IP Library Granted Patent US 12,101,785
Granted Patent B2
US 12,101,785 · App. 17/868,301 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Receiving uplink data via a transmission time interval of an unlicensed cell

Inventors: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/23H04L5/0091H04L27/0006H04W72/0446H04W74/0808H04L5/001
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Patent No.
US 12,101,785
App. No.
17/868,301
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station transmits a DCI comprising: an allocation of resource blocks for wireless device transmission of uplink data via a transmission time interval (TTI) of an unlicensed cell; an index indicating a starting position for the wireless device transmission of the uplink data, the index identifying one of pre-configured starting positions; and a field indicating an ending symbol for the wireless device transmission of the uplink data. The ending symbol is one of pre-configured ending symbols. The reception is based on a listen before talk (LBT) procedure indicating a clear channel before the starting position of the subframe.

Claims (36)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, a downlink control information comprising:

an allocation of resource blocks for transmission of uplink data via a transmission time interval (TTI) of an unlicensed cell;

a first field comprising an index indicating a starting position for the transmission of the uplink data, the index identifying one of pre-configured starting positions; and

a second field indicating an ending symbol for the transmission of the uplink data, the ending symbol being one of pre-configured ending symbols;

performing, based on the starting position of the TTI, a listen-before-talk procedure indicating a clear channel; and

transmitting, the uplink data via the resource blocks of the unlicensed cell, based on the starting position and the ending symbol.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the uplink data further comprises:

transmitting a reservation signal until an allowed symbol for a physical uplink shared channel transmission; and

transmitting data symbols starting from the allowed symbol.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a duration of the reservation signal is less than one symbol.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the starting position is based on a value of an uplink timing advance calculated by a wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information comprises a listen-before-talk parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information comprises a transmit power control command.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving uplink transmission parameters for the unlicensed cell.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information indicates a starting time for the listen-before-talk procedure.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a starting time for the listen-before-talk procedure is at a pre-determined time before the starting position.

10. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive a downlink control information comprising:

an allocation of resource blocks for transmission of uplink data via a transmission time interval (TTI) of an unlicensed cell;

a first field comprising an index indicating a starting position for the transmission of the uplink data, the index identifying one of pre-configured starting positions; and

a second field indicating an ending symbol for the transmission of the uplink data, the ending symbol being one of pre-configured ending symbols;

perform, based on the starting position of the TTI, a listen-before-talk procedure indicating a clear channel; and

transmit, the uplink data via the resource blocks of the unlicensed cell, based on the starting position and the ending symbol.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when transmitting the uplink data, further cause the wireless device to:

transmit a reservation signal until a first allowed symbol for a physical uplink shared channel transmission; and

transmit data symbols starting from the first allowed symbol.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein a duration of the reservation signal is less than one symbol.

13. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the starting position is based on a value of an uplink timing advance calculated by the wireless device.

14. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the downlink control information comprises a listen-before-talk parameter.

15. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the downlink control information comprises a transmit power control command.

16. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein configuration parameters for the unlicensed cell comprise uplink transmission parameters.

17. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the downlink control information indicates a starting time for the listen-before-talk procedure.

18. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein a starting time for the listen-before-talk procedure is at a pre-determined time before the starting position.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: PENINSULA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069849/0289 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 061471/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; BABAEI, ALIREZA
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060866/0927 →