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Granted Patent B2
US 12,052,676 · App. 17/605,465 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Radio base station

Inventors: Teruaki Toeda (Tokyo, JP); Tianyang Min (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/0015H04W84/045H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 12,052,676
App. No.
17/605,465
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio base station is disclosed including a first communication device that supports a cell; and a second communication device that is connected to the first communication device and controls the first communication device, wherein the second communication device transmits system information including a reference system frame number and a reference time associated with the reference system frame number to the first communication device, and the first communication device broadcasts the system information. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a radio communication system are also disclosed.

Claims (22)

1. A radio base station comprising:

a first communication device that supports a cell; and

a second communication device that is connected to the first communication device and controls the first communication device,

wherein

the first communication device transmits a reference system frame number and a reference time to the second communication device, based on a request from the second communication device,

the second communication device transmits system information including the reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number to the first communication device, and

the first communication device broadcasts the system information.

2. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein the reference time is a reference time applied in a 5G system.

3. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein only the first communication device performs time synchronization based on a clock by a 5G grand master.

4. A radio communication method comprising:

transmitting, by a first communication device, a reference system frame number and a reference time to a second communication device that controls the first communication device, based on a request from the second communication device;

transmitting, by the second communication device, system information including the reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number to the first communication device; and

broadcasting, by the first communication device, the system information.

5. A radio communication system comprising:

a terminal;

a first communication device that supports a cell; and

a second communication device that is connected to the first communication device and controls the first communication device,

wherein

the first communication device transmits a reference system frame number and a reference time to the second communication device, based on a request from the second communication device,

the second communication device transmits system information including the reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number to the first communication device,

the first communication device broadcasts the system information, and

the terminal receives the system information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: TOEDA, TERUAKI; MIN, TIANYANG
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057930/0927 →
Continuity (1)
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