Method and device for SSB transmission/reception in wireless communication … — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (US12621866B2)

ABSTRACT

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system, such as LTE. A transmission or reception method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station on the basis of blind detection, on the basis of the received SSB, identifying information on an SSB group to which the SSB belongs, wherein the SSB group is related to a first frequency domain, on the basis of the information on the SSB group, identifying a second frequency domain corresponding to at least one other SSB group, and receiving at least one SSB belonging to the at least one other SSB group from the base station on the basis of the second frequency domain.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to a method and a device for SSB transmission and reception to reduce a beam sweeping resource overhead in a wireless communication system.

BACKGROUND ART

In looking back on the development processes with the repetition of the wireless communication generations, technologies for mainly human-targeted services, such as voice, multimedia, and data, have been developed. Connected devices, which are explosively on the rise after commercialization of the 5 th generation (5G) communication system, have been expected to be connected to a communication network. Examples of things connected to the network may be vehicles, robots, drones, home appliances, displays, smart sensors installed in various kinds of infrastructures, construction machines, and factory equipment. Mobile devices are expected to be evolved to various form factors, such as augmented reality glasses, virtual reality headsets, and hologram devices. In the 6th generation (6G), in order to provide various services through connection of hundreds of billions of devices and things with one another, efforts for developing an improved 6G communication system have been made. For this reason, the 6G communication system is called a “beyond 5G system”.

In the 6G communication system that is expected to be realized around 2030, the maximum transmission speed is tera (i.e., 1,000 giga) bps, and wireless latency is 100 microseconds (μ sec). That is, as compared with the 5G communication system, the transmission speed in the 6G communication system becomes 50 times faster, and the wireless latency is reduced to 1/10.

In order to accomplish such a high data transmission speed and ultra-low latency, implementation of the 6G communication system in terahertz bands (e.g., 95 gigahertz (95 GHz) to 3 terahertz (3 THz) bands) is being considered. In the terahertz bands, due to more severe path loss and atmospheric absorption phenomena than those in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands introduced in the 5G, the importance of a technology to secure a signal reaching distance, that is, the coverage, is expected to become grower. As a primary technology to secure the coverage, it is required to develop a radio frequency (RF) element, antenna, more superior new waveform than the waveform of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in the coverage aspect, beamforming and massive multiple-input multiple-output (massive MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, and multi-antenna transmission technology, such as large scale antenna technique. In addition, in order to improve the coverage of the terahertz band signals, new techniques, such as metamaterial-based lens and antenna, high-level spatial multiplexing technology using orbital angular momentum (OAM), and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), are being discussed.

In addition, for frequency efficiency enhancement and system network improvement, in the 6G communication system, developments are under way in a full duplex technology in which an uplink and a downlink simultaneously utilize the same frequency resource at the same time, a network technology to integrally utilize a satellite and high-altitude platform station (HAPS), a network structure innovation technology to support a mobile base station and to enable network operation optimization and automation, a dynamic spectrum sharing technology through collision avoidance based on spectrum usage prediction, an AI-based communication technology to realize system optimization by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) from a design stage and internalizing end-to-end AI support function, and a next-generation distributed computing technology to realize services having complexity that exceeds the limit of the UE operation capability by utilizing ultrahigh performance communication and computing resources (mobile edge computing (MEC) or cloud). In addition, attempts are continuing to further strengthen connectivity between devices through designing of a new protocol to be used in the 6G communication system, implementation of hardware-based security environment, development of a mechanism for safe utilization of data, and technical development of a privacy maintaining method, to further optimize the network, to accelerate software of network entities, and to increase openness of the wireless communication.

By such researches and developments of the 6G communication system, it is expected that the next hyper-connected experience is possible through hyper-connectivity of the 6G communication system including not only connection between things but also connection between a human and a thing in all. Specifically, it is expected that services, such as truly immersive extended reality (XR), high-fidelity mobile hologram, and digital replica, can be provided through the 6G communication system. Further, since services, such as remote surgery, industrial automation, and emergency response through increasing security and credibility, can be provided through the 6G communication system, the 6G communication system will be applied to various fields, such as industry, medical treatment, automobile, and home appliances.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

Technical Problem

In case of the wireless communication in the terahertz bands, the number of beams being used is increased, and thus the resources for transmitting and receiving the synchronization signal block (SSB) are excessively required.

Solution to Problem

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a transmission and reception method of a UE in a wireless communication system may include receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station based on blind detection, identifying information about an SSB group to which the SSB belongs based on the received SSB, the SSB group being related to a first frequency domain, identifying a second frequency domain corresponding to at least one other SSB group based on the information about the SSB group, and receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to the at least one other SSB group based on the second frequency domain.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a transmission and reception method of a base station in a wireless communication system may include identifying a synchronization signal block (SSB) group to which a plurality of SSBs belong, the each SSB group being related to a different frequency domain, performing resource mapping of the plurality of SSBs including information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong based on the frequency domain corresponding to the SSB group to which the SSBs belong, and transmitting the plurality of SSBs including the information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong on the mapped resource.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a UE in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver, and a controller configured to receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station based on blind detection, identify information about an SSB group to which the SSB belongs based on the received SSB, the SSB group being related to a first frequency domain, identify a second frequency domain corresponding to at least one other SSB group based on the information about the SSB group, and control to receive, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to the at least one other SSB group based on the second frequency domain.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a base station in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver, and a controller configured to identify a synchronization signal block (SSB) group to which a plurality of SSBs belong, the each SSB group being related to a different frequency domain, perform resource mapping of the plurality of SSBs including information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong based on the frequency domain corresponding to the SSB group to which the SSBs belong, and control to transmit the plurality of SSBs including the information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong on the mapped resource.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, it is possible to effectively reduce the beam sweeping resource overhead for operating the SSB in the terahertz band of the wireless communication.

