IP Library Granted Patent US 11,096,113
Granted Patent B2
US 11,096,113 · App. 16/271,543 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Method and device for sending system information

Inventors: Tingting Geng (Shanghai, CN); Hongping Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Yalin Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W48/10H04W52/0216H04W72/005H04W72/0446H04W72/121H04W48/14
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Patent No.
US 11,096,113
App. No.
16/271,543
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and device for sending system information related to the communications field are provided. The method comprises: a terminal receives a broadcast message from a network device, the broadcast message comprises indication information for an system information (SI) and wherein that the indication information is for indicating that whether the SI is being broadcasted or not, in case that the indication information indicating that the SI is not being broadcasted, the terminal sends a system information request to the network device for acquiring the SI.

Claims (33)

1. A method for sending system information (SI) implemented at a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast message sent by a network device,

wherein the broadcast message includes information identifying multiple periodic occasions for the network device to broadcast the SI and indication information for triggering the terminal to send an SI request to obtain the SI;

sending in response to the indication information, the SI request to the network device for acquiring the SI;

selecting a nearest occasion from the multiple periodic occasions; and

obtaining the SI that is broadcast by the network device on the selected nearest occasion of the multiple periodic occasions.

2. The method according to the claim 1 , wherein the SI request includes an index of the SI.

3. The method according to the claim 1 , wherein the SI request includes a bitmap having a value of a bit that indicates the terminal is requesting the SI from the network device.

4. The method according to the claim 3 , wherein the value of the bit is set as 1.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is in an idle state.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information is the latest indication information.

7. An apparatus for sending system information (SI), the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus perform:

receive a broadcast message sent by a network device, wherein the broadcast message includes information identifying multiple periodic occasions for the network device to broadcast the SI and indication information for triggering the terminal to send an SI request to obtain the SI;

send, in response to the indication information, the SI request to the network device for acquiring the SI;

select a nearest occasion from the multiple periodic occasions; and

obtain the SI that is broadcast by the network device on the selected nearest occasion of the multiple periodic occasions.

8. The apparatus according to the claim 7 , wherein the SI request includes an index of the SI.

9. The apparatus according to the claim 7 , wherein the SI request includes a bitmap having a value of a bit that indicates the apparatus is requesting the SI from the network device.

10. The apparatus according to the claim 9 , wherein the value of the bit is set as 1.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the terminal is in an idle state.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the indication information is the latest indication information.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, applied for a terminal, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the terminal, cause the terminal to perform operations comprising:

receiving a broadcast message sent by a network device, wherein the broadcast message includes information identifying multiple periodic occasions for the network device to broadcast system information (SI) and indication information for triggering the terminal to send an SI request to obtain the SI;

sending, in response to the indication information, the SI request to the network device for acquiring the SI;

selecting a nearest occasion from the multiple periodic occasions; and

obtaining, the SI that is broadcast by the network device on the selected nearest occasion of the multiple periodic occasions.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to the claim 13 , wherein the SI request includes an index of the SI.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to the claim 13 , wherein the SI request includes a bitmap having a value of a bit that indicates the terminal is requesting the SI from the network device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to the claim 15 , wherein the value of the bit is set as 1.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal is in an idle state.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the indication information is the latest indication information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: GENG, TINGTING; ZHANG, HONGPING; LIU, YALIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050657/0982 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201610649587.8 · Aug 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2017096635 · Aug 9, 2017
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