PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-11405980-B2
Application Number: US-201916578528-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Listen again after talk for broadcast/multi-cast communications

Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to implement mechanisms for performing a listen again after talk procedure to detect collisions over an access medium. The wireless device may determine a frequency and configuration of modified transmission frames for transmission over an access medium (licensed or unlicensed) and may further determine a timing of the modified transmission frames within a transmission occasion. The wireless device may detect, during a listening period of the modified transmission frame, a collision and may adjust, based, at least in part, on the detected collision, a remaining transmission schedule for the transmission schedule and/or LBT parameters.

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A user equipment device (UE), comprising:
 at least one antenna; 
 at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to perform cellular communication using at least one radio access technology (RAT); 
 one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors and the at least one radio are configured to perform voice and/or data communications; 
 
       wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:
 determine a frequency and a configuration of modified transmission frames, wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames is based on at least one of a velocity of the UE, a priority associated with data being transmitted during a transmission occasion, or results of prior listening periods; 
 determine a timing of the modified transmission frames within the transmission occasion, wherein the transmission occasion was reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure; 
 detect at least one collision during a listening period of at least one modified transmission frame; and 
 adjust at least one of a remaining transmission schedule and LBT parameters based, at least in part, on the detection of the at least one collision. 
 
     
     
       2. The UE of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames increases:
 as the velocity of the UE increases; 
 for higher priority data as compared to lower priority data; and 
 when results of prior listening periods indicate a higher probability of collisions; and 
 
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames decreases:
 as the velocity of the UE decreases; 
 for lower priority data as compared to higher priority data; and 
 when results of prior listening periods indicate a lower probability of collisions. 
 
 
     
     
       3. The UE of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the timing of the modified transmission frames is randomized throughout the transmission occasion. 
 
     
     
       4. The UE of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the configuration of the modified transmission frames is based on at least one of:
 transmission capacity of the UE; 
 radio switching limitations of the UE; or 
 collision detection accuracy. 
 
 
     
     
       5. The UE of  claim 4 ,
 wherein the configuration of the modified transmission frames is further based on an access medium idle time, wherein the access medium idle time indicates a minimum idle time required prior to reserving the access medium for transmissions. 
 
     
     
       6. The UE of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to update, in response to not detecting at least one collision, a data structure comprising results of prior listening periods. 
 
     
     
       7. The UE of  claim 1 ,
 wherein, to adjust the remaining transmission schedule, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:
 perform an LBT procedure for the remaining transmission schedule; and 
 adjust the remaining transmission schedule based, at least in part, on results of the LBT procedure. 
 
 
     
     
       8. The UE of  claim 1 ,
 wherein each of the modified transmission frames includes:
 a first time period for transmitting data; 
 a second time period for switching a radio of the UE from a transmission mode of operation to a receiving mode of operation; 
 a third time period for listening to an access medium, wherein detecting at least one collision comprises receiving at least one transmission during the listening period; and 
 a fourth time period for switching the radio of the UE from the receiving mode of operation to the transmission mode of operation; 
 
 wherein the second, third, and fourth time periods are comprised in a blanked portion of a modified transmission frame; and 
 wherein a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with a modified transmission frame is reduced to account for the blanked portion. 
 
     
     
       9. An apparatus, comprising:
 a memory; and 
 at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
 determine a frequency and configuration of modified transmission frames, wherein each modified transmission frames includes at least a first time period for transmitting data, a second time period for switching a radio of from a transmission mode of operation to a receiving mode of operation, a third time period for listening to an access medium, wherein the configuration of the modified transmission frames is based, at least in part, on an access medium idle time, wherein the access medium idle time indicates a minimum idle time required prior to reserving the access medium for transmissions; 
 determine a timing of the modified transmission frames within a transmission occasion, wherein the transmission occasion was reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure; 
 detect at least one collision during a third time period of at least one modified transmission frame; and 
 adjust at least one of a remaining transmission schedule and LBT parameters based, at least in part, on the detection of the at least one collision. 
 
 
     
     
       10. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein each modified transmission frame further includes a fourth time period for switching the radio from the receiving mode of operation to the transmission mode of operation. 
 
     
     
       11. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein, to detect the at least one collision, the at least one processor is further configured to detect an energy level indicative of transmission traffic during the third time period of the at least one modified transmission frame. 
 
     
     
       12. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein occurrences of the second, third, and fourth time periods are randomized for each modified transmission frame of the modified transmission frames. 
 
     
     
       13. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the second, third, and fourth time periods are comprised in a blanked portion of each modified transmission frame; and 
 wherein a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with each modified transmission frame is reduced to account for the blanked portion. 
 
     
     
       14. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
 update, in response to determining there are no remaining transmissions, a data structure comprising results of prior listening periods. 
 
 
     
     
       15. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames is based on at least one of a velocity associated with the apparatus, a priority associated with data being transmitted during the transmission occasion, or results of prior listening periods. 
 
     
     
       16. The apparatus of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames increases:
 as a velocity associated with the apparatus increases; 
 for higher priority data as compared to lower priority data; and 
 when results of prior listening periods indicate a higher probability of collisions; and 
 
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames decreases:
 as a velocity associated with the apparatus decreases; 
 for lower priority data as compared to higher priority data; and 
 when results of prior listening periods indicate a lower probability of collisions. 
 
 
     
     
       17. A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing program instructions executable by processing circuitry to cause a user equipment device (UE) to:
 determine a frequency and a configuration of modified transmission frames, wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames is based on at least one of a detected velocity of the UE, a priority associated with data being transmitted during a transmission occasion, or results of prior listening periods, and wherein the configuration of the modified transmission frames is based on at least one of transmission capacity of the UE, radio switching limitations of the UE, or collision detection accuracy; 
 determine a timing of the modified transmission frames within the transmission occasion, wherein the transmission occasion was reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure; 
 detect at least one collision during a listening period of at least one modified transmission frame; and 
 adjust at least one of a remaining transmission schedule and LBT parameters based, at least in part, on the detection of the at least one collision. 
 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 17 ,
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames increases:
 as the velocity of the UE increases; 
 for higher priority data as compared to lower priority data; and 
 when results of prior listening periods indicate a higher probability of collisions; and 
 
 wherein the frequency of the modified transmission frames decreases:
 as the velocity of the UE decreases; 
 for lower priority data as compared to higher priority data; and 
 when results of prior listening periods indicate a lower probability of collisions. 
 
 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 17 ,
 wherein the timing of the modified transmission frames is a fixed pattern throughout the transmission occasion. 
 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 17 ,
 wherein each of the modified transmission frames includes:
 a first time period for transmitting data; 
 a second time period for switching a radio of the UE from a transmission mode of operation to a receiving mode of operation; 
 a third time period for listening to an access medium, wherein detecting at least one collision comprises receiving at least one transmission during the listening period; and 
 a fourth time period for switching the radio of the UE from the receiving mode of operation to the transmission mode of operation; 
 
 wherein occurrences of the second, third, and fourth time periods are randomized for each modified transmission frame of the modified transmission frames; 
 wherein the second, third, and fourth time periods are comprised in a blanked portion of a modified transmission frame; and 
 wherein a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with a modified transmission frame is reduced to account for the blanked portion.

Description:
PRIORITY DATA 
     This application claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/738,796, titled “Listen Again After Talk for Broadcast/Multi-cast Communications”, filed Sep. 28, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as though fully and completely set forth herein. 
    
