Method and device for indicating sub-band configuration, and method and device for accessing sub-band

1. A method for indicating sub-band configuration, comprising:

configuring a broadcast channel in a basic sub-band which is configured with a synchronization signal; and

indicating sub-band configuration of at least one non-basic sub-band through a master information block carried by the broadcast channel, wherein the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band is used for user equipment to initiate a random access procedure on the at least one non-basic sub-band,

wherein indicating sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band through the master information block carried by the broadcast channel comprises: indicating a second offset between a resource position of a common control channel and a resource position of the synchronization signal through the master information block carried by the broadcast channel; and indicating sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band through a system information block carried by the common control channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a resource position of the broadcast channel has a first predetermined offset with a resource position of the synchronization signal, and the master information block carried by the broadcast channel indicates bandwidth of the basic sub-band and an offset between a center frequency point of the basic sub-band and a center frequency point of the synchronization signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a time-frequency resource of the common control channel is located within the basic sub-band.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: carrying paging information and/or random access feedback information through the system information block carried by the common control channel.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-band configuration comprises at least one of the followings: carrier configuration, waveform configuration, frequency position and measurement reference signal configuration.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second offset is an offset in a time domain which comprises shifted symbols, slots or sub-frames, or an offset in a frequency domain which comprises a positively or negatively shifted resource block.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the carrier configuration comprises a sub-carrier spacing and Cyclic Prefix (CP) length.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an offset between a center frequency point of the common control channel and a center frequency point of the synchronization signal is predetermined, or indicated by the master information block carried by the broadcast channel.

9. A method for accessing a sub-band, comprising:

detecting a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel in a basic sub-band to obtain a master information block carried by the broadcast channel, and camping on a cell according to the synchronization signal;

decoding the master information block carried by the broadcast channel to determine sub-band configuration of at least one non-basic sub-band; and

accessing the at least one non-basic sub-band based on the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band to initiate a random access procedure on the at least one non-basic sub-band,

wherein decoding the master information block carried by the broadcast channel to determine sub-band configuration of at least one non-basic sub-band comprises: decoding the master information block carried by the broadcast channel to obtain a second offset between a resource position of a common control channel and a resource position of the synchronization signal; decoding the common control channel to determine a system information block carried by the common control channel; and decoding the system information block carried by the common control channel to determine the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the master information block carried by the broadcast channel is decoded to determine a resource position of a control channel, and accessing the at least one non-basic sub-band based on the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band: detecting the control channel periodically; and randomly accessing the at least one non-basic sub-band based on the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the sub-band configuration comprises at least one of the followings: carrier configuration, waveform configuration, frequency position and measurement reference signal configuration.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein detecting a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel in a basic sub-band to obtain a master information block carried by the broadcast channel, and camping on a cell according to the synchronization signal comprises: detecting the synchronization signal in the basic sub-band to obtain a time-frequency position of a base station; and measuring a measurement reference signal based on the measurement reference signal configuration to become synchronous with the base station and camp on a cell corresponding to the base station.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the carrier configuration comprises a sub-carrier spacing and Cyclic Prefix (CP) length.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein an offset between a center frequency point of the common control channel and a center frequency point of the synchronization signal is predetermined, or indicated by the master information block carried by the broadcast channel.

15. A device for accessing a sub-band, comprising:

a detecting circuitry configured to detect a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel in a basic sub-band to obtain a master information block carried by the broadcast channel, and camp on a cell according to the synchronization signal;

a decoding circuitry configured to decode the master information block carried by the broadcast channel to determine sub-band configuration of at least one non-basic sub-band; and

an accessing circuitry configured to access the at least one non-basic sub-band based on the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band to initiate a random access procedure on the at least one non-basic sub-band,

wherein the decoding circuitry comprises:

a broadcast channel decoding sub-circuitry configured to decode the master information block carried by the broadcast channel to obtain a second offset between a resource position of a common control channel and a resource position of the synchronization signal;

a common control channel decoding sub-circuitry configured to decode the common control channel to determine a system information block carried by the common control channel; and

a sub-band configuration determining sub-circuitry configured to decode the system information block carried by the common control channel to determine the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the master information block carried by the broadcast channel is decoded to determine a resource position of a control channel, and the accessing circuitry is configured to detect the control channel periodically, and randomly access the at least one non-basic sub-band based on the sub-band configuration of the at least one non-basic sub-band.

17. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the sub-band configuration comprises at least one of the followings: carrier configuration, waveform configuration, frequency position and measurement reference signal configuration.

18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the detecting circuitry comprises:

a detecting sub-circuitry configured to detect the synchronization signal in the basic sub-band to obtain a time-frequency position of a base station; and

a measuring sub-circuitry configured to measure a measurement reference signal based on the measurement reference signal configuration to become synchronous with the base station and camp on a cell corresponding to the base station.

19. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the carrier configuration comprises a sub-carrier spacing and Cyclic Prefix (CP) length.

20. The device according to claim 15 , wherein an offset between a center frequency point of the common control channel and a center frequency point of the synchronization signal is predetermined, or indicated by the master information block carried by the broadcast channel.