Effects that can be obtained in the disclosure are not limited to the above-described effects, and other unmentioned effects will be able to be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosure pertains.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the basic structure of a time-frequency domain in LTE.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a downlink control channel of LTE.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating transmission resources of a downlink control channel in 5G.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration for a control resource set in 5G.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration for a downlink RB structure in 5G.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of resource mapping of L frequency domain multiplexed (Frequency Domain Multiplexed) SSBs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a panel operation method for a base station to transmit Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates a process in which a base station and a UE perform an initial access through SSBs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 9 A is a diagram explaining an operation of a base station in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 9 B is a diagram explaining an operation of a UE in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 10 A is a diagram explaining an operation of a base station in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 10 B is a diagram explaining an operation of a UE in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a base station groups and transmits SSBs through a panel in a situation that the number of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is L F =2 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 A is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits group indexes of SSBs to a UE through a primary synchronization sequence (PSS) in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 B is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits group indexes of SSBs to a UE through a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS) in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 C is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits group indexes of SSBs to a UE through a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 A is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits L F values to a UE through a PSS in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 B is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits L F values to a UE through an SSS in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 C is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits L F values to a UE through a PBCH in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a UE according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

MODE FOR THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, it is to be noted that if possible, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals in the accompanying drawings. Further, detailed explanation of the known functions and constitutions that may obscure the subject matter of the disclosure will be omitted.

In describing the embodiments in the description, explanation of technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the disclosure pertains and are not directly related to the disclosure may be omitted. This is to transfer the subject matter of the disclosure more clearly without obscuring the same through omission of unnecessary explanations.

For the same reason, in the accompanying drawings, some constituent elements are exaggerated, omitted, or briefly illustrated. Further, sizes of the respective constituent elements do not completely reflect the actual sizes thereof, and in the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same or corresponding constituent elements across various figures.

The aspects and features of the disclosure and methods for achieving the aspects and features will be apparent by referring to the embodiments to be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments disclosed hereinafter, and it can be implemented in diverse forms. The embodiments are provided to complete the disclosure and to completely notify those of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosure pertains of the category of the disclosure, and the disclosure is only defined within the scope of the appended claims. In the entire description of the disclosure, the same reference numerals are referred to as the same constituent elements.

In this case, it will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations, can be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be loaded to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such tha

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to a method and a device for SSB transmission and reception to reduce a beam sweeping resource overhead in a wireless communication system.

BACKGROUND ART

In looking back on the development processes with the repetition of the wireless communication generations, technologies for mainly human-targeted services, such as voice, multimedia, and data, have been developed. Connected devices, which are explosively on the rise after commercialization of the 5 th generation (5G) communication system, have been expected to be connected to a communication network. Examples of things connected to the network may be vehicles, robots, drones, home appliances, displays, smart sensors installed in various kinds of infrastructures, construction machines, and factory equipment. Mobile devices are expected to be evolved to various form factors, such as augmented reality glasses, virtual reality headsets, and hologram devices. In the 6th generation (6G), in order to provide various services through connection of hundreds of billions of devices and things with one another, efforts for developing an improved 6G communication system have been made. For this reason, the 6G communication system is called a “beyond 5G system”.

In the 6G communication system that is expected to be realized around 2030, the maximum transmission speed is tera (i.e., 1,000 giga) bps, and wireless latency is 100 microseconds (μ sec). That is, as compared with the 5G communication system, the transmission speed in the 6G communication system becomes 50 times faster, and the wireless latency is reduced to 1/10.

In order to accomplish such a high data transmission speed and ultra-low latency, implementation of the 6G communication system in terahertz bands (e.g., 95 gigahertz (95 GHz) to 3 terahertz (3 THz) bands) is being considered. In the terahertz bands, due to more severe path loss and atmospheric absorption phenomena than those in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands introduced in the 5G, the importance of a technology to secure a signal reaching distance, that is, the coverage, is expected to become grower. As a primary technology to secure the coverage, it is required to develop a radio frequency (RF) element, antenna, more superior new waveform than the waveform of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in the coverage aspect, beamforming and massive multiple-input multiple-output (massive MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, and multi-antenna transmission technology, such as large scale antenna technique. In addition, in order to improve the coverage of the terahertz band signals, new techniques, such as metamaterial-based lens and antenna, high-level spatial multiplexing technology using orbital angular momentum (OAM), and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), are being discussed.

