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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Seunghee Han, San Jose, CA (US);

Shafi Bashar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Jong-Kae Fwu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jeongho Jeon, San Jose, CA (US);

Hwan-Joon Kwon, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTEL IP CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 5/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments may be generally directed to techniques for transmitting and receiving one or more reference signals opportunistically within a window over an unlicensed carrier. Various embodiments provide techniques for determining a configuration of the window within an operating environment that may include one or more different radio access technologies (RATs). Various embodiments provide techniques for transmitting the one or more reference signals opportunistically within the window based on an availability of a wireless communications medium. Various embodiments provide techniques for receiving and recovering the one or more reference signals regardless of their location within the window, thereby improving communications in an unlicensed spectrum shared by a variety of different communication devices that may operate according to a variety of different communication protocols.


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