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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (US);

Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US);

Ravi Teja Sukhavasi, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04L 1/1887 (2013.01); H04L 5/00 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for special subframe configuration in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. For example, the disclosure presents an example method including identifying a time period for an extended clear channel assessment (ECCA) operation. Further, the example method may include determining a guard period portion included in a special subframe of a frame structure based on the identified time period. An apparatus may include means for identifying a time period for an extended clear channel assessment (ECCA) operation. Further, the example apparatus may include means for determining a guard period portion included in a special subframe of a frame structure based on the identified time period.


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