Device of handling energy detection in unlicensed band

• US 9,860,805 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2015
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Ye, Shiang-Rung
• Primary Examiner(s): Mered, Habte
• Application Number:
  US14/958,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20160165474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0088 Scheduling hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality

Abstract

A communication device comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise detecting energy of a set of subcarriers in an unlicensed band; obtaining a value according to a statistical function of the energy; and transmitting a report comprising the value to a network.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a storage unit, for storing instructions of;

detecting energy of a set of subcarriers in an unlicensed band;

obtaining a value according to a statistical function of the detected energy, wherein the statistical function comprises a moving average function, and a variable energy value of the statistical function is set to zero if the detected energy is lower than a threshold configured by the network, and the variable energy value of the statistical function is set to one if the detected energy is higher than the threshold; and

transmitting a report comprising the value to a network to allow the network to assign resources in the unlicensed band to reduce interference; and

a processing means, coupled to the storage unit, configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the value is an average of the detected energy or a sum of the detected energy.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the communication device detects the energy of the set of subcarriers in the unlicensed band periodically according to a first period and a second period, wherein the first period is greater than the second period.

4. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the communication device detects the energy of the set of subcarriers in the unlicensed band periodically according to the first period, when the communication device has no ongoing transmission.

5. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the communication device detects the energy of the set of subcarriers in the unlicensed band periodically according to the second period, when the communication device has an ongoing transmission.

6. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the first period and the second period are predetermined or are configured by the network.

7. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the storage unit further stores the instruction of:

detecting energy of another set of subcarriers in another unlicensed band in a time interval configured by the network.

8. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the storage unit further stores the instruction of:

resting the value, if a primary cell of the communication device is changed or the communication device performs a cell selection.

9. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the storage unit further stores the instruction of:

keeping the value, if a primary cell of the communication device is not changed after the communication device leaves a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode.

10. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the report comprises at least one value, and the storage unit further stores the instructions of:

detecting at least one energy of at least one set of subcarriers in the unlicensed band; and

obtaining the at least one value according to the statistical function of the at least one detected energy.

11. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the report comprises a measurement identity for the set of subcarriers.

12. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the report is transmitted to the network, if the value is greater than a threshold configured by the network.

13. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the report is transmitted to the network, if the value is lower than a threshold configured by the network.

14. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the report is transmitted to the network, if the value is greater than a sum of an offset and another value, wherein the another value is obtained according to the statistical function of another detected energy of another set of subcarriers in the unlicensed band.

15. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the report is transmitted to the network, if the value is lower than a first threshold and another value obtained according to the statistical function of another detected energy of another set of subcarriers in the unlicensed band is greater than a second threshold.