# US 2023/0056906 A1 · Signal transmission method and device

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- Number: US 2023/0056906 A1
- Document ID: US20230056906A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/797,533
- Filed: 2021-01-07
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-07
- Assignees: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Meiying YANG; Jiaqing WANG; Chen LUO; Shaohui SUN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056906A1

## CPC

- H04B 7/0639: {Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection}
- H04W 52/0229: {where the received signal is a wanted signal}
- H04W 52/0216: {using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame}
- H04W 52/0241: {where no transmission is received, e.g. out of range of the transmitter}
- H04W 52/0248: {dependent on the time of the day, e.g. according to expected transmission activity}
- H04W 52/028: {switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks}
- H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication}
- H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

Disclosed are a signal transmission method and device. In the present application, the method includes: a base station configuring sending resources for at least two of a first signal, a second signal and a third signal, and sending the at least two signals according to the sending resources for the at least two signals, wherein in the at least two signals, the transceiving of one signal is indicated by at least one of the other signals; the first signal is a signal for at least one of the functions of synchronization, wave beam measurement, wave beam acquisition and RRM; the second signal is a signal for at least one of the functions of synchronization, fine synchronization, wave beam measurement, wave beam acquisition, RRM, CSI measurement and terminal wakeup; and the third signal is a signal for paging.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A signal transmission method, comprising:
configuring, by a base station, sending resources of at least two of a first signal, a second signal and a third signal, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals; the first signal is a signal for at least one of synchronization, beam measurement, beam acquisition or Radio Resource Management, RRM, measurement; the second signal is a signal for at least one of synchronization, fine synchronization, beam measurement, beam acquisition, RRM measurement, Channel State Indicator, CSI, measurement or terminal wakeup; and the third signal is a signal for paging;
sending, by the base station, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring, by the base station, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises one of the following schemes:
scheme 1: configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the first signal and the second signal, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate whether to send or receive the second signal, and the second indication information is used to indicate sending resources of the second signal; or
scheme 2: configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the first signal and the second signal, wherein the second signal comprises at least one of third indication information and fourth indication information, the third indication information is used to indicate whether to send or receive the first signal, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate sending resources of the first signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein in the scheme 1, the second indication information is a resource index of the sending resources of the second signal;
the sending resources of the second signal comprise at least one of sending resources configured by Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling, pre-agreed sending resources, or sending resources associated with sending resources of the first signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein the sending resources associated with the sending resources of the first signal comprise one or any combination of:
sending resources with a time interval from the sending resources of the first signal in a time domain being not greater than a set time interval;
sending resources with a frequency-domain interval from the sending resources of the first signal in a frequency domain being not greater than a set frequency-domain interval;
sending resources with a beam interval from the sending resources of the first signal in a spatial beam direction being not greater than a set spatial domain interval;
sending resources orthogonal to the sending resources of the first signal in a code domain.

### Claim 5

(canceled)

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein in the scheme 2, the fourth indication information is a resource index of the sending resources of the first signal;
the sending resources of the first signal comprise at least one of sending resources configured by RRC signaling, pre-agreed sending resources, or sending resources associated with sending resources of the second signal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the sending resources associated with the sending resources of the second signal comprise one or any combination of:
sending resources with a time interval from the sending resources of the second signal in a time domain being not greater than a set time interval;
sending resources with a frequency-domain interval from the sending resources of the second signal in a frequency domain being not greater than a set frequency-domain interval;
sending resources with a beam interval from the sending resources of the second signal in a spatial beam direction being not greater than a set spatial domain interval;
sending resources orthogonal to the sending resources of the second signal in a code domain.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring, by the base station, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises one of the following schemes:
scheme 3: configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the first signal and the third signal, wherein a sending moment of the first signal is indicated by a sending moment of the third signal, wherein the sending moment of the first signal is same as the sending moment of the third signal, or the sending moment of the first signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal;
scheme 4: configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the second signal and the third signal, wherein a sending moment of the second signal is indicated by a sending moment of the third signal, wherein the sending moment of the second signal is same as the sending moment of the third signal, or the sending moment of the second signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal;
scheme 5: configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the first signal and the third signal, wherein a sending moment of the third signal is indicated by a sending moment of the first signal, wherein the sending moment of the third signal is same as the sending moment of the first signal, or the sending moment of the third signal is after the sending moment of the first signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the first signal; or
scheme 6: configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the second signal and the third signal, wherein a sending moment of the third signal is indicated by a sending moment of the second signal, wherein the sending moment of the third signal is same as the sending moment of the second signal, or the sending moment of the third signal is after the sending moment of the second signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the second signal.

