Techniques for communicating on an uplink in a shared radio frequency spectrum band
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes detecting a first reference signal received from a user equipment (UE) in a reference scheduled transmission burst including a plurality of contiguous transmission time intervals (TTIs) received over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying a reference TTI in which the first reference signal is received; determining a contention window size usable by the UE to contend for access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band; and transmitting an indication of the determined contention window size to the UE.
1. A method for wireless communication at a network access device, comprising:
identifying feedback received from a user equipment (UE) for a downlink reference transmission time interval (TTI) of a transmission opportunity (TxOP) over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the TxOP comprising at least one downlink TTI and at least one uplink TTI;
identifying an uplink TTI, of the TxOP, for which scheduling information is transmitted in the downlink reference TTI; and
determining a contention window size usable by the network access device to contend for access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band, for a next TxOP, based at least in part on the identified feedback and a scheduled uplink transmission in the identified uplink TTI.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the contention window size based at least in part on the scheduled uplink transmission in the identified uplink TTI comprises:
determining the contention window size based at least in part on a decoding of at least one channel including: a scheduled physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a scheduled physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a scheduled physical random access channel (PRACH), or a combination thereof.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the contention window size based at least in part on the decoding of the at least one channel comprises:
determining the contention window size based least in part on acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback for the at least one channel.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one downlink TTI comprises at least one downlink subframe, and the at least one uplink TTI comprises at least one uplink subframe.
5. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network access device, comprising:
a processor,
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
identify feedback received from a user equipment (UE) for a downlink reference transmission time interval (TTI) of a transmission opportunity (TxOP) over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the TxOP comprising at least one downlink TTI and at least one uplink TTI;
identify an uplink TTI, of the TxOP, for which scheduling information is transmitted in the downlink reference TTI; and
determine a contention window size usable by the network access device to contend for access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band, for a next TxOP, based at least in part on the identified feedback and a scheduled uplink transmission in the identified uplink TTI.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the instructions to determine the contention window size based at least in part on the scheduled uplink transmission in the identified uplink TTI are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine the contention window size based at least in part on a decoding of at least one channel including: a scheduled physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a scheduled physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a scheduled physical random access channel (PRACH), or a combination thereof.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the instructions to determine the contention window size based at least in part on the decoding of the at least one channel are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine the contention window size based least in part on acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback for the at least one channel.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one downlink TTI comprises at least one downlink subframe, and the at least one uplink TTI comprises at least one uplink subframe.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a network access device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
identify feedback received from a user equipment (UE) for a downlink reference transmission time interval (TTI) of a transmission opportunity (TxOP) over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the TxOP comprising at least one downlink TTI and at least one uplink TTI;
identify an uplink TTI, of the TxOP, for which scheduling information is transmitted in the downlink reference TTI; and
determine a contention window size usable by the network access device to contend for access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band, for a next TxOP, based at least in part on the identified feedback and a scheduled uplink transmission in the identified uplink TTI.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions to determine the contention window size based at least in part on the scheduled uplink transmission in the identified uplink TTI are executable to:
determine the contention window size based at least in part on a decoding of at least one channel including: a scheduled physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a scheduled physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a scheduled physical random access channel (PRACH), or a combination thereof.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions to determine the contention window size based at least in part on the decoding of the at least one channel are executable to:
determine the contention window size based least in part on acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback for the at least one channel.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least one downlink TTI comprises at least one downlink subframe, and the at least one uplink TTI comprises at least one uplink subframe.