IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,093
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,093 · App. 17/959,316 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Electronic device, radio communication method, and computer readable storage medium

Inventor: Tao Cui (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W72/0446H04L5/005H04L27/144H04L27/2602H04W16/14H04W72/23H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 12,414,093
App. No.
17/959,316
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a radio communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device of the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit and is configured to use a group common-physical downlink control channel (GC-PDCCH) to transmit information about a termination position of a downlink transmission using an unlicensed spectrum. The electronic device, the radio communication method, and the computer readable storage medium of the present disclosure can be used to better design a GC-PDCCH according to characteristics of an NR communication system.

Claims (30)

1. An electronic device operating in a base station and comprising a processing circuit that;

transmits data in a previous time slot of a time slot where a Group Common-Physical Downlink Control Channel (GC-PDCCH) is to be transmitted; and

transmits, through the GC-PDCCH in the time slot, control information related to the data in the previous time slot,

wherein the processing circuit transmits the data in the previous time slot of the time slot where the GC-PDCCH is located according to default time slot format, and

wherein the control information is used to indicate each of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level of the data, slot format information (SFI) of the data and a downlink transmission termination position of the data.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit transmits information of a downlink transmission termination position for an unlicensed spectrum through the GC-PDCCH in a third time slot other than the previous time slot and the time slot.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuit transmits slot format information (SFI) of the third slot where the downlink transmission termination position is located through the GC-PDCCH.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit transmits a length and a time domain of a Max Channel Occupy Time (MCOT) for downlink transmission through the GC-PDCCH, the MCOT comprising one or more time slots.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit transmits the control information related to the data in the previous time slot through the GC-PDCCH when the control information related to the data in the previous time slot is not transmitted in the previous time slot.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit transmits a notification to a user equipment such that the user equipment receives the control information related to the data in the previous time slot through the GC-PDCCH.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processing circuit transmits the notification to the user equipment through a licensed spectrum.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit reconfigures a transmission period of the GC-PDCCH to a user equipment.

9. An electronic device operating in a mobile device and comprising a processing circuit that:

receives, from a base station, data in a previous time slot of a time slot where a Group Common-Physical Downlink Control Channel (GC-PDCCH) is to be received; and receives, through the GC-PDCCH in the time slot, control information related to the data in the previous time slot,

wherein the processing circuit receives the data in the previous time slot of the time slot where the GC-PDCCH is located according to default time slot format, and

wherein the control information is used to indicate each of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level of the data, slot format information (SFI) of the data and a downlink transmission termination position of the data.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit receives information of a downlink transmission termination position for an unlicensed spectrum through the GC-PDCCH in a third time slot other than the previous time slot and the time slot.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuit receives slot format information (SFD) of the third slot where the downlink transmission termination position is located through the GC-PDCCH.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit receives a length and a time domain of a Max Channel Occupy Time (MCOT) for downlink transmission through the GC-PDCCH, the MCOT comprising one or more time slots.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit;

stores data received in the previous time slot; and

demodulates the data in the previous time slot according to the control information.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit receives the control information related to the data in the previous time slot through the GC-PDCCH in response to a notification received from a network side device.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the processing circuit receives the notification from the network side device through a licensed spectrum.

16. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit receives a reconfigured transmission period of the GC-PDCCH from a network side device.

17. A wireless communication method performed by an electronic device operating in a base station and that includes a transceiver and processor, the method comprising:

transmitting data in a previous time slot of a time slot where a Group Common-Physical Downlink Control Channel (GC-PDCCH) is to be transmitted; and

transmitting, through the GC-PDCCH in the time slot, control information related to the data in the previous time slot,

wherein the method further comprises transmitting the data in the previous time slot of the time slot where the GC-PDCCH is located according to default time slot format, and

wherein the control information is used to indicate each of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level of the data, slot format information (SFI) of the data and a downlink transmission termination position of the data.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061598/0195 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810141240.1 · Feb 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16756850
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