Communications method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12149485-B2
Application number	US-202117366815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2021
Priority date	Jan 7, 2019
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses example communications methods and apparatuses. One example method includes obtaining effective carrier indication information from a network device. An effective carrier frequency is obtained based on the effective carrier indication information, where the effective carrier indication information includes first information, second information, and third information. The first information includes first indication information, second indication information, or third indication information. The first indication information is used to indicate that carriers are not paired, the second indication information is used to indicate that carriers are paired, the third indication information is used to indicate a paired carrier frequency spacing, the second information is used to indicate a start carrier frequency, and the third information is used to indicate a frequency domain location of an effective carrier relative to a start carrier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communications method, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining effective carrier indication information from a network device, wherein:
the effective carrier indication information comprises first information, second information, and third information;
the first information comprises first indication information, second indication information, or third indication information;
the first indication information is used to indicate that carriers are not paired;
the second indication information is used to indicate that the carriers are paired;
the third indication information is used to indicate a frequency spacing between paired carriers;
the second information is used to indicate a start carrier frequency; and
the third information is used to indicate a frequency domain location of an effective carrier relative to a start carrier, wherein the effective carrier comprises a third effective carrier;

performing blind detection on a plurality of carriers indicated by a preset carrier frequency set, to obtain a synchronization signal;
obtaining a frequency of the third effective carrier based on the synchronization signal, wherein the third effective carrier comprises a carrier carrying the synchronization signal and a carrier carrying a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); and
obtaining an effective carrier frequency based on the effective carrier indication information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the third information comprises fourth indication information, wherein:
when the first information comprises the first indication information, the fourth indication information is used to indicate the effective carrier frequency; or
when the first information comprises the second indication information or the third indication information, the fourth indication information is used to indicate a frequency of a first effective carrier, and wherein:
the effective carrier comprises w first effective carriers and w second effective carriers that are in a one-to-one correspondence with each other, wherein a frequency spacing between one first effective carrier and one second effective carrier that are in a one-to-one correspondence with each other is the frequency spacing between paired carriers, and w>0.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:
the fourth indication information comprises L bits, the L bits comprise q indication values, and the q indication values are used to indicate carrier frequencies of q or less than q effective carriers, wherein:
an i th indication value is used to indicate that a frequency of an i th effective carrier is: (n i +(t i −1)×(2 m −1))×Δf+f i−1 , wherein:
the i th indication value comprises ti×m bits, i=1, 2, . . . , q, 1<=q<=L/m,

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a value of n i is indicated by a ((t i −1)×m+1) th bit to a (t i ×m) th bit to a (t i ×m) th bit that are of the i th indication value, and Δf is a carrier or subcarrier frequency spacing; and
when i>1, f i−1 is an effective carrier frequency indicated by an (i−1) th indication value; or when i=1, f i−1 is the start carrier frequency.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:
a location difference between a carrier frequency of the synchronization signal and a carrier frequency of the PBCH that are in the preset carrier frequency set is a first preset value.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the third information comprises fifth indication information, the fifth indication information comprises Z bits, Z>0, and each of the Z bits comprises a respective first value or a respective second value;
when the first information comprises the second indication information or the third indication information,
an r th bit of the Z bits is indicated by a first value, wherein a carrier frequency with a frequency spacing that is between the start carrier frequency and the carrier frequency and that is equal to a carrier or subcarrier frequency spacing multiplied by r is a frequency of a first effective carrier; and
an s th bit of the Z bits is indicated by a second value, wherein a carrier frequency with a frequency spacing that is between the start carrier frequency and the carrier frequency and that is equal to the carrier or subcarrier frequency spacing multiplied by s is not the frequency of the first effective carrier, wherein:
the effective carrier comprises w first effective carriers and w second effective carriers that are in a one-to-one correspondence with each other, and a frequency spacing between one first effective carrier and one second effective carrier that are in a one-to-one correspondence with each other is the frequency spacing between paired carriers; and
w>0, w>r>=0, and w>s>=0.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
when the first information comprises the first indication information, the effective carrier comprises the start carrier; or
when the first information comprises the second indication information or the third indication information, the effective carrier comprises the start carrier and a carrier whose frequency spacing from the start carrier is the frequency spacing between paired spacing carriers.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the frequency of the third effective carrier based on the synchronization signal comprises:
determining, based on a carrier frequency of the synchronization signal and a first preset value, a carrier frequency of the PBCH, wherein the first preset value is a location difference between the carrier frequency of the synchronization signal and the carrier frequency of the PBCH that are in the preset carrier frequency set.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the first information comprises the second indication information or the third indication information,
the effective carrier further comprises a fourth effective carrier, and a frequency spacing between a frequency of the fourth effective carrier and the carrier frequency of the synchronization signal is the frequency spacing between paired carriers; and
the effective carrier further comprises a fifth effective carrier, and a frequency spacing between a frequency of the fifth effective carrier and the carrier frequency of the PBCH is the frequency spacing between paired carriers.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein:
the effective carrier indication information further comprises fourth information, the fourth information is used to indicate a frequency band location of a carrier of the synchronization signal, and the frequency band location comprises a high frequency band or a low frequency band; and
if the carrier of the synchronization signal is located in the high frequency band, the frequency of the fourth effective carrier is equal to the carrier frequency of the synchronization signal minus the frequency spacing between paired carriers, and the frequency of the fifth effective carrier is equal to the carrier frequency of the PBCH minus the frequency spacing between paired carriers; or
if the carrier of the synchronization signal is located i

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yuchen
• Li Chenwan
• Wu Yiling
• Li Zhenyu

Classifications

• H04W72/0453

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

• H04L27/2657

  Carrier synchronisation · CPC title

• H04L5/14

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04L5/0092 Primary

  Indication of how the channel is divided · CPC title