Information transmission method, user equipment, and base station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016338056-A1
Application number	US-201615217542-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 22, 2016
Priority date	Jan 24, 2014
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method, user equipment (UE), and a base station. The method includes: determining, by the UE, at least one candidate sequence of a synchronization signal of an access cell and multiple candidate access resources of the access cell; detecting, by the UE, the synchronization signal according to the at least one candidate sequence; and determining, by the UE, a resource location of an actual access resource corresponding to a detected actual sequence in the access cell according to a location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located and a correspondence between the any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence and the multiple candidate access resources.

First claim

1 . A cell access resource acquisition method, comprising:
determining, by a user equipment (UE), at least one candidate sequence of a synchronization signal of an access cell of the UE and multiple candidate access resources of the access cell, wherein a corresponding location relationship exists between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and a resource on which the access cell is located, and any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence corresponds to one of the multiple candidate access resources; detecting, by the UE, the synchronization signal according to the at least one candidate sequence; and determining, by the UE, a resource location of an actual access resource corresponding to a detected actual sequence in the access cell according to the location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located and a correspondence between the any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence and the multiple candidate access resources, wherein the actual sequence is one of the at least one candidate sequence, and the actual access resource is one of the multiple candidate access resources.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the UE, the resource location of the actual access resource corresponding to the detected actual sequence in the access cell according to the location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located and a correspondence between the any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence and the multiple candidate access resources comprises:
determining, by the UE, the actual access resource corresponding to the actual sequence from the multiple candidate access resources; and determining, by the UE, the resource location of the actual access resource in the access cell according to the location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the determining, by the UE, the resource location of the actual access resource corresponding to the detected actual sequence in the access cell according to the location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located and a correspondence between the any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence and the multiple candidate access resources, the method further comprises:
determining, by the UE, a location of a center frequency point of the access cell according to the resource location of the actual access resource in the access cell.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the determining, by the UE, the resource location of the actual access resource corresponding to the detected actual sequence in the access cell according to the location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located and a correspondence between the any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence and the multiple candidate access resources, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the UE, a broadcast channel of the access cell, wherein the broadcast channel carries bandwidth indication information of the access cell; and determining, by the UE, a bandwidth of the access cell according to the bandwidth indication information.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the determining, by the UE, the a resource location of the actual access resource corresponding to the detected actual sequence in the access cell according to the location relationship between each candidate access resource in the multiple candidate access resources and the resource on which the access cell is located and a correspondence between the any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence and the multiple candidate access resources, the method further comprises:
determining, by the UE, a second reference signal that is at the resource location of the actual access resource, wherein the second reference signal is a reference signal segment clipped from a first reference signal and corresponding to the resource location, and the first reference signal is a reference signal generated by using the center frequency point of the access cell as a center and using a quantity of resource blocks comprised in the bandwidth of the access cell as a frequency domain width; or determining, by the UE, a second reference signal that is at the resource location of the actual access resource, wherein the second reference signal is a reference signal segment clipped from a frequency domain center of a first reference signal and corresponding to a first frequency domain width, the first frequency domain width is a frequency domain width occupied by the actual access resource, a reference signal in the bandwidth of the access cell is a cyclic shift of the first reference signal, and the first reference signal is a reference signal generated by using the center frequency point of the access cell as a center and using a quantity of resource blocks comprised in the bandwidth of the access cell as a frequency domain width.

6 . A cell access resource indication method, comprising:
determining an actual access resource of a current cell and an actual sequence of a synchronization signal of the current cell, wherein the actual access resource is at least one candidate access resource in multiple candidate access resources used by the current cell to send the synchronization signal, the actual sequence is one of at least one candidate sequence of the synchronization signal, and any candidate sequence in the at least one candidate sequence corresponds to one of the multiple candidate access resources; and sending the synchronization signal on the actual access resource by using the actual sequence.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending a broadcast channel in the current cell, wherein the broadcast channel carries bandwidth indication information of the current cell and the bandwidth indication information of the current cell is used for indicating a bandwidth of the current cell.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein after the sending the synchronization signal on the actual access resource by using the actual sequence, the method further comprises:
in response to determining that the actual access resource comprises a first actual access resource and a second actual access resource, sending a first random access configuration of the current cell on a broadcast channel resource or common channel resource corresponding to the first actual access resource, and sending a second random access configuration of the current cell on a broadcast channel resource or common channel resource corresponding to the second actual access resource.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein after the sending the synchronization signal on the actual access resource by using the actual sequence, the method further comprises:
sending a second reference signal at the resource location of the actual access resource, wherein the second reference signal is a reference signal segment clipped from a first reference signal and corresponding to the resource location, and the first reference signal is a reference signal generated by using a center frequency point of the current cell as a center and using a quantity of resource

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Lixia
• Guan Lei
• Zhou Yongxing
• Sun Jingyuan

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W72/0446 Primary

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04W4/06

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

• H04L7/007

  detection of error based on maximum signal power, e.g. peak value, maximizing autocorrelation · CPC title