# US 12,010,199 B2 · Information transmission method, apparatus, and system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,199 B2 - Document ID: US12010199B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/806,787 - Filed: 2020-03-02 - Published: 2020-06-25 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-13 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Zheng Yu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010199B2 ## CPC - H04L 69/22: Parsing or analysis of headers - H04B 7/26: at least one of which is mobile - H04J 11/00: Orthogonal multiplex systems, {e.g. using WALSH codes}(H04J13/00 takes precedence) - H04L 1/0027: {Scheduling of signalling, e.g. occurrence thereof} - H04L 1/0072: {Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04L 1/0075: {Transmission of coding parameters to receiver (H04L1/0023 takes precedence)} - 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)} - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide an information transmission method, apparatus, and system, which determine a subframe used in enhanced transmission of first information, improving transmission reliability of the first information. The information transmission method includes: determining a subframe for enhanced transmission of first information, where the first information is a master information block, or the first information is a system information block (SIB) including a time division duplex (TDD) configuration, or the first information is an SIB including a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration; and performing the enhanced transmission of the first information in the determined subframe for the enhanced transmission of the first information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: transmitting, by an apparatus, a complete system information block type 1 (SIB 1) in a first radio frame and again in a second radio frame, wherein the first radio frame and the second radio frame are consecutive radio frames, wherein each of the first radio frame and second radio frame includes 10 subframes, wherein the 10 subframes in each of the first radio frame and second radio frame are numbered 0 to 9, wherein the complete SIB 1 is transmitted in each of the first radio frame and second radio frame at least once, and wherein the SIB 1 is transmitted in one or more subframes of the 10 subframes in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, for a time division duplex (TDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 0; or a subframe 5; or a subframe 0 and a subframe 5. ### Claim 3 A method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus, a complete system information block type 1 (SIB 1) in a first radio frame and again in a second radio frame, wherein the first radio frame and the second radio frame are consecutive radio frames, wherein each of the first radio frame and second radio frame includes 10 subframes, wherein the 10 subframes in each of the first radio frame and second radio frame are numbered 0 to 9, wherein the complete SIB 1 is transmitted in each of the first radio frame and second radio frame at least once, and wherein the SIB 1 is transmitted in one or more subframes of the 10 subframes in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein, for a time division duplex (TDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 0; or a subframe 5; or a subframe 0 and a subframe 5. ### Claim 5 An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to: transmit a complete system information block type 1 (SIB 1) in a first radio frame and again in a second radio frame, wherein the first radio frame and the second radio frame are consecutive radio frames, wherein each of the first radio frame and second radio frame includes 10 subframes, wherein the 10 subframes in each of the at least first radio frame and second radio frame are numbered 0 to 9, wherein the complete SIB 1 is transmitted in each of the first radio frame and second radio frame at least once, and wherein the SIB 1 is transmitted in one or more subframes of the 10 subframes in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, for a time division duplex (TDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 0; or a subframe 5; or a subframe 0 and a subframe 5. ### Claim 7 An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to: receive a complete system information block type 1 (SIB 1) in a first radio frame and again in a second radio frame, wherein the first radio frame and the second radio frame are consecutive radio frames, wherein each of the first radio frame and second radio frame includes 10 subframes, wherein the 10 subframes in each of the at least first radio frame and second consecutive radio frame are numbered 0 to 9, wherein the complete SIB 1 is transmitted in each of the first radio frame and second radio frame at least once, and wherein the SIB 1 is transmitted in one or more subframes of the 10 subframes in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein for a time division duplex (TDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 0; or a subframe 5; or a subframe 0 and a subframe 5. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIB 1 is not transmitted on a resource element of a subframe occupied by an information channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, for a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 9; or a subframe 4 and a subframe 9; or a subframe 4; or a subframe 9 and a subframe 0. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the SIB 1 is not transmitted on a resource element of a subframe occupied by an information channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein, for a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 9; or a subframe 4 and a subframe 9; or a subframe 4; or a subframe 9 and a subframe 0. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the SIB 1 is not transmitted on a resource element of a subframe occupied by an information channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, for a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 9; or a subframe 4 and a subframe 9; or a subframe 4; or a subframe 9 and a subframe 0. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the SIB 1 is not transmitted on a resource element of a subframe occupied by an information channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). ### Claim 16 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, for a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, in each of the first radio frame and the second radio frame, the one or more subframes for the transmission of the SIB 1 is: a subframe 9; or a subframe 4 and a subframe 9; or a subframe 4; or a subframe 9 and a subframe 0.