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US 12,245,171 · App. 17/590,347 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Wireless resource configuration method and apparatus, and storage medium

Inventors: Xiubin Sha (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Dai (Shenzhen, CN); Ting Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Xu Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W56/001H04W36/0055H04W76/10H04W76/20H04W36/087
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Patent No.
US 12,245,171
App. No.
17/590,347
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a radio resource configuration method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The radio resource configuration method includes receiving time-sensitive communication (TSC) service indication information, where the TSC service indication information includes a TSC clock accuracy indication or an indication of whether a service carried by a user equipment (UE) is a TSC service, and sending clock information.

Claims (40)

1. An information configuration method, comprising:

receiving, by a centralized unit (CU), time sensitive communication (TSC) service indication information from an access and mobility management function (AMF) via a UE dedicated signaling of an NG interface,

sending, by the CU, the TSC service indication information to a distributed unit (DU) via a UE dedicated signaling of an F1 interface, wherein the UE dedicated signaling of the F1 interface comprises a UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST signaling or a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST signaling,

transmitting, by the CU, a clock information request to the DU, and

receiving, by the CU, clock information from the DU in response to the clock information request or receiving, by the CU, the clock information from the DU periodically.

2. The information configuration method of claim 1 , wherein the clock information comprises accurate clock information and a reference SFN corresponding to the accurate clock information, and

wherein the accurate clock information refers to the accurate clock information at the moment of the reference SFN boundary.

3. The information configuration method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the CU, a dedicated signaling carrying the accurate clock information to the DU,

wherein the dedicated signaling is sent by the DU to a user equipment.

4. An information configuration method, comprising:

receiving, by a distributed unit (DU), time sensitive communication (TSC) service indication information from a centralized unit (CU) via a UE dedicated signaling of an F1 interface, wherein the UE dedicated signaling of the F1 interface comprises a UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST signaling or a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST signaling,

receiving, by the DU, a clock information request from the CU, and

transmitting, by the DU, clock information to the CU in response to the clock information request or transmitting, by the DU, the clock information to the CU periodically.

5. The information configuration method of claim 4 , wherein the clock information comprises accurate clock information and a reference SFN corresponding to the accurate clock information,

wherein the accurate clock information refers to the accurate clock information at the moment of the reference SFN boundary.

6. The information configuration method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving, by the DU, a dedicated signaling carrying the accurate clock information from the CU,

wherein the dedicated signaling is sent by the DU to a user equipment.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

a processor, the processor being configured to:

receive, via a transceiver of a centralized unit (CU), time sensitive communication (TSC) service indication information from an access and mobility management function (AMF) via a UE dedicated signaling of an NG interface,

send, via the transceiver of the CU, the TSC service indication information to a distributed unit (DU) via a UE dedicated signaling of an F1 interface, wherein the UE dedicated signaling of the F1 interface comprises a UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST signaling or a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST signaling,

transmit, via the transceiver of the CU, a clock information request to the DU, and

receive, via the transceiver of the CU, clock information from the DU in response to the clock information request or receive, via the transceiver of the CU, the clock information from the DU periodically.

8. The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the clock information comprises accurate clock information and a reference SFN corresponding to the accurate clock information, and

wherein the accurate clock information refers to the accurate clock information at the moment of the reference SFN boundary.

9. The communication apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver of the CU, a dedicated signaling carrying the accurate clock information to the DU,

wherein the dedicated signaling is sent by the DU to a user equipment.

10. A communication apparatus comprising:

a processor, the processor being configured to:

receive, via a transceiver of a distributed unit (DU), time sensitive communication (TSC) service indication information from a centralized unit (CU) via a UE dedicated signaling of an F1 interface, wherein the UE dedicated signaling of the F1 interface comprises a UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST signaling or a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST signaling,

receive, via the transceiver of the DU, a clock information request from the CU, and

transmit, via the transceiver of the DU, clock information to the CU in response to the clock information request or transmit, via the transceiver of the DU, the clock information to the CU periodically.

11. The communication apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the clock information comprises accurate clock information and a reference SFN corresponding to the accurate clock information,

wherein the accurate clock information refers to the accurate clock information at the moment of the reference SFN boundary.

12. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, via the transceiver of the DU, a dedicated signaling carrying the accurate clock information from the CU,

wherein the dedicated signaling is sent by the DU to a user equipment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2022
From: SHA, XIUBIN; DAI, BO; LU, TING; LIU, XU
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910720250.5 · Aug 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020106591 · Aug 3, 2020
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