US 12,245,273 B2
Electronic device, communication method and storage medium
Wei Chen, Beijing (CN); Xiaoyu Zhao, Beijing (CN); Xin Guo, Beijing (CN); and Chen Sun, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,671.
Application 18/510,671 is a continuation of application No. 17/056,428, granted, now 11,838,945, previously published as PCT/CN2019/090572, filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810616425.3 (CN), filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121817 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 74/08 (2024.01); H04W 72/121 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/08 (2013.01) [H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device configured to operate as a base station, comprising:
processing circuitry, configured to:
determine first contention window information identifying a first group-specific contention window for a first group of user equipment (UEs),
determine second contention window information identifying a second group-specific contention window for a second group of UEs,
wherein the first group-specific contention window is different from the second group-specific contention window, and
provide first resource information configured to identify one or more first transmission resources for the first group of UEs, and a second resource information configured to identify one or more second transmission resources for the second group of UEs,
wherein the first resource information and second resource information respectively includes:
a group identifier configured to identify that a respective UE is assigned to the first group, the second group, or both the first and second groups based on a device-specific configuration characteristic,
first resource identity information configured to identify one or more first transmission resources for the first group when the respective UE is assigned to the first group, second resource identity information configured to identify one or more second transmission resources when the respective UE is assigned to the second group, and the first and second resource identity information when the respective UE is assigned to the first group and the second group, and
first contention window information identifying a first group-specific contention window for the first group when the respective UE is assigned to the first group, second contention window information identifying a second group-specific contention window for the second group when the respective UE is assigned to the second group, and the first and second contention window information when the respective UE is assigned to the first group and the second group,
receive uplink data transmissions from the first group and the second group in accordance with the group information.