IP Library Granted Patent US 11,206,647
Granted Patent B2
US 11,206,647 · App. 16/233,874 · Granted Dec 21, 2021

Wireless communications system, base station, and terminal

Inventor: Yoshinori Tanaka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
H04W72/042H04L5/0051H04W16/14H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/0816H04L5/001H04L27/0006H04L27/066H04L27/266H04W76/10
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Patent No.
US 11,206,647
App. No.
16/233,874
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communications system configured to perform wireless communication by using a first band dedicated to the system and a second band shared by the system and another wireless communications system, the system including: a base station configured to transmit in the first band to the terminal, a control signal permitting data transmission in the second band from a terminal to the base station; and the terminal configured to detect an available carrier wave of the second band after a predetermined time from the transmission of the control signal by the base station, the terminal performing the data transmission after waiting until detection of the available carrier wave.

Claims (35)

1. A wireless communications system configured to perform wireless communication by using a first band dedicated to the system and a second band shared by the system and another wireless communications system, the system comprising:

a base station configured to transmit in the first band to a terminal, a control signal that permits the terminal to transmit uplink data, by using the second band, to the base station if a busy state in the second band is not newly detected during a back-off time after a certain time; and

the terminal configured to transmit the uplink data by using the second band to the base station after reception of the control signal from the base station,

wherein the first band is licensed band and the second band is unlicensed band.

2. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the base station transmits the control signal without performing detection for the available carrier wave of the second band.

3. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal stops the detection and does not transmit the uplink data based on the control signal, when no available carrier wave is detected after waiting for a predetermined period from the start of the detection.

4. The wireless communications system according to claim 3 , wherein

the base station transmits the control signal again in the first band to the terminal, when the terminal does not transmit the uplink data when the predetermined has elapsed.

5. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the base station, through the control signal, provides instruction to the terminal as to whether the detection is required, and

the terminal performs the detection based on the instruction through the control signal.

6. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the base station controls a transmission interval of the control signal, corresponding to a degree of congestion of the second band.

7. The wireless communications system according to claim 3 , wherein

the terminal controls a length of the predetermined period, corresponding to a degree of congestion of the second band.

8. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal controls a transmission power of data transmission, corresponding to a waiting time until detection of the available carrier wave.

9. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal controls at least one of a modulation mode and a coded rate of data transmission, corresponding to a waiting time until detection of the available carrier wave.

10. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal controls a transmission power of transmitting the uplink data, corresponding to a degree of congestion of the second band.

11. A base station of a wireless communications system performing a wireless communication by using a first band dedicated to the system and a second band shared by the system and another wireless communications system, the base station comprising:

a memory; and

processor circuitry coupled to the memory, the processor circuitry configured to:

transmit in the first band to a terminal, a control signal that permits the terminal to transmit uplink data, by using the second band, to the base station if a busy state in the second band is not newly detected during a back-off time after a certain time; and

receive the uplink data from the terminal that detects an available carrier wave of the second band and transmits the uplink data after waiting until detection of the available carrier wave,

wherein the first band is licensed band and the second band is unlicensed band.

12. A terminal of a wireless communications system configured to perform wireless communication by using a first band dedicated to the system and a second band shared by the system and another wireless communications system, the terminal comprising:

a memory; and

processor circuitry configured to

receive a control signal that permits the terminal to transmit uplink data by using the second band, the control signal being received from the base station, which transmits the control signal in the first band to the terminal if a busy state in the second band is not newly detected during a back-off time after a certain time; and

detect an available carrier wave of the second band, and transmits the uplink data after waiting until detection of the available carrier wave,

wherein the first band is licensed band and the second band is unlicensed band.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 066909/0359 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME ON COVER SHEET FROM FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLGIES LIMITED TO FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 047918 FRAME 0269. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 6, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048275/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047918/0269 →