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US 10,085,203 · App. 15/195,610 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Signal sending method, signal detection method, related apparatus, and system for identifying dormant and active states of a cell

Inventors: Lixia Xue (Beijing, CN); David Jean-Marie Mazzarese (Beijing, CN); Lei Guan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W48/14H04L5/0048H04W52/0206H04W68/00H04W76/28Y02D70/1262Y02D70/25
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Patent No.
US 10,085,203
App. No.
15/195,610
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, where the method includes: when determining that a first cell enters or prepares to enter a dormant state, sending, by a base station, a first signal to a user equipment (UE) in the first cell, where the first signal carries information about time when the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the information about the time, that the first cell enters the dormant state; and when determining that the first cell enters an active state from the dormant state, sending, by the base station, a second signal to the user equipment in the first cell, for determining, according to the second signal, that the first cell enters the active state. By using technical solutions provided in the present disclosure, the UE can discover a state change of a cell in time.

Claims (60)

1. A signal sending method, comprising:

in response to determining that a first cell enters or prepares to enter a dormant state, sending, by a base station, a first signal to a user equipment in the first cell, wherein the first signal carries information about a time that the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the information about the time, that the first cell enters the dormant state, wherein the first signal that carries the information about the time that the first cell enters the dormant state is carried in enhanced common search space (ECSS) of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), or is carried in a control format indicator (CFI) and sent in a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH); and

in response to determining that the first cell enters an active state from the dormant state, sending, by the base station, a second signal to the user equipment in the first cell, for determining, according to the second signal, that the first cell enters the active state,

wherein the second signal is any one or a combination of any two or more of the following signals: a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell comprises:

sending the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell, wherein the first signal carries a start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell enters the dormant state at the start time point.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the first signal to user equipment in the first cell comprises:

sending the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell, wherein the first signal carries at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell is in the dormant state within the at least one time period.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell comprises:

sending a discovery signal to the user equipment in the first cell according to a preset sending manner of the discovery signal, wherein the sending manner of the discovery signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the discovery signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the second signal to the user equipment in the first cell comprises:

sending the second signal to the user equipment in the first cell according to a preset sending manner of the second signal, wherein the sending manner of the second signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the second signal.

6. A signal detection method, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment, a first signal, wherein the first signal carries information about a time that the first cell enters a dormant state, wherein the first signal that carries the information about the time that the first cell enters the dormant state is carried in enhanced common search space (ECSS) of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), or is carried in a control format indicator (CFI) and sent in a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH);

determining, by the user equipment according to the information about the time, that the first cell enters the dormant state;

detecting, by the user equipment, a second signal; and

in response to the second signal being detected, determining, by the user equipment according to the second signal, that the first cell enters an active state,

wherein the second signal is any one or a combination of any two or more of the following signals: a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first signal carries a start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state; and

the determining, by the user equipment according to the first signal, that the first cell enters the dormant state comprises:

determining, by the user equipment according to the start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell enters the dormant state at the start time point.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first signal carries at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state; and

the determining, by the user equipment according to the first signal, that the first cell enters the dormant state comprises:

determining, by the user equipment according to the at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell is in the dormant state within the at least one time period.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein:

the receiving, by the user equipment, the first signal comprises receiving a discovery signal; and

the determining, by the user equipment according to the first signal, that the first cell enters the dormant state comprises:

determining, by the user equipment according to a sending manner of the received discovery signal, that the first cell enters the active state, wherein the sending manner of the discovery signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the discovery signal.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining, by the user equipment according to the second signal, that the first cell enters an active state from the dormant state comprises:

detecting a sending manner of the second signal; and

determining, by the user equipment according to the sending manner of the second signal, that the first cell enters the active state, wherein the sending manner of the second signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the second signal.

11. A base station, comprising:

a transceiving apparatus; and

a processor configured to:

in response to the base station determining that a first cell enters or prepares to enter a dormant state, control the transceiving apparatus to send a first signal to a user equipment in the first cell, wherein the first signal carries information about a time that the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the information about the time, that the first cell enters the dormant state, and when the first cell enters an active state from the dormant state, control the transceiving apparatus to send a second signal to the user equipment in the first cell, for determining, according to the second signal, that the first cell enters the active state,

wherein the first signal that carries the information about the time that the first cell enters the dormant state is carried in enhanced common search space (ECSS) of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), or is carried in a control format indicator (CFI) and sent in a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and

wherein the second signal is any one or a combination of any two or more of the following signals: a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

12. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to send the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell, wherein the first signal carries a start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell enters the dormant state at the start time point.

13. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to send the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell, wherein the first signal carries at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell is in the dormant state within the at least one time period.

14. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to send the first signal to the user equipment in the first cell in the following manner:

sending a discovery signal to the user equipment in the first cell according to a preset sending manner of the discovery signal, wherein the sending manner of the discovery signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the discovery signal.

15. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to send the second signal to the user equipment in the first cell in the following manner:

sending the second signal to the user equipment in the first cell according to a preset sending manner of the second signal, wherein the sending manner of the second signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the second signal.

16. A user equipment, comprising:

a transceiving apparatus; and

a processor, wherein:

the transceiving apparatus is configured to receive a first signal, wherein the first signal carries information about a time that the first cell enters a dormant state, wherein the first signal that carries the information about the time that the first cell enters the dormant state is carried in enhanced common search space (ECSS) of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), or is carried in a control format indicator (CFI) and sent in a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH); and

the processor is configured to: determine, according to the information about the time, that the first cell enters the dormant state, detect a second signal, and, when the second signal is detected, determine, according to the second signal, that the first cell enters an active state from the dormant state,

wherein the second signal is any one or a combination of any two or more of the following signals: a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

17. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein:

the first signal carries a start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state; and

the processor is further configured to determine, according to the start time point at which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell enters the dormant state at the start time point.

18. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein:

the first signal carries at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state; and

the processor is further configured to determine, according to the at least one time period in which the first cell enters the dormant state, that the first cell is in the dormant state within the at least one time period.

19. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein:

the first signal received by the transceiving apparatus is a discovery signal; and

the processor is configured to determine, according to a sending manner of the discovery signal received by the transceiving apparatus, that the first cell enters the active state, wherein the sending manner of the discovery signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the discovery signal.

20. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein:

the processor is configured to: acquire a sending manner of the second signal, and determine, according to the sending manner of the second signal, that the first cell enters the active state, wherein the sending manner of the second signal comprises one or two of a time-frequency resource location and a sending period that are of the second signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: XUE, LIXIA; MAZZARESE, DAVID JEAN-MARIE; GUAN, LEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041095/0403 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2013090798 · Dec 28, 2013
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