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Granted Patent B2
US 11,064,365 · App. 16/486,728 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Method for signal transmission/reception between base station and terminal in wireless communication system supporting unlicensed band, and apparatus supporting same

Inventors: Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W16/14H04J11/0073H04L27/2657H04L27/2673H04W56/001H04W72/1215H04W74/0816
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Patent No.
US 11,064,365
App. No.
16/486,728
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method for signal transmission/reception between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and apparatuses supporting the same. Particularly, disclosed are a method for transmitting/receiving a signal and apparatuses supporting the same, wherein a base station transmits a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block through an unlicensed band, and a terminal is synchronized with the base station on the basis of the transmitted synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block.

Claims (36)

1. A method for receiving synchronization signals by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, the method comprising:

obtaining information regarding a number of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks transmitted in a preconfigured transmission time duration, wherein the number of the SS/PBCH blocks transmitted in the preconfigured transmission time duration is N; and

receiving a SS/PBCH block via the unlicensed band in the preconfigured transmission time duration,

wherein an index of the SS/PBCH block is determined based on the value of N, and

wherein the value of N is smaller than a maximum transmission number of the SS/PBCH blocks determined based on a frequency band.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein,

(i) based on the SS/PBCH block transmitted in a frequency band below 3 GHz, the maximum transmission number of the SS/PBCH blocks is configured as 4,

(ii) based on the SS/PBCH block transmitted in a frequency band above 3 GHz and below 6 GHz, the maximum transmission number of the SS/PBCH blocks is configured as 8, and

(iii) based on the SS/PBCH block transmitted in a frequency band above 6 GHz, the maximum transmission number of the SS/PBCH blocks is configured as 64.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the SS/PBCH block is received in one of a plurality of SS/PBCH block transmission positions within the preconfigured transmission time duration,

wherein the one of the plurality of SS/PBCH block transmission positions within the preconfigured transmission time duration is greater than or equal to the value of N, and

wherein the index of the SS/PBCH block is less than the value of N.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining the information regarding the number of the SS/PBCH blocks transmitted in the preconfigured transmission time duration based on at least one of:

(i) PBCH information included in the SS/PBCH block, or

(ii) demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) information for the PBCH included in the SS/PBCH block.

5. A method for transmitting synchronization signals by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information regarding a number of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks transmitted in a preconfigured transmission time duration, wherein the number of the SS/PBCH blocks transmitted in the preconfigured transmission time duration is N;

performing a channel access procedure (CAP) for transmitting a SS/PBCH block via the unlicensed band; and

transmitting, to the UE, the SS/PBCH block via the unlicensed band in the preconfigured transmission time duration, based on a result of the CAP,

wherein an index of the SS/PBCH block is determined based on the value of N, and

wherein the value of N is smaller than a maximum transmission number of the SS/PBCH blocks determined based on a frequency band.

6. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the SS/PBCH block is received in one of a plurality of SS/PBCH block transmission positions within the preconfigured transmission time duration,

wherein the one of the plurality of SS/PBCH block transmission positions within the preconfigured transmission time duration is greater than or equal to the value of N, and

wherein the index of the SS/PBCH block is less than the value of N.

7. A base station (BS) for transmitting synchronization signals in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, the base station comprising:

at least one radio frequency (RF) module;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor perform operations comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information regarding a number of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks transmitted in a preconfigured transmission time duration, wherein the number of the SS/PBCH blocks transmitted in the preconfigured transmission time duration is N;

performing a channel access procedure (CAP) for transmitting a SS/PBCH block via the unlicensed band; and

transmitting, to the UE, the SS/PBCH block via the unlicensed band in the preconfigured transmission time duration, based on a result of the CAP,

wherein an index of the SS/PBCH block is determined based on the value of N, and

wherein the value of N is smaller than a maximum transmission number of the SS/PBCH blocks determined based on a frequency band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2020
From: KIM, SEONWOOK; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL; YOON, SUKHYON; PARK, CHANGHWAN; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62620396 · Jan 22, 2018
Provisional Application 62564181 · Sep 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62466394 · Mar 3, 2017
Provisional Application 62459993 · Feb 16, 2017
Related Publication 20190387412A1 · Dec 19, 2019
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