US 11,818,803 B2
Listen again after talk for broadcast/multi-cast communications
Tianyan Pu, Cupertino, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US); Wanping Zhang, San Jose, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Pengkai Zhao, San Jose, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Wei Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ping Wang, San Jose, CA (US); Sami M. Almalfouh, San Jose, CA (US); and Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,123.
Application 17/842,123 is a continuation of application No. 16/578,528, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,405,980.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/738,796, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312551 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 88/06 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 74/0825 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the apparatus to:
identify a transmission occasion reserved via a listen before talk (LBT) procedure;
detect at least one collision during a listening period of the transmission occasion; and
determine a configuration of modified transmission frames within the transmission occasion based on the at least one collision and on a priority associated with data being transmitted during the transmission occasion.