### Claim 9

(canceled)

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring, by the base station, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, wherein sending moments of the first signal and the second signal are indicated by a sending moment of the third signal, wherein:
the sending moments of the first signal and the second signal are same as the sending moment of the third signal; or
the sending moment of the first signal is same as the sending moment of the second signal, and this sending moment is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal; or
the sending moment of the first signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal, and the sending moment of the second signal is same as the sending moment of the third signal; or
the sending moment of the first signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set first time offset from the sending moment of the third signal, the sending moment of the second signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set second time offset from the sending moment of the third signal, and the first time offset is greater than the second time offset; or
wherein the configuring, by the base station, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
configuring, by the base station, sending resources of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, wherein:
the first signal comprises at least one of fifth indication information and sixth indication information, the fifth indication information is used to indicate whether terminals in a first terminal group send or receive the second signal, and the sixth indication information is used to indicate sending resources of the second signal to the terminals in the first terminal group;
a sending moment of the third signal is indicated by a sending moment of the second signal, wherein the sending moment of the third signal is same as the sending moment of the second signal, or the sending moment of the third signal is after the sending moment of the second signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the second signal.

### Claim at position 11

-15. (canceled)

### Claim 16

A signal transmission method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal, sending resources of at least two of a first signal, a second signal and a third signal configured by a base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals; the first signal is a signal for at least one of synchronization, beam measurement, beam acquisition or Radio Resource Management, RRM, measurement; the second signal is a signal for at least one of synchronization, fine synchronization, beam measurement, beam acquisition, RRM measurement, Channel State Indicator, CSI, measurement or terminal wakeup; and the third signal is a signal for paging;
receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method according to claim 16, wherein the first signal received by the terminal comprises at least one of first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate whether to send or receive the second signal, and the second indication information is used to indicate sending resources of the second signal, then: the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
receiving the second signal according to the sending resources of the second signal configured by the base station, in a case that the first signal comprises the first indication information and the terminal determines according to the first indication information that the terminal needs to receive the second signal;
receiving the second signal according to the sending resources indicated by the second indication information, in a case that the first signal comprises the first indication information and the second indication information and the terminal determines according to the first indication information that the terminal needs to receive the second signal;
determining, by the terminal, that the terminal needs to receive the second signal, and receiving the second signal according to the sending resources indicated by the second indication information, in a case that the first signal comprises the second indication information.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method according to claim 17, wherein the second indication information is a resource index of the sending resources of the second signal;
the sending resources of the second signal comprise at least one of sending resources configured by Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling, pre-agreed sending resources, or sending resources associated with sending resources of the first signal.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method according to claim 18, wherein the sending resources associated with the sending resources of the first signal comprise one or any combination of:
sending resources with a time interval from the sending resources of the first signal in a time domain being not greater than a set time interval;
sending resources with a frequency-domain interval from the sending resources of the first signal in a frequency domain being not greater than a set frequency-domain interval;
sending resources with a beam interval from the sending resources of the first signal in a spatial beam direction being not greater than a set spatial domain interval;
sending resources orthogonal to the sending resources of the first signal in a code domain.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The method according to claim 16, wherein the second signal received by the terminal comprises at least one of third indication information and fourth indication information, the third indication information is used to indicate whether to send or receive the first signal, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate sending resources of the first signal;
receiving the first signal according to the sending resources of the first signal configured by the base station, in a case that the second signal comprises the third indication information and the terminal determines according to the third indication information that the terminal needs to receive the first signal;
receiving the first signal according to the sending resources indicated by the fourth indication information, in a case that the second signal comprises the third indication information and the fourth indication information and the terminal determines according to the third indication information that the terminal needs to receive the first signal;
determining, by the terminal, that the terminal needs to receive the first signal, and receiving the first signal according to the sending resources indicated by the fourth indication information, in a case that the second signal comprises the fourth indication information.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The method according to claim 20, wherein the fourth indication information is a resource index of the sending resources of the first signal;
the sending resources of the first signal comprise at least one of sending resources configured by RRC signaling, pre-agreed sending resources, or sending resources associated with sending resources of the second signal.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The method according to claim 21, wherein the sending resources associated with the sending resources of the second signal comprise one or any combination of:
sending resources with a time interval from the sending resources of the second signal in a time domain being not greater than a set time interval;
sending resources with a frequency-domain interval from the sending resources of the second signal in a frequency domain being not greater than a set frequency-domain interval;
sending resources with a beam interval from the sending resources of the second signal in a spatial beam direction being not greater than a set spatial domain interval;
sending resources orthogonal to the sending resources of the second signal in a code domain.

