US 12,471,144 B2
Communication method, communication device and storage medium
Ting Fu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 18/024,261
Filed by BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/113335
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/047713, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269773 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 74/08 (2024.01); H04W 74/0816 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/0816 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0866 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method, performed by a data transmitter, and comprising:
performing clear channel assessment (CCA) through an assessment beam, wherein the assessment beam is associated with at least one transmission beam for transmitting data;
wherein performing the CCA through the assessment beam comprises:
reducing coverage range of the assessment beam in a case where a CCA result of the assessment beam indicates that a channel is occupied, and performing the CCA on the assessment beam with the reduced coverage range;
transmitting the data through the at least one transmission beam associated with the assessment beam in response to the CCA result indicating that the assessment beam is unoccupied;
wherein time-domain positions of two time-domain adjacent transmission beams for transmitting the data are continuous, or an interval between the time-domain positions of the two time-domain adjacent transmission beams for transmitting the data is less than a predetermined time-domain interval, in response to separately transmitting the data through a plurality of transmission beams associated with the assessment beam; and wherein the predetermined time-domain interval causes an external device to not occupy the transmission beam within an interval of the plurality of transmission beams.