IP Library Granted Patent US 10,939,399
Granted Patent B2
US 10,939,399 · App. 16/473,296 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit with synchronization signal block including first synchronization signal, second synchronization signal, and physical broadcast channel

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
H04W56/002H04L7/08
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Patent No.
US 10,939,399
App. No.
16/473,296
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive at least one synchronization signal burst periodically transmitted. A first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal are mapped at a particular time position in a radio frame. Each of the at least one synchronization signal burst includes at least one synchronization signal block. Each of the at least one synchronization signal block includes at least one of the first synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal, or a physical broadcast channel. The receiver receives, from the base station apparatus, information for indicating the number of the at least one synchronization signal block included in each of the at least one synchronization signal burst.

Claims (28)

1. A terminal device which communicates with a base station, the terminal device comprising:

reception circuitry configured to receive one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted by the base station; and

synchronization circuitry configured to perform time and frequency synchronization,

wherein each of the one or more synchronization blocks includes a first synchronization signal, a second synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH),

each of the one or more synchronization signal blocks consists of consecutive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and

the reception circuitry obtains a quantity of the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted by the base station.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more synchronization signal blocks is included in a synchronization signal burst.

3. A base station device which communicates with a terminal, the base station device comprising:

synchronization signal generation circuitry configured to generate a first synchronization signal, a second synchronization signal; and

transmission circuitry configured to transmit one or more synchronization signal blocks,

wherein each of the one or more synchronization blocks includes the first synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH),

each of the one or more synchronization signal blocks consists of consecutive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and

information indicative of a quantity of the one or more synchronization signal blocks is provided to the terminal by the base station device.

4. The base station device according to claim 3 , wherein

the one or more synchronization signal blocks is included in a synchronization signal burst.

5. A communication method of a terminal device which communicates with a base station, the communication method comprising:

receiving one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted by the base station;

obtaining a quantity of the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted by the base station; and

performing time and frequency synchronization,

wherein each of the one or more synchronization blocks includes a first synchronization signal, a second synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH),

each of the one or more synchronization signal blocks consists of consecutive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

6. A communication method of a base station device which communicates with a terminal, the communication method comprising:

generating a first synchronization signal, a second synchronization signal; and

transmitting one or more synchronization signal blocks; and

wherein each of the one or more synchronization blocks includes the first synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH),

each of the one or more synchronization signal blocks consists of consecutive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and

information indicative of a quantity of the one or more synchronization signal blocks is provided to a terminal by the base station device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063815/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2019
From: YOKOMAKURA, KAZUNARI; YAMADA, SHOHEI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU; TAKAHASHI, HIROKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050443/0187 →