Methods for performing multi-subframe scheduling in enhanced laa

An evolved node B (eNB) for performing multi-subframe scheduling in enhanced license assisted access (eLAA), the eNB configured to:

• allocate a grant in a subframe, within a maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT),
• determine a first subframe and a last subframe within the MCOT, wherein a delay exists between the subframe with the allocated grant and the first subframe;
• schedule resources for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) from the first subframe to the last subframe,
• form a group with the plurality of UEs, wherein each UE is associated with the group based on information corresponding to at least one signaling parameter;
• determine an absence of interference in a proximity of the eNB through performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure;
• schedule subframes for uplink transmission within a first subframe and a last subframe, wherein the first subframe and the last subframe are associated with at least one maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT);
• determine an absence of an interference in a proximity of the eNB through performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure;
• and
• allocate dedicated spectral resources for uplink transmission by a first UE and a second UE,
• wherein the uplink transmissions of the first UE and the second UE are synchronized in time.

A user equipment (UE) for performing an uplink transmission in an enhanced license assisted access (eLAA), the UE configured to:

• receive an index value associated with a first subframe and an index value associated with a last subframe from an evolved node B (eNB), wherein the first subframe and the last subframe are within a single maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT),
• perform the uplink transmission between the first subframe and the last subframe;
• receive an identity of the group,
• receive a priority of uplink transmission allocated by an evolved node B (eNB),
• receive an index value associated with a first subframe and an index value associated with a last subframe, wherein the first subframe and last subframe are located within at least one maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT), and
• perform the uplink transmission within the first subframe and the last subframe.