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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Ming Li, Beijing, CN;

Yanqiang Li, Beijing, CN;

Jinhua Liu, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04L 27/0006 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method () in a Radio Unit (RU) for facilitating Clear Channel Assessment (CCA). The method () comprises: detecting (S), in a first transmission period while the RU is operating in a first channel, whether one or more candidate channels in proximity to the first channel are unoccupied; determining (S), when the first channel is not clear for transmission in a second transmission period, whether any of the one or more candidate channels that is detected to be unoccupied is clear for transmission in the second transmission period; and selecting (S) one of the one or more candidate channels that is determined to be clear, for transmission in the second transmission period.


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