CHANNEL TRANSMISSION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20200137725A1
• Filed: 12/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 11,337,180 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: 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

The present disclosure relates to channel transmission methods, base stations, and terminal devices. One example method includes receiving a first channel from a network device, determining a frame structure used between the network device and a terminal device according to relationship between a transmission parameter set of the first channel and the frame structure, and communicating with the network device according to the frame structure.

Claims

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving a first channel from a network device;

determining a frame structure used between the network device and a terminal device according to relationship between a transmission parameter set of the first channel and the frame structure; and

communicating with the network device according to the frame structure.

2. The method according claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining the transmission parameter set of the first channel, wherein the transmission parameter set comprises carrier frequency resource used for transmitting the first channel and information in the first channel.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the information in the first channel comprises:

information carried in the first channel;

a field carried in the first channel;

or

an information element carried in the first channel.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first channel comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

5. A communication method, comprising:

determining a transmission parameter set of a first channel according to relationship between the transmission parameter set of the first channel and a frame structure, wherein the transmission parameter set of the first channel indicates the frame structure to be used between a network device and a terminal device;

transmitting the first channel to the terminal device; and

communicating with the terminal device according to the frame structure.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the transmission parameter set comprises carrier frequency resource used for transmitting the first channel and information in the first channel.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the information in the first channel comprises:

information carried in the first channel;

a field carried in the first channel;

or

an information element carried in the first channel.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first channel comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

9. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a receiver, the receiver configured to receive a first channel from a network device;

at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to determine a frame structure used between the network device and the communication apparatus according to relationship between a transmission parameter set of the first channel and the frame structure; and

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to communicate with the network device according to the frame structure.

10. The apparatus according claim 9, wherein the at least one processor further is configured to:

obtain the transmission parameter set of the first channel, wherein the transmission parameter set comprises carrier frequency resource used for transmitting the first channel and information in the first channel.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information in the first channel comprises:

information carried in the first channel;

a field carried in the first channel;

or

an information element carried in the first channel.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first channel comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

13. A communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to determine a transmission parameter set of a first channel according to relationship between the transmission parameter set of the first channel and a frame structure, wherein the transmission parameter set of the first channel indicates the frame structure to be used between the apparatus and a terminal device; and

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to;

transmit the first channel to the terminal device; and

communicate with the terminal device according to the frame structure.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the transmission parameter set comprises carrier frequency resource used for transmitting the first channel and information in the first channel.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the information in the first channel comprises:

information carried in the first channel;

a field carried in the first channel;

or

an information element carried in the first channel.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first channel comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program codes which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first channel from a network device;

determining a frame structure used between the network device and a terminal device according to relationship between a transmission parameter set of the first channel and the frame structure; and

communicating with the network device according to the frame structure.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining the transmission parameter set of the first channel, wherein the transmission parameter set comprises carrier frequency resource used for transmitting the first channel and information in the first channel.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the information in the first channel comprises:

information carried in the first channel;

a field carried in the first channel;

or

an information element carried in the first channel.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the first channel comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).