US 2016/0366594 A1 · METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION BY USING UNLICENSED SPECTRUM, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for performing communication by using an unlicensed spectrum, a device, and a system, which relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to improve efficiency of using an unlicensed spectrum by user equipment. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station eNB, a time resource and/or a frequency resource by contending with another eNB or another system using an unlicensed spectrum; generating, by the base station eNB, information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource according to the time resource and/or the frequency resource; and sending, by the base station eNB, the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource to user equipment UE by using a broadcast or multicast message, so that the user equipment UE communicates with the base station eNB according to the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource.

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Dependent claims

A base station (eNB), comprising a processor and a memory that are connected by using a data bus, and at least one communications interface separately connected to the processor and the memory, wherein

the processor is configured to obtain a time resource and/or a frequency resource by contending with another eNB or another system using an unlicensed spectrum;
the processor is further configured to generate information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource according to the time resource and/or the frequency resource;
and
the processor is further configured to send the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource to user equipment (UE) by using a broadcast or multicast message and the at least one communications interface, so that the UE communicates with the eNB according to the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource.

1 more element

User equipment (UE), comprising a processor and a memory that are connected by using a data bus, and at least one communications interface separately connected to the processor and the memory, wherein

the processor is configured to receive, by using the at least one communications interface, information that is about a time resource and/or a frequency resource obtained by contention by a base station (eNB) in an unlicensed spectrum and is sent by the base station;
and
the processor is further configured to communicate with the base station eNB according to the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource and by using the at least one communications interface.

A method for performing communication by using an unlicensed spectrum, comprising:

receiving, by user equipment (UE), information that is about a time resource and/or a frequency resource obtained by contention by a base station (eNB) in an unlicensed spectrum and that is sent by the base station;
and
communicating, by the UE, with the eNB according to the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for performing communication by using unlicensed spectrum, device, and system

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