Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for performing backoff in wireless connection system that supports unlicensed bands, and apparatus supporting same
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Application No.: US15524819Application Date: 2015-11-06
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Publication No.: US10397954B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Seonwook Kim , Joonkui Ahn , Kijun Kim , Hanbyul Seo , Hyukjin Chae
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- International Application: PCT/KR2015/011898 WO 20151106
- International Announcement: WO2016/072788 WO 20160512
- Main IPC: H04L5/00
- IPC: H04L5/00 ; H04L27/00 ; H04W16/14 ; H04W74/08 ; H04W88/08

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless connection system that supports unlicensed bands. A method for performing backoff, methods for configuring a reservation signal transmission and a transmission opportunity section, and apparatus supporting the same. A method for performing a backoff operation in a wireless connection system supporting unlicensed bands, that is an embodiment of the present invention, may comprises the steps of: configuring a backoff counter N so as to perform a backoff operation; determining whether a current sub-frame is a back-off permitted section; performing a carrier sensing (CS) operation for checking if an unlicensed band is in an idle state if the sub-frame is within a backoff permitted section, for each CS unit; decreasing the backoff counter N by 1 after performing the CS operation; and transmitting a reservation signal or data using a U cell that is formed in an unlicensed band if the backoff counter value expires. In this regard, the CS operation is not performed in sub-frames except for the backoff permitted section and the backoff counter value can be maintained continuously.
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