IP Library Granted Patent US 11,963,049
Granted Patent B2
US 11,963,049 · App. 17/311,404 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Information processing and receiving method and device, and storage medium

Inventors: Xiaojuan Shi (Shenzhen, CN); He Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Nan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Jianwu Dou (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W36/0061H04B7/18543H04W68/00
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Patent No.
US 11,963,049
App. No.
17/311,404
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing method provided in the present disclosure includes: allocating, to a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) cell, at least one of a frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, a frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) dedicated to the NTN cell; notifying User Equipment (UE) of at least one of the following information: a frequency band indicator of the frequency band, the frequency, and the PCI.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing method that extends application of New Radio (NR) to a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), wherein the information processing method is performed by a network-side device of the NTN, and comprises:

allocating, to a n NTN cell, at least one of a frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, a frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) dedicated to the NTN cell, wherein the frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, the frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, or the PCI dedicated to the NTN cell is different from a frequency band, a frequency, or a PCI allocated to a Terrestrial Network (TN) cell; and

notifying User Equipment (UE) of at least one of the following information: a frequency band indicator of the frequency band, the frequency, and the PCI.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency is notified to the UE by:

adding an NTN dedicated frequency list in a system message to notify the UE of the frequency, wherein the NTN dedicated frequency list comprises an inter-frequency dedicated to the NTN cell.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency is notified to the UE by at least one of:

adding a Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO) dedicated frequency list in a system message to notify the UE of an inter-frequency dedicated to a GEO cell; and

adding a Non-GEO dedicated frequency list in a system message to notify the UE of an inter-frequency dedicated to a Non-GEO cell, wherein the Non-GEO comprises at least one of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbiting (MEO).

4. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the PCI is notified to the UE by:

adding an intra-frequency neighboring cell list of the NTN cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the NTN cell on a serving frequency.

5. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the PCI is notified to the UE by:

adding an inter-frequency neighboring cell list of the NTN cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the NTN cell on an inter-frequency.

6. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the PCI is notified to the UE by at least one of:

adding an intra-frequency neighboring cell list of a GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the GEO cell on a serving frequency; and

adding an intra-frequency neighboring cell list of a Non-GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the Non-GEO cell on a serving frequency.

7. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the PCI is notified to the UE by at least one of:

adding an inter-frequency neighboring cell list of a GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the GEO cell on an inter-frequency; and

adding an inter-frequency neighboring cell list of a Non-GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the Non-GEO cell on an inter-frequency.

8. A network-side device that extends application of New Radio (NR) to a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), wherein the network-side device of the NTN comprises a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

allocate, to n NTN cell, at least one of the following information: a frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, a frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) dedicated to the NTN cell, wherein the frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, the frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, or the PCI dedicated to the NTN cell is different from a frequency band, a frequency, or a PCI allocated to a Terrestrial Network (TN) cell; and

notify User Equipment (UE) of at least one of the following information: a frequency band indicator of the frequency band, the frequency, and the PCI.

9. The network-side device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to notify the UE of the frequency by:

adding an NTN dedicated frequency list in a system message to notify the UE of the frequency, wherein the NTN dedicated frequency list comprises an inter-frequency dedicated to the NTN cell.

10. The network-side device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to notify the UE of the frequency by at least one of:

adding a Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO) dedicated frequency list in a system message to notify the UE of an inter-frequency dedicated to a GEO cell; and

adding a Non-GEO dedicated frequency list in a system message to notify the UE of an inter-frequency dedicated to a Non-GEO cell, wherein the Non-GEO comprises at least one of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbiting (MEO).

11. The network-side device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to notify the UE of the PCI by:

adding an intra-frequency neighboring cell list of the NTN cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the NTN cell on a serving frequency.

12. The network-side device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to notify the UE of the PCI by:

adding an inter-frequency neighboring cell list of the NTN cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the NTN cell on an inter-frequency.

13. The network-side device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to notify the UE of the PCI by at least one of:

adding an intra-frequency neighboring cell list of a GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the GEO cell on a serving frequency; and

adding an intra-frequency neighboring cell list of a Non-GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the Non-GEO cell on a serving frequency.

14. The network-side device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to notify the UE of the PCI by at least one of:

adding an inter-frequency neighboring cell list of a GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the GEO cell on an inter-frequency; and

adding an inter-frequency neighboring cell list of a Non-GEO cell in a system message to notify the UE of the PCI of the Non-GEO cell on an inter-frequency.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when being processed by a processor in a network-side device of a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), is configured to cause the processor to execute the following operations to extend application of New Radio (NR) to the NTN at runtime;

allocating, to an NTN cell, at least one of a frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, a frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) dedicated to the NTN cell, wherein the frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, the frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, or the PCI dedicated to the NTN cell is different from a frequency band, a frequency, or a PCI allocated to a Terrestrial Network (TN) cell; and

notifying User Equipment (UE) of at least one of the following information: a frequency band indicator of the frequency band, the frequency, and the PCI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2021
From: SHI, XIAOJUAN; HUANG, HE; ZHANG, NAN; DOU, JIANWU
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811497080.0 · Dec 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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