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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonakbebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to wireless communication. According to one example embodiment described in this disclosure, a method for contention based signaling is proposed. A network element such as base station monitors a dedicated UL channel to determine whether the dedicated UL channel is occupied by UL data transmissions. In response to a determination that the dedicated UL channel is not occupied by UL transmissions, the network element prioritizes DL data transmissions over the dedicated UL channel.