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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
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.