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US 12,034,659 · App. 17/266,025 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Operating method of terminal and base station in wireless communication system for supporting narrowband internet of things, and device for supporting same

Inventors: Seunggye Hwang (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0048G16Y10/75H04W64/00H04W68/005H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,034,659
App. No.
17/266,025
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an operating method of a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system for supporting narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT), and a device for supporting same. According to one embodiment applicable to the present invention, a base station can transmit, to a terminal, a narrowband reference signal (NRS) during a time slot determined on the basis of the position of a paging opportunity (PO) set for the terminal and, in response to the signal, the terminal can assume/determine a time slot in which the NRS is transmitted on the basis of the position of the PO.

Claims (31)

1. A method of receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), the method comprising:

receiving a first value configured for receiving a paging signal;

determining a time period in which transmission of a narrowband reference signal (NRS) is assumed; and

receiving the NRS during the time period,

wherein the time period includes NB-IoT downlink (DL) subframes before a paging occasion (PO), and

wherein a number of the NB-IoT DL subframes before the PO is determined based on a second value which is a product of a third value and the first value, the third value being determined based on a parameter included in system information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE assumes that the NRS is transmitted during the time period, regardless of whether the paging signal is transmitted in the PO.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the paging signal corresponds to a paging narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time period is determined based on an offset value which is determined based on the system information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time period in which the transmission of the NRS is assumed corresponds to a time period with a predetermined length on a non-anchor carrier.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the non-anchor carrier corresponds to a carrier in which the UE does not assume that a narrowband primary synchronization signal (NPSS), a narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS), and a narrow physical broadcast channel (NPBCH) are transmitted.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing at least one of (i) radio resource management (RRM) measurement or (ii) measurement of a related channel, based on the received NRS.

8. A user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless communication system supporting Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), the UE comprising:

at least one radio frequency (RF) module;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform specific operations, the specific operations comprising:

receiving a first value configured for receiving a paging signal;

determining a time period in which transmission of a narrowband reference signal (NRS) is assumed; and

receiving the NRS during the time period,

wherein the time period includes NB-IoT downlink (DL) subframes before a paging occasion (PO), and

wherein a number of the NB-IoT DL subframes before the PO is determined based on a second value which is a product of a third value and the first value, the third value being determined based on a parameter included in system information.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the UE communicates with at least one of a mobile terminal, a network, or an autonomous driving vehicle other than a vehicle including the UE.

10. A base station configured to operate in a wireless communication system supporting Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), the base station comprising:

at least one radio frequency (RF) module;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform specific operations, the specific operations comprising:

transmitting a first value configured for receiving a paging signal; and

transmitting a narrowband reference signal (NRS) to a user equipment the UE during a time period,

wherein the time period includes NB-IoT downlink (DL) subframes before a paging occasion (PO), and

wherein a number of the NB-IoT DL subframes before the PO is determined based on a second value which is a product of a third value and the first value, the third value being determined based on a parameter included in system information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2021
From: HWANG, SEUNGGYE; PARK, CHANGHWAN; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2018-0114507 · Sep 22, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0018057 · Feb 15, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0050110 · Apr 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62760878 · Nov 13, 2018
Provisional Application 62716892 · Aug 9, 2018
Related Publication 20210385034A1 · Dec 9, 2021
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