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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yingyang Li, Beijing, CN;

Salvatore Talarico, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yongjun Kwak, Portland, OR (US);

Jose Armando Oviedo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Hong He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Gang Xiong, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2024.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can operate on an unlicensed spectrum. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can perform a first listen-before-talk (LBT) operation of a LBT protocol in a first slot from among multiple slots to determine whether the unlicensed spectrum is unoccupied. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can transmit an uplink (UL) transmission in other slots from among the plurality of slots in response to the unlicensed spectrum being unoccupied. Otherwise, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can perform a second LBT operation in a second slot from among the plurality of slots in response to the unlicensed spectrum being occupied.


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