IP Library Granted Patent US 12,206,602
Granted Patent B2
US 12,206,602 · App. 17/598,723 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Communication method, terminal and network device

Inventors: Xiaoran Zhang (Beijing, CN); Nan Hu (Beijing, CN); Zhe Shao (Beijing, CN); Ningyu Chen (Beijing, CN); Nan Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE; CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CO., LTD.
H04L5/0007H04L5/0053H04W24/04H04W48/08H04W72/0453H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,206,602
App. No.
17/598,723
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a communication method, a terminal and a network device. The method comprises: indicating a frequency range identifier corresponding to a frequency range, the frequency range identifier comprising at least one of the following: a first frequency range identifier, wherein the first frequency range identifier represents that a system works in the frequency range and an uplink transmission offset is 0; a second frequency range identifier, wherein the second frequency range identifier represents that the system works in the frequency range, and the uplink transmission offset is 7.5 kHz; a third frequency range identifier, wherein the third frequency range identifier represents that the system works in the frequency range and the uplink transmission offset is 7.5 kHz or 0; and a fourth frequency range identifier, wherein the fourth frequency range identifier represents that the system works in the frequency range.

Claims (36)

1. A communication method, performed by a network device, the method comprising:

sending indication information to a terminal, the indication information comprising a frequency band indicator corresponding to a frequency range, an uplink transmission shift identifier, and a cell reservation identifier, wherein a same frequency range is indicated by different frequency band indicators, wherein the cell reservation identifier indicates whether a cell is reserved,

the method further comprising the indication information instructing the terminal to perform cell-directed behaviors and to determine the following:

when the terminal does not support the frequency band indicator in the indication information, determine that the cell is barred, and

when the terminal supports the frequency band indicator in the indication information, determine whether to enable an uplink transmission shift as indicated by the uplink transmission shift identifier,

wherein the frequency band indicators comprise at least one of the following:

a first frequency band indicator, the first frequency band indicator representing that a system operates in the frequency range and the uplink transmission shift is 0 KHz;

a second frequency band indicator, the second frequency band indicator representing that the system operates in the frequency range and the uplink transmission shift is 7.5 kHz; or

a third frequency band indicator, the third frequency band indicator representing that the system operates in the frequency range and the uplink transmission shift is 7.5 kHz or 0 KHz.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the indication information to the terminal comprises:

sending the indication information to the terminal through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the frequency band indicators comprise the third frequency band indicator, the method further comprises:

sending configuration information to the terminal, the configuration information being used for indicating that the uplink transmission shift is 7.5 kHz or indicating that the uplink transmission shift is 0 KHz.

4. A communication method, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving indication information from a network device, the indication information comprising a frequency band indicator corresponding to a frequency range, an uplink transmission shift identifier, and a cell reservation identifier, the indication information being used for instructing the terminal to perform cell-directed behaviors, the cell reservation identifier indicating whether a cell is reserved, wherein a same frequency range is indicated by different frequency band indicators, the frequency band indicators comprising at least one of the following:

a first frequency band indicator, the first frequency band indicator representing that a system operates in the frequency range and an uplink transmission shift is 0 KHz;

a second frequency band indicator, the second frequency band indicator representing that the system operates in the frequency range and the uplink transmission shift is 7.5 kHz; or

a third frequency band indicator, the third frequency band indicator representing that the system operates in the frequency range and the uplink transmission shift is 7.5 kHz or 0 KHz;

wherein the method further comprises:

in a case that the terminal does not support the frequency band indicator in the indication information, determining that the cell is barred; and

in a case that the terminal supports the frequency band indicator in the indication information, determining whether to enable the uplink transmission shift as indicated by the uplink transmission shift identifier.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein receiving the indication information from the network device comprises:

receiving the indication information from the network device through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein in a case that the frequency band indicators comprise the third frequency band indicator, the method further comprises:

receiving configuration information from the network device, the configuration information being used for indicating that the uplink transmission shift is 7.5 kHz or indicating that the uplink transmission shift is 0 KHz.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein receiving, by the terminal, the configuration information from the network device comprises:

receiving the configuration information from the network device through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein in a case that the terminal supports the frequency band indicator in the indication information and does not support the uplink transmission shift, one of the following actions is performed:

when the indication information does not comprise the uplink transmission shift, performing uplink transmission with disabling the uplink transmission shift;

when the indication information comprises the uplink transmission shift, determining that the cell is barred; and

when the cell reservation identifier in the indication information represents that an identified cell is reserved, determining that the cell is barred.

9. The method according to claim 4 , wherein in a case that the terminal supports the frequency band indicator in the indication information and supports the uplink transmission shift, one of the following actions is performed:

when the indication information does not comprise the uplink transmission shift, performing uplink transmission with disabling the uplink transmission shift; and

when the indication information comprises the uplink transmission shift or the indication information comprises the uplink transmission shift and the cell reservation identifier represents that the cell is reserved, performing an uplink shift of 7.5 kHz while performing uplink transmission.

10. A terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the computer program, implements operations of the method according to claim 4 .

11. A network device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the computer program, implements operations of the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: ZHANG, XIAORAN; HU, NAN; SHAO, ZHE; CHEN, NINGYU; LI, NAN
To: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE; CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910251273.6 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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