In addition, for frequency efficiency enhancement and system network improvement, in the 6G communication system, developments are under way in a full duplex technology in which an uplink and a downlink simultaneously utilize the same frequency resource at the same time, a network technology to integrally utilize a satellite and high-altitude platform station (HAPS), a network structure innovation technology to support a mobile base station and to enable network operation optimization and automation, a dynamic spectrum sharing technology through collision avoidance based on spectrum usage prediction, an AI-based communication technology to realize system optimization by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) from a design stage and internalizing end-to-end AI support function, and a next-generation distributed computing technology to realize services having complexity that exceeds the limit of the UE operation capability by utilizing ultrahigh performance communication and computing resources (mobile edge computing (MEC) or cloud). In addition, attempts are continuing to further strengthen connectivity between devices through designing of a new protocol to be used in the 6G communication system, implementation of hardware-based security environment, development of a mechanism for safe utilization of data, and technical development of a privacy maintaining method, to further optimize the network, to accelerate software of network entities, and to increase openness of the wireless communication.

By such researches and developments of the 6G communication system, it is expected that the next hyper-connected experience is possible through hyper-connectivity of the 6G communication system including not only connection between things but also connection between a human and a thing in all. Specifically, it is expected that services, such as truly immersive extended reality (XR), high-fidelity mobile hologram, and digital replica, can be provided through the 6G communication system. Further, since services, such as remote surgery, industrial automation, and emergency response through increasing security and credibility, can be provided through the 6G communication system, the 6G communication system will be applied to various fields, such as industry, medical treatment, automobile, and home appliances.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

Technical Problem

In case of the wireless communication in the terahertz bands, the number of beams being used is increased, and thus the resources for transmitting and receiving the synchronization signal block (SSB) are excessively required.

Solution to Problem

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a transmission and reception method of a UE in a wireless communication system may include receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station based on blind detection, identifying information about an SSB group to which the SSB belongs based on the received SSB, the SSB group being related to a first frequency domain, identifying a second frequency domain corresponding to at least one other SSB group based on the information about the SSB group, and receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to the at least one other SSB group based on the second frequency domain.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a transmission and reception method of a base station in a wireless communication system may include identifying a synchronization signal block (SSB) group to which a plurality of SSBs belong, the each SSB group being related to a different frequency domain, performing resource mapping of the plurality of SSBs including information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong based on the frequency domain corresponding to the SSB group to which the SSBs belong, and transmitting the plurality of SSBs including the information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong on the mapped resource.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a UE in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver, and a controller configured to receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station based on blind detection, identify information about an SSB group to which the SSB belongs based on the received SSB, the SSB group being related to a first frequency domain, identify a second frequency domain corresponding to at least one other SSB group based on the information about the SSB group, and control to receive, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to the at least one other SSB group based on the second frequency domain.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a base station in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver, and a controller configured to identify a synchronization signal block (SSB) group to which a plurality of SSBs belong, the each SSB group being related to a different frequency domain, perform resource mapping of the plurality of SSBs including information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong based on the frequency domain corresponding to the SSB group to which the SSBs belong, and control to transmit the plurality of SSBs including the information about the SSB group to which the SSBs belong on the mapped resource.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, it is possible to effectively reduce the beam sweeping resource overhead for operating the SSB in the terahertz band of the wireless communication.

Effects that can be obtained in the disclosure are not limited to the above-described effects, and other unmentioned effects will be able to be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosure pertains.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the basic structure of a time-frequency domain in LTE.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a downlink control channel of LTE.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating transmission resources of a downlink control channel in 5G.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration for a control resource set in 5G.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration for a downlink RB structure in 5G.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of resource mapping of L frequency domain multiplexed (Frequency Domain Multiplexed) SSBs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a panel operation method for a base station to transmit Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates a process in which a base station and a UE perform an initial access through SSBs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 9 A is a diagram explaining an operation of a base station in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 9 B is a diagram explaining an operation of a UE in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 10 A is a diagram explaining an operation of a base station in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 10 B is a diagram explaining an operation of a UE in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a base station groups and transmits SSBs through a panel in a situation that the number of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is L F =2 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 A is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits group indexes of SSBs to a UE through a primary synchronization sequence (PSS) in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 B is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits group indexes of SSBs to a UE through a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS) in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 C is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits group indexes of SSBs to a UE through a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs is fixed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 A is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits L F values to a UE through a PSS in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 B is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits L F values to a UE through an SSS in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 C is a diagram explaining an example in which a base station transmits L F values to a UE through a PBCH in case that the number L F of Frequency Domain Multiplexed SSBs can be variously configured according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a UE according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

MODE FOR THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, it is to be noted that if possible, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals in the accompanying drawings. Further, detailed explanation of the known functions and constitutions that may obscure the subject matter of the disclosure will be omitted.

In describing the embodiments in the description, explanation of technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the disclosure pertains and are not directly related to the disclosure may be omitted. This is to transfer the subject matter of the disclosure more clearly without obscuring the same through omission of unnecessary explanations.

