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US 8,548,074 · App. 12/655,705 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Apparatus and method for generating synchronization channel in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Sung-Eun Park (Seoul, KR); Jae-Weon Cho (Seongnam-si, KR); Seung-Hoon Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Chi-Woo Lim (Suwon-si, KR); Song-Nam Hong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,548,074
App. No.
12/655,705
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Synchronization Channel (SCH) transmission method includes generating a Primary SCH (P-SCH) sequence according to supplementary information. The supplementary information includes at least one of Base Station (BS) type information, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size information, BandWidth (BW) information, group information, sector information, and carrier type information. The method also includes modulating the P-SCH sequence and mapping the modulated P-SCH sequence to subcarriers within a predefined subcarrier set. The subcarriers are included in the subcarrier set being spaced one subcarrier interval apart. The method further includes generating a P-SCH symbol by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-modulating the P-SCH sequence mapped to the subcarriers, and transmitting the P-SCH symbol.

Claims (260)

1. An apparatus for use in a base station in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a sequence generator configured to generate a preamble sequence based on a carrier configuration and a bandwidth;

a modulator configured to modulate the preamble sequence;

a subcarrier mapper configured to map the modulated preamble sequence to subcarriers in a predefined subcarrier set that is determined by a predefined rule, the subcarriers in the predefined subcarrier set being spaced one subcarrier interval apart; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the preamble sequence,

wherein the subcarrier set (PSCHCarrierSet) is configured according to the equation:

PSCHCarrierSet=2· k+ 41

where PSCHCarrierSet corresponds to indexes of subcarriers allocated for the preamble and k corresponds to an integer between 0 and 215 inclusive,

wherein an index value =256 corresponds to a Direct Current (DC) subcarrier.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a length of the preamble sequence is equal to ‘216’.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein candidates for the preamble sequence are determined according to a first table, the first table comprising:

Index

Sequence (hexadecimal)

0

6DB4F3B16BCE59166C9CEF7C3C8CA5EDFC16A9D1DC01F2AE6AA08F

1

1799628F3B9F8F3B22C1BA19EAF94FEC4D37DEE97E027750D298AC

2

92161C7C19BB2FC0ADE5CEF3543AC1B6CE6BE1C8DCABDDD319EAF7

3

6DE116E665C395ADC70A89716908620868A60340BF35ED547F8281

4

BCFDF60DFAD6B027E4C39DB20D783C9F467155179CBA31115E2D04

5

7EF1379553F9641EE6ECDBF5F144287E329606C616292A3C77F928

6

8A9CA262B8B3D37E3158A3B17BFA4C9FCFF4D396D2A93DE65A0E7C

7

DA8CE648727E4282780384AB53CEEBD1CBF79E0C5DA7BA85DD3749

8

3A65D1E6042E8B8AADC701E210B5B4B650B6AB31F7A918893FB04A

9

D46CF86FE51B56B2CAA84F26F6F204428C1BD23F3D888737A0851C

10

640267A0C0DF11E475066F1610954B5AE55E189EA7E72EFD57240F.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a corresponding relationship between the combination of the BW and the carrier type and the candidates for the preamble sequence is as indicated in a second table, the second table comprising:

Index

Carrier

BW

Sequence

0

Fully

5 MHz

6DB4F3B16BCE59166C9CEF7C3C8CA5EDFC16A9D1DC01F2AE6AA08F

1

configured

7, 8.75

1799628F3B9F8F3B22C1BA19EAF94FEC4D37DEE97E027750D298AC

& 10 MHz

2

20 MHz

92161C7C19BB2FC0ADE5CEF3543AC1B6CE6BE1C8DCABDDD319EAF7

3

—

6DE116E665C395ADC70A89716908620868A60340BF35ED547F8281

4

—

BCFDF60DFAD6B027E4C39DB20D783C9F467155179CBA31115E2D04

5

—

7EF1379553F9641EE6ECDBF5F144287E329606C616292A3C77F928

6

—

8A9CA262B8B3D37E3158A3B17BFA4C9FCFF4D396D2A93DE65A0E7C

7

—

DA8CE648727E4282780384AB53CEEBD1CBF79E0C5DA7BA85DD3749

8

—

3A65D1E6042E8B8AADC701E210B5B4B650B6AB31F7A918893FB04A

9

—

D46CF86FE51B56B2CAA84F26F6F204428C1BD23F3D888737A0851C

10

Partially

N/A

640267A0C0DF11E475066F1610954B5AE55E189EA7E72EFD57240F.

configured

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the predefined subcarrier set consists of subcarriers having odd-numbered indexes between ‘41’ and ‘471’ inclusive.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulator configured to generate a preamble symbol by OFDM-modulating the preamble sequence mapped to the subcarriers,

wherein the preamble symbol has a pattern where a same signal is repeated twice.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predefined subcarrier set consists of subcarriers having odd-numbered indexes between ‘41’ and ‘471’ inclusive.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulator configured to generate a preamble symbol by OFDM-modulating the preamble sequence mapped to the subcarriers,

wherein the preamble symbol has a pattern where a same signal is repeated twice.

