METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20200137700A1
• Filed: 03/15/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: ZHANG, Zhi, TANG, Hal
• Granted Patent: US 11,791,923 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: H04J 11/0079 Acquisition of downlink reference signals, e.g. detection of cell-ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for transmitting a signal, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: determining a time sequence of each synchronization signal block from among a plurality of synchronization signal blocks in a first period; and respectively receiving the plurality of synchronization signal blocks according to the time sequence of each synchronization signal block in the first period. By means of the method, the terminal device and the network device in the embodiments of the present application, the computational complexity of a terminal device can be reduced, the detection time can be reduced, and the power consumption can be saved on.

Claims

1. A signal transmission method, comprising:

determining a timing sequence of each of a plurality of SS blocks in a first cycle; and

receiving each of the plurality of SS blocks based on the timing sequence of the respective SS block in the first cycle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of SS blocks are different SS blocks of a same cell, and a time length of the first cycle is equal to a transmission cycle of one of the plurality of SS blocks.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a number of the plurality of SS blocks to be sent;

wherein determining the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle comprises;

determining the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle based on the number of the plurality of SS blocks, wherein each of the timing sequences of the plurality of SS blocks correspond to a respective one of the plurality of SS blocks.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks is a time-domain resource taken by the respective SS block.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle;

wherein determining the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle comprises;

determining the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle based on the indication information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a first correspondence of a plurality of correspondences, and each of the plurality of correspondences is a mapping of a respective one of the plurality of SS blocks and a timing sequence of the respective SS block in the first cycle;

wherein determining the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle comprises;

determining the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle based on the first correspondence.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the indication information is carried in at least one of a broadcast message, a system message, RRC signaling, media access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling, or downlink control information (DCI).

8. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving indication information from the network device comprises:

receiving the indication information from the network device on a primary carrier.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the primary carrier is a carrier in a New Radio (NR) or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of SS blocks at least comprise a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS).

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21. A terminal device for signal transmission, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine a timing sequence of each of a plurality of SS blocks in a first cycle; and

an input interface, configured to receive each of the plurality of SS blocks based on the timing sequence of the respective SS block in the first cycle.

22. The terminal device of claim 21, wherein the plurality of SS blocks are different SS blocks of a same cell, and a time length of the first cycle is equal to a transmission cycle of one of the plurality of SS blocks.

23. The terminal device of claim 21,

wherein the input interface is further configured to receive indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a number of the plurality of SS blocks to be sent;

wherein the processor is configured to determine the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle based on the number of the plurality of SS blocks, wherein each of the timing sequences of the plurality of SS blocks correspond to a respective one of the plurality of SS blocks.

24. The terminal device of claim 21, wherein the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks is a time-domain resource taken by the respective SS block.

25. The terminal device of claim 21,

wherein the input interface is configured to receive indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle;

wherein the processor is configured to determine the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle based on the indication information.

26. The terminal device of claim 21,

wherein the input interface is configured to receive indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a first correspondence of a plurality of correspondences, and each of the plurality of correspondences is a mapping of a respective one of the plurality of SS blocks and a timing sequence of the respective SS block in the first cycle;

wherein the processor is configured to determine the timing sequence of each of the plurality of SS blocks in the first cycle based on the first correspondence.

27. The terminal device of claim 23, wherein the indication information is carried in at least one of a broadcast message, a system message, RRC signaling, media access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling, or downlink control information (DCI).

28. The terminal device of claim 23, wherein the input interface is configured to receive the indication information from the network device on a primary carrier.

29. The terminal device of claim 28, wherein the primary carrier is a carrier in a New Radio (NR) system or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

30. The terminal device of claim 21, wherein the plurality of SS blocks at least comprise a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS).

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