For the same reason, in the accompanying drawings, some constituent elements are exaggerated, omitted, or briefly illustrated. Further, sizes of the respective constituent elements do not completely reflect the actual sizes thereof, and in the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same or corresponding constituent elements across various figures.

The aspects and features of the disclosure and methods for achieving the aspects and features will be apparent by referring to the embodiments to be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments disclosed hereinafter, and it can be implemented in diverse forms. The embodiments are provided to complete the disclosure and to completely notify those of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosure pertains of the category of the disclosure, and the disclosure is only defined within the scope of the appended claims. In the entire description of the disclosure, the same reference numerals are referred to as the same constituent elements.

In this case, it will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations, can be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be loaded to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the instructions, which are executed via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart block or blocks. These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer usable or computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-usable or computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the function specified in the flowchart block or blocks. The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which are executed on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart block or blocks.

Also, each block of the flowchart illustrations may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which includes one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the blocks may occur out of the order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved.

In this case, the term “unit”, as used in an embodiment, means, but is not limited to, a software or hardware component, such as FPGA or ASIC, and performs certain tasks. However, “unit” is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. The term “unit” may be configured to reside on the addressable storage medium and configured to execute on one or more processors. Thus, “unit” may include, by way of example, components, such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, attributes, procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functionality provided in the components and “units” may be combined into fewer components and “—units” or further separated into additional components and “units”. Further, the components and “units” may be implemented to operate one or more CPUs in a device or a security multimedia card.

In describing the embodiments of the disclosure in detail, although being aimed at 6G mobile communication technology after the 5G mobile communication, the main subject matter of the disclosure can be applied even to other communication systems having the similar technical backgrounds through slight modification thereof within the range that does not greatly deviate from the range of the disclosure, and this will be able to be possible by the judgment of those skilled in the art to which the disclosure pertains.

Hereinafter, for convenience in explanation, some of the terms and names defined in the 3rd generation partnership project long term evolution (3GPP LTE) standards (standards for the 5G, NR, LTE, or similar systems) may be used in the disclosure. However, the disclosure is not restricted by the terms and names, and it may be equally applied to systems complying with other standards.

In the following description, a term to denote a signal being used, a term to denote control information, a term to denote network entities, and a term to denote constituent elements of a device have been exemplified for convenience in explanation. Accordingly, the disclosure is not limited to the terms used in the disclosure, and other terms to denote targets having equivalent technical meanings may be used.

In the following description, a physical channel and a signal may be used interchangeably with data or a control signal. For example, although a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is the term to denote a physical channel on which data is transmitted, the PDSCH may be used to denote the data. That is, in the disclosure, the expression “transmit a physical channel” may be interpreted equivalently to the expression “transmit data or a signal through a physical channel”.

Hereinafter, in the disclosure, upper signaling means a method for transferring a signal from a base station to a UE by using a downlink data channel of a physical layer, or transferring the signal from the UE to the base station by using an uplink data channel of the physical layer. The upper signaling may be understood as radio resource control (RRC) signaling or media access control (MAC) control element (CE).

Further, in the disclosure, although the expression “more than” or “less than” is used to determine whether to satisfy or fulfill a specific condition, this is merely exemplary, and does not exclude the description “equal to or more than” or “equal to or less than” The condition described as “equal to or more than” may be replaced by “more than”, the condition described as “equal to or less than” may be replaced by “less than”, and the condition described as “equal to or more than and less than” may be replaced by “more than and equal to or less than”.

A wireless communication system was initially developed for the purpose of providing a voice-oriented service, but has been expanded to, for example, a broadband wireless communication system that provides a high-speed and high-quality packet data service like communication standards, such as 3GPP high speed packet access (HSPA), long term evolution (LTE) or evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Pro, 3GPP2 high rate packet data (HRPD), ultra mobile broadband (UMB), and IEEE 802.16e.

In the LTE system that is a representative example of the broadband wireless communication systems, a downlink (DL) adopts an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and an uplink (UL) adopts a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) scheme. The uplink means a radio link in which a user equipment (UE) or a mobile station (MS) transmits data or a control signal to a base station (eNode B or BS), and the downlink means a radio link in which the base station transmits data or a control signal to the UE. According to the above-described multiple access schemes, generally, data or control information for each user is discriminated from each other by performing an allocation and an operation so as to prevent the time-frequency resources for carrying the data or control information for each user from overlapping each other, that is, to establish orthogonality.

In the 5G communication system that is beyond the LTE, since it is necessary to freely reflect various requirements of users and service providers, services simultaneously satisfying the various requirements should be supported. Services being considered for the 5G communication system are enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communication (mMTC), and ultra-reliability low-latency communication (URLLC).

The eMBB may aim at providing of more improved data rate than the data rate supported by the existing LTE, LTE-A, or LTE-Pro. For example, in the 5G communication system, it is required that, from the viewpoint of one base station, the eMBB provide a peak data rate of 20 Gbps on the downlink and a peak data rate of 10 Gbps on the uplink. Further, the 5G communication system should provide a user perceived data rate of increased UEs simultaneously with providing the peak data rate. In order to satisfy such requirements, improvement of various transmission/reception technologies including more improved multi input multi output (MIMO) transmission technology is required. Further, in the 5G system, it becomes possible to satisfy the data rate required in the 5G communication system by using a frequency bandwidth that is wider than 20 MHz in the frequency band of 3 to 6 GHz or 6 GHz or more whereas in the LTE, signal transmission is performed using the maximum transmission bandwidth of 20 MHz in the 2 GHz band used in the LTE.

