Patent ID: 11937244
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:
receiving an uplink, UL, burst from a wireless device, the UL burst comprising UL control information, UCI, multiplexed in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, the UCI carrying one or more parameters for unlicensed operation, the UL burst having an associated UL burst structure, the UL burst structure comprising a first slot, a full slot, and a last slot, wherein each of the first slot, the full slot, and the last slot comprise an associated pattern of one or more demodulation reference signals, the method further comprising:
detecting the pattern of one or more demodulation reference signals in each of the first slot, the full slot, and the last slot; and
determining the slot type based on the detected pattern of one or more demodulation reference signals in each of the first slot, the full slot, and the last slot.