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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:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Inventors:

Shin Horng Wong, Chippenham, GB;

Teck Hu, Melbourne, FL (US);

Feng Han, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 74/002 (2013.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract

The method includes receiving, at a user equipment, a request-to-send (RTS) signal from a base station in an unlicensed channel, the RTS signal including individual IDs or group IDs of multiple user equipments, the multiple user equipments including the user equipment; and identifying whether the RTS signal includes an individual ID or group ID of the user equipment, wherein the identifying includes sending a clear-to-send (CTS) signal to the base station in a licensed channel or the unlicensed channel to allow the base station to perform data transmission to the user equipment in response to the RTS signal including the individual ID or group ID of the user equipment; and ignoring the RTS signal in response to the RTS signal not including the individual ID or group ID of the user equipment.


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