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US 12,641,523 · App. 18/451,005 · Granted May 26, 2026

Mobile communication system

Inventors: Hiroyuki Urabayashi (Yokohama, JP); Kugo Morita (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W48/10H04J11/0073H04J11/0076H04J11/0079H04W16/14
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Patent No.
US 12,641,523
App. No.
18/451,005
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

User equipment, an apparatus configured to control user equipment, and a method. The method may include receiving by a user equipment from a base station, a synchronization signal and a master information block, the master information block transmitted at a same transmission cycle as a transmission cycle of the synchronization signal. The method may further include receiving by the user equipment from the base station, first information indicating time domain positions at which the synchronization signal and the master information block are to be transmitted. In addition, the method may include receiving by the user equipment from the base station, second information indicating a periodicity of transmission of the synchronization signal and the master information block. The periodicity indicated by the second information may be different from 40 ms.

Claims (15)

1 . A user equipment comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a synchronization signal and a master information block that are broadcast from a base station, the master information block being transmitted at a same transmission cycle as a transmission cycle of the synchronization signal, wherein

the receiver is configured to receive from the base station by dedicated RRC signalling other than broadcasting from the base station, first information indicating time domain positions at which the synchronization signal and the master information block are to be transmitted,

the receiver is configured to receive from the base station by dedicated RRC signalling other than broadcasting from the base station, second information indicating a periodicity of transmission of the synchronization signal and the master information block, and

the periodicity indicated by the second information is different from 40 ms.

2 . An apparatus configured to control a user equipment, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the processor configured to

receive a synchronization signal and a master information block that are broadcast from a base station, the master information block being transmitted at a same transmission cycle as a transmission cycle of the synchronization signal,

receive from the base station by dedicated RRC signalling other than broadcasting from the base station, first information indicating time domain positions at which the synchronization signal and the master information block are to be transmitted, and

receive from the base station by dedicated RRC signalling other than broadcasting from the base station, second information indicating a periodicity of transmission of the synchronization signal and the master information block, and

the periodicity indicated by the second information is different from 40 ms.

3 . A method comprising:

receiving by a user equipment, a synchronization signal and a master information block that are broadcast from a base station, the master information block transmitted at a same transmission cycle as a transmission cycle of the synchronization signal;

receiving by the user equipment from the base station by dedicated RRC signalling other than broadcasting from the base station, first information indicating time domain positions at which the synchronization signal and the master information block are to be transmitted; and

receiving by the user equipment from the base station by dedicated RRC signalling other than broadcasting from the base station, second information indicating a periodicity of transmission of the synchronization signal and the master information block, wherein

the periodicity indicated by the second information is different from 40 ms.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: URABAYASHI, HIROYUKI; MORITA, KUGO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064614/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-199739 · Oct 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16340059
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