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Granted Patent B2
US 12,368,501 · App. 18/237,080 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Wireless communication method, terminal device, and network device

Inventor: Jiangsheng Fan (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04B7/18513
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Patent No.
US 12,368,501
App. No.
18/237,080
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device, which can optimize signal tracking and search and reduce signal search delay, thereby improving system performance. The wireless communication method comprises: a terminal device receives first information, the first information being used by the terminal device to search for a signal at a target frequency point, and the first information comprising at least one of the following: ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point, reference information used for adjusting an SMTC window associated with the target frequency point, and cell position or orientation information associated with the target frequency point.

Claims (79)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first information, wherein the first information is used by the terminal device to search for a signal at a target frequency point, and the first information comprises:

ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point, information about the target frequency point, Physical Cell Identity (PCI) list information associated with the target frequency point, and reference information for adjusting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) configuration window associated with the target frequency point;

wherein the ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point comprises at least one of:

ephemeris data information,

index or identification information corresponding to the ephemeris data information;

wherein the ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point is configured according to a frequency point granularity and a Physical Cell Identity (PCI) granularity; and

wherein the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point comprises:

information about a rate of change in time of the amount of difference in propagation time delay between the feed link signals for the service satellite of the terminal device and the satellite associated with the target frequency point.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises at least one of:

SMTC information associated with the target frequency point;

SubCarrier Spacing (SCS) information associated with the target frequency point; and

frequency band information associated with the target frequency point.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein;

the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point further comprises at least one of:

information about an amount of difference in propagation time delay between feed link signals for a service satellite of the terminal device and a satellite associated with the target frequency point;

reference point information;

information about an amount of difference in propagation time delay between link signals from a service cell of the terminal device to a reference point and from a cell associated with the target frequency point to the reference point;

information about a rate of change in time of the amount of difference in propagation time delay between the link signals from the service cell of the terminal device to the reference point and from the cell associated with the target frequency point to the reference point; and

information about a rate of change in time of the SMTC information associated with the target frequency point.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein time reference point for the information about the rate of change is preconfigured or agreed by a protocol, or the time reference point for the information about the rate of change is configured by a network device through the first information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information further comprises reference information for adjusting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) configuration window associated with the target frequency point; and

the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point is configured according to a frequency point granularity or a PCI granularity.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is carried by one of:

a system broadcast message, and

a dedicated signaling.

7. A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, first information to a terminal device, wherein the first information is used by the terminal device to search for a signal at a target frequency point, and the first information comprises:

ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point, information about the target frequency point, Physical Cell Identity (PCI) list information associated with the target frequency point, and reference information for adjusting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) configuration window associated with the target frequency point;

wherein the ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point comprises at least one of:

ephemeris data information,

index or identification information corresponding to the ephemeris data information;

wherein the ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point is configured according to a frequency point granularity and a Physical Cell Identity (PCI) granularity; and

wherein the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point comprises:

information about a rate of change in time of the amount of difference in propagation time delay between the feed link signals for the service satellite of the terminal device and the satellite associated with the target frequency point.

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

SMTC information associated with the target frequency point;

SubCarrier Spacing (SCS) information associated with the target frequency point; and

frequency band information associated with the target frequency point.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein;

the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point further comprises at least one of:

information about an amount of difference in propagation time delay between feed link signals for a service satellite of the terminal device and a satellite associated with the target frequency point;

reference point information;

information about an amount of difference in propagation time delay between link signals from a service cell of the terminal device to a reference point and from a cell associated with the target frequency point to the reference point;

information about a rate of change in time of the amount of difference in propagation time delay between the link signals from the service cell of the terminal device to the reference point and from the cell associated with the target frequency point to the reference point; and

information about a rate of change in time of the SMTC information associated with the target frequency point.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein time reference point for the information about the rate of change is preconfigured or agreed by a protocol, or the time reference point for the information about the rate of change is configured by a network device through the first information.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first information is carried by one of:

a system broadcast message, and

a dedicated signaling.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein

the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point is configured according to a frequency point granularity or a PCI granularity.

13. A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the terminal device to perform a wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving first information, wherein the first information is used by the terminal device to search for a signal at a target frequency point, and the first information comprises:

ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point, information about the target frequency point, Physical Cell Identity (PCI) list information associated with the target frequency point, and reference information for adjusting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) configuration window associated with the target frequency point;

wherein the ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point comprises at least one of:

ephemeris data information,

index or identification information corresponding to the ephemeris data information;

wherein the ephemeris information associated with the target frequency point is configured according to a frequency point granularity and a Physical Cell Identity (PCI) granularity; and

wherein the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point comprises:

information about a rate of change in time of the amount of difference in propagation time delay between the feed link signals for the service satellite of the terminal device and the satellite associated with the target frequency point.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the first information further comprises at least one of:

SMTC information associated with the target frequency point;

SubCarrier Spacing (SCS) information associated with the target frequency point; and

frequency band information associated with the target frequency point.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the first information is carried by one of:

a system broadcast message, and

a dedicated signaling.

16. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein;

the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point further comprises at least one of:

information about an amount of difference in propagation time delay between feed link signals for a service satellite of the terminal device and a satellite associated with the target frequency point;

reference point information;

information about an amount of difference in propagation time delay between link signals from a service cell of the terminal device to a reference point and from a cell associated with the target frequency point to the reference point;

information about a rate of change in time of the amount of difference in propagation time delay between the link signals from the service cell of the terminal device to the reference point and from the cell associated with the target frequency point to the reference point; and

information about a rate of change in time of the SMTC information associated with the target frequency point.

17. The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein time reference point for the information about the rate of change is preconfigured or agreed by a protocol, or the time reference point for the information about the rate of change is configured by a network device through the first information.

18. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein

the reference information for adjusting the SMTC configuration window associated with the target frequency point is configured according to a frequency point granularity or a PCI granularity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2023
From: FAN, JIANGSHENG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064679/0100 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021078201 · Feb 26, 2021
Related Publication 20230396325A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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