Patent Description:
Some communication systems (for example, <NUM>) support a plurality of operating modes, such as the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode. In other words, the system operating mode of the terminal may support the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode. In addition, at present, the terminal determines the system operating mode based on the band only, but in the future, there may be some bands which are licensed bands in some regions or situations, and may be configured as unlicensed bands in other regions or situations. In this way, if the system operating mode is still determined based on the band, a system operating mode error of the terminal may occur.

<CIT> discloses that the mode selection module may determine the frequency band to be used, and thus whether the device is to operate in an unlicensed spectrum mode or licensed spectrum mode based on user input and/or location information provided by GPS receiver.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining a system operating mode and a terminal to solve the problem that an error may occur in the system operating mode of the terminal when the terminal determines the system operating mode based on the band.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for determining a system operating mode which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a second aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer program product which is defined in claim <NUM>.

The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are some rather than all of the embodiments of the present invention.

The term "include" and any other variants in the specification and claims of this application mean to cover the non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a list of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units, but may include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, product, or device. In addition, "and/or" used in the description and the claims means at least one of the connected objects. For example, A and/or B represents the following three cases: Only A exists, only B exists, and both A and B exist.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the term such as "exemplary" or "for example" is used to represent an example, an instance, or a description. Any embodiment or design solution described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or design solutions. To be precise, the use of the term such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present a related concept in a specific manner.

The method for determining a system operating mode and a terminal provided in the embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a wireless communications system. The wireless communication system may be a New Radio (New Radio, NR) system or other systems such as an LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) system, a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, or a subsequent evolution communication system.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural diagram of a network system to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied. As shown in <FIG>, the network system includes a terminal <NUM> and a network device <NUM>, where the terminal <NUM> may be user equipment (User Equipment, UE) or other terminal side devices such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), a wearable device (Wearable Device), or a robot. It should be noted that a specific type of the terminal <NUM> is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. The network device <NUM> may be a base station in <NUM>, <NUM>, or later releases, or a base station in other communications systems, or is referred to as a Node B, an Evolved Node B, a transmission reception point (Transmission Reception Point, TRP), an access point (Access Point, AP), or other words in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The network device is not limited to specific technical words. In addition, the network device <NUM> may be a master node (Master Node, MN) or a secondary node (Secondary Node, SN). It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present invention, the <NUM> base station is merely used as an example, but a specific type of the network device is not limited.

Referring to <FIG> is a flowchart of a method for determining a system operating mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method is performed by a terminal.

Step <NUM>, obtain first information, where the first information is information detected or received by the terminal.

The obtaining first information may be obtaining the first information in a case that an operating band of the terminal includes the first band, for example, the terminal obtains the first information through detection or receiving.

It should be noted that the first information detected or received by the terminal refers to the information determined by the terminal through an operation of detection or receiving. For example, geographical location information, a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal block, SSB) or other downlink signals.

Step <NUM>, determine a system operating mode of the terminal in a first band based on the first information, where the system operating mode includes a licensed mode and an unlicensed mode.

The determining a system operating mode of the terminal in a first band based on the first information may be determining a system operating mode explicitly or implicitly indicated by the first information as the system operating mode in the first band. For example, the first information explicitly or implicitly indicates that the first band is a licensed band, thereby determining a licensed mode, or the first information explicitly or implicitly indicates that the first band is an unlicensed band, thereby determining an unlicensed mode.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, the unlicensed mode may also be referred to as a shared frequency domain access mode or a shared transmission mode.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the system operating mode of the terminal in the first band may be accurately determined by using the first information, so as to avoid a system operating mode error of the terminal.

As an optional implementation, the first information includes geographical location information detected by the terminal; and the determining a system operating mode of the terminal in a first band based on the first information includes:
determining the system operating mode of the terminal in the first band based on a location area to which the geographical location information belongs.

