Method and apparatus for on-demand SIB operation
By employing spare and reserved bits in MIB and PBCH payloads for on-demand SIB indication, NES cells can operate without confusing legacy devices, ensuring correct SIB request and configuration.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/094959
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-05-23
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-27
AI Technical Summary
Existing communication networks face challenges in operating NES cells in on-demand SIB mode without confusing legacy terminal devices that cannot request the on-demand SIB.
Utilize spare and reserved bits in the MIB and PBCH payloads to indicate on-demand SIB operation, providing uplink radio resource configuration for requesting SIB, and distinguish between NES and legacy cells using PBCH signaling.
Enables NES cells to operate in on-demand SIB mode without confusing legacy devices, allowing them to identify and request SIB correctly.
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Description
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-DEMAND SIB OPERATIONTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] Various example embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to the technology of communication, and in particular to a method and apparatus for on-demand, OD, system information block, SIB, operation.BACKGROUND
[0002] In communication networks, many technologies (such as network energy saving, NES) are adopted to improve the energy efficiency of the radio resources.
[0003] One technology is for a NES cell to transmit the system information block, SIB, on demand. Namely, the NES cell does not transmit the SIB, until receiving a request from a terminal device, so as to further save energy.
[0004] One problem is how a NES cell can operate in OD-SIB mode without confusing the legacy terminal devices, which are not able to request the OD-SIB.SUMMARY
[0005] This summary is provided to introduce some aspects in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.
[0006] Certain aspects of the present disclosure and their embodiments may provide solutions to these or other challenges. There are, proposed herein, various embodiments which address one or more of the issues disclosed herein. Specific method and apparatus for OD SIB operation may be provided.
[0007] A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method performed by a terminal device. The method comprises: receiving, from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; and determining whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0008] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1.
[0009] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device determines to transmit the request for the system information of the first cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand. Alternatively, the terminal device determines to search for another cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0010] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of: a spare bit of a MIB payload, one or more existing information elements of the MIB payload excluding the spare bit, and / or at least one reserved bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used for the indication.
[0011] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a least significant bit, LSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one most significant bit, MSB; or the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a MSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one LSB.
[0012] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, one spare bit from the MIB payload and two reserved bits from the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload are used for the indication.
[0013] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication indicates that the first cell operates without transmitting the system information regularly, when the value is in a first set of values; and the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand, when the value in a second set of values.
[0014] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second set of values exclude a value of 0.
[0015] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication further indicates at least one of: an uplink radio resource configuration information to transmit the request; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 transmission; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 request configuration; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for a response from the first cell after transmitting the request; and / or PDSCH related configuration information to receive on-demand SIB1 transmission or on-demand SIB1 transmission configuration information after transmitting the request.
[0016] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0017] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0018] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0019] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request is transmitted using a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0020] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, configuration information for monitoring a downlink control information, DCI.
[0021] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device; the PDCCH configuration is included in a configuration table; the configuration table has a number of indices corresponding to a number of values in the first set of values and / or the second set of values, and a difference between the number of indices and the number of values is in a predefined range; and / or the table is determined by the first network node based on at least one of: a subCarrierSpacingCommon, a frequency band, and / or a channel bandwidth for the first cell.
[0022] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, PDCCH configuration information comprises at least one of: at least a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) parameter, at least a common ControlResourceSet#0 (CORESET#0) parameter, at least a common search space parameter, a subset of controlResourceSetZero, and / or a subset of searchSpaceZero.
[0023] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is provided in pdcch-ConfigSIB1.
[0024] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: receiving, from a second network node, an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request, or the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0025] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0026] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device, when the terminal device receives from the second network node the index of the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0027] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second network node comprises a base station serving a second cell; and the first network node and the second network node are the same network node.
[0028] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0029] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the DCI indicates the index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0030] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0031] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0032] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0033] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device comprises a user equipment, UE; and the first network node comprises a base station serving the first cell.
[0034] A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a method performed by a method performed by a first network node. The method may comprise: broadcasting, to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand. The indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0035] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1.
[0036] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device determines to transmit the request for the system information of the first cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand. Alternatively, the terminal device determines to search for another cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0037] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of: a spare bit of a MIB payload, one or more existing information elements of the MIB payload excluding the spare bit, and / or at least one reserved bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used for the indication.
[0038] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a least significant bit, LSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one most significant bit, MSB; or the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a MSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one LSB.
[0039] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, one spare bit from the MIB payload and two reserved bits from the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload are used for the indication.
[0040] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication indicates that the first cell operates without transmitting the system information regularly, when the value is in a first set of values; and the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand, when the value is in a second set of values.
[0041] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second set of values exclude a value of 0.
[0042] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication further indicates at least one of: an uplink radio resource configuration information to transmit the request; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 transmission; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 request configuration; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for a response from the first cell after transmitting the request; and / or PDSCH related configuration information to receive on-demand SIB1 transmission or on-demand SIB1 transmission configuration information after transmitting the request.
[0043] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0044] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0045] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0046] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request is transmitted using a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0047] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, configuration information for monitoring a downlink control information, DCI.
[0048] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device; the PDCCH configuration information is included in a configuration table; the configuration table has a number of indices corresponding to a number of values in the first set of values and / or the second set of values, and a difference between the number of indices and the number of values is in a predefined range; and / or the table is determined by the first network node based on at least one of: a subCarrierSpacingCommon, a frequency band, and / or a channel bandwidth for the first cell.
[0049] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information comprises at least one of: at least a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) parameter, at least a common ControlResourceSet#0 (CORESET#0) parameter, at least a common search space parameter, a subset of controlResourceSetZero, and / or a subset of searchSpaceZero.
[0050] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is provided in a pdcch-ConfigSIB1.
[0051] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device receives, from a second network node, an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request, or the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0052] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0053] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device, when the terminal device receives from the second network node the index of the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0054] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second network node comprises a base station serving a second cell; and the first network node and the second network node are the same network node.
[0055] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0056] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the DCI indicates an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0057] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0058] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0059] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0060] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device comprises a user equipment, UE; and the first network node comprises a base station serving the first cell.
