Wireless communication apparatus for supporting a plurality of radio access technologies and wireless communication method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10945250-B2
Application number	US-201815992820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2018
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

A wireless communication method of a wireless communication apparatus for supporting a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including receiving a first downlink signal corresponding to a first RAT and a second downlink signal corresponding to a second RAT from a base station through a first frequency band, decoding the first downlink signal, detecting the second downlink signal based on a result of decoding of the first downlink signal, and decoding the detected second downlink signal to acquire data included in the second downlink signal may be provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication method of a wireless communication apparatus for supporting a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), the wireless communication method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless communication apparatus, a first downlink signal from a base station operated on a first RAT;
decoding, by the wireless communication apparatus, the first downlink signal;
detecting, by the wireless communication apparatus, a second downlink signal corresponding to a second RAT based on a result of the decoding the first downlink signal; and
decoding, by a wireless communication apparatus, the detected second downlink signal to acquire data related to the second downlink signal,
wherein the result of the decoding the first downlink signal comprises information regarding whether there is multicast traffic or not, and
the detecting comprises determining whether to perform the detecting based on the information and detecting the second downlink signal in response to the information indicating that there is no multicast traffic.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT comprises long term evolution (LTE) radio access technology, and the second RAT comprises 5 th generation (5G) radio access technology.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises:
determining whether to detect the second downlink signal based on the result of the decoding the first downlink signal;
performing synchronization with the base station to which the second RAT is applied using synchronization signal (SS) burst included in the second downlink signal in a sub-frame indicated by the first downlink signal;
acquiring an system information about a target sub-frame included in the second downlink signal after the synchronization is completed; and
detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to the second RAT from the target sub-frame.

4. The wireless communication method of claim 3 , wherein the decoding comprises:
detecting a physical downlink share channel (PDSCH) of at least part of the second downlink signal by decoding the detected PDCCH according to the second RAT; and
acquiring the data by decoding the detected PDSCH according to the second RAT.

5. A wireless communication method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless communication apparatus, a first downlink signal from a base station through a first frequency band, the first downlink signal corresponding to a first radio access technology (RAT), the first frequency band comprising a second frequency band allocated for transmission of a second downlink signal corresponding to a second RAT;
detecting, by the wireless communication apparatus, a target slot on the second frequency band based on the first downlink signal;
performing, by the wireless communication apparatus, synchronization with the base station by acquiring synchronization signal (SS) burst on the target slot;
detecting, by the wireless communication apparatus, the second downlink signal based on the synchronization signal (SS) burst after the synchronization is completed; and
decoding, by the wireless communication apparatus, the second downlink signal to acquire an upper layer signal included in the second downlink signal.

6. The wireless communication method of claim 5 , wherein
the first downlink signal comprises valid slot-related configuration information, the valid slot-related configuration information including at least one from among a slot length information, sub-carrier spacing (SCS) information, or position information about a valid slot.

7. The wireless communication method of claim 5 , wherein
the detecting comprises detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the second downlink signal, and
the decoding comprises,
detecting a physical downlink share channel (PDSCH) of the second downlink signal by decoding the detected PDCCH, and
acquiring data by decoding the detected PDSCH.

8. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) circuit configured to receive a downlink signal, the downlink signal including at least one of a first downlink signal corresponding to first radio access technology (RAT) or a second downlink signal corresponding to a second RAT through a first frequency band;
a first baseband processor configured to process the first downlink signal; and
a second baseband processor configured to process the second downlink signal, the second baseband processor further configured to perform an operation based on a result of decoding the first downlink signal of the first baseband processor,
wherein the second baseband processor is further configured to detect the second downlink signal in response to the result of decoding the first downlink signal indicating that there is no multicast traffic.

9. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second baseband processor is further configured to be powered off in response to the result of decoding the first downlink signal indicating that there is a multicast traffic.

10. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second baseband processor is further configured to detect the second downlink signal based on the result of decoding the first downlink signal, and acquire an upper layer signal from the second downlink signal detected.

11. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 10 , wherein
the RF circuit comprises a demultiplexer, the demultiplexer configured to route the downlink signal to the first baseband processor or the second baseband processor, and
the second baseband processor is configured to generate a control signal for selectively receiving the second downlink signal based on the upper layer signal and provide the control signal to the demultiplexer.

12. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first RAT is long term evolution (LTE) radio access technology, and the second RAT is 5 th generation (5G) radio access technology.

13. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 8 , wherein
the first baseband processor is further configured to transmit a first uplink signal to a base station through a first band within a second frequency band, and
the second baseband processor is further configured to transmit a second uplink signal to the base station through a second band within the second frequency band.

14. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the second downlink signal includes at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal corresponding to the second RAT or a synchronization signal corresponding to the second RAT.

15. The wireless communication method of claim 14 , wherein the synchronization signal corresponding to the second RAT includes at least one of a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or a physical broadcasting channel signal (PBCHS), corresponding to the second RAT.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Yang-Soo
• Kim Min-Goo
• Kim In-Hyoung
• Do Joo-Hyun
• Park Su-Young
• Yoon Su-Ha
• Jung Eui-Chang

Classifications

• H04W72/23 Primary

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W4/06 Primary

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04L12/189

  in combination with wireless systems (selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06) · CPC title

• H04W88/06 Primary

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title