Electronic device and method for wireless communication

1. An electronic apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

transceiving circuitry configured to receive an energy resource mapping table from a network control terminal,

wherein the energy resource mapping table is generated by the network control terminal based on a distribution of network nodes in both time and frequency on an unlicensed frequency band; and

processing circuitry, configured to:

detect whether the unlicensed frequency band is idle;

upon detecting that the unlicensed frequency band is idle, sense an energy level of a first broadcast signal transmitted by the network control terminal;

based on the sensed enemy level and the energy resource mapping table, determine time/frequency transmission resources, among a plurality of time/frequency transmission resources in the unlicensed frequency band allocated to the electronic device, to be used by the electronic device,

wherein the energy resource mapping table includes an upper energy bound and a lower energy bound for the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources allocated to the electronic device; and

wherein the transceiving circuitry is further configured to transmit an uplink signal to the network control terminal aria the determined time/frequency transmission resources.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources in the unlicensed frequency band are allocated to the electronic device by the network control terminal based on one of an uplink scheduling request transmitted by the electronic device, a predetermined resource allocation rule or based on a history record.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to receive the energy resource mapping table from the network control terminal when the electronic apparatus randomly accesses into the unlicensed frequency hand or after the electronic apparatus randomly accesses into the unlicensed frequency band.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to receive the energy resource mapping table via radio resource control signaling or via broadcast.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transceiving circuitry is further configured to receive transmission feedback information about the unlicensed frequency band on the unlicensed frequency band, the transmission feedback information further comprising a re-transmission resource indicator in the case of transmission failure, and

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine, when determining to perform re-transmission based on the transmission feedback information, time/frequency transmission resources to be used for the re-transmission based on the re-transmission resource indicator.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the re-transmission resource indicator comprises a channel reservation signal, and the processing circuitry determines, based on an enemy value of the channel reservation signal, the time/frequency transmission resources to be used for the re-transmission.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the transceiving circuitry is further configured to receive transmission feedback information about the unlicensed frequency band on a licensed frequency band,

wherein the transmission feedback information comprises an updated energy resource mapping table, and

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, when determining to perform re-transmission based on the transmission feedback information:

again detect whether the unlicensed frequency band is idle;

in the case of the unlicensed frequency band being idle, sense an energy level of a second broadcast signal transmitted by the network control terminal, and

determine, based on the second broadcast signal and the updated energy resource mapping table, time/frequency transmission resources to be used by the re-transmission.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine time/frequency transmission resources to be used for re-transmission based on a number of times of the re-transmission, when performing the re-transmission.

9. An electronic apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

processing circuitry, configured to:

generate, based on a distribution of network nodes in both time and frequency on an unlicensed frequency band, an energy resource mapping table which denotes correspondence between energy of a first broadcast signal to be received by a network node of the network nodes and a plurality of time/frequency transmission resources on the unlicensed frequency band that are allocated to the network node,

wherein the energy resource mapping table includes an upper energy bound and a lower energy bound for the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources; and

generate, based on the energy resource mapping table, the first broadcast signal with a particular energy; and

transceiving circuitry configured to:

transmit the energy resource mapping table and the first broadcast signal to the network node, and

receive an uplink signal from the network node via time/frequency transmission resources, of the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources, that are determined by the network node based on the energy resource mapping table and an energy level of the first broadcast signal detected by the network node.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to update the energy resource mapping table when the distribution of the network nodes in both time and frequency changes.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to broadcast the first broadcast signal directionally, or

wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to transmit the First broadcast signal periodically or continuously, or

wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to transmit the energy resource mapping table when the network node accesses into the unlicensed frequency band or after the network node accesses into the unlicensed frequency band.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the transceiving circuitry is further configured to:

generate feedback based on a transmission result of the network node on the unlicensed frequency band, and

detect whether the unlicensed frequency band is idle, and

wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to transmit the feedback on the unlicensed frequency band when the unlicensed frequency hand is idle, the feedback further comprising a re-transmission resource indicator when the transmission fails.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the re-transmission resource indicator comprises a channel reservation signal, and an energy value of the channel reservation signal is used for determining time/frequency transmission resources to be used by the network node for the re-transmission.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate feedback based on a transmission result of the network node on the unlicensed frequency band, and

wherein the transceiving circuitry is configured to transmit the feedback on a licensed frequency band, the feedback further comprising an updated energy resource mapping table when the transmission fails.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein in the case of there being a plurality of sub-carriers, the processing circuitry is configured to generate the energy resource mapping table for each of the plurality of sub-carriers.

16. A method for wireless communications by an electronic device including a processor and a transceiver, the method comprising:

receiving an energy resource mapping table from a network control terminal,

wherein the energy resource mapping table is generated by the network control terminal based on a distribution of network nodes in both time and frequency on an unlicensed frequency band;

detecting whether the unlicensed frequency band is idle;

upon detecting that the unlicensed frequency band is idle, sensing an energy level of a first broadcast signal transmitted by the network control terminal;

based on the sensed energy level and the energy resource mapping table, determining time/frequency transmission resources, among a plurality of time/frequency transmission resources in the unlicensed frequency band allocated to the electronic device, to be used by the electronic device,

wherein the energy resource mapping table includes an upper energy hound and a lower energy bound for the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources allocated to the electronic device; and

transmitting an uplink signal to the network control terminal via the determined time/frequency transmission resources.

17. A method for wireless communications by a network control terminal including a processor and a transceiver, the method comprising:

generating, based on a distribution of network nodes in both time and frequency on an unlicensed frequency band, an energy resource mapping table which denotes correspondence between energy of a first broadcast signal to be received by a network node of the network nodes and a plurality of time/frequency transmission resources that are allocated to the network node,

wherein the energy resource mapping table includes an upper energy bound and a lower energy bound for the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources;

generating, based on the energy resource mapping table, the first broadcast signal with a particular energy;

transmitting the energy resource mapping table and the first broadcast signal to the network node, and

receiving an uplink signal from the network node via time/frequency transmission resources, of the plurality of time/frequency transmission resources, that are determined by the network node based on the energy resource mapping table and an energy level of the first broadcast signal detected by the network node.