[0061] A third aspect of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for a terminal device, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus for the terminal device at least to perform: receiving, from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; and determining whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0062] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus for the terminal device is further caused to perform the method according to any of embodiments above described.
[0063] A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for a first network node, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus for the first network node at least to perform: broadcasting, to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand. The indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0064] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus for the first terminal device is further caused to perform the method according to any of embodiments above described.
[0065] A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, cause the at least one processor of the apparatus to perform at least the method according to any of the embodiments above mentioned.
[0066] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure propose a mechanism that provides specifical procedures for OD SIB1 operation.
[0067] Whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information (particularly SIB) of the first cell on demand will be clearly indicated by the PBCH signaling (particularly by a bit of a MIB payload, and / or a bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload) . Therefore, the NES cell can operate in OD-SIB mode without confusing the legacy terminal devices, which are not able to request the OD-SIB.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0068] The above and other aspects, features, and benefits of various embodiments of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent, by way of example, from the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals or letters are used to designate like or equivalent elements. The drawings are illustrated for facilitating better understanding of the embodiments of the disclosure and not necessarily drawn to scale, in which:
[0069] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a number of bits of MIB payload and PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0070] FIG. 2A is a flow chart showing a method performed by a terminal device, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0071] FIG. 2B is a flow chart showing additional step of the FIG. 2A.
[0072] FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a method performed by a first network node, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0073] FIG. 4 is a flow chart for alternative embodiment 1.
[0074] FIG. 5 is a flow chart for alternative embodiment 2.1.
[0075] FIG. 6 is a flow chart for alternative embodiment 2.2.
[0076] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the legacy tables defined in clause 13 of TS 38.213.
[0077] FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an exemplary structure for a terminal device, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0078] FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an exemplary structure for a first network node, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0079] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an apparatus / computer readable storage medium, according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0080] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing exemplary apparatus units for a terminal device, which is suitable for performing the method according to embodiments of the disclosure.
[0081] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing exemplary apparatus units for a first network node, which is suitable for performing the method according to embodiments of the disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0082] The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that these embodiments are discussed only for better understanding, rather than limitations on the scope of the present disclosure. The described features, advantages, and characteristics of the disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
[0083] Generally, all terms used herein are to be interpreted according to their ordinary meaning in the relevant technical field, unless a different meaning is clearly given and / or is implied from the context in which it is used. The steps of any methods disclosed herein do not have to be performed in the exact order disclosed, unless clearly given and / or implied from the context. Any feature of any of the embodiments disclosed herein may be applied to any other embodiment, wherever appropriate.
[0084] As used herein, the term “network” or “communication network” refers to a network following any suitable communication standards (such for an internet network, or any wireless network) . For example, wireless communication standards may comprise WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) , new radio (NR) , long term evolution (LTE) , LTE-Advanced, 5G NR, 6G etc. In the following description, the terms “network” and “system” can be used interchangeably.
[0085] The term “node / network node” refers to a computing device or computing entity or computing function or any other devices (physical or virtual) in a communication network. For example, the node in the network may include a base station (BS) , an access point (AP) , or any other suitable device in a wireless communication network. The BS may be, for example, a node B (NodeB or NB) , an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , a next generation NodeB (gNodeB or gNB) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , a radio header (RH) , a remote radio head (RRH) , a relay, a low power node such as a femto, a pico, and so forth. Further, the node may include other core network node, such as an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF, a Session Management Function, SMF, a User Plane Function, UPF, a mobility management entity, MME, or a serving gateway, S-GW, etc.
[0086] The term “terminal device” refers to any end device that can access a communication network and receive services therefrom. By way of example and not limitation, the terminal device refers to a mobile terminal, user equipment (UE) , a non-AP device (such as a non-AP Station (STA) ) , or other suitable devices. The terminal device may include, but not limited to, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted wireless terminal device, a vehicle, and the like.
[0087] As one example, a terminal device may represent a device configured for communication in accordance with one or more communication standards promulgated by any standard organization, such as 3rd generation partnership project, 3GPP.
[0088] As yet another example, in an Internet of Things (IoT) scenario, a terminal device may represent a machine or other device that performs monitoring and / or measurements, and transmits the results of such monitoring and / or measurements to another terminal device and / or network equipment. Particular examples of such machines or devices are sensors, metering devices such as power meters, industrial machinery, or home or personal appliances, for example refrigerators, televisions, personal wearables such as watches etc. In other scenarios, a terminal device may represent a vehicle or other equipment that is capable of monitoring and / or reporting on its operational status or other functions associated with its operation.
[0089] It shall be understood that although the terms “first” and “second” etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed terms.
[0090] As used herein, “at least one of the following: <a list of two or more elements>” and “at least one of <a list of two or more elements>” and similar wording, where the list of two or more elements are joined by “and” or “or” , mean at least any one of the elements, or at least any two or more of the elements, or at least all the elements.
[0091] Embodiments of the present disclosure are targeting the Release 19 WID on NES enhancements RP-234065 (objective 2) . The work item contains the following objective on on-demand SIB1 (OD-SIB1) operation for network energy saving (NES) . In the following it will refer to OD-SIB1.
[0092] The OD-SIB1 feature can be summarized as follows:
[0093] The capacity cell referred in 3GPP as NES cell operating with OD-SIB1 mode will not periodically broadcast the SIB1. Instead, the SIB1 of the cell will be provided on-demand, i.e., based on the UE in RRC idle or RRC inactive requesting its transmission. As can be seen from the objective, the UE will trigger the transmission by sending a wake-up signal (WUS) , which could e.g., be a Physical Random-Access CHannel (PRACH) i.e. a preamble. This requires that the UE is configured with resources and information to transmit the WUS.
[0094] RAN1 agreements (in RAN1 Chair’s Notes) on OD-SIB1 at RAN1#116:
[0095] As per TS38.331 the UE acquires SIB1 based on MIB content, which defines when &where the UE shall monitor for the DCI that schedules SIB1 periodically.
[0096] As per Clause 4.1 TS38.213:
[0097] Upon detection of a SS / PBCH block, the UE determines from MIB that a CORESET for Type0-PDCCH CSS set, as described in clause 13, is present if kSSB<24 [4, TS 38.211] for FR1 or if knnB<12 for FR2. The UE determines from MIB that a CORESET for Type0-PDCCH CSS set is not present if knSB>23 for FR1 or if kSSB>11 for FR2; the CORESET for Type0-PDCCH CSS set may be provided by PDCCH-ConfigCommon.
