# US 12,009,925 B2 · Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus supporting same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,925 B2 - Document ID: US12009925B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/421,976 - Filed: 2020-01-10 - Published: 2022-04-14 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-11 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Seonwook Kim; Suckchel Yang; Changhwan Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009925B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract In the present disclosure, in a wireless communication system: a base station transmits, to a terminal, a downlink signal in a first cell; the terminal receives the signal and executes a channel access procedure (CAP); on the basis of the CAP, the terminal transmits, to the base station, a hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) in a second cell included in an unlicensed band; the base station receives the signal; and the terminal and the base station are able to adjust a CWS. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a downlink signal in a first cell from a base station (BS); performing a channel access procedure (CAP); transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) to the BS in a second cell configured in an unlicensed band based on the CAP; and adjusting a contention window size (CWS), wherein the CWS is adjusted based on (i) the downlink signal, (ii) whether the first cell and the second cell are identical, and (iii) a determination as to whether the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein based on the downlink signal comprising downlink control information (DCI) and the first cell and the second cell being identical, the CWS is maintained for both of a determination that the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK and a determination that the BS has not successfully received the HARQ-ACK. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the determination that the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK and the determination that the BS has not successfully received the HARQ-ACK are related to successful reception of the DCI and failed reception of the DCI, respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein based on the downlink signal comprising DCI, the first cell and the second cell being different, and a determination that the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK, the CWS is reset, and wherein based on the downlink signal comprising DCI, the first cell and the second cell being different, and a determination that the BS has not successfully received the HARQ-ACK, the CWS is increased. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the HARQ-ACK is transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in the second cell or on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the second cell, wherein the DCI comprises information regarding a downlink assignment in correspondence with the transmission of the HARQ-ACK on the PUCCH, and wherein the DCI comprises information regarding an uplink grant scheduling the PUSCH in correspondence with the transmission of the HARQ-ACK on the PUSCH. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein based on the downlink signal comprising a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first cell and the second cell being identical, and a determination that the BS has not successfully received the HARQ-ACK, the CAP is maintained in response to processing of the HARQ-ACK as negative ACK (NACK), and the CAP is increased in response to processing of the HARQ-ACK as IGNORE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein based on the downlink signal comprising a PDSCH, the first cell and the second cell being different, and a determination that the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK, the CWS is reset, and wherein based on the downlink signal comprising the PDSCH, the first cell and the second cell being different, and a determination that the BS has not successfully received the HARQ-ACK, the CWS is increased. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the CWS is adjusted for every priority class. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein based on at least one of preset first conditions being satisfied, it is determined that the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK, and wherein based on at least one of preset second conditions being satisfied, it is determined that the BS has not successfully received the HARQ-ACK. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the preset first conditions comprise a condition comprising (i) reception of a first request requesting an HARQ-ACK corresponding to a first index among a plurality of preset indexes from the BS, (ii) transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index to the BS, and (iii) the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index not being requested by a second request for an HARQ-ACK, received from the BS within a predetermined time period after the transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index, and wherein the preset second conditions comprise a condition comprising (i) reception of the first request from the BS, (ii) transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index to the BS, and (iii) the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index being requested by the second request for an HARQ-ACK, received from the BS within the predetermined time period after the transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the predetermined time period spans slots between slot #n and slot #n+k, wherein slot #n is a slot in which the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first index is transmitted, slot #n+k is a slot in which a third request requesting an HARQ-ACK corresponding to a second index different from the first index among the plurality of preset indexes is received, n is an integer equal to or greater than 0, and k is a natural number. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the preset first conditions comprise a condition including (i) reception of a fourth request requesting an HARQ-ACK corresponding to a first group among a plurality of preset groups from the BS, (ii) transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first group to the BS, and (iii) a DCI field corresponding to the first group being toggled in DCI received from the BS after the transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first group, and wherein the preset second conditions comprise a condition comprising (i) reception of the fourth request from the BS, (ii) transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first group to the BS, and (iii) the DCI field corresponding to the first group not being toggled in the DCI received from the BS after the transmission of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first group. ### Claim 13 An apparatus configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising: a memory; and at least one processor connected to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive a downlink signal in a first cell from a base station (BS); perform a channel access procedure (CAP); transmit a hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) to the BS in a second cell configured in an unlicensed band based on the CAP; and adjust a contention window size (CWS), and wherein the CWS is adjusted based on (i) the downlink signal, (ii) whether the first cell and the second cell are identical, and (iii) a determination as to whether the BS has successfully received the HARQ-ACK. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is configured to communicate with at least one of a user equipment (UE), a network, or an autonomous driving vehicle other than a vehicle including the apparatus. ### Claim 15 An apparatus configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising: a memory; and at least one processor connected to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a downlink signal in a first cell to a user equipment (UE); receive a hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) from the UE in a second cell configured in an unlicensed band based on a channel access procedure (CAP); and adjust a contention window size (CWS) for the CAP, and wherein the CWS is adjusted based on (i) the downlink signal, (ii) whether the first cell and the second cell are identical, and (iii) a determination as to whether the HARQ-ACK has been successfully received.