UE/gNB transmission detection and impact on reliability

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• provisioning, by a base station for all user equipments (UEs) served by the base station, at least one listen before talk (LBT) occasion immediately prior to at least one uplink transmission of one or more uplink transmissions by the UEs, wherein the at least one uplink transmission includes an acknowledgement of at least one downlink transmission of one or more downlink transmissions, wherein the at least one LBT occasion are provisioned based on a first type of the at least one uplink transmission, wherein at least one other LBT occasion are not provisioned based on a second type of at least one other uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions, wherein the second type of the at least one other uplink transmission comprises an uplink data retransmission;
• transmitting, by the base station to the UEs, the one or more downlink transmissions;
• receiving, by the base station from at least one of the UEs, the at least one uplink transmission.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon that, when enacted by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to:

• receive, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station, one or more downlink transmissions;
• perform, by the UE, at least one listen before talk (LBT) procedure in at least one LBT occasion provisioned, by the base station, for the UE immediately prior to at least one uplink transmission of one or more uplink transmissions by the UE, wherein the at least one uplink transmission includes an acknowledgement of at least one downlink transmission of the one or more downlink transmissions, wherein the at least one LBT occasion are provisioned based on a first type of the at least one uplink transmission, wherein at least one other LBT occasion are not provisioned based on a second type of at least one other uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions, wherein the second type of the at least one other uplink transmission comprises an uplink data retransmission;
• transmit, by the UE to the base station, the at least one uplink transmission based on results of the at least one LBT procedure.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon that, when enacted by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to:

• provision, by a base station for all user equipments (UEs) served by the base station, at least one listen before talk (LBT) occasion immediately prior to at least one uplink transmission of one or more uplink transmissions by the UEs, wherein the at least one uplink transmission includes an acknowledgement of at least one downlink transmission of one or more downlink transmissions, wherein the at least one LBT occasion are provisioned based on a first type of the at least one uplink transmission, wherein at least one other LBT occasion are not provisioned based on a second type of at least one other uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions, wherein the second type of the at least one other uplink transmission comprises an uplink data retransmission;
• transmit, by the base station to the UEs, the one or more downlink transmissions;
• receive, by the base station from at least one of the UEs, the at least one uplink transmission.