IP Library Granted Patent US 11,936,573
Granted Patent B2
US 11,936,573 · App. 17/712,071 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Method for uplink channel access to unlicensed band in wireless communication system, and device therefor

Inventors: Minseok Noh (Seoul, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04L27/2602H04W16/14H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/1215H04W72/23H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 11,936,573
App. No.
17/712,071
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for performing an uplink transmission to a base station by a user equipment through an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving an uplink grant that schedules the uplink transmission in at least one subframe from the base station; and performing the uplink transmission in the at least one subframe using at least one of a first type channel access or a second type channel access. The uplink transmission is performed using the second type channel access when all of the at least one subframe is included in a predetermined interval determined based on a downlink transmission through the unlicensed cell from the base station.

Claims (22)

1. A method for operating a first station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second station, a grant that schedules a second transmission to the second station in at least one subframe through an unlicensed cell;

determining a channel access type for performing the second transmission among a first type channel access and a second type channel access according to a predetermined interval determined based on a first transmission through the unlicensed cell from the second station, wherein the first type channel access is based on a channel sensing with a random backoff using a CW (contention window) of variable size before data transmission, wherein the second type channel access is based on a channel sensing with a single interval before data transmission; and

performing the second transmission in the at least one subframe using the determined channel access type,

wherein the second transmission is performed using the second type channel access when all of the second transmission is included in the predetermined interval.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the grant indicates a channel access type to be used among the first type channel access or the second type channel access in the second transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the second transmission is not included in the predetermined interval or only a part of the second transmission is included in the predetermined interval, the second transmission is performed using a channel access type indicated in the grant.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined interval is determined based on a maximum channel occupation time set by the first transmission.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein information on whether the at least one subframe is a last subframe for the second transmission is received through a common control channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the second transmission is performed in the next subframe of the first transmission through the unlicensed cell, the second transmission is performed using the second type channel access.

7. A first station of a wireless communication system, the first station comprising:

a wireless communication module; and

a processor configured to:

receive, from a second station, a grant that schedules a second transmission to the second station in at least one subframe through an unlicensed cell,

determine a channel access type for performing the second transmission among a first type channel access and a second type channel access according to a predetermined interval determined based on a first transmission through the unlicensed cell from the second station, and

perform, through the wireless communication module, the second transmission using the determined channel access type, wherein the first type channel access is based on a channel sensing with a random backoff using a CW (contention window) of variable size before data transmission, wherein the second type channel access is based on a channel sensing with a single interval before data transmission,

wherein the processor is configured to perform the second transmission using the second type channel access when all of the second transmission is included in the predetermined interval.

8. The first station of claim 7 , wherein the grant indicates a channel access type to be used among the first type channel access or the second type channel access in the second transmission.

9. The first station of claim 7 , wherein when the second transmission is not included in the predetermined interval or only a part of the second transmission is included in the predetermined interval, the processor is configured to perform the second transmission using a channel access type indicated in the grant.

10. The first station of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined interval is determined based on a maximum channel occupation time set by the first transmission.

11. The first station of claim 7 , wherein information on whether the at least one subframe is a last subframe for the second transmission is received through a common control channel.

12. The first station of claim 7 , wherein when the second transmission is performed in the next subframe of the first transmission through the unlicensed cell, the processor is configured to perform the second transmission using the second type channel access.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2023
From: NOH, MINSEOK; KWAK, JINSAM; SON, JUHYUNG
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2016-0034934 · Mar 23, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0039811 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0059131 · May 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16929058 · Jul 14, 2020
Continuation 16138927 · Sep 21, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2017003084 · Mar 22, 2017
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