IP Library Granted Patent US 12,261,732
Granted Patent B2
US 12,261,732 · App. 18/604,518 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Method and device in communication node used for wireless communication

Inventors: Zheng Liu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04L27/2657H04L27/26025H04W56/0045
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Patent No.
US 12,261,732
App. No.
18/604,518
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node used for wireless communications. A communication node receives first information and second information; and transmits a first radio signal, an SCS of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal is equal to a first SCS; a sum of a first timing adjustment and a second timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the first radio signal, and the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal; the second timing adjustment is equal to a sum of a first sub-adjustment and a second sub-adjustment, the first information is used to determine the first sub-adjustment, and the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment. The present disclosure improves scheduling flexibility.

Claims (36)

1. A first communication node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver, receiving first information and second information, the first information and the second information are transmitted as two different fields in a same signaling; and

a first transmitter, transmitting a first radio signal, a Subcarrier Spacing (SCS) of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal in frequency domain being equal to a first SCS, the first radio signal carries Msg3;

wherein a sum of a first timing adjustment and a second timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the first radio signal, and the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal; the second timing adjustment is equal to a sum of a first sub-adjustment and a second sub-adjustment, the first information is used to determine the first sub-adjustment, and the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment; the first sub-adjustment is equal to an integral number of T c , the second sub-adjustment is equal to an integral number of T c , where T c =1/(480·10 3 ·4096) second; for the first SCS, an absolute value of the first sub-adjustment is equal to a time length of one or multiple multicarrier symbols, the absolute value of the first sub-adjustment is equal to a time length of at least one slot, and a minimum step-size corresponding to the second sub-adjustment is less than a time length of one multicarrier symbol, the minimum step-size corresponding to the second sub-adjustment is a minimum granularity when configuring the second sub-adjustment.

2. The first communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises all or partial fields in an Information Elements (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information is cell-specific; the first radio signal is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the first radio signal occupies more than one subcarrier in frequency domain, and SCSs of any two subcarriers occupied by the first radio signal in frequency domain are equal; the first timing adjustment is used to determine a TA of a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal, the first timing adjustment is positive or the first timing adjustment is equal to 0.

3. The first communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the second sub-adjustment is one of X candidate sub-adjustments, X being a positive integer greater than 1; the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment out of the X candidate sub-adjustments.

4. The first communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiver receives third information; the first transmitter transmits a first characteristic sequence; wherein the third information is used to determine the first timing adjustment; the first characteristic sequence is used for random access.

5. The first communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter transmits a second radio signal; wherein the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the second radio signal; a start time for transmitting the second radio signal is earlier than a start time for transmitting the first radio signal.

6. The first communication node according to claim 1 , wherein a first timing offset is used to determine the first timing adjustment, an absolute value of the first timing offset is not greater than an absolute value of the first timing adjustment, a duplex mode of a cell where a transmission of the first radio signal occurs and a frequency range to which frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong are used to determine the first timing offset.

7. The first communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiver receives a second signaling; wherein the second signaling is used to determine the first SCS.

8. A second communication node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second transmitter, transmitting first information and second information, the first information and the second information are transmitted as two different fields in a same signaling; and

a second receiver, receiving a first radio signal, an SCS of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal in frequency domain being equal to a first SCS, the first radio signal carries Msg3;

wherein a sum of a first timing adjustment and a second timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the first radio signal, and the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal; the second timing adjustment is equal to a sum of a first sub-adjustment and a second sub-adjustment, the first information is used to determine the first sub-adjustment, and the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment; the first sub-adjustment is equal to an integral number of T c , the second sub-adjustment is equal to an integral number of T c , where T c =1/(480·10 3 ·4096) second; for the first SCS, an absolute value of the first sub-adjustment is equal to a time length of one or multiple multicarrier symbols, the absolute value of the first sub-adjustment is equal to a time length of at least one slot, and a minimum step-size corresponding to the second sub-adjustment is less than a time length of one multicarrier symbol, the minimum step-size corresponding to the second sub-adjustment is a minimum granularity when configuring the second sub-adjustment.