    
     FIELD 
     The present application relates to wireless devices, and more particularly to apparatus, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a variety of cellular communication techniques. 
     DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART 
     Wireless communication systems are rapidly growing in usage. In recent years, wireless devices such as smart phones and tablet computers have become increasingly sophisticated. In addition to supporting telephone calls, many mobile devices now provide access to the internet, email, text messaging, and navigation using the global positioning system (GPS), and are capable of operating sophisticated applications that utilize these functionalities. Additionally, there exist numerous different wireless communication technologies and standards. Some examples of wireless communication standards include GSM, UMTS (associated with, for example, WCDMA or TD-SCDMA air interfaces), LTE, LTE Advanced (LTE-A), HSPA, 3GPP2 CDMA2000 (e.g., 1×RTT, 1×EV-DO, HRPD, eHRPD), IEEE 802.11 (WLAN or Wi-Fi), BLUETOOTH™, etc. 
     The ever-increasing number of features and functionality introduced in wireless communication devices also creates a continuous need for improvement in both wireless communications and in wireless communication devices. To increase coverage and better serve the increasing demand and range of envisioned uses of wireless communication, in addition to the communication standards mentioned above, there are further wireless communication technologies under development, including fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) communication. Accordingly, improvements in the field in support of such development and design are desired. 
     SUMMARY 
     Embodiments relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform various cellular communication techniques. 
     The techniques described herein may be implemented in and/or used with a number of different types of devices, including but not limited to cellular phones, tablet computers, wearable computing devices, portable media players, and any of various other computing devices. 
     In some embodiments, a wireless device may determine a frequency and configuration of modified transmission frames for transmission over an access medium (licensed or unlicensed) and may further determine a timing of the modified transmission frames within a transmission occasion. In some embodiments, the transmission occasion may have been previously reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on an unlicensed access medium. In some embodiments, during a listening period of the modified transmission frame, the wireless device may detect a collision and may adjust, based, at least in part, on the detected collision, a remaining transmission schedule for the transmission schedule and/or LBT parameters associated with the unlicensed access medium. In some embodiments, the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be based on any, any combination of, and/or all of a velocity of the wireless device, a priority associated with data being transmitted during the transmission occasion, and/or results of prior listening periods. In some embodiments, the timing of the modified transmission frames may be randomized throughout the transmission occasion. In some embodiments, the timing of the modified transmission frames may follow a fixed (or known) pattern, e.g., the timing of the modified transmission frames may be every x milliseconds or microseconds. In some embodiments, the configuration of the modified transmission frames may be based on any, any combination of, and/or all of a transmission capacity of the wireless device, radio switching limitations of the wireless device, and/or collision detection accuracy. In some embodiments, the configuration of the modified transmission frames may be further based on an access medium idle time that indicates a minimum idle time required prior to reserving the access medium for transmissions. 
     This Summary is intended to provide a brief overview of some of the subject matter described in this document. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that the above-described features are merely examples and should not be construed to narrow the scope or spirit of the subject matter described herein in any way. Other features, aspects, and advantages of the subject matter described herein will become apparent from the following Detailed Description, Figures, and Claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       A better understanding of the present subject matter can be obtained when the following detailed description of various embodiments is considered in conjunction with the following drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1A  illustrates an example wireless communication system according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 1B  illustrates an example of a base station (BS) and an access point in communication with a user equipment (UE) device according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates an example simplified block diagram of a WLAN Access Point (AP), according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates an example block diagram of a UE according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an example block diagram of a BS according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates an example block diagram of cellular communication circuitry, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 6A  illustrates an example of connections between an EPC network, an LTE base station (eNB), and a 5G NR base station (gNB). 
         FIG. 6B  illustrates an example of a protocol stack for an eNB and a gNB. 
         FIG. 7A  illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both 3GPP (e.g., cellular) and non-3GPP (e.g., non-cellular) access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 7B  illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both dual 3GPP (e.g., LTE and 5G NR) access and non-3GPP access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates an example of a baseband processor architecture for a UE, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates an example of a vehicle-to-everything network. 
         FIG. 10  illustrates an example of a special subframe/slot structure, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 11  illustrates an example of a partially blanked subframe/slot structure, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 12  illustrates an example of a transmission schedule that includes opportunities for a listen again after talk (LAAT) procedure, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 13  illustrates an example of a transmission schedule that includes revised transmission timing based on an LAAT procedure detecting collisions, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 14  illustrates a block diagram of an example of a method for a LAAT procedure, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG. 15  illustrates a block diagram of another example of a method for a LAAT procedure, according to some embodiments. 
     
    
    