[0098] With current 3GPP specification, legacy UEs therefore determine based on MIB contents whether SIB1 is present.
[0099] The problem solved by embodiments of the present disclosure is how a NES cell can operate in OD-SIB1 mode without the need of an anchor cell (Cell A) and without confusing the legacy UEs. Specifically, how the NES cell case can indicate both the OD-SIB1 mode and the PDCCH configuration that the UE should monitor to receive the WUS configuration from the NES cell to request the OD-SIB1.
[0100] It is considered that the NES cell is currently operating with SIB1 on-demand mode (i.e. it does not broadcast SIB1 periodically, instead its SIB1 transmission can be triggered by a request from the UE) .
[0101] In legacy operation:
[0102] ○ The MIB is carried as part of SSB (in PBCH) , and contains the following IEs:
[0103] ○ The MIB can indicate that SIB1 is present as follows:
[0104] ○ Likewise, the MIB can indicate that SIB1 is not present as follows:
[0105] The problem to be solved include at least one of:
[0106] ● NES cell identification: How Rel. 19 UEs can identify that a NES cell is operating with OD-SIB1 without confusing legacy UEs;
[0107] ● Pdcch-configSIB1: How Rel 19 UEs can acquire pdcch-configSIB1 for NES cell.
[0108] To not confuse legacy UEs, NES cell’s MIB should still indicate ‘No SIB1’ , using the legacy signaling above so that the legacy UEs can ignore this cell since they cannot use it (i.e. they are not able to request the OD-SIB1) . The legacy UE will determine the SIB1 is not present based on the kSSB and then consider the pdcch-ConfigSIB1 to contain information regarding frequencies where SSBs carry SIB1 or not. Thus, the legacy UE relies on both kSSB and pdcch-ConfigSIB1 and neither of them can be re-purposed without confusing the legacy UE.
[0109] The problem for the R19 UEs on how to distinguish between the two following cases:
[0110] ● Case #1 (Legacy Cell with ‘No SIB1’ ) : a cell that indicates ‘No SIB1’a nd does not operate with OD-SIB1 (legacy meaning) ;
[0111] ● Case #2 (NES Cell w / ‘R19 OD-SIB1’ ) : a cell that indicates ‘No SIB1’a nd is operating in OD-SIB1 mode.
[0112] The UE must distinguish the two cases above because:
[0113] 1. The UE should transmit the OD-SIB1 request to the NES cell in case #2 (and not in case #1) .
[0114] 2. Also, in order for the UE to transmit the SIB1 request, the UE needs first to acquire the OD-SIB1-Request Configuration (i.e., WUS configuration) from Cell A or the NES cell, so that the UE knows which resources the UE can use to transmit the SIB1 Request.
[0115] a. Note that the UE may receive the UL WUS configuration from the NES cell or cell A (acoverage cell) i.e. the NES cell may provide the UL WUS configuration instead of the SIB1 scheduling information. Providing this UL WUS configuration instead of the SIB1 scheduling information could also confuse legacy UEs.
[0116] Based on RAN1#116bis agreement, two options are to further discuss for Rel 19 UEs for NES cell identification:
[0117] Embodiments of the present disclosure address this problem with focus to option 2 and provides means to distinguish between Case #1 and #2.
[0118] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a number of bits of MIB payload and PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0119] Firstly, the following summarizes the PBCH load and the delta between PBCH payload and MIB payload. The PBCH payload is 56 bits (before polar encoding) . It includes:
[0120] ● A = 24 bits for MIB
[0121] ● 24 bits for CRC
[0122] ● 8 bits dedicated PBCH (excluding MIB) .
[0123] As shown in FIG. 1, there are two reserved bits in PBCH payload excluding MIB.
[0124] Further, there is one spare bit in MIB payload.
[0125] FIG. 2A is a flow chart showing a method performed by a network node, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0126] As shown in FIG. 2A, the method 200 comprises: a step S202, receiving, from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; and a step S204, determining whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0127] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1.
[0128] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device determines to transmit the request for the system information of the first cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand. Alternatively, the terminal device determines to search for another cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand. For example, the terminal device may search for / selects to a second cell (such as a cell A) .
[0129] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information (particularly SIB1) of the first cell on demand will be clearly indicated by the PBCH signaling (particularly by a bit of a MIB payload, and / or a bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload) . Therefore, the NES cell can operate in OD-SIB1 mode without confusing the legacy terminal devices, which are not able to request the OD-SIB1.
[0130] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of: a spare bit of a MIB payload, one or more existing information elements of the MIB payload excluding the spare bit, and / or at least one reserved bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used for the indication.
[0131] For example, the indication of OD-SIB1 may be also provided using existing information elements, IEs (e.g. k_ssb) .
[0132] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a least significant bit, LSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one most significant bit, MSB; or the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a MSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one LSB. For example, the indication is presented by a combination / sequence of the spare bit and the at least one reserved bit. In the combination / sequence of bits, the spare bit may be the LSB, or MSB, and the at least one reserved bit may be MSB, LSB, respectively.
[0133] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, one spare bit from the MIB payload and two reserved bits from the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload are used.
[0134] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, existing bits of the PBCH (including MIB) can be used to indicate the OD-SIB1, without confusing the legacy UEs.
[0135] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication indicates that the first cell operates without transmitting the system information regularly, when the value is in a first set of values; and the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand, when the value in a second set of values.
[0136] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second set of values exclude a value of 0.
[0137] For example, first set of values may include: “0” (indicating without SIB1) , “1-7” (OD SIB1) . The second set of values may include: “1-7” (OD SIB1) .
[0138] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the value of 0 may be used for the terminal device to differentiate the case where these reserved / spare bit are set to 0 and therefore are to be ignored (i.e. legacy indication that are reserved / spare and carry no information) . Instead if they are set to a different value than 0, then the terminal device interprets them as providing the indication.
