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US 12,120,559 · App. 17/670,237 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

SSB measurement method and apparatus

Inventors: Lili Zheng (Shanghai, CN); Hongping Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Qinghai Zeng (Shanghai, CN); Jia Liu (Shanghai, CN); Jingxin Wei (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0058H04W56/001H04W72/20H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,120,559
App. No.
17/670,237
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) measurement method and an apparatus. One example method includes that a terminal device receives first information and second information. The first information indicates a time domain position of an SSB sent by a serving cell, and the second information indicates a set of SSBs that the terminal device needs to measure and that are sent by a neighboring cell. The terminal device measures, in a first measurement window based on the first information, the SSB sent by the serving cell. The terminal device measures, in a second measurement window based on the second information, the SSB sent by the neighboring cell.

Claims (33)

1. A synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) measurement method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first information, wherein the first information indicates a time domain position of an SSB sent by a serving cell;

receiving, by the terminal device, second information, wherein the second information indicates a set of SSBs that the terminal device needs to measure and that are sent by a neighboring cell;

measuring, by the terminal device in a first measurement window based on the first information, the SSB sent by the serving cell, wherein a first SS/PBCH block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window and a second SMTC window are configured for one frequency, the first SMTC window has same offset and same length as the second SMTC window, the first SMTC window has a longer periodicity than the second SMTC window, and the terminal device selects the first SMTC window for measurement of a cell on the one frequency in response to determining that configuration information does not explicitly indicate an SMTC window applicable to the cell; and

measuring, by the terminal device in a second measurement window based on the second information, the SSB sent by the neighboring cell.

2. The SSB measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

if the terminal device receives no first information, measuring, by the terminal device in the first measurement window based on the second information, the SSB sent by the serving cell.

3. The SSB measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information or the second information is carried in radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a broadcast message.

4. The SSB measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the first measurement window and the second measurement window are the same or different.

5. A terminal device, comprising at least one processor; and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least on processor to cause the terminal device to:

receive first information, wherein the first information indicates a time domain position of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) sent by a serving cell;

receive second information, wherein the second information indicates a set of SSBs that the terminal device needs to measure and that are sent by a neighboring cell;

measure, in a first measurement window based on the first information, the SSB sent by the serving cell, wherein a first SS/PBCH block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window and a second SMTC window are configured for one frequency, the first SMTC window has same offset and same length as the second SMTC window, the first SMTC window has a longer periodicity than the second SMTC window, and the terminal device selects the first SMTC window for measurement of a cell on the one frequency in response to determining that configuration information does not explicitly indicate an SMTC window applicable to the cell; and

measure, in a second measurement window based on the second information, the SSB sent by the neighboring cell.

6. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to:

if the terminal device receives no first information, measure, in the first measurement window based on the second information, the SSB sent by the serving cell.

7. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first information or the second information is carried in radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a broadcast message.

8. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first measurement window and the second measurement window are the same or different.

9. A terminal device, comprising at least one processor; and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least on processor to cause the terminal device to:

receive first information, wherein the first information indicates a time domain position of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) sent by a serving cell;

receive second information, wherein the second information indicates a set of SSBs that the terminal device needs to measure;

measure, in a first measurement window based on the first information and the second information, the SSB sent by the serving cell, wherein the first information comprises a first bitmap, the second information comprises a second bitmap, and wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to:

when a value of an N th bit in the first bitmap is 1 and a value of an N th bit in the second bitmap is 0, refrain from measuring an SSB indicated by an SSB index corresponding to the N th bits, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and

when a value of an M th bit in the first bitmap and a value of an M th bit in the second bitmap both are 1, measure an SSB indicated by an SSB index corresponding to the M th bits, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and M is different from N; and

measure, in a second measurement window based on the second information, an SSB sent by a neighboring cell.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to:

if the terminal device receives no first information, measure, in the first measurement window based on the second information, the SSB sent by the serving cell.

11. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first information or the second information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling or a broadcast message.

12. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first measurement window and the second measurement window are the same or different.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2024
From: ZHENG, LILI; LIU, JIA; WEI, JINGXIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068560/0139 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 11, 2024
From: ZHANG, HONGPING; ZENG, QINGHAI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068944/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910755097.X · Aug 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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