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Granted Patent B2
US 12,550,188 · App. 17/438,138 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Method and device for transmitting or receiving data in unlicensed band

Inventor: Kyujin Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04W74/0808H04W16/14
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Patent No.
US 12,550,188
App. No.
17/438,138
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method and a device for transmitting or receiving data in an unlicensed band. The method may include receiving configuration information including a parameter for configuring multiple resource block sets in an unlicensed band from a base station; identifying the multiple resource block sets on the basis of the configuration information; and transmitting or receiving data to or from the base station through at least one resource block set determined on the basis of a result which is obtained by performing listen before talk (LBT) on each of the multiple resource block sets, and is received from the base station.

Claims (22)

1 . A method for transmitting/receiving data in an unlicensed band by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving configuration information comprising a parameter for configuring a plurality of resource block sets in the unlicensed band;

checking the plurality of resource block sets in the unlicensed band based on the configuration information; and

transmitting/receiving data to and from a base station through at least one resource block set determined based on a result of performing a Listen Before Talk (LBT) operation for each of the plurality of resource block sets received from the base station,

wherein when the configuration information comprises guard band configuration information for configuring at least one guard band in the unlicensed band, the plurality of resource block sets are configured to be distinguished from each other by the at least one guard band configured according to the guard band configuration information; and

when the configuration information does not comprise the guard band configuration information in the unlicensed band, the plurality of resource block sets are configured based on a number of resource blocks constituting the at least one guard band is determined based on subcarrier spacing information of a system bandwidth.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the guard band configuration information comprises a starting common resource block (CRB) of the at least one guard band and a number of resource blocks constituting the at least one guard band.

3 . A method for transmitting/receiving data in an unlicensed band by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information comprising a parameter for configuring a plurality of resource block sets in the unlicensed band;

transmitting a result of performing a Listen Before Talk (LBT) operation for each of the plurality of resource block sets; and

transmitting/receiving the data to and from a user equipment (UE) through at least one resource block set determined based on the result of performing the LBT operation,

wherein when the configuration information comprises guard band configuration information for configuring at least one guard band in the unlicensed band, the plurality of resource block sets are configured to be distinguished from each other by the at least one guard band configured according to the guard band configuration information; and

when the configuration information does not comprise the guard band configuration information in the unlicensed band, the plurality of resource block sets are configured based on a number of resource blocks constituting the at least one guard band is determined based on subcarrier spacing information of a system bandwidth.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the guard band configuration information comprises a starting common resource block (CRB) of the at least one guard band and the number of resource blocks constituting the at least one guard band.

5 . A user equipment (UE) for transmitting/receiving data in an unlicensed band, the UE comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit data to a base station;

a receiver configured to receive, from the base station, configuration information comprising a parameter for configuring a plurality of resource block sets in the unlicensed band; and

a controller configured to check the plurality of resource block sets in the unlicensed band based on the configuration information,

wherein the receiver receives the data from the base station through at least one resource block set determined based on a result of performing a Listen Before Talk (LBT) operation for each of the plurality of resource block sets received from the base station, and the transmitter transmits the data to the base station through the at least one resource block set,

wherein when the configuration information comprises guard band configuration information for configuring at least one guard band in the unlicensed band, the plurality of resource block sets are configured to be distinguished from each other by the at least one guard band configured according to the guard band configuration information; and

when the configuration information does not comprise the guard band configuration information in the unlicensed band, the plurality of resource block sets are configured based on a number of resource blocks constituting the at least one guard band is determined based on subcarrier spacing information of a system bandwidth.

6 . The UE of claim 5 , wherein the guard band configuration information comprises a starting common resource block (CRB) of the at least one guard band and a number of resource blocks constituting the at least one guard band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: PARK, KYUJIN
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057446/0482 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0099918 · Aug 14, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0094066 · Jul 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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