Patent ID: 11889548
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A device configured for operation in a millimeter wave shared spectrum, the device comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor caused, by executing the instructions, to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), higher layer information, the higher layer information indicating the UE to operate with shared spectrum access in a serving cell within the millimeter wave shared spectrum, wherein the higher layer information includes an indicator that indicates a channel access mode; and

transmit, to the UE, subsequent to determining that a channel is idle using channel sensing on the channel, a downlink (DL) transmission burst on the channel in the serving cell to, thereby, initiate channel occupancy on the channel,
wherein, if the higher layer information includes an indicator indicates a channel access mode, the transmitting is subsequent to determining that the channel is idle using channel sensing on the channel; and
wherein
the channel sensing is caused to be performed, by the processor, in accordance with a channel sensing type associated with the channel access mode, the channel sensing type comprising a directional channel sensing type.