SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL

• US 20200136880A1
• Filed: 12/26/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Xianming, DAI, Bo, LIU, Kun, YANG, Weiwei, FANG, Huiying
• Granted Patent: US 11,201,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: 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: H04L 27/2613 Structure of the reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2657 Carrier synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2675 Pilot or known symbols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2692 with preamble design, i.e. with negotiation of the synchronisation sequence with transmitter or sequence linked to the algorithm used at the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0064 Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0092 Indication of how the channel is divided
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA

Abstract

A system and method for transmitting a signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: transmitting one or more synchronization signals using an anchor carrier with a first frequency location; and transmitting a system information block using a non-anchor carrier with a second frequency location that is different from the first frequency location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

transmitting one or more synchronization signals using an anchor carrier with a first frequency location; and

transmitting a system information block using a non-anchor carrier with a second frequency location, wherein a master information block is transmitted using the anchor carrier, and wherein the master information block indicates one from a plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more synchronization signals include a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the secondary synchronization signal, transmitted using the anchor carrier, indicates one from the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a sequence of the secondary synchronization signal based on at least one of the plurality of options, wherein the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier is pre-defined and is different from the first frequency location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier defines the respective second frequency location as being spaced from the first frequency location of the anchor carrier by singular or plural carrier bandwidths of the anchor carrier.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving one or more synchronization signals modulated on an anchor carrier with a first frequency location;

receiving a system information block modulated on a non-anchor carrier with a second frequency location, wherein a master information block is transmitted using the anchor carrier, and wherein the master information block indicates one from a plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

7. The method claim 6, wherein the one or more synchronization signals include a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the secondary synchronization signal, modulated on the anchor carrier, indicates one from the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier based on a sequence of the secondary synchronization signal, wherein the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier is pre-defined and is different from the first frequency location.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier defines the respective second frequency location as being spaced from the first frequency location of the anchor carrier by singular or plural carrier bandwidths of the non-anchor carrier.

11. A communication node, comprising:

a transmitter configured to;

transmit one or more synchronization signals using an anchor carrier with a first frequency location; and

transmit a system information block using a non-anchor carrier with a second frequency location, wherein a master information block is transmitted using the anchor carrier, and wherein the master information block indicates one from a plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

12. The communication node of claim 11, wherein the one or more synchronization signals include a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal.

13. The communication node of claim 12, wherein the first synchronization signal, transmitted using the anchor carrier, indicates one from the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

14. The communication node of claim 13, further comprising:

at least one processor, coupled to the transmitter, and configured to determine a sequence of the secondary synchronization signal based on at least one of the plurality of options, wherein the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier is pre-defined and is different from the first frequency location.

15. The communication node of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier defines the respective second frequency location as being spaced from the first frequency location of the anchor carrier by singular or plural carrier bandwidths of the anchor carrier.

16. A communication node, comprising:

a receiver configured to;

receive one or more synchronization signals modulated on an anchor carrier with a first frequency location; and

receive a system information block modulated on a non-anchor carrier with a second frequency location, wherein a master information block is transmitted using the anchor carrier, and wherein the master information block indicates one from a plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

17. The communication node of claim 16, wherein the one or more synchronization signals include a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal.

18. The communication node of claim 17, wherein the secondary synchronization signal, modulated on the anchor carrier, indicates one from the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier.

19. The communication node of claim 18, further comprising:

at least one processor, coupled to the receiver, and configured to determine the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier based on a sequence of the secondary synchronization signal, wherein the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier is pre-defined and is different from the first frequency location.

20. The communication node of claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of options of the second frequency location of the non-anchor carrier defines the respective second frequency location as being spaced from the first frequency location of the anchor carrier by singular or plural carrier bandwidths of the anchor carrier.