Information sending and receiving method and related device

• US 10,616,843 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2019
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2017
• 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: Huang, Huang, Xiang, Gao, Gao, Kuandong
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Eunsook
• Application Number:
  US16/558,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20190394736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 217 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0016 Time-frequency-code
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/10 with dynamo-electric generation of carriers; with mechanical filters or demodulators
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose an information sending and receiving method and a related device. The method may include: sending, by a network device, first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information is carried by using m bits in a downlink signal, and the first indication information includes related information indicating a quantity n of synchronization signal blocks SS blocks included in a synchronization signal burst set SS burst set, where m<log₂N, N is a maximum value of a quantity of SS blocks supported in the SS burst set, both m and n are integers greater than 1, and n is less than or equal to N. According to the embodiments of this application, a prior-art problem that transmission overheads are relatively high when the network device indicates the quantity n of SS blocks to the terminal device can be resolved.

Claims

1. An information sending method, wherein the method comprises:

enabling, by a network device, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) to carry Q bits that are used to indicate a synchronization signal (SS) block time index, the SS block time index comprising M bits, (M−

Q) bits of the M bits being implicitly carried by using demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequences of the PBCH, M being a first integer greater than 0, and Q being a second integer greater than 0; and

sending the PBCH to a terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the Q bits are explicitly carried on the PBCH.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the (M−

Q) bits of the M bits correspond to one of eight different DMRS sequences.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a value of M is associated with a quantity of SS blocks sent in an SS burst set.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a value of M is associated with a maximum quantity of SS block supported by a different carrier band.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein Q is 3, and M is 6.

7. An information receiving method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a terminal, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); and

obtaining, by the terminal, a synchronization signal (SS) block time index, the SS block time index comprising M bits, Q bits of the M bits used to indicate the SS block time index being carried on the PBCH, and (M−

Q) bits of the M bits being implicitly carried by using demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequences of the PBCH, M being a first integer greater than 0, and Q being a second integer greater than 0.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the Q bits are explicitly carried on the PBCH.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the (M−

Q) bits of the M bits correspond to one of eight DMRS sequences.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein a value of M is associated with a quantity of SS blocks sent in an SS burst set.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein a value of M is associated with a maximum quantity of SS blocks supported by a different carrier band.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein Q is 3, and M is 6.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining the information about the SS block time index comprises:

detecting, by the terminal, the PBCH and obtaining a data bits width of the PBCH; and

obtaining, by the terminal, the SS block time index according to the data bits width of the PBCH.

14. The method according to claim 7, wherein the DMRS of the PBCH is scrambled by a tertiary sequence (TSS).

15. The method according to claim 7, wherein the PBCH further comprises 1 bit indicating whether the (M−

Q) bits need to be solved.

16. A apparatus, comprising:

one or more memories configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to;

enable a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) to carry Q bits that are used to indicate a synchronization signal (SS) block time index, wherein the SS block time index comprises M bits, wherein (M−

Q) bits of the M bits are implicitly carried by using demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequences of the PBCH, and wherein M is a first integer greater than 0, and Q is a second integer greater than 0; and

a communications unit, configured to send the PBCH to a terminal.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the Q bits are explicitly carried on the PBCH.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the (M−

Q) bits correspond to one of eight different DMRS sequences.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein a value of M is associated with a quantity of SS blocks sent in an SS burst set.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein a value of M is associated with a maximum quantity of SS blocks supported by a different carrier band.

21. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein Q is 3, and M is 6.

22. A apparatus, comprising:

one or more memories configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to;

receive a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);

detect the PBCH; and

obtain information about a synchronization signal (SS) block time index, wherein the SS block time index comprises M bits, wherein Q bits of the M bits that are used to indicate the SS block time index are carried on the PBCH, wherein (M−

Q) bits of the M bits are implicitly carried by using different demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequences of the PBCH, and wherein M is a first integer greater than 0, and Q is second integer greater than 0.

23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the Q bits are explicitly carried on the PBCH.

24. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the (M−

Q) bits correspond to one of eight different DMRS sequences.

25. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein a value of M is associated with a quantity of SS blocks actually sent in an SS burst set.

26. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein a value of M is associated with a maximum quantity of SS blocks supported by a different carrier band.

27. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein Q is 3, and M is 6.

28. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to:

detect the PBCH and obtain a data bits width of the PBCH; and

obtain the SS block time index according to the data bits width of the PBCH.

29. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the DMRS of the PBCH is scrambled by a tertiary sequence (TSS).

30. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the PBCH further comprises 1 bit indicating whether the (M−

Q) bits need to be solved.