Method and device for managing channel occupancy duration of unlicensed frequency band

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12200764-B2
Application number	US-202217695332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2022
Priority date	Jan 19, 2018
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

This application discloses a wireless communication method, including: receiving, by a network device, uplink transmission of a first terminal in first duration of channel occupancy duration of the first terminal, where the channel occupancy duration of the first terminal further includes second duration, and the second duration is later than the first duration; and performing, by the network device, downlink transmission in the second duration, where a sum of the first duration and the second duration is less than or equal to the channel occupancy duration of the first terminal. This application further discloses a network device and a terminal that correspond to the wireless communication method. By applying the method and devices, a resource obtained through contention by a terminal applied to an unlicensed frequency band can be properly used, to improve operating efficiency of the unlicensed frequency band.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal, comprising a processor and a transceiver connected to the processor, wherein
the processor is configured to: obtain a channel occupancy duration of the terminal, and control the transceiver to perform uplink transmission, wherein the channel occupancy duration of the terminal comprises at least a first duration and a second duration, and the first duration is used for the uplink transmission of the terminal, wherein a network device receives uplink transmission from a second terminal in a channel occupancy duration of the second terminal, where the channel occupancy duration of the terminal and the channel occupancy duration of the second terminal have a duration overlapping part; and
the processor is configured to control the transceiver to receive, after the duration overlapping part starts, downlink transmission from the network device, wherein a sum of the first duration and the second duration is less than or equal to the channel occupancy duration of the terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein at least one time interval is between the first duration and the second duration, when the at least one time interval is less than or equal to a preset value, the channel occupancy duration comprises the at least one time interval.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the preset value is 25 μs.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , the transceiver is configured to report one or more of the following parameters to the network device: maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) duration, uplink transmission duration, remaining available MCOT duration.

5. A wireless communication method, comprising:
obtaining, by a terminal, a channel occupancy duration of the terminal, and performing uplink transmission, wherein the channel occupancy duration of the terminal comprises at least a first duration and a second duration, and the first duration is used for the uplink transmission of the terminal, wherein a network device receives uplink transmission from a second terminal in a channel occupancy duration of the second terminal, where the channel occupancy duration of the terminal and the channel occupancy duration of the second terminal have a duration overlapping part; and
receiving, after the duration overlapping part starts, downlink transmission from the network device to at least one of the terminal or the second terminal, wherein a sum of the first duration and the second duration is less than or equal to the channel occupancy duration of the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein at least one time interval is between the first duration and the second duration, when the at least one time interval is less than or equal to a preset value, the channel occupancy duration of the terminal comprises the at least one time interval.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the preset value is 25 μs.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the terminal uses a grant-free transmission manner for the uplink transmission.

9. The method according to claim 8 , the terminal reports one or more of the following parameters to the network device: maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) duration, uplink transmission duration, remaining available MCOT duration.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a terminal, cause the terminal to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, a channel occupancy duration of the terminal, and performing uplink transmission, wherein the channel occupancy duration of the terminal comprises at least a first duration and a second duration, and the first duration is used for the uplink transmission of the terminal, wherein a network device receives uplink transmission from a second terminal in a channel occupancy duration of the second terminal, where the channel occupancy duration of the terminal and the channel occupancy duration of the second terminal have a duration overlapping part; and
receiving, after the duration overlapping part starts, downlink transmission from the network device, wherein a sum of the first duration and the second duration is less than or equal to the channel occupancy duration of the terminal.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein at least one time interval is between the first duration and the second duration, when the at least one time interval is less than or equal to a preset value, the channel occupancy duration comprises the at least one time interval.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the preset value is 25 μs.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the uplink transmission is by a grant-free transmission manner.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal further performs operations comprising:
reporting one or more of the following parameters to the network device: maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) duration, uplink transmission duration, remaining available MCOT duration.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jia Qiong
• Zhu Jun
• Wu Ji
• Chen Kwang-Cheng

Classifications

• H04W16/14 Primary

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04L5/0082

  at predetermined intervals · CPC title

• H04W72/535

  based on resource usage policies · CPC title

• H04W74/0808 Primary

  using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] · CPC title

• H04W74/04

  Scheduled access (hybrid access H04W74/02) · CPC title