Granted Patent B2

US 12,396,027 · App. 17/766,499 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi (Sundbyberg, SE); Kazuyoshi Uesaka (Kawasaki, JP); Iana Siomina (Täby, SE); Santhan Thangarasa (Vällingby, SE); Joakim Axmon (Limhamn, SE); Imadur Rahman (Sollentuna, SE)

Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

H04W74/0808

Abstract

Claims (82)

1. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:

determining an operational occasion periodicity of a signal subjecting to Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, for transmission;

determining an association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and a maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal;

determining the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for the determined operational occasion periodicity based on the determined association between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures; and

performing one or more operational tasks based on the determined maximum number of allowed CCA failures, wherein

determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal comprises:

determining a Radio Resource Control, RRC, state, RRC state, of the wireless device configured to communicate the signal based on the determined operational occasion periodicity; and

determining the association between the determined operational occasion periodicity, the RRC state, and the maximum allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing one or more operational tasks comprises communicating the signal with a network node based on the determined maximum number of allowed CCA failures.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, if the maximum number of allowed CCA failures is exceeded, performing one or more of the following tasks:

restarting an operation associated with communicating the signal;

stopping the operation associated with communicating the signal;

declaring a Radio Link Failure, RLF;

triggering a cell change;

triggering measurements on another cell or another carrier;

declaring a measurement failure;

reporting a measurement with an approximate indication;

suspending transmission in uplink; and

transmitting in uplink with a transmission timing error larger than a timing error allowed when the maximum number of allowed CCA failures is not exceeded.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational occasion periodicity comprises determining the operational occasion periodicity based on at least one of:

pre-defined configuration information; and

configuration information received from the network node.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures comprises determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures based on a rule.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the rule is pre-defined.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the rule is determined by the wireless device based on the configuration information received from the network node.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the network node comprises a serving base station; and

determining the operational occasion periodicity comprises determining the operational occasion periodicity based on configuration information received from the network node in a Radio Resource Control, RRC, message or in a System Information, SI, message.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures comprises determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures based on one or more of following parameters:

a type of procedure associated with communicating the signal, wherein the type of procedure comprises at least one of a cell change, a cell reselection, a handover, a measurement, and an operation using Discontinuous Transmission, DRX;

a direction of the signal communicated with the network node, wherein the direction comprises at least one of an uplink operation and a downlink operation;

a type of the signal communicated with the network node, wherein the type of signal comprises at least one of a Synchronization Signal Block, SSB, a Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, a Random Access Channel, RACH, signal, a Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, an SI signal, and a paging signal;

a periodic receiver activity pattern or a periodic transmitter activity pattern of the signal communicated with the network node;

a measurement pattern, a measurement periodicity, a measurement cycle, and a measurement gap pattern of the signal communicated with the network node;

a type of cell of the network node, wherein the type of cell comprises at least one of a Primary Cell, PCell, a Primary Secondary Cell, PScell, and a Secondary Cell, Scell; and

availability of historic data on CCA success and/or failure on a relevant carrier for communicating the RF signal with the network node.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for the determined operational occasion periodicity comprises determining the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for the determined operational occasion periodicity based on a predefined table comprising:

at least one first value of a maximum number of allowed CCA failures corresponding to at least one first value of the operational occasion periodicity; and

at least one second value of a maximum number of allowed CCA failures corresponding to at least one second value of the operational occasion periodicity;

wherein:

the at least one second value of the maximum number of allowed CCA failures is greater than the at least one first value of the maximum number of allowed CCA failures; and

the at least one second value of the operational occasion periodicity is greater than the at least one first value of the operational occasion periodicity.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operational occasion periodicity comprises:

a Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, Configuration periodicity;

a PRACH periodicity;

a Synchronization Signal Block, SSB, based Radio Resource Measurement, RRM, Measurement Timing Configuration, SMTC, periodicity;

a Discontinuous Transmission, DRX, periodicity; and

a Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, periodicity.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal comprises:

determining information related to measurement capability of the wireless device; and

determining the association between the determined operational occasion periodicity, the measurement capability, and the maximum allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the information related to measurement capability of the wireless device comprises determining the information related to measurement capability of the wireless device based on one or more of the following:

number of carriers the wireless device is configured to monitor;

number of carriers the wireless device is configured to support; and

number of neighbor cells the wireless device has identified and is monitoring.

14. A wireless device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

determine an operational occasion periodicity of a signal subjecting to Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, for transmission;

determine an association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and a maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal;

determine the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for the determined operational occasion periodicity based on the determined association between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures; and

perform one or more operational tasks based on the determined maximum number of allowed CCA failures; and

power supply circuitry configured to supply power to the wireless device, wherein determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal comprises:

determining a Radio Resource Control, RRC, state, RRC state, of the wireless device configured to communicate the signal based on the determined operational occasion periodicity; and

determining the association between the determined operational occasion periodicity, the RRC state, and the maximum allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal.

15. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

determining an association between an operational occasion periodicity and a maximum number of allowed Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, failures for communicating a signal;

determining the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for the determined operational occasion periodicity based on the determined association between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures; and

configuring a wireless device to perform one or more operational tasks based on the determined association, wherein

determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal comprises:

determining a Radio Resource Control, RRC, state, RRC state, of the wireless device configured to communicate the signal based on the determined operational occasion periodicity; and

determining the association between the determined operational occasion periodicity, the RRC state, and the maximum allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising sending a message comprising the determined association to the wireless device.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein configuring the wireless device to perform one or more operational tasks comprises configuring the wireless device to communicate the signal based on the determined association.

18. A base station comprising:

a control system configured to:

determine an association between an operational occasion periodicity and a maximum number of allowed Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, failures for communicating a signal;

determine the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for the determined operational occasion periodicity based on the determined association between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures; and

configure a wireless device to communicate the signal based on the determined association, wherein

determining the association at least between the determined operational occasion periodicity and the maximum number of allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal comprises:

determining a Radio Resource Control, RRC, state, RRC state, of the wireless device configured to communicate the signal based on the determined operational occasion periodicity; and

determining the association between the determined operational occasion periodicity, the RRC state, and the maximum allowed CCA failures for communicating the signal.

19. The base station of claim 18 , wherein the control system is further configured to communicate a message comprising the determined association to the wireless device.

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