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Granted Patent B2
US 12,363,747 · App. 17/669,187 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

User device and method with beam management enhancements

Inventors: Baris Goektepe (Berlin, DE); Thomas Fehrenbach (Berlin, DE); Cornelius Hellge (Berlin, DE); Thomas Wirth (Berlin, DE); Thomas Schierl (Berlin, DE); Khaled Shawky Hassan Hussein (Erlangen, DE); Martin Leyh (Erlangen, DE); Lars Thiele (Berlin, DE); Martin Kurras (Berlin, DE); Nithin Srinivasan (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
H04W72/542H04W74/0816
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Patent No.
US 12,363,747
App. No.
17/669,187
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first transceiver for a wireless communication system according to an embodiment is to determine information on an occupancy of a transmission channel. Moreover, the first transceiver is to transmit the information on the occupancy of the transmission channel to a second transceiver. Furthermore, the first transceiver is to determine the information on the occupancy of the transmission channel and to transmit the information on the occupancy of the transmission channel to the second transceiver without having received from the second transceiver a ready-to-transmit message with which the second transceiver would inform the first transceiver that the second transceiver intends to transmit user data to the first transceiver.

Claims (70)

1. An apparatus for interference control for a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver circuit; and

a processor circuit,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to receive information on a plurality of transmissions of a plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system to avoid an interference of a first transmission of the plurality of transmissions with a second transmission of the plurality of transmissions,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system by:

detecting whether or not the first transmission of the plurality of transmissions interferes with the second transmission of the plurality of transmissions, and

in response to detecting that the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, controlling the apparatus to cause the transceiver circuit to transmit:

a first command to a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers, wherein the first transceiver conducts the first transmission of the plurality of transmissions, wherein the first command instructs the first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers to defer the first transmission of the plurality of transmissions by a first time period, and/or

a second command to a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers, wherein the second transceiver conducts the second transmission of the plurality of transmissions, wherein the second command instructs the second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers to defer the second transmission of the plurality of transmissions by a second time period.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a base station and/or communicates with one or more base stations.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to receive information on planned transmissions from at least some of the plurality of transceivers, wherein the information on the planned transmissions comprises at least one of the following:

a time and frequency resource, a beam direction, an antenna array orientation, transceiver position coordinates, transmit power, and beamforming gains.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to control the apparatus to cause the transceiver circuit to transmit a third command to the plurality of transceivers instructing the plurality of transceivers to deactivate a random back-off procedure, or wherein the deactivation of the random back-off procedure is preconfigured for at least one unlicensed band bands.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system based on information that for the plurality of transceivers a random back-off procedure is deactivated for one or more predefined frequency bands.

6. A wireless communication system, comprising:

the apparatus of claim 1 , and

the first transceiver and the second transceiver of claim 1 .

7. A first transceiver for a wireless communication system, wherein the wireless communication system comprises a plurality of transceivers, the first transceiver comprising:

a processor circuit; and

at least one antenna,

wherein the processor circuit is configured to control the first transceiver to transmit information via the antenna in a first transmission of the first transceiver within the wireless communication system to an apparatus, wherein the apparatus is arranged for interference control, wherein the first transmission of the first transceiver is one of a plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system,

wherein the first transceiver is arranged to receive instructions from the apparatus for interference control on a scheduling of the first transmission of the first transceiver within the wireless network,

wherein the transceiver is arranged to adapt the first transmission within the wireless communication system in response to receiving the instructions from the apparatus for interference control on the scheduling of the first transmission of the first transceiver within the wireless communication system,

wherein the apparatus is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system to avoid an interference of the first transmission with a second transmission of a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers,

wherein the apparatus is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system by:

detecting whether or not the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, and

in response to detecting that the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, transmitting:

a first command to the first transceiver, wherein the first command instructs the first transceiver to defer the first transmission by a first time period, and/or

a second command to the second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers, wherein the second command instructs the second transceiver to defer the second transmission by a second time period.

