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US 12,684,363 · App. 18/031,763 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Radio base station and terminal

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Naoya Shibaike (Tokyo, JP); Mayuko Okano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W16/14H04W16/28H04W56/001H04W74/0816
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,684,363
App. No.
18/031,763
Filed
Apr 13, 2023
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2642
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A channel access procedure is executed in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A radio base station executes a channel access procedure using a single directional reception beam, and transmits a single synchronization signal block in a channel occupancy time after the channel access procedure.

Claims (12)

1 . A radio base station comprising:

a processor that executes a channel access procedure using a single sensing beam covering multiple transmission beams in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band; and

a transmitter that transmits a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal or a downlink physical broadcast channel using the multiple transmission beams in a channel occupancy time after the channel access procedure,

wherein a sensing slot period of the channel access procedure in the second frequency band is shorter than a transmission gap after the channel access procedure, and wherein a radiation region of the single sensing beam is wider than a radiation region covered by the multiple transmission beams.

2 . A radio communication method of a radio base station, comprising:

executing a channel access procedure using a single sensing beam covering multiple transmission beams in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band; and

transmitting a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal or a downlink physical broadcast channel using the multiple transmission beams in a channel occupancy time after the channel access procedure, and

wherein a sensing slot period of the channel access procedure in the second frequency band is shorter than a transmission gap after the channel access procedure, and wherein a radiation region of the single sensing beam is wider than a radiation region covered by the multiple transmission beams.

3 . A radio communication system including a radio base station and a terminal, wherein the radio base station comprises:

a processor that executes a channel access procedure using a single sensing beam covering multiple transmission beams in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band; and

a transmitter that transmits a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal or a downlink physical broadcast channel using the multiple transmission beams in a channel occupancy time after the channel access procedure,

wherein a sensing slot period of the channel access procedure in the second frequency band is shorter than a transmission gap after the channel access procedure, and the terminal comprises a receiver that receives the primary synchronization signal, the secondary synchronization signal or the downlink physical broadcast channel, and wherein a radiation region of the single sensing beam is wider than a radiation region covered by the multiple transmission beams.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: HARADA, HIROKI; KUMAGAI, SHINYA; SHIBAIKE, NAOYA; OKANO, MAYUKO
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 063352/0673 →
Continuity (1)
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