The geographical location information may be information about current geographical location (for example, a country or a region) of the terminal obtained by the terminal through a positioning system (for example, the GPS, the Beidou system, or the like). Therefore, the terminal determines that the first band is a licensed band or an unlicensed band based on the geographical location thereof, and then determines the system operating mode of the band.

It should be noted that configurations of the first band may vary with countries or regions. For example, in some countries or regions, the first band is configured as a licensed band, while in another country or region, the first band is configured as an unlicensed band. For example, in some countries, the <NUM>/<NUM> band is configured as the unlicensed band, while in other countries, the <NUM>/<NUM> band is configured as the licensed band. In this way, the system operating mode of the terminal in the first band may be determined based on the geographical location information.

An example is as follows:
The terminal obtains current geographical location (a country or a region) information through the positioning system (for example, the GPS, the Beidou system, or the like) before initial access. The terminal determines the system operating mode of the band based on a licensed mode of the first band of the current geographical location (a country or a region), and performs initial access and subsequent processing based on the determined system operating mode of the band. If there is no positioning signal during the initial access of the terminal, the last positioning information or the operating mode of the last access system may be used to determine the operating mode for access.

The first information includes related information of an SSB detected by the terminal in initial access on the first band, where
related information of the SSB when the first band is allocated as a licensed band is different from relevant information of the SSB when the first band is allocated as an unlicensed band.

The related information of the SSB may be information related to the SSB.

In this implementation, the system operating mode of the first band may be indicated by using different related information of the SSB.

The related information of the SSB includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the related information of the SSB further includes at least one of the following:.

The frequency location of a synchronization raster of the SSB may be understood as that the frequency points of the synchronization raster on the first band are classified in advance, and a part of the frequency points can only be used to send the SSB in the licensed mode, and the other part of the frequency points can only be used to send the SSB in the unlicensed mode, so that the system operating mode can be accurately determined. Similarly, some channels may be configured to send the SSBs in the licensed mode, and other part of the channels can only send the SSBs in the unlicensed mode. Further, the channel number may be a global synchronization channel number (Global Synchronization Channel Number, GSCN).

An example is as follows:
For the synchronization raster defined in the first band (corresponding to a set of GSCN frequency point numbers), it is clear that a set S1 of a part of frequency points of the synchronization raster is the location of the frequency points in which the SSB is sent in the licensed mode system, and a set S2 of the other part of the frequency points of the synchronization raster is the location of the frequency points in which the SSB is sent in the unlicensed mode system. Specifically, two band (band) numbers are defined, one band number is corresponding to the licensed mode, and the other band number is corresponding to the unlicensed mode. For example, the synchronization rasters S1 and S2 are defined for the first band and the second band respectively, and the two bands are orthogonal and have no intersection. The terminal searches all synchronization rasters defined on the two bands, determines a transmission band number and thus determines the licensed mode. When the detected PSS and SSS are in the frequency point in which the SSB is sent in the unlicensed mode system, the terminal performs the initial access and subsequent operations based on the process defined in the unlicensed mode; otherwise, the licensed mode is used.

Further, in combination with the geographical location information, when the terminal can obtain the location information and get the licensed mode of the frequency spectrum in the country/region corresponding to the location information, searching and detection for the SSB is only performed on the synchronization raster corresponding to the licensed mode, which can reduce power consumption.

The feature information of at least one of the PSS, the SSS, and the DMRS may be independent feature information of each of the PSS, the SSS, and the DMRS, or common feature information among the PSS, the SSS, and the DMRS. For example, the feature information of at least one of the PSS, the SSS, and the DMRS of the SSB includes at least one of the following:.

For example, in the time domain or frequency domain location relationship between the PSS and the SSS, if the PSS is before the SSS, the licensed mode is used; if the PSS is after the SSS, the unlicensed mode is used. Certainly, this is just an example.

For example, the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode can be distinguished by configuring different phase differences for the PSS and the SSS. Likewise, the cyclic shift of the PSS or the SSS may be configured differently to distinguish the licensed mode from the unlicensed mode, and the cyclic shift of the PSS may further be configured to be different from the cyclic shift of the SSS to distinguish the licensed mode from the unlicensed mode.

