IP Library Granted Patent US 12,238,529
Granted Patent B2
US 12,238,529 · App. 17/502,822 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Electronic device and method of controlling electronic device in communication network supporting dynamic spectrum sharing

Inventors: Dooyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Euichang Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Sunmin Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W16/14H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,238,529
App. No.
17/502,822
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication processor, at least one Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) connected thereto, and an antenna connected through the at least one RFIC and configured to transmit and receive a signal corresponding to at least one communication network. The communication processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive a signal corresponding to a first communication network from a first base station corresponding to the first communication network supporting a first frequency band through the antenna, identify information related to a second communication network supporting a second frequency band including at least a portion of the first frequency band, identify a time interval allocated for transmission of data corresponding to the second communication network on the basis of the information related to the second communication network, and operate in a sleep state in the identified time interval.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication processor;

at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) connected to the communication processor;

an antenna connected to the at least one RFIC and configured to transmit and receive a signal corresponding to at least one communication network, and

memory storing instructions,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the communication processor, cause the electronic device to:

control the electronic device to receive a signal corresponding to a first communication network from a first base station corresponding to the first communication network supporting a first frequency band, through the antenna,

identify information related to a second communication network supporting a second frequency band including at least a portion of the first frequency band,

identify a time interval allocated for transmission of data corresponding to the second communication network, based on the information related to the second communication network, and

control the electronic device to operate in a sleep state in the identified time interval,

wherein, when the first base station corresponding to a long term evolution (LTE) communication network does not transmit broadcast service data through predetermined subframes configured as multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes or does not transmit any data, dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) in a time division multiplexing scheme is applied through the predetermined subframes.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to control to refrain from identifying control data corresponding to the first communication network while in the sleep state.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to identify the time interval allocated for transmission of the data corresponding to the second communication network when there is the second communication network supporting the second frequency band including at least the portion of the first frequency band.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:

receive a signal transmitted from a second base station corresponding to the second communication network for a preset time, and

identify the time interval allocated for transmission of the data corresponding to the second communication network from the received signal.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first base station corresponds to new radio (NR) communication network data in at least one subframe in which the LTE communication network data is not transmitted among predetermined subframes which are not configured as the MBSFN subframes and which are allocated for use by a second base station of the LTE communication network.

6. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device individually or collectively, cause to the electronic to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a signal corresponding to a first communication network from a first base station corresponding to the first communication network supporting a first frequency band through an antenna;

identifying information related to a second communication network supporting a second frequency band including at least a portion of the first frequency band;

identifying a time interval allocated for transmission of data corresponding to the second communication network, based on the information related to the second communication network; and

controlling the electronic device to operate in a sleep state in the identified time interval,

wherein, when the first base station corresponding to a long term evolution (LTE) communication network does not transmit broadcast service data through predetermined subframes configured as multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes or does not transmit any data, dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) in a time division multiplexing scheme is applied through the predetermined subframes.

7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , the operations further comprise controlling the electronic device to refrain from identifying control data corresponding to the first communication network while in the sleep state.

8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , the operations further comprise identifying the time interval allocated for transmission of the data corresponding to the second communication network when there is the second communication network supporting the second frequency band including at least the portion of the first frequency band.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 , the operations further comprise identifying whether there is the second communication network, based on frequency band information related to a neighbor base station of the first base station.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , wherein the first base station corresponds to new radio (NR) communication network data in at least one subframe in which the LTE communication network data is not transmitted among predetermined subframes which are not configured as the MBSFN subframes and which are allocated for use by a second base station of the LTE communication network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: KIM, DOOYOUNG; JUNG, EUICHANG; HWANG, SUNMIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0135429 · Oct 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021014240 · Oct 14, 2021
Related Publication 20220124511A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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