At the same time, in order to support application services, such as Internet of things (IoT), in the 5G communication system, the mMTC is under consideration. In order to efficiently provide the Internet of things in the mMTC, massive UE access support, UE coverage improvement, improved battery time, and UE cost reduction are required in a cell. Since the Internet of things is attached to various sensors and appliances to provide communication functions, it should support a large number of UEs (e.g., 1,000,000 UEs/km 2 ) in the cell. Further, since there is a high possibility that a UE supporting the mMTC is located in a shaded area that is unable to be covered by the cell, such as underground of a building, due to the characteristics of the service, a wider coverage is demanded as compared with other services being provided by the 5G communication system. The UE supporting the mMTC should be configured as an inexpensive UE, and since it is difficult to frequently replace a battery of the UE, a very long battery life time, such as 10 to 15 years, is required.

Last, the URLLC is a cellular-based wireless communication service that is used for a specific purpose (mission-critical). For example, services used for remote control of a robot or machinery, industrial automation, unmanned aerial vehicle, remote health care, and emergency alert may be considered. Accordingly, the communication being provided by the URLLC should provide a very low latency and a very high reliability. For example, a service supporting the URLLC should satisfy an air interface latency that is shorter than 0.5 milliseconds and has packet error rate requirements of 10 −5 or less at the same time. Accordingly, for the service supporting the URLLC, the 5G system should provide a transmit time interval (TTI) that is shorter than that of other services, and it requires design matters to allocate wide resources in the frequency band in order to secure reliability of a communication link at the same time.

Three kinds of services in the 5G, that is, the eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC may be multiplexed and transmitted by one system. In this case, in order to satisfy different requirements of the respective services, different transmission/reception techniques and transmission/reception parameters may be used between the services.

Hereinafter, a frame structure of LTE and LTE-A systems will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the basic structure of a time-frequency domain that is a radio resource area in which the data or control channel is transmitted in LTE.

In FIG. 1 , a horizontal axis represents a time domain, and a vertical axis represents a frequency domain. The minimum transmission unit in the time domain is an OFDM symbol, and N symb ( 101 ) OFDM symbols are gathered to constitute one slot 102 , and two slots are gathered to constitute one subframe 103 . The length of the slot is 0.5 ms, and the length of the subframe is 1.0 ms. Further, a radio frame 104 is a time domain unit composed of 10 subframes. The minimum transmission unit in the frequency domain is a subcarrier, and the bandwidth of the overall system transmission band is composed of total N BW ( 105 ) subcarriers. In the time-frequency domain, the basic resource unit is a resource element (RE) 106 , and may be represented as an OFDM symbol index and a subcarrier index. A resource block (RB) (or physical resource block (PRB)) 107 is defined as N symb ( 101 ) successive OFDM symbols in the time domain and N RB ( 108 ) successive subcarriers in the frequency domain. Accordingly, one RB ( 108 ) is composed of N symb ×N RB REs ( 106 ). In general, the minimum transmission unit of data is the unit of the RB, and in the LTE system, it is general that N symb =7 and N RB =12, and N BW is in proportion to the bandwidth of the system transmission band.

Next, downlink control information (DCI) in the LTE and LTE-A systems will be described in detail.

In the LTE system, scheduling information on downlink data or uplink data is transferred from a base station to a UE through DCI. The DCI defines several formats, and the determined DCI formation is applied and operated depending on whether the scheduling information is for the uplink data or the downlink data, whether the DCI is compact DCI having a small size of control information, whether to apply spatial multiplexing using multiple antennas, and whether the DCI is for power control. For example, DCI format 1 that is scheduling control information on the downlink data is configured to include at least the following control information.

Resource allocation type 0/1 flag: This notifies whether a resource allocation type is type 0 or type 1. The type 0 allocates a resource in a resource block group (RBG) unit by applying a bitmap method. In the LTE system, the basic scheduling unit is a resource block (RB) that is expressed as time and resource area resources, and an RBG is composed of a plurality of RBs, and becomes the basic scheduling unit in type 0. The type 1 allocates a specific RB within the RBG. Resource block assignment: This notifies of an RB allocated to data transmission. The resource being expressed is determined in accordance with the system bandwidth and the resource allocation type. Modulation and coding scheme (MCS): This notifies of a modulation type used for data transmission and the size of a transport block that is data to be transmitted. HARQ process number: This notifies of a process number of HARQ. New data indicator: This notifies of whether the transmission is an HARQ initial transmission or retransmission. Redundancy version: This notifies of an HARQ redundancy version. Transmit power control (TPC) command for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH): This notifies of a transmit power control command for PUCCH that is an uplink control channel.

The DCI passes through the channel coding and modulation process, and is transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that is a downlink physical control channel.

