IP Library Granted Patent US 10,148,419
Granted Patent B2
US 10,148,419 · App. 15/571,765 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Method for transmitting and receiving synchronization signal by using nested orthogonal phase pattern vector in wireless communication system

Inventors: Kilbom Lee (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Kitae Kim (Seoul, KR); Kungmin Park (Seoul, KR); Heejin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L7/04H04L27/2657H04W24/10H04W72/04H04W72/0466
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Patent No.
US 10,148,419
App. No.
15/571,765
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for receiving a synchronization signal, comprising: respectively receiving, from a plurality of base stations, a plurality of synchronization signals generated by using a phase pattern vector set, which is nested orthogonal and hierarchically configured; measuring a sequence index and an index of a phase pattern vector for the plurality of synchronization signals; selecting, among the plurality of base stations, a base station having the highest correlation value calculated as a measurement result; and establishing a connection with the selected base station, wherein the phase pattern vector set has different phase pattern vectors for changing a phase of a synchronization signal sequence up to a predetermined repetition number.

Claims (27)

1. A method of receiving a plurality of synchronization signals by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving the plurality of synchronization signals generated using a nested orthogonal phase pattern vector set configured hierarchically from a plurality of base stations, respectively;

estimating a sequence index and an index of a phase pattern vector for the plurality of synchronization signals, respectively;

selecting a base station having a highest correlation value calculated as a result of the estimations, from the plurality of base stations; and

establishing a connection to the selected base station,

wherein the phase pattern vector set is configured with different phase pattern vectors for changing a phase of a synchronization signal sequence by a predetermined repetition count.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein base stations having an identical repetition count of the synchronization signal sequence among the plurality of base stations configure an identical hierarchy, wherein base stations having a relatively high repetition count configure a higher hierarchy, and wherein base stations having a relatively low repetition count configure a lower hierarchy.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein phase pattern vectors assigned to the base stations belonging to the identical hierarchy are orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal to each other.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy are orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal to a portion of phase pattern vectors assigned to the higher hierarchy.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the phase pattern vectors assigned to the higher hierarchy do not include the phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of base stations using a same phase pattern vector set transmit synchronization signals at a same timing point by being synchronized with each other.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein a synchronization signal of a base station using the phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy is transmitted within a portion of a time interval for transmitting a synchronization signal of another base station using the phase pattern vectors assigned to the higher hierarchy.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the base station using the phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy transmits ‘0’ in a portion, in which the base station does not transmit the synchronization signal of its own, of the time interval.

9. A user equipment receiving a plurality of synchronization signals in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a processor, operably connected to the transmitter and the receiver, that:

controls the receiver to receive the plurality of synchronization signals generated using a nested orthogonal phase pattern vector set configured hierarchically from a plurality of base stations, respectively,

estimates a sequence index and an index of a phase pattern vector for the plurality of synchronization signals, respectively,

selects a base station having a highest correlation value calculated as a result of the estimations from the plurality of base stations, and establishes a connection to the selected base station, wherein the phase pattern vector set is configured with different phase pattern vectors for changing a phase of a synchronization signal sequence by a predetermined repetition count.

10. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein base stations having an identical repetition count of the synchronization signal sequence among the plurality of base stations configure an identical hierarchy, wherein base stations having a relatively high repetition count configure a higher hierarchy, and wherein base stations having a relatively low repetition count configure a lower hierarchy.

11. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein phase pattern vectors assigned to the base stations belonging to the identical hierarchy are orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal to each other.

12. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy are orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal to a portion of -phase pattern vectors assigned to the higher hierarchy.

13. The user equipment of claim 12 , wherein the phase pattern vectors assigned to the higher hierarchy do not include the phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy.

14. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein a plurality of base stations using a same phase pattern vector set transmit synchronization signals at a same timing point by being synchronized with each other.

15. The user equipment of claim 12 , wherein a synchronization signal of base station using the phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy is transmitted within a portion of a time interval for transmitting a synchronization signal of another base station using the phase pattern vectors assigned to the higher hierarchy.

16. the user equipment of claim 15 , wherein the base station using the phase pattern vectors assigned to the lower hierarchy transmits ‘0’ in a portion, in which the base station does not transmit the synchronization signal of its own, of the time interval.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2017
From: LEE, KILBOM; KANG, JIWON; KIM, KITAE; PARK, KUNGMIN; KIM, HEEJIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 044032/0787 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62157422 · May 5, 2015
Provisional Application 62158522 · May 7, 2015
Related Publication 20180167193A1 · Jun 14, 2018
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