein the processor performs backoff after the second predefined time in order to perform the downlink transmission, and when the downlink transmission includes a Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) and the channel in the specific cell is sensed to be idle for a second predefined interval, performing the downlink transmission immediately after the second predefined interval, and a device and system therefor.

Claims (24)

1. A method for performing downlink transmission in a specific cell by a base station in a cellular wireless communication system, the method comprising:

when the downlink transmission includes a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a channel in the specific cell is sensed to be idle for a first predefined interval, performing backoff after the first predefined interval in order to perform the downlink transmission; and

when the downlink transmission includes a Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) and the channel in the specific cell is sensed to be idle for a second predefined interval, performing the downlink transmission immediately after the second predefined interval.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel in the specific cell is sensed after a previous downlink transmission fails.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the previous downlink transmission fails because the channel in the specific cell is busy.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DRS is transmitted in a periodically-configured Discovery Measurement Timing Configuration (DMTC).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DRS is configured with at least one of Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS), Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Channel State Information (CSI)-RS.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the DRS is configured in subframe units, and all the CRS, PSS, SSS, and CSI-RS are included in one subframe.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein no signal is transmitted in a last Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a subframe configured with the DRS signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the backoff comprises generating a random number N (N≥0) in a contention window size and waiting for N slots when the channel in the specific cell is idle.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific cell is an unlicensed cell, and the cellular communication system is a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) communication system.

10. A base station used in a cellular wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a wireless communication module; and

a processor,

when the downlink signal includes a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a channel in the specific cell is sensed to be idle for a first predefined interval, wherein the processor performs backoff after the first predefined time in order to perform the downlink transmission, and

when the downlink transmission includes a Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) and the channel in the specific cell is sensed to be state for a second predefined interval, wherein the processor performs the downlink transmission immediately after the second predefined interval.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the channel in the specific cell is sensed after a previous downlink transmission fails.

12. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the previous downlink transmission fails because the channel in the specific cell is busy.

13. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the DRS is transmitted in a periodically-configured Discovery Measurement Timing Configuration (DMTC).

14. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the DRS is configured with at least one of Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS), Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Channel State Information (CSI)-RS.

15. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the DRS is configured in subframe units, and all the CRS, PSS, SSS, and CSI-RS are included in one subframe.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein no signal is transmitted in a last Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a subframe configured with the DRS signal.

17. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the backoff comprises generating a random number N (N≥0) in a contention window size and waiting for N slots when the channel in the specific cell is idle.

18. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the specific cell is an unlicensed cell, and the cellular wireless communication system is a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) communication system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 053495/0055 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2018
From: KWAK, JINSAM; SON, JUHYUNG; KO, GEONJUNG; NOH, MINSEOK
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 044614/0917 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2015-0068415 · May 16, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0115060 · Aug 14, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0123521 · Sep 1, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0134186 · Sep 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2016005140 · May 16, 2016
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