IP Library Granted Patent US 12690000
Granted Patent B2
US 12690000 · App. 18/527,216 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Method for time synchronization, and terminal device and network device

Inventors: Bin Liang (Dongguan, CN); Zhe Fu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W56/005
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Patent No.
US 12690000
App. No.
18/527,216
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for time synchronization includes: sending first information to a network device, wherein the first information is used to indicate propagation delay compensation manners that are supported by a terminal device; receiving second information from the network device; and performing propagation delay compensation according to a target propagation delay compensation manner related to the second information, wherein the target propagation delay compensation manner is one of the propagation delay compensation manners that are supported by the terminal device, or the target propagation delay compensation manner is a propagation delay compensation manner that is decided by the terminal device itself.

Claims (39)

1 . A method for time synchronization, applied to a terminal device, comprising:

sending first information to a network device, wherein the first information is configured to indicate a propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device;

receiving second information from the network device; and

performing propagation delay compensation according to a target propagation delay compensation mode related to the second information;

wherein the target propagation delay compensation mode is one of the propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device, or the target propagation delay compensation mode is a propagation delay compensation mode autonomously determined by the terminal device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target propagation delay compensation mode is one of a propagation delay compensation mode requested by the terminal device among the propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device;

wherein, before receiving the second information from the network device, the method further comprises:

sending third information to the network device, wherein the third information is used by the network device to determine the propagation delay compensation mode requested by the terminal device.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the third information indicates the target propagation delay compensation mode.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information is configured to trigger the terminal device to perform the propagation delay compensation.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises first propagation delay compensation mode indication information, and the first propagation delay compensation mode indication information is configured to indicate the target propagation delay compensation mode.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second information comprises first compensation amount information, and the first compensation amount information is used by the terminal device to determine a compensation amount corresponding to the target propagation delay compensation mode.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information is used for configuring an available propagation delay compensation mode of the terminal device, and the available propagation delay compensation mode comprises the target propagation delay compensation mode.

8 . A terminal device, comprising:

a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein when the one or more programs are executed by the processor, the terminal device is caused to:

configure the communication interface to send first information to a network device, wherein the first information is configured to indicate a propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device;

configure the communication interface to receive second information from the network device; and

perform propagation delay compensation according to a target propagation delay compensation mode related to the second information;

wherein the target propagation delay compensation mode is one of the propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device, or the target propagation delay compensation mode is a propagation delay compensation mode autonomously determined by the terminal device.

9 . The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the target propagation delay compensation mode is one of a propagation delay compensation mode requested by the terminal device among the propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device;

wherein, before receiving the second information from the network device, the communication interface is further configured to:

send third information to the network device, wherein the third information is used by the network device to determine the propagation delay compensation mode requested by the terminal device.

10 . The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the second information is configured to trigger the terminal device to perform the propagation delay compensation.

11 . The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the second information comprises first propagation delay compensation mode indication information, and the first propagation delay compensation mode indication information is configured to indicate the target propagation delay compensation mode.

12 . The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the second information comprises first compensation amount information, and the first compensation amount information is used by the terminal device to determine a compensation amount corresponding to the target propagation delay compensation mode.

13 . The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the second information is used for configuring an available propagation delay compensation mode of the terminal device, and the available propagation delay compensation mode comprises the target propagation delay compensation mode.

14 . A network device, comprising:

a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein when the one or more programs are executed by the processor, the network device is caused to:

configure the communication interface to receive first information from a terminal device, wherein the first information is configured to indicate a propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device; and

configure the communication interface to send second information to the terminal device, wherein the second information is used by the terminal device to perform propagation delay compensation according to a target propagation delay compensation mode related to the second information;

wherein the target propagation delay compensation mode is one of the propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device, or the target propagation delay compensation mode is a propagation delay compensation mode autonomously determined by the terminal device.

15 . The network device according to claim 14 , wherein the target propagation delay compensation mode is one of a propagation delay compensation mode requested by the terminal device among the propagation delay compensation mode supported by the terminal device;

wherein, before sending the second information to the terminal device, the communication interface is further configured to:

receive third information from the terminal device, wherein the third information is used by the network device to determine the propagation delay compensation mode requested by the terminal device.

16 . The network device according to claim 15 , wherein the third information indicates the target propagation delay compensation mode.

17 . The network device according to claim 14 , wherein the second information is configured to trigger the terminal device to perform the propagation delay compensation.

18 . The network device according to claim 14 , wherein the second information comprises first propagation delay compensation mode indication information, and the first propagation delay compensation mode indication information is configured to indicate the target propagation delay compensation mode.

19 . The network device according to claim 18 , wherein the second information comprises first compensation amount information, and the first compensation amount information is used by the terminal device to determine a compensation amount corresponding to the target propagation delay compensation mode.

20 . The network device according to claim 14 , wherein the second information is used for configuring an available propagation delay compensation mode of the terminal device, and the available propagation delay compensation mode comprises the target propagation delay compensation mode.