[0139] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0140] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication further indicates at least one of: an uplink radio resource configuration information to transmit the request; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 transmission; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 request configuration; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for a response from the first cell after transmitting the request; and / or PDSCH related configuration information to receive on-demand SIB1 transmission or on-demand SIB1 transmission configuration information after transmitting the request.
[0141] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0142] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0143] For example, it may be preconfigured by a cell A to the terminal device.
[0144] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request is transmitted using a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0145] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the WUS configuration / PRACH configuration (with associated PDCCH monitoring configuration for msg2 / Random Access Response) can be directly determined by the terminal device, based on the PBCH signaling.
[0146] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, configuration information for monitoring a downlink control information, DCI.
[0147] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a DCI may include more bits and thus indicate more information to the terminal device. The DCI may be used for WUS configuration, e.g., carrying the WUS configuration information or an index to the WUS configuration information.
[0148] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device; the PDCCH configuration is included in a configuration table; the configuration table has a number of indices corresponding to a number of values in the first set of values and / or the second set of values, and a difference between the number of indices and the number of values is in a predefined range; and / or the table is determined by the first network node based on at least one of: a subCarrierSpacingCommon, a frequency band, and / or a channel bandwidth for the first cell.
[0149] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, PDCCH configuration comprises at least one of: at least a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) parameter, at least a common ControlResourceSet#0 (CORESET#0) parameter, at least a common search space parameter, a subset of controlResourceSetZero, and / or a subset of searchSpaceZero.
[0150] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is provided in pdcch-ConfigSIB1.
[0151] Accordingly, the values of the spare / reserved bits are interpreted like the corresponding bits in MIB’s pdcch-ConfigSIB1. Though that pdcch-ConfigSIB1 including controlResourceSetZero and searchSpaceZero, both parameters being integer (0.. 15) , meaning that it needs 8 bits to convey the whole ‘pdcch-ConfigSIB1’ information. However, the embodiments use spare / reserved bits to indicates a subset of such values in ‘pdcch-ConfigSIB1’ information.
[0152] FIG. 2B is a flow chart showing additional step of the FIG. 2A.
[0153] As shown in FIG. 2B, in exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the method 200 further comprises: a step S206, receiving, from a second network node, an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request, or the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0154] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0155] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device, when the terminal device receives from the second network node the index of the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0156] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second network node comprises a base station serving a second cell (such as a cell A) ; and the first network node and the second network node are the same network node.
[0157] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0158] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the WUS configuration may be also from the cell A.
[0159] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the DCI indicates the index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0160] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0161] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0162] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0163] According embodiments of the present disclosure, the WUS configuration may be still from the NES cell.
[0164] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device comprises a user equipment, UE; and the first network node comprises a base station serving the first cell.
[0165] FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a method performed by a first network node, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0166] As shown in FIG. 3, the method 300 may comprise: a step S302, broadcasting, to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand. The indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0167] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1.
[0168] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device determines to transmit the request for the system information of the first cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand. Alternatively, the terminal device determines to search for another cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0169] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of: a spare bit of a MIB payload, one or more existing information elements of the MIB payload excluding the spare bit, and / or at least one reserved bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used for the indication.
[0170] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a least significant bit, LSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one most significant bit, MSB; or the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a MSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one LSB.
[0171] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, one spare bit from the MIB payload and two reserved bits from the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload are used for the indication.
[0172] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication indicates that the first cell operates without transmitting the system information regularly, when the value is in a first set of values; and / or the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand, when the value is in a second set of values.
[0173] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second set of values exclude a value of 0.
[0174] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the indication further indicates at least one of: an uplink radio resource configuration information to transmit the request; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 transmission; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 request configuration; PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for a response from the first cell after transmitting the request; and / or PDSCH related configuration information to receive on-demand SIB1 transmission or on-demand SIB1 transmission configuration information after transmitting the request.
[0175] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0176] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0177] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0178] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request is transmitted using a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0179] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, configuration information for monitoring a downlink control information, DCI.
[0180] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device; the PDCCH configuration is included in a configuration table; the configuration table has a number of indices corresponding to a number of values in the first set of values and / or the second set of values and a difference between the number of indices and the number of values is in a predefined range; and / or the table is determined by the first network node based on at least one of: a subCarrierSpacingCommon, a frequency band, and / or a channel bandwidth for the first cell.
[0181] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information comprises at least one of: at least a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) parameter, at least a common ControlResourceSet#0 (CORESET#0) parameter, at least a common search space parameter, a subset of controlResourceSetZero, and / or a subset of searchSpaceZero.
[0182] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the PDCCH configuration information is provided in a pdcch-ConfigSIB1.
[0183] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device receives, from a second network node, an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request, or the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0184] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0185] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device, when the terminal device receives from the second network node the index of the uplink radio resource configuration information.
[0186] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the second network node comprises a base station serving a cell A; and the first network node and the second network node are the same network node.
[0187] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0188] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the DCI indicates an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.
[0189] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.
[0190] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.
[0191] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; and the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.
[0192] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device comprises a user equipment, UE; and the first network node comprises a base station serving the first cell.
[0193] According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, it is proposed to use the two reserved bits of PBCH payload and the one spare bit of MIB, e.g. in total 3 bits, to provide indication for UE about the NES cell with OD-SIB1 operation and PDCCH configuration of SIB1 Request configuration.
[0194] This approach does not impact legacy UEs, which after decoding the PBCH payload, shall ignore the spare / reserved bits (in sub 6 GHz operation) . In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it is proposed to use these three bits:
[0195] 1. Alternative 1: And / or indication of a predefined WUS configuration.
[0196] 2. Alternative 2: Indicate a ‘pdcch-ConfigSIB1’ index for the cell operating with OD-SIB1.
[0197] For alternative 1) , similarly one combination shall be used to indicate legacy operation with ‘No SIB1’ , e.g. Case #1. The remaining up to 7 combinations refer to case #2 AND they may refer to:
[0198] ● Pre-defined UL WUS / PRACH configuration, e.g. specified in the 3GPP specification. It allows to have up to 7 different PRACH configurations with associated PDCCH monitoring configuration for the msg2 / Random Access Response.
