Device for performing wireless communication

• US 10,212,698 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takano, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lopata, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US15/122,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20160374057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

[Object] To enable a frequency band shared between wireless communication of a cellular system and wireless communication conforming to a wireless LAN standard to be more appropriately used in the cellular system.

[Solution] There is provided a device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a terminal device which is a device candidate for performing wireless communication of a cellular system using a frequency band shared between the wireless communication of the cellular system and wireless communication conforming to a wireless local area network (LAN) standard, and a control unit configured to notify the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

circuitry including at least a processor and a memory, the circuitry configured to;

acquire information indicating a terminal device which is a device candidate for performing a wireless communication of a cellular system using a frequency band shared between the wireless communication of the cellular system and another wireless communication conforming to a wireless local area network (LAN) standard;

notify the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate, wherein the terminal device performs a carrier sensing for the frequency band and report a result of the carrier sensing to the device;

determine whether or not to use the frequency band based on the result from the terminal device; and

execute a carrier sensing for the frequency band and transmit a request-to-send (RTS) frame to the terminal device when a period, in which no signal is transmitted using the frequency band, becomes inter-frame space and a back-off time.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate before the frequency band is used in the wireless communication of the cellular system.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate using another frequency band for the cellular system.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate in a system information block (SIB) or by an individual signaling for the terminal device.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to instruct the terminal device to transmit a frame including duration information for setting a network allocation vector (NAV) using the frequency band before the frequency band is used in the wireless communication of the cellular system.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry is further configured to use another frequency band for the cellular system to instruct the terminal device to transmit the frame using the frequency band.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide the terminal device with information which specifies a timing at which the frame is transmitted.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide the terminal device with the duration information or information which specifies the duration information.

9. The device according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide the terminal device to transmit the frame using the frequency band by another frame for triggering the transmission of the frame by the terminal device.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether to use the frequency band in the wireless communication of the cellular system based on a result of the carrier sensing for the frequency band by the terminal device.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to synchronize another wireless communication using another frequency band for the cellular system with the wireless communication using the frequency band.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify one or more terminal devices for performing the wireless communication of the cellular system for a period in which the wireless communication of the cellular system is performed using the frequency band.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the device candidate based on a result of a measurement performed for the frequency band by at least some of the one or more terminal devices.

14. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a base station of the cellular system, a base station device of the base station, or a module of the base station device.

21. The device according to claim 1,

wherein a duplex operation of the cellular system is frequency division duplex (FDD), and

wherein the frequency band is used as a downlink band in the cellular system.

15. A device comprising:

circuitry including at least a processor and a memory, the circuitry configured to;

recognize that a terminal device is a device candidate for performing a wireless communication of a cellular system using a frequency band shared between the wireless communication of the cellular system and another wireless communication conforming to a wireless local area network (LAN) standard through a notification by a base station of the cellular system; and

control for using the frequency band in the wireless communication of the cellular system when the terminal device is the device candidate, wherein

the terminal device performs a carrier sensing for the frequency band and report a result of the carrier sensing to the base station,

the base station determines whether or not to use the frequency band based on the result from the terminal device and executes a carrier sensing for the frequency band and transmit a request-to-send (RTS) frame to the terminal device when a period, in which no signal is transmitted using the frequency band, becomes inter-frame space and a back-off time.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the circuitry is further configured to include controlling transmission of a frame by the terminal device so that the frame including duration information for setting a NAV is transmitted using the frequency band.

17. The device according to claim 15, wherein the circuitry is further configured to include notifying the base station of a result of the carrier sensing by the terminal device.

18. The device according to claim 15, wherein the circuitry is further configured to achieve synchronization for the frequency band based on a result of achieving synchronization for another frequency band for the cellular system.

19. The device according to claim 15, wherein the circuitry recognizes a period in which the wireless communication of the cellular system is performed using the frequency band through a notification by the base station, the circuitry is further configured to measure for the frequency band in the period.

20. The device according to claim 15, wherein the device is the terminal device or a module of the terminal device.

22. A terminal device comprising:

circuitry including at least a processor and a memory, the circuitry configured to;

receive information that the terminal device is a device candidate for performing a wireless communication of a cellular system using a frequency band shared between the wireless communication of the cellular system and another wireless communication conforming to a wireless local area network (LAN) standard through a notification by a base station of the cellular system;

receive duration information which specifies a period in which a wireless communication of the cellular system is performed using the frequency band through the notification by the base station;

perform a carrier sensing for the frequency band in at least a part of the period; and

report a result of the carrier sensing to the base station,

wherein the frequency band is used for a secondary component carrier, and another frequency band for a cellular communication is used as a primary component carrier, for the wireless communication of the cellular system.

23. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a request-to-send (RTS) frame from the base station when a period, in which no signal is transmitted using the frequency band, becomes inter-frame space and a back-off time, wherein the other device determines whether or not to use the frequency band based on the result from the terminal device and performs a carrier sensing for the frequency band before sending the RTS frame to the terminal device.

24. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein the circuitry is further configured to measure for the frequency band in the period in which the wireless communication of the cellular system is performed using the frequency band.

25. The terminal device according to claim 24, wherein a reference signal received power (RSRP) of the frequency band or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of the frequency band is measured.

26. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein the circuitry is further configured to report the result of the carrier sensing to the base station, the result indicating whether a signal is transmitted using the frequency band.