Signal transmission method, signal reception method, and user equipment
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a signal transmission method, a signal reception method and a UE. The signal transmission method includes transmitting an SSB within a synchronization subframe or slot. The SSB includes a PSS, an SSS and a PBCH. At least one of the following information is configured through at least one of a preconfigured mode, the PBCH, a DMRS corresponding to the PBCH and the SSS: information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period, information about a time-domain position of the SSB, and information about an index number of a currently-transmitted SSB.
1. A signal transmission method performed by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) within a synchronization subframe or slot, the SSB comprising a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH),
wherein following information is carried through at least one of the PBCH, a Demodulated Reference Signal (DMRS) corresponding to the PBCH, or the SSS: information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period,
wherein the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period is indicated through at least two bits, and the SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period are discontinuous or continuous within the configured synchronization subframe or slot; or
wherein the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period is indicated through at least one bit, and the SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period are continuous within the configured synchronization subframe or slot.
2. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum quantity of SSBs transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period is determined in accordance with a Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) of the SSB.
3. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein continuous M synchronization subframes or slots are set every N subframes or slots, the SSB is transmitted within the synchronization subframe or slot, and the continuous M synchronization subframes or slots form a group of synchronization resources, where N≥1 and M≥1; or
continuous M synchronization subframes or slots are set every N Sidelink available subframes or slots, the SSB is transmitted within the synchronization subframe or slot, and the continuous M synchronization subframes or slots form a group of synchronization resources, where N≥1 and M≥1.
4. The signal transmission method according to claim 3 , wherein a value of at least one of N and M is determined in accordance with an SCS of the SSB.
5. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the index number of the currently-transmitted SSB is indicated through at least one bit.
6. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that PBCH channel estimation is performed through the DMRS, at least one of the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period, the information about the time-domain position of the SSB and the information about the index number of the currently-transmitted SSB is carried by at least one of a DMRS sequence and/or a PBCH load; or
wherein in the case that the PBCH channel estimation is performed merely through the SSS and there is no DMRS, at least one of the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period, the information about the time-domain position of the SSB and the information about the index number of the currently-transmitted SSB is carried by a PBCH load.
7. The signal transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the SSB is a Sideline-SSB (S-SSB), the PSS is a Sidelink-PSS (S-PSS), the SSS is a Sidelink-SSS (S-SSS), and the PBCH is a Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel (PSBCH).
8. A signal reception method performed by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) within a synchronization subframe or slot, the SSB comprising a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH),
wherein following information is carried through at least one of the PBCH, a Demodulated Reference Signal (DMRS) corresponding to the PBCH, or the SSS: information about the quantity of SSBs actually received by the UE within a synchronization period,
wherein the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period is indicated through at least two bits, and the SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period are discontinuous or continuous within the configured synchronization subframe or slot; or
wherein the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period is indicated through at least one bit, and the SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period are continuous within the configured synchronization subframe or slot.
9. The signal reception method according to claim 8 , wherein a maximum quantity of SSBs received by the UE within a synchronization period is determined in accordance with a Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) of the SSB.
10. The signal reception method according to claim 8 ,
wherein the information about the index number of the currently-received SSB is indicated through at least one bit.
11. The signal reception method according to claim 8 , wherein continuous M synchronization subframes or slots are set every N subframes or slots, the SSB is received within the synchronization subframe or slot, and the continuous M synchronization subframes or slots form a group of synchronization resources, where N≥1 and M≥1; or
continuous M synchronization subframes or slots are set every N Sidelink available subframes or slots, the SSB is received within the synchronization subframe or slot, and the continuous M synchronization subframes or slots form a group of synchronization resources, where N≥1 and M≥1.
12. The signal reception method according to claim 11 , wherein a value of at least one of N and M is determined in accordance with an SCS of the SSB.
13. The signal reception method according to claim 8 , wherein in the case that PBCH channel estimation is performed through the DMRS, at least one of the information about the quantity of SSBs actually received by the UE within a synchronization period, the information about the time-domain position of the SSB and the information about the index number of the currently-received SSB is carried by at least one of a DMRS sequence and/or a PBCH load; or
wherein in the case that the PBCH channel estimation is performed merely through the SSS and there is no DMRS, at least one of the information about the quantity of SSBs actually received by the UE within a synchronization period, the information about the time-domain position of the SSB and the information about the index number of the currently-received SSB is carried by a PBCH load.
14. The signal reception method according to claim 8 , wherein the SSB is a Sideline-SSB (S-SSB), the PSS is a Sidelink-PSS (S-PSS), the SSS is a Sidelink-SSS (S-SSS), and the PBCH is a Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel (PSBCH).
15. A User Equipment (UE), comprising a processor, a transmitter, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program, so as to transmit a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) within a synchronization subframe or slot, the SSB comprises a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), and following information is carried through at least one of the PBCH, a Demodulated Reference Signal (DMRS) corresponding to the PBCH, or the SSS: information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period,
wherein the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period is indicated through at least two bits, and the SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period are discontinuous or continuous within the configured synchronization subframe or slot; or
wherein the information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period is indicated through at least one bit, and the SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within the synchronization period are continuous within the configured synchronization subframe or slot.
16. The UE according to claim 15 , wherein a maximum quantity of SSBs transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period is determined in accordance with a Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) of the SSB.
17. The UE according to claim 15 , wherein the SSB is a Sideline-SSB (S-SSB), the PSS is a Sidelink-PSS (S-PSS), the SSS is a Sidelink-SSS (S-SSS), and the PBCH is a Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel (PSBCH).
18. A User Equipment (UE), comprising a processor, a receiver, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program, so as to realize the signal reception method performed by the UE according to claim 8 .