[0199] ● WUS configuration index, in another word, the cell A can carry WUS configurations for different NES cells or set of NES cells (e.g. each frequency layer is a set of NES cells) . The WUS configuration index can point the UE to which WUS configuration to be used when UE acquires the WUS configurations from cell A.
[0200] FIG. 4 is a flow chart for alternative embodiment 1.
[0201] As shown in FIG. 4, in a step S402, the UE selects the 1st cell (NES cell) .
[0202] In a step S404, the UE receives a signaling from the 1st cell, such as the PBCH signaling as mentioned above. The PBCH signaling indicates (by a No SIB 1 indication) no SIB1 for legacy UEs, and (by an OD-SIB1 indication) OD-SIB1 for Rel. 19 (and later) UEs with index of WUS configuration. This may be achieved by using at least one reserved bit / spare bit of PBCH / MIB payload.
[0203] In a step S406, the UE treats the cell as NES cell with OD-SIB1 operation.
[0204] In a step S408, the UE determines, based on the index of (predefined / preconfigured) WUS configuration, the RACH configuration.
[0205] In a step S410, the UE transmits the OD-SIB1 request, which may be a RACH (e.g. preamble) .
[0206] In a step S412, the UE receives from the NES cell a feedback (e.g., an ACK) for the OD-SIB1 request.
[0207] In a step S414, the UE receives from the NES cell an OD-SIB1.
[0208] For alternative 2) , details about Pdcch-ConfigSIB1 is provided below:
[0209] Pdcch-ConfigSIB1 in the MIB for legacy operation is 8 bits:
[0210] pdcch-ConfigSIB1:
[0211] {
[0212] controlResourceSetZero -> 4 bits (MSB) : indicate an index that it is pointing, based on clause 13 of 38.213, to the Number of RB / symbols used to determine the CORESET size of the type0 PDCCH Common Search Space.
[0213] searchSpaceZero -> 4 bits (LSB) : indicate an index that it is pointing, based on 38.213, to the PDCCH Monitoring Occasions, meaning the System Frame Number &Slot Index that the UE need to monitor for the Type0-PDCCH common search space.
[0214] }
[0215] For alternative 2) , the three bits (up to three bits) can point up to 8 indices. UE shall separate the Case #1 (Legacy Cell with ‘No SIB1’ ) from Case #2 (NES Cell w / ‘R19 OD-SIB1’ ) . Hence at least:
[0216] ● One combination, e.g. 0 0 0, shall refer to case #1.
[0217] Further, there are different solutions, such as PDCCH for SIB1 or for WUS configuration which may be further illustrated.
[0218] In the alternative embodiment 2.1, the PDCCH may be used for SIB1.
[0219] ● The remaining up to seven combinations may refer to case #2 AND, which may refer to:
[0220] a) In one example to a subset of controlResourceSetZero.
[0221] b) In one example to a subset of searchSpaceZero.
[0222] c) A combination of subsets of controlResourceSetZero and searchSpaceZero (i.e. 1 bit is used for controlResourceSetZero or searchSpaceZero, and the 2 remaining bits for the other information (searchSpaceZero and controlResourceSetZero, respectively)
[0223] d) In one example, to a dedicated / new lean pdcch-ConfigSIB1 associated to OD-SIB1 operation. By lean pdcch-ConfigSIB1, it refers to a new ‘pdcch-ConfigSIB1’ table to be defined for OD-SIB1 operation. The new table can be defined in clause 13 of TS 38.213. Note that in current spec, ‘pdcch-ConfigSIB1’ tables include between 8 indices and16 indices for the different configurations.
[0224] e) For a) , b) , c) and d) , for the remaining configurations of, the OD-SIB1 operation requires the assistance of Cell A.
[0225] ○ This is necessary when the a) , b) , c) and d) define SIB1 reception parameters (i.e. the PDCCH monitoring configuration as in legacy MIB) ,
[0226] f) In one example, the seven combinations can point to the tables (configurations) in clause 13 of TS 38.213 with a reduction of network flexibility, i.e., subset of rows from current tables of clause 13 of 38.213 are used. Namely, for some embodiments, the 8 indices or similar may be selected as preferred, compared to 16 indices or similar.
[0227] FIG. 5 is a flow chart for alternative embodiment 2.1.
[0228] As shown in FIG. 5, in a step S502, the 1st cell (NES cell) may exchange information with the 2nd cell (Cell A) .
[0229] In a step S504, the UE selects the 1st cell (NES cell) .
[0230] In a step S506, the UE receives a signaling from the 1st cell, such as the PBCH signaling as mentioned above. The PBCH signaling indicates (by a no SIB1 indication) no SIB1 for legacy UEs, and (by an OD-SIB1 indication) OD-SIB1 for Rel. 19 (and later) UEs with index of a part of pdcch-ConfigSIB1, or a lean pdcch-ConfigSIB1. This may be achieved by using at least one reserved bit / spare bit of PBCH / MIB payload.
[0231] In a step S508, the UE treats the cell as NES cell with OD-SIB1 operation. The UE may retrieve pdcch-ConfigSIB1 index, based on the received PBCH signaling.
[0232] In a step S510, the UE reselects the Cell A.
[0233] In a step S512, the UE receives WUS configuration from the Cell A.
[0234] In a step S514, the UE, based on WUS configuration, retrieves the PRACH configuration of UL WUS.
[0235] In a step S 516, the UE reselects NES cell.
[0236] In a step S518, the UE transmits the OD-SIB1 request, which may be a RACH (e.g. preamble) .
[0237] In a step S520, the UE receives from the NES cell a feedback (e.g., an ACK) for the OD-SIB1 request.
[0238] In a step S522, the UE receives from the NES cell an OD-SIB1.
[0239] In the alternative embodiment 2.1, the PDCCH may be used for WUS configuration.
[0240] ● The remaining up to 7 combinations refer to case #2 AND they may refer to:
[0241] ○ In one example to a PDCCH for WUS configuration. Same approach can be used as for PDCCH for SIB1, e.g., using controlResourceSetZero and searchSpaceZero to monitor a PDCCH. But in this case, the PDCCH contains information about WUS configuration.
[0242] FIG. 6 is a flow chart for alternative embodiment 2.2.
[0243] As shown in FIG. 6, in a step S602, the UE selects the 1st cell (NES cell) .
