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US 12,256,349 · App. 17/775,290 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Signal transmission method and device, signal reception method and device, and terminal

Inventors: Xiaotao Ren (Beijing, CN); Rui Zhao (Beijing, CN); Fangchen Cheng (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W56/001H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,256,349
App. No.
17/775,290
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Signal transmission method and device, signal reception method and device and a terminal are provided. The signal transmission method includes: transmitting P synchronous signal blocks SSBs in a synchronous period, wherein the P SSBs are divided into Q groups, any of the Q groups includes at least one SSB, both P and Q are positive integers greater than or equal to 1; when a synchronization period includes at least two SSBs, a time-domain location of at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured or carried through a physical broadcast channel PBCH.

Claims (74)

1. A signal transmission method performed by a terminal, comprising:

transmitting P synchronous signal blocks SSBs in a synchronous period,

wherein the P SSBs are divided into Q groups, any of the Q groups comprises at least one SSB, both P and Q are positive integers greater than or equal to 1;

when a synchronization period comprises at least two SSBs, a time-domain location of at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured or carried through a physical broadcast channel PBCH,

wherein when the time-domain location of the at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured, preconfigured information of the time-domain location comprises at least one of the following parameters:

time intervals between two adjacent SSBs in a same group;

time intervals between all SSBs in a same group and a first SSB in the group; or

time intervals between all SSBs and a first SSB in a synchronization period;

wherein the time interval is Ti slots or Ti milliseconds, Ti is greater than or equal to 0.

2. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein time intervals between two adjacent groups are same.

3. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of following parameters are preconfigured:

a quantity of SSBs contained within each group;

a value of P;

a value of Q.

4. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of following parameters is determined according to at least one of a subcarrier spacing SCS used by the terminal, a frequency range, and information carried by the PBCH:

a time-domain location of a SSB;

a quantity P of SSBs sent in a synchronization period;

a time interval between two groups;

a quantity of SSBs contained within each group;

a quantity Q of groups contained within a synchronization period.

5. The signal transmission method according to claim 4 , wherein the information carried by the PBCH comprises:

information carried by a Demodulation Reference Signal DMRS corresponding to the PBCH, or information carried by a payload of the PBCH.

6. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the SSB is a sidelink synchronous signal block S-SSB, the PBCH is a physical sidelink broadcast channel PSBCH, the synchronous period is a sidelink synchronous period.

7. A signal reception method performed by a terminal, comprising:

receiving P synchronous signal blocks SSBs in a synchronous period,

wherein the P SSBs are divided into Q groups, any of the Q groups comprises at least one SSB, both P and Q are positive integers greater than or equal to 1;

when a synchronization period comprises at least two SSBs, a time-domain location of at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured or carried through a physical broadcast channel PBCH,

wherein when the time-domain location of the at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured, preconfigured information of the time-domain location comprises at least one of the following parameters:

time intervals between two adjacent SSBs in a same group;

time intervals between all SSBs in a same group and a first SSB in the group; or

time intervals between all SSBs and a first SSB in a synchronization period;

wherein the time interval is Ti slots or Ti milliseconds, Ti is greater than or equal to 0.

8. The signal reception method according to claim 7 , wherein time intervals between two adjacent groups are same.

9. The signal reception method according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of following parameters are preconfigured:

a quantity of SSBs contained within each group;

a value of P;

a value of Q.

10. The signal reception method according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of following parameters is determined according to at least one of a subcarrier spacing SCS used by the terminal, a frequency range, and information carried by the PBCH:

a time-domain location of a SSB;

a quantity P of SSBs sent in a synchronization period;

a time interval between two groups;

a quantity of SSBs contained within each group;

a quantity Q of groups contained within a synchronization period.

11. The signal reception method according to claim 10 , wherein the information carried by the PBCH comprises:

information carried by a Demodulation Reference Signal DMRS corresponding to the PBCH, or information carried by a payload of the PBCH.

12. The signal reception method according to claim 7 , wherein the SSB is a sidelink synchronous signal block S-SSB, the PBCH is a physical sidelink broadcast channel PSBCH, the synchronous period is a sidelink synchronous period.

13. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, a processor, a memory storing a computer program executable by the processor;

wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the processor implements following:

transmitting P synchronous signal blocks SSBs in a synchronous period,

wherein the P SSBs are divided into Q groups, any of the Q groups comprises at least one SSB, both P and Q are positive integers greater than or equal to 1;

when a synchronization period comprises at least two SSBs, a time-domain location of at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured or carried through a physical broadcast channel PBCH,

wherein when the time-domain location of the at least one of the SSBs is preconfigured, preconfigured information of the time-domain location comprises at least one of the following parameters:

time intervals between two adjacent SSBs in a same group;

time intervals between all SSBs in a same group and a first SSB in the group; or

time intervals between all SSBs and a first SSB in a synchronization period;

wherein the time interval is Ti slots or Ti milliseconds, Ti is greater than or equal to 0.

14. The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein, the SSB is a sidelink synchronous signal block S-SSB, the PBCH is a physical sidelink broadcast channel PSBCH, the synchronous period is a sidelink synchronous period.

15. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, a processor, a memory storing a computer program executable by the processor;

wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the processor implements steps of the signal reception method according to claim 7 .

16. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein,

at least one of following parameters are preconfigured:

a quantity of SSBs contained within each group;

a value of P;

a value of Q;

or,

at least one of following parameters is determined according to at least one of a subcarrier spacing SCS used by the terminal, a frequency range, and information carried by the PBCH:

a time-domain location of a SSB;

a quantity P of SSBs sent in a synchronization period;

a time interval between two groups;

a quantity of SSBs contained within each group;

a quantity Q of groups contained within a synchronization period.

17. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein, the SSB is a sidelink synchronous signal block S-SSB, the PBCH is a physical sidelink broadcast channel PSBCH, the synchronous period is a sidelink synchronous period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2022
From: REN, XIAOTAO; ZHAO, RUI; CHENG, FANGCHEN
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059869/0829 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911086762.7 · Nov 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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