Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving reference signal in wireless communication system
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining a transmission frequency band of a reference signal based on at least one of an initial frequency band for an initial access procedure, a control resource set (CORESET) configured for the UE using a master information block (MIB), or a CORESET associated with a paging search space set for monitoring a paging message, wherein the reference signal is received by the UE in an IDLE state or an INACTIVE state, receiving, from a base station (BS), the reference signal based on the transmission frequency band of the reference signal, performing time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the BS based on the reference signal, and receiving, from the BS, the paging message including an identifier of the UE based on the time synchronization and frequency synchronization.
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
determining a transmission frequency band of a reference signal based on an initial frequency band for an initial access procedure, a control resource set (CORESET) configured for the UE using a master information block (MIB), and a CORESET associated with a paging search space set for monitoring a paging message, wherein the reference signal is received by the UE in an IDLE state or an INACTIVE state;
receiving, from a base station (BS), the reference signal based on the transmission frequency band of the reference signal;
performing time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the BS based on the reference signal; and
receiving, from the BS, the paging message including an identifier of the UE based on the time synchronization and frequency synchronization.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the transmission frequency band of the reference signal comprises determining the transmission frequency band as a frequency band included in at least one of the initial frequency band, the CORESET, and the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the transmission frequency band of the reference signal comprises determining the transmission frequency band with a same value as at least one of the initial frequency band, a frequency band of the CORESET, and a frequency band of the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the transmission frequency band of the reference signal comprises:
receiving, from the BS, configuration information of the reference signal including size information of the transmission frequency band via higher layer signaling; and
determining the transmission frequency band of the reference signal based on the configuration information, wherein the transmission frequency band is determined to be less than or equal to at least one of the initial frequency band, a frequency band of the CORESET, and a frequency band of the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the transmission frequency band of the reference signal comprises:
receiving, from the BS, configuration information of the reference signal via higher layer signaling; and
determining the transmission frequency band based on whether size information of the transmission frequency band is included in the configuration information of the reference signal.
6. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein in case that the size information of the transmission frequency band is included in the configuration information of the reference signal, the transmission frequency band is determined based on the configuration information of the reference signal, and
wherein in case that the size information of the transmission frequency band is not included in the configuration information of the reference signal, the transmission frequency band is determined with a same value as at least one of the initial frequency band, a frequency band of the CORESET, and a frequency band of the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the transmission frequency band of the reference signal comprises:
receiving, from the BS via higher layer signaling, configuration information of the reference signal including size information of the transmission frequency band and location information of the transmission frequency band; and
determining the transmission frequency band based on at least one of the initial frequency band, the CORESET, the CORESET associated with the paging search space set, the size information, or the location information.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging message includes UE identifier information of the UE to be awakened by the BS.
9. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
determine a transmission frequency band of a reference signal based on an initial frequency band for an initial access procedure, a control resource set (CORESET) configured for the UE using a master information block (MIB), and a CORESET associated with a paging search space set for monitoring a paging message, wherein the reference signal is received by the UE in an IDLE state or an INACTIVE state,
receive, from a base station (BS), the reference signal based on the transmission frequency band of the reference signal,
perform time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the BS based on the reference signal, and
receive, from the BS, the paging message including an identifier of the UE based on the time synchronization and frequency synchronization.
10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the transmission frequency band as a frequency band included in at least one of the initial frequency band, the CORESET, and the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the transmission frequency band with a same value as at least one of the initial frequency band, a frequency band of the CORESET, and a frequency band of the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive, from the BS, configuration information of the reference signal including size information of the transmission frequency band via higher layer signaling; and
determine the transmission frequency band of the reference signal based on the configuration information,
wherein the transmission frequency band is determined to be less than or equal to at least one of the initial frequency band, a frequency band of the CORESET, Of and a frequency band of the CORESET associated with the paging search space set.
13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive, from the BS, configuration information of the reference signal via higher layer signaling; and
determine the transmission frequency band based on whether size information of the transmission frequency band is included in the configuration information of the reference signal.
14. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive, from the BS via higher layer signaling, configuration information of the reference signal including size information of the transmission frequency band and location information of the transmission frequency band; and
determine the transmission frequency band based on at least one of the initial frequency band, the CORESET, the CORESET associated with the paging search space set, the size information, or the location information.