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US 12,250,722 · App. 17/290,676 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Method by which terminal transmits uplink signal in unlicensed band, and apparatus using method

Inventors: Sechang Myung (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W74/0816H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/1263H04W72/23H04W74/006
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Patent No.
US 12,250,722
App. No.
17/290,676
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink signal in an unlicensed band, and an apparatus using same are provided. The method receives, from a base station, channel occupancy information through a PDCCH and transmits the uplink signal to the base station through a configured grant uplink access (CUL) type physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the basis of the channel occupancy information. The channel occupancy information indicates which sub-band of a CUL band including a plurality of sub-bands enables the terminal to transmit the CUL type PUSCH within a channel occupancy time (COT) acquired by the base station through a channel access procedure.

Claims (28)

1. A method of performing a channel access procedure of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information notifying an available resource block set and channel occupancy time duration; and

performing a channel access procedure for an uplink transmission,

wherein, for the uplink transmission within the channel occupancy time duration in a time domain and the available resource block set in a frequency domain, the UE switches from i) a first channel access procedure where the UE transmits a transmission after sensing a channel to be idle during sensing durations and after a counter is zero to ii) a second channel access procedure where the UE transmits a transmission immediately after sensing a channel to be idle for a specific time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a bitmap having a one-to-one mapping with available resource block sets.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel occupancy time duration is a time obtained by excluding a downlink transmission time of the base station from a channel occupancy time acquired by the base station.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

5. A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising:

at least one transceiver for transmitting and receiving a radio signal;

at least one memory; and

at least one processor connected to the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information notifying an available resource block set and channel occupancy time duration; and

performing a channel access procedure for an uplink transmission,

wherein, for the uplink transmission within the channel occupancy time duration in a time domain and the available resource block set in a frequency domain, the UE switches from i) a first channel access procedure where the UE transmits a transmission after sensing a channel to be idle during sensing durations and after a counter is zero to ii) a second channel access procedure where the UE transmits a transmission immediately after sensing a channel to be idle for a specific time.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the information comprises a bitmap having a one-to-one mapping with available resource block sets.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the channel occupancy time duration is a time obtained by excluding a downlink transmission time of the base station from a channel occupancy time acquired by the base station.

8. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the information is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

9. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor connected to the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information notifying an available resource block set and channel occupancy time duration; and

performing a channel access procedure for an uplink transmission,

wherein, for the uplink transmission within the channel occupancy time duration in a time domain and the available resource block set in a frequency domain, the apparatus switches from i) a first channel access procedure where the apparatus transmits a transmission after sensing a channel to be idle during sensing durations and after a counter is zero to ii) a second channel access procedure where the apparatus transmits a transmission immediately after sensing a channel to be idle for a specific time.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the information comprises a bitmap having a one-to-one mapping with available resource block sets.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the channel occupancy time duration is a time obtained by excluding a downlink transmission time of the base station from a channel occupancy time acquired by the base station.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the information is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE ASSIGNEE'S COUNTRY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 056158 FRAME: 0811. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 16, 2021
From: MYUNG, SECHANG; KIM, SEONWOOK; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058148/0004 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: MYUNG, SECHANG; KIM, SEONWOOK; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 056158/0811 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0133487 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0100575 · Aug 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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