Device

• US 10,638,472 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2019
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• 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:
  US16/297,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20190208508A1
• Time in Patent Office: 414 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 communication control device, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

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

notify the terminal device of a measurement duration using a frequency of the cellular system; and

control initializing the wireless communication using the shared frequency band on a basis of a result of carrier sensing received from the terminal device using a frequency of the cellular system, the result of carrier sensing being generated during the measurement duration by the terminal device,

wherein the shared frequency band is used not for a primary component carrier but for a secondary component carrier, the primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier are aggregated in accordance with carrier aggregation and both of the component carriers using a same cellular communication scheme, and the secondary component carrier is able to be added or removed.

2. The communication control 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 shared frequency band is used in the wireless communication of the cellular system.

3. The communication control 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 communication control 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 individual signaling for the terminal device.

5. The communication control 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 shared frequency band before the shared frequency band is used in the wireless communication of the cellular system.

6. The communication control 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 shared frequency band.

7. The communication control 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 communication control 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 communication control device according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry is further configured to instruct the terminal device to transmit the frame using the shared frequency band by another frame for triggering the transmission of the frame by the terminal device.

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

11. The communication control device according to claim 1,

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

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

12. The communication control device according to claim 1,

wherein the primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier both use an LTE communication scheme or both use an LTE-A communication scheme.

13. A terminal device, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

be notified of a measurement duration using a frequency of a cellular system from a communication control device in case that the terminal device is a device candidate for performing wireless communication of the cellular system using a shared frequency band shared between the wireless communication of the cellular system and wireless communication conforming to a wireless local area network (LAN) standard;

generate result of carrier sensing during the measurement duration;

transmit the result of carrier sensing to the communication control device using a frequency of the cellular system; and

be controlled to initializing the wireless communication using the shared frequency band on a basis of a result of carrier sensing,

wherein the shared frequency band is used not for a primary component carrier but for a secondary component carrier, the primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier are aggregated in accordance with carrier aggregation and both of the component carriers using a same cellular communication scheme, and the secondary component carrier is able to be added or removed.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to control transmission of a frame by the terminal device so that the frame including duration information for setting a NAV is transmitted using the shared frequency band.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to achieve synchronization for the shared frequency band on a basis of a result of achieving synchronization for another frequency band for the cellular system.

16. A method, comprising:

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

notifying the terminal device of a measurement duration using a frequency of the cellular system; and

controlling initializing of the wireless communication using the shared frequency band on a basis of a result of carrier sensing received from the terminal device using a frequency of the cellular system, the result of carrier sensing being generated during the measurement duration by the terminal device,

wherein the shared frequency band is used not for a primary component carrier but for a secondary component carrier, the primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier are aggregated in accordance with carrier aggregation and both of the component carriers using a same cellular communication scheme, and the secondary component carrier is able to be added or removed.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

notifying the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate before the shared frequency band is used in the wireless communication of the cellular system.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

notifying the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate using another frequency band for the cellular system.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

notifying the terminal device that the terminal device is the device candidate in a system information block (SIB), or by individual signaling for the terminal device.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

instructing the terminal device to transmit a frame including duration information for setting a network allocation vector (NAV), using the shared frequency band before the shared frequency band is used in the wireless communication of the cellular system.