     While the features described herein may be susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to be limiting to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the subject matter as defined by the appended claims. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Terms 
     The following is a glossary of terms used in this disclosure: 
     Memory Medium—Any of various types of non-transitory memory devices or storage devices. The term “memory medium” is intended to include an installation medium, e.g., a CD-ROM, floppy disks, or tape device; a computer system memory or random-access memory such as DRAM, DDR RAM, SRAM, EDO RAM, Rambus RAM, etc.; a non-volatile memory such as a Flash, magnetic media, e.g., a hard drive, or optical storage; registers, or other similar types of memory elements, etc. The memory medium may include other types of non-transitory memory as well or combinations thereof. In addition, the memory medium may be located in a first computer system in which the programs are executed, or may be located in a second different computer system which connects to the first computer system over a network, such as the Internet. In the latter instance, the second computer system may provide program instructions to the first computer for execution. The term “memory medium” may include two or more memory mediums which may reside in different locations, e.g., in different computer systems that are connected over a network. The memory medium may store program instructions (e.g., embodied as computer programs) that may be executed by one or more processors. 
     Carrier Medium—a memory medium as described above, as well as a physical transmission medium, such as a bus, network, and/or other physical transmission medium that conveys signals such as electrical, electromagnetic, or digital signals. 
     Programmable Hardware Element—includes various hardware devices comprising multiple programmable function blocks connected via a programmable interconnect. Examples include FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices), FPOAs (Field Programmable Object Arrays), and CPLDs (Complex PLDs). The programmable function blocks may range from fine grained (combinatorial logic or look up tables) to coarse grained (arithmetic logic units or processor cores). A programmable hardware element may also be referred to as “reconfigurable logic”. 
     Computer System—any of various types of computing or processing systems, including a personal computer system (PC), mainframe computer system, workstation, network appliance, Internet appliance, personal digital assistant (PDA), television system, grid computing system, or other device or combinations of devices. In general, the term “computer system” can be broadly defined to encompass any device (or combination of devices) having at least one processor that executes instructions from a memory medium. 
     User Equipment (UE) (or “UE Device”)—any of various types of computer systems or devices that are mobile or portable and that perform wireless communications. Examples of UE devices include mobile telephones or smart phones (e.g., iPhone™ Android™-based phones), portable gaming devices (e.g., Nintendo DS™, PlayStation Portable™, Gameboy Advance™, iPhone™), laptops, wearable devices (e.g. smart watch, smart glasses), PDAs, portable Internet devices, music players, data storage devices, or other handheld devices, etc. In general, the term “UE” or “UE device” can be broadly defined to encompass any electronic, computing, and/or telecommunications device (or combination of devices) which is easily transported by a user and capable of wireless communication. 
     Wireless Device—any of various types of computer systems or devices that perform wireless communications. A wireless device can be portable (or mobile) or may be stationary or fixed at a certain location. A UE is an example of a wireless device. 
     Communication Device—any of various types of computer systems or devices that perform communications, where the communications can be wired or wireless. A communication device can be portable (or mobile) or may be stationary or fixed at a certain location. A wireless device is an example of a communication device. A UE is another example of a communication device. 
     Base Station—The term “Base Station” has the full breadth of its ordinary meaning, and at least includes a wireless communication station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a wireless telephone system or radio system. 
     Processing Element—refers to various elements or combinations of elements that are capable of performing a function in a device, such as a user equipment or a cellular network device. Processing elements may include, for example: processors and associated memory, portions or circuits of individual processor cores, entire processor cores, processor arrays, circuits such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), programmable hardware elements such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), as well any of various combinations of the above. 
     Channel—a medium used to convey information from a sender (transmitter) to a receiver. It should be noted that since characteristics of the term “channel” may differ according to different wireless protocols, the term “channel” as used herein may be considered as being used in a manner that is consistent with the standard of the type of device with reference to which the term is used. In some standards, channel widths may be variable (e.g., depending on device capability, band conditions, etc.). For example, LTE may support scalable channel bandwidths from 1.4 MHz to 20 MHz. In contrast, WLAN channels may be 22 MHz wide while Bluetooth channels may be 1 Mhz wide. Other protocols and standards may include different definitions of channels. Furthermore, some standards may define and use multiple types of channels, e.g., different channels for uplink or downlink and/or different channels for different uses such as data, control information, etc. 
     Band—The term “band” has the full breadth of its ordinary meaning, and at least includes a section of spectrum (e.g., radio frequency spectrum) in which channels are used or set aside for the same purpose. 
     Automatically—refers to an action or operation performed by a computer system (e.g., software executed by the computer system) or device (e.g., circuitry, programmable hardware elements, ASICs, etc.), without user input directly specifying or performing the action or operation. Thus, the term “automatically” is in contrast to an operation being manually performed or specified by the user, where the user provides input to directly perform the operation. An automatic procedure may be initiated by input provided by the user, but the subsequent actions that are performed “automatically” are not specified by the user, i.e., are not performed “manually”, where the user specifies each action to perform. For example, a user filling out an electronic form by selecting each field and providing input specifying information (e.g., by typing information, selecting check boxes, radio selections, etc.) is filling out the form manually, even though the computer system must update the form in response to the user actions. The form may be automatically filled out by the computer system where the computer system (e.g., software executing on the computer system) analyzes the fields of the form and fills in the form without any user input specifying the answers to the fields. As indicated above, the user may invoke the automatic filling of the form, but is not involved in the actual filling of the form (e.g., the user is not manually specifying answers to fields but rather they are being automatically completed). The present specification provides various examples of operations being automatically performed in response to actions the user has taken. 
     Approximately—refers to a value that is almost correct or exact. For example, approximately may refer to a value that is within 1 to 10 percent of the exact (or desired) value. It should be noted, however, that the actual threshold value (or tolerance) may be application dependent. For example, in some embodiments, “approximately” may mean within 0.1% of some specified or desired value, while in various other embodiments, the threshold may be, for example, 2%, 3%, 5%, and so forth, as desired or as required by the particular application. 
     Concurrent—refers to parallel execution or performance, where tasks, processes, or programs are performed in an at least partially overlapping manner. For example, concurrency may be implemented using “strong” or strict parallelism, where tasks are performed (at least partially) in parallel on respective computational elements, or using “weak parallelism”, where the tasks are performed in an interleaved manner, e.g., by time multiplexing of execution threads. 
     Configured to—Various components may be described as “configured to” perform a task or tasks. In such contexts, “configured to” is a broad recitation generally meaning “having structure that” performs the task or tasks during operation. As such, the component can be configured to perform the task even when the component is not currently performing that task (e.g., a set of electrical conductors may be configured to electrically connect a module to another module, even when the two modules are not connected). In some contexts, “configured to” may be a broad recitation of structure generally meaning “having circuitry that” performs the task or tasks during operation. As such, the component can be configured to perform the task even when the component is not currently on. In general, the circuitry that forms the structure corresponding to “configured to” may include hardware circuits. 
     Various components may be described as performing a task or tasks, for convenience in the description. Such descriptions should be interpreted as including the phrase “configured to.” Reciting a component that is configured to perform one or more tasks is expressly intended not to invoke 35 U.S.C. § 112(f) interpretation for that component. 
       FIGS. 1A and 1B —Communication Systems 
       FIG. 1A  illustrates a simplified example wireless communication system, according to some embodiments. It is noted that the system of  FIG. 1  is merely one example of a possible system, and that features of this disclosure may be implemented in any of various systems, as desired. 
     As shown, the example wireless communication system includes a base station  102 A which communicates over a transmission medium with one or more user devices  106 A,  106 B, etc., through  106 N. Each of the user devices may be referred to herein as a “user equipment” (UE). Thus, the user devices  106  are referred to as UEs or UE devices. 
     The base station (BS)  102 A may be a base transceiver station (BTS) or cell site (a “cellular base station”) and may include hardware that enables wireless communication with the UEs  106 A through  106 N. 
     The communication area (or coverage area) of the base station may be referred to as a “cell.” The base station  102 A and the UEs  106  may be configured to communicate over the transmission medium using any of various radio access technologies (RATs), also referred to as wireless communication technologies, or telecommunication standards, such as GSM, UMTS (associated with, for example, WCDMA or TD-SCDMA air interfaces), LTE, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), 5G new radio (5G NR), HSPA, 3GPP2 CDMA2000 (e.g., 1×RTT, 1×EV-DO, HRPD, eHRPD), etc. Note that if the base station  102 A is implemented in the context of LTE, it may alternately be referred to as an ‘eNodeB’ or ‘eNB’. Note that if the base station  102 A is implemented in the context of 5G NR, it may alternately be referred to as ‘gNodeB’ or ‘gNB’. 
     As shown, the base station  102 A may also be equipped to communicate with a network  100  (e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider, a telecommunication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and/or the Internet, among various possibilities). Thus, the base station  102 A may facilitate communication between the user devices and/or between the user devices and the network  100 . In particular, the cellular base station  102 A may provide UEs  106  with various telecommunication capabilities, such as voice, SMS and/or data services. 