9. A method for transmitting a preamble in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating a preamble sequence based on a carrier configuration and a bandwidth;

modulating the preamble sequence;

mapping the modulated preamble sequence to subcarriers in a predefined subcarrier set that is determined by a predefined rule, the subcarriers in the predefined subcarrier set being spaced one subcarrier interval apart; and

transmitting the preamble sequence,

wherein the subcarrier set (PSCHCarrierSet) is configured according to the equation:

PSCHCarrierSet=2· k+ 41

where PSCHCarrierSet corresponds to indexes of subcarriers allocated for the preamble and k corresponds to an integer between 0 and 215 inclusive,

wherein an index value =256 corresponds to a Direct Current (DC) subcarrier.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a length of the preamble sequence is equal to ‘216’.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein candidates for the preamble sequence are determined according to a first table, the first table comprising:

Index

Sequence (hexadecimal)

0

6DB4F3B16BCE59166C9CEF7C3C8CA5EDFC16A9D1DC01F2AE6AA08F

1

1799628F3B9F8F3B22C1BA19EAF94FEC4D37DEE97E027750D298AC

2

F72E132A8A9F4235B2D7F88F0F3652F264493E5F6D8B9E318C1791

3

92161C7C19BB2FC0ADE5CEF3543AC1B6CE6BE1C8DCABDDD319EAF7

4

4E3B0356A0D5DB7C1E779A3F18FB9B2D7E3632C5FE4AAFB3C91484

5

6DE116E665C395ADC70A89716908620868A60340BF35ED547F8281

6

BCFDF60DFAD6B027E4C39DB20D783C9F467155179CBA31115E2D04

7

7EF1379553F9641EE6ECDBF5F144287E329606C616292A3C77F928

8

8E2D572ED808868511DB911D1F22E08FFCFAB18DEF892ECCE7AAD2

9

8A9CA262B8B3D37E3158A3B17BFA4C9FCFF4D396D2A93DE65A0E7C

10

89759434E57B6C8B05573B1567F356F3EE0EF8FB40E6C845A1F37F

11

DA8CE648727E4282780384AB53CEEBD1CBF79E0C5DA7BA85DD3749

12

3A65D1E6042E8B8AADC701E210B5B4B650B6AB31F7A918893FB04A

13

9F2CB771C62E459FF0F1CAD0F657C51104850A53F02777AA810697

14

D46CF86FE51B56B2CAA84F26F6F204428C1BD23F3D888737A0851C

15

640267A0C0DF11E475066F1610954B5AE55E189EA7E72EFD57240F.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein a corresponding relationship between the combination of the BW and the carrier type and the candidates for the preamble sequence is as indicated in a second table, the second table comprising:

Index

Carrier

BW

Sequence

0

Fully

5 MHz

6DB4F3B16BCE59166C9CEF7C3C8CA5EDFC16A9D1DC01F2AE6AA08F

1

configured

7, 8.75

1799628F3B9F8F3B22C1BA19EAF94FEC4D37DEE97E027750D298AC

& 10 MHz

2

20 MHz

92161C7C19BB2FC0ADE5CEF3543AC1B6CE6BE1C8DCABDDD319EAF7

3

—

6DE116E665C395ADC70A89716908620868A60340BF35ED547F8281

4

—

BCFDF60DFAD6B027E4C39DB20D783C9F467155179CBA31115E2D04

5

—

7EF1379553F9641EE6ECDBF5F144287E329606C616292A3C77F928

6

—

8A9CA262B8B3D37E3158A3B17BFA4C9FCFF4D396D2A93DE65A0E7C

7

—

DA8CE648727E4282780384AB53CEEBD1CBF79E0C5DA7BA85DD3749

8

—

3A65D1E6042E8B8AADC701E210B5B4B650B6AB31F7A918893FB04A

9

—

D46CF86FE51B56B2CAA84F26F6F204428C1BD23F3D888737A0851C

10

Partially

N/A

640267A0C0DF11E475066F1610954B5AE55E189EA7E72EFD57240F.

configured

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the predefined subcarrier set consists of subcarriers having odd-numbered indexes between ‘41’ and ‘471’ inclusive.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating a preamble symbol by OFDM-modulating the preamble sequence mapped to the subcarriers,

wherein the preamble symbol has a pattern where a same signal is repeated twice.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the predefined subcarrier set consists of subcarriers having odd-numbered indexes between ‘41’ and ‘471’ inclusive.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

generating a preamble symbol by OFDM-modulating the preamble sequence mapped to the subcarriers,

wherein the preamble symbol has a pattern where a same signal is repeated twice.

17. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a sequence generator configured to generate a preamble sequence based on a carrier configuration and a bandwidth;

a modulator configured to modulate the preamble sequence;

a subcarrier mapper configured to map the modulated preamble sequence to subcarriers in a predefined subcarrier set, the predefined subcarrier set consisting of subcarriers having odd- numbered indexes between ‘41’ and ‘471’ inclusive; and

a transmitter coupled to at least one antenna, the transmitter configured to transmit the preamble sequence using the at least one antenna,

wherein the subcarrier set (PSCHCarrierSet) is configured according to the equation:

PSCHCarrierSet=2· k+ 41

where PSCHCarrierSet corresponds to indexes of subcarriers allocated for the preamble and k corresponds to an integer between 0 and 215 inclusive,

wherein an index value =256 corresponds to a Direct Current (DC) subcarrier.

18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein a length of the preamble sequence is equal to ‘216’.

19. The base station of claim 17 , wherein candidates for the preamble sequence are determined according to a first table, the first table comprising:

Index

Sequence (hexadecimal)

0

6DB4F3B16BCE59166C9CEF7C3C8CA5EDFC16A9D1DC01F2AE6AA08F

1

1799628F3B9F8F3B22C1BA19EAF94FEC4D37DEE97E027750D298AC

2

92161C7C19BB2FC0ADE5CEF3543AC1B6CE6BE1C8DCABDDD319EAF7

3

6DE116E665C395ADC70A89716908620868A60340BF35ED547F8281

4

BCFDF60DFAD6B027E4C39DB20D783C9F467155179CBA31115E2D04

5

7EF1379553F9641EE6ECDBF5F144287E329606C616292A3C77F928

6

8A9CA262B8B3D37E3158A3B17BFA4C9FCFF4D396D2A93DE65A0E7C

7

DA8CE648727E4282780384AB53CEEBD1CBF79E0C5DA7BA85DD3749

8

3A65D1E6042E8B8AADC701E210B5B4B650B6AB31F7A918893FB04A

9

D46CF86FE51B56B2CAA84F26F6F204428C1BD23F3D888737A0851C

10

640267A0C0DF11E475066F1610954B5AE55E189EA7E72EFD57240F.

20. The base station of claim 19 , wherein a corresponding relationship between the combination of the BW and the carrier type and the candidates for the preamble sequence is as indicated in a second table, the second table comprising:

Index

Carrier

BW

Sequence

0

Fully

5 MHz

6DB4F3B16BCE59166C9CEF7C3C8CA5EDFC16A9D1DC01F2AE6AA08F

1

configured

7, 8.75

1799628F3B9F8F3B22C1BA19EAF94FEC4D37DEE97E027750D298AC

& 10 MHz

2

20 MHz

92161C7C19BB2FC0ADE5CEF3543AC1B6CE6BE1C8DCABDDD319EAF7

3

—

6DE116E665C395ADC70A89716908620868A60340BF35ED547F8281

4

—

BCFDF60DFAD6B027E4C39DB20D783C9F467155179CBA31115E2D04

5

—

7EF1379553F9641EE6ECDBF5F144287E329606C616292A3C77F928

6

—

8A9CA262B8B3D37E3158A3B17BFA4C9FCFF4D396D2A93DE65A0E7C

7

—

DA8CE648727E4282780384AB53CEEBD1CBF79E0C5DA7BA85DD3749

8

—

3A65D1E6042E8B8AADC701E210B5B4B650B6AB31F7A918893FB04A

9

—

D46CF86FE51B56B2CAA84F26F6F204428C1BD23F3D888737A0851C

10

Partially

N/A

640267A0C0DF11E475066F1610954B5AE55E189EA7E72EFD57240F.

configured

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2019
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 048083/0361 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2010
From: PARK, SUNG-EUN; CHO, JAE-WEON; CHOI, SEUNG-HOON; LIM, CHI-WOO; HONG, SONG-NAM
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023815/0064 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2009-0000927 · Jan 6, 2009 · national
KR 10-2009-0027432 · Mar 31, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100172341A1 · Jul 8, 2010