IP Library Granted Patent US 10,779,170
Granted Patent B2
US 10,779,170 · App. 16/085,188 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Base station, mobile station and radio communication method

Inventors: Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Qin Mu (Beijing, CN); Liu Liu (Beijing, CN); Huiling Jiang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W24/04H04L1/0031H04W4/70H04W28/06H04W48/10H04W48/16H04W4/06
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Patent No.
US 10,779,170
App. No.
16/085,188
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is designed to provide a master information block (MIB) suitable for an NB-IoT communication system. A base station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a generation section that generates a master information block (MIB) including parameters selected based on an operation mode during narrow band communication, and a transmission section that transmits the MIB.

Claims (19)

1. A base station comprising:

a generation section that generates a master information block (MIB) including a parameter selected based on an operation mode during narrow band communication; and a transmission section that transmits the MIB, wherein

the operation mode includes an in-band operation mode, a guard-band operation mode and a stand-alone operation mode, and

only when the operation mode is the in-band operation mode and a physical cell indicator of an Narrow Band Internet of Thing (NB-IoT) system is different from a physical cell indicator of Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the MIB includes a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port parameter indicating a number of antenna ports of the CRS.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein, when the operation mode is the in-band operation mode and the physical cell indicator of the NB-IoT system is the same as the physical cell indicator of LTE, the MIB includes a CRS sequence parameter used to determine a sequence of the CRS.

3. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the CRS sequence parameter is used to derive a channel raster parameter indicating an offset frequency of a channel raster.

4. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the CRS sequence parameter represents an offset between a resource block for transmitting the MIB and a center frequency in a communication frequency band of the base station.

5. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein, when the operation mode is the guard-band operation mode, or the operation mode is the in-band operation mode, and the physical cell indicator of the NB-IoT system is different from the physical cell indicator of LTE, the MIB includes a channel raster parameter indicating an offset frequency of a channel raster.

6. A mobile station comprising:

a receiving section that receives a master information block (MIB) including a parameter selected based on an operation mode during narrow band communication; and a processor that controls the narrow band communication based on the parameter, wherein the operation mode includes an in-band operation mode, a guard-band operation mode and a stand-alone operation mode, and

only when the operation mode is the in-band operation mode and a physical cell indicator of an Narrow Band Internet of Thing (NB-IoT) system is different from a physical cell indicator of Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the MIB includes a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port parameter indicating a number of antenna ports of the CRS.

7. A radio communication method in a base station, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a master information block (MIB) including a parameter selected based on an operation mode during narrow band communication; and transmitting the MIB, wherein

the operation mode includes an in-band operation mode, a guard-band operation mode and a stand-alone operation mode, and

only when the operation mode is the in-band operation mode and a physical cell indicator of an Narrow Band Internet of Thing (NB-IoT) system is different from a physical cell indicator of Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the MIB includes a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port parameter indicating a number of antenna ports of the CRS.

8. The base station according to claim 3 , wherein the CRS sequence parameter represents an offset between a resource block for transmitting the MIB and a center frequency in a communication frequency band of the base station.

9. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein, when the operation mode is the guard-band operation mode, or the operation mode is the in-band operation mode, and the physical cell indicator of the NB-IoT system is different from the physical cell indicator of LTE, the MIB includes a channel raster parameter indicating an offset frequency of a channel raster.

10. The base station according to claim 3 , wherein, when the operation mode is the guard-band operation mode, or the operation mode is the in-band operation mode, and the physical cell indicator of the NB-IoT system is different from the physical cell indicator of LTE, the MIB includes a channel raster parameter indicating an offset frequency of a channel raster.

11. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein, when the operation mode is the guard-band operation mode, or the operation mode is the in-band operation mode, and the physical cell indicator of the NB-IoT system is different from the physical cell indicator of LTE, the MIB includes a channel raster parameter indicating an offset frequency of a channel raster.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: NAGATA, SATOSHI; MU, QIN; LIU, LIU; JIANG, HUILING
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 046895/0189 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0147071 · Mar 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190075490A1 · Mar 7, 2019