Channel transmission method, base station, and terminal device

• US 10,560,922 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2018
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• 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: Yu, Zheng, Zhang, Weiliang, Cheng, Xingqing, Wu, Yiling
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Chandrahas B
• Application Number:
  US15/937,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20180220395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0069 Cell search, i.e. determining cell identity [cell-ID] design of multiplexing codes H04J13/00; processing access restriction or access information H04W48/16; discovery of network devices for network data management H04W8/005; sounding signals for channel estimation H04L25/0226; structure of reference signals in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2613; frame, time or carrier synchronisation in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2655
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/00 Access restriction access security to prevent unauthorised access H04W12/08; Network selection; Access point selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A channel transmission method, a base station, and a terminal device are provided. In one example method, a base station determines a communication mode to be used between the base station and a terminal device. The base station determines a transmission parameter set of a first channel according to the determined communication mode. The communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel. The base station transmits information associated with the first channel to the terminal device.

Claims

1. A channel transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a base station, a communication mode to be used between the base station and a terminal device;

determining, by the base station, a transmission parameter set of a first channel according to the determined communication mode, wherein the communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel; and

transmitting, by the base station, information associated with the first channel to the terminal device, wherein the information indicates to the terminal device the communication mode to be used between the base station and the terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or more of:

the transmission parameter set of the first channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the first channel, a time resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a mapping manner used by the first channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the first channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the first channel, and information in the first channel; and

a transmission parameter set of a second channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the second channel, a time resource used for transmitting information associated with the second channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the second channel, a mapping manner used by the second channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the second channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the second channel, and information in the second channel.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or more of:

the first channel comprises one or more of;

a first synchronization channel, a first reference signal, a first broadcast channel, and a first physical channel carrying system information; and

a second channel comprises one or more of;

a second synchronization channel, a second reference signal, a second broadcast channel, and a second physical channel carrying system information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication mode comprises one or more of:

an in-band mode, a guardband mode, and a standalone mode.

5. A channel transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, information associated with a first channel transmitted by a base station to the terminal device;

obtaining, by the terminal device, a transmission parameter set of the first channel from the determined first channel; and

determining, by the terminal device and according to the transmission parameter set of the first channel, a communication mode used between the base station and the terminal device, wherein the communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein one or more of:

the transmission parameter set of the first channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the first channel, a time resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a mapping manner used by the first channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the first channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the first channel, and information in the first channel; and

a transmission parameter set of a second channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the second channel, a time resource used for transmitting information associated with the second channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the second channel, a mapping manner used by the second channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the second channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the second channel, and information in the second channel.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein one or more of:

the first channel comprises one or more of;

a first synchronization channel, a first reference signal, a first broadcast channel, and a first physical channel carrying system information; and

a second channel comprises one or more of;

a second synchronization channel, a second reference signal, a second broadcast channel, and a second physical channel carrying system information.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the communication mode comprises one or more of:

an in-band mode, a guardband mode, and a standalone mode.

9. A base station, comprising:

at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to;

determine a communication mode to be used between the base station and a terminal device; and

determine a transmission parameter set of a first channel according to the determined communication mode, wherein the communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel; and

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit information associated with the first channel to the terminal device, wherein the information indicates to the terminal device the communication mode to be used between the base station and the terminal device.

10. The base station according to claim 9, wherein one or more of:

the transmission parameter set of the first channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the first channel, a time resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a mapping manner used by the first channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the first channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the first channel, and information in the first channel; and

a transmission parameter set of a second channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the second channel, a time resource used for transmitting information associated with the second channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the second channel, a mapping manner used by the second channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the second channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the second channel, and information in the second channel.

11. The base station according to claim 9, wherein one or more of:

the first channel comprises one or more of;

a first synchronization channel, a first reference signal, a first broadcast channel, and a first physical channel carrying system information; and

a second channel comprises one or more of;

a second synchronization channel, a second reference signal, a second broadcast channel, and a second physical channel carrying system information.

12. The base station according to claim 9, wherein the communication mode comprises one or more of:

an in-band mode, a guardband mode, and a standalone mode.

13. A terminal device, comprising:

a receiver, the receiver configured to receive information associated with a first channel transmitted by a base station to the terminal device; and

at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to;

obtain a transmission parameter set of the first channel from the determined first channel; and

determine, according to the transmission parameter set of the first channel, a communication mode used between the base station and the terminal device, wherein the communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein one or more of:

the transmission parameter set of the first channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the first channel, a time resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the first channel, a mapping manner used by the first channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the first channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the first channel, and information in the first channel; and

a transmission parameter set of a second channel comprises one or more of;

a sequence used by the second channel, a time resource used for transmitting information associated with the second channel, a frequency resource used for transmitting the information associated with the second channel, a mapping manner used by the second channel, a spatial coding matrix used by the second channel, a scrambling code used for scrambling information in the second channel, and information in the second channel.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein one or more of:

the first channel comprises one or more of;

a first synchronization channel, a first reference signal, a first broadcast channel, and a first physical channel carrying system information; and

a second channel comprises one or more of;

a second synchronization channel, a second reference signal, a second broadcast channel, and a second physical channel carrying system information.

16. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the communication mode comprises one or more of:

an in-band mode, a guardband mode, and a standalone mode.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a base station, cause the base station to:

determine a communication mode to be used between the base station and a terminal device;

determine a transmission parameter set of a first channel according to the determined communication mode, wherein the communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel; and

transmit information associated with the first channel to the terminal device, wherein the information indicates to the terminal device the communication mode to be used between the base station and the terminal device.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a terminal device, cause the terminal device to:

determine a first channel based on information associated with the first channel transmitted by a base station to the terminal device;

obtain a transmission parameter set of the first channel from the determined first channel; and

determine a communication mode used between the base station and the terminal device according to the transmission parameter set of the first channel, wherein the communication mode corresponds to the transmission parameter set of the first channel.