Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
To provide a terminal apparatus including a receiver configured to receive, in a time resource including a plurality of OFDM symbol groups, a synchronization signal included in each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups, a synchronization unit configured to determine a position of a first synchronization signal that is one of the synchronization signals, and a detection unit configured to receive, based on the first synchronization signal, a physical broadcast channel. The time resource is periodically allocated, and a maximum number of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups in which the synchronization signal included in the time resource is possibly transmitted is predefined.
1. A terminal device comprising:
reception circuitry configured to receive a first synchronization signal included in each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol groups within a time resource, each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups including a plurality of OFDM symbols; and
synchronization circuitry configured to determine a time position of the first synchronization signal in each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups within the time resource, wherein
the time resource occurs periodically, and
a maximum number of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups is predefined.
2. A base station device comprising:
transmission circuitry configured to transmit a first synchronization signal included in each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol groups within a time resource, each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups including a plurality of OFDM symbols, wherein
a time position of the first synchronization signal in each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups within the time resource is determined, wherein
the time resource occurs periodically, and
a maximum number of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups is predefined.
3. A method for a terminal device comprising:
receiving a first synchronization signal included in each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol groups within a time resource, each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups including a plurality of OFDM symbols; and
determining a time position of the first synchronization signal in each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups within the time resource, wherein
the time resource occurs periodically, and
a maximum number of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups is predefined.
4. A method for a base station device comprising:
transmitting a first synchronization signal included in each of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol groups within a time resource, each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups including a plurality of OFDM symbols, wherein
a time position of the first synchronization signal in each of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups within the time resource is determined, wherein
the time resource occurs periodically, and
a maximum number of the plurality of OFDM symbol groups is predefined.