IP Library Granted Patent US 12,192,133
Granted Patent B2
US 12,192,133 · App. 17/744,761 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Method and device for wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04L5/0048H04W56/001H04W84/06H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,192,133
App. No.
17/744,761
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illustrative aspect, performed by a first node, includes receiving a first radio signal, first information and second information; transmits a second radio signal in a first target slot; herein, the first radio signal is used to indicate a synchronization timing of a first time window, and the first information indicates a first slot out of the first time window; the second information indicates a first time offset; the first target slot is advanced by a second time offset compared with the first slot; the second time offset is related to a first residual time offset, a sum of the first residual time offset plus L1 first time length(s) is equal to the first time offset, L1 being a positive integer; the first residual time offset does not exceed the first time length.

Claims (32)

1. A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver, receiving a first radio signal, first information and second information; and

a first transmitter, transmitting a second radio signal in a first target slot;

wherein the first radio signal is used to indicate a synchronization timing of a first time window, the first time window comprises a plurality of slots, and the first information indicates a first slot out of the first time window; the second information indicates a first time offset; the first target slot is advanced by a second time offset compared with the first slot; the second time offset is related to a first residual time offset, a sum of the first residual time offset plus L1 first time length(s) is equal to the first time offset, L1 being a positive integer; the first residual time offset does not exceed the first time length; the second time offset does not exceed 2 times the first time length.

2. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein when the first residual time offset is less than a first time threshold, a sum of the first residual time offset plus the first time length is equal to the second time offset; and when the first residual time offset is greater than a first time threshold, the first residual time offset is equal to the second time offset.

3. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the second information indicates a fourth time offset, the first time offset is linearly correlated with the fourth time offset, and a linear correlation coefficient from the first time offset to the fourth time offset is 1.

4. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter transmits a third radio signal in a second target slot; when the third radio signal is transmitted in uplink, a first index is used to generate the third radio signal, and when the third radio signal is transmitted in sidelink, a second index is used to generate the third radio signal; a product of a difference value obtained by subtracting the first index from the second index multiplied by the first time length is equal to a difference value obtained by subtracting the second time offset from the first time offset.

5. The first node according to claim 4 , wherein the third radio signal is transmitted in sidelink, and the third radio signal indicates the second index.

6. The first node according to claim 4 , wherein the first node is a UE, and a transmitter of the first information is a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base station.

7. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first radio signal comprises a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and a measurement performed on the first radio signal is used to determine a start time of a multicarrier symbol in the first time window.

8. A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second transmitter, transmitting a first radio signal, first information and second information; and

a second processor, processing interferences from a second radio signal, the second radio signal being transmitted in a first target slot;

wherein the first radio signal is used to indicate a synchronization timing of a first time window, the first time window comprises a plurality of slots, and the first information indicates a first slot out of the first time window; the second information indicates a first time offset; the first target slot is advanced by a second time offset compared with the first slot; the second time offset is related to a first residual time offset, a sum of the first residual time offset plus L1 first time length(s) is equal to the first time offset, L1 being a positive integer; the first residual time offset does not exceed the first time length; the second time offset does not exceed 2 times the first time length.

9. The second node according to claim 8 , wherein when the first residual time offset is less than a first time threshold, a sum of the first residual time offset plus the first time length is equal to the second time offset; and when the first residual time offset is greater than a first time threshold, the first residual time offset is equal to the second time offset.

10. The second node according to claim 8 , wherein the second information indicates a fourth time offset, the first time offset is linearly correlated with the fourth time offset, and a linear correlation coefficient from the first time offset to the fourth time offset is 1.

11. A method in a first node for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving a first radio signal, first information and second information; and

transmitting a second radio signal in a first target slot;

wherein the first radio signal is used to indicate a synchronization timing of a first time window, the first time window comprises a plurality of slots, and the first information indicates a first slot out of the first time window; the second information indicates a first time offset; the first target slot is advanced by a second time offset compared with the first slot; the second time offset is related to a first residual time offset, a sum of the first residual time offset plus L1 first time length(s) is equal to the first time offset, L1 being a positive integer; the first residual time offset does not exceed the first time length; the second time offset does not exceed 2 times the first time length.

12. The method in a first node according to claim 11 , wherein when the first residual time offset is less than a first time threshold, a sum of the first residual time offset plus the first time length is equal to the second time offset; and when the first residual time offset is greater than a first time threshold, the first residual time offset is equal to the second time offset.

13. The method in a first node according to claim 11 , wherein the second information indicates a fourth time offset, the first time offset is linearly correlated with the fourth time offset, and a linear correlation coefficient from the first time offset to the fourth time offset is 1.

14. The method in a first node according to claim 11 , wherein the first transmitter transmits a third radio signal in a second target slot; when the third radio signal is transmitted in uplink, a first index is used to generate the third radio signal, and when the third radio signal is transmitted in sidelink, a second index is used to generate the third radio signal; a product of a difference value obtained by subtracting the first index from the second index multiplied by the first time length is equal to a difference value obtained by subtracting the second time offset from the first time offset.

15. The method in a first node according to claim 14 , wherein the third radio signal is transmitted in sidelink, and the third radio signal indicates the second index.

16. The method in a first node according to claim 11 , wherein the first radio signal comprises a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and a measurement performed on the first radio signal is used to determine a start time of a multicarrier symbol in the first time window.

17. The first node according to claim 11 , wherein the first node is a UE, and a transmitter of the first information is a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base station.

18. A method in a second node for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting a first radio signal, first information and second information;

processing interferences from a second radio signal, the second radio signal being transmitted in a first target slot;

wherein the first radio signal is used to indicate a synchronization timing of a first time window, the first time window comprises a plurality of slots, and the first information indicates a first slot out of the first time window; the second information indicates a first time offset; the first target slot is advanced by a second time offset compared with the first slot; the second time offset is related to a first residual time offset, a sum of the first residual time offset plus L1 first time length(s) is equal to the first time offset, L1 being a positive integer; the first residual time offset does not exceed the first time length; the second time offset does not exceed 2 times the first time length.

19. The method in a second node according to claim 18 , wherein when the first residual time offset is less than a first time threshold, a sum of the first residual time offset plus the first time length is equal to the second time offset; and when the first residual time offset is greater than a first time threshold, the first residual time offset is equal to the second time offset.

20. The method in a second node according to claim 18 , wherein the second information indicates a fourth time offset, the first time offset is linearly correlated with the fourth time offset, and a linear correlation coefficient from the first time offset to the fourth time offset is 1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2024
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 069352/0528 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2023
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064503/0825 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911136306.9 · Nov 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020124713 · Oct 29, 2020
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