[0244] In a step S604, the UE receives a signaling from the 1st cell, such as the PBCH signaling as mentioned above. The PBCH signaling indicates (by a no SIB1 indication) no SIB1 for legacy UEs, and (by an OD-SIB1 indication) OD-SIB1 for Rel. 19 (and later) UEs with index of a part of pdcch-ConfigSIB1, or a lean pdcch-ConfigSIB1, or pdcch-ConfigSIB1 Request. This may be achieved by using at least one reserved bit / spare bit of PBCH / MIB payload.
[0245] In a step S606, the UE treats the cell as NES cell with OD-SIB1 operation. The UE may determine the monitoring occasions for PDCCH with WUS configuration, based on the received PBCH signaling.
[0246] In a step S608, UE receives PDCCH indicating or scheduling the WUS configuration from the NES cell.
[0247] In a step S610, the UE, based on WUS configuration, retrieves the PRACH configuration of UL WUS.
[0248] In a step S612, the UE transmits the OD-SIB1 request, which may be a RACH (e.g. PRACH preamble) .
[0249] In a step S614, the UE receives from the NES cell a feedback (e.g., an ACK) for the OD-SIB1 request.
[0250] In a step S616, the UE receives from the NES cell an OD-SIB1.
[0251] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the legacy tables defined in clause 13 of TS 38.213. The table (which define the cell common search space) has a reduced number of indices (from 0 to 8) .
[0252] The intention of the additional embodiments would be to provide that the cell indicates, via the reserved / spare bits of PBCH / MIB, the index to the table (corresponding to the cell configuration) only if the table has a reduced number of indices, like in the example below, and not otherwise, i.e. not if the table corresponding to the cell configuration has all 16 indices. This is in order to use the proposed signalling only if the cell has enough flexibility to use most of the potential common search space configurations. As hinted in the title of the table shown in FIG. 7, the different tables apply to different cell configuration in terms of SCS, frequency bands, and channel bandwidth.
[0253] Therefore, in some embodiments, PBCH’s Reserved Bits and MIB’s spare bit are set only if subCarrierSpacingCommon and frequency band and / or channel bandwidth correspond to one of the configurations in 38.213 having 8 indices or similar, such as shown in FIG. 7.
[0254] FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an exemplary structure for a terminal device, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0255] As shown in FIG. 8, the apparatus 80 for a terminal device comprises at least one processor 802, and at least one memory 804 including computer program code. The at least one memory 804 and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor 802, cause the apparatus 80 for the terminal device at least to perform: receiving, from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; and determining whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0256] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus 80 for the first network node is further caused to perform the method according to any of the above embodiments, such as shown in FIG. 2A, 2B, 4, 5, 6.
[0257] FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an exemplary structure for a first network node, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0258] As shown in FIG. 9, the apparatus 90 for a first network node comprises at least one processor 902, and at least one memory 904 including computer program code. The at least one memory 904 and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor 902, cause the apparatus 90 for the first network node at least to perform: broadcasting, to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand. The indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0259] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus 90 for the first network node is further caused to perform the method according to any of the above embodiments, such as shown in FIG. 3, 4, 5, 6.
[0260] The processor 802, 902 may be any kind of processing component, such as one or more microprocessor or microcontrollers, as well as other digital hardware, which may include digital signal processors (DSPs) , special-purpose digital logic, and the like. The memory 804, 904 may be any kind of storage component, such as read-only memory (ROM) , random-access memory, cache memory, flash memory devices, optical storage devices, etc.
[0261] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an apparatus / computer readable storage medium, according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0262] As shown in FIG. 10, a computer-readable storage medium 100 storing instructions 101, which when executed by at least one processor of a network node or a terminal device, cause the at least one processor of the network node or the terminal device to perform the method according to any of the embodiments above mentioned, such as shown in FIG. 2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 6.
[0263] In addition, the present disclosure may also provide a carrier containing the computer program / instructions as mentioned above. The carrier is one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal, or the above computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, an optical compact disk or an electronic memory device like a RAM (random access memory) , a ROM (read only memory) , Flash memory, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD, Blue-ray disc and the like.
[0264] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing exemplary apparatus units for a terminal device, which is suitable for performing the method according to embodiments of the disclosure.
[0265] As shown in FIG. 11, the terminal device 110 may include: a receiving unit 1102, configured for receiving, from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; and a determining unit 1104, configured for determining whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0266] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device 110 is further configured for performing the method according to any of the embodiments above mentioned, such as shown in FIG. 2A, 2B, 4, 5, 6.
[0267] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing exemplary apparatus units for a first network node, which is suitable for performing the method according to embodiments of the disclosure.
[0268] As shown in FIG. 12, the first network node 120 may include: a broadcasting unit 1202, configured for broadcasting, to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand. The indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell. The broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB. The system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1. The indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.
[0269] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network node 120 is further configured for performing the method according to any of the embodiments above mentioned, such as shown in FIG. 3, 4, 5, 6.
[0270] The term ‘unit’ may have conventional meaning in the field of electronics, electrical devices and / or electronic devices and may include, for example, electrical and / or electronic circuitry, devices, modules, processors, memories, logic solid state and / or discrete devices, computer programs or instructions for carrying out respective tasks, procedures, computations, outputs, and / or displaying functions, and so on, as such as those that are described herein.
[0271] As used in the present disclosure, the term “circuitry” may refer to one or more or all of the following:
[0272] (a) hardware-only circuit implementations (such as implementations in only analogy and / or digital circuitry) and
[0273] (b) combinations of hardware circuits and software, such as (as applicable) :
[0274] (i) a combination of analogy and / or digital hardware circuit (s) with software / firmware and
[0275] (ii) any portions of hardware processor (s) with software (including digital signal processor (s) ) , software, and memory (ies) that work together to cause an apparatus, such as a mobile phone or server, to perform various functions) and
[0276] (c) hardware circuit (s) and or processor (s) , such as a microprocessor (s) or a portion of a microprocessor (s) , that requires software (e.g., firmware) for operation, but the software may not be present when it is not needed for operation. ”
[0277] This definition of circuitry applies to all uses of this term in the present disclosure, including in any claims. As a further example, as used in the present disclosure, the term circuitry also covers an implementation of merely a hardware circuit or processor (or multiple processors) or portion of a hardware circuit or processor and its (or their) accompanying software and / or firmware. The term circuitry also covers, for example and if applicable to the particular claim element, a baseband integrated circuit or processor integrated circuit for a mobile device or a similar integrated circuit in server, a cellular network device, or other computing or network device.
