IP Library Granted Patent US 8,705,512
Granted Patent B2
US 8,705,512 · App. 13/360,472 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Radio communication base station apparatus and radio communication method

Inventors: Kenichi Miyoshi (Kanagawa, JP); Akihiko Nishio (Kanagawa, JP); Daichi Imamura (Kanagawa, JP); Hidetoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,705,512
App. No.
13/360,472
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station apparatus is provided, which includes a generator configured to generate a synchronization signal and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated synchronization signal. The generator is configured to generate a synchronization signal to be mapped on a subcarrier included in one of a plurality of frequency resource candidates that are separated by an interval, which is a common multiple of a determined frequency spacing and a subcarrier spacing between contiguous subcarriers, wherein the subcarrier spacing does not have a value that is a divisor of the determined frequency spacing.

Claims (14)

1. A base station apparatus comprising:

a generator configured to generate a synchronization signal to be mapped on a subcarrier included in one of a plurality of frequency resource candidates that are separated by an interval, which is a common multiple of a determined frequency spacing and a subcarrier spacing between contiguous subcarriers, wherein the subcarrier spacing does not have a value that is a divisor of the determined frequency spacing; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the generated synchronization signal.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determined frequency spacing is a spacing between frequencies at which carriers can be set.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determined frequency spacing is a frequency spacing for performing a cell search.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subcarrier on which the synchronization signal is mapped is around a center frequency of said one of the plurality of frequency resource candidates that includes said subcarrier.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subcarrier on which the synchronization signal is mapped is a subcarrier that is closest to a center frequency of a communication frequency bandwidth.

6. The base station apparatus according to the claim 1 , wherein the determined frequency interval is a channel raster of the base station apparatus.

7. A transmission method performed by a base station apparatus, comprising:

generating a synchronization signal to be mapped on a subcarrier included in one of a plurality of frequency resource candidates that are separated by an interval, which is a common multiple of a determined frequency spacing and a subcarrier spacing between contiguous subcarriers, wherein the subcarrier spacing does not have a value that is a divisor of the determined frequency spacing; and

transmitting the generated synchronization signal.

8. An integrated circuit for a wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a generation section that generates a synchronization signal to be mapped on a subcarrier included in one of a plurality of frequency resource candidates that are separated by an interval, which is a common multiple of a determined frequency spacing and a subcarrier spacing between contiguous subcarriers, wherein the subcarrier spacing does not have a value that is a divisor of the determined frequency spacing; and

a transmission section that transmits the generated synchronization signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 038299/0156 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-012436 · Jan 20, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12160483
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