     Base station  102 A and other similar base stations (such as base stations  102 B . . .  102 N) operating according to the same or a different cellular communication standard may thus be provided as a network of cells, which may provide continuous or nearly continuous overlapping service to UEs  106 A-N and similar devices over a geographic area via one or more cellular communication standards. 
     Thus, while base station  102 A may act as a “serving cell” for UEs  106 A-N as illustrated in  FIG. 1 , each UE  106  may also be capable of receiving signals from (and possibly within communication range of) one or more other cells (which might be provided by base stations  102 B-N and/or any other base stations), which may be referred to as “neighboring cells”. Such cells may also be capable of facilitating communication between user devices and/or between user devices and the network  100 . Such cells may include “macro” cells, “micro” cells, “pico” cells, and/or cells which provide any of various other granularities of service area size. For example, base stations  102 A-B illustrated in  FIG. 1  might be macro cells, while base station  102 N might be a micro cell. Other configurations are also possible. 
     In some embodiments, base station  102 A may be a next generation base station, e.g., a 5G New Radio (5G NR) base station, or “gNB”. In some embodiments, a gNB may be connected to a legacy evolved packet core (EPC) network and/or to a NR core (NRC) network. In addition, a gNB cell may include one or more transmission and reception points (TRPs). In addition, a UE capable of operating according to 5G NR may be connected to one or more TRPs within one or more gNBs. 
     Note that a UE  106  may be capable of communicating using multiple wireless communication standards. For example, the UE  106  may be configured to communicate using a wireless networking (e.g., Wi-Fi) and/or peer-to-peer wireless communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi peer-to-peer, etc.) in addition to at least one cellular communication protocol (e.g., GSM, UMTS (associated with, for example, WCDMA or TD-SCDMA air interfaces), LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR, HSPA, 3GPP2 CDMA2000 (e.g., 1×RTT, 1×EV-DO, HRPD, eHRPD), etc.). The UE  106  may also or alternatively be configured to communicate using one or more global navigational satellite systems (GNSS, e.g., GPS or GLONASS), one or more mobile television broadcasting standards (e.g., ATSC-M/H or DVB-H), and/or any other wireless communication protocol, if desired. Other combinations of wireless communication standards (including more than two wireless communication standards) are also possible. 
       FIG. 1B  illustrates user equipment  106  (e.g., one of the devices  106 A through  106 N) in communication with a base station  102  and an access point  112 , according to some embodiments. The UE  106  may be a device with both cellular communication capability and non-cellular communication capability (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and so forth) such as a mobile phone, a hand-held device, a computer or a tablet, or virtually any type of wireless device. 
     The UE  106  may include a processor that is configured to execute program instructions stored in memory. The UE  106  may perform any of the method embodiments described herein by executing such stored instructions. Alternatively, or in addition, the UE  106  may include a programmable hardware element such as an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) that is configured to perform any of the method embodiments described herein, or any portion of any of the method embodiments described herein. 
     The UE  106  may include one or more antennas for communicating using one or more wireless communication protocols or technologies. In some embodiments, the UE  106  may be configured to communicate using, for example, CDMA2000 (1×RTT/1×EV-DO/HRPD/eHRPD), LTE/LTE-Advanced, or 5G NR using a single shared radio and/or GSM, LTE, LTE-Advanced, or 5G NR using the single shared radio. The shared radio may couple to a single antenna, or may couple to multiple antennas (e.g., for MIMO) for performing wireless communications. In general, a radio may include any combination of a baseband processor, analog RF signal processing circuitry (e.g., including filters, mixers, oscillators, amplifiers, etc.), or digital processing circuitry (e.g., for digital modulation as well as other digital processing). Similarly, the radio may implement one or more receive and transmit chains using the aforementioned hardware. For example, the UE  106  may share one or more parts of a receive and/or transmit chain between multiple wireless communication technologies, such as those discussed above. 
     In some embodiments, the UE  106  may include separate transmit and/or receive chains (e.g., including separate antennas and other radio components) for each wireless communication protocol with which it is configured to communicate. As a further possibility, the UE  106  may include one or more radios which are shared between multiple wireless communication protocols, and one or more radios which are used exclusively by a single wireless communication protocol. For example, the UE  106  might include a shared radio for communicating using either of LTE or 5G NR (or LTE or 1×RTT or LTE or GSM), and separate radios for communicating using each of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Other configurations are also possible. 
       FIG. 2 —Access Point Block Diagram 
       FIG. 2  illustrates an exemplary block diagram of an access point (AP)  112 . It is noted that the block diagram of the AP of  FIG. 2  is only one example of a possible system. As shown, the AP  112  may include processor(s)  204  which may execute program instructions for the AP  112 . The processor(s)  204  may also be coupled (directly or indirectly) to memory management unit (MMU)  240 , which may be configured to receive addresses from the processor(s)  204  and to translate those addresses to locations in memory (e.g., memory  260  and read only memory (ROM)  250 ) or to other circuits or devices. 
     The AP  112  may include at least one network port  270 . The network port  270  may be configured to couple to a wired network and provide a plurality of devices, such as UEs  106 , access to the Internet. For example, the network port  270  (or an additional network port) may be configured to couple to a local network, such as a home network or an enterprise network. For example, port  270  may be an Ethernet port. The local network may provide connectivity to additional networks, such as the Internet. 
     The AP  112  may include at least one antenna  234 , which may be configured to operate as a wireless transceiver and may be further configured to communicate with UE  106  via wireless communication circuitry  230 . The antenna  234  communicates with the wireless communication circuitry  230  via communication chain  232 . Communication chain  232  may include one or more receive chains, one or more transmit chains or both. The wireless communication circuitry  230  may be configured to communicate via Wi-Fi or WLAN, e.g., 802.11. The wireless communication circuitry  230  may also, or alternatively, be configured to communicate via various other wireless communication technologies, including, but not limited to, 5G NR, Long-Term Evolution (LTE), LTE Advanced (LTE-A), Global System for Mobile (GSM), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), CDMA2000, etc., for example when the AP is co-located with a base station in case of a small cell, or in other instances when it may be desirable for the AP  112  to communicate via various different wireless communication technologies. 
     In some embodiments, as further described below, an AP  112  may be configured to implement methods for a LAAT procedure, e.g., as further described herein. 
       FIG. 3 —Block Diagram of a UE 
       FIG. 3  illustrates an example simplified block diagram of a communication device  106 , according to some embodiments. It is noted that the block diagram of the communication device of  FIG. 3  is only one example of a possible communication device. According to embodiments, communication device  106  may be a user equipment (UE) device, a mobile device or mobile station, a wireless device or wireless station, a desktop computer or computing device, a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop, notebook, or portable computing device), a tablet and/or a combination of devices, among other devices. As shown, the communication device  106  may include a set of components  300  configured to perform core functions. For example, this set of components may be implemented as a system on chip (SOC), which may include portions for various purposes. Alternatively, this set of components  300  may be implemented as separate components or groups of components for the various purposes. The set of components  300  may be coupled (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to various other circuits of the communication device  106 . 
     For example, the communication device  106  may include various types of memory (e.g., including NAND flash  310 ), an input/output interface such as connector I/F  320  (e.g., for connecting to a computer system; dock; charging station; input devices, such as a microphone, camera, keyboard; output devices, such as speakers; etc.), the display  360 , which may be integrated with or external to the communication device  106 , and cellular communication circuitry  330  such as for 5G NR, LTE, GSM, etc., and short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329  (e.g., Bluetooth™ and WLAN circuitry). In some embodiments, communication device  106  may include wired communication circuitry (not shown), such as a network interface card, e.g., for Ethernet. 
     The cellular communication circuitry  330  may couple (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to one or more antennas, such as antennas  335  and  336  as shown. The short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329  may also couple (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to one or more antennas, such as antennas  337  and  338  as shown. Alternatively, the short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329  may couple (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to the antennas  335  and  336  in addition to, or instead of, coupling (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to the antennas  337  and  338 . The short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329  and/or cellular communication circuitry  330  may include multiple receive chains and/or multiple transmit chains for receiving and/or transmitting multiple spatial streams, such as in a multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) configuration. 
     In some embodiments, as further described below, cellular communication circuitry  330  may include dedicated receive chains (including and/or coupled to, e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly. dedicated processors and/or radios) for multiple RATs (e.g., a first receive chain for LTE and a second receive chain for 5G NR). In addition, in some embodiments, cellular communication circuitry  330  may include a single transmit chain that may be switched between radios dedicated to specific RATs. For example, a first radio may be dedicated to a first RAT, e.g., LTE, and may be in communication with a dedicated receive chain and a transmit chain shared with an additional radio, e.g., a second radio that may be dedicated to a second RAT, e.g., 5G NR, and may be in communication with a dedicated receive chain and the shared transmit chain. 
     The communication device  106  may also include and/or be configured for use with one or more user interface elements. The user interface elements may include any of various elements, such as display  360  (which may be a touchscreen display), a keyboard (which may be a discrete keyboard or may be implemented as part of a touchscreen display), a mouse, a microphone and/or speakers, one or more cameras, one or more buttons, and/or any of various other elements capable of providing information to a user and/or receiving or interpreting user input. 
