IP Library Granted Patent US 12,170,975
Granted Patent B2
US 12,170,975 · App. 17/023,672 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Signal transmission method, and related device and system

Inventors: Ji Wu (Shanghai, CN); Jun Zhu (Shenzhen, CN); Qiong Jia (Shanghai, CN); Jiayin Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W56/006H04L5/0051H04L5/10H04W56/001H04W72/30H04W72/53H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,170,975
App. No.
17/023,672
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to signal transmission methods, devices, and systems. One example method includes sending, by a network device, a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in one or more burst set windows, where the one or more burst set windows include a plurality of candidate positions that are used to transmit the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks. SS/PBCH blocks sent at positions corresponding to at least two particular indexes have a quasi co-located (QCL) relationship.

Claims (36)

1. A signal transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in a burst set window, wherein the burst set window comprises a plurality of candidate positions that are used to transmit the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks; and

determining, by the terminal device, that two or more SS/PBCH blocks received at two or more positions of the plurality of candidate positions in the burst set window are quasi co-located (QCL) with each other, wherein the two or more SS/PBCH blocks received at the two or more positions in the burst set window correspond to a same SS/PBCH block, and a duration of the burst set window is 5 ms.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, indication information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate an interval between two adjacent positions of the two or more positions.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the interval between the two adjacent positions is 2, 4, or 8.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the indication information is carried in at least one of a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET), an RMSI physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), radio resource control (RRC) signaling, or a broadcast channel.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, quantity information of the plurality of candidate positions; and

determining the two or more positions based on the quantity information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the terminal device, QCL-related information from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the two or more SS/PBCH blocks includes a first SS/PBCH block and a second SS/PBCH block, and the first SS/PBCH block and the second SS/PBCH block has a QCL relationship.

8. A signal transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in a burst set window, wherein the burst set window comprise a plurality of candidate positions that are used to transmit the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks, and wherein two or more SS/PBCH blocks sent at two or more positions of the plurality of candidate positions in the burst set window are quasi co-located (QCL) with each other and correspond to a same SS/PBCH block, and a duration of the burst set window is 5 ms.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, indication information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate an interval between two adjacent positions of the two or more positions.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the interval between the two adjacent positions is 2, 4, or 8.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the indication information is carried in at least one of a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET), an RMSI physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), radio resource control (RRC) signaling, or a broadcast channel.

12. A terminal device, comprising a memory, and at least one processor and a receiver that are coupled to the memory, wherein:

the receiver is configured to receive a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in a burst set window, wherein the burst set window comprise a plurality of candidate positions that are used to transmit the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks; and

the memory stores programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to determine that two or more SS/PBCH blocks received at two or more positions of the plurality of candidate positions in the burst set window are quasi co-located (QCL) with each other, wherein the two or more SS/PBCH blocks received at the two or more positions in the burst set window correspond to a same SS/PBCH block, and a duration of the burst set window is 5 ms.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive indication information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate an interval between two adjacent positions of the two or more positions.

14. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the interval between the two adjacent positions is 2, 4, or 8.

15. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the indication information is carried in at least one of a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET), an RMSI physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), radio resource control (RRC) signaling, or a broadcast channel.

16. The device according to claim 12 , wherein:

the receiver is further configured to receive quantity information of the plurality of candidate positions; and

the at least one processor is further configured to determine the two or more positions based on the quantity information.

17. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain QCL-related information from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks.

18. A network device, comprising a memory, and at least one processor and a transmitter that are coupled to the memory, wherein:

the transmitter is configured to send a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in a burst set window, wherein the burst set window comprise a plurality of candidate positions that are used to transmit the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks, and wherein two or more SS/PBCH blocks sent at two or more positions of the plurality of candidate positions in the burst set window are quasi co-located (QCL) with each other and correspond to a same SS/PBCH block, and a duration of the burst set window is 5 ms.

19. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send indication information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate an interval between two adjacent positions of the two or more positions.

20. The device according to claim 19 , wherein the interval between the two adjacent positions is 2, 4, or 8.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in a burst set window, wherein the burst set window comprise a plurality of candidate positions that are used to transmit the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks; and

determining that two or more SS/PBCH blocks received at two or more positions of the plurality of candidate positions in the burst set window are quasi co-located (QCL) with each other, wherein the two or more SS/PBCH blocks received at the two or more positions in the burst set window correspond to a same SS/PBCH block, and a duration of the burst set window is 5 ms.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2024
From: WU, JI; JIA, QIONG; ZHANG, JIAYIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069093/0328 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 201810260959.7 · Mar 26, 2018 · national
WO PCT/CN2019/072416 · Jan 18, 2019 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019073043 · Jan 24, 2019
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