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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ralf Matthias Bendlin, Plano, TX (US);
Anthony Edet Ekpenyong, Houston, TX (US);
Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, FR;
Brian F. Johnson, Kensington, MD (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 36/0069 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method of operating a long term evolution (LTE) communication system on a shared frequency spectrum is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) is initialized on an LTE frequency band. A base station (eNB) monitors the shared frequency spectrum to determine if it is BUSY. The eNB transmits to the UE on the shared frequency spectrum if it is not BUSY. The eNB waits for a first time if it is BUSY and directs the UE to vacate the shared frequency spectrum after the first time.