Granted Patent B2

US 12,376,057 · App. 17/817,901 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventor: Hao Lin (Neuilly sur Seine, FR)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W56/0045

Abstract

Claims (75)

1. A method of a timing advance (TA) indication of a base station, comprising:

determining a first TA information; and

transmitting, to user equipments (UEs), the first TA information through broadcast,

wherein the first TA information comprises TA values, and each of the TA values corresponds to each of a plurality of pre-defined time granularities.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TA information indicates a same TA to at least two of the UEs;

wherein each of the TA values comprises a time length of TA.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the TA values equals to: N times Ts, where N is the number and Ts is the time granularity, N being an integer greater than or equal to 0.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TA information comprises a location of the base station;

wherein the first TA information comprises an auxiliary information associated to the location of the base station;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises satellite ephemeris data;

wherein the first TA information is broadcasted using a cell specific indication;

wherein each TA value respectively corresponds to a time interval.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising indicating, to the UEs, a second TA information;

wherein the second TA information is carried in a random access response (RAR);

wherein the second TA information comprises residual TAs specific to the UEs;

wherein the residual TAs specific to at least two of the UEs are different.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising informing one or more non-global navigation satellite system (non-GNSS) UEs of the UEs to apply the first TA information and the second TA information;

wherein the method further comprises receiving a feedback that the indicated TA information is applied on one or more of the UEs form the one or more of the UEs;

wherein the feedback is an explicit feedback or an implicit feedback;

wherein the explicit feedback uses 1-bit to indicate that the indicated TA information is applied on the one or more of the UEs and the first TA information and the second TA information are not applied on the one or more of the UEs;

wherein the implicit feedback uses different group of preamble sequences to indicate that the indicated TA information is applied on the one or more of the UEs and the first TA information and the second TA information are not applied on the one or more of the UEs.

7. A base station of a timing advance (TA) indication, comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a first TA information; and

control the transceiver to transmit, to user equipments (UEs), the first TA information through broadcast,

wherein the first TA information comprises TA values, and each of the TA values corresponds to each of a plurality of pre-defined time granularities.

8. A method of a timing advance (TA) indication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a first TA information from a base station through broadcast; and

applying the first TA for random access channel (RACH) preamble transmission,

wherein the first TA information comprises TA values, and each of the TA values corresponds to each of a plurality of pre-defined time granularities.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first TA information indicates a same TA;

wherein each of the TA values comprises a time length of TA.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the TA values equals to: N times Ts, where N is the number and Ts is the time granularity, N being an integer greater than or equal to 0.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first TA information comprises a location of the base station;

wherein the first TA information comprises an auxiliary information associated to the location of the base station;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises satellite ephemeris data;

wherein the first TA information is broadcasted using a cell specific indication.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein each TA value respectively corresponds to a time interval.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first TA information further comprises:

one or more time intervals, and corresponding relation between one or more TA values and the one or more time intervals;

wherein the first TA information further comprises an auxiliary information, which is applicable when the UE moves;

wherein the auxiliary information corresponds to at least one of: the one or more TA values, or the one or more time intervals.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary information comprises beam information;

wherein the beam information comprises at least one of:

a beam identifier;

a synchronization signal block (SSB) identifier;

a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource identifier; and

a reference signal.

15. A user equipment (UE) of a timing advance (TA) indication, comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a first TA information from a base station through broadcast; and

apply the first TA for random access channel (RACH) preamble transmission,

wherein the first TA information comprises TA values, and each of the TA values corresponds to each of a plurality of pre-defined time granularities.

16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the first TA information indicates a same TA;

wherein each of the TA values comprises a time length of TA.

17. The UE of claim 15 , wherein each of the TA values equals to: N times Ts, where N is the number and Ts is the time granularity, N being an integer greater than or equal to 0.

18. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the first TA information comprises a location of the base station;

wherein the first TA information comprises an auxiliary information associated to the location of the base station;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises satellite ephemeris data;

wherein the first TA information is broadcasted using a cell specific indication;

wherein each TA value respectively corresponds to a time interval.

19. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to receive a second TA information from the base station;

wherein the second TA information is carried in a random access response (RAR);

wherein the second TA information comprises a residual TA specific to the UE.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to receive an indication to request the UE to apply the first TA information and the second TA information when the UE is a non-global navigation satellite system (non-GNSS) UE;

wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, to the base station, a feedback that the indicated TA information is applied on the UE;

wherein the feedback is an explicit feedback or an implicit feedback;

wherein the explicit feedback uses 1-bit to indicate that the first TA information and the second TA information are applied the UE and the first TA information and the second TA information are not applied on the UE;

wherein the implicit feedback uses different group of preamble sequences to indicate that the indicated TA information is applied on the UE and the first TA information and the second TA information are not applied on the UE.

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