IP Library Granted Patent US 12,452,812
Granted Patent B2
US 12,452,812 · App. 17/797,087 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Communication method and device of IAB node having plurality of timings settherein

Inventors: Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W56/003H04W56/001H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 12,452,812
App. No.
17/797,087
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed is a signal transmission method performed in a wireless communication system by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, the method being characterized by comprising: receiving first information about a first timing and second information about a second timing; and transmitting a first signal and a second signal to a parent node of the IAB node, wherein the first signal is transmitted on a first resource, and the second signal is transmitted on a second resource. The first resource is a time resource to which the first timing is applied, and the second resource is a time resource to which the second timing is applied.

Claims (39)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node including a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU), timing information related to slots; and

applying, by the IAB node, the timing information in the slots,

wherein the timing information is received through a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and

wherein the timing information informs each timing alignment case applied to a MT transmission of the IAB node in each slot of the slots, and

wherein the each timing alignment case is related to at least one of MT transmission time of the IAB node or DU transmission time of the IAB node, and

wherein a first timing alignment case is applied to a first slot among the slots and a second timing alignment case is applied to a second slot among the slots based on the timing information, and

wherein the each timing alignment case is one of a timing alignment case 1, a timing alignment case 6, and a timing alignment case 7, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 1, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on timing advance (TA) configuration information which is provided, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 6, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on the DU transmission time of the IAB node, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 7, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on additional TA configuration information which is provided.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IAB node receives the timing information from a parent node of the IAB node.

3. An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node including a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU), the IAB node comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor coupling the at least one memory and the at least one transceiver, wherein the at least one processor executes the instructions for:

receiving timing information related to slots; and

applying the timing information in the slots,

wherein the timing information is received through a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and

wherein the timing information informs each timing alignment case applied to a MT transmission of the IAB node in each slot of the slots, and

wherein the each timing alignment case is related to at least one of MT transmission time of the IAB node or DU transmission time of the IAB node, and

wherein a first timing alignment case is applied to a first slot among the slots and a second timing alignment case is applied to a second slot among the slots based on the timing information, and

wherein the each timing alignment case is one of a timing alignment case 1, a timing alignment case 6, and a timing alignment case 7, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 1, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on timing advance (TA) configuration information which is provided, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 6, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on the DU transmission time of the IAB node, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 7, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on additional TA configuration information which is provided.

4. An apparatus configured to control an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node including a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU), the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably coupled by the at least one processor and storing instructions, wherein the at least one processor execute the instructions for

receiving timing information related to slots; and

applying the timing information in the slots,

wherein the timing information is received through a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and

wherein the timing information informs each timing alignment case applied to a MT transmission of the IAB node in each slot of the slots, and

wherein the each timing alignment case is related to at least one of MT transmission time of the IAB node or DU transmission time of the IAB node, and

wherein a first timing alignment case is applied to a first slot among the slots and a second timing alignment case is applied to a second slot among the slots based on the timing information, and

wherein the each timing alignment case is one of a timing alignment case 1, a timing alignment case 6, and a timing alignment case 7, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 1, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on timing advance (TA) configuration information which is provided, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 6, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on the DU transmission time of the IAB node, and

wherein, in the timing alignment case 7, the MT transmission time of the IAB node is determined based on additional TA configuration information which is provided.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: YOU, HYANGSUN; KO, HYUNSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0016069 · Feb 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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