Patent ID: 11963049
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A network-side device that extends application of New Radio (NR) to a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), wherein the network-side device of the NTN comprises a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:
allocate, to n NTN cell, at least one of the following information: a frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, a frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) dedicated to the NTN cell, wherein the frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, the frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, or the PCI dedicated to the NTN cell is different from a frequency band, a frequency, or a PCI allocated to a Terrestrial Network (TN) cell; and
notify User Equipment (UE) of at least one of the following information: a frequency band indicator of the frequency band, the frequency, and the PCI.