IP Library Granted Patent US 12,052,674
Granted Patent B2
US 12,052,674 · App. 17/751,108 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Operation method of terminal and base station in wireless communication system supporting unlicensed band, and apparatus supporting same

Inventors: Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W56/001H04L5/0048H04W72/0446H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,052,674
App. No.
17/751,108
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an operation method of a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and an apparatus supporting same. As a specific example, the present disclosure comprises an operation method of a terminal and an operation method of a base station corresponding thereto, by which a terminal can obtain timing information relating to a unlicensed band on the basis of a PBCH payload in a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence for the PBCH.

Claims (50)

1. A method of receiving a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a first SS/PBCH block including a first Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) sequence and a first PBCH; and

acquiring system information based on the first PBCH,

wherein based on a first operation value related to an index of the first DM-RS sequence being the same with a second operation value related to an index of a second DM-RS sequence, the UE determines that the first SS/PBCH block is associated with a second SS/PBCH block, and

wherein the second DM-RS sequence is included in the second SS/PBCH block.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first operation value is acquired based on modulo operation of the first DM-RS sequence, and

wherein the second operation value is acquired based on modulo operation of the second DM-RS sequence.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein an index of the first SS/PBCH block is identical to an index of the second SS/PBCH block based on the first operation value being the same with the second operation value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SS/PBCH block and the second SS/PBCH block are received across transmission windows for SS/PBCH block burst.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring a time synchronization with a cell based on the first SS/PBCH block being associated with the second SS/PBCH block.

6. A user equipment (UE) configured to receive a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, via the at least one transceiver, a first SS/PBCH block including a first Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) sequence and a first PBCH; and

acquiring system information based on the first PBCH,

wherein based on a first operation value related to an index of the first DM-RS sequence being the same with a second operation value related to an index of a second DM-RS sequence, the UE determines that the first SS/PBCH block is associated with a second SS/PBCH block, and

wherein the second DM-RS sequence is included in the second SS/PBCH block.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the first operation value is acquired based on modulo operation of the first DM-RS sequence, and

wherein the second operation value is acquired based on modulo operation of the second DM-RS sequence.

8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein an index of the first SS/PBCH block is identical to an index of the second SS/PBCH block based on the first operation value being the same with the second operation value.

9. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the first SS/PBCH block and the second SS/PBCH block are received across transmission windows for SS/PBCH block burst.

10. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprising:

acquiring a time synchronization with a cell based on the first SS/PBCH block being associated with the second SS/PBCH block.

11. An apparatus configured to acquire time synchronization with a cell in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first SS/PBCH block including a first Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) sequence and a first PBCH; and

acquiring system information based on the first PBCH,

wherein based on a first operation value related to an index of the first DM-RS sequence being the same with a second operation value related to an index of a second DM-RS sequence, the apparatus determines that the first SS/PBCH block is associated with a second SS/PBCH block, and

wherein the second DM-RS sequence is included in the second SS/PBCH block.

12. A method of transmitting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a first SS/PBCH block including a first Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) sequence and a first PBCH,

wherein system information is acquired by a user equipment (UE) based on the first PBCH,

wherein based on a first operation value related to an index of the first DM-RS sequence being the same with a second operation value related to an index of a second DM-RS sequence, the first SS/PBCH block is associated with a second SS/PBCH block, and

wherein the second DM-RS sequence is included in the second SS/PBCH block.

13. A base station (BS) configured to transmit a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, via the at least one transceiver, a first SS/PBCH block including a first Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) sequence and a first PBCH,

wherein system information is acquired by a user equipment (UE) based on the first PBCH,

wherein based on a first operation value related to an index of the first DM-RS sequence being the same with a second operation value related to an index of a second DM-RS sequence, the first SS/PBCH block is associated with a second SS/PBCH block, and

wherein the second DM-RS sequence is included in the second SS/PBCH block.

14. A non-transitory medium which is readable by a processor and storing instructions that cause the processor to control a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block including a first Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) sequence and a first PBCH; and

acquiring system information based on the first PBCH,

wherein based on a first operation value related to an index of the first DM-RS sequence being the same with a second operation value related to an index of a second DM-RS sequence, the UE determines that the first SS/PBCH block is associated with a second SS/PBCH block, and

wherein the second DM-RS sequence is included in the second SS/PBCH block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2022
From: KIM, SEONWOOK; KO, HYUNSOO; PARK, CHANGHWAN; YANG, SUCKCHEL; YOON, SUKHYON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060122/0014 →
Priority Claims (6)
KR 10-2018-0092816 · Aug 9, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0003565 · Jan 10, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0007444 · Jan 21, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0018198 · Feb 15, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0035573 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0051552 · May 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17028392 · Sep 22, 2020
Continuation 16879372 · May 20, 2020
Continuation PCTKR2019010082 · Aug 9, 2019
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