8. The first transceiver of according to claim 7 , wherein the apparatus for interference control comprises a base station and/or communicates with one or more base stations.

9. The first transceiver of according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first transceiver is arranged to transmit information on a planned transmission, wherein the information on the planned transmission comprises at least one of the following:

a time and frequency resource, a beam direction, an antenna array orientation, transceiver position coordinates, transmit power, and beamforming gains.

10. The first transceiver of claim 7 ,

wherein the first transceiver is arranged to defer the first transmission by the first time period in response to receiving the first command from the apparatus for interference control.

11. The first transceiver according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first transceiver is arranged to receive a third command from the apparatus for interference control, wherein the third command instructs the first transceiver to deactivate a random back-off procedure, and wherein the first transceiver is arranged to deactivate the random back-off procedure in response to receiving the third command from the apparatus for interference control, or

wherein the deactivation of the random back-off procedure is preconfigured, e.g. for at least one band.

12. The first transceiver of according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first transceiver is arranged to deactivate a random back-off procedure for at least a first predefined frequency band,

wherein the first transceiver is arranged to not deactivate the random back-off procedure for at least a second frequency band.

13. A method for operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

an apparatus for interference control receiving information on a plurality of transmissions of a plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system,

the apparatus scheduling the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system to avoid an interference of a first transmission of the plurality of transmissions with a second transmission of the plurality of transmissions,

wherein the first transmission is conducted by a first transmitter among the plurality of transceivers,

wherein the second transmission is conducted by a second transmitter among the plurality of transceivers,

wherein the apparatus is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system by:

detecting whether or not the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, and

in response to detecting that the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, transmitting:

a first command to the first transceiver, wherein the first command instructs the first transceiver to defer the first transmission by a first time period, and/or

a second command to the second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers, wherein the second command instructs the second transceiver to defer the second transmission by a second time period.

14. A method for operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a first transceiver to an apparatus for interference control, information on a first transmission of the transceiver within the wireless communication system,

wherein the first transmission of the first transceiver is one of a plurality of transmissions of a plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system,

receiving instructions from the apparatus for interference control at the first transceiver on a scheduling of the first transmission of the first transceiver within the wireless communication system,

adapting the first transmission within the wireless communication system by the first transceiver in response to receiving the instructions from the apparatus for interference control on the scheduling of the transmission of transceiver within the wireless communication system,

wherein the apparatus is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system to avoid an interference of the first transmission with a second transmission of a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers,

wherein the apparatus is arranged to schedule the plurality of transmissions of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless communication system by:

detecting whether or not the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, and

in response to detecting that the first transmission interferes with the second transmission, transmitting:

a first command to the first transceiver, wherein the first command instructs the first transceiver to defer the first transmission by a first time period, and/or

a second command to the second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers, wherein the second command instructs the second transceiver to defer the second transmission by a second time period.

15. A non-transitory digital storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions to perform the method of claim 13

when the processor-executable instructions are executed by a processor-said computer program is run by a computer.

16. A non-transitory digital storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions to perform the method of claim 14

when the processor-executable instructions are executed by a processor.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE SERIAL NUMBER 17/739,867 THE CORRECT NUMBER IS 16739867 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 062460 FRAME: 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 4, 2024
From: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 066583/0136 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 062460/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2022
From: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNE E.V.,
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 062064/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2022
From: GOEKTEPE, BARIS; FEHRENBACH, THOMAS; HELLGE, CORNELIUS; WIRTH, THOMAS; SCHIERL, THOMAS; HASSAN HUSSEIN, KHALED SHAWKY; LEYH, MARTIN; THIELE, LARS; KURRAS, MARTIN; SRINIVASAN, NITHIN
To: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Reel/Frame 059842/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19191856 · Aug 14, 2019 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2020072733 · Aug 13, 2020
Related Publication 20220232580A1 · Jul 21, 2022
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