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Granted Patent B2
US 11,696,263 · App. 16/963,178 · Granted Jul 4, 2023

SiB1-NB transmissions for NB TDD communication

Inventors: Andreas Hoglund (Solna, SE); Yuhang Liu (Lund, SE); Gerardo Agni Medina Acosta (Marsta, SE); Ritesh Shreevastav (Upplands Vasby, SE); Yutao Sui (Solna, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
H04W72/044H04B7/265H04L5/0053H04W48/08
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Patent No.
US 11,696,263
App. No.
16/963,178
Granted
Jul 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for SIB1-NB transmission. In one embodiment, a method performed by a network node configured to include a scheduling information parameter in a master information block, MIB, and communicate the MIB to a wireless device, the scheduling information parameter usable to schedule a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication, SIB1-NB, for a time division duplex, TDD transmission is provided. The method comprising indicating the SIB1-NB scheduling information for TDD at least in part by a value of the scheduling information parameter being associated with a predefined entry in at least one TDD-specific table, the indicated SIB1-NB scheduling information including: at least one subframe to use for the SIB1-NB transmission; a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and a transport block size, TBS, to use for the SIB1-NB transmission.

Claims (45)

1. A network node configured to schedule a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication, (SIB1-NB) for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission, the network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:

indicate the SIB1-NB scheduling information for TDD in a master information block (MIB) to a wireless device, wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on one of an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier and wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information comprises a scheduling information parameter being associated with a predefined entry in a TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and in a TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier and the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier are different tables, the predefined entry comprising:

at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission;

a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and

a transport block size (TBS) for the SIB1-NB transmission.

2. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission is indicated by a subframe index of the at least one TDD-specific table.

3. The network node of claim 2 , wherein the at least one subframe index equals at least one of: 0 , 4 and 5 .

4. The network node of claim 2 , wherein the at least one subframe index indicates the corresponding TBS to use for the SIB1-NB transmission.

5. A method performed by a network node for scheduling a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication (SIB1-NB) for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission, the method comprising:

indicating a SIB1-NB scheduling information for TDD in a master information block (MIB), wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on one of an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier and wherein the scheduling information comprises a parameter associated with a predefined entry in a TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and in a TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier and the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier are different tables, the predefined entry comprising:

at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission;

a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and

a transport block size (TBS) for the SIB1-NB transmission.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission is indicated by at least one subframe index of the at least one TDD-specific table.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one subframe index equals at least one of: subframe index: 0, 4 and 5.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one subframe index indicates the corresponding TBS to use for the SIB1-NB transmission.

9. A wireless device, configured to communicate with a network node to determine scheduling for a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication (SIB1-NB) for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless device to:

receive SIB1-NB scheduling information in a master information block (MIB), wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on one of an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier and wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information comprises a scheduling information parameter being associated with a predefined entry in a TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and in a TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier and the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier are different tables; and

determine, based on a value of the scheduling information parameter, an associated entry, wherein the associated entry is the predefined entry associated with the scheduling information parameter and located in the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and is the predefined entry associated with the scheduling information parameter and located in the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the associated entry comprises:

at least one subframe for a System Information Block Type 1-Narrow Band (SIB1-NB) transmission;

a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and

a transport block size (TBS) of the SIB1-NB transmission.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission is indicated by at least one subframe index of the at least one TDD-specific table.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one subframe index equals at least one of subframe index: 0, 4 and 5.

12. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one subframe index indicates the corresponding TBS of the SIB1-NB transmission.

13. A method performed by a wireless device for determining scheduling for a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication (SIB1-NB) for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission, the method comprising:

receiving SIB1-NB scheduling information in a master information block (MIB), wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on one of an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier and wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information comprises a scheduling information parameter being associated with a predefined entry in a TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and in a TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier and the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier are different tables; and

determining, based on a value of the SIB1-NB scheduling parameter, an associated entry, wherein the associated entry is the predefined entry associated with the scheduling information parameter and located in the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and is the predefined entry associated with the scheduling information parameter and located in the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the associated entry comprises:

at least one subframe for a System Information Block Type 1-Narrow Band (SIB1-NB) transmission;

a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and

a transport block size (TBS) of the SIB1-NB transmission.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission is indicated by a subframe index of the at least one TDD-specific table.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one subframe index equals at least one of subframe index: 0, 4 and 5.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one subframe index indicates the corresponding TBS of the SIB1-NB transmission.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program code stored in the medium which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for scheduling a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication (SIB1-NB) for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission, the method comprising:

indicating a SIB1-NB scheduling information for TDD in a master information block (MIB), wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on one of an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier and wherein the scheduling information comprises a parameter associated with a predefined entry in a TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and in a TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier and the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier are different tables, the predefined entry comprising:

at least one subframe for the SIB1-NB transmission;

a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and

a transport block size (TBS) for the SIB1-NB transmission.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program comprising instructions which when executed on a computer cause the computer to perform a method for determining scheduling for a system information block type 1 for narrow band communication (SIB1-NB) for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission, the method comprising:

receiving SIB1-NB scheduling information in a master information block (MIB), wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on one of an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier and wherein the SIB1-NB scheduling information comprises a scheduling information parameter being associated with a predefined entry in a TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and in a TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier and the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier are different tables; and

determining, based on a value of the SIB1-NB scheduling parameter, an associated entry, wherein the associated entry is the predefined entry associated with the scheduling information parameter and located in the TDD-specific table for the anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the anchor carrier, and is the predefined entry associated with the scheduling information parameter and located in the TDD-specific table for the non-anchor carrier when the SIB1-NB scheduling information indicates that the SIB1-NB transmission is on the non-anchor carrier, wherein the associated entry comprises:

at least one subframe for a System Information Block Type 1-Narrow Band (SIB1-NB) transmission;

a number of repetitions of the SIB1-NB transmission; and

a transport block size (TBS) of the SIB1-NB transmission.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 17, 2020
From: HOGLUND, ANDREAS; LIU, YUHANG; MEDINA ACOSTA, GERARDO AGNI; SHREEVASTAV, RITESH; SUI, YUTAO
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 053246/0496 →
Continuity (2)
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