In addition, the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode can be distinguished by configuring different sequences for the PSS and/or the SSS. For example, a part of the PSS/SSS sequences are used for licensed mode transmission, and the other part of the PSS/SSS sequences are used for unlicensed mode transmission.

Likewise, the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode can be distinguished by configuring different phases or cyclic shifts for the DMRS. Further, the DMRS may be a DMRS of a physical broadcast channel (Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH).

An example is as follows:
The protocol specifies operating mode information of the feature information delivery system related to the PSS and the SSS, where:.

The time domain location, the SSB index (SSB index), and the candidate SSB index (Candidate SSB index) of the SSB may be information about the time domain location, the SSB index (SSB index), and the candidate SSB index (Candidate SSB index) of the SSB detected by the terminal during the initial access in the first step. For example, it is assumed that the SSB in the licensed mode is in the first half of the frame, and the SSB in the unlicensed mode is in the second half of the frame, or it is assumed that the SSB index <NUM>-<NUM> is used for the licensed mode transmission, and the SSB index <NUM>-<NUM> is used for the unlicensed mode transmission.

An example is as follows:
The protocol specifies that the SSB of the licensed system/unlicensed system is sent at a specific time location of an existing frame structure. The terminal detects the SSB on all synchronization rasters defined in the band, obtains timing information based on decoded SSB information, and determines the specific time location (for example, the first half frame or the SSB index) to which the SSB belongs based on the timing information of the SSB, so as to determine whether the system operating mode is licensed or unlicensed.

The payload (payload) of the SSB may be that the licensed mode or the unlicensed mode is indicated by displaying the payload, for example, the licensed mode or the unlicensed mode is indicated by a reserved bit (reserved bit) in the PBCH.

In this implementation, since the licensed mode or the unlicensed mode is indicated by the related information of the SSB, the transmission overhead is saved without adding any additional signaling.

As an optional implementation, the first information includes system information received by the terminal in initial access on the first band, and the system information is used to indicate that the first band is a licensed band or an unlicensed band.

The system information may be a system message, for example, a system information block (System Information Block, SIB).

Optionally, the system information explicitly or implicitly indicates that the first band is a licensed band or an unlicensed band. The implicit indication may be implicitly indicating that the first band is a licensed band or an unlicensed band through band (band) information of the system information. Further, if the SSB detection process in the licensed mode is inconsistent with the SSB detection process in the unlicensed mode, the terminal may detect the SSB based on the SSB detection process in the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode respectively, and perform blind detection respectively based on the SSB detected in the two SSB detection processes, so as to obtain the system message, such as the SIB message, in one of the blind detections, and then determines the system operating mode; or if master information block (Master Information Block, MIB) information in the licensed mode is inconsistent with master information block information in the unlicensed mode, the terminal may perform blind detection respectively based on the MIB information in the licensed mode and in the unlicensed mode, so as to obtain the system message, such as the SIB message, in one of the blind detections, and then determines the system operating mode.

For example, it may be indicated that the system operating mode is licensed or unlicensed by displaying the MIB information, the SIB information, or the RRC information of the system. The terminal may confirm the system operating mode through the band information in the SIB information, that is, the protocol may number the licensed mode and the unlicensed mode for the same band.

As an optional implementation, the first information includes information received by the terminal through a second band.

The foregoing information is control information received by the terminal through the second band. For example, broadcast SIB or radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) configuration information, and the like.

In addition, the second band and the first band may be bands of different carriers or different cells, for example, the second band is a primary cell (Primary Cell, PCell), and the first band is a secondary cell (Secondary Cell, SCell).

In this implementation, since the first information may be obtained through the second band, it is more effective to ensure that the system operating mode of the terminal is error-free.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the method includes: obtaining first information, where the first information is information detected or received by the terminal; and determining a system operating mode of the terminal in a first band based on the first