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Granted Patent B2
US 11,129,196 · App. 16/406,624 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Shared channel design around reserved resources

Inventors: Kapil Bhattad (Bangalore, IN); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Ananta Narayanan Thyagarajan (Bangalore, IN); Tamer Kadous (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W74/0825H04L1/0013H04W16/14H04W72/1268H04W72/14H04W74/006
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Patent No.
US 11,129,196
App. No.
16/406,624
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may rate match an uplink transmission around a set of resources reserved by a base station. The base station may indicate a set of reserved resources which overlaps an uplink resource allocation to the UE. The base station may transmit an indicator of the reserved resources, and the UE may identify a location of a clear channel assessment (CCA) gap in a symbol period relative to the reserved resources. By rate matching around the reserved resources and one or more CCA gaps, the UE may transmit uplink information despite the allocated uplink resources colliding with the reserved resources.

Claims (62)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving an indicator of reserved resources in a shared radio frequency spectrum band;

identifying a location of a clear channel assessment (CCA) gap relative to the reserved resources;

rate matching an uplink shared data channel transmission around the reserved resources and the CCA gap; and

transmitting, within the shared radio frequency spectrum band, the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the location of the CCA gap comprises:

receiving a grant indicating allocated resources within the shared radio frequency spectrum band for the uplink shared data channel transmission, the grant indicating that the CCA gap occurs at a particular period of the allocated resources.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to resuming transmission of the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission, in frequencies occupied by the reserved resources, after an end of the reserved resources and a CCA gap.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission is transmitted in an uplink shared data channel and the indicator indicates a configuration of an uplink channel other than the uplink shared data channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission is transmitted in an uplink shared data channel and the indicator of the reserved resources comprises an implicit indication of the reserved resources based at least in part on a configuration of a second uplink channel other than the uplink shared data channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indicator of the reserved resources further comprises:

receiving a broadcast signaling comprising the indicator of the reserved resources, wherein the indicator of the reserved resources is specific to a cell that transmitted the broadcast signaling.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indicator of the reserved resources further comprises:

receiving a control signaling comprising the indicator of the reserved resources, wherein the indicator of the reserved resources is specific to the UE.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting a collision response from a plurality of different collision responses based at least in part on determining that a reference signal is scheduled for transmission within the reserved resources.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein selecting the collision response further comprising:

selecting the collision response from the plurality of different collision responses based at least in part on a number of symbols of the reference signal, a number of symbols of the reference signal that collide with the reserved resources, a waveform type of the uplink shared data channel transmission, downlink control information (DCI) signaling, whether the reference signal is scheduled for transmission within the reserved resources, a type of the reserved resources, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a bitmap that identifies a symbol level and resource block level rate matching resource set.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a bitmap that identifies a symbol level and sub-resource block level rate matching resource set.

12. A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

transmitting an indicator of reserved resources in a shared radio frequency spectrum band;

identifying a location of a clear channel assessment (CCA) gap relative to the reserved resources;

receiving, within the shared radio frequency spectrum band, a rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission; and

de-rate matching the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission based at least in part on the reserved resources and the location of the CCA gap.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transmitting a grant indicating the location of the CCA gap.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the indicator is a bitmap that identifies a symbol level and resource block level rate matching resource set or identifies a symbol level and sub-resource block level rate matching resource set.

15. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive an indicator of reserved resources in a shared radio frequency spectrum band;

identify a location of a clear channel assessment (CCA) gap relative to the reserved resources;

rate match an uplink shared data channel transmission around the reserved resources and the CCA gap; and

transmit, within the shared radio frequency spectrum band, the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to identify the location of the CCA gap are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a grant indicating allocated resources within the shared radio frequency spectrum band for the uplink shared data channel transmission, the grant indicating that the CCA gap occurs at a particular period of the allocated resources.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to resuming transmission of the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission, in frequencies occupied by the reserved resources, after an end of the reserved resources and a CCA gap.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission is transmitted in an uplink shared data channel and the indicator indicates a configuration of an uplink channel other than the uplink shared data channel.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission is transmitted in an uplink shared data channel and the indicator of the reserved resources comprises an implicit indication of the reserved resources based at least in part on a configuration of a second uplink channel other than the uplink shared data channel.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to receive the indicator of the reserved resources are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a broadcast signaling comprising the indicator of the reserved resources, wherein the indicator of the reserved resources is specific to a cell that transmitted the broadcast signaling.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to receive the indicator of the reserved resources are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a control signaling comprising the indicator of the reserved resources, wherein the indicator of the reserved resources is specific to the UE.

22. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

select a collision response from a plurality of different collision responses based at least in part on determining that a reference signal is scheduled for transmission within the reserved resources.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the instructions to select the collision response are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

select the collision response from the plurality of different collision responses based at least in part on a number of symbols of the reference signal, a number of symbols of the reference signal that collide with the reserved resources, a waveform type of the uplink shared data channel transmission, downlink control information (DCI) signaling, whether the reference signal is scheduled for transmission within the reserved resources, a type of the reserved resources, or any combination thereof.

24. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit an indicator of reserved resources in a shared radio frequency spectrum band;

identify a location of a clear channel assessment (CCA) gap relative to the reserved resources;

receive, within the shared radio frequency spectrum band, a rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission; and

de-rate match the rate matched uplink shared data channel transmission based at least in part on the reserved resources and the location of the CCA gap.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a grant indicating the location of the CCA gap.

26. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the indicator is a bitmap that identifies a symbol level and resource block level rate matching resource set or identifies a symbol level and sub-resource block level rate matching resource set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: BHATTAD, KAPIL; SUN, JING; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; THYAGARAJAN, ANANTA NARAYANAN; KADOUS, TAMER
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 049863/0861 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 201841017827 · May 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190349998A1 · Nov 14, 2019