     The communication device  106  may further include one or more smart cards  345  that include SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) functionality, such as one or more UICC(s) (Universal Integrated Circuit Card(s)) cards  345 . 
     As shown, the SOC  300  may include processor(s)  302 , which may execute program instructions for the communication device  106  and display circuitry  304 , which may perform graphics processing and provide display signals to the display  360 . The processor(s)  302  may also be coupled to memory management unit (MMU)  340 , which may be configured to receive addresses from the processor(s)  302  and translate those addresses to locations in memory (e.g., memory  306 , read only memory (ROM)  350 , NAND flash memory  310 ) and/or to other circuits or devices, such as the display circuitry  304 , short range wireless communication circuitry  229 , cellular communication circuitry  330 , connector I/F  320 , and/or display  360 . The MMU  340  may be configured to perform memory protection and page table translation or set up. In some embodiments, the MMU  340  may be included as a portion of the processor(s)  302 . 
     As noted above, the communication device  106  may be configured to communicate using wireless and/or wired communication circuitry. The communication device  106  may be configured to perform methods for a LAAT procedure further described herein. In some embodiments, a communication device  106  may determine a frequency and configuration of modified transmission frames for transmission over an unlicensed access medium and may further determine a timing of the modified transmission frames within a transmission occasion. In some embodiments, the transmission occasion may have been previously reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on an unlicensed access medium. In some embodiments, during a listening period of the modified transmission frame, the communication device  106  may detect a collision and may adjust, based, at least in part, on the detected collision, a remaining transmission schedule for the transmission schedule and/or LBT parameters associated with the unlicensed access medium. In some embodiments, the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be based on any, any combination of, and/or all of a velocity of the communication device  106 , a priority associated with data being transmitted during the transmission occasion, and/or results of prior listening periods. In some embodiments, the timing of the modified transmission frames may be randomized throughout the transmission occasion. In some embodiments, the configuration of the modified transmission frames may be based on any, any combination of, and/or all of a transmission capacity of the communication device  106 , radio switching limitations of the communication device  106 , and/or collision detection accuracy. In some embodiments, the configuration of the modified transmission frames may be further based on an access medium idle time that indicates a minimum idle time required prior to reserving the access medium for transmissions. 
     As described herein, the communication device  106  may include hardware and software components for implementing the above features for a communication device  106  to communicate a scheduling profile for power savings to a network. The processor  302  of the communication device  106  may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium). Alternatively (or in addition), processor  302  may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). Alternatively (or in addition) the processor  302  of the communication device  106 , in conjunction with one or more of the other components  300 ,  304 ,  306 ,  310 ,  320 ,  329 ,  330 ,  340 ,  345 ,  350 ,  360  may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein. 
     In addition, as described herein, processor  302  may include one or more processing elements. Thus, processor  302  may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) that are configured to perform the functions of processor  302 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processor(s)  302 . 
     Further, as described herein, cellular communication circuitry  330  and short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329  may each include one or more processing elements. In other words, one or more processing elements may be included in cellular communication circuitry  330  and, similarly, one or more processing elements may be included in short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329 . Thus, cellular communication circuitry  330  may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) that are configured to perform the functions of cellular communication circuitry  330 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of cellular communication circuitry  330 . Similarly, the short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329  may include one or more ICs that are configured to perform the functions of short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of short to medium range wireless communication circuitry  329 . 
       FIG. 4 —Block Diagram of a Base Station 
       FIG. 4  illustrates an example block diagram of a base station  102 , according to some embodiments. It is noted that the base station of  FIG. 4  is merely one example of a possible base station. As shown, the base station  102  may include processor(s)  404  which may execute program instructions for the base station  102 . The processor(s)  404  may also be coupled to memory management unit (MMU)  440 , which may be configured to receive addresses from the processor(s)  404  and translate those addresses to locations in memory (e.g., memory  460  and read only memory (ROM)  450 ) or to other circuits or devices. 
     The base station  102  may include at least one network port  470 . The network port  470  may be configured to couple to a telephone network and provide a plurality of devices, such as UE devices  106 , access to the telephone network as described above in  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
     The network port  470  (or an additional network port) may also or alternatively be configured to couple to a cellular network, e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider. The core network may provide mobility related services and/or other services to a plurality of devices, such as UE devices  106 . In some cases, the network port  470  may couple to a telephone network via the core network, and/or the core network may provide a telephone network (e.g., among other UE devices serviced by the cellular service provider). 
     In some embodiments, base station  102  may be a next generation base station, e.g., a 5G New Radio (5G NR) base station, or “gNB”. In such embodiments, base station  102  may be connected to a legacy evolved packet core (EPC) network and/or to a NR core (NRC) network. In addition, base station  102  may be considered a 5G NR cell and may include one or more transmission and reception points (TRPs). In addition, a UE capable of operating according to 5G NR may be connected to one or more TRPs within one or more gNBs. 
     The base station  102  may include at least one antenna  434 , and possibly multiple antennas. The at least one antenna  434  may be configured to operate as a wireless transceiver and may be further configured to communicate with UE devices  106  via radio  430 . The antenna  434  communicates with the radio  430  via communication chain  432 . Communication chain  432  may be a receive chain, a transmit chain or both. The radio  430  may be configured to communicate via various wireless communication standards, including, but not limited to, 5G NR, LTE, LTE-A, GSM, UMTS, CDMA2000, Wi-Fi, etc. 
     The base station  102  may be configured to communicate wirelessly using multiple wireless communication standards. In some instances, the base station  102  may include multiple radios, which may enable the base station  102  to communicate according to multiple wireless communication technologies. For example, as one possibility, the base station  102  may include an LTE radio for performing communication according to LTE as well as a 5G NR radio for performing communication according to 5G NR. In such a case, the base station  102  may be capable of operating as both an LTE base station and a 5G NR base station. As another possibility, the base station  102  may include a multi-mode radio which is capable of performing communications according to any of multiple wireless communication technologies (e.g., 5G NR and Wi-Fi, LTE and Wi-Fi, LTE and UMTS, LTE and CDMA2000, UMTS and GSM, etc.). 
     As described further subsequently herein, the BS  102  may include hardware and software components for implementing or supporting implementation of features described herein. The processor  404  of the base station  102  may be configured to implement or support implementation of part or all of the methods described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium). Alternatively, the processor  404  may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a combination thereof. Alternatively (or in addition) the processor  404  of the BS  102 , in conjunction with one or more of the other components  430 ,  432 ,  434 ,  440 ,  450 ,  460 ,  470  may be configured to implement or support implementation of part or all of the features described herein. 
     In addition, as described herein, processor(s)  404  may be comprised of one or more processing elements. In other words, one or more processing elements may be included in processor(s)  404 . Thus, processor(s)  404  may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) that are configured to perform the functions of processor(s)  404 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processor(s)  404 . 
     Further, as described herein, radio  430  may be comprised of one or more processing elements. In other words, one or more processing elements may be included in radio  430 . Thus, radio  430  may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) that are configured to perform the functions of radio  430 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of radio  430 . 
       FIG. 5 : Block Diagram of Cellular Communication Circuitry 
       FIG. 5  illustrates an example simplified block diagram of cellular communication circuitry, according to some embodiments. It is noted that the block diagram of the cellular communication circuitry of  FIG. 5  is only one example of a possible cellular communication circuit. According to embodiments, cellular communication circuitry  330  may be include in a communication device, such as communication device  106  described above. As noted above, communication device  106  may be a user equipment (UE) device, a mobile device or mobile station, a wireless device or wireless station, a desktop computer or computing device, a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop, notebook, or portable computing device), a tablet and/or a combination of devices, among other devices. 
     The cellular communication circuitry  330  may couple (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to one or more antennas, such as antennas  335   a - b  and  336  as shown (in  FIG. 3 ). In some embodiments, cellular communication circuitry  330  may include dedicated receive chains (including and/or coupled to, e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly. dedicated processors and/or radios) for multiple RATs (e.g., a first receive chain for LTE and a second receive chain for 5G NR). For example, as shown in  FIG. 5 , cellular communication circuitry  330  may include a modem  510  and a modem  520 . Modem  510  may be configured for communications according to a first RAT, e.g., such as LTE or LTE-A, and modem  520  may be configured for communications according to a second RAT, e.g., such as 5G NR. 
     As shown, modem  510  may include one or more processors  512  and a memory  516  in communication with processors  512 . Modem  510  may be in communication with a radio frequency (RF) front end  530 . RF front end  530  may include circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio signals. For example, RF front end  530  may include receive circuitry (RX)  532  and transmit circuitry (TX)  534 . In some embodiments, receive circuitry  532  may be in communication with downlink (DL) front end  550 , which may include circuitry for receiving radio signals via antenna  335   a.    