A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is attached to a DCI message payload, and the CRC is scrambled with a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) corresponding to the identity of the UE. Different RNTIs are used depending on the purpose of a DCI message, for example, UE-specific data transmission, power control command or random access response. That is, the RNTI is not explicitly transmitted, but is included in a CRC calculation process and is transmitted. If the DCI message being transmitted on the PDCCH is received, the UE identifies the CRC by using the allocated RNTI, and if the CRC identification result is correct, it can be known that the corresponding message has been transmitted to the UE.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating PDCCH 201 that is a downlink physical channel on which DCI of the LTE is transmitted.

According to FIG. 2 , the PDCCH 201 is time-multiplexed with a PDSCH 202 that is a data transmission channel, and is transmitted over the entire system bandwidth. The area of the PDCCH 201 is expressed by the number of OFDM symbols, and this is indicated to a UE as a control format indicator (CFI) that is transmitted through a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH). By allocating the PDCCH 201 to an OFDM symbol that comes to a front part of a subframe, the UE can decode the downlink scheduling allocation as soon as possible, and through this, it is possible to reduce the decoding delay for the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), that is, the entire downlink transmission delay. Since one PDCCH can carry one DCI message, and a plurality of UEs can be simultaneously scheduled to the downlink and the uplink, transmission of a plurality of PDCCHs is simultaneously performed in each cell. As a reference signal for decoding the PDCCH 201 , a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) 203 is used. The CRS 203 is transmitted every subframe across the whole band, and scrambling and resource mapping differ in accordance with a cell identity (ID). Since the CRS 203 is a reference signal commonly used by all UEs, the UE-specific beamforming is unable to be used. Accordingly, the multi-antenna transmission techniques for the PDCCH of the LTE is limited to open-loop transmit diversity. The number of CRS ports is implicitly known to the UE through decoding of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

The resource allocation of the PDCCH 201 is based on a control-channel element (CCE), and one CCE is composed of 9 resource element groups (REGs), that is, total 36 resource elements (REs). The number of CCEs required for the specific PDCCH 201 may be 1, 2, 4, or 8, and may differ depending on the channel coding rate of a DCI message payload. The different numbers of CCEs as described above are used to implement link adaptation of the PDCCH 201 . The UE should detect a signal in a state where it does not know the information on the PDCCH 201 , and thus, in the LTE, a search space that represents a set of CCEs for blind decoding has been defined. The search space is composed of a plurality of sets at each CCE aggregation level (AL), and the search space is not explicitly signaled, but may be implicitly defined through a function by a UE identity and the subframe number. In each subframe, the UE performs decoding of the PDCCH 201 with respect to all possible resource candidates that can be made from the CCEs in the configured search space, and processes information declared as valid to the corresponding UE through the CRC identification.

The search space is classified into a UE-specific search space and a common search space. The UEs in the certain group or all UEs may check the common search space of the PDCCH 201 in order to receive cell-common control information, such as dynamic scheduling for system information or paging message. For example, the UE may receive the DL-SCH scheduling allocation information for transmission of system information block (SIB)-1 including service provider information of the cell by checking the common search space of the PDCCH 201 .

In the LTE, the entire PDCCH area is composed of a set of CCEs in a logical area, and the search space composed of the set of CCEs exists. The search space is divided into a common search space and a UE-specific search space, and the search space for the LTE PDCCH is defined as in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1

The set of PDCCH candidates to monitor are defined in terms of search spaces,

where a search space S k (L) at aggregation level L ∈ {1, 2, 4, 8} is defined by a set of

PDCCH candidates. For each serving cell on which PDCCH is monitored, the CCEs

corresponding to PDCCH candidate m of the search space S k (L) are given by

L {(Y k + m′) mod └N CCE,k /L┘} + i

where Y k is defined below, i = 0, . . . , L − 1. For the common search space m′ = m.

For the PDCCH UE specific search space, for the serving cell on which PDCCH is

monitored, if the monitoring UE is configured with carrier indicator field then

m′ = m + M (L) · n CI where n CI is the carrier indicator field value, else if the

monitoring UE is not configured with carrier indicator field then m′ = m, where

m = 0, . . . , M (L) − 1. M (L) is the number of PDCCH candidates to monitor in the

given search space.

Note that the carrier indicator field value is the same as ServCellIndex

For the common search spaces, Y k is set to 0 for the two aggregation levels L = 4

and L = 8.

For the UE-specific search space S k (L) at aggregation level L , the variable Y k is

defined by

Y k = ( A · Y k−1 ) mod D

where Y −1 = n RNTI ≠ 0, A = 39827 , D = 65537 and k = └n s /2┘, n s is the slot

number within a radio frame.

The RNTI value used for n RNTI is defined in subclause 7.1 in downlink and

subclause 8 in uplink.

