Patent ID: 11870633
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
receive, by a user equipment (UE), a preemptive grant for preemptive communications with a serving base station during current communications on a shared communication channel, wherein the preemptive grant includes at least:
a sub-symbol offset for a beginning of the preemptive communications; and
a length of the preemptive communications:

determine, by the UE, to perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on the shared communication channel; perform the LBT procedure prior to the sub-symbol offset;

transmit channel reserving signals on the shared communication channel in response to detecting a successful LBT procedure prior to the sub-symbol offset; and
participate, by the UE, in the preemptive communications according to the preemptive grant.