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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2022
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Havish Koorapaty, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jung-Fu Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Sorour Falahati, Stockholm, SE;
Amitav Mukherjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Withrow & Terranova, PLLC, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a user equipment (UE) of transmitting uplink data in unlicensed spectrum comprises receiving, from a network node, an uplink grant comprising an indication of one or more subframes to use for transmitting uplink data. Each subframe comprises a plurality of symbols. The method further comprises obtaining an indication of a listen-before-talk (LBT) type. The LBT type indicates a type of LBT procedure that the UE should perform before transmitting uplink data. The method further comprises determining, using the obtained LBT type, at least one of a starting symbol and a stopping symbol for transmitting uplink data, and transmitting uplink data according to at least one of the determined starting symbol and the determined stopping symbol.