9. The second communication node according to claim 8 , wherein the first information comprises all or partial fields in an Information Elements (JE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information is cell-specific; the first radio signal is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the first radio signal occupies more than one subcarrier in frequency domain, and SCSs of any two subcarriers occupied by the first radio signal in frequency domain are equal; the first timing adjustment is used to determine a TA of a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal, the first timing adjustment is positive or the first timing adjustment is equal to 0.

10. The second communication node according to claim 8 , wherein the second sub-adjustment is one of X candidate sub-adjustments, X being a positive integer greater than 1; the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment out of the X candidate sub-adjustments.

11. The second communication node according to claim 8 , wherein the second transmitter transmits third information; a second receiver receives a first characteristic sequence; wherein the third information is used to determine the first timing adjustment; the first characteristic sequence is used for random access.

12. The second communication node according to claim 8 , wherein the second receiver receives a second radio signal; wherein the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the second radio signal; a start time for transmitting the second radio signal is earlier than a start time for transmitting the first radio signal.

13. The second communication node according to claim 8 , wherein a first timing offset is used to determine the first timing adjustment, an absolute value of the first timing offset is not greater than an absolute value of the first timing adjustment, a duplex mode of a cell where a transmission of the first radio signal occurs and a frequency range to which frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong are used to determine the first timing offset.

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

receiving first information and second information, the first information and the second information are transmitted as two different fields in a same signaling; and

transmitting a first radio signal, an SCS of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal in frequency domain being equal to a first SCS, the first radio signal carries Msg3;

wherein a sum of a first timing adjustment and a second timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the first radio signal, and the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal; the second timing adjustment is equal to a sum of a first sub-adjustment and a second sub-adjustment, the first information is used to determine the first sub-adjustment, and the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment; the first sub-adjustment is equal to an integral number of T c , the second sub-adjustment is equal to an integral number of T c , where T c =1/(480·10 3 ·4096) second; for the first SCS, an absolute value of the first sub-adjustment is equal to a time length of one or multiple multicarrier symbols, the absolute value of the first sub-adjustment is equal to a time length of at least one slot, and a minimum step-size corresponding to the second sub-adjustment is less than a time length of one multicarrier symbol, the minimum step-size corresponding to the second sub-adjustment is a minimum granularity when configuring the second sub-adjustment.

15. The method in a first communication node according to claim 14 , wherein the first information comprises all or partial fields in an Information Elements (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information is cell-specific; the first radio signal is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the first radio signal occupies more than one subcarrier in frequency domain, and SCSs of any two subcarriers occupied by the first radio signal in frequency domain are equal; the first timing adjustment is used to determine a TA of a radio signal transmitted earlier than the first radio signal, the first timing adjustment is positive or the first timing adjustment is equal to 0.

16. The method in a first communication node according to claim 14 , wherein the second sub-adjustment is one of X candidate sub-adjustments, X being a positive integer greater than 1; the second information is used to determine the second sub-adjustment out of the X candidate sub-adjustments.

17. The method in a first communication node according to claim 14 , comprising:

receiving third information; and

transmitting a first characteristic sequence;

wherein the third information is used to determine the first timing adjustment; the first characteristic sequence is used for random access.

18. The method in a first communication node according to claim 14 , comprising:

transmitting a second radio signal;

wherein the first timing adjustment is used to determine a transmission timing for the second radio signal; a start time for transmitting the second radio signal is earlier than a start time for transmitting the first radio signal.

19. The method in a first communication node according to claim 14 , wherein a first timing offset is used to determine the first timing adjustment, an absolute value of the first timing offset is not greater than an absolute value of the first timing adjustment, a duplex mode of a cell where a transmission of the first radio signal occurs and a frequency range to which frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong are used to determine the first timing offset.

20. The method in a first communication node according to claim 14 , comprising:

receiving a second signaling;

wherein the second signaling is used to determine the first SCS.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: LIU, ZHENG; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068188/0242 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910345267.7 · Apr 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17509092 · Oct 25, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2020082319 · Mar 31, 2020
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