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Granted Patent B2
US 10,237,862 · App. 15/442,349 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Method for receiving system information in wireless communication system that supports narrowband IOT and apparatus for the same

Inventors: Seokmin Shin (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L67/12H04W56/0015
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Patent No.
US 10,237,862
App. No.
15/442,349
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for receiving system information performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports Narrow Band (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT) includes receiving a Narrowband Synchronization Signal from a base station through narrowband (NB); acquiring time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the base station based on the Narrowband Synchronization Signal; and receiving the system information related to the NB-IoT from the base station through a Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel (N-PBCH).

Claims (30)

1. A method for receiving system information in a wireless communication system supporting Narrow Band (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT), the method performed by a terminal and comprising:

receiving an NB synchronization signal (NBSS) through an NB from a base station (BS);

acquiring time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the BS based on the received NBSS; and

receiving the system information related to the NB-IoT through an NB physical broadcast channel from the BS,

wherein the system information includes at least operation mode information indicating an operation mode of the NB-IoT system or channel information indicating a channel raster offset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation mode is an in-band mode, a guard-band mode or a stand-alone mode.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the in-band mode includes a first in-band mode in which the NB-IoT system and a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system have a same Physical Cell ID (PCID) and a second in-band mode in which the NB-IoT system and the LTE system have different PCIDs.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the channel raster offset is +2.5 kHz, +7.5 kHz, −2.5 kHz or −7.5 kHz.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system information is a Master Information Block.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NB is a system bandwidth that corresponds to one Physical Resource Block (PRB) of a Long Term Evolution system.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one PRB includes 12 subcarriers.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NB synchronization signal includes an NB primary synchronization signal and an NB secondary synchronization signal.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NB synchronization signal is generated using a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the NB primary synchronization signal is received through 11 contiguous subcarriers among the 12 subcarriers.

11. A terminal for receiving system information in a wireless communication system supporting narrowband (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT), the terminal comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor for:

controlling the RF unit to receive an NB synchronization signal (NBSS) through an NB from a base station (BS);

acquiring time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the BS based on the received NBSS; and

controlling the RF unit to receive the system information related to the NB-IoT through an NB physical broadcast channel from the BS,

wherein the system information includes at least one of operation mode information indicating an operation mode of the NB-IoT system or channel raster offset information indicating a channel raster offset.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the operation mode is an in-band mode operated in an in-band, a guard-band mode operated in a guard-band or a stand-alone mode operated in stand-alone.

13. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the in-band mode includes a first in-band mode in which the NB-IoT system and a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system have a same Physical Cell ID (PCID) and a second in-band mode in which the NB-IoT system and LTE system have different PCIDs.

14. The terminal of claim 13 , wherein the channel raster offset is +2.5 kHz, +7.5 kHz, −2.5 kHz or −7.5 kHz.

15. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the system information is a Master Information Block.

16. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the NB is a system bandwidth that corresponds to one Physical Resource Block (PRB) of a Long Term Evolution system.

17. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the one PRB includes 12 subcarriers.

18. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the NB synchronization signal includes an NB primary synchronization signal and an NB secondary synchronization signal.

19. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the NB synchronization signal is generated using a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence.

20. The terminal of claim 17 , wherein the NB primary synchronization signal is received through 11 contiguous subcarriers among the 12 subcarriers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: SHIN, SEOKMIN; KO, HYUNSOO; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 041813/0287 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62300076 · Feb 26, 2016
Provisional Application 62304315 · Mar 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62354827 · Jun 27, 2016
Provisional Application 62356508 · Jun 29, 2016
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