Method for receiving system information in a radio access network, performed by a mobile terminal and mobile terminal for receiving system information in a radio access network

• US 9,713,168 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2015
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Hidetoshi, Petermann, Dieter, Aoyama, Takahisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Sai-Ming
• Application Number:
  US14/721,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A method and transmission apparatus transmit broadcast system information in a mobile communication system. Further, a method and mobile terminal receive the broadcast system information. An improved method for broadcasting broadcast system information maps different partitions of broadcast system information to a shared transport channel or a broadcast transport channel for transmission. The mapping may take into account parameters inherent to the mobile terminals to which the broadcast system information is to be transmitted and/or parameters inherent to the different partitions of broadcast system information.

Claims

1. A method for receiving system information in a radio access network, performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel via a broadcast transport channel,

obtaining with processor circuitry timing information from the master information block,

receiving a control information, on a control channel associated to a shared transport channel, that dynamically indicates at least one of parameters of scheduling, modulation, and transport block size of second system information that is mapped on the shared transport channel that uses dynamically allocated resources, and

receiving a second system information block via the shared transport channel according to at least one of the parameters of scheduling, modulation, and transport block size.

2. The method according to the claim 1, wherein the control channel is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the timing information is used for scheduling the system information.

4. A mobile terminal for receiving system information in a radio access network, the mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel via a broadcast transport channel, and

processor circuitry configured to obtain timing information from the master information block,

the receiver being configured to receive a control information, on a control channel associated to a shared transport channel, that dynamically indicates at least one of parameters of scheduling, modulation, and transport block size of second system information that is mapped on the shared transport channel that uses dynamically allocated resources, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a second system information block via the shared transport channel according to at least one of the parameters of scheduling, modulation, and transport block size.

5. The mobile terminal according to the claim 4, wherein the control channel is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the timing information is used for scheduling the system information.

7. A method for transmitting broadcast system information in a radio access network, the method comprising:

mapping with processor circuitry first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel to a broadcast transport channel,

mapping with the processor circuitry second system information of the broadcast control logical channel to a shared transport channel enabling transmission by dynamically assigned resources,

transmitting the first system information including the master information block via the broadcast transport channel, wherein the master information block of the first system information includes control information indicating a timing of the second system information transmitted via the shared transport channel, and

transmitting the second system information via the shared transport channel by the dynamically assigned resources.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the first system information includes a value tag for indicating update of the second system information block.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the first system information includes a transmission format of the second system information.

10. A method for receiving broadcast system information in a radio access network, the method comprising:

receiving a first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel via a broadcast transport channel,

obtaining with processor circuitry control information from the master information block, wherein the control information indicates a timing of a second system information transmitted via a shared transport channel by dynamically assigned resources,

receiving a second system information block via the shared transport channel by the dynamically assigned resources at the time indicated by the control information included in the master information block.

11. A transmission apparatus in a radio access network for transmitting broadcast system information in the radio access network, the apparatus comprising:

processor circuitry configured to map first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel to a broadcast transport channel and to map second system information of a broadcast control logical channel to a shared transport channel enabling transmission by dynamically assigned resources, and

a transmitter configured to transmit the first system information via the broadcast transport channel and to transmit the second system information via the shared transport channel,

wherein the master information block of the first system information includes control information indicating a timing of the second system information transmitted via the shared transport channel by the dynamically assigned resources.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first system information includes a value tag for indicating update of the second system information block.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first system information includes a transmission format of the second system information.

14. A receiving apparatus in a radio access network for receiving broadcast system information in the radio access network, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel via a broadcast transport channel, and

processor circuitry configured to obtain control information from the master information block, wherein the control information indicates a timing of a second system information block,

wherein the receiver is configured to receive the second system information block via a shared transport channel by the dynamically assigned resources at the time indicated by the control information of the master information block.

15. A mobile terminal for receiving system information in a radio access network, the mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive;

a first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel via a broadcast transport channel, and

a control information, on a control channel associated with a shared transport channel;

processor circuitry configured to obtain;

from the control information at least one of parameters of scheduling, modulation, and transport block size of second system information that is mapped on the shared transport channel, and

a second system information block via the shared transport channel according to at least one of the parameters of scheduling, modulation, and transport block size.

16. The mobile terminal according to the claim 15, wherein the control channel is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

17. A receiving apparatus in a radio access network for receiving broadcast system information in the radio access network, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive

first system information including a master information block of a broadcast control logical channel via a broadcast transport channel, and

a shared transport channel;

processor circuitry configured to obtain;

control information from the master information block which indicates a timing of a second system information block,

the second system information block from the shared transport channel using the control information of the master information block.

18. The mobile terminal according to the claim 17, wherein the control channel is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).