Method and apparatus for transmitting initial access configuration information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12532297-B2
Application number	US-202217854716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Dec 31, 2019
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

This application provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting initial access configuration information. The method includes: a first terminal device receiving first information that is sent by a network device and that includes initial access configuration information corresponding to a second terminal device. The first terminal device may obtain second information, required by the first terminal device, based on a relationship such as a difference relationship between the second information required by the first terminal device and the first information. The second information includes initial access configuration information corresponding to the first terminal device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first terminal device from a network device, first information, wherein the first information includes first initial access configuration information corresponding to a second terminal device, and wherein the first terminal device and the second terminal device are of different types; and determining, by the first terminal device, second information based on the first information and a first offset, wherein the second information includes second initial access configuration information corresponding to the first terminal device, wherein the first offset includes a frequency domain offset, the first information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the second information indicates a second frequency domain resource based on the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain offset, and at least a portion of the second frequency domain resource is outside the first frequency domain resource, wherein the first information indicates a first time domain resource, and the second information indicates a second time domain resource, the first offset includes a time domain offset between a first start moment of the first time domain resource and a second start moment of the second time domain resource or a difference between a first time length of the first time domain resource and a second time length of the second time domain resource, and wherein:
when the first start moment of the first time domain resource and the second start moment of the second time domain resource are located in different slots, the time domain offset includes a slot offset and a symbol offset, the slot offset is a difference between a first slot in which the first start moment of the first time domain resource is located and a second slot in which the second start moment of the second time domain resource is located, and the symbol offset is a difference between a first symbol index of the first start moment of the first time domain resource in the first slot and a second symbol index of the second start moment of the second time domain resource in the second slot, or
when the first frequency domain resource is less than a first preset threshold, the first start moment of the first time domain resource and the second start moment of the second time domain resource are located in a same slot, or
when the first frequency domain resource is greater than the first preset threshold, the first start moment of the first time domain resource and the second start moment of the second time domain resource are located in the different slots.

2 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the first information includes first control information, the second information includes second control information, wherein the first control information schedules first system information corresponding to the second terminal device, and wherein the second control information schedules second system information corresponding to the first terminal device, or wherein when the first information includes first system information corresponding to the second terminal device, the second information includes second system information corresponding to the first terminal device.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first control information indicates at least one of:
the first frequency domain resource for transmitting the first system information, the first time domain resource for transmitting the first system information, a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for transmitting the first system information, a first redundancy version (RV) for transmitting the first system information, or a first indicator for distinguishing a type of the first system information; and the second control information indicates at least one of:
the second frequency domain resource for transmitting the second system information, the second time domain resource for transmitting the second system information, a second MCS for transmitting the second system information, a second RV for transmitting the second system information, or a second indicator for distinguishing a type of the second system information.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when an end moment of the first time domain resource is earlier than or equal to a preset moment, the method further comprises:
determining, by the first terminal device, that the first start moment of the first time domain resource and the second start moment of the second time domain resource are located in the same slot, or wherein when the end moment of the first time domain resource is later than the preset moment, the method further comprises: determining, by the first terminal device, that the first start moment of the first time domain resource and the second start moment of the second time domain resource are located in the different slots.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein when the first control information indicates the first frequency domain resource, and the second control information indicates the second frequency domain resource,
the first offset includes the frequency domain offset between a first start point of the first frequency domain resource and a second start point of the second frequency domain resource or a difference between a first size of the first frequency domain resource and a second size of the second frequency domain resource.

6 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein when the first control information indicates the first MCS and the second control information indicates the second MCS,
the first offset includes an offset between the first MCS and the second MCS.

7 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein when the first control information indicates the first RV and the second control information indicates the second RV,
the first offset includes an offset between the first RV and the second RV.

8 . An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming, the programming including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations including:
receiving first information from a network device, wherein the first information includes first initial access configuration information corresponding to a second terminal device, the apparatus comprises a first terminal device or a chip or a circuit disposed in the first terminal device, and wherein the first terminal device and the second terminal device are of different types; and
determining second information based on the first information and a first offset, wherein the second information includes second initial access configuration information corresponding to the first terminal device,
wherein the first offset includes a frequency domain offset, the first information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the second information indicates a second frequency domain resource based on the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain offset, and at least a portion of the second frequency domain resource is outside the first frequency domain resource,
wherein the first information indicates a first time domain resource, and the second information indicates a second time domain resource, the first offset includes a time domain offset between a first start moment of the first time domain resource and a second start moment of the second time domain resource or a difference between a first time length of the first time domain resource and a second time length of the second time domain resource, and
wherein:
when the first start moment of the first time domain resource and the second start moment of the second time domain resource are l

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Juan
• Fei Yongqiang
• Hou Hailong
• Li Chaojun

Classifications

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title

• H04W74/006

  in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal · CPC title

• H04L1/0009

  by adapting the channel coding (H04L1/1812 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L1/0025

  Transmission of mode-switching indication · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title