Patent ID: 11937296
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A listening method, comprising:
sending a listening frequency band set to user equipment (UE), wherein the listening frequency band set comprises at least two frequency bands on an unlicensed spectrum required to be listened by the UE;
sending priority information to the UE, wherein the priority information is used for indicating listening priorities of the frequency bands included in the listening frequency band set;
wherein the UE is configured to:
after receiving the listening frequency band set from the base station, acquire a p first frequency bands from the listening frequency band set to form a first frequency band group;
listen in to the first frequency band groups;
in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, acquire q second frequency bands, the listening priority of which is lower than that of the p first frequency bands, from the listening frequency band set according to the priority information, so as to form a second frequency band group; and
listen in to the second frequency band group;
wherein the first frequency band group comprises the p first frequency bands, and the second frequency band group comprises the q second frequency bands, p and q are positive integers, the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are in the listening frequency band set.