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US 12,507,185 · App. 17/880,579 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Synchronization signal transmission method and device

Inventors: Kun Yang (Dongguan, CN); Kai Wu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W56/001H04L5/001
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Patent No.
US 12,507,185
App. No.
17/880,579
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A synchronization signal transmission method and a device are provided. The method includes: receiving first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to indicate a first synchronization signal block SSB, and a frequency domain position of the first SSB is different from that of a second SSB, where the second SSB is obtained by cell search; or the second SSB is indicated by second configuration information; and the first configuration information and the second configuration information are carried in same or different signaling.

Claims (90)

1 . A synchronization signal transmission method, wherein the method is performed by a terminal device and comprises:

receiving first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate a first time domain position and a first frequency domain position of a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), and the first frequency domain position of the first SSB is different from a second frequency domain position of a second SSB,

wherein the first configuration information is further used to indicate a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) relationship between the first SSB and another SSB in an SSB set, wherein the SSB set comprises the first SSB and the second SSB,

wherein at least two SSBs in the SSB set in a same time domain but different frequency domains satisfy the QCL relationship,

wherein

a second time domain position and the second frequency domain position of the second SSB are obtained by cell search; or

the second time domain position and the second frequency domain position of the second SSB are indicated by second configuration information; wherein

the first configuration information and the second configuration information are carried in same or different signaling,

wherein the first SSB is associated with a first COntrol REsource SET #0 (CORESET #0), and the second SSB is associated with second CORESET #0,

a configuration parameter of the first CORESET #0 is the same as a configuration parameter of the second CORESET #0, and

a configuration parameter of a CORESET #0 comprises a configuration of time and frequency domain resources;

wherein the first SSB is associated with a first configuration, and the second SSB is associated with a second configuration, wherein the first configuration or the second configuration comprises:

a search space set of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) scrambled by a Paging-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (P-RNTI).

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first SSB and the second SSB are located in a same downlink BandWidth Part (BWP).

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first SSB and the second SSB are located in an initial downlink BWP, wherein

the initial downlink BWP is indicated in one of the following manners:

indicated by a Physical Broadcast CHannel (PBCH) comprised in the second SSB;

indicated by System Information Block 1 (SIB1); or

indicated by Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information is further used to indicate at least one of the following:

an offset of the frequency domain position of the first SSB relative to that of the second SSB;

a periodicity of transmitting the first SSB.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first configuration or the second configuration further comprises at least one of the following:

a search space set of a PDCCH scrambled by a System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI);

a search space set of a PDCCH scrambled by a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI);

a search space set of a PDCCH scrambled by a Temporary Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (TC-RNTI); or

a Physical Random Access CHannel (PRACH) configuration.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the first configuration information is used to indicate the first configuration; or

after the receiving first configuration information, the method further comprises: receiving third configuration information, wherein the third configuration information is used to indicate the first configuration.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein when a network device does not indicate the first configuration to the terminal device, the first configuration is the same as the second configuration.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the first SSB and the second SSB satisfy a QCL relationship, the first configuration is the same as the second configuration.

9 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first configuration is different from the second configuration.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein after the receiving first configuration information, the method further comprises:

monitoring a PDCCH in a search space associated with one SSB in an SSB set, wherein

the SSB set comprises the first SSB and the second SSB.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the receiving first configuration information, the method further comprises:

performing at least one of the following actions based on the first SSB or the second SSB:

Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement;

Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurement;

Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurement; or

Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP) measurement.

12 . A terminal device, comprising:

a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate a first time domain position and a first frequency domain position of a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), and the first frequency domain position of the first SSB is different from a second frequency domain position of a second SSB,

wherein the first configuration information is further used to indicate a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) relationship between the first SSB and another SSB in an SSB set, wherein the SSB set comprises the first SSB and the second SSB,

wherein at least two SSBs in the SSB set in a same time domain but different frequency domains satisfy the QCL relationship,

wherein

a second time domain position and the second frequency domain position of the second SSB are obtained by cell search; or

the second time domain position and the second frequency domain position of the second SSB are indicated by second configuration information; wherein

the first configuration information and the second configuration information are carried in same or different signaling,

wherein the first SSB is associated with a first Control REsource SET #0 (CORESET #0), and the second SSB is associated with second CORESET #0,

a configuration parameter of the first CORESET #0 is the same as a configuration parameter of the second CORESET #0, and

a configuration parameter of a CORESET #0 comprises a configuration of time and frequency domain resources;

wherein the first SSB is associated with a first configuration, and the second SSB is associated with a second configuration, wherein the first configuration or the second configuration comprises:

a search space set of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) scrambled by a Paging-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (P-RNTI).

13 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the first SSB and the second SSB are located in a same downlink BandWidth Part (BWP).

14 . The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the first SSB and the second SSB are located in an initial downlink BWP, wherein

the initial downlink BWP is indicated in one of the following manners:

indicated by a Physical Broadcast CHannel (PBCH) comprised in the second SSB;

indicated by System Information Block 1 (SIB1); or

indicated by Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

15 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the first configuration information is further used to indicate at least one of the following:

an offset of the frequency domain position of the first SSB relative to that of the second SSB;

or

a periodicity of transmitting the first SSB.

16 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the first configuration or the second configuration further comprises at least one of the following:

a search space set of a PDCCH scrambled by a System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI);

a search space set of a PDCCH scrambled by a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI);

a search space set of a PDCCH scrambled by a Temporary Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (TC-RNTI); or

a Physical Random Access CHannel (PRACH) configuration.

17 . The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first configuration information is used to indicate the first configuration; or

after the receiving first configuration information, the operations further comprise: receiving third configuration information, wherein the third configuration information is used to indicate the first configuration.

18 . A network device, comprising:

a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

transmitting first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate a first time domain position and a first frequency domain position of a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), and the first frequency domain position of the first SSB is different from a second frequency domain position of a second SSB,

wherein the first configuration information is further used to indicate a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) relationship between the first SSB and another SSB in an SSB set, wherein the SSB set comprises the first SSB and the second SSB,

wherein at least two SSBs in the SSB set in a same time domain but different frequency domains satisfy the QCL relationship,

wherein

a second time domain position and the second frequency domain position of the second SSB are obtained by cell search of a terminal device; or

the second time domain position and the second frequency domain position of the second SSB are indicated by second configuration information; and

the first configuration information and the second configuration information are carried in same or different signaling,

wherein the first SSB is associated with a first COntrol REsource SET #0 (CORESET #0), and the second SSB is associated with second CORESET #0,

a configuration parameter of the first CORESET #0 is the same as a configuration parameter of the second CORESET #0, and

a configuration parameter of a CORESET #0 comprises a configuration of time and frequency domain resources;

wherein the first SSB is associated with a first configuration, and the second SSB is associated with a second configuration, wherein the first configuration or the second configuration comprises:

a search space set of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) scrambled by a Paging-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (P-RNTI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2022
From: YANG, KUN; WU, KAI
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060716/0043 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010081750.1 · Feb 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021075091 · Feb 3, 2021
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