### Claim 23 (depends on 16)

The method according to claim 16, wherein the receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of the first signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein a sending moment of the first signal is indicated by a sending moment of the third signal, wherein the sending moment of the first signal is same as the sending moment of the third signal, or the sending moment of the first signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal;
the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
determining, by the terminal, the sending moment of the first signal according to the sending moment of the third signal, and receiving the first signal according to the sending moment of the first signal; or
wherein the receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein a sending moment of the second signal is indicated by a sending moment of the third signal, wherein the sending moment of the second signal is same as the sending moment of the third signal, or the sending moment of the second signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal;
the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
determining, by the terminal, the sending moment of the second signal according to the sending moment of the third signal, and receiving the second signal according to the sending moment of the second signal; or
wherein the receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of the first signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein a sending moment of the third signal is indicated by a sending moment of the first signal, wherein the sending moment of the third signal is same as the sending moment of the first signal, or the sending moment of the third signal is after the sending moment of the first signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the first signal;
the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
determining, by the terminal, the sending moment of the third signal according to the sending moment of the first signal, and receiving the third signal according to the sending moment of the third signal; or wherein the receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein a sending moment of the third signal is indicated by a sending moment of the second signal, wherein the sending moment of the third signal is same as the sending moment of the second signal, or the sending moment of the third signal is after the sending moment of the second signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the second signal;
the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
determining, by the terminal, the sending moment of the third signal according to the sending moment of the second signal, and receiving the third signal according to the sending moment of the third signal.

### Claim 24

(canceled)

### Claim 25 (depends on 16)

The method according to claim 16, wherein the receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein sending moments of the first signal and the second signal are indicated by a sending moment of the third signal, wherein:
the sending moments of the first signal and the second signal are same as the sending moment of the third signal; or
the sending moment of the first signal is same as the sending moment of the second signal, and this sending moment is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal; or
the sending moment of the first signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the third signal, and the sending moment of the second signal is same as the sending moment of the third signal; or
the sending moment of the first signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set first time offset from the sending moment of the third signal, the sending moment of the second signal is before the sending moment of the third signal and has a set second time offset from the sending moment of the third signal, and the first time offset is greater than the second time offset;
the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
determining, by the terminal, the sending moments of the first signal and the second signal according to the sending moment of the third signal, receiving the first signal according to the sending moment of the first signal, and receiving the second signal according to the sending moment of the second signal.

### Claim 26

(canceled)

### Claim 27

(canceled)

### Claim 28 (depends on 16)

The method according to claim 16, wherein the receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of at least two of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals, comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, sending resources of the first signal, the second signal and the third signal configured by the base station, wherein:
the first signal comprises at least one of fifth indication information and sixth indication information, the fifth indication information is used to indicate whether terminals in a first terminal group send or receive the second signal, and the sixth indication information is used to indicate sending resources of the second signal to the terminals in the first terminal group;
a sending moment of the third signal is indicated by a sending moment of the second signal, wherein the sending moment of the third signal is same as the sending moment of the second signal, or the sending moment of the third signal is after the sending moment of the second signal and has a set time offset from the sending moment of the second signal;
the receiving, by the terminal, the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals, comprises:
receiving the second signal according to the sending resources of the second signal configured by the base station, determining the sending moment of the third signal according to the sending moment of the second signal, and receiving the third signal according to the sending moment of the third signal, in a case that the terminal is a terminal in the first terminal group, the received first signal comprises the fifth indication information, and it is determined according to the fifth indication information that the second signal needs to be received;
receiving the second signal according to the sending resources indicated by the sixth indication information, determining the sending moment of the third signal according to the sending moment of the second signal, and receiving the third signal according to the sending moment of the third signal, in a case that the terminal is a terminal in the first terminal group, the received first signal comprises the fifth indication information and the sixth indication information, and it is determined according to the fifth indication information that the second signal needs to be received;
determining, by the terminal, that the terminal needs to receive the second signal, receiving the second signal according to the sending resources indicated by the sixth indication information, determining the sending moment of the third signal according to the sending moment of the second signal, and receiving the third signal according to the sending moment of the third signal, in a case that the terminal is a terminal in the first terminal group and the received first signal comprises the sixth indication information.

### Claim 29

(canceled)

### Claim 30 (depends on 1)

A base station, comprising: a processor, a memory and a transceiver;
the transceiver is configured to receive and send data under control of the processor;
the memory is configured to store computer instructions;
the processor is configured to read the computer instructions to perform the method of claim 1
send the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals.

### Claim at position 27

-35. (canceled)

### Claim 36

A terminal, comprising: a processor, a memory and a transceiver;
the transceiver is configured to receive and send data under control of the processor;
the memory is configured to store computer instructions;
the processor is configured to read the computer instructions to:
receive sending resources of at least two of a first signal, a second signal and a third signal configured by a base station, wherein transceiving of one of the at least two signals is indicated by at least one of other signals; the first signal is a signal for at least one of synchronization, beam measurement, beam acquisition or Radio Resource Management, RRM, measurement; the second signal is a signal for at least one of synchronization, fine synchronization, beam measurement, beam acquisition, RRM measurement, Channel State Indicator, CSI, measurement or terminal wakeup; and the third signal is a signal for paging;
receive the at least two signals according to the sending resources of the at least two signals.

### Claim at position 29

-45. (canceled)