IP Library Granted Patent US 11,412,546
Granted Patent B2
US 11,412,546 · App. 16/741,180 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Wireless communications system, communications apparatus, and processing method

Inventors: Tetsuya Yano (Yokohama, JP); Yoshinori Tanaka (Yokohama, JP); Michiharu Nakamura (Yokosuka, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W74/0816H04W16/14H04W48/18H04W74/004H04W74/006H04W72/1252H04W84/042H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,412,546
App. No.
16/741,180
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communications system includes a base station; and a terminal; wherein the base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit to the terminal using a physical downlink control channel, information used for assignment of first candidate and second candidate of a utilization resource in an unlicensed band for transmitting a wireless signal; and a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal from the terminal; and the terminal includes a receiver configured to receive the information; and a transmitter configured to transmit the wireless signal to the base station using the first candidate when the first candidate is idle, or using the second candidate when the first candidate is not idle and the second candidate is idle; and wherein the assignment of the first candidate and the second candidate by the base station is performed by allocating a plurality of subframes.

Claims (34)

1. A wireless communications system including:

a base station; and

a terminal; wherein

the base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit to the terminal using a physical downlink control channel, information used for assignment of first candidate and second candidate of a utilization resource in an unlicensed band for transmitting a wireless signal; and

a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal from the terminal; and

the terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the wireless signal to the base station using the first candidate when the first candidate is idle, or using the second candidate when the first candidate is not idle and the second candidate is idle; and

wherein the assignment of the first candidate and the second candidate by the base station is performed by allocating a plurality of time resources.

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

the unlicensed band is shared with another communications system.

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

the base station receives the wireless signal from the terminal by performing a reception process for the first candidate, and by performing the reception process for the second candidate when the wireless signal from the terminal is not received by the reception process for the first candidate.

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

the base station assigns the first candidate and the second candidate to the terminal for each data transmission from the terminal to the base station.

5. A base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit to a terminal using a physical downlink control channel, information used for assignment of first candidate and second candidate of a utilization resource in an unlicensed band for transmitting a wireless signal; and

a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal from the terminal using the first candidate or using the second candidate;

wherein the assignment of the first candidate and the second candidate by the base station is performed by allocating a plurality of time resources.

6. The base station according to claim 5 , wherein

the base station and the terminal are included in a communications system; and

the unlicensed band is shared with another communications system.

7. The base station according to claim 5 , wherein

the base station receives the wireless signal from the terminal by performing a reception process for the first candidate, and by performing the reception process for the second candidate when the wireless signal from the terminal is not received by the reception process for the first candidate.

8. The base station according to claim 5 , wherein

the base station assigns the first candidate and the second candidate to the terminal for each data transmission from the terminal to the base station.

9. A terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive from a base station using a physical downlink control channel, information used for assignment of first candidate and second candidate of a utilization resource in an unlicensed band for transmitting a wireless signal; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the wireless signal to the base station using the first candidate when the first candidate is idle, or using the second candidate when the first candidate is not idle and the second candidate is idle;

wherein the assignment of the first candidate and the second candidate by the base station is performed by allocating a plurality of time resources.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein

the base station and the terminal are included in a communications system; and

the unlicensed band is shared with another communications system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 072423/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2020
From: YANO, TETSUYA; TANAKA, YOSHINORI; NAKAMURA, MICHIHARU
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051579/0412 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15604802 · May 25, 2017
Continuation PCTJP2014083793 · Dec 19, 2014
Related Publication 20200154478A1 · May 14, 2020