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US 11,601,902 · App. 17/106,429 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Synchronization signal block transmission method, network device, and terminal

Inventors: Kai Wu (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Siqi Liu (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Xueming Pan (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W56/001H04L5/0007H04L5/0053H04L5/023H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,601,902
App. No.
17/106,429
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A synchronization signal block transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: determining a target time domain transmission location of a first synchronization signal block within a downlink signal transmitting time, where the target time domain transmission location is one of at least two candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block; and transmitting the first synchronization signal block in the target time domain transmission location.

Claims (44)

1. A synchronization signal block transmission method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a first synchronization signal block, wherein the first synchronization signal block carries indication information used to indicate a target time domain transmission location; and

determining, by the terminal, the target time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block based on the indication information, wherein the target time domain transmission location is one of at least two candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block,

wherein the indication information comprises at least one of the following:

information used to indicate time domain resources of the candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block;

information used to indicate a time domain resource of the target time domain transmission location; or

information used to indicate an offset between the target time domain transmission location and the default time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block.

2. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the candidate time domain transmission locations comprise a default time domain transmission location, and at least one extra time domain transmission location.

3. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein the extra time domain transmission location is at least one of default time domain transmission locations of other synchronization signal blocks within a group that the first synchronization signal block belongs to, wherein the group comprises at least two synchronization signal blocks with different index numbers.

4. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein the extra time domain transmission location is one of time domain transmission locations other than default time domain transmission locations of all synchronization signal blocks.

5. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining, by the terminal, the target time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block based on the indication information comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the target time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block within a period for a synchronization signal block transmission based on the indication information, wherein the period for the synchronization signal block transmission is N×5 ms, and N is a positive integer greater than 1.

6. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information comprises:

information used to indicate whether the target time domain transmission location is a default time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block.

7. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 6 , wherein the offset comprises a time domain offset value and/or an index offset value of the synchronization signal block.

8. The synchronization signal block transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein in a 5 ms half frame, a number of a starting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol of the target time domain transmission location is: (2+14*n+14*5) or (8+14*n+14*5), wherein n=0, 1, 2, 3.

9. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to:

receive a first synchronization signal block, wherein the first synchronization signal block carries indication information used to indicate a target time domain transmission location; and

determine the target time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block based on the indication information, wherein the target time domain transmission location is one of at least two candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block,

wherein the indication information comprises at least one of the following:

information used to indicate time domain resources of the candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block;

information used to indicate a time domain resource of the target time domain transmission location; or

information used to indicate an offset between the target time domain transmission location and the default time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the candidate time domain transmission locations comprise a default time domain transmission location, and at least one extra time domain transmission location.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the extra time domain transmission location is at least one of default time domain transmission locations of other synchronization signal blocks within a group that the first synchronization signal block belongs to, wherein the group comprises at least two synchronization signal blocks with different index numbers.

12. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the extra time domain transmission location is one of time domain transmission locations other than default time domain transmission locations of all synchronization signal blocks.

13. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to:

determine the target time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block within a period for a synchronization signal block transmission based on the indication information, wherein the period for the synchronization signal block transmission is N×5 ms, and N is a positive integer greater than 1.

14. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the indication information comprises:

information used to indicate whether the target time domain transmission location is a default time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block.

15. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein in a 5 ms half frame, a number of a starting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol of the target time domain transmission location is: (2+14*n+14*5) or (8+14*n+14*5), wherein n=0, 1, 2, 3.

16. A network device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to:

determine a target time domain transmission location of a first synchronization signal block within a downlink signal transmitting time, wherein the target time domain transmission location is one of at least two candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block; and

transmit the first synchronization signal block in the target time domain transmission location,

wherein the indication information comprises at least one of the following:

information used to indicate time domain resources of the candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block;

information used to indicate a time domain resource of the target time domain transmission location; or

information used to indicate an offset between the target time domain transmission location and the default time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block.

17. The network device according to claim 16 , wherein the candidate time domain transmission locations comprise a default time domain transmission location, and at least one extra time domain transmission location.

18. The network device according to claim 17 , wherein the extra time domain transmission location is one of time domain transmission locations other than default time domain transmission locations of all synchronization signal blocks.

19. The network device according to claim 16 , wherein the first synchronization signal block carries indication information used to indicate the target time domain transmission location,

wherein the indication information comprises:

information used to indicate whether the target time domain transmission location is a default time domain transmission location of the first synchronization signal block.

20. The network device according to claim 16 , wherein in a 5 ms half frame, a number of a starting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol of the target time domain transmission location is: (2+14*n+14*5) or (8+14*n+14*5), wherein n=0, 1, 2, 3.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2020
From: WU, KAI; LIU, SIQI; PAN, XUEMING
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810613541.X · Jun 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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