IP Library Granted Patent US 11,272,539
Granted Patent B2
US 11,272,539 · App. 16/536,676 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Channel access and bandwidth part switching

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Ali Cirik (Herndon, VA); Kyungmin Park (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W74/0808H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,272,539
App. No.
16/536,676
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part of an unlicensed cell. An active bandwidth part is switched from the first bandwidth part to the second bandwidth part. A first contention window size determined based on the switching. Based on the first contention window size, a listen before talk procedure is performed for transmission of a transport block in one or more subbands of the second bandwidth part. A transport block is transmitted based on a listen before talk procedure indicating a clear channel.

Claims (45)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP of an unlicensed cell;

determining, based on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback of one or more transmissions via a first channel of the first BWP, a first contention window for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for the first BWP;

switching from the first BWP to the second BWP as an active BWP;

based on the switching, determining a second contention window to be a minimum contention window of a plurality of contention windows, wherein the second contention window is for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the second BWP; and

transmitting, via the second BWP, a transport block based on the second LBT procedure using the determined second contention window and indicating a clear channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the first contention window comprises determining the HARQ feedback received in a reference duration associated with the first BWP.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching from the first BWP to the second BWP is based on receiving a downlink control information indicating the switching.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching from the first BWP to the second BWP is based on expiry of an inactivity timer of the first BWP.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second BWP is a default BWP.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a downlink control information indicating transmission parameters of the transport block.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the downlink control information indicates a channel access type; and

the second LBT procedure is based on the channel access type.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second BWP comprises one or more subbands associated with the second channel.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the one or more transmissions via the first BWP, and wherein the second contention window corresponds to the channel access priority class associated with the transport block transmitted via the second BWP.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the transport block, and wherein the minimum contention window is configured for the channel access priority class.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP of an unlicensed cell;

determine, based on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback of one or more transmissions via a first channel of the first BWP, a first contention window for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for the first BWP;

switch from the first BWP to the second BWP as an active BWP;

based on the switching, determine a second contention window to be a minimum contention window of a plurality of contention windows, wherein the second contention window is for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the second BWP; and

transmit, via the second BWP, a transport block based on the second LBT procedure using the determined second contention window and indicating a clear channel.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein to determine the first contention window, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to determine the HARQ feedback received in a reference duration associated with the first BWP.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the switching from the first BWP to the second BWP is based on receiving a downlink control information indicating the switching.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the switching from the first BWP to the second BWP is based on expiry of an inactivity timer of the first BWP.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the second BWP is a default BWP.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive a downlink control information indicating transmission parameters of the transport block.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the downlink control information indicates a channel access type; and

the second LBT procedure is based on the channel access type.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the one or more transmissions via the first BWP, and wherein the second contention window corresponds to the channel access priority class associated with the transport block transmitted via the second BWP.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the second contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the transport block, and wherein the minimum contention window is configured for the channel access priority class.

20. A system comprising:

a base station; and

a wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from the base station, configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP of an unlicensed cell;

determine, based on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback of one or more transmissions via a first channel of the first BWP, a first contention window for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for the first BWP;

switch from the first BWP to the second BWP as an active BWP;

based on the switching, determine a second contention window size based a reference duration associated with to be a minimum contention window of a plurality of contention windows, wherein the second contention window is for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the second BWP; and

transmit, to the base station and via the second BWP, a transport block based on the second LBT procedure using the determined second contention window and indicating a clear channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 055385/0168 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62716797 · Aug 9, 2018
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