IP Library Granted Patent US 10,912,046
Granted Patent B2
US 10,912,046 · App. 16/337,326 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura (Sakai, JP); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP); Hiroki Takahashi (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W56/001H04L5/001H04W72/044H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 10,912,046
App. No.
16/337,326
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (20)

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.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2019
From: YOKOMAKURA, KAZUNARI; YAMADA, SHOHEI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU; TAKAHASHI, HIROKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
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