US 12,262,409 B2
Channel access configuration
Amitav Mukherjee, Fremont, CA (US); Jung-Fu Cheng, Fremont, CA (US); Sorour Falahati, Stockholm (SE); Laetitia Falconetti, Aachen (DE); Havish Koorapaty, Saratoga, CA (US); and Daniel Larsson, Lund (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,844.
Application 18/343,844 is a continuation of application No. 17/340,252, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,729,814.
Application 17/340,252 is a continuation of application No. 15/316,565, granted, now 11,057,928, issued on Jul. 6, 2021, previously published as PCT/SE2016/050751, filed on Aug. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/205,024, filed on Aug. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413317 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/04 (2009.01); H04W 74/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.