US 11,985,682 B2
Transceiver device and scheduling device
Quan Kuang, Frankfurt (DE); and Hidetoshi Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,866.
Application 17/370,866 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/083677, filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 19151281 (EP), filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337582 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 72/044 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method for a transceiver device, comprising:
receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) indicating
a frequency range which is included in a carrier and applicable for transmission to be performed between the transceiver device and a scheduling device and
a slot format indicating a sequence of symbol types in compliance with which the transmission is to be performed on a plurality of symbols included in a slot on the frequency range, the symbol types including at least one of an uplink symbol type, a downlink symbol type, and a flexible symbol type;
determining, based on the received PDCCH, the frequency range and the slot format; and
performing the transmission on the determined frequency range in compliance with the determined slot format,
wherein the PDCCH includes a first field indicating the frequency range and a second field indicating the slot format, and
wherein the first field is a bitmap including a plurality of bits respectively corresponding to a plurality of ranges included in the carrier and including said frequency range, and the bitmap indicates whether or not a range from among the plurality of ranges is applicable for the transmission until the end of a remaining channel occupancy time for an unlicensed band.