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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method carried out by a base station, including: a step (S) of generating a code sequence containing system information of the base station; a step (S) generating, by modulating the code sequence, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) sequence including a distributed PRB frequency division multiplexing format or a centralized PRB frequency division multiplexing format; a step (S) of selecting a physical resource block (PRB) for a PBCH contained in the PBCH sequence; and a step (S) of carrying out mapping between the PBCH and a resource element (RE) in the PRB thus selected. The present invention also provides (i) a method carried out by a user equipment, (ii) a corresponding base station, and (iii) the corresponding user equipment. According to the present invention, it is possible to increase energy use efficiency of an LTE-Advanced system, improve spectral efficiency, and reduce inter-cell collision of time/frequency resources.