Granted Patent B2

US 12,225,488 · App. 17/808,765 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Inventor: Zhe Fu (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W56/004H04W36/0005H04W36/0072H04W36/38H04W56/001H04W74/0833

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A method for time synchronization determination, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, a handover command from a first device, the first device being a device currently accessed by the terminal device, and the handover command indicating that the terminal device hands over from the first device to a second device;

obtaining and determining, by the terminal device, time synchronization information of the second device, wherein the time synchronization information comprises one or more of: an indication of whether the terminal device performs propagation delay compensation, and an indication of whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation; and

determining, by the terminal device, whether to perform propagation delay compensation according to the indication of whether the terminal device performs propagation delay compensation, and/or

determining, by the terminal device, whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation and/or whether the terminal device needs to perform propagation delay compensation according to the indication of whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time synchronization information further comprises at least one of: synchronization time of the second device, and time synchronization accuracy of the second device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after obtaining and determining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information of the second device:

performing, by the terminal device, time synchronization with the second device according to the time synchronization information.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the synchronization time of the second device comprises: a reference system frame number (SFN), uncertainty, time corresponding to the SFN, and a time sensitive communication (TSC) clock domain.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining and determining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information of the second device comprises:

obtaining and determining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information of the second device through a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message transmitted by the first device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein obtaining and determining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information of the second device through the dedicated RRC message transmitted by the first device comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information of the second device carried in the handover command from the first device; and

determining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining and determining, by the terminal device, the time synchronization information of the second device comprises:

reading and determining, by the terminal device, system information of the second device in a process of performing handover according to the handover command, wherein the time synchronization information is contained in the system information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein reading and determining, by the terminal device, the system information of the second device in the process of performing handover according to the handover command comprises:

reading and determining, by the terminal device, the system information of the second device at a first moment, wherein the first moment comprises any one of: when the handover command is received, in the process of performing handover according to the handover command, when part of the time synchronization information is obtained, before an random access procedure for the second device, during the random access procedure for the second device, when the random access procedure succeeds, when the handover is completed, when an RRC reconfiguration complete message is transmitted to the second device, and when an indication to read the system information of the second device is received.

9. A method for time synchronization determination, comprising:

transmitting, by a first device, a handover command to a terminal device, wherein the handover command indicates that the terminal device hands over from the first device currently accessed to a second device, and the handover command is used to be received by the terminal device to obtain and determine time synchronization information of the second device, the time synchronization information comprises one or more of: an indication of whether the terminal device performs propagation delay compensation, and an indication of whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation, wherein the indication of whether the terminal device performs propagation delay compensation is used for the terminal device to determine whether to perform propagation delay compensation, and the indication of whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation is used for the terminal device to determine whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation and/or whether the terminal device needs to perform propagation delay compensation.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the time synchronization information further comprises at least one of: synchronization time of the second device, and time synchronization accuracy of the second device.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the time synchronization information is used for the terminal device to perform time synchronization with the second device according to the time synchronization information.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the synchronization time of the second device comprises: a reference system frame number (SFN), uncertainty, time corresponding to the SFN, and a time sensitive communication (TSC) clock domain.

13. A method for time synchronization determination, comprising:

receiving, by a second device, a handover request message transmitted from a first device; and

transmitting, by the second device, an acknowledgment (ACK) message for the handover request message to the first device, wherein the ACK message is used for the first device to transmit a handover command to a terminal device according to the ACK message, the first device is a device currently accessed by the terminal device, the handover command indicates that the terminal device hands over from the first device to the second device, the handover command is used to be received by the terminal device to obtain and determine time synchronization information of the second device, the time synchronization information comprises one or more of: an indication of whether the terminal device performs propagation delay compensation, and an indication of whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation, wherein the indication of whether the terminal device performs propagation delay compensation is used for the terminal device to determine whether to perform propagation delay compensation, and the indication of whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation is used for the terminal device to determine whether the second device has performed propagation delay compensation and/or whether the terminal device needs to perform propagation delay compensation.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the time synchronization information further comprises at least one of: synchronization time of the second device, and time synchronization accuracy of the second device.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the time synchronization information is used for the terminal device to perform time synchronization with the second device according to the time synchronization information.

16. A terminal device comprising:

a processor, a memory configured to store one or more programs, and a communication interface, the one or more programs being configured to be executed by the processor and comprising instructions configured to perform the method of claim 1 .

17. A first device comprising:

a processor, a memory configured to store one or more programs, and a communication interface, the one or more programs being configured to be executed by the processor and comprising instructions configured to perform the method of claim 9 .

18. A second device comprising:

a processor, a memory configured to store one or more programs, and a communication interface, the one or more programs being configured to be executed by the processor and comprising instructions configured to perform the method of claim 13 .

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