Communication method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11950194-B2
Application number	US-202117480590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2021
Priority date	Mar 21, 2019
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example communication method includes generating a synchronization signal block (SSB) by an access network device, where the SSB includes a first physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and a second PBCH. The first PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of first synchronization information, the second PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of second synchronization information, and a time-frequency resource position of the first synchronization information is different from a time-frequency resource position of the second synchronization information. The access network device broadcasts the SSB. In embodiments of this application, the SSB may carry PBCHs corresponding to terminal devices of different bandwidth types and/or synchronization information of the terminal devices of different bandwidth types to satisfy processing requirements of the terminal devices of a plurality of bandwidth types.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
generating, by an access network device, a synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein the SSB comprises a first physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and a second PBCH, the first PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of first synchronization information, the second PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of second synchronization information, and a time-frequency resource position of the first synchronization information is different from a time-frequency resource position of the second synchronization information; and
broadcasting, by the access network device, the SSB.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first PBCH carries third synchronization information, the time-frequency resource position information of the first synchronization information and the third synchronization information are used for downlink synchronization of a first-type terminal device, and the time-frequency resource position information of the second synchronization information and the third synchronization information are used for downlink synchronization of a second-type terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first synchronization information is a first system information block type 1 (SIB 1 ), and the second synchronization information is a second SIB 1 ; and
the time-frequency resource position information that is carried on the second PBCH and that is of the second synchronization information is at least one of position information of the second SIB 1 or a carrier resource block (CRB) offset, wherein the CRB offset is used to indicate the position information of the second SIB 1 .

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first SIB 1 and the second SIB 1 comprise same or different information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the SSB further comprises a third PBCH; and
a frequency domain resource of the first PBCH is a first frequency domain resource, a frequency domain resource of the third PBCH is a third frequency domain resource, and the first frequency domain resource comprises a second frequency domain resource and the third frequency domain resource, wherein:
information carried on the third PBCH is the same as information carried on the first PBCH on the second frequency domain resource; or
a signal carried on the third PBCH is the same as a signal carried on the first PBCH on the second frequency domain resource.

6. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a terminal device, a first signal, wherein the first signal comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); and
obtaining, by the terminal device, the PBCH, wherein:
the PBCH is located in a synchronization signal block (SSB), the SSB comprises a first PBCH and a second PBCH, the first PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of first synchronization information, the second PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of second synchronization information, and a time-frequency resource position of the first synchronization information is different from a time-frequency resource position of the second synchronization information; and
the PBCH is the first PBCH or the second PBCH.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first PBCH carries third synchronization information, and the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the terminal device, the third synchronization information on the first PBCH; and
performing, by the terminal device, synchronization processing based on the third synchronization information and the PBCH.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein:
when the PBCH is the first PBCH, the terminal device is a first-type terminal device; and
when the PBCH is the second PBCH, the terminal device is a second-type terminal device, wherein:
a maximum bandwidth supported by the second-type terminal device is less than or equal to a maximum bandwidth supported by the first-type terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein:
the first synchronization information is a first system information block type 1 (SIB 1 ), and the second synchronization information is a second SIB 1 ; and
the time-frequency resource position information that is carried on the second PBCH and that is of the second synchronization information is at least one of position information of the second SIB 1 or a carrier resource block (CRB) offset, wherein the CRB offset is used to indicate the position information of the second SIB 1 .

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first SIB 1 and the second SIB 1 comprise same or different information.

11. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor;
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:
generate a synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein the SSB comprises a first PBCH and a second PBCH, the first PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of first synchronization information, the second PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of second synchronization information, and a time-frequency resource position of the first synchronization information is different from a time-frequency resource position of the second synchronization information; and

a transceiver, configured to broadcast the SSB.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first PBCH carries third synchronization information, the time-frequency resource position information of the first synchronization information and the third synchronization information are used by a first-type terminal device to perform downlink synchronization, and the time-frequency resource position information of the second synchronization information and the third synchronization information are used by a second-type terminal device to perform downlink synchronization.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:
the first synchronization information is a first system information block type 1 (SIB 1 ), and the second synchronization information is a second SIB 1 ; and
the time-frequency resource position information that is carried on the second PBCH and that is of the second synchronization information is at least one of position information of the second SIB 1 or a carrier resource block (CRB) offset, wherein the CRB offset is used to indicate the position information of the second SIB 1 .

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first SIB 1 and the second SIB 1 comprise same or different information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:
the SSB further comprises a third PBCH; and
a frequency domain resource of the first PBCH is a first frequency domain resource, a frequency domain resource of the third PBCH is a third frequency domain resource, and the first frequency domain resource comprises a second frequency domain resource and the third frequency domain resource, wherein:
information carried on the third PBCH is the same as information carried on the first PBCH on the second frequency domain resource; or
a signal carried on the third PBCH is the same as a signal carried on the first PBCH on the second frequency domain resource.

16. An apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver, configured to receive a first signal, wherein the first signal comprises a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);
at least one processor; and
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instruc

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Su Liyan
• Li Chaojun

Classifications

• H04W56/001 Primary

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title

• H04W72/044

  based on the type of the allocated resource · CPC title

• H04W72/30

  Resource management for broadcast services · CPC title

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W48/12 Primary

  using downlink control channel · CPC title