US 12,004,242 B2
System information indication method and apparatus and communication system
Yulong Shi, Beijing (CN); Meiyi Jia, Beijing (CN); and Hua Zhou, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/986,387.
Application 17/986,387 is a continuation of application No. 16/571,856, filed on Sep. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,582,813.
Application 16/571,856 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2017/078100, filed on Mar. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080717 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 80/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04L 1/1614 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 80/08 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a memory configured to store a system information block(s);
a receiver configured to receive information on an area related identity (ID) corresponding to a system information block(s) mapping information field (SIB-Mappinginfo field), the area related ID corresponding to a number of a system information block(s); and
processor circuitry configured to:
control to check whether the stored system information block(s) is valid according to the information, and
configure the SIB-Mappinginfo field for the are related identity (ID) in a message broadcast by a network side,
wherein a bit included in the SIB-Mappinginfo field corresponds to a system information block, and the bit indicates that the system information block is associated with the area related ID.