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US 12,501,445 · App. 18/439,504 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Method for uplink channel access to unlicensed band in wireless communication system and apparatus for same

Inventors: Minseok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W72/23H04L1/1812H04L5/00H04L5/0055H04L27/26H04W16/14H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/002H04W74/0808H04L5/001H04W74/0833H04W74/0838H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,501,445
App. No.
18/439,504
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for performing uplink transmission to a base station through an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system. In particular, the invention provides a method including: receiving, from the base station, an uplink grant scheduling the uplink transmission on one or more subframes; and performing the uplink transmission on the one or more subframes using one of a first type channel access or a second type channel access indicated in the uplink grant, wherein a parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to a priority included in the uplink grant, and wherein when the uplink grant indicates the second type channel access, the priority is a priority used in a downlink channel access of the base station.

Claims (45)

1 . A method for performing, by a user equipment, an uplink transmission to a base station through an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), from a base station, including a downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink transmission on one or more subframes,

wherein the DCI indicates a first type channel access or a second type channel access and a priority class; and

performing the uplink transmission on the one or more subframes using the first type channel access or the second type channel access,

wherein the uplink transmission is performed based on at least one parameter determined by the priority class, and

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to the priority class indicated in the DCI when the uplink transmission in which the second type channel access is indicated is stopped on the one or more subframes.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to the priority class indicated in the DCI when the first type channel access is indicated.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink transmission is performed using the first type channel access for the priority class in a subframe after a specific subframe when the second type channel access for the uplink transmission on the one or more subframes is indicated by the DCI and the user equipment has stopped the uplink transmission during or before the specific subframe among the one or more subframes.

4 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to the priority class indicated in the DCI, and

wherein the uplink transmission is performed based on the priority class, which is a priority class used by the base station when the second type channel access is indicated in the DCI.

5 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more subframes are not allocated more than subframes needed to transmit all traffics of a priority class having a value equal to or less than the priority class selected for the uplink transmission.

6 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a random backoff counter is used for the first type channel access, and is not used for the second type channel access.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the uplink transmission further comprises:

performing the uplink transmission on a next subframe of a specific subframe by using the first type channel access or the second type channel access indicated in the DCI when a channel access in the specific subframe among the one or more subframes is failed.

8 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access comprises, based on the priority class, a first parameter for determining a size of a contention window (CW) for the first type channel access and a second parameter for determining an uplink maximum channel occupancy time.

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

a wireless communication module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), from a base station, including a downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink transmission on one or more subframes,

wherein the DCI indicates a first type channel access or a second type channel access and a priority class, and

perform the uplink transmission on the one or more subframes using the first type channel access or the second type channel access,

wherein the uplink transmission is performed based on at least one parameter determined by the priority class, and

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to the priority class indicated in the DCI when the uplink transmission in which the second type channel access is indicated is stopped on the one or more subframes.

10 . The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to the priority class indicated in the DCI when the first type channel access is indicated.

11 . The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the uplink transmission is performed using the first type channel access for the priority class in a subframe after a specific subframe when the second type channel access for the uplink transmission on the one or more subframes is indicated by the DCI and the user equipment has been-stopped the uplink transmission during or before the specific subframe among the one or more subframes.

12 . The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access is determined according to the priority class indicated in the DCI, and

wherein the uplink transmission is performed based on the priority class, which is a priority class used by the base station when the second type channel access is indicated in the DCI.

13 . The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the one or more subframes are not allocated more than subframes needed to transmit all traffics of a priority class having a value equal to or less than the priority class selected for the uplink transmission.

14 . The method of claim 9 ,

wherein a random backoff counter is used for the first type channel access, and is not used for the second type channel access.

15 . The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the processor performs the uplink transmission on a next subframe of a specific subframe by using the first type channel access or the second type channel access indicated in the DCI when a channel access in the specific subframe among the one or more subframes is failed.

16 . The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the at least one parameter for the first type channel access comprises, based on the priority class, a first parameter for determining a size of a contention window (CW) for the first type channel access and a second parameter for determining an uplink maximum channel occupancy time.

Priority Claims (5)
KR 10-2016-0036348 · Mar 25, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0039811 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0079634 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0088279 · Jul 12, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0108045 · Aug 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17015055 · Sep 8, 2020
Continuation 16138936 · Sep 21, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2017003280 · Mar 27, 2017
Related Publication 20240244629A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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