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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Yingzhe Li, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hongbo Si, Plano, TX (US);

Qiongjie Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a semi-static shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving system information carried by downlink channels; identifying a duration of idle period, a fixed frame period, a number of observation slots, and an index; determining a first phase based on a first time period between a starting instance of the idle period and an ending instance of the at least one observation slot, a second phase based on a second time period between the ending instance of the at least one observation slot and an ending instance of the idle period, and a third phase based on a third time period between the ending instance of the idle period and an ending instance of the fixed frame period; and identifying the downlink channels as an idle state in the at least one observation slot.


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