BAND OCCUPANCY TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMISSIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM
First Claim
1. A method for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals, the first assignment including a first interlace assignment in a contention-based spectrum;
determining that a size of an uplink grant for a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold; and
transmitting the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to determining that the size of the uplink grant for the payload of the uplink transmission is less than the threshold, wherein the one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over the contention-based spectrum.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals. The first assignment includes a first resource assignment and a first interlace assignment. The UE may determine that a size of a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold. The UE may transmit the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to the determination. The one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over a contention-based spectrum. Additionally, the UE may receive a second assignment for the payload of the uplink transmission. The second assignment includes a second resource assignment and a second interlace assignment. The UE may transmit the payload of the uplink transmission according to the second resource assignment on the second interlace assignment.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals, the first assignment including a first interlace assignment in a contention-based spectrum; determining that a size of an uplink grant for a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold; and transmitting the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to determining that the size of the uplink grant for the payload of the uplink transmission is less than the threshold, wherein the one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over the contention-based spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A user equipment (UE) for uplink transmission, comprising:
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means for receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals, the first assignment including a first interlace assignment in a contention-based spectrum; means for determining that a size of an uplink grant for a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold; and means for transmitting the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to determining that the size of the uplink grant for the payload of the uplink transmission is less than the threshold, wherein the one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over the contention-based spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28)
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17. A user equipment (UE) for uplink transmission, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive signals indicating at least one assignment and to transmit one or more beacon signals; a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to; receive, via the transceiver, a first assignment for the one or more beacon signals, the first assignment including a first interlace assignment in a contention-based spectrum; determine that a size of an uplink grant for a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold; and transmit, via the transceiver, the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to determining that the size of the uplink grant for the payload of the uplink transmission is less than the threshold, wherein the one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over the contention-based spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 22, 26, 27)
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29. A computer readable medium storing computer executable code for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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code for receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals, the first assignment including a first interlace assignment in a contention-based spectrum; code for determining that a size of an uplink grant for a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold; and code for transmitting the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to determining that the size of the payload of the uplink transmission is less than the threshold, wherein the one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over the contention-based spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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