IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,913,268
Granted Patent B2
US 9,913,268 · App. 14/889,098 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Signal transmission method for coverage improvement and apparatus for same

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/042H04L27/2627H04W4/005H04W48/16H04W56/0015H04W72/005
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Patent No.
US 9,913,268
App. No.
14/889,098
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for acquiring system information by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring time and frequency synchronization from a synchronization channel; performing PBCH detection in a wireless frame on the basis of the time and frequency synchronization; and acquiring the system information from the PBCH, wherein, when the terminal is a non-MTC terminal, the PBCH detection is performed by a singular sub frame in the wireless frame, and when the terminal is an MTC terminal, the PBCH detection is performed by a plurality of sub frames in the wireless frame.

Claims (18)

1. A method for acquiring system information by a UE in a wireless communication system, comprising:

acquiring time and frequency synchronization from a synchronization channel;

performing a single PBCH (Physical Broadcast Channel) detection in a radio frame including 10 subframes on the basis of the time and frequency synchronization; and

acquiring the system information from the PBCH,

wherein the single PBCH detection is performed by using a PBCH signal only in a single subframe in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC (Machine Type Communication) UE, and

wherein the single PBCH detection is performed by combining a set of same PBCH signals on a plurality of subframes in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE, and the pattern of the plurality of subframes is varied per a set of radio frames.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the single PBCH detection is performed in subframe #0 in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC UE, and the single PBCH detection is performed in subframes #0 and #5 in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe #0, OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols #7, #8, #9 and #10] in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC UE, and the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe#0, 01-DMA symbols #7, #8, #9 and #10] and [subframe #5, OFDM symbols #3, #7, #8 and #12] in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe #0, OFDMA symbols #7, #8, #9 and #10] in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC UE, and the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe#0, OFDMA symbols #3, #4, #11 and #12] and [subframe #5, OFDM symbols #3, #4, #11 and #12] in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE.

5. A UE used in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor acquires time and frequency synchronization from a synchronization channel, to perform a single PBCH detection in a radio frame including 10 subframes on the basis of the time and frequency synchronization and to acquire the system information from the PBCH,

wherein the single PBCH detection is performed by using a PBCH signal only in a single subframe in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC (Machine Type Communication) UE, and

wherein the single PBCH detection is performed by combining a plurality of PBCH signals on in a plurality of subframes in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE, and the pattern of the plurality of subframes is varied per a set of radio frames.

6. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the single PBCH detection is performed in subframe #0 in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC UE, and the single PBCH detection is performed in subframes #0 and #5 in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE.

7. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe #0, OFDMA symbols #7, #8, #9 and #10] in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC UE, and the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe#0, OFDMA symbols #7, #8, #9 and #10] and [subframe #5, OFDM symbols #3, #7, #8 and #12] in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE.

8. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe #0, OFDMA symbols #7, #8, #9 and #10] in the radio frame when the UE is a non-MTC UE, and the single PBCH detection is performed in [subframe#0, OFDMA symbols #3, #4, #11 and #12] and [subframe #5, OFDM symbols #3, #4, #11 and #12] in the radio frame when the UE is an MTC UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2015
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI; YI, YUNJUNG; YOU, HYANGSUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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