Wireless communication device and wireless communication method

Abstract

Disclosed are a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device for a base station side comprises a transceiver and one or more processors. The processor is configured to: control, in response to a scheduling request aimed at uplink transmission and sent over a licensed band by a user equipment, the transceiver to inspect a channel in an unlicensed band; control, when the inspected channel is idle, the transceiver to send scheduling information aimed at the channel to the user equipment by means of the licensed band; and control the transceiver to receive uplink data transmission sent by the user equipment using the channel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.