US 12,302,221 B2
Communication system for communicating minimum system information
Yassin Aden Awad, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/733,970.
Application 18/733,970 is a continuation of application No. 18/211,937, filed on Jun. 20, 2023, granted, now 12,096,341.
Application 18/211,937 is a continuation of application No. 17/391,235, filed on Aug. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,729,703, issued on Aug. 15, 2023.
Application 17/391,235 is a continuation of application No. 16/622,067, granted, now 11,122,498, issued on Sep. 14, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2018/022570, filed on Jun. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1709679 (GB), filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323813 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 48/10 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a radio access network (RAN) node, the method comprising:
transmitting, on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a first part of minimum system information including first information identifying a first bandwidth; and
transmitting a second part of the minimum system information using the first bandwidth, wherein
the second part of the minimum system information includes:
second information for indicating a system bandwidth for a bandwidth part; and
third information identifying an offset based on a location of the PBCH to a first resource block of the system bandwidth.