US 11,700,090 B2 · Frequency diversity with carrier hopping in unlicensed spectrum

Abstract

Wireless communications systems and methods related to providing frequency diversity for communications in an unlicensed spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, an opportunistic frequency-switching configuration for a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are shared by a first network operating entity and a second network operating entity. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first communication signal in a first frequency band based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration. The first wireless communication device switches from the first frequency band to a second frequency band based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device after the switching, a second communication signal in the second frequency band based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration.

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Dependent claims

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

communicating, by a first wireless communication device with a second wireless communication device, an opportunistic frequency-switching configuration for a first frequency band and a second frequency band, the first frequency band and the second frequency band shared by a first network operating entity and a second network operating entity, wherein the communicating the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration includes:
communicating, by the first wireless communication device with the second wireless communication device in the first frequency band, first broadcast system information including at least one of a first synchronization signal block (SSB) or a first remaining system information (RMSI) associated with a cell, wherein the at least one of the first SSB or the first RMSI indicates that second broadcast system information associated with the same cell is available in the second frequency band;
and
communicating, by the first wireless communication device with the second wireless communication device, a communication signal based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration.

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An apparatus comprising:

a transceiver, a memory, and a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory, the apparatus configured to:
communicate, with a wireless communication device, an opportunistic frequency-switching configuration for a first frequency band and a second frequency band, the first frequency band and the second frequency band shared by a first network operating entity and a second network operating entity;
and
communicate, with the wireless communication device, a communication signal based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration, wherein the transceiver configured to communicate the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration is configured to:
communicate, with the wireless communication device in the first frequency band, first broadcast system information including at least one of a first synchronization signal block (SSB) or first remaining system information (RMSI) associated with a cell, wherein the at least one of the first SSB or the first RMSI indicates that second broadcast system information associated with the cell is available in the second frequency band.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Frequency diversity with carrier hopping in unlicensed spectrum

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Frequency diversity with carrier hopping in unlicensed spectrum

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Abstract

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