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US 12,238,770 · App. 17/635,615 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Method, transmission device, and recording medium for transmitting transport block in unlicensed band

Inventors: Duckhyun Bae (Seoul, KR); Hyunho Lee (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W74/0816H04L1/08H04W72/0453H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 12,238,770
App. No.
17/635,615
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission device may perform listen-before-talk (LBT) with regard to an unlicensed band. The transmission device may determine M LBT sub-bands which are in an idle state, on the basis of the performing of the LBT for the unlicensed band. The transmission device may perform N repetitive transmissions of a transport block (TB) over the M LBT sub-bands. The N repetitive transmissions of the TB may include performing M repetitive transmissions over the M LBT sub-bands, respectively.

Claims (50)

1. A method for transmitting a transport block (TB) by a transmission device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing Listen Before Talk (LBT) for a plurality of subbands in a frequency domain to determine whether at least one idle subband among the plurality of subbands is idle; and

based on a determination that M subbands are idle among the plurality of subbands, performing N repeated transmissions for the TB in the M subbands, where N>1,

wherein, based on N≥M and M>1, the N repeated transmissions for the TB include M repeated transmissions performed respectively in the M subbands.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein N is configured by a higher layer signal or indicated by a physical layer signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the N repeated transmissions for the TB in the M subbands comprises:

transmitting the TB with different redundancy versions.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) for one subband; and

based on N≥M and M>1, determining frequency resource allocation for each of the M subbands based on the FDRA.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) for one subband; and

based on N≥M and M>1, determining frequency resource allocation for each of the M subbands based on the FDRA.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the N repeated transmissions for the TB are performed on M*K frequency-time resources defined by the M subbands in a frequency domain and K time units in a time domain, and

wherein K=ceil (N/M).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the N repeated transmissions for the TB are performed on M*K time-frequency resources and N-M*K frequency-time resources defined by the M subbands in a frequency domain and K time units in a time domain, and

wherein K=floor (N/M).

8. A transmission device configured to transmit a transport block (TB) in a wireless communication system, the transmission device comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

performing Listen Before Talk (LBT) for a plurality of subbands in a frequency domain to determine whether at least one idle subband among the plurality of subbands is idle; and

based on a determination that M subbands are idle among the plurality of subbands, performing N repeated transmissions for the TB in the M subbands, where N>1,

wherein, based on N≥M and M>1, the N repeated transmissions for the TB include M repeated transmissions performed respectively in the M subbands.

9. The transmission device of claim 8 , wherein N is configured by a higher layer signal or indicated by a physical layer signal.

10. The transmission device of claim 8 , wherein performing the N repeated transmissions for the TB in the M subbands comprises:

transmitting the TB with different redundancy versions.

11. The transmission device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) for one subband; and

based on N≥M and M>1, determining frequency resource allocation for each of the M subbands based on the FDRA.

12. The transmission device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) for one subband; and

based on N≥M and M>1, determining frequency resource allocation for each of the M subbands based on the FDRA.

13. The transmission device of claim 8 , wherein the N repeated transmissions for the TB are performed on M*K frequency-time resources defined by the M subbands in a frequency domain and K time units in a time domain, and

wherein K=ceil (N/M).

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon at least one computer program including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for a transmission device,

wherein the operations comprise:

performing Listen Before Talk (LBT) for a plurality of subbands in a frequency domain to determine whether at least one idle subband among the plurality of subbands is idle; and

based on a determination that M subbands are idle among the plurality of subbands, performing N repeated transmissions for a transport block (TB) in the M LBT subbands, where N>1,

wherein, based on N≥M and M>1, the N repeated transmissions for the TB include M repeated transmissions performed respectively in the M subbands.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein N is configured by a higher layer signal or indicated by a physical layer signal.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein performing the N repeated transmissions for the TB in the M subbands comprises:

transmitting the TB with different redundancy versions.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) for one subband; and

based on N≥M and M>1, determining frequency resource allocation for each of the M subbands based on the FDRA.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) for one subband; and

based on N≥M and M>1, determining frequency resource allocation for each of the M subbands based on the FDRA.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the N repeated transmissions for the TB are performed on M*K frequency-time resources defined by the M subbands in a frequency domain and K time units in a time domain, and wherein K=ceil (N/M).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2022
From: BAE, DUCKHYUN; LEE, HYUNHO; YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, SEONWOOK; PARK, CHANGHWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0099968 · Aug 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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