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US 12,316,580 · App. 17/830,036 · Granted May 27, 2025

Method and apparatus for in-band full-duplex communication

Inventors: Sung Hyun Moon (Daejeon, KR); Cheul Soon Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute
H04L5/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,316,580
App. No.
17/830,036
Filed
Jun 1, 2022
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2461
USPC
370/277
Abstract

A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a base station, configuration information of a guard band configured within a carrier bandwidth; determining a first transmission direction of a first subband configured in a higher frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth; determining a second transmission direction of a second subband configured in a lower frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth; determining a third transmission direction of the guard band based on the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction; and performing communication with the base station according to the third transmission direction in the guard band.

Claims (32)

1. A method of a terminal, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, configuration information of a guard band configured within a carrier bandwidth;

determining a first transmission direction of a first subband configured in a higher frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth;

determining a second transmission direction of a second subband configured in a lower frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth;

determining a third transmission direction of the guard band based on the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction; and

performing communication with the base station according to the third transmission direction in the guard band,

wherein the first transmission direction, the second transmission direction, and the third transmission direction are applied to a first time period, and a fourth transmission direction of the first subband and a fifth transmission direction of the second subband are configured in a second time period different from the first time period.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first transmission direction, the second transmission direction, and the third transmission direction is downlink, uplink, or flexible, and the guard band is regarded as a transmission resource used for the communication in the first time period based on the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when both the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction are downlink, the third transmission direction is determined to be downlink, and the communication is downlink communication.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when both the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction are uplink, the third transmission direction is determined to be uplink, and the communication is uplink communication.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first transmission direction is flexible, the third transmission direction is determined to be same as the second transmission direction, and the communication is performed with a same transmission direction in the second subband and the guard band.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction are determined based on information included in a message received from the base station.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the guard band, the first subband, and the second subband includes one or more continuous resource blocks (RBs).

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the guard band is regarded as a resource not used for the communication in the second time period based on the fourth transmission direction and the fifth transmission direction.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the fourth transmission direction is uplink, and the fifth transmission direction is downlink.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the fourth transmission direction is flexible, and the fifth transmission direction is one of downlink and uplink.

11. A method of a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, configuration information of a guard band configured within a carrier bandwidth;

determining a first transmission direction of a first subband configured in an upper frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth;

determining a second transmission direction of a second subband configured in a lower frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth;

determining a third transmission direction of the guard band based on the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction; and

performing communication with the terminal according to the third transmission direction in the guard band,

wherein the first transmission direction, the second transmission direction, and the third transmission direction are applied to a first time period, and a fourth transmission direction of the first subband and a fifth transmission direction of the second subband are configured in a second time period different from the first time period.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first transmission direction, the second transmission direction, and the third transmission direction is downlink, uplink, or flexible, and the guard band is regarded as a transmission resource used for the communication in the first time period based on the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein when both the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction are downlink, the third transmission direction is determined to be downlink, and the communication is downlink communication.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein when both the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction are uplink, the third transmission direction is determined to be uplink, and the communication is uplink communication.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein when the first transmission direction is flexible, the third transmission direction is determined to be same as the second transmission direction, and the communication is performed with a same transmission direction in the second subband and the guard band.

16. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising transmitting, to the terminal, a message including information for determining the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction are determined based on the information included in the message.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein each of the guard band, the first subband, and the second subband includes one or more continuous resource blocks (RBs).

18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the guard band is regarded as a resource not used for the communication in the second time period based on the fourth transmission direction and the fifth transmission direction.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the fourth transmission direction is uplink, and the fifth transmission direction is downlink.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the fourth transmission direction is flexible, and the fifth transmission direction is one of downlink and uplink.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: MOON, SUNG HYUN; KIM, CHEUL SOON; LEE, JUNG HOON
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 060074/0992 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0071642 · Jun 2, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0064433 · May 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220393847A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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