IP Library Granted Patent US 11,979,750
Granted Patent B2
US 11,979,750 · App. 18/195,945 · Granted May 7, 2024

Method and device in communication node for wireless communication

Inventors: Zheng Liu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Lin Yang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04W16/14H04L5/0082H04L5/0094H04L27/2607H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,979,750
App. No.
18/195,945
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method and device in a communication node for wireless communication. The communication node receives first information, and performs Q energy detections respectively in Q time sub-pools within a first sub-band, and if energy detected by each energy detection of the Q energy detections is lower than a first threshold, starts to transmit a first radio signal at a first time-instant; the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset; a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band. The disclosure can improve access fairness.

Claims (39)

1. A method in a first-type communication node for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving first information, the first information includes all or part of fields in an Information Element (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information is UE-specific;

performing Q energy detections respectively in Q time sub-pools within a first sub-band, wherein the Q is a positive integer greater than 1, received power is monitored in a corresponding time sub-pool of the Q time sub-pools, the first sub-band consists of frequency domain resources occupied by a positive integer number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) in a frequency domain for a given Subcarrier Spacing (SCS); and

if energy detected by each energy detection of the Q energy detections is lower than a first threshold, starting to transmit a first radio signal at a first time-instant, the first radio signal is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH);

wherein the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets, each candidate time-instant subset of the K candidate time-instant subsets comprises a positive integer number of candidate time-instant(s), the K is a positive integer greater than 1; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset, the target time-instant subset includes more than one candidate time-instant, and a transmitter of the first radio signal selects the first time-instant in the target time-instant subset randomly; a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band; the first information is transmitted through an air interface; and the first radio signal successively occupies a part of a multi-carrier symbol and a positive integer number of complete multi-carrier symbol(s) in the time domain, and a signal transmitted in the part of the multi-carrier symbol occupied by the first radio signal is a cyclic extension of a signal transmitted in an earliest complete multi-carrier symbol occupied by the first radio signal; the first threshold is in a unit of dBm, the first threshold is related to the bandwidth of the first sub-band, the first threshold is set by the transmitter of the first radio signal within a given range.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving second information;

wherein the second information is used to determine a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band, and the second information is transmitted through the air interface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a length of a time interval between one candidate time-instant within the K candidate time-instant subsets and a first reference time-instant belongs to a first candidate time-length set, the K candidate time-instant subsets respectively correspond to K candidate time-length subsets, lengths of time intervals between candidate time-instants in any one of the K candidate time-instant subsets and the first reference time-instant constitute a candidate time-length subset of the K candidate time-length subsets corresponding to the any one of the K candidate time-instant subsets; and the first information is used to indicate the K candidate time-length subsets in the first candidate time-length set.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a distribution of candidate time lengths in the first candidate time-length set is related to a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier included in frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a first signaling;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine at least one of frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal or time-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and the first signaling is transmitted through the air interface.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein any one of the Q time sub-pools occupies continuous time domain resources, the earliest one of the Q time sub-pools has a different time length from other time sub-pools.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one of the K candidate time-instant subsets includes only one candidate time-instant, another one of the K candidate time-instant subsets includes more than one candidate time-instant; the frequency domain resources occupied by the first radio signal are all or a part of the interlaces in the first sub-band.

8. A method in a second-type communication node for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting first information, the first information includes all or part of fields in an Information Element (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information is UE-specific; and

receiving a first radio signal, the first radio signal is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH);

wherein the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets, each candidate time-instant subset of the K candidate time-instant subsets comprises a positive integer number of candidate time-instant(s), the K is a positive integer greater than 1; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, a starting time-instant of transmitting the first radio signal is a first time-instant, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset, the target time-instant subset includes more than one candidate time-instant, and a transmitter of the first radio signal selects the first time-instant in the target time-instant subset randomly; a frequency-domain bandwidth of a first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band, the first sub-band consists of frequency domain resources occupied by a positive integer number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) in a frequency domain for a given Subcarrier Spacing (SCS); the first information is transmitted through an air interface; and the first radio signal successively occupies a part of a multi-carrier symbol and a positive integer number of complete multi-carrier symbol(s) in the time domain, and a signal transmitted in the part of the multi-carrier symbol occupied by the first radio signal is a cyclic extension of a signal transmitted in an earliest complete multi-carrier symbol occupied by the first radio signal; the first threshold is in a unit of dBm, the first threshold is related to the bandwidth of the first sub-band, the first threshold is set by the transmitter of the first radio signal within a given range.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting second information;

