Granted Patent B2

US 12,193,068 · App. 17/746,765 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventor: Zuomin Wu (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W74/0833H04W74/004H04W74/0808

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A method of accessing to a channel in shared spectrum, comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal device, a random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) resource for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) resource for Message A (Msg A) PUSCH transmission on the channel; and

determining, by the terminal device, a first channel access procedure for PRACH transmission and a second channel access procedure for Msg A PUSCH transmission,

wherein the first channel access procedure comprises:

a channel access procedure to initiate a first channel occupancy time (COT); or,

a channel access procedure to share a second COT initiated by a network device, if the RO resource is within the second COT,

wherein the second channel access procedure comprises a channel access procedure to share the first COT initiated by the terminal device, if the PO resource is within the first COT, and

wherein that the PO resource is within the first COT comprises:

the RO resource and the PO resource are within the maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) corresponding to the first COT.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel access procedure comprises Type 1 channel access procedure with a first uplink channel access priority class (UL CAPC) p1 to initiate the first COT.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first UL CAPC p1=1.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel access procedure comprises Type 2A channel access procedure to share the second COT initiated by the network device, if the RO resource is within the second COT.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second channel access procedure comprises Type 1 channel access procedure with a second UL CAPC p2, if the RO resource and the PO resource are within a same LBT subband of the channel in frequency domain and a time duration between the RO resource and the PO resource is more than or equal to a first value, or the RO resource and the PO resource are within different LBT subbands of the channel in frequency domain.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second UL CAPC p2=1, or the second UL CAPC p2 is determined according to the service associated with the Msg A.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second channel access procedure comprises Type 2A channel access procedure to share the second COT, if the PO resource is within the second COT.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second channel access procedure comprises Type 2A channel access procedure, if the RO resource and the PO resource are within a same LBT subband of the channel in frequency domain and a time duration between the RO resource and the PO resource is more than or equal to a second value,

wherein the second channel access procedure comprises Type 2B channel access procedure, if the RO resource and the PO resource are within a same LBT subband of the channel in frequency domain and a time duration between the RO resource and the PO resource is more than or equal to a third value and less than a second value, or

wherein the second channel access procedure comprises Type 2C channel access procedure, if the RO resource and the PO resource are within a same LBT subband of the channel in frequency domain and a time duration between the RO resource and the PO resource is less than or equal to a third value.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel access procedure comprises the channel access procedure to initiate the first COT, if the RO resource is configured from the beginning of the first COT, wherein the first COT corresponds to a first periodic channel occupancy on the channel, and the first periodic channel occupancy is configured to be initiated by the terminal device, or

wherein the first channel access procedure comprises the channel access procedure to share the second COT initiated by the network device, if the RO resource is within the second COT, wherein the second COT corresponds to a second periodic channel occupancy on the channel, and the second periodic channel occupancy is configured to be initiated by the network device.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first or second channel access procedure to initiate a COT, comprises:

sensing the channel, by the terminal device, for at least a sensing slot duration of a fourth value; and

performing transmission, by the terminal device, immediately after sensing the channel to be idle; or not performing transmission, by the terminal device, if the channel is sensed to be busy.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first or second channel access procedure to share a COT, comprises:

sensing the channel, by the terminal device, for at least a sensing slot duration of a fifth value; and

performing uplink transmission, by the terminal device, immediately after sensing the channel to be idle; or not performing the uplink transmission, by the terminal device, if the channel is sensed to be busy, wherein the uplink transmission comprises PRACH transmission and/or Msg A PUSCH transmission.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a time duration between the uplink transmission and the previous transmission within the same COT is more than or equal to a sixth value.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first or second channel access procedure to share a COT, comprises:

performing uplink transmission, by the terminal device, without sensing the channel, wherein the uplink transmission comprises PRACH transmission and/or Msg A PUSCH transmission.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein a time duration between the uplink transmission and the previous transmission within the same COT is less than or equal to a sixth value.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the RO resource and the PO resource are within a same LBT subband of the channel in frequency domain.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the terminal device is configured with semi-static channel access.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second channel access procedure comprises a channel access procedure to initiate a third COT, if the PO resource is configured from the beginning of the third COT, wherein the third COT corresponds to a third periodic channel occupancy on the channel, and the third periodic channel occupancy is configured to be initiated by the terminal device, or

wherein the second channel access procedure comprises the channel access procedure to share the second COT initiated by the network device, if the PO resource is within the second COT, wherein the second COT corresponds to a second periodic channel occupancy on the channel, and the second periodic channel occupancy is configured to be initiated by the network device, or

wherein the second channel access procedure comprises a channel access procedure to share the first COT initiated by the terminal device, if the PO resource is within the first COT,

wherein the first COT corresponds to a first periodic channel occupancy on the channel, and the first periodic channel occupancy is configured to be initiated by the terminal device.

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

determining, by the terminal device, the first channel access procedure comprises either the channel access procedure to initiate the first COT or the channel access procedure to share a second COT according to a configuration from the network or a predefined rule.

19. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute operations comprising:

obtaining a random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) resource for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) resource for Message A (Msg A) PUSCH transmission on the channel; and

determining a first channel access procedure for PRACH transmission and a second channel access procedure for Msg A PUSCH transmission,

wherein the first channel access procedure comprises:

a channel access procedure to initiate a first channel occupancy time (COT); or,

a channel access procedure to share a second COT initiated by a network device, if the RO resource is within the second COT,

wherein the second channel access procedure comprises a channel access procedure to share the first COT initiated by the terminal device, if the PO resource is within the first COT, and

wherein that the PO resource is within the first COT comprises:

the RO resource and the PO resource are within the maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) corresponding to the first COT.

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