IP Library Granted Patent US 12,289,605
Granted Patent B2
US 12,289,605 · App. 17/225,135 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Electronic equipment in wireless communication system and wireless communication method

Inventors: Bingshan Hu (Beijing, CN); Chen Sun (Beijing, CN); Yuxin Wei (Beijing, CN); Jinhui Chen (Beijing, CN); Xin Guo (Beijing, CN); Penshun Lu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W16/14H04L5/0058H04L5/0098H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04L27/0006
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Patent No.
US 12,289,605
App. No.
17/225,135
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic equipment in a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication system includes at least one first cell and at least one second cell, and at least one of the second cells is operating in an unlicensed band. The electronic equipment includes one or more processing circuits configured to perform: configuring for a user equipment at least one second cell operating in an unlicensed band to perform carrier aggregation communication; and generating, dynamically or semi-statically, energy detection threshold information for each second cell operating in the unlicensed band so that the user equipment can perform energy detection on the unlicensed band according to the energy detection threshold information.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device in a wireless communication system comprising:

circuitry configured to

configure, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs), at least one second cell operating in a licensed frequency band or in an unlicensed frequency band, for carrier aggregation communication, the wireless communication system comprising at least one first cell and one or more second cells operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band;

generate energy detection threshold information for each of the at least one second cell operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band, in order that at least one of the plurality of UEs perform energy detection on the licensed frequency band or on the unlicensed frequency band based on the energy detection threshold information, wherein the energy detection threshold information is generated based on traffic load and a priority of the plurality of UEs in association with geographical location of the plurality of UEs; and

determine whether transmission is performed using the second cell operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band, based on energy detection result from the at least one of the plurality of UEs,

wherein the energy detection threshold information being set by the at least one of the plurality of UEs to be less than a first value and to be greater than a second value on a basis of UE in accordance with a parameter provided by a high-layer,

wherein a first energy detection threshold which is to be set for the at least one second cell of a first UE of the plurality of UEs is greater than a second energy detection threshold which is to be set for the at least one second cell corresponding to a second UE of the plurality of UEs, when the priority of the first UE is higher than the priority of the second UE.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to add the energy detection threshold information into radio resource control RRC signaling and notifies the at least one of the plurality of UEs.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the energy detection threshold information comprises an energy detection threshold indication for the second cell operating in the unlicensed frequency band, and before generating the energy detection threshold information, the circuitry is further configured to:

contain a plurality of candidate energy detection thresholds into dedicated signaling and notify the at least one of the plurality of UEs.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the energy detection threshold information based on the traffic load and/or a channel idle probability of the unlicensed frequency band.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a base station, and further comprises a transceiver configured to transmit the energy detection threshold information via an air interface.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the energy detection threshold information via the first cell.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the other interference system is a WiFi system.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the energy detection result is determined based on the energy detection threshold information.

9. A method for controlling an electronic device, comprising:

configuring, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs), at least one second cell operating in a licensed frequency band or in an unlicensed frequency band, for carrier aggregation communication, the electronic device being included in a wireless communication system which comprises at least one first cell and one or more second cells operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band;

generating energy detection threshold information for each of the at least one second cell operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band, in order that at least one of the plurality of UEs perform energy detection on the licensed frequency band or on the unlicensed frequency band based on the energy detection threshold information, wherein the energy detection threshold information is generated based on traffic load and a priority of the plurality of UEs in association with geographical location of the plurality of UEs; and

determining whether transmission is performed using the second cell operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band, based on energy detection result from the at least one of the plurality of UEs,

wherein the energy detection threshold information being set by the at least one of the plurality of UEs to be less than a first value and to be greater than a second value on a basis of UE in accordance with a parameter provided by a high-layer,

wherein a first energy detection threshold which is to be set for the at least one second cell of a first UE of the plurality of UEs is greater than a second energy detection threshold which is to be set for the at least one second cell corresponding to a second UE of the plurality of UEs, when the priority of the first UE is higher than the priority of the second UE.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the energy detection result is determined based on the energy detection threshold information.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the energy detection threshold information is generated based on the traffic load, and/or a channel idle probability of the licensed frequency band or the unlicensed frequency band.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by processing circuitry of an electronic device causes the electronic device to implement an information processing method comprising:

configuring, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs), at least one second cell operating in a licensed frequency band or in an unlicensed frequency band, for carrier aggregation communication, the electronic device being included in a wireless communication system which comprises at least one first cell and one or more second cells operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band;

generating energy detection threshold information for each of the at least one second cell operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band, in order that at least one of the plurality of UEs perform energy detection on the licensed frequency band or on the unlicensed frequency band based on the energy detection threshold information, wherein the energy detection threshold information is generated based on at least one of traffic load and a priority of the plurality of UEs in association with geographical location of the plurality of UEs; and

determining whether transmission is performed using the second cell operating in the licensed frequency band or in the unlicensed frequency band, based on energy detection result from the at least one of the plurality of UEs,

wherein the energy detection threshold information being set by the at least one of the plurality of UEs to be less than a first value and to be greater than a second value on a basis of UE in accordance with a parameter provided by a high-layer,

wherein a first energy detection threshold which is to be set for the at least one second cell of a first UE of the plurality of UEs is greater than a second energy detection threshold which is to be set for the at least one second cell corresponding to a second UE of the plurality of UEs, when the priority of the first UE is higher than the priority of the second UE.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein

the energy detection threshold being set by the at least one of the plurality of UEs to be less than a first value and to be greater than a second value on a basis of UE in accordance with a parameter provided by a high-layer, and

the first value is adjusted by the at least one of the plurality of UEs based on absence or presence of any other interference system, and the second value is related to a preset dB value.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the energy detection result is determined based on the energy detection threshold information.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the energy detection threshold information is generated based on the traffic load, and/or a channel idle probability of the licensed frequency band or the unlicensed frequency band.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 11, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056677/0620 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201510498448.5 · Aug 13, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15743049
Related Publication 20210227397A1 · Jul 22, 2021
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