Method for adjusting contention window size considering priority class in wireless access system supporting unlicensed band, and apparatus for supporting same

• US 10,455,605 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Seonwook, Ahn, Joonkui, Yang, Suckchel, Kim, Kijun, Kim, Byounghoon, Seo, Hanbyul, Park, Hanjun, Hwang, Daesung
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Eunsook
• Application Number:
  US15/757,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20180249484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/569 of the traffic information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, various methods for adjusting a contention window size, methods for performing a carrier sensing process in a single engine and a multi-engine, and an apparatus supporting the same. As one embodiment of the invention, a method for adjusting a contention window size (CWS) in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band may comprise: a step of setting a contention window size (CWS) necessary for performing a channel access process for each of priority classes; a step of performing a channel access process for a particular priority class in a channel in an unlicensed band on the basis of the set CWS; a step of performing a downlink transmission related to the particular priority class if it is determined that the channel in the unlicensed band is in an idle state as a result of the channel access process; and a step of making adjustments for all CWS'"'"' of priority classes if a triggering event, which relates to a downlink transmission and increases or reduces the CWS for the particular priority class, occurs.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a contention window size (CWS) by a base station in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of CWSs, wherein each of the plurality of CWSs corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of priority classes;

performing channel access to the unlicensed band based on a specific CWS among the plurality of CWSs;

performing a downlink transmission related to the channel access to the unlicensed band based on the specific CWS, based on a determination that the unlicensed band is in an idle state as a result of the channel access to the unlicensed band; and

adjusting all of the plurality of CWSs, based on the occurrence of a triggering event for adjusting the specific CWS,

wherein the triggering event is related to acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement information for the downlink transmission.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the plurality of CWSs comprises:

determining minimum and maximum values of the CWS corresponding to each of the priority classes.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein upon an occurrence of a triggering event for increasing the specific CWS, each of the plurality of CWSs corresponding to each of the priority classes is increased to an allowed next higher value.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of CWSs is increased to the maximum value for the corresponding one of the priority classes according to the number of occurrences of the triggering event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein when a predetermined random backoff count expires and the unlicensed band is determined to be in an idle state, the downlink transmission is performed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein when two or more serving cells are configured in the unlicensed band, the channel access to the unlicensed band is performed for each of the two or more serving cells.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting each of the plurality of CWSs comprises:

increasing or decreasing each of the plurality of CWSs based on the occurrence of a triggering event for increasing or decreasing the specific CWS.

8. A base station for adjusting a contention window size (CWS) in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, the base station comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor, operably coupled with the transmitter, and configured to support CWS adjustment, wherein the processor is further configured to;

determine a plurality of CWSs, wherein each of the plurality of CWSs corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of priority classes

perform channel access to the unlicensed band based on a specific CWS among the plurality of CWSs,

perform a downlink transmission related to the channel access to the unlicensed band based on the specific CWS, based on determination that the unlicensed band is in an idle state as a result of the channel access to the unlicensed band, and

adjust all of the plurality of CWSs, based on an occurrence of a triggering event for adjusting the specific CWS,

wherein the triggering event is related to acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement information for the downlink transmission.

9. The base station of claim 8, wherein when the plurality of CWSs are determined, the processor further determines minimum and maximum values of the CWS for each of the priority classes.

10. The base station of claim 9, wherein upon an occurrence of a triggering event for increasing the specific CWS, each of the plurality of CWSs corresponding to each of the priority classes is increased to an allowed next higher value.

11. The base station of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of CWSs is increased to the maximum value for the corresponding one of the priority classes according to the number of occurrences of the triggering event.

12. The base station of claim 8, wherein when a predetermined random backoff count expires and the unlicensed band is determined to be in an idle state, the downlink transmission is performed.

13. The base station of claim 8, wherein when two or more serving cells are configured in the unlicensed band, the channel access to the unlicensed band is performed for each of the two or more serving cells.

14. The base station of claim 8, wherein adjusting each of the plurality of CWSs comprises:

increasing or decreasing each of the plurality of CWSs based on the occurrence of a triggering event for increasing or decreasing the specific CWS.