According to the definition of the search space for the PDCCH as described above, the UE-specific search space is not explicitly signaled, and is implicitly defined through a function by a UE identity and a subframe number. In other words, the UE-specific search space may be changed in accordance with the subframe number, and this means that the UE-specific search space may be changed according to time, and through this, it is possible to solve a problem (blocking problem) in that a specific UE is unable to use the search space by other UEs among UEs. If all CCEs being checked by a certain UE have already been used by other UEs scheduled in the same subframe, and thus the specific UE is unable to be scheduled in the corresponding subframe, the search space is changed according to time, and thus such a problem may not occur in the next subframe. For example, even if parts of the UE-specific search spaces of UE #1 and UE #2 overlap each other, the UE-specific search space is changed for each subframe, and thus it can be expected that the overlapping in the next subframe differs from that in the corresponding subframe. According to the definition of the search space for the PDCCH as described above, the UEs of a specific group or all UEs should receive the PDCCH in case of the common search space, and thus the common search space is defined as a pre-engaged set of CCEs. In other words, the common search space is not changed in accordance with the identity of the UE or the subframe number. Although the common search space exists for transmission of various system messages, it may also be used to transmit control information of an individual UE. Through this, the common search space may also be used as a solution for the phenomenon that the UE is unable to be scheduled due to lack of available resources in the UE-specific search space.

The search space is a set of candidate control channels composed of the CCEs that the UE should attempt to perform decoding at a given aggregation level, and since there are several aggregation levels to make a bundle of 1, 2, 4, or 8 CCEs, the UE has a plurality of search spaces. On the LTE PDCCH, the number of PDCCH candidates that should be monitored by the UE in the search space defined in accordance with the aggregation level is defined as in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2

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Aggregation

Size

Number of PDCCH

Type

level L

[in CCEs]

candidates M (L)

UE-specific

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6

6

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2

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According to Table 2 above, in case of the UE-specific search space, the UE supports the aggregation level {1, 2, 4, 8}, and in this case, the UE has {6, 6, 2, 2}-numbered PDCCH candidates. In case of the common search space, the UE supports the aggregation level {4, 8}, and in this case, the UE has {4, 2}-numbered PDCCH candidates. The reason why the common search space supports only the aggregation level {4, 8} is to improve coverage characteristics since a system message should generally reach the cell edge. The DCI that is transmitted to the common search space is defined only with respect to a specific DCI format, such as 0/1A/3/3A/1C, corresponding to the purpose of power control for the system message or the UE group. In the common search space, the DCI format having spatial multiplexing is not supported. The downlink DCI format that should be decoded in the UE-specific search space differs depending on a transmission mode configured with respect to the corresponding UE. Since the configuration of the transmission mode is performed through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, an accurate subframe number corresponding to whether the corresponding configuration takes effect on the corresponding UE has not been designated. Accordingly, the UE can operate so as not to lose communication by always performing decoding with respect to the DCI format 1A regardless of the transmission mode.

As described above, the method for transmitting and receiving the downlink control channel and the downlink control information and the search space in the conventional LTE and LTE-A have been described.

Hereinafter, the downlink control channel in the 5G communication system being currently discussed will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a basic unit of time and frequency resources constituting a downlink control channel that can be used in 5G. According to FIG. 3 , the basic unit REG of time and frequency resources constituting a control channel is composed of 1 OFDM symbol 301 on the time axis, and 12 subcarriers 302 , that is, 1 RB, on the frequency axis. By assuming that the time-axis basic unit is 1 OFDM symbol 301 in constituting the basic unit of the control channel, a data channel and a control channel may be time-multiplexed in one subframe. By locating the control channel in front of the data channel, user's processing time can be reduced, and thus it is easy to satisfy latency requirements. By configuring the frequency-axis basic unit of the control channel to 1 RB 302 , the frequency multiplexing between the control channel and the data channel may be performed more efficiently.

A control channel resource set of various sizes may be configured by concatenating REG 303 illustrated in FIG. 3 . As an example, if it is assumed that the basic unit to which the downlink control channel is allocated in the 5G is CCE 304 , 1 CCE 304 may be composed of a plurality of REGs 303 . In case of exemplifying the REG 304 illustrated in FIG. 3 , if the REG 303 may be composed of 12 REs, and 1 CCE 304 is composed of 6 REGs 303 , it means that 1 CCE 304 may be composed of 72 REs. If the downlink control resource set is configured, the corresponding set may be composed of a plurality of CCEs 304 , and a specific downlink control channel may be mapped onto one or a plurality of CCEs 304 to be transmitted in accordance with the aggregation level (AL) in the control resource set. The CCEs 304 in the control resource set may be discriminated by their numbers, and in this case, the number may be given in accordance with a logical mapping method.

The basic unit of the downlink control channel illustrated in FIG. 3 , that is, the REG 303 , may include all of REs onto which the DCI is mapped and an area onto which a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) 305 that is a reference signal for decoding the REs is mapped. As illustrated in FIG. 3 , the DMRS 305 may be transmitted in six REs in one REG 303 . For reference, since the DMRS 303 is transmitted by using precoding, such as a mapped control signal in the REG 303 , the UE can decode the control information even without information on which precoding the base station applies.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control resource set (CORESET) in which a downlink control channel is transmitted in a 5G wireless communication system. FIG. 4 illustrates an example in which a system bandwidth 410 is configured on the frequency axis, and two control resource sets (control resource set #1 401 and control resource set #2 402 ) are configured in one slot 420 (it is assumed that one slot corresponds to 14 OFDM symbols in an example of FIG. 4 ) on the time axis. The control resource sets 401 and 402 may be configured as a specific subband 403 in the entire system bandwidth 410 on the frequency axis. On the time axis, one or a plurality of OFDM symbols may be configured, and this may be defined as a control resource set duration 404 . In an example of FIG. 4 , the control resource set #1 401 is configured as the control resource set duration of two symbols, and the control resource set #2 402 is configured as the control resource set duration of one symbol.

