Signal sending apparatus, signal detection apparatus, signal sending and detection system, signal sending method, and signal detection method

• US 10,447,522 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Jianqin, Liu, Jianghua, Wu, Qiang, Zhou, Yongxing
• Primary Examiner(s): Corrielus, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US16/055,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20180343158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 1/00 Frequency-division multiplex systems H04J14/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0073 Acquisition of primary synchronisation channel, e.g. detection of cell-ID within cell-ID group
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0076 Acquisition of secondary synchronisation channel, e.g. detection of cell-ID group
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2676 Blind, i.e. without using known symbols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver

Abstract

The present invention provides a signal sending apparatus, a signal detection apparatus, a signal sending and detection system, a signal sending method, and a signal detection method. The apparatus determines a time unit that is in each time window and that is used to transmit a synchronization signal, and transmits the synchronization signal in the determined time unit in each time window. Therefore, a synchronization signal is always located in a time unit that has a fixed location in each time window, so that a device at a receive end needs to perform detection only in a fixed time unit in each time window, thereby reducing complexity of designing and detecting the synchronization signal.

Claims

1. A signal detection method, comprising:

receiving synchronization signal information;

determining, according to the synchronization signal information, a j^th time unit for receiving a synchronization signal in a time window;

receiving the synchronization signal on an antenna port during the j^th time unit in the time window, the time window comprising S time units, wherein 1≤

j≤

S, j and S are integers, the synchronization signal comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or the PSS and the SSS; and

receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) on the antenna port during the j^th time unit in the time window.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the j^th time unit comprises at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

3. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprises:

receiving broadcast channel information;

the determining further comprising determining, according to the broadcast channel information, the j^th time unit for receiving the PBCH in the time window.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a synchronization signal transmission cycle equals a PBCH transmission cycle.

5. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprises:

receiving a downlink measurement reference signal when receiving the synchronization signal and the PBCH.

6. The method according to claim 5, the method further comprises:

receiving a higher layer signaling, wherein the higher layer signaling indicates a time unit for receiving the downlink measurement reference signal.

7. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprises:

determining the antenna port according to antenna port information, where the antenna port information includes a correspondence between the antenna port and the synchronization signal.

8. The method according to claim 7, the method further comprises:

presetting an antenna port information, the antenna port information comprising the correspondence between the antenna port and the synchronization signal.

9. The method according to claim 7, the method further comprises:

acquiring an updated antenna port information, the updated antenna port information comprising the correspondence between the antenna port and the synchronization signal.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the j^th time unit is associated with a beam.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the synchronization signal information comprises the j^th time unit and a parameter m, the parameter m is the total quantity of resources for receiving the PBCH, PSS and SSS in the time window.

12. A signal detection apparatus, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive synchronization signal information;

a processor, configured to determine, according to the synchronization signal information, a j^th time unit for receiving a synchronization signal in a time window;

the receiver, further configured to;

receive the synchronization signal on an antenna port during the j^th time unit in the time window, the time window comprising S time units, wherein 1≤

j≤

S, j and S are integers, the synchronization signal comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or the PSS and the SSS;

receive a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) on the antenna port during the j^th time unit in the time window.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the j^th time unit comprises at least two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein:

the receiver is further configured to receive broadcast channel information; and

the processor is further configured to determine, according to the broadcast channel information, the j^th time unit for receiving the PBCH in the time window.

15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a synchronization signal transmission cycle equals a PBCH transmission cycle.

16. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a downlink measurement reference signal when receiving the synchronization signal and the PBCH.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive higher layer signaling, wherein the higher layer signaling indicates a time unit for receiving the downlink measurement reference signal.

18. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the antenna port according to antenna port information, where the antenna port information includes a correspondence between the antenna port and the synchronization signal.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to preset an antenna port information, the antenna port information comprising the correspondence between the antenna port and the synchronization signal.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the receiver is further configured to acquire an updated antenna port information, the updated antenna port information comprising the correspondence between the antenna port and the synchronization signal.

21. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the j^th time unit is associated with a beam.

22. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the synchronization signal information comprises the j^th time unit and a parameter m, the parameter m is the total quantity of resources for receiving the PBCH, PSS and SSS in the time window.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

receiving synchronization signal information;

determining, according to the synchronization signal information, a j^th time unit for receiving a synchronization signal in a time window;

receiving the synchronization signal on an antenna port during the j^th time unit in the time window, the time window comprising S time units, wherein 1≤

j≤

S, j and S are integers, the synchronization signal comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or the PSS and the SSS; and

receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) on the antenna port during the j^th time unit in the time window.