| CPC H04W 74/004 (2013.01) [H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/04 (2013.01); H04W 74/02 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a base station of a wireless communication network, the method comprising the base station:
scheduling an uplink transmission to be performed by a user equipment (UE) in a cell of the wireless communication network that uses unlicensed spectrum, the scheduling comprising:
generating downlink control information (DCI) to trigger an adaptation by the UE of a Contention Window (CW) size used in a Listen Before Talk (LBT) procedure to be performed by the UE for carrying out the scheduled uplink transmission; and
transmitting an uplink scheduling grant for the UE, the uplink scheduling grant including the DCI.
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