# US 12,120,699 B2 · Base station-side and user equipment-side apparatuses and methods, and wireless communication system

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- Number: US 12,120,699 B2
- Document ID: US12120699B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/553,803
- Filed: 2021-12-17
- Published: 2022-04-07
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-05
- Assignees: Sony Group Corporation
- Applicants: Sony Group Corporation
- Inventors: Bingshan Hu; Xin Guo; Chen Sun; Penshun Lu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120699B2

## CPC

- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
- H04W 16/14: Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks}
- H04W 72/121: for groups of terminals or users
- H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows
- H04W 72/566: of the information or information source or recipient
- H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information}
- H04W 74/08: Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA (hybrid access H04W74/02)
- H04W 72/52: based on load
- H04W 72/543: based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Base station-side and user equipment-side apparatuses and methods, and a wireless communication system, for use in wireless communication. The base station-side apparatus for use in wireless communication includes: a setting unit, configured to set different priority levels for using uplink transmission resources on unauthorized band with respect to a plurality of user equipment; and a generating unit, configured to generate an uplink scheduling authorization for using one same uplink transmission resource on the unauthorized band with respect to each user equipment, wherein each uplink scheduling authorization includes information about a priority level of the corresponding user equipment.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for a user device side of wireless communications, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
in response to an uplink schedule grant of uplink transmitting resources on an unlicensed frequency band with respect to the user device, perform energy detecting on the unlicensed frequency band using an energy detection threshold, wherein the uplink schedule grant includes information of a priority level for the user device to make use of the uplink transmitting resources, and
determine, according to the information of the priority level and a result of the energy detecting, whether the uplink schedule grant is valid, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the uplink schedule grant is valid according to information of priority level of at least one second user device in the case that the user device does not have the highest priority level and the energy detecting indicates the unlicensed frequency band being idle, and wherein the at least one second user device performs energy detecting in response to other uplink schedule grants for the same uplink transmitting resources and detects that the unlicensed frequency band is idle; and
a transceiver configured to receive information of the uplink schedule grant from a base station side, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive from a primary user device at predetermined time-frequency resources a notification of the uplink schedule grant being valid, wherein the primary user device receives other uplink schedule grants for the same uplink transmitting resources and has the highest priority level, and when the transceiver fails to receive the notification at the predetermined time-frequency resources, the transceiver interchanges with the second user device respective information of priority level, and
wherein the predetermined time-frequency resources are located at the last symbol of a previous sub-frame of a PUSCH sub-frame corresponding to the uplink schedule grant, and
wherein in a case that the notification is transmitted on the unlicensed frequency band and the previous sub-frame of the PUSCH sub-frame is a downlink sub-frame, the downlink sub-frame is configured to be a truncated physical downlink shared channel sub-frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the uplink schedule grant for the user device is valid when all of the at least one second user device have a priority level lower than that of the user device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive or transmit the notification via D2D communication or via broadcast.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the information of priority level of the user device to the base station.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the information of priority level via a PUSCH transmission block.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the energy detecting threshold adopted by the processing circuitry when performing the energy detecting is set in one of the following ways: the apparatus is configured to receive the energy detection threshold from the base station side according to a PUSCH transmitting power of the user device, or according to the maximum transmitting power of the user device; or the apparatus is configured to set an energy detection threshold according to a PUSCH transmitting power, according to an actual PUSCH transmitting power, or according to its maximum transmitting power.

### Claim 7

A wireless communication method for a user device side of wireless communications, comprising:
performing, in response to an uplink schedule grant of uplink transmitting resources on an unlicensed frequency band with respect to the user device, energy detecting on the unlicensed frequency band using an energy detection threshold, wherein the uplink schedule grant includes information of a priority level for the user device to make use of the uplink transmitting resources;
determining, according to the information of the priority level and a result of the energy detecting, whether the uplink schedule grant is valid, wherein the determining of whether the uplink schedule grant is valid is made according to information of priority level of at least one second user device in the case that the user device does not have the highest priority level and the energy detecting indicates the unlicensed frequency band being idle, and wherein the at least one second user device performs energy detecting in response to other uplink schedule grants for the same uplink transmitting resources and detects that the unlicensed frequency band is idle;
receiving, by a transceiver, information of the uplink schedule grant from a base station side; and
receiving from a primary user device at predetermined time-frequency resources a notification of the uplink schedule grant being valid, wherein the primary user device receives other uplink schedule grants for the same uplink transmitting resources and has the highest priority level, and when the transceiver fails to receive the notification at the predetermined time-frequency resources, the transceiver interchanges with the second user device respective information of priority level, and
wherein the predetermined time-frequency resources are located at the last symbol of a previous sub-frame of a PUSCH sub-frame corresponding to the uplink schedule grant, and
wherein in a case that the notification is transmitted on the unlicensed frequency band and the previous sub-frame of the PUSCH sub-frame is a downlink sub-frame, the downlink sub-frame is configured to be a truncated physical downlink shared channel sub-frame.