Communication system for communicating minimum system information
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorYassin Aden AWAD
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Abstract
A communication system is disclosed in which minimum system information associated with a cell of a radio access network (RAN) is transmitted by a base station. The minimum system information comprises parameters for accessing a cell of the base station, divided into an initial part and a remaining part of the minimum system information. The base station transmits the initial part of the system information via a broadcast channel using a first set of communication resources; transmits information identifying an allocation of at least one further communication resource in a shared channel; and transmits the remaining part of the minimum system information using the at least one further communication resource identified by the allocation.
Claims15
A method performed by communication apparatus of a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising:
- transmitting minimum system information comprising at least a first part of said minimum system information and a second part comprising remaining minimum system information (RMSI);
- transmitting at least the first part of the minimum system information via a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), wherein the first part of the minimum system information comprises a master information block (MIB) comprising information identifying at least one communication resource within a bandwidth of the PBCH;
- and
- transmitting at least the RMSI using the at least one communication resource within the bandwidth of the PBCH.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- obtaining minimum system information comprising at least a first part comprising part of said minimum system information and a second part comprising remaining minimum system information (RMSI);
- receiving at least the first part of the minimum system information via a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), wherein
- the first part of the minimum system information comprises a master information block (MIB) comprising information identifying at least one communication resource within a bandwidth of the PBCH;
- and
- receiving at least the RMSI using the at least one communication resource within the bandwidth of the PBCH.
A communication apparatus of a radio access network (RAN), the communication apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
- control transmission of minimum system information comprising at least a first part comprising part of said minimum system information and a second part comprising remaining minimum system information (RMSI);
- transmit at least the first part of the minimum system information via a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), wherein the first part of the minimum system information comprises a master information block (MIB) comprising information identifying at least one communication resource within a bandwidth of the PBCH;
- and
- transmit at least the RMSI using the at least one communication resource within the bandwidth of the PBCH.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a memory for storing instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
- obtain minimum system information comprising at least a first part of said minimum system information and a second part comprising remaining minimum system information (RMSI);
- receive at least the first part of the minimum system information via a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), wherein the first part of the minimum system information comprises a master information block (MIB) comprising information identifying at least one communication resource within a bandwidth of the PBCH;
- and
- receive at least the RMSI using the at least one communication resource within the bandwidth of the PBCH.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.