US 12,279,307 B2
Unlicensed band channel access procedures for reduced user equipment (UE) complexity
Jae Ho Ryu, San Diego, CA (US); Jing Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Vinay Chande, San Diego, CA (US); and Hari Sankar, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,516.
Prior Publication US 2024/0080886 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0808 (2024.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/0808 (2013.01) [H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting a capability signal to a network entity, wherein the capability signal indicates whether the UE is capable of supporting an uplink (UL) bandwidth that is equal to or less than a downlink (DL) bandwidth for communication over an unlicensed band; and
exchanging a signal between the UE and the network entity over the unlicensed band according to the capability signal.