The control resource set in the 5G as described above may be configured by the base station to the UE through upper layer signaling (e.g., system information, master information block (MIB), and RRC signaling). Configuring of the control resource set to the UE means providing of information, such as location of the control resource set, subband, resource allocation of the control resource set, and control resource set duration. For example, the following information may be included.

TABLE 3

Configuration information 1. Frequency-axis RB allocation information

Configuration information 2. Control resource set start symbol

Configuration information 3. Control resource set symbol length

Configuration information 4. REG bundling size (2 or 3 or 6)

Configuration information 5. Transmission mode (interleaved transmission

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1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a synchronization signal block (SSB) included in frequency division multiplexed SSBs based on blind detection; identifying that the SSB belongs to a first SSB group corresponding to a first frequency domain, based on information on an SSB group, wherein the information on the SSB group is included in the SSB and indicates a location of a frequency domain associated with the frequency division multiplexed SSBs; determining a second frequency domain corresponding to a second SSB group based on the information on the SSB group; and receiving, from the base station, an SSB belonging to the second SSB group based on the second frequency domain.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the SSB group is included in at least one of a primary synchronization sequence (PSS), a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS), or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of the SSB belonging to the first SSB group.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the SSB group includes an SSB group index to which an SSB belongs.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the SSB group includes information on a total number of SSB groups and an SSB group index to which an SSB belongs.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, a random access channel (RACH) preamble on an RACH occasion corresponding to an SSB selected based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) of SSBs belonging to the first SSB group and the second SSB group.

6 . A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining a synchronization signal block (SSB) group to which each of SSBs belongs, wherein each SSB group is related to a different frequency domain; generating frequency division multiplexed SSBs based on a resource mapping of the SSBs; and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the frequency division multiplexed SSBs, wherein information on the SSB group is included in an SSB of the frequency division multiplexed SSBs and indicates a location of a frequency domain associated with the frequency division multiplexed SSBs, wherein a first frequency domain corresponding to a first SSB group including the SSB and a second frequency domain corresponding to a second SSB group including another SSB is determined by the UE based on the reception of the SSB.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the information on the SSB group is included in at least one of a primary synchronization sequence (PSS), a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS), or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of the SSB belonging to the first SSB group.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the information on the SSB group includes information on a total number of SSB groups and an SSB group index to which an SSB belongs.

9 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, a random access channel (RACH) preamble on an RACH occasion corresponding to an SSB selected based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) of SSBs belonging to the first SSB group and the second SSB group.

10 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and a controller coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a base station, a synchronization signal block (SSB) included in frequency division multiplexed SSBs based on blind detection,

identify that the SSB belongs to a first SSB group corresponding to a first frequency domain, based on information on an SSB group, wherein the information on the SSB group is included in the SSB and indicates a location of a frequency domain associated with the frequency division multiplexed SSBs,

determine a second frequency domain corresponding to a second SSB group based on the information on the SSB group, and

receive, from the base station, an SSB belonging to the second SSB group based on the second frequency domain.

11 . The UE of claim 10 ,

wherein the information on the SSB group is included in at least one of a primary synchronization sequence (PSS), a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS), or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of the SSB belonging to the first SSB group, and wherein the information on the SSB group includes information on a total number of SSB groups and an SSB group index to which an SSB belongs.

12 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to the base station, a random access channel (RACH) preamble on an RACH occasion corresponding to an SSB selected based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) of SSBs belonging to the first SSB group and the second SSB group.

13 . A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and a controller coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

determine a synchronization signal block (SSB) group to which each of SSBs belongs, wherein each SSB group is related to a different frequency domain,

generate frequency division multiplexed SSBs based on a resource mapping of the SSBs, and

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), the frequency division multiplexed SSBs, wherein information on the SSB group is included in an SSB of the frequency division multiplexed SSBs and indicates a location of a frequency domain associated with the frequency division multiplexed SSBs,

wherein a first frequency domain corresponding to a first SSB group including the SSB and a second frequency domain corresponding to a second SSB group including another SSB is determined by the UE based on the reception of the SSB.

14 . The base station of claim 13 ,

wherein the information on the SSB group is included in at least one of a primary synchronization sequence (PSS), a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS), or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of the SSB belonging to the first SSB group, and wherein the information on the SSB group includes information on a total number of SSB groups and an SSB group index to which an SSB belongs.

15 . The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from the UE, a random access channel (RACH) preamble on an RACH occasion corresponding to an SSB selected based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) of SSBs belonging to the first SSB group and the second SSB group.

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