Channel access mechanisms in millimeter wave unlicensed bands

    公开(公告)号:US11889548B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US17504200

    申请日:2021-10-18

    摘要: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide for configuring channel access mechanisms in a mmWave shared spectrum mobile communication network. The channel access mechanisms are to be used by a user equipment (UE) and a serving node in the UE's serving cell. The configuring may use a single, cell-specific higher layer parameter or a combination of two cell-specific higher layer parameters. The parameters may configure the UE and the node to perform channel sensing before transmitting to initiate a channel occupancy. Alternatively, the UE and the node may be configured to transmit directly without channel sensing. The parameters may configure a receiver (the UE or the node) to perform channel sensing before transmitting a channel idle indication to the transmitter as part of a channel access procedure to initiate a channel occupancy. Alternatively, the parameters may configure the UE and the node to receive without channel sensing.

    Paging mechanism for wireless networks

    公开(公告)号:US10834700B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US16505029

    申请日:2019-07-08

    IPC分类号: H04W68/02 H04W76/11

    摘要: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described. A device, in the active state, receives, from a serving transmission point, a device connection identifier (DCID) associated with the device. The device, in the standby state, periodically transmits, to the same or different serving transmission point, an identifying signal that identifies the first device using the DCID, to synchronize the first device with a wireless communications network.

    Uplink-based user equipment tracking for connected inactive state

    公开(公告)号:US10652851B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US15789650

    申请日:2017-10-20

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00 H04W52/02 H04W76/27

    摘要: Methods and devices for uplink-based User Equipment (UE) tracking for UEs operating in a connected inactive operating state are provided. A transmit-receive point (TRP) transmits parameters to a UE that allow the UE to uniquely determine a UE-specific tracking sequence and assigned time-frequency (TF) resource that are independent of a TRP identifier associated with the TRP. The UE determines the UE-specific tracking sequence and assigned TF resource based at least in part on the parameters received from the TRP. While in the connected inactive operating state, the UE transmits a tracking signal that includes the UE-specific tracking sequence in accordance with the assigned TF resource. The TRP receives the tracking signal from the UE, detects the UE in accordance with the UE-specific tracking sequence to produce a UE detection status, and transmits a tracking response to the UE in accordance with the UE detection status.

    Systems and methods for resource-specific reference signal configuration

    公开(公告)号:US10651998B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16054707

    申请日:2018-08-03

    IPC分类号: H04W56/00 H04L5/00

    摘要: Networks use channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) to measure channel conditions between a user equipment (UE) and a transmit/receive point (TRP) in a cell. The resources configured for the transmission of a CSI-RS may be indicated to the UE using higher layer signaling. Measurement results for a CSI-RS are transmitted by the UE in the form of a measurement report. A need exists for signaling designs that aim to provide more flexible and efficient signaling of CSI-RS resource configurations and measurement reports. In some embodiments, CSI-RS resource configurations and measurement reports are resource-specific. The CSI-RS resource configurations may be independent from an identifier of the cell that the CSI-RS is transmitted from, and the measurement reports do not necessarily include the identifier of the cell. Advantages may include allowing the network to freely allocate CSI-RS resources without the need for reconfiguration at the UE side.