US 12,010,723 B2
Network configuration for monitoring an open spectrum
Anders Berggren, Lund (SE); Nafiseh Mazloum, Lund (SE); and Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg (SE)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/624,813
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068719
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018513, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1930255-3 (SE), filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287092 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 74/0816 (2013.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
receiving, from a network, a configuration for monitoring an open spectrum,
in accordance with the configuration and a discontinuous reception cycle, monitoring the open spectrum for a channel occupancy time acquisition signal from an access node of the network,
based on said monitoring, determining whether or not at least one trigger criterion is met, wherein the at least one trigger criterion comprises a reference reception timing, the reference reception time comprising a reference timing threshold for reception of the channel occupancy time acquisition signal,
in accordance with said determining whether or not the at least one trigger criterion is met, switching between two or more settings of the discontinuous reception cycle, and
after switching, applying the setting of the discontinuous reception cycle for two or more periods of the discontinuous reception cycles, wherein the configuration comprises the at least one trigger criterion for said switching between the two or more settings.