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Granted Patent B2
US 11,083,014 · App. 16/530,294 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Method and apparatus for indicating channel occupancy time in wireless communication system

Inventors: Jinyoung Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyunseok Ryu (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sungjin Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jonghyun Bang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jeongho Yeo (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
H04W74/0808H04W16/14H04W72/042H04W72/0446H04W72/1263
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Patent No.
US 11,083,014
App. No.
16/530,294
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, performed by a base station (BS), of indicating a channel occupancy time of an unlicensed band is provided and includes transmitting physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information to a user equipment (UE), performing a channel access procedure to occupy a channel of the unlicensed band, and transmitting slot format indicator information about at least one slot within a channel occupancy time occupied by performing the channel access procedure, based on the PDCCH configuration information, wherein the slot format indicator information is determined based on at least one of a maximum channel occupancy time of the BS or the channel occupancy time occupied by performing the channel access procedure.

Claims (36)

1. A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), of obtaining channel occupancy time information, the method comprising:

detecting downlink control information (DCI), based on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information;

obtaining slot format indicator (SFI) information included in the DCI; and

identifying a channel occupancy time of a base station (BS), based on the SFI information,

wherein the SFI information indicates a slot format of at least one slot starting from a slot in which the DCI including the SFI information is detected.

2. The method of 1 , wherein a number of the at least one slot for which the slot format is indicated by the SFI information is determined based on the channel occupancy time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SFI information further comprises information about types or a pattern of symbols comprised in at least one slot determined based on the channel occupancy time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH configuration information includes at least one of offset information or period information for monitoring the DCI.

5. A method, performed by a base station (BS), of indicating a channel occupancy time, the method comprising:

transmitting physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information to a user equipment (UE);

performing a channel access procedure to occupy a channel; and

transmitting, within the channel occupancy time, downlink control information (DCI) including slot format indicator (SFI) information about at least one slot based on the PDCCH configuration information, the channel occupancy time being occupied by performing the channel access procedure,

wherein the SFI information is used to indicate the channel occupancy time to the UE, the SFI information indicates a slot format of at least one slot starting from a slot in which the DCI including the SFI information is detected.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a number of the at least one slot for which the slot format is indicated by the SFI information is determined based on the channel occupancy time.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the SFI information further comprises information about types or a pattern of symbols comprised in at least one slot determined based on the channel occupancy time.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the PDCCH configuration information includes at least one of offset information or period information for monitoring the DCI.

9. A user equipment (UE) for obtaining channel occupancy time information, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

detect downlink control information (DCI), based on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information,

obtain slot format indicator (SFI) information included in the DCI, and

identify a channel occupancy time of a base station (BS), based on the SFI information,

wherein the SFI information indicates a slot format of at least one slot starting from a slot in which the DCI including the SFI information is detected.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein a number of the at least one slot for which the slot format is indicated by the SFI information is determined based on the channel occupancy time.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the SFI information further comprises information about types or a pattern of symbols comprised in at least one slot determined based on the channel occupancy time.

12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the PDCCH configuration information includes at least one of offset information or period information for monitoring the DCI.

13. A base station (BS) for indicating a channel occupancy time, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information to a user equipment (UE),

perform a channel access procedure to occupy a channel; and

transmit, within the channel occupancy time, downlink control information (DCI) including slot format indicator (SFI) information about at least one slot based on the PDCCH configuration information, the channel occupancy time being occupied by performing the channel access procedure,

wherein the SFI information is used to indicate the channel occupancy time to the UE, the SFI information indicates a slot format of at least one slot starting from a slot in which the DCI including the SFI information is detected.

14. The BS of claim 13 , wherein a number of the at least one slot for which the slot format is indicated by the SFI information is determined based on the channel occupancy time.

15. The BS of claim 13 , wherein the SFI information further comprises information about types or a pattern of symbols comprised in at least one slot determined based on the channel occupancy time.

16. The BS of claim 13 , wherein the PDCCH configuration information includes at least one of offset information or period information for monitoring the DCI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2019
From: OH, JINYOUNG; RYU, HYUNSEOK; PARK, SUNGJIN; BANG, JONGHYUN; YEO, JEONGHO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0090912 · Aug 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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