# US 12,004,095 B2 · Communication method and communications device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,095 B2 - Document ID: US12004095B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/875,388 - Filed: 2020-05-15 - Published: 2020-09-24 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-17 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Qiong Jia; Jun Zhu; Ji Wu; Jin Liu; Jun Luo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004095B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04L 1/1614: {using bitmaps} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 27/261: {Details of reference signals} - H04L 27/2673: {characterised by synchronisation parameters} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract This application provides a communication method and a communications device. The method includes: determining configuration information of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks located at different frequency domain positions on one carrier, where the configuration information indicates configuration parameters of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks, the configuration parameter comprises configuration pattern indication information, and the configuration pattern indication information indicates synchronization signal blocks actually sent; and sending the configuration information to a terminal device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, performed by a terminal device or a chip for the terminal device, comprising: receiving configuration information from a network device; wherein the configuration information comprises a plurality of configuration parameters of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks, the plurality of synchronization signal blocks comprising different synchronization signal block bursts located at different frequency domain positions, each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters comprises respective transmission pattern information, each respective transmission pattern information indicates actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks in a synchronization signal block burst, and wherein each respective transmission pattern information is a bitmap; and determining the actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks based on the configuration information; and wherein, for each respective transmission pattern information, the bitmap of the respective transmission pattern information includes a plurality of bits, and each bit indicates whether there is a synchronization signal block at a position corresponding to the bit; and wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises a period for a synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information is received through radio resource control signaling. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises: an absolute value of a frequency domain position of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter; or an offset value of a frequency domain position of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the respective configuration parameter relative to a specific parameter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises time domain position information of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter. ### Claim 5 An apparatus, comprising: a storage medium including executable instructions; and a processor; wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: receive configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises a plurality of configuration parameters of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks, the plurality of synchronization signal blocks comprising different synchronization signal block bursts located at different frequency domain positions, each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters comprises respective transmission pattern information, each respective transmission pattern information indicates actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks in a synchronization signal block burst, and wherein each respective transmission pattern information is a bitmap; and determining the actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks based on the configuration information; and wherein, for each respective transmission pattern information, the bitmap of the respective transmission pattern information includes a plurality of bits, each bit of the plurality of bits indicates whether there is a synchronization signal block at a position corresponding to the bit, and each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises a period for a synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the configuration information is received through radio resource control signaling. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises: an absolute value of a frequency domain position of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter; or an offset value of a frequency domain position of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter relative to a specific parameter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises time domain position information of a synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter. ### Claim 9 An apparatus, comprising: a storage medium including executable instructions; and a processor; wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: determine configuration information of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks, wherein the plurality of synchronization signal blocks comprising different synchronization signal block bursts located at different frequency domain positions, the configuration information comprises a plurality of configuration parameters of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks, each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters comprises respective transmission pattern information, and each respective transmission pattern information indicates actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks in a synchronization signal block burst, and wherein each respective transmission pattern information is a bitmap; and send the configuration information and the actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks to a terminal device; and wherein, for each respective transmission pattern information, the bitmap of the respective transmission pattern information includes a plurality of bits, and each bit indicates whether there is a synchronization signal block at a position corresponding to the bit, and each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises a period of a synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information is sent through radio resource control signaling. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises: an absolute value of a frequency domain position of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter; or an offset value of a frequency domain position of the synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter relative to a specific parameter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each configuration parameter of the plurality of configuration parameters further comprises time domain position information of a synchronization signal block of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks that corresponds to the respective configuration parameter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: performing rate matching according to the configuration information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: perform rate matching according to the configuration information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information is usable for rate matching by the apparatus. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein all of the plurality of configuration parameters are different from each other. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of configuration parameters contains at least one common characteristic.