# US 11,452,054 B2 · Method for signal transmission, network device and terminal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,452,054 B2 - Document ID: US11452054B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/929,969 - Filed: 2020-07-15 - Published: 2020-10-29 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-15 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Hai Tang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11452054B2 ## CPC - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 56/00: Synchronisation arrangements - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/0466: {the resource being a scrambling code} - H04L 5/0005: {Time-frequency} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for signal transmission, a network device and a terminal device. The method for signal transmission comprises: a network device sends a plurality of synchronization signals within one synchronization signal period; the terminal device detects the plurality of synchronization signals sent by the network device within one synchronization signal period; and the network device sends a broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of synchronization signals or other signals, and the terminal device detects, according to the detected plurality of synchronization signals, the broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of synchronization signals and sent by the network device, or other signals sent by the network device. By means of the method for signal transmission, the network device and the terminal device, the signal detection performance of the terminal device can be improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of signal transmission, comprising: receiving, by a terminal device, a plurality of Synchronization Signals (SSs) in a synchronization signal period, wherein a same sequence is adopted for the plurality of SSs; determining, by the terminal device, an information scrambling manner for a broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs according to information contained in the received plurality of SSs; and detecting, by the terminal device according to the determined information scrambling manner the broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of SSs differ from each other in at least one of a frequency-domain resource, a time-domain resource, a sub-carrier spacing or a data transmission time length. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the terminal device, the plurality of SSs in the synchronization signal period comprises: receiving, by the terminal device, the plurality of SSs according to a transmission parameter predetermined by a network device and the terminal device or according to a transmission parameter determined on the basis of information contained in part of SSs in the plurality of SSs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, by the terminal device, at least one of the following transmission parameters for the corresponding broadcast channel according to information contained in the received plurality of SSs the frequency-domain resource, the time-domain resource, the sub-carrier spacing or the data transmission time length; and detecting, by the terminal device, the corresponding broadcast channel according to the determined transmission parameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the terminal device, the plurality of SSs in the synchronization signal period comprises: adopting, by the terminal device, different beam forming receiving weights to detect the plurality of SSs; and detecting, by the terminal device according to the determined information scrambling manner, the broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs comprises: determining, by the terminal device, a first beam forming receiving weight of the terminal device according to the beam forming receiving weights adopted for a first SS in the detected plurality of SSs, and detecting, by the terminal device according to the determined information scrambling manner and the first beam forming receiving weight, the corresponding broadcast channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising: determining, by the terminal device according to the first beam forming receiving weight, a first beam forming transmitting weight configured for the terminal device to send signals to a network device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: sending, by the terminal device, broadcast channel indication information; wherein the broadcast channel indication information being configured to indicate a first broadcast channel in the plurality of broadcast channels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the first broadcast channel is determined according to a Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding broadcast channel includes a plurality of broadcast channels containing the same information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of broadcast channels differ from each other in at least one of the following transmission parameters: a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQueset (HARQ) redundancy version, the frequency-domain resource, the time-domain resource, the information scrambling manner, the sub-carrier spacing or the data transmission time length. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: sending, by the terminal device, broadcast channel indication information to a network device, the broadcast channel indication information being configured to indicate a first broadcast channel in the plurality of broadcast channels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein sending, by the terminal device, the broadcast channel indication information to the network device comprises: sending, by the terminal device, the broadcast channel indication information to the network device through a control channel or a random access channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first broadcast channel is a broadcast channel with maximum receiving quality in the plurality of broadcast channels detected by the terminal device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein physical resources adopted for the plurality of SSs forms a predefined mapping relationship with physical resources adopted for the corresponding broadcast channel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding broadcast channel is a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) configured to transmit Master Information Block (MIB) MIB. ### Claim 16 A terminal device, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including, program codes; the at least one memory and the program codes configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to perform actions comprising: receiving a plurality of Synchronization Signals (SSs) in a synchronization signal period, wherein a same sequence is adopted for the plurality of SSs; determining an information scrambling manner for a broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs according to information contained in the received plurality of SSs; and detecting according to the determined information scrambling manner, the broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the corresponding broadcast channel includes a plurality of broadcast channels containing the same information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the actions further comprise: sending broadcast channel indication information to a network device, the broadcast channel indication information being configured to indicate a first broadcast channel in the plurality of broadcast channels. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by a terminal device, causing the terminal device to perform a method of signal transmission, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of Synchronization Signals (SSs) in a synchronization signal period, wherein a same sequence is adopted for the plurality of SSs; determining an information scrambling manner for a broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs according to information contained in the received plurality of SSs; and detecting according to the determined information scrambling manner, the broadcast channel corresponding to the plurality of SSs.