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US 12,058,582 · App. 17/242,671 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Communication method, communications apparatus, and storage medium

Inventors: Lei Chen (Beijing, CN); Bingzhao Li (Beijing, CN); Bin Xu (Beijing, CN); Xuelong Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W36/30H04W36/08H04W48/20
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Patent No.
US 12,058,582
App. No.
17/242,671
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method, a communications apparatus, and a storage medium, used for a terminal device. The method includes: receiving system information from a first cell, where the system information includes first information; and performing cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information. In the embodiments, assistance information, such as a receiving capability of a network device or a sending capability of the terminal device, may be added to the system information. The assistance information includes the first information, so that when performing the cell selection or the cell reselection, the terminal device considers more determining conditions, to prevent some terminal devices with a low sending capability from camping on an NTN that cannot work.

Claims (60)

1. A method, applied to a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving system information from a first cell of a network device deployed on a high-altitude platform or a satellite wherein the system information comprises first information including at least a minimum received signal power corresponding to the first cell; and

performing cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information by continuously measuring the first cell with the terminal device and determining whether a maximum transmit power of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a sum of the minimum received signal power corresponding to the first cell and a first threshold,

wherein the first information comprises at least a type of a platform where the network equipment is located and the type of the platform where the network equipment is located is at least one of a geostationary earth orbit satellite, a non-geostationary earth orbit satellite, a low earth orbit satellite, a medium earth orbit satellite, and an unmanned aircraft system; and

wherein the first threshold is determined based on first path loss information, and the first path loss information is path loss information corresponding to the first cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises a characteristic of the first cell; and the performing of cell selection based on the first information comprises:

determining whether the terminal device supports the characteristic of the first cell.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises a neighboring cell information that comprises at least one of the following:

a minimum received signal power corresponding to a second cell;

an uplink transmit power threshold corresponding to the second cell; and

a characteristic of the second cell, wherein the second cell is a neighboring cell of the first cell.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the neighboring cell information comprises the minimum received signal power corresponding to the second cell; and the performing of cell reselection based on the first information comprises:

determining whether a maximum transmit power of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a sum of the minimum received signal power corresponding to the second cell and a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is determined based on second path loss information, and the second path loss information is path loss information corresponding to the second cell.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the neighboring cell information comprises the characteristic of the second cell; and the performing of cell reselection based on the first information comprises:

determining whether the terminal device supports the characteristic of the second cell.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the performing of cell reselection based on the first information further comprises:

determining whether the second cell meets a second criterion.

7. A method, applied to a network device deployed on a high-altitude platform or a satellite, wherein the method comprises:

sending system information to a terminal device, wherein the system information comprises first information including at least a minimum received signal power corresponding to a first cell, the first information comprises a type of a platform where the network equipment is located and the type of the platform where the network equipment is located is at least one of a geostationary earth orbit satellite, a non-geostationary earth orbit satellite, a low earth orbit satellite, a medium earth orbit satellite, and an unmanned aircraft system; and

performing cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information by continuously measuring the first cell with a terminal device and determining whether a maximum transmit power of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a sum of the minimum received signal power corresponding to the first cell and a first threshold;

wherein the first threshold is determined based on first path loss information, and the first path loss information is path loss information corresponding to the first cell.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first information further comprises a neighboring cell information that comprises at least one of the following:

a minimum received signal power corresponding to a second cell;

an uplink transmit power threshold corresponding to the second cell; and

a characteristic of the second cell, wherein

the second cell is a neighboring cell of the first cell.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors, and

a memory configured to store program instructions;

wherein, when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the apparatus to:

receive system information from a first cell of a network device deployed on a high-altitude platform or a satellite, wherein the system information comprises first information including at least a minimum received signal power corresponding to the first cell; and

perform cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information by continuously measuring the first cell with a terminal device and determining whether a maximum transmit power of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a sum of the minimum received signal power corresponding to the first cell and a first threshold,

wherein the first information comprises at least a type of a platform where the network equipment is located, and the type of the platform where the network equipment is located is at least one of a geostationary earth orbit satellite, a non-geostationary earth orbit satellite, a low earth orbit satellite, a medium earth orbit satellite, and an unmanned aircraft system; and

wherein the first threshold is determined based on first path loss information, and the first path loss information is path loss information corresponding to the first cell.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first information further comprises a characteristic of the first cell and the performance of cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information further comprises:

a determination of whether the apparatus supports the characteristic of the first cell.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first information further comprises a neighboring cell information that comprises at least one of the following:

a minimum received signal power corresponding to a second cell;

an uplink transmit power threshold corresponding to the second cell; and

a characteristic of the second cell, wherein

the second cell is a neighboring cell of the first cell.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the neighboring cell information comprises the minimum received signal power corresponding to the second cell and the performance of cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information further comprises:

a determination of whether a maximum transmit power of the apparatus is greater than or equal to a sum of the minimum received signal power corresponding to the second cell and a second threshold, wherein

the second threshold is determined based on second path loss information, and the second path loss information is path loss information corresponding to the second cell.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the neighboring cell information comprises the characteristic of the second cell and the performance of cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information further comprises:

a determination whether the apparatus supports the characteristic of the second cell.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein perform cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information comprises:

a determination of whether the second cell meets a second criterion.

15. An apparatus, comprises:

one or more processors, and

a memory configure to store program instructions;

wherein, when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the apparatus to:

send system information to a network device deployed on a high-altitude platform or a satellite, wherein the system information comprises first information including at least a minimum received signal power corresponding to a first cell of a terminal device, the first information comprises at least a type of a platform where the network equipment is located, and the type of the platform where the network equipment is located is at least one of a geostationary earth orbit satellite, a non-geostationary earth orbit satellite, a low earth orbit satellite, a medium earth orbit satellite, and an unmanned aircraft system; and

perform cell selection or cell reselection based on the first information by continuously measuring the first cell with the terminal device and determining whether a maximum transmit power of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a sum of the minimum received signal power corresponding to the first cell and a first threshold;

wherein the first threshold is determined based on first path loss information, and the first path loss information is path loss information corresponding to the first cell.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the first information further comprises a neighboring cell information that comprises at least one of the following:

a minimum received signal power corresponding to a second cell;

an uplink transmit power threshold corresponding to the second cell; and

a characteristic of the second cell, wherein

the second cell is a neighboring cell of the first cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2021
From: CHEN, LEI; LI, BINGZHAO; XU, BIN; WANG, XUELONG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056423/0950 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811296965.4 · Nov 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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