wherein the second information is used to determine a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band, and the second information is transmitted through the air interface.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a length of a time interval between one candidate time-instant within the K candidate time-instant subsets and a first reference time-instant belongs to a first candidate time-length set, the K candidate time-instant subsets respectively correspond to K candidate time-length subsets, lengths of time intervals respectively between candidate time-instants in any one of the K candidate time-instant subsets and the first reference time-instant constitute a candidate time-length subset of the K candidate time-length subsets corresponding to the any one of the K candidate time-instant subsets; and the first information is used to indicate the K candidate time-length subsets in the first candidate time-length set.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein a distribution of candidate time lengths in the first candidate time-length set is related to a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier included in frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting a first signaling;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine at least one of frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal or time-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and the first signaling is transmitted through the air interface.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein one of the K candidate time-instant subsets includes only one candidate time-instant, another one of the K candidate time-instant subsets includes more than one candidate time-instant; the frequency domain resources occupied by the first radio signal are all or a part of the interlaces in the first sub-band.

14. A first-type communication node device for wireless communication, comprising:

a first receiver, to receive first information, the first information includes all or part of fields in an Information Element (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information is UE-specific;

a second receiver, to perform Q energy detections respectively in Q time sub-pools within a first sub-band, wherein the Q is a positive integer greater than 1, received power is monitored in a corresponding time sub-pool of the Q time sub-pools, the first sub-band consists of frequency domain resources occupied by a positive integer number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) in a frequency domain for a given Subcarrier Spacing (SCS); and

a first transmitter, if energy detected by each energy detection of the Q energy detections is lower than a first threshold, to start to transmit a first radio signal at a first time-instant, the first radio signal is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH);

wherein the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets, each candidate time-instant subset of the K candidate time-instant subsets comprises a positive integer number of candidate time-instant(s), the K is a positive integer greater than 1; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset, the target time-instant subset includes more than one candidate time-instant, and a transmitter of the first radio signal selects the first time-instant in the target time-instant subset randomly; a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band; the first information is transmitted through an air interface; and the first radio signal successively occupies a part of a multi-carrier symbol and a positive integer number of complete multi-carrier symbol(s) in the time domain, and a signal transmitted in the part of the multi-carrier symbol occupied by the first radio signal is a cyclic extension of a signal transmitted in an earliest complete multi-carrier symbol occupied by the first radio signal; the first threshold is in a unit of dBm, the first threshold is related to the bandwidth of the first sub-band, the first threshold is set by the transmitter of the first radio signal within a given range.

15. The first-type communication node device according to claim 14 , wherein the first receiver receives second information; wherein the second information is used to determine a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band, and the second information is transmitted through the air interface.

16. The first-type communication node device according to claim 14 , wherein a length of a time interval between one candidate time-instant within the K candidate time-instant subsets and a first reference time-instant belongs to a first candidate time-length set, the K candidate time-instant subsets respectively correspond to K candidate time-length subsets, lengths of time intervals respectively between candidate time-instants in any one of the K candidate time-instant subsets and the first reference time-instant constitute a candidate time-length subset of the K candidate time-length subsets corresponding to the any one of the K candidate time-instant subsets; and the first information is used to indicate the K candidate time-length subsets in the first candidate time-length set.

17. The first-type communication node device according to claim 16 , wherein a distribution of candidate time lengths in the first candidate time-length set is related to a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier included in frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

18. The first-type communication node device according to claim 14 , wherein the first receiver receives a first signaling; wherein the first signaling is used to determine at least one of frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal or time-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and the first signaling is transmitted through the air interface.

19. The first-type communication node device according to claim 14 , wherein any one of the Q time sub-pools occupies continuous time domain resources, the earliest one of the Q time sub-pools has a different time length from other time sub-pools.

20. The first-type communication node device according to claim 14 , wherein one of the K candidate time-instant subsets includes only one candidate time-instant, another one of the K candidate time-instant subsets includes more than one candidate time-instant; the frequency domain resources occupied by the first radio signal are all or a part of the interlaces in the first sub-band.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 071083/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2023
From: LIU, ZHENG; ZHANG, XIAOBO; YANG, LIN
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064584/0410 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810468288.3 · May 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17123137 · Dec 16, 2020
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