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Apparatus and method for listen-before-talk in a frequency band

Grant US12581531B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventors

Hiroaki Takano

Abstract

[Object] To provide a mechanism in which Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) can be efficiently executed using a millimeter-wave band. [Solution] An apparatus including: a processing unit configured to infer, on a basis of a result of LBT related to at least one first unit frequency band included in a group that includes a plurality of unit frequency bands, a result of LBT related to a second unit frequency band other than the first unit frequency band included in the group.

CPC Classifications

H04L 5/001 H04L 27/0006 H04W 16/14 H04W 72/0453 H04W 72/1268 H04W 74/0808 H04W 74/0833

Filing Date

2022-06-01

Application No.

17829393

Claims

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