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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2024.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04L 12/413 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a contention slot in which to initiate a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure based at least in part on a start time associated with a fixed frame period configured for the UE in a frame based equipment mode. The UE may initiate the LBT procedure in the contention slot to acquire a channel occupancy time in an unlicensed channel. Numerous other aspects are provided.