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Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,449 · App. 18/210,996 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Contention window determination

Inventors: Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W74/0808H04L1/187H04L1/1887H04W72/0446H04W72/1268H04L5/0007H04L5/0092H04W16/14
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Patent No.
US 12,389,449
App. No.
18/210,996
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device determines a reference duration for contention window adjustment, wherein the reference duration is from a beginning of a channel occupancy and until an end of a first slot where at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is transmitted. The wireless device performs a listen before talk (LBT) procedure with a contention window value associated with the reference duration. The wireless device transmits at least one uplink signal after the LBT procedure indicates a clear channel.

Claims (40)

1. 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:

determine a reference duration for contention window adjustment, wherein the reference duration is from a beginning of a channel occupancy and until an end of a plurality of first slots where at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is transmitted, wherein each slot of the plurality of first slots comprises a plurality of symbols;

determine a contention window value based on one or more new data indicators (NDIs) of at least one uplink signal transmitted during the reference duration;

perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure with the contention window value associated with the reference duration; and

transmit the at least one uplink signal after the LBT procedure indicates a clear channel.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the beginning of the channel occupancy is a beginning of a channel occupancy of a first transmission burst.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the beginning of the channel occupancy is based on when a first LBT procedure indicates that the clear channel.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to adjust a contention window based on the contention window value.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the reference duration comprises multiple contiguous slots from a beginning of a transmission burst or a channel occupancy time.

6. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a cell, wherein a length of the reference duration is based on a numerology of the cell.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more NDIs indicate:

one or more positive acknowledgements (ACKs); or

one or more negative acknowledgments (NACKs).

8. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

determine a reference duration for contention window adjustment, wherein the reference duration is from a beginning of a channel occupancy and until an end of a plurality of first slots where at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is transmitted, wherein each slot of the plurality of first slots comprises a plurality of symbols;

determine a contention window value based on one or more new data indicators (NDIs) of at least one uplink signal transmitted during the reference duration;

perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure with the contention window value associated with the reference duration; and

transmit the at least one uplink signal after the LBT procedure indicates a clear channel.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the beginning of the channel occupancy is a beginning of a channel occupancy of a first transmission burst.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the beginning of the channel occupancy is based on when a first LBT procedure indicates that the clear channel.

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to adjust a contention window based on the contention window value.

12. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the reference duration comprises multiple contiguous slots from a beginning of a transmission burst or a channel occupancy time.

13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to receive one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a cell, wherein a length of the reference duration is based on a numerology of the cell.

14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the one or more NDIs indicate:

one or more positive acknowledgements (ACKs); or

one or more negative acknowledgments (NACKs).

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

determine a reference duration for contention window adjustment, wherein the reference duration is from a beginning of a channel occupancy and until an end of a plurality of first slots where at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is transmitted, wherein each slot of the plurality of first slots comprises a plurality of symbols;

determine a contention window value based on one or more new data indicators (NDIs) of at least one uplink signal transmitted during the reference duration;

perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure with the contention window value associated with the reference duration; and

transmit the at least one uplink signal after the LBT procedure indicates a clear channel.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the beginning of the channel occupancy is a beginning of a channel occupancy of a first transmission burst.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the beginning of the channel occupancy is based on when a first LBT procedure indicates that the clear channel.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the device to adjust a contention window based on the contention window value.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the reference duration comprises multiple contiguous slots from a beginning of a transmission burst or a channel occupancy time.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the device to receive one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a cell, wherein a length of the reference duration is based on a numerology of the cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: XU, KAI; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; CIRIK, ALI; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 064046/0622 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17503444 · Oct 18, 2021
Continuation 16579730 · Sep 23, 2019
Provisional Application 62736204 · Sep 25, 2018
Provisional Application 62734562 · Sep 21, 2018
Related Publication 20230328779A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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