IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,886
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,886 · App. 17/797,991 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Access control method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

Inventor: Yang Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W56/001H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 12,335,886
App. No.
17/797,991
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An access control method, includes: sending, by a base station, physical broadcast channel (PBCH) information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) carrying access indication information, wherein the access indication information indicates whether to allow access of first type user equipment, wherein a maximum operating bandwidth of the first type user equipment is smaller than an operating bandwidth of second type user equipment.

Claims (47)

1. An access control method, comprising:

sending, by a base station, physical broadcast channel (PBCH) information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) carrying access indication information, wherein

the access indication information indicates whether to allow access of first type user equipment, a maximum operating bandwidth of the first type user equipment being less than an operating bandwidth of second type user equipment,

the access indication information is carried in a spare bit of a payload field in the PBCH information, and the PBCH information further carries bandwidth information indicating a bandwidth for a common control resource set (CORESET) of Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), and

an indication from the bandwidth information is configured for the first type user equipment to determine whether the access is allowed.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access indication information being carried in the spare bit of the payload field in the PBCH information, comprises at least one of:

the access indication information being carried in a lowest bit of the payload field; or

the access indication information being carried in a second lowest bit of the payload field.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the bandwidth information and the access indication information are used together for the first type user equipment to determine whether the access is allowed.

4. An access control method, comprising:

receiving, by first type user equipment, physical broadcast channel (PBCH) information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) carrying access indication information; and

determining, by the first type user equipment according to an indication from the access indication information, whether to perform access, wherein

a maximum operating bandwidth of the first type user equipment is less than an operating bandwidth of second type user equipment,

the access indication information is carried in a spare bit of a payload field in the PBCH information, and the PBCH information further carries bandwidth information indicating a bandwidth for a common control resource set (CORESET) of Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), and

an indication from the bandwidth information is configured for the first type user equipment to determine whether the access is allowed.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining whether to perform the access according to the indication from the access indication information, comprises:

determining, in response to the access indication information indicating that access of the first type user equipment is allowed, to perform the access.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining whether to perform the access according to the indication from the access indication information, comprises:

determining, in response to the access indication information indicating that access of the first type user equipment is not allowed, not to perform the access.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

searching an SSB of a first frequency point, wherein the first frequency point is different from a second frequency point where the first type user equipment is currently in.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the access indication information being carried in the spare bit of the payload field in the PBCH information, comprises at least one of:

the access indication information being carried in a lowest bit of the payload field; or

the access indication information being carried in a second lowest bit of the payload field.

9. The method according to claim 4 ,

wherein determining whether to perform the access according to the indication from the access indication information, comprises:

determining whether to perform the access combining the access indication information and the bandwidth information.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein determining whether to perform the access combining the access indication information and the bandwidth information, comprises one of:

determining, in response to the first type user equipment supporting the bandwidth indicated by the bandwidth information and the access indication information indicating that access of the first type user equipment is allowed, to perform the access;

determining, in response to the first type user equipment supporting the bandwidth indicated by the bandwidth information and the access indication information indicating that the access of the first type user equipment is not allowed, not to perform the access;

determining, in response to the first type user equipment not supporting the bandwidth indicated by the bandwidth information and the access indication information indicating that the access of the first type user equipment is allowed, not to perform the access; and

determining, in response to the first type user equipment not supporting the bandwidth indicated by the bandwidth information and the access indication information indicating that the access of the first type user equipment is not allowed, not to perform the access.

11. A communication device comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

send physical broadcast channel (PBCH) information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) carrying access indication information, wherein

the access indication information indicates whether to allow access of first type user equipment, a maximum operating bandwidth of the first type user equipment being less than an operating bandwidth of second type user equipment,

the access indication information is carried in a spare bit of a payload field in the PBCH information, and the PBCH information further carries bandwidth information indicating a bandwidth for a common control resource set (CORESET) of Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), and

an indication from the bandwidth information is configured for the first type user equipment to determine whether the access is allowed.

12. The communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the access indication information being carried in the spare bit of the payload field in the PBCH information, comprises at least one of:

the access indication information being carried in a lowest bit of the payload field; or

the access indication information being carried in a second lowest bit of the payload field.

13. The communication device according to claim 11 , wherein

the bandwidth information and the access indication information are used together for the first type user equipment to determine whether the access is allowed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: LIU, YANG
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060736/0856 →
Continuity (1)
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