[0278] With these units, the apparatus may not need a fixed processor or memory, any kind of computing resource and storage resource may be arranged from at least one node / device / entity / apparatus relating to the communication system. The virtualization technology and network computing technology (e.g., cloud computing) may be further introduced, so as to improve the usage efficiency of the network resources and the flexibility of the network.
[0279] The techniques described herein may be implemented by various means so that an apparatus implementing one or more functions of a corresponding apparatus described with an embodiment comprises not only prior art means, but also means for implementing the one or more functions of the corresponding apparatus described with the embodiment and it may comprise separate means for each separate function, or means that may be configured to perform two or more functions. For example, these techniques may be implemented in hardware (one or more apparatuses) , firmware (one or more apparatuses) , software (one or more modules / units) , or combinations thereof. For a firmware or software, implementation may be made through modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein.
[0280] In certain embodiments, some or all of the functionality described herein may be provided by processing circuitry executing instructions stored on in memory, which in certain embodiments may be a computer program product in the form of a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. In alternative embodiments, some or all of the functionalities may be provided by the processing circuitry without executing instructions stored on a separate or discrete device-readable storage medium, such as in a hard-wired manner. In any of those particular embodiments, whether executing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or not, the processing circuitry can be configured to perform the described functionality. The benefits provided by such functionality are not limited to the processing circuitry alone or to other components of the computing device, but are enjoyed by the computing device as a whole, and / or by end users and a wireless network generally.
[0281] The term “non-transitory, ” as used herein, is a limitation of the medium itself (i.e., tangible, not a signal) as opposed to a limitation on data storage persistency (e.g., RAM vs. ROM) .
[0282] As described in above exemplary embodiments of this disclosure, embodiments herein afford many advantages. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure propose a mechanism that provides specifical procedures for on-demand SIB operation.
[0283] It should be understood that the above embodiments are only for illustration but not limitation. The present disclosure may be carried out in other ways than those specifically set forth herein without departing from essential characteristics of the disclosure. All changes to these embodiments not departing from the meaning and equivalency of the appended claims are intended to be comprised herein.
[0284] The following documents may be incorporated in entirety by reference.
[0285] RP-234065, 3GPP TSG RAN Meeting #102, Edinburgh, Scotland, December 11th-15th, 2023, New WID: Enhancements of network energy savings for NR;
[0286] 3GPP TS 38.331 V18.1.0 (2024-03) , Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification;
[0287] 3GPP TS 38.213 V18.2.0 (2024-03) , Physical layer procedures for control;
[0288] RAN1 Chair’s Notes, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 #116-bis, Changsha, Hunan Province, China, April 15th –19th, 2024
Claims
1.A method (200) performed by a terminal device, comprising:receiving (S202) , from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; anddetermining (S2041) whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication;wherein the broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB; andwherein the indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.2.The method (200) according to claim 1,wherein the system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1.3.The method (200) according to claim 1 or 2,wherein the terminal device determines to transmit the request for the system information of the first cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand; orwherein the terminal device determines to search for another cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.4.The method (200) according to any of claims 1 to 3,wherein at least one of: a spare bit of a MIB payload, and / or one or more existing information elements of the MIB payload excluding the spare bit, and / or at least one reserved bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used for the indication.5.The method (200) according to claim 4,wherein the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a least significant bit, LSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one most significant bit, MSB; orwherein the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a MSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one LSB.6.The method (200) according to claim 4 or 5,wherein one spare bit from the MIB payload and two reserved bits from the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload are used for the indication.7.The method (200) according to any of claims 1 to 6,wherein the indication indicates that the first cell operates without transmitting the system information regularly, when the value is in a first set of values; and / orwherein the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand, when the value in a second set of values.8.The method (200) according to claim 7,wherein the second set of values exclude a value of 0.9.The method (200) according to any of claims 1 to 8,wherein the indication further indicates at least one of:an uplink radio resource configuration information to transmit the request;PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 transmission;PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 request configuration;PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for a response from the first cell after transmitting the request; and / orPDSCH related configuration information to receive on-demand SIB1 transmission or on-demand SIB1 transmission configuration information after transmitting the request.10.The method (200) according to claim 9,wherein the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.11.The method (200) according to claim 10,wherein at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.12.The method (200) according to claim 10 or 11,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.13.The method (200) according to any of claims 10 to 12,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; andwherein the request is transmitted using a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.14.The method (200) according to claim 9,wherein the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, configuration information for monitoring a downlink control information, DCI.15.The method (200) according to claim 14,wherein the PDCCH configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device;wherein the PDCCH configuration information is included in a configuration table;wherein the configuration table has a number of indices corresponding to a number of values in the first set of values and / or the second set of values, and a difference between the number of indices and the number of values is in a predefined range; and / orwherein the table is determined by the first network node based on at least one of: a subCarrierSpacingCommon, a frequency band, and / or a channel bandwidth for the first cell.16.The method (200) according to claim 14 or 15,wherein PDCCH configuration information comprises at least one of: at least a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) parameter, at least a common ControlResourceSet#0 (CORESET#0) parameter, at least a common search space parameter, a subset of controlResourceSetZero, and / or a subset of searchSpaceZero.17.The method (200) according to any of claims 14 to 16,wherein the PDCCH configuration information is provided in pdcch-ConfigSIB1.18.The method (200) according to claim 17, further comprising:receiving (S206) , from a second network node, an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request, or the uplink radio resource configuration information.19.The method (200) according to claim 18,wherein at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.20.The method (200) according to claim 18 or 19,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device, when the terminal device receives from the second network node the index of the uplink radio resource configuration information.21.The method (200) according to any of claims 18 to 20,wherein the second network node comprises a base station serving a second cell; andwherein the first network node and the second network node are the same network node.22.The method (200) according to any of claims 18 to 21,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; andwherein the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, based at least on the WUS configuration information.23.The method (200) according to any of claims 14 to 16,wherein the DCI indicates the index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.24.The method (200) according to claim 23,wherein at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.25.The method (200) according to claim 23 or 24,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.26.The method (200) according to any of claims 23 to 25,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; andwherein