Method for acquiring time information about synchronization signal block in unlicensed band, and device for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12245174-B2
Application number	US-202418416461-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2024
Priority date	Jan 11, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for a UE to acquire time information about a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block in an unlicensed band. In particular, the method is characterized by: receiving SS/PBCH blocks through a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a specific slot; detecting the respective phases of the plurality of OFDM symbols; detecting the sequence of PBCH Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs) included among the plurality of OFDM symbols; and acquiring time information about the SS/PBCH blocks on the basis of the respective phases of the plurality of OFDM symbols and the sequence of the PBCH DMRSs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block in symbols in a specific slot;
determining an index of the SS/PBCH block based on a modulo operation for an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence in a PBCH and Q value, wherein the Q value indicates quasi co-location (QCL) relation between SS/PBCH block positions;
establishing a connection with a base station (BS) based on the SS/PBCH block;
after the establishing the connection, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during on duration based on a configured DRX operation; and
starting an inactivity timer and staying awake based on the successfully received PDCCH during the on duration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an index of the specific slot and indices of OFDM symbols are determined based on the index of the SS/PBCH block.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the index of the specific slot is determined based on a phase of each of the symbols, and the indices of the symbols are determined based on the index of the DMRS sequence in the PBCH.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a cyclic index for the DMRS sequence in the PBCH is determined based on the phase of each of the symbols.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a phase of a symbol to which a primary synchronization signal (PSS) included in the SS/PBCH block is mapped is always constant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured to communicate with at least one of a UE other than the UE, a network, a base station, or an autonomous driving vehicle.

7. A device in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block in symbols in a specific slot;
determining an index of the SS/PBCH block based on a modulo operation for an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence in a PBCH and Q value, wherein the Q value indicates quasi co-location (QCL) relation between SS/PBCH block positions;
establishing a connection with a base station (BS) based on the SS/PBCH block;
after the establishing the connection, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during on duration based on a configured DRX operation; and
starting an inactivity timer and staying awake based on the successfully received PDCCH during the on duration.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein an index of the specific slot and indices of OFDM symbols are determined based on the index of the SS/PBCH block.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the index of the specific slot is determined based on a phase of each of the symbols; and
the indices of the symbols are determined based on the index of the DMRS sequence in the PBCH.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein a cyclic index for the DMRS sequence in the PBCH is determined based on the phase of each of the symbols.

11. The device of claim 7 , wherein a phase of a symbol to which a primary synchronization signal (PSS) included in the SS/PBCH block is mapped is always constant.

12. The device of claim 7 , wherein the device is configured to communicate with at least one of a user equipment (UE), a network, a base station, or an autonomous driving vehicle.

13. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
at least one transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block in symbols in a specific slot through the at least one transceiver;
determining an index of the SS/PBCH block based on a modulo operation for an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence in a PBCH and Q value, wherein the Q value indicates quasi co-location (QCL) relation between SS/PBCH block positions,
establishing a connection with a base station (BS) based on the SS/PBCH block;
after the establishing the connection, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during on duration based on a configured DRX operation; and
starting an inactivity timer and staying awake based on the successfully received PDCCH during the on duration.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ko Hyunsoo
• Yoon Sukhyon
• Kim Seonwook
• Kim Youngsub

Classifications

• H04L5/0094

  Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W76/28

  Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title