     Similarly, modem  520  may include one or more processors  522  and a memory  526  in communication with processors  522 . Modem  520  may be in communication with an RF front end  540 . RF front end  540  may include circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio signals. For example, RF front end  540  may include receive circuitry  542  and transmit circuitry  544 . In some embodiments, receive circuitry  542  may be in communication with DL front end  560 , which may include circuitry for receiving radio signals via antenna  335   b.    
     In some embodiments, a switch  570  may couple transmit circuitry  534  to uplink (UL) front end  572 . In addition, switch  570  may couple transmit circuitry  544  to UL front end  572 . UL front end  572  may include circuitry for transmitting radio signals via antenna  336 . Thus, when cellular communication circuitry  330  receives instructions to transmit according to the first RAT (e.g., as supported via modem  510 ), switch  570  may be switched to a first state that allows modem  510  to transmit signals according to the first RAT (e.g., via a transmit chain that includes transmit circuitry  534  and UL front end  572 ). Similarly, when cellular communication circuitry  330  receives instructions to transmit according to the second RAT (e.g., as supported via modem  520 ), switch  570  may be switched to a second state that allows modem  520  to transmit signals according to the second RAT (e.g., via a transmit chain that includes transmit circuitry  544  and UL front end  572 ). 
     In some embodiments, the cellular communication circuitry  330  may be configured to perform methods for a LAAT procedure as further described herein. 
     As described herein, the modem  510  may include hardware and software components for implementing the above features or for time division multiplexing UL data for NSA NR operations, as well as the various other techniques described herein. The processors  512  may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium). Alternatively (or in addition), processor  512  may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). Alternatively (or in addition) the processor  512 , in conjunction with one or more of the other components  530 ,  532 ,  534 ,  550 ,  570 ,  572 ,  335  and  336  may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein. 
     In addition, as described herein, processors  512  may include one or more processing elements. Thus, processors  512  may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) that are configured to perform the functions of processors  512 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processors  512 . 
     As described herein, the modem  520  may include hardware and software components for implementing the above features for communicating a scheduling profile for power savings to a network, as well as the various other techniques described herein. The processors  522  may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium). Alternatively (or in addition), processor  522  may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). Alternatively (or in addition) the processor  522 , in conjunction with one or more of the other components  540 ,  542 ,  544 ,  550 ,  570 ,  572 ,  335  and  336  may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein. 
     In addition, as described herein, processors  522  may include one or more processing elements. Thus, processors  522  may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) that are configured to perform the functions of processors  522 . In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processors  522 . 
     5G NR Architecture with LTE 
     In some implementations, fifth generation (5G) wireless communication will initially be deployed concurrently with current wireless communication standards (e.g., LTE). For example, dual connectivity between LTE and 5G new radio (5G NR or NR) has been specified as part of the initial deployment of NR. Thus, as illustrated in  FIGS. 6A-B , evolved packet core (EPC) network  600  may continue to communicate with current LTE base stations (e.g., eNB  602 ). In addition, eNB  602  may be in communication with a 5G NR base station (e.g., gNB  604 ) and may pass data between the EPC network  600  and gNB  604 . Thus, EPC network  600  may be used (or reused) and gNB  604  may serve as extra capacity for UEs, e.g., for providing increased downlink throughput to UEs. In other words, LTE may be used for control plane signaling and NR may be used for user plane signaling. Thus, LTE may be used to establish connections to the network and NR may be used for data services. 
       FIG. 6B  illustrates a proposed protocol stack for eNB  602  and gNB  604 . As shown, eNB  602  may include a medium access control (MAC) layer  632  that interfaces with radio link control (RLC) layers  622   a - b . RLC layer  622   a  may also interface with packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer  612   a  and RLC layer  622   b  may interface with PDCP layer  612   b . Similar to dual connectivity as specified in LTE-Advanced Release 12, PDCP layer  612   a  may interface via a master cell group (MCG) bearer to EPC network  600  whereas PDCP layer  612   b  may interface via a split bearer with EPC network  600 . 
     Additionally, as shown, gNB  604  may include a MAC layer  634  that interfaces with RLC layers  624   a - b . RLC layer  624   a  may interface with PDCP layer  612   b  of eNB  602  via an X 2  interface for information exchange and/or coordination (e.g., scheduling of a UE) between eNB  602  and gNB  604 . In addition, RLC layer  624   b  may interface with PDCP layer  614 . Similar to dual connectivity as specified in LTE-Advanced Release 12, PDCP layer  614  may interface with EPC network  600  via a secondary cell group (SCG) bearer. Thus, eNB  602  may be considered a master node (MeNB) while gNB  604  may be considered a secondary node (SgNB). In some scenarios, a UE may be required to maintain a connection to both an MeNB and a SgNB. In such scenarios, the MeNB may be used to maintain a radio resource control (RRC) connection to an EPC while the SgNB may be used for capacity (e.g., additional downlink and/or uplink throughput). 
     5G Core Network Architecture—Interworking with Wi-Fi 
     In some embodiments, the 5G core network (CN) may be accessed via (or through) a cellular connection/interface (e.g., via a 3GPP communication architecture/protocol) and a non-cellular connection/interface (e.g., a non-3GPP access architecture/protocol such as Wi-Fi connection).  FIG. 7A  illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both 3GPP (e.g., cellular) and non-3GPP (e.g., non-cellular) access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments. As shown, a user equipment device (e.g., such as UE  106 ) may access the 5G CN through both a radio access network (RAN, e.g., such as gNB or base station  604 ) and an access point, such as AP  112 . The AP  112  may include a connection to the Internet  700  as well as a connection to a non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF)  702  network entity. The N3IWF may include a connection to a core access and mobility management function (AMF)  704  of the 5G CN. The AMF  704  may include an instance of a 5G mobility management (5G MM) function associated with the UE  106 . In addition, the RAN (e.g., gNB  604 ) may also have a connection to the AMF  704 . Thus, the 5G CN may support unified authentication over both connections as well as allow simultaneous registration for UE  106  access via both gNB  604  and AP  112 . As shown, the AMF  704  may include one or more functional entities associated with the 5G CN (e.g., network slice selection function (NSSF)  720 , short message service function (SMSF)  722 , application function (AF)  724 , unified data management (UDM)  726 , policy control function (PCF)  728 , and/or authentication server function (AUSF)  730 ). Note that these functional entities may also be supported by a session management function (SMF)  706   a  and an SMF  706   b  of the 5G CN. The AMF  706  may be connected to (or in communication with) the SMF  706   a . Further, the gNB  604  may in communication with (or connected to) a user plane function (UPF)  708   a  that may also be communication with the SMF  706   a . Similarly, the N3IWF  702  may be communicating with a UPF  708   b  that may also be communicating with the SMF  706   b . Both UPFs may be communicating with the data network (e.g., DN  710   a  and  710   b ) and/or the Internet  700  and IMS core network  710 . 
       FIG. 7B  illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both dual 3GPP (e.g., LTE and 5G NR) access and non-3GPP access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments. As shown, a user equipment device (e.g., such as UE  106 ) may access the 5G CN through both a radio access network (RAN, e.g., such as gNB or base station  604  or eNB or base station  602 ) and an access point, such as AP  112 . The AP  112  may include a connection to the Internet  700  as well as a connection to the N3IWF  702  network entity. The N3IWF may include a connection to the AMF  704  of the 5G CN. The AMF  704  may include an instance of the 5G MM function associated with the UE  106 . In addition, the RAN (e.g., gNB  604 ) may also have a connection to the AMF  704 . Thus, the 5G CN may support unified authentication over both connections as well as allow simultaneous registration for UE  106  access via both gNB  604  and AP  112 . In addition, the 5G CN may support dual-registration of the UE on both a legacy network (e.g., LTE via base station  602 ) and a 5G network (e.g., via base station  604 ). As shown, the base station  602  may have connections to a mobility management entity (MME)  742  and a serving gateway (SGW)  744 . The MME  742  may have connections to both the SGW  744  and the AMF  704 . In addition, the SGW  744  may have connections to both the SMF  706   a  and the UPF  708   a . As shown, the AMF  704  may include one or more functional entities associated with the 5G CN (e.g., NSSF  720 , SMSF  722 , AF  724 , UDM  726 , PCF  728 , and/or AUSF  730 ). Note that UDM  726  may also include a home subscriber server (HSS) function and the PCF may also include a policy and charging rules function (PCRF). Note further that these functional entities may also be supported by the SMF  706   a  and the SMF  706   b  of the 5G CN. The AMF  706  may be connected to (or in communication with) the SMF  706   a . Further, the gNB  604  may in communication with (or connected to) the UPF  708   a  that may also be communication with the SMF  706   a . Similarly, the N3IWF  702  may be communicating with a UPF  708   b  that may also be communicating with the SMF  706   b . Both UPFs may be communicating with the data network (e.g., DN  710   a  and  710   b ) and/or the Internet  700  and IMS core network  710 . 
     Note that in various embodiments, one or more of the above described network entities may be configured to perform methods to implement mechanisms for a LAAT procedure, e.g., as further described herein. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates an example of a baseband processor architecture for a UE (e.g., such as UE  106 ), according to some embodiments. The baseband processor architecture  800  described in  FIG. 8  may be implemented on one or more radios (e.g., radios  329  and/or  330  described above) or modems (e.g., modems  510  and/or  520 ) as described above. As shown, the non-access stratum (NAS)  810  may include a 5G NAS  820  and a legacy NAS  850 . The legacy NAS  850  may include a communication connection with a legacy access stratum (AS)  870 . The 5G NAS  820  may include communication connections with both a 5G AS  840  and a non-3GPP AS  830  and Wi-Fi AS  832 . The 5G NAS  820  may include functional entities associated with both access stratums. Thus, the 5G NAS  820  may include multiple 5G MM entities  826  and  828  and 5G session management (SM) entities  822  and  824 . The legacy NAS  850  may include functional entities such as short message service (SMS) entity  852 , evolved packet system (EPS) session management (ESM) entity  854 , session management (SM) entity  856 , EPS mobility management (EMM) entity  858 , and mobility management (MM)/GPRS mobility management (GMM) entity  860 . In addition, the legacy AS  870  may include functional entities such as LTE AS  872 , UMTS AS  874 , and/or GSM/GPRS AS  876 . 