the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.27.The method (200) according to any of claims 1 to 26,wherein the terminal device comprises a user equipment, UE; andwherein the first network node comprises a base station serving the first cell.28.A method (300) performed by a first network node, comprising:broadcasting (S302) , to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand;wherein the indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell;wherein the broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB; andwherein the indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.29.The method (300) according to claim 28,wherein the system information comprises a system information block one, SIB1;30.The method (300) according to claim 28 or 29,wherein the terminal device determines to transmit the request for the system information of the first cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand;wherein the terminal device determines to search for another cell, at least when the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.31.The method (300) according to any of claims 28 to 30,wherein at least one of: a spare bit of a MIB payload, one or more existing information elements of the MIB payload excluding the spare bit, and / or at least one reserved bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used for the indication.32.The method (300) according to claim 31,wherein the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a least significant bit, LSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one most significant bit, MSB; orwherein the spare bit of the MIB payload is used as a MSB, and the at least one reserved bit of the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload is used as at least one LSB.33.The method (300) according to claim 31 or 32,wherein one spare bit from the MIB payload and two reserved bits from the PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload are used for the indication.34.The method (300) according to any of claims 28 to 33,wherein the indication indicates that the first cell operates without transmitting the system information regularly, when the value is in a first set of values; and / orwherein the indication indicates that the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand, when the value is in a second set of values.35.The method (300) according to claim 34,wherein the second set of values exclude a value of 0.36.The method (300) according to any of claims 28 to 35,wherein the indication further indicates at least one of:an uplink radio resource configuration information to transmit the request;PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 transmission;PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for scheduling information of an on-demand SIB1 request configuration;PDCCH related configuration information to monitor for a response from the first cell after transmitting the request; and / orPDSCH related configuration information to receive on-demand SIB1 transmission or on-demand SIB1 transmission configuration information after transmitting the request.37.The method (300) according to claim 36,wherein the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of an uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.38.The method (300) according to claim 37,wherein at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.39.The method (300) according to claim 37 or 38,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.40.The method (300) according to any of claims 33 to 35,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; andwherein the request is transmitted using a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.41.The method (300) according to claim 36,wherein the value in the second set of values further indicates an index of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, configuration information for monitoring a downlink control information, DCI.42.The method (300) according to claim 41,wherein the PDCCH configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device;wherein the PDCCH configuration information is included in a configuration table;wherein the configuration table has a number of indices corresponding to a number of values in the first set of values and / or the second set of values, and a difference between the number of indices and the number of values is in a predefined range; and / orwherein the table is determined by the first network node based on at least one of: a subCarrierSpacingCommon, a frequency band, and / or a channel bandwidth for the first cell.43.The method (300) according to claim 41 or 42,wherein the PDCCH configuration information comprises at least one of: at least a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) parameter, at least a common ControlResourceSet#0 (CORESET#0) parameter, at least a common search space parameter, a subset of controlResourceSetZero, and / or a subset of searchSpaceZero.44.The method (300) according to any of claims 41 to 43,wherein the PDCCH configuration information is provided in a pdcch-ConfigSIB1.45.The method (300) according to claim 44,wherein the terminal device receives, from a second network node, an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request, or the uplink radio resource configuration information.46.The method (300) according to claim 45,wherein at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.47.The method (300) according to claim 45 or 46,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device, when the terminal device receives from the second network node the index of the uplink radio resource configuration information.48.The method (300) according to any of claims 45 to 47,wherein the second network node comprises a base station serving a second cell; andwherein the first network node and the second network node are the same network node.49.The method (300) according to any of claims 45 to 48,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; andwherein the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, based at least on the WUS configuration information.50.The method (300) according to any of claims 41 to 43,wherein the DCI indicates an index of the uplink radio resource configuration information for the terminal device to transmit the request.51.The method (300) according to claim 50,wherein at least one bit in the uplink radio resource configuration information indicates whether the first cell operates with transmitting the system information on demand.52.The method (300) according to claim 50 or 51,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is predefined in a technical standard specification, or is preconfigured to the terminal device.53.The method (300) according to any of claims 50 to 52,wherein the uplink radio resource configuration information is a wake-up signal, WUS, configuration information; andwherein the request includes a physical random access channel, PRACH, preamble, determined by the terminal device based at least on the WUS configuration information.54.The method (300) according to any of claims 28 to 53,wherein the terminal device comprises a user equipment, UE; andwherein the first network node comprises a base station serving the first cell.55.An apparatus (80) for a terminal device, comprising:at least one processor (802) ; andat least one memory (804) including computer program code;the at least one memory (804) and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor (802) , cause the apparatus (80) for the terminal device at least to perform:receiving, from a first network node, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand; anddetermining whether to transmit, to the first network node, a request for the system information of the first cell, based at least on the indication;wherein the broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB; andwherein the indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.56.The apparatus (80) according to claim 55, the apparatus (80) for the terminal device is further caused to perform the method according to any of claims 2 to 27.57.An apparatus (90) for a first network node, comprising:at least one processor (902) ; andat least one memory (904) including computer program code;the at least one memory (904) and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor (902) , cause the apparatus (90) for the first network node at least to perform:broadcasting, to a plurality of terminal devices including at least a terminal device, a broadcast signaling of a first cell, including an indication about whether the first cell operates with transmitting a system information of the first cell on demand;wherein the indication is for the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether to transmit to the first network node a request for the system information of the first cell;wherein the broadcast signaling comprises a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, signaling including a master information block, MIB; andwherein the indication is provided by a value of at least one of: at least one bit of a MIB payload, and / or at least one bit of a PBCH payload excluding the MIB payload.58.The apparatus (90) according to claim 57, the apparatus (90) for the first network node is further caused to perform the method according to any of claims 29 to 54.59.A computer-readable storage medium (100) storing instructions (101) , which when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, cause the at least one processor of the apparatus to perform at least the method according to any of claims 1 to 54.
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