# US 2021/0243798 A1 · Methods, network nodes and devices for communicating at an unlicensed frequency spectrum > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243798 A1 - Document ID: US20210243798A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/176,318 - Filed: 2021-02-16 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-05 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Amitav Mukherjee; Jung-Fu Cheng; Daniel Larsson; Yu Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243798A1 ## CPC - H04W 74/004: {in the uplink, i.e. towards network} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 16/14: Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node 110 of a wireless communication network 100 for communicating at an unlicensed frequency spectrum with a wireless device 121 having a device identity. The network node 110 sends an access grant to the wireless device according to the device identity, granting the wireless device access to an uplink communication channel of the unlicensed frequency spectrum. The network node also receives data from the wireless device 121, on the granted uplink communication channel, the data comprising information on the identity of the wireless device 121, thus enabling the network node 110 to detect whether the wireless device that was granted access on the uplink communication channel is the same wireless device as the wireless device from which the data comprising the information on the uplink communication channel was subsequently received. Embodiments of the network node 110 are also described. Embodiments herein also relate to a wireless device 121 for communicating with a network node 110 of the wireless communication network 100 at an unlicensed frequency spectrum and a method therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a network node of a wireless communication network, for communicating at an unlicensed frequency spectrum with a wireless device having a device identity, the method comprises: sending an access grant to the wireless device according to the device identity, granting the wireless device access to an uplink communication channel of the unlicensed frequency spectrum; and receiving data from the wireless device on the granted uplink communication channel, the data comprising information on the identity of the wireless device, thus enabling the network node to detect whether the wireless device that was granted access on the uplink communication channel is a same wireless device as the wireless device from which the data comprising the information on the uplink communication channel was subsequently received; where the information on the identity of the wireless device is jointly encoded with other Uplink Control Information, UCI, information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: granting the wireless device access to the uplink communication channel in response to a received access request message, and wherein the sending of the access grant is performed in response to the granting of the access. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: storing the device identity associated with the access grant; and determining, in response to the reception of the data comprising the device identity information, that the device identity information corresponds to the wireless device to which the access grant was sent. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the received device identity information is a data block cyclic redundancy check scrambled with the device identity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the determining comprises descrambling the received device identity information using the stored device identity and determining that the stored device identity and the received device identity information corresponds to a same device identity when the descrambling is successful. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the device identity information is received in a UCI transmission on the uplink communication channel. ### Claim 7 A network node operable in a wireless communication network and configured for communicating at an unlicensed frequency spectrum with a wireless device having a device identity, the network node being operative to: send an access grant to the wireless device according to the device identity, granting the wireless device access to an uplink communication channel of the unlicensed frequency spectrum, and receive data from the wireless device, on the granted uplink communication channel, the data comprising information on the identity of the wireless device, thus enabling the network node to detect whether the wireless device that was granted access on the uplink communication channel is a same wireless device as the wireless device from which the data comprising the information on the uplink communication channel was subsequently received; where the information on the identity of the wireless device is jointly encoded with other Uplink Control Information, UCI, information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The network node according to claim 7, further being operative to: grant the wireless device access to the uplink communication channel in response to a received access request message, and wherein the sending of the access grant is performed in response to the granting of the access. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The network node according to claim 7, further being operative to: store the device identity associated with the access grant, and determine, in response to the reception of the data comprising the device identity information, that the device identity information corresponds to the wireless device to which the access grant was sent. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The network node according to claim 8, wherein the received device identity information is a data block cyclic redundancy check scrambled with the device identity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The network node according to claim 10, wherein the determining comprises: descrambling the received device identity information using the stored device identity; and determining that the stored device identity and the received device identity information corresponds to a same device identity when the descrambling is successful. ### Claim 12 A method performed by a wireless device of a wireless communication network, for communicating with a network node of the wireless communication network at an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the wireless device having a device identity, the method comprises: receiving an access grant from the network node, granting the wireless device access to an uplink communication channel of the unlicensed frequency spectrum; and sending data to the network node on the granted uplink communication channel, the data comprising information on the identity of the wireless device, thus enabling the network node to detect whether the wireless device that was granted access on the uplink communication channel is same wireless device that subsequently sent the data comprising the information on the uplink communication channel; where the information on the identity of the wireless device is jointly encoded with other Uplink Control Information, UCI, information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising: sending an access request message to the network node, requesting access to the unlicensed frequency spectrum provided by the network node. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the sent device identity information is a data block cyclic redundancy check scrambled with the device identity. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the device identity information is sent in a UCI transmission on the uplink communication channel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the data comprising the information on the identity of the wireless device is sent before the wireless device has sent any other data communication on the uplink communication channel to the network node after receiving the access grant. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising: receiving a signal from the network node assigning a cyclic shift and/or an orthogonal cover code, OCC, for communication on the uplink communication channel, the cyclic shift and/or OCC being different from other cyclic shifts and/or OCCs assigned to other wireless devices that have been granted access to the uplink communication channel; and wherein the sent device identity information is the cyclic shift and/or the OCC. ### Claim 18 A wireless device operable in a wireless communication network and configured for communicating with a network node of the wireless communication network at an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the wireless device having a device identity, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry, memory and transceiver circuitry collectively configured to: receive an access grant from the network node, granting the wireless device access to an uplink communication channel of the unlicensed frequency spectrum, and send data to the network node on the granted uplink communication channel, the data comprising information on the identity of the wireless device, thus enabling the network node to detect whether the wireless device that was granted access on the uplink communication channel is a same wireless device that subsequently sent the data comprising the information on the uplink communication channel; where the information on the identity of the wireless device is jointly encoded with other Uplink Control Information, UCI, information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The wireless device according to claim 18, further being configured to send an access request message to the network node, requesting access to the unlicensed frequency spectrum provided by the network node. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The wireless device according to claim 18, wherein the sent device identity information is a data block cyclic redundancy check scrambled with the device identity. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The wireless device according to claim 18, wherein the device identity information is sent in a UCI transmission on the uplink communication channel. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The wireless device according to claim 18, wherein the data comprising the information on the identity of the wireless device is sent before the wireless device has sent any other data communication on the uplink communication channel to the network node after receiving the access grant.