TECHNIQUES FOR RESERVING A CHANNEL OF A RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

• US 20160174109A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Yerramalli, Srinivas, Luo, Tao, Mallik, Siddhartha, Zhang, Xiaoxia, Damnjanovic, Aleksandar, Somasundaram, Kiran Kumar
• Granted Patent: US 9,942,801 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/26 Resource reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02

Abstract

Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes contending for access to a first channel of a radio frequency spectrum, and transmitting, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, a first channel reservation indication. The contending may be performed by a first node operating according to a first radio access technology. The first channel reservation indication may be understood by a second node operating according to a second radio access technology.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

contending for access to a first channel of a radio frequency spectrum, the contending performed by a first node operating according to a first radio access technology; and

transmitting, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, a first channel reservation indication, the first channel reservation indication understood by a second node operating according to a second radio access technology.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the first channel reservation indication comprises:

transmitting the first channel reservation indication on at least the first channel of the radio frequency spectrum.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the first channel reservation indication comprises:

transmitting the first channel reservation indication on at least a second channel of the radio frequency spectrum.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein transmitting the first channel reservation indication on at least the second channel comprises:

transmitting the first channel reservation indication on a plurality of channels.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a primary channel used by the second node;

wherein transmitting the first channel reservation indication comprises transmitting the first channel reservation indication on the primary channel used by the second node.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the first channel reservation indication comprises:

transmitting the first channel reservation indication on at least one channel of the radio frequency spectrum, the first channel reservation indication transmitted on the one channel of the radio frequency spectrum indicating at least one other channel occupied by the first radio access technology.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instructing a third node to transmit the first channel reservation indication over at least one of;

the first channel or the second channel.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instructing a third node to transmit the first channel reservation indication, and providing an indication to the UE in at least one of;

an uplink grant or a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message; and

wherein the first node comprises a base station and the third node comprises a user equipment (UE).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first channel reservation indication comprises a Wi-Fi preamble or Wi-Fi packet.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

including in the Wi-Fi preamble an indication that the first node is using the first channel according to the first radio access technology.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

delaying a transmission from the first node to a third node, on the first channel, for a period of time following transmission of the first channel reservation indication, the period of time allowing the second node to react to the first channel reservation indication.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first channel reservation indication is understood by the second node to reserve at least the first channel for a period of time, the method further comprising:

transmitting a second channel reservation indication, separated in time from the first channel reservation indication, to extend a reservation of the first channel by the first node.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the first channel reservation indication from among a plurality of predetermined channel reservation indications, the selecting based at least in part on either a relative timing of a subframe boundary or symbol period boundary with respect to winning contention for access to the first channel, or an intended channel occupancy after winning contention for access to the first channel.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, at least one of a channel usage beacon signal (CUBS) or a fractional CUBS (F-CUBS);

wherein transmitting the first channel reservation indication occurs during one of;

before transmitting the CUBS;

after transmitting the CUBS;

before transmitting the F-CUBS and the CUBS;

after transmitting the F-CUBS and before transmitting the CUBS;

or after transmitting the F-CUBS and the CUBS.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

selecting a time for transmitting the first channel reservation indication with reference to transmitting the F-CUBS or the CUBS, the time selected based at least in part on a relative timing of a subframe boundary or symbol period boundary with respect to winning contention for access to the first channel.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

contend for access to a first channel of a radio frequency spectrum, the contending performed by a first node operating according to a first radio access technology; and

transmit, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, a first channel reservation indication, the first channel reservation indication understood by a second node operating according to a second radio access technology.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to transmit the first channel reservation indication comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

transmit the first channel reservation indication on at least either the first channel of the radio frequency spectrum, or

a second channel of the radio frequency spectrum.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

identify a primary channel used by the second node;

wherein the instructions executable by the processor to transmit the first channel reservation indication comprise instructions executable by the processor to transmit the first channel reservation indication on the primary channel used by the second node.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to transmit the first channel reservation indication comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

transmit the first channel reservation indication on at least one channel of the radio frequency spectrum, the first channel reservation indication transmitted on the one channel of the radio frequency spectrum indicating at least one other channel occupied by the first radio access technology.

21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

select the first channel reservation indication from among a plurality of predetermined channel reservation indications, the selecting based at least in part on either a relative timing of a subframe boundary or symbol period boundary with respect to winning contention for access to the first channel, or an intended channel occupancy after winning contention for access to the first channel.

18. The apparatus of claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein the second channel is at least one of:

adjacent to the first channel, within a same radio frequency spectrum band as the first channel, or within a same radio frequency spectrum sub-band as the first channel.

22. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for contending for access to a first channel of a radio frequency spectrum, the contending performed by a first node operating according to a first radio access technology; and

means for transmitting, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, a first channel reservation indication, the first channel reservation indication understood by a second node operating according to a second radio access technology.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:

means for identifying a primary channel used by the second node;

wherein the means for transmitting the first channel reservation indication comprises means for transmitting the first channel reservation indication on the primary channel used by the second node.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the means for transmitting the first channel reservation indication comprises:

means for transmitting the first channel reservation indication on at least one channel of the radio frequency spectrum, the first channel reservation indication transmitted on the one channel of the radio frequency spectrum indicating at least one other channel occupied by the first radio access technology.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

means for delaying a transmission from the first node to a third node, on the first channel, for a period of time following transmission of the first channel reservation indication, the period of time allowing the second node to react to the first channel reservation indication.

26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the first channel reservation indication is understood by the second node to reserve at least the first channel for a period of time, the apparatus further comprising:

means for transmitting a second channel reservation indication, separated in time from the first channel reservation indication, to extend a reservation of the first channel by the first node.

27. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

means for selecting the first channel reservation indication from among a plurality of predetermined channel reservation indications, the selecting based at least in part on either a relative timing of a subframe boundary or symbol period boundary with respect to winning contention for access to the first channel, or

an intended channel occupancy after winning contention for access to the first channel.

28. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

means for transmitting, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, at least one of a channel usage beacon signal (CUBS) or a fractional CUBS (F-CUBS);

wherein the means for transmitting the first channel reservation indication occurs during one of;

before transmitting the CUBS;

after transmitting the CUBS;

before transmitting the F-CUBS and the CUBS;

after transmitting the F-CUBS and before transmitting the CUBS;

or after transmitting the F-CUBS and the CUBS.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 Error! Reference source not found, further comprising:

means for selecting a time for transmitting the first channel reservation indication with reference to transmitting the F-CUBS or the CUBS, the time selected based at least in part on a relative timing of a subframe boundary or symbol period boundary with respect to winning contention for access to the first channel.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions executable by a processor, comprising:

instructions to contend for access to a first channel of a radio frequency spectrum, the contending performed by a first node operating according to a first radio access technology; and

instructions to transmit, upon winning contention for access to the first channel, a first channel reservation indication, the first channel reservation indication understood by a second node operating according to a second radio access technology.