     Thus, the baseband processor architecture  800  allows for a common 5G-NAS for both 5G cellular and non-cellular (e.g., non-3GPP access). Note that as shown, the 5G MM may maintain individual connection management and registration management state machines for each connection. Additionally, a device (e.g., UE  106 ) may register to a single PLMN (e.g., 5G CN) using 5G cellular access as well as non-cellular access. Further, it may be possible for the device to be in a connected state in one access and an idle state in another access and vice versa. Finally, there may be common 5G-MM procedures (e.g., registration, de-registration, identification, authentication, as so forth) for both accesses. 
     Note that in various embodiments, one or more of the above described elements may be configured to perform methods to implement mechanisms for improved medium access and collision avoidance (e.g., a LAAT procedure), e.g., as further described herein. 
     Listen Before Talk 
     In some existing implementations, a listen before talk (LBT) mechanism may be used to access shared medium (e.g., such as unlicensed bands commonly used for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other short to medium range communications, e.g., non-3GGP access) to avoid collisions (e.g., of transmissions emanating from two or more wireless devices attempting to access the shared medium) and to improve medium utilization efficiency. However, LBT mechanisms are not collision free. In other words, LBT mechanisms cannot guarantee collision free transmissions. 
     For example, in the case of a uni-cast transmission, a transmitter may readily detect a transmission collision based on a receiver&#39;s acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback. However, in the case of a multi-cast (or group-cast) transmission, a transmitter may not easily detect a collision based on receivers&#39; ACK/NACKs due, at least in part, to heavy traffic associated with ACK/NACKs from multiple receivers and to a transmitter&#39;s inability to distinguish between (or isolate) transmission collisions from channel quality issues based on received ACK/NACKs. In other words, since receivers in a multi-cast transmission may have different locations with differing channel quality, a reason for a NACK (e.g., transmission collision versus poor channel quality) cannot be determined by the transmitter. Additionally, in the case of a broadcast transmission, feedback from receivers is known to not be feasible, thus, a transmitter has no knowledge of collisions. Further, in some implementations, a transmitter may reserve periodic slots within a reservation period for communication. In such implementations, if collisions occur, the collisions could persist for at least a portion of the reservation period (and in a worst-case scenario, the duration of the reservation period) if the transmitter does not detect (or is unable to detect) the collisions. 
     As an example, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, e.g., as specified by 3GPP TS 22.185 V.14.3.0, allows for communication between a vehicle (e.g., a mobile unit within a vehicle, such as a wireless device comprised within or currently contained within a vehicle and/or another transmitter contained or comprised with a vehicle) and various wireless devices. For example, as illustrated by  FIG. 9 , a vehicle, such as vehicle  902   a  may communication with various devices (e.g., devices  902   b - f ), such as road side units (RSUs), infrastructure (V2I), network (V2N), pedestrian (V2P), and/or other vehicles (V2V). In addition, as shown, all devices within the V2X framework may communicate with other devices. V2X communications may utilize both long range (e.g., cellular) communications as well as short to medium range communications (e.g., non-cellular). In some contemplated implementations, the non-cellular communications may use unlicensed bands as well as a dedicated spectrum at 5.9 GHz. Moreover, V2X communications may include uni-cast, multi-cast, and/or broadcast communications. Each communication type may employ an LBT mechanism. Further, under the V2X communication protocol, a transmitter may reserve periodic slots within a reservation period. Thus, as described above, in various cases a transmitter utilizing V2X communications, may, in some instances, be unable to detect collisions after using an LBT mechanism. 
     Embodiments described herein provide mechanisms for a transmitter in a shared access medium (e.g., non-3GPP access) to detect collisions after a listen to talk (LBT) procedure, e.g., a listen again after talk (LAAT) procedure. In some embodiments, a special subframe/slot structure (e.g., a modified transmission frame) may be implemented to allow a transmitter (e.g., of a wireless device  106  as described herein) to listen again (LA) after an LBT procedure. In some embodiments, a partially blanked subframe/slot structure may be implemented to allow a transmitter to LA after an LBT procedure. In some embodiments, a special or blanked subframe/slot structure may be randomly placed within a burst of subframes. In some embodiments, a special or blanked subframe/slot structure may have a fixed position within a burst of subframes. 
     In some embodiments, a listen again after talk procedure (e.g., an LAAT procedure) may be supported via a UE, such as UE  106 , reserving a portion of channel occupancy time (COT) (e.g., a transmission occasion) for listening again. For example, a modified subframe/slot structure may be implemented to allow for a listen again during a COT. Note that the modified subframe/slot structure may be used for uni-cast, multi-cast, and/or broadcast transmissions. In some embodiments, a special subframe/slot structure may be implemented, e.g., as illustrated by  FIG. 10 . In some embodiments, a partially blanked subframe/slot structure may be implemented, e.g., as illustrated by  FIG. 11 . In some embodiments, a combination of a special subframe/slot structure and a partially blanked subframe/slot structure may be implemented. 
     As shown in  FIG. 10 , in some embodiments, a subframe may include an initial transmission period  1010 , followed by a switching period  1012  to allow a radio of the UE to switch from transmission to reception. The switching period  1012  may be followed by a receive period  1014  in which the UE may listen again to determine whether a collision is likely and/or possible. The receive period  1014  (e.g., in which the UE listens again) may be followed by a switching period  1016  to allow the radio of the UE to switch from reception to transmission. As shown, in some embodiments, the subframe/slot structure may be repeated. In some embodiments, a duration of periods  1010 - 1016  may have multiple (a plurality and/or several) configurations such that a UE can balance (trade off) among transmission capacity, modem switching requirement, collision detection accuracy, and/or other requirements associated with transmission of data. In some embodiments, the receive period  1014  may be short enough in duration as to avoid another UE reserving the medium during this period. In some embodiments, e.g., in load-based equipment, such a consideration may have higher priority than in other embodiments or use cases. 
     As shown in  FIG. 11 , in some embodiments, a transmission subframe  1110  may include a partially blanked period  1112  which may be used for switching from transmission to receiving (and back again) as well as a listening period. Additionally, the partially blanked period  1112  may occur in different portions of the transmission subframe  1110 , e.g., as illustrated by  FIG. 11 . Note that due to partial blanking, link adaptation information in a downlink control information (DCI) may accommodate a reduction in transmitted bits (e.g., due to the partial blanking), e.g., via a reduction in MCS. In some embodiments, a duration of the partially blanked period  1112  may have multiple (a plurality and/or several) configurations such that a UE can balance (trade off) among transmission capacity, modem switching requirement, collision detection accuracy, and/or other requirements associated with transmission of data. In some embodiments, the MCS may be reduced via an increase in redundancy such that receiver BLER is not impacted. In some embodiments, the partially blanked period  1112  may be short enough in duration as to avoid another UE reserving the medium during this period. In some embodiments, e.g., in load-based equipment, such a consideration may have higher priority than in other embodiments or use cases. 
     In some embodiments, when a broadcast/multi-cast transmission occasion can accommodate more than one subframe/slot, a modified subframe/slot structure (e.g., as described above) may be placed at random positions within transmission occasion. For example, as illustrated by  FIG. 12 , a UE, such as UE  106 , may randomly select a position of a modified subframe/slot structure  1220  within a transmission occasion. Thus, as shown, in a first transmission burst of 3 subframes/slots, a middle subframe/slot may be switched from a standard transmission subframe  1210  to the modified subframe/slot structure  1220  (which may be either of subframes described above in reference to  FIGS. 10 and 11 ). Additionally, as shown, a first subframe/slot of a fourth transmission burst of the transmission occasion may be switched from a standard transmission subframe  1210  to the modified subframe/slot structure  1220 . Note that the switching of subframe types may reduce range and/or capacity of the transmission since the UE sacrifices transmission time to listen again. Thus, in some embodiments, frequency of using the modified subframe/slot structure  1220  may be based on several factors, such as UE speed, a priority of the transmission, and/or prior results of listening again (e.g., prior collisions). For example, a high mobility UE (e.g., a UE moving rapidly between communication groups) may have more chances to enter new communication group which it previously did not belong to leading to higher chances to cause collisions as compared to a lower mobility or stationary UE. Thus, in some embodiments, a frequency of modified subframe/slot structures used in within a transmission occasion may be based, at least in part, on UE mobility, e.g., a UE may increase/decrease modified subframe/slot frequency as the UE&#39;s speed increases/decreases. As another example, reliability may be more important for a higher priority message as compared to a lower priority message. Thus, when transmitting a higher priority message, there may be benefit to early detection of collisions so that a UE may have more opportunities to perform re-transmissions. Hence, in some embodiments, a UE may increase modified subframe/slot frequency for higher priority messages as compared to lower priority messages. As a further example, listen again results (e.g., history) indicate either prior collisions during listen again or prior no collisions during listen again. Thus, as possibility (or probability) of no collisions increases (e.g., as history indicates more occurrences of no collisions during listen again), the frequency of using modified subframe/slots may decrease. Similarly, as possibility (or probability) of collisions increases (e.g., as history indicates more occurrences of collisions during listen again), the frequency of using modified subframe/slots may increase. 
     In some embodiments, if a listen again (e.g., as described above) procedure detects a collision and a UE, such as UE  106 , has remaining transmission opportunities (e.g., slots/subframes) within a transmission occurrence (e.g., reservation period), the UE may stop (or cancel) the remaining transmission opportunities and may re-initiate an LBT procedure to reserve a new transmission occurrence. For example,  FIG. 13  illustrates a revision to a transmission occasion schedule, according to some embodiments. As shown, a transmission occurrence may begin (or continue) with standard transmission subframes  1310  followed by a modified subframe/slot  1320  in which a UE may detect a collision. As a result, the UE may initiate LBT procedure  1330 . The LBT procedure  1330  may result in the scheduling of standard transmission subframes  1312  as well as modified subframe/slot  1322  instead of originally scheduled transmission subframes  1340 . Additionally, the UE may increase a frequency of modified subframes/slots in order to increase listen again opportunities. 
