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Granted Patent B2
US 12,301,394 · App. 18/236,406 · Granted May 13, 2025

Method, apparatus, and system for accessing unlicensed band channel

Inventors: Minseok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04L27/2602H04L1/1812H04L5/0051H04L5/0053H04L5/0092H04L27/26H04W16/14H04W72/23H04W74/0833H04L1/1887H04L5/001H04L5/1469H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 12,301,394
App. No.
18/236,406
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station and a user equipment of a wireless communication system are disclosed. Each of the base station and the user equipment of the wireless communication includes a communication module; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive signaling information related to the start of uplink (UL) transmission from the base station through the communication module. The processor is configured to determine whether to perform a UL transmission using a partial subframe based on the signaling information. When the processor performs the UL transmission using the partial subframe, the processor is configured to determine a symbol configuration of the partial subframe based on the signaling information and perform, through the communication module, the UL transmission using the partial subframe according to the symbol configuration. At this time, the partial subframe is a subframe which occupies less than 14 symbols.

Claims (58)

1. A user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor functionally connected to the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive information related to an uplink transmission,

perform the uplink transmission on a partial subframe including one or more symbols among symbols of a subframe,

wherein the partial subframe includes less than 14 occupied symbols, and

wherein a starting symbol of the uplink transmission and an ending symbol of the uplink transmission is determined based on the information.

2. The user equipment of claim 1 ,

wherein the ending symbol is determined according to whether the last symbol of the subframe is unoccupied based on the information.

3. The user equipment of claim 1 ,

wherein the starting symbol is determined according to whether an earliest symbol of the subframe is unoccupied based on the information.

4. The user equipment of claim 2 ,

wherein the last symbol of the subframe is unoccupied symbol.

5. The user equipment of claim 3 ,

wherein the earliest symbol of the subframe is unoccupied symbol.

6. The user equipment of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to perform rate matching for the uplink transmission on the partial subframe based on the starting symbol of the uplink transmission.

7. The user equipment of claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine a number of symbols of the partial subframe based on the starting symbol of the uplink transmission and perform rate matching based on the number of symbols.

8. The user equipment of claim 1 ,

wherein the information is included in downlink control information which is an uplink grant indicating the uplink transmission.

9. A method performed by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information related to an uplink transmission; and

performing the uplink transmission on a partial subframe including one or more symbols among symbols of a subframe,

wherein the partial subframe includes less than 14 occupied symbols, and

wherein a starting symbol of the uplink transmission and an ending symbol of the uplink transmission is determined based on the information.

10. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the ending symbol is determined according to whether the last symbol of the subframe is unoccupied based on the information.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the last symbol of the subframe is unoccupied symbol.

12. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the starting symbol is determined according to whether an earliest symbol of the subframe is unoccupied based on the information.

13. The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the earliest symbol of the subframe is unoccupied symbol.

14. The method of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

performing rate matching for the uplink transmission on the partial subframe based on the starting symbol of the uplink transmission.

15. The method of claim 14 , the method further comprising:

determining a number of symbols of the partial subframe based on the starting symbol of the uplink transmission and perform rate matching based on the number of symbols.

16. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the information is included in downlink control information which is an uplink grant indicating the uplink transmission.

17. A base station of a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor functionally connected to the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit information related to an uplink transmission,

receive the uplink transmission on a partial subframe including one or more symbols among symbols of a subframe,

wherein the partial subframe includes less than 14 occupied symbols, and

wherein a starting symbol of the uplink transmission and an ending symbol of the uplink transmission is determined based on the information.

18. The base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the ending symbol is determined according to whether the last symbol of the subframe is unoccupied based on the information.

19. The base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the starting symbol is determined according to whether an earliest symbol of the subframe is unoccupied based on the information.

20. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting information related to an uplink transmission; and

receiving the uplink transmission on a partial subframe including one or more symbols among symbols of a subframe,

wherein the partial subframe includes less than 14 occupied symbols, and

wherein a starting symbol of the uplink transmission and an ending symbol of the uplink transmission is determined based on the information.

Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2016-0007301 · Jan 20, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0013755 · Feb 3, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0014521 · Feb 4, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0046914 · Apr 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17979758 · Nov 2, 2022
Continuation 17342230 · Jun 8, 2021
Continuation 16033153 · Jul 11, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2017000706 · Jan 20, 2017
Related Publication 20230396473A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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