IP Library Granted Patent US 9,860,858
Granted Patent B2
US 9,860,858 · App. 14/400,411 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Method and device for signaling configuration, sending or reception

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Patent No.
US 9,860,858
App. No.
14/400,411
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method and device for signaling configuration, sending or reception, the method for signaling configuration comprises includes: a base station configures the signaling describing the subframe bearing the Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS) for a carrier, and the base station does not send the STRS and/or the PSS/SSS in the carrier when the signaling configured is null, while the base station sends the PSS/SSS in the carrier in a predetermined manner and sends the STRS in the carrier according to the signaling configuration information when the signaling configured is not null; the base station sends the signaling to a User Equipment (UE); the UE receives the signaling sent by the base station, analyzes the signaling, and judges the PSS/SSS is not sent in the carrier when the signaling is null, or judges the PSS/SSS is sent in the carrier when the signaling is not null.

Claims (52)

1. A method for signaling sending, comprising:

a base station configuring, for a carrier, a signaling describing subframes bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS), and determining whether the signaling configured is null;

if a determination result is positive, the base station does not send the STRS and/or Primary Synchronization Signal/Secondary Synchronization Signal (PSS/SSS) in the carrier, and if the determination result is negative, the base station sends the PSS/SSS to a User Equipment (UE) in the carrier according to a predetermined manner, and sending the STRS to the UE in the carrier according to the configuration information of the signaling configured; and

the base station sending the signaling to the UE;

wherein the signaling comprises subframe pattern information of the subframes bearing the STRS;

wherein the carrier is a new carrier, wherein the base station sending the signaling to the UE comprises: the base station sending the signaling to the UE in a compatible carrier corresponding to the new carrier.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the subframe pattern information comprises one of the following:

an initial subframe offset of the subframes bearing the STRS in a radio frame, a subframe pattern combination for the subframes bearing STRS, and a subframe identification corresponding to the subframes bearing the STRS.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the base station sending the signaling to the UE comprises:

the base station sending the signaling to the UE by means of one of the following messages:

radio resource control connection reconfiguration (RRC Connection Reconfiguration), and measurement configuration (measConfig).

4. A base station, which comprises a hardware processor and a memory, and the hardware processor is configure to execute programming components stored in the memory, the programming components comprises:

a determination component, configured to configure, for a carrier, a signaling describing subframes bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS), and determine whether the signaling configured is null;

a first sending component, configured not to send the STRS and/or Primary Synchronization Signal/Secondary Synchronization Signal (PSS/SSS) in the carrier when the determination result is positive, and configured to send the PSS/SSS to a User Equipment (UE) in the carrier according to a predetermined manner and send the STRS to the UE in the carrier according to the configuration information of the signaling configured when the determination result is negative; and

a second sending component, configured to send the signaling to the UE;

wherein the signaling comprises subframe pattern information of subframes bearing the STRS;

wherein the carrier is a new carrier, the second sending component is configured to send the signaling to the UE in a compatible carrier corresponding to the new carrier.

5. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein the subframe pattern information comprises one of the following:

an initial subframe offset of the subframes bearing the STRS in the radio frame, a subframe pattern combination for the subframes bearing STRS, and a subframe identification corresponding to the subframes bearing the STRS.

6. The base station according to claim 5 , wherein the second sending component is configured to send the signaling to the UE by means of one of the following messages:

radio resource control connection reconfiguration (RRC Connection Reconfiguration), and measurement configuration (measConfig).

7. A method for signaling reception, comprising:

a User Equipment (UE) receiving a signaling that is sent by a base station for describing subframes bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS); and

the UE judging whether the signaling is null, and determining that the STRS and/or a Primary Synchronization Signal/Secondary Synchronization Signal (PSS/SSS) is not carried in the carrier, if the judgment result is positive, while determining that the PSS/SSS is carried in the carrier, receiving the PSS/SSS from the carrier, if the judgment result is negative;

wherein the signaling comprises subframe pattern information of the subframes bearing the STRS;

wherein the carrier is a new carrier, a User Equipment (UE) receiving a signaling that is sent by a base station for describing subframe bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS) comprises: the UE receiving, from a compatible carrier corresponding to a new carrier, a signaling that is sent by a base station for describing subframe bearing STRS.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the signaling is null, the method further comprises:

the UE determining that the carrier is synchronous in time and frequency with a compatible carrier corresponding to the carrier; and

the UE executing a synchronous operation in time and frequency between the UE and the carrier, or determining that the carrier is a synchronous new carrier.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the signaling is not null, the method further comprises:

the UE determining that the carrier is asynchronous in time and frequency with a compatible carrier corresponding to the carrier; and

the UE receiving the PSS/SSS from the carrier, and executing a synchronous operation in time and frequency between the UE and the carrier; or determining that the carrier is an asynchronous new carrier.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the subframe pattern information comprises one of the following:

an initial subframe offset of the subframes bearing the STRS in a radio frame, a subframe pattern combination for the subframes bearing STRS, and a subframe identification corresponding to the subframes bearing the STRS.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein a User Equipment (UE) receiving a signaling that is sent by a base station for describing subframes bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS) comprises:

the UE receiving the signaling sent by the base station by means of one of the following messages:

radio resource control connection reconfiguration (RRC Connection Reconfiguration), and measurement configuration (measConfig).

12. A user equipment (UE), which comprises a hardware processor and a memory, and the hardware processor is configure to execute programming components stored in the memory, the programming components comprises:

a reception component, configured to receive a signaling that is sent by a base station for describing subframes bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS); and

a judgment component, configured to judge whether the signaling is null, and determine that the STRS and/or a Primary Synchronization Signal/Secondary Synchronization Signal (PSS/SSS) is not carried in the carrier, if the judgment result is positive, while determine that the PSS/SSS is carried in the carrier, receive the PSS/SSS from the carrier, if the judgment result is negative;

wherein the carrier is a new carrier, wherein the reception component is configured to receive, from a compatible carrier corresponding to a new carrier, a signaling that is sent by a base station for describing subframe bearing Synchronization Track Reference Signals (STRS);

wherein the signaling comprises subframe pattern information of the subframes bearing the STRS.

13. The UE according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a first determination component, configured to determine that the carrier is synchronous in time and frequency with a compatible carrier corresponding to the carrier when the judgment component judges that the signaling is null; and

a first execution component, configured to execute a synchronous operation in time and frequency between a User Equipment (UE) and the carrier, or determine that the carrier is a synchronous new carrier.

14. The UE according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a second determination component, configured to determine that the carrier is asynchronous in time and frequency with a compatible carrier corresponding to the carrier when the judgment component judges that the signaling is not null; and

a second execution component, configured to receive the PSS/SSS from the carrier, and execute a synchronous operation in time and frequency between the User Equipment (UE) and the carrier; or determine that the carrier is an asynchronous new carrier.

15. The UE according to claim 12 , wherein the subframe pattern information comprises one of the following:

an initial subframe offset of the subframes bearing the STRS in a radio frame, a subframe pattern combination for the subframes bearing STRS, and a subframe identification corresponding to the subframes bearing the STRS.

16. The UE according to claim 15 , wherein the reception component is configured to send the signaling to the UE by means of one of the following messages:

radio resource control connection reconfiguration (RRC Connection Reconfiguration), and measurement configuration (measConfig).

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Apr 24, 2023
From: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.,
To: ADVANCED STANDARD COMMUNICATION LLC
Reel/Frame 063420/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2017
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 043911/0444 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2014
From: GOU, WEI; DAI, BO; XIA, SHUQIANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034175/0905 →