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US 2013/0294356 A1Published application
Channel access systems and methods for cognitive relaying for cellular systems
AssigneeInterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
InventorsErdem Bala, Samian J. Kaur, Feilu Liu, Rui Yang, Tao Deng
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Abstract
Embodiments contemplate channel access systems and methods for cognitive relaying in unlicensed and lightly licensed bands. Embodiments contemplate managing nodes of a wireless network operating in an unlicensed and or lightly licensed band. One or more embodiments may include sensing an idle channel in the unlicensed and/or lightly licensed band. Further, embodiments contemplate using the idle channel for wireless communication.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A first device, comprising:
- a processor configured, at least in part, to:
- determine a respective plurality of access opportunities for a respective plurality of second devices, the respective access opportunities providing the respective plurality of second devices with coordinated access to a first channel in a first frequency band;
- and
- initiate the transmission of the respective plurality of access opportunities to the respective plurality of second devices via a second channel in a second band.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, by a device, a respective plurality of access opportunities for a respective plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), the respective access opportunities providing the respective plurality of WTRUs with coordinated access to a first channel in a first frequency band;
- and
- transmitting, by the device, the respective plurality of access opportunities to the respective plurality of WTRUs as a part of control information via a control channel in a second band.
A device, comprising:
- a processor configured, at least in part, to:
- determine a respective plurality of access opportunities for a respective plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), the respective access opportunities providing the respective plurality of WTRUs with transmission access to respective channels in a first frequency band;
- and
- initiate the transmission of the respective plurality of access opportunities to the respective plurality of WTRUs via a second channel in a second band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.