IP Library Granted Patent US 12,048,000
Granted Patent B2
US 12,048,000 · App. 17/270,189 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

User equipment, base station, method for a user equipment, and method for a base station

Inventors: Toshizo Nogami (Sakai, JP); Daiichiro Nakashima (Sakai, JP); Shoichi Suzuki (Sakai, JP); Wataru Ouchi (Sakai, JP); Tomoki Yoshimura (Sakai, JP); Taewoo Lee (Sakai, JP); Huifa Lin (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W74/08H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,048,000
App. No.
17/270,189
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE) in a bandwidth including a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a serving cell is described. The method may comprise sensing each of the plurality of the channel access sub-bands. The method may also comprise transmitting downlink signal after sensing. A counter and a contention window size may be managed per sub-band for channel access.

Claims (30)

1. A user equipment (UE) which communicates with a base station, the UE comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to

detect each of a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell, and

monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in multiple control resource sets (CORESETs), which correspond to different channel access sub-bands of the plurality of channel access sub-bands, frequency resource allocation of each of the CORESETs being defined within a channel access sub-band and not across a channel access sub-band boundary; and

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit uplink signaling after the detection,

wherein

a counter and a contention window size are managed per sub-band for channel access, and

the counter and the contention window size comprise listen before talk (LBT) parameters for the detection.

2. A base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE), the base station comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to detect each of a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell; and

transmitting circuitry configured to

transmit downlink signaling after the detection, and

transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in multiple control resource sets (CORESETs), which correspond to different channel access sub-bands of the plurality of channel access sub-bands, frequency resource allocation of each of the CORESETs being defined within a channel access sub-band and not across a channel access sub-band boundary,

wherein

a counter and a contention window size are managed per sub-band for channel access, and

the counter and the contention window size comprise listen before talk (LBT) parameters for the detection.

3. A method for a user equipment (UE) which communicates with a base station, the method comprising:

detecting each of a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell;

monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in multiple control resource sets (CORESETs), which correspond to different channel access sub-bands of the plurality of channel access sub-bands, frequency resource allocation of each of the CORESETs being defined within a channel access sub-band and not across a channel access sub-band boundary; and

transmitting uplink signaling after the detection,

wherein

a counter and a contention window size are managed per sub-band for channel access, and

the counter and the contention window size comprise listen before talk (LBT) parameters for the detection.

4. A method for a base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

detecting each of a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell;

transmitting downlink signaling after the detection; and

transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in multiple control resource sets (CORESETs), which correspond to different channel access sub-bands of the plurality of channel access sub-bands, frequency resource allocation of each of the CORESETs being defined within a channel access sub-band and not across a channel access sub-band boundary,

wherein

a counter and a contention window size are managed per sub-band for channel access, and

the counter and the contention window size comprise listen before talk (LBT) parameters for the detection.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063374/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF THE SECOND RECEIVING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057872 FRAME 0262. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 25, 2021
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059003/0813 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2021
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057872/0262 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2021
From: NOGAMI, TOSHIZO; NAKASHIMA, DAIICHIRO; SUZUKI, SHOICHI; OUCHI, WATARU; YOSHIMURA, TOMOKI; LEE, TAEWOO; LIN, HUIFA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055353/0255 →
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