     In some embodiments, if a listen again (e.g., as described above) procedure detects a collision and a UE, such as UE  106 , has no remaining transmission opportunities (e.g., slots/subframes) within a transmission occurrence (e.g., reservation period), the UE may adjust one or more LBT procedure parameters in order to reduce a probability of collisions for subsequent medium access attempts. Additionally, the UE may adjust a listen again configuration to increase a frequency of modified subframes/slots in order to increase listen again opportunities. 
     In some embodiments, if a listen again (e.g., as described above) procedure does not detect a collision, a UE, such as UE  106 , the UE may adjust a listen again configuration to decrease a frequency of modified subframes/slots in order to decrease listen again opportunities and increase transmission opportunities. 
       FIG. 14  illustrates a block diagram of an example of a method for a listen again after talk (LAAT) procedure, according to some embodiments. The method shown in  FIG. 14  may be used in conjunction with any of the systems or devices shown in the above Figures, among other devices. In various embodiments, some of the method elements shown may be performed concurrently, in a different order than shown, or may be omitted. Additional method elements may also be performed as desired. As shown, this method may operate as follows. 
     At  1408 , a modified subframe/slot (SS) configuration and frequency may be determined (or selected). In some embodiments, the SS configuration may include parameters defining a transmission time during a subframe/slot, a listen time (or listen period) during a subframe/slot, as well as timing for switching between transmitting and receiving. In some embodiments, a blank (or null) period of a subframe/slot may be defined by a parameter and the blank period may be useable for listening and switching between transmit/receive and receive/transmit. In some embodiments, the SS configuration and/or frequency may be based, at least in part, on mobility (or speed) of a device, such as UE  106 ) as determined at  1402 . In addition, the SS configuration and/or frequency may be based, at least in part, on a priority of a transmission (or a priority of data to be transmitted) as determined at  1404 . In some embodiments, the SS configuration and/or frequency may be based, at least in part, on a prior history (or prior results) of prior LAAT procedures as determined at  1406 . 
     At  1410 , SS transmission slots may be randomized within a transmission period (or transmission opportunity). In some embodiments, randomization may aid in detection of collisions. 
     At  1412 , collisions may be detected, e.g., during the listening period as configured at  1408 . In some embodiments, a collision may be defined as receiving a signal from another device during the listening period. In some embodiments, a collision may indicate that a medium is not clear, thus, likelihood of successful transmission of data may be decreased. In some embodiments, if no collision is detected, the LAAT history may be updated at  1406 . 
     At  1414 , in response to detecting at least one collision, parameters associated with an LBT procedure may be adjusted. In addition, in some embodiments, parameters associated with the LAAT procedure may also be adjusted. 
     At  1416 , a duration remaining in the transmission period may be determined. In some embodiments, if the transmission period has ended, the LAAT history may be updated at  1406 . 
     At  1418 , in response to determining that the transmission period has not ended (e.g. a reservation period has not ended), an LBT procedure (using adjusted parameters) for the duration remaining in the transmission period may be performed. The LBT procedure may be used to adjust timing for remaining transmissions within the transmission period. Further, in some embodiments, the LAAT history may be updated at  1406 . In some embodiments, the LAAT history may be used to adjust the SS configuration and frequency. 
       FIG. 15  illustrates a block diagram of another example of a method for a listen again after talk (LAAT) procedure, according to some embodiments. The method shown in  FIG. 15  may be used in conjunction with any of the systems or devices shown in the above Figures, among other devices. In various embodiments, some of the method elements shown may be performed concurrently, in a different order than shown, or may be omitted. Additional method elements may also be performed as desired. As shown, this method may operate as follows. 
     At  1502 , a frequency and configuration of modified transmission frames may be determined, e.g., by a wireless device such as UE  106  described above. In some embodiments, a modem or radio of the wireless device may perform the method described herein. In some embodiments, the frequency of the modified transmissions frames may be based on any, any combination of, and/or all of a velocity of the wireless device, a priority associated with data being transmitted during the transmission occasion, and/or results of prior listening periods. In some embodiments, the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be increased as the velocity of the wireless device increases and the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be decreased as the velocity of the wireless device decreases. In some embodiments, the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be increased for higher priority data as compared to lower priority data. In some embodiments, when results of prior listening periods indicate a higher probability of collisions, the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be increased and when results of prior listening periods indicate a lower probability of collisions, the frequency of the modified transmission frames may be decreased. In some embodiments, the configuration of the modified transmission frames may be based on any, any combination of, and/or all of transmission capacity of the wireless device, radio switching limitations of the wireless device, and/or collision detection accuracy. In some embodiments, the configuration of the modified transmission frames may be further based on an access medium idle time that indicates a minimum idle time required prior to reserving the access medium for transmissions. 
     In some embodiments, a modified transmission frame may include time periods for transmitting data, for switching a radio of the wireless device from a transmission mode of operation to a receiving mode of operation, for listening to an access medium, and for switching the radio of the wireless device from the receiving mode of operation to the transmission mode of operation. In some embodiments, an occurrence of the non-transmitting time periods may be randomized for each modified transmission frame. In some embodiments, the non-transmitting time periods may be included in a blanked portion of a modified transmission frame. In some embodiments, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with a modified transmission frame may be reduced to account for the blanked portion. 
     At  1504 , a timing of the modified transmission frames within a transmission occasion (e.g., a COT) may be determined. In some embodiments, the transmission occasion may have been previously reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure performed by the wireless device. In some embodiments, the timing of the modified transmission frames may be randomized throughout the transmission occasion. In some embodiments, the timing of the modified transmission frames may follow a fixed (or known) pattern throughout the transmission occasion, e.g., the timing of the modified transmission frames may be every x milliseconds or microseconds. In some embodiments, the fixed patter may allow for better (or improved) coexistence with Wi-Fi, e.g., to decrease a probability of Wi-Fi signals colliding with cellular (e.g., side-link) signals. 
     At  1506 , a collision may be detected during a listening period of a modified transmission frame. In some embodiments, detecting at least one collision may include receiving at least one transmission during the listening period of the modified transmission frame. In some embodiments, detecting at least one collision may include detection of an amount of energy that may be indicative of a transmission traffic (e.g., transmission being present over the access medium). In other words, a collision may be detected and/or predicted based on an amount of energy received with the amount of energy being indicative of a transmission being received and/or detected. 
     At  1508 , a remaining transmission schedule and/or LBT parameters may be adjusted based, at least in part, on the detection of the collision. In some embodiments, adjusting the remaining transmission schedule may include the wireless device performing an LBT procedure for the remaining transmission schedule and adjusting the remaining transmission schedule based, at least in part, on results of the LBT procedure. 
     In some embodiments, in response to not detecting at least one collision, a data structure comprising results of prior listing periods may be updated. In some embodiments, in response to determining there are no remaining transmissions, the data structure comprising results of prior listing periods may be updated. 
     It is well understood that the use of personally identifiable information should follow privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining the privacy of users. In particular, personally identifiable information data should be managed and handled so as to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use, and the nature of authorized use should be clearly indicated to users. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure may be realized in any of various forms. For example, some embodiments may be realized as a computer-implemented method, a computer-readable memory medium, or a computer system. Other embodiments may be realized using one or more custom-designed hardware devices such as ASICs. Still other embodiments may be realized using one or more programmable hardware elements such as FPGAs. 
     In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium may be configured so that it stores program instructions and/or data, where the program instructions, if executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method, e.g., any of a method embodiments described herein, or, any combination of the method embodiments described herein, or, any subset of any of the method embodiments described herein, or, any combination of such subsets. 
     In some embodiments, a device (e.g., a UE  106  or BS  102 ) may be configured to include a processor (or a set of processors) and a memory medium, where the memory medium stores program instructions, where the processor is configured to read and execute the program instructions from the memory medium, where the program instructions are executable to implement any of the various method embodiments described herein (or, any combination of the method embodiments described herein, or, any subset of any of the method embodiments described herein, or, any combination of such subsets). The device may be realized in any of various forms. 
     Although the embodiments above have been described in considerable detail, numerous variations and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the above disclosure is fully appreciated. It is intended that the following claims be interpreted to embrace all such variations and modifications.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20190923
Publication Date: 20220802
Grant Date: 20220802
Priority Date: 20180928
Inventors: PU, TIANYAN
SUN, HAITONG
ZHANG, Wanping
ZENG, WEI
ZHAO, Pengkai
ZHANG, DAWEI
ZHANG, WEI
WANG, PING
ALMALFOUH, Sami M.
SEBENI, JOHNSON O.
Assignee: APPLE INC
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