US 12,336,007 B2
Handling multiple transmission opportunities in a paging occasion
Johan Rune, Lidingö (SE); and Peter Alriksson, Hörby (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/289,094
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/059401
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/089854, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,346, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015146 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 68/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/0816 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04W 68/02 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for use in a network node in wireless communications network, the method comprising:
determining a plurality of transmission opportunities, TXOPs, in which to attempt to transmit a paging signal in a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams have a beam order;
assigning a predetermined number of the plurality of TXOPs to each beam of the plurality of beams, wherein none of the TXOPs is assigned to more than one beam and wherein the predetermined number is greater than one;
performing at least one clear channel assessment, CCA, before transmitting the paging signal in one of the TXOPs; and
upon successful CCA, transmitting the paging signal in a first beam of the plurality of beams using a first TXOP of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the first beam, and
upon a failed CCA, performing a second CCA and transmitting the paging signal in a second beam of the plurality of beams using a first TXOP of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the second beam, the second beam being after the first beam in the beam order, and transmitting the first beam of the plurality of beams using a second TXOP of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the first beam based on a successful second CCA, wherein the first TXOP of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the second beam occurs after the first TXOP assigned to the first beam and before the second TXOP assigned to the first beam, the second TXOP assigned to the first beam occurring later in time than the first TXOP assigned to the first beam.