IP Library Granted Patent US 10,931,497
Granted Patent B2
US 10,931,497 · App. 15/970,519 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Synchronization signal transmission and reception for radio system

Inventors: Jia Sheng (Vancouver, WA); Tatsushi Aiba (Vancouver, WA); Toshizo Nogami (Chiba, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04L27/2655H04L1/1614H04L5/0048H04L5/0082H04L5/0094H04L27/2613H04L27/2692H04W36/0061H04L5/0023H04L5/0064H04W36/08
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Patent No.
US 10,931,497
App. No.
15/970,519
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment comprises receiving circuitry configured to receive bit map information indicating time domain positions, within a measurement window, of synchronization signal block(s) (SSB(s)) used for an intra and/or an inter-frequency measurement, the SSB(s) comprising at least a primary synchronization signal (PPS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), wherein the bitmap information comprises a bit string, and different lengths of the bit string are defined for different frequency bands.

Claims (20)

1. A user equipment comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, bitmap information indicating at least one time domain position of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) used for at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency measurement within a measurement window; and

processing circuitry configured to perform, based on the at least one SSB, the at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency measurement, wherein:

the at least one SSB comprises at least a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and

the bitmap information is one of a plurality of bit sequences, a length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is different from each other, the length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is defined for each of three different frequency ranges including a first frequency range that is lower than 3 gigahertz (GHz), a second frequency range that is equal to or greater than 3 GHz and less than or equal to 6 GHz, and a third frequency range that is higher than 6 GHz, the length being less than 4 bits for the first frequency range, the length equal to 8 bits for the second frequency range, the length equal to 64 bits for the third frequency range.

2. A method of a user equipment comprising:

receiving, from a base station apparatus, bitmap information indicating at least one time domain position of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) used for at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency measurement within a measurement window; and

performing, based on at least one the SSB, at least one of the intra-frequency and the inter-frequency measurement, wherein:

the at least one SSB comprises at least a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and

the bitmap information is one of a plurality of bit sequences, a length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is different from each other, the length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is defined for each of three different frequency ranges including a first frequency range that is lower than 3 gigahertz (GHz), a second frequency range that is equal to or greater than 3 GHz and less than or equal to 6 GHz, and a third frequency range that is higher than 6 GHz, the length being less than 4 bits for the first frequency range, the length equal to 8 bits for the second frequency range, the length equal to 64 bits for the third frequency range.

3. A base station apparatus, comprising:

generating circuitry configured to generate bitmap information indicating at least one time domain position of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) used for at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency measurement within a measurement window; and

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to a user equipment, the bitmap information, wherein:

the at least one SSB comprises at least a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and

the bitmap information is one of a plurality of bit sequences, a length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is different from each other, the length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is defined for each of three different frequency ranges including a first frequency range that is lower than 3 gigahertz (GHz), a second frequency range that is equal to or greater than 3 GHz and less than or equal to 6 GHz, and a third frequency range that is higher than 6 GHz, the length being less than 4 bits for the first frequency range, the length equal to 8 bits for the second frequency range, the length equal to 64 bits for the third frequency range.

4. A method of a base station apparatus, comprising:

generating bitmap information indicating at least one time domain position of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) used for at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency measurement within a measurement window, and

transmitting, to a user equipment, the bitmap information, wherein:

the at least one SSB comprises at least a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and

the bitmap information is one of a plurality of bit sequences, a length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is different from each other, the length of each of the plurality of bit sequences is defined for each of three different frequency ranges including a first frequency range that is lower than 3 gigahertz (GHz), a second frequency range that is equal to or greater than 3 GHz and less than or equal to 6 GHz, and a third frequency range that is higher than 6 GHz, the length being less than 4 bits for the first frequency range, the length equal to 8 bits for the second frequency range, the length equal to 64 bits for the third frequency range.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069039/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048711/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2018
From: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047085/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2018
From: SHENG, JIA; AIBA, TATSUSHI; NOGAMI, TOSHIZO
To: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 046127/0299 →