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Granted Patent B2
US 11,178,636 · App. 16/496,494 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

System information transmission method and apparatus

Inventors: Yiru Kuang (Beijing, CN); Haibo Xu (Beijing, CN); Nathan Edward Tenny (San Diego, CA); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W68/005H04W4/06H04W8/005H04W76/27H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 11,178,636
App. No.
16/496,494
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

When cell system information changes, a first terminal device receives, during on duration of the first terminal device, system information sent by a second terminal device, so that the first terminal device can receive the system information through a sidelink between the first terminal device and the second terminal device without a need to maintain a cellular link, thereby reducing complexity and power consumption of system information transmission. Alternatively, when cell system information changes and a first terminal device has only one receive radio frequency chain, the first terminal device obtains system information within a gap period of communication between the second terminal device and the first terminal device through a link between the first terminal device and a network device, so that the first terminal device maintains a cellular link only within the gap period, thereby reducing complexity and power consumption of system information transmission to some extent.

Claims (34)

1. A system information transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a first terminal device, an on duration of the first terminal device; and

receiving, by the first terminal device during the on duration of the first terminal device, system information sent by a second terminal device, wherein the on duration of the first terminal device is a paging occasion of the first terminal device

wherein the receiving, by the first terminal device during the on duration of the first terminal device of the system information sent by the second terminal device further comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal device on the paging occasion of the first terminal device, the system information sent by the second terminal device at least one time by using a resource in a sending resource pool, wherein the sending resource pool is configured or preconfigured by a network device by using a broadcast message; or

receiving, by the first terminal device on the paging occasion of the first terminal device, the system information sent by the second terminal device at least one time by using a dedicated resource, wherein the dedicated resource is configured by a network device for the second terminal device,

wherein the system information is system information required by the first terminal device, and the system information required by the first terminal device is a part or all of system information delivered by a network device of a camped-on cell or a serving cell of the second terminal device; and

the system information required by the first terminal device comprises:

only changed system information required by the first terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the on duration of the first terminal device is a time in which the first terminal receives a discovery message sent by the second terminal device, and the system information is carried in the discovery message sent by the second terminal device; or

the on duration of the first terminal device is a time in which the first terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and may receive a message sent by the second terminal device, and the system information is carried in an RRC message that is sent by a network device and that is forwarded by the second terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the receiving, by the first terminal device, of the system information sent by a second terminal device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal device, indication information sent by the second terminal device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that the system information changes.

4. A system information transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a first terminal device, indication information sent as a paging message by a second terminal device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that system information changes; and

obtaining, by the first terminal device, the system information through a link between the first terminal device and a network device within a gap period of communication between the second terminal device and the first terminal device, wherein

communication between the second terminal device and the first terminal device is suspended within the gap period,

wherein the system information obtained by the first terminal device comprises:

only changed system information required by the first terminal device.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein if the first terminal device is in an RRC idle mode, the gap period is configured by the first terminal device or the second terminal device; or

if the first terminal device is in an RRC connected mode, the gap period is configured by the second terminal device or the network device for the first terminal device.

6. A system information transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a second terminal device, an on duration of a first terminal device; and

sending, by the second terminal device, system information to the first terminal device during the on duration of the first terminal device, wherein the on duration of the first terminal device is a paging occasion of the first terminal device,

wherein the sending, by the second terminal device, of the system information to the first terminal device during the on duration of the first terminal device comprises:

sending, by the second terminal device, the system information at least one time on the paging occasion of the first terminal device by using a resource in a sending resource pool, wherein the sending resource pool is configured or preconfigured by a network device by using a broadcast message; or

sending, by the second terminal device, the system information at least one time on the paging occasion of the first terminal device by using a dedicated resource, wherein the dedicated resource is configured by a network device for the second terminal device,

wherein the system information is system information required by the first terminal device, and the system information required by the first terminal device is a part or all of system information delivered by a network device of a camped-on cell or a serving cell of the second terminal device; and

the system information required by the first terminal device comprises:

only changed system information required by the first terminal device.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the on duration of the first terminal device is a time in which the second terminal device sends a discovery message, and the system information is carried in the discovery message sent by the second terminal device; or

the on duration of the first terminal device is a time in which the first terminal device is in an RRC connected mode and may receive a message sent by the second terminal device, and the system information is carried in an RRC message that is sent by a network device and that is forwarded by the second terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein before the sending, by the second terminal device, of the system information to the first terminal device, the method further comprises:

sending, by the second terminal device, indication information to the first terminal device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that the system information changes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2020
From: KUANG, YIRU; XU, HAIBO; TENNY, NATHAN EDWARD; WANG, JIAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053324/0372 →
Continuity (1)
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