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US 11,539,497 · App. 17/164,465 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Physical resource block PRB grid indication method and device

Inventors: Zhiheng Guo (Beijing, CN); Qian Wu (Beijing, CN); Xinqian Xie (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0094H04W4/025H04W56/001H04W64/003H04W72/0453H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 11,539,497
App. No.
17/164,465
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for wireless communication and an apparatus are provided, comprising: determining location information, wherein the location information indicating a quantity of M subcarrier spacings between a second location of a physical resource block (PRB) in a system common PRB grid and a first location in a synchronization signal block, the system common PRB grid having a first subcarrier spacing, the first location being a beginning subcarrier of the synchronization signal block and the first location overlapping with the PRB, M is a value of a preset value set, and the preset value set is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}; sending the location information via a broadcast message.

Claims (41)

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining location information, wherein the location information indicates an offset between a second location of a physical resource block (PRB) in a system common PRB grid and a first location in a synchronization signal block, the system common PRB grid having a first subcarrier spacing, the first location being a beginning subcarrier of the synchronization signal block and the first location overlapping with the PRB in the system common PRB grid, and the second location being a boundary location of the PRB in the system common PRB grid, wherein a value of the offset is M indicating an offset of M subcarriers between the first location and the second location, M is a value of a preset value set, and the preset value set is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}; and

sending the location information via a physical broadcast channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is 30 kHz.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PRB comprises twelve subcarriers.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the synchronization signal block comprises a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and the physical broadcast channel.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the location information occupies 5 bits of the physical broadcast channel.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory memory having a storage medium, wherein the non-transitory memory stores a program; and

a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to cause the apparatus to:

obtain location information, wherein the location information indicates an offset between a second location of a physical resource block (PRB) in a system common PRB grid and a first location in a synchronization signal block, the system common PRB grid having a first subcarrier spacing, the first location being a beginning subcarrier of the synchronization signal block and the first location overlapping with the PRB, and the second location being a boundary location of the PRB in the system common PRB grid, wherein a value of the offset is M indicating an offset of M subcarriers between the first location and the second location, M is a value of a preset value set, and the preset value set is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}; and

send the location information via a physical broadcast channel.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is 30 kHz.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the PRB comprises twelve subcarriers.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the synchronization signal block comprises a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and the physical broadcast channel.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the apparatus is a chip.

13. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the apparatus is a network device.

14. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the location information occupies 5 bits of the physical broadcast channel.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the following:

obtaining location information, wherein the location information indicates an offset between a second location of a physical resource block (PRB) in a system common PRB grid and a first location in a synchronization signal block, the system common PRB grid having a first subcarrier spacing, the first location being a beginning subcarrier of the synchronization signal block and the first location overlapping with the PRB, and the second location being a boundary location of the PRB in the system common PRB grid, wherein a value of the offset is M indicating an offset of M subcarriers between the first location and the second location, M is a value of a preset value set, and the preset value set is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}; and

sending the location information via a physical broadcast channel.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is 30 kHz.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the PRB comprises twelve subcarriers.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the synchronization signal block comprises a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and the physical broadcast channel.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the location information occupies 5 bits of the physical broadcast channel.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory memory having a storage medium, wherein the non-transitory memory stores a program; and

a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to cause the apparatus to:

receive a physical broadcast channel; and

obtain location information carried on the physical broadcast channel, wherein the location information indicates an offset between a second location of a physical resource block (PRB) in a system common PRB grid and a first location in a synchronization signal block, the system common PRB grid having a first subcarrier spacing, the first location being a beginning subcarrier of the synchronization signal block and the first location overlapping with the PRB, and the second location being a boundary location of the PRB in the system common PRB grid, wherein a value of the offset is M indicating an offset of M subcarriers between the first location and the second location, M is a value of a preset value set, and the preset value set is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}.

22. The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the location information occupies 5 bits of the physical broadcast channel.

23. The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the synchronization signal block comprises a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and the physical broadcast channel.

24. The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the apparatus is a terminal device.

25. A method, comprising:

receiving a physical broadcast channel; and

obtaining location information carried on the physical broadcast channel; wherein the location information indicates an offset between a second location of a physical resource block (PRB) in a system common PRB grid and a first location in a synchronization signal block, the synchronization signal block including the physical broadcast channel, a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal, the system common PRB grid having a first subcarrier spacing, the first location being a beginning subcarrier of the synchronization signal block and the first location overlapping with the PRB, and the second location being a boundary location of the PRB in the system common PRB grid, wherein a value of the offset is M indicating an offset of M subcarriers between the first location and the second location, M is a value of a preset value set, and the preset value set is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}.

26. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the location information occupies 5 bits of the physical broadcast channel.

27. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the boundary location of the PRB is a left boundary location of the PRB.

Priority Claims (3)
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CN 201710808132.0 · Sep 9, 2017 · national
CN 201710944153.5 · Sep 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16235965 · Dec 28, 2018
Continuation PCTCN2018100086 · Aug 10, 2018
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