IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,743,942
Granted Patent B2
US 11,743,942 · App. 17/585,647 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Listen before talk procedure and uplink switching

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W74/0808H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,743,942
App. No.
17/585,647
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a first uplink carrier and a second uplink carrier of an unlicensed cell. A first contention window is determined for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for a first channel of the first uplink carrier. Based on switching from the first uplink carrier to the second uplink carrier, a second contention window is determined to be a minimum contention window, of a plurality of contention windows, for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the second uplink carrier. A transport block is transmitted, via the second uplink carrier, based on the second LBT procedure using the second contention window.

Claims (37)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of carriers of an unlicensed cell, wherein the plurality of carriers comprise a downlink carrier and two or more uplink carriers comprising a normal uplink carrier and a supplementary uplink carrier;

determining a first contention window for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for a first channel of the normal uplink carrier;

based on switching from the normal uplink carrier to the supplementary uplink carrier, determining a second contention window to be a minimum contention window, of a plurality of contention windows, for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the supplementary uplink carrier; and

transmitting, via the supplementary uplink carrier, a transport block based on the second LBT procedure using the second contention window.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first contention window is determined based on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, of one or more transmissions via the first channel of the normal uplink carrier, received in a reference duration associated with the normal uplink carrier.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the one or more transmissions via the normal uplink carrier, and wherein the second contention window corresponds to the channel access priority class associated with the transport block transmitted via the supplementary uplink carrier.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the transport block, and wherein the minimum contention window is configured for the channel access priority class.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a downlink control information indicating transmission parameters, of the transport block, indicating a channel access type, wherein the second LBT procedure is based on the channel access type.

6. 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 radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of carriers of an unlicensed cell, wherein the plurality of carriers comprise a downlink carrier and two or more uplink carriers comprising a normal uplink carrier and a supplementary uplink carrier;

determine a first contention window for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for a first channel of the normal uplink carrier;

based on switching from the normal uplink carrier to the supplementary uplink carrier, determine a second contention window to be a minimum contention window, of a plurality of contention windows, for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the supplementary uplink carrier; and

transmit, via the supplementary uplink carrier, a transport block based on the second LBT procedure using the second contention window.

7. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the first contention window is determined based on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, of one or more transmissions via the first channel of the normal uplink carrier, received in a reference duration associated with the normal uplink carrier.

8. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the first contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the one or more transmissions via the normal uplink carrier, and wherein the second contention window corresponds to the channel access priority class associated with the transport block transmitted via the supplementary uplink carrier.

9. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the second contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the transport block, and wherein the minimum contention window is configured for the channel access priority class.

10. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive a downlink control information indicating transmission parameters, of the transport block, indicating a channel access type, wherein the second LBT procedure is based on the channel access type.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of carriers of an unlicensed cell, wherein the plurality of carriers comprise a downlink carrier and two or more uplink carriers comprising a normal uplink carrier and a supplementary uplink carrier;

determine a first contention window for a first listen before talk (LBT) procedure for a first channel of the normal uplink carrier;

based on switching from the normal uplink carrier to the supplementary uplink carrier, determine a second contention window to be a minimum contention window, of a plurality of contention windows, for a second LBT procedure of a second channel of the supplementary uplink carrier; and

transmit, via the supplementary uplink carrier, a transport block based on the second LBT procedure using the second contention window.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first contention window is determined based on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, of one or more transmissions via the first channel of the normal uplink carrier, received in a reference duration associated with the normal uplink carrier.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the first contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the one or more transmissions via the normal uplink carrier, and wherein the second contention window corresponds to the channel access priority class associated with the transport block transmitted via the supplementary uplink carrier.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the second contention window corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with the transport block, and wherein the minimum contention window is configured for the channel access priority class.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive a downlink control information indicating transmission parameters, of the transport block, indicating a channel access type, wherein the second LBT procedure is based on the channel access type.

16. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

based on switching from the supplementary uplink carrier to the normal uplink carrier, determining a third contention window to be a second minimum contention window, of a plurality of second contention windows, for a third LBT procedure of a third channel of the normal uplink carrier.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of second contention windows corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with one or more transmissions via the third channel of the normal uplink carrier.

18. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

based on switching from the supplementary uplink carrier to the normal uplink carrier, determine a third contention window to be a second minimum contention window, of a plurality of second contention windows, for a third LBT procedure of a third channel of the normal uplink carrier.

19. The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of second contention windows corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with one or more transmissions via the third channel of the normal uplink carrier.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

based on switching from the supplementary uplink carrier to the normal uplink carrier, determine a third contention window to be a second minimum contention window, of a plurality of second contention windows, for a third LBT procedure of a third channel of the normal uplink carrier, wherein the plurality of second contention windows corresponds to a channel access priority class associated with one or more transmissions via the third channel of the normal uplink carrier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2022
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 059637/0954 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16536689 · Aug 9, 2019
Provisional Application 62716806 · Aug 9, 2018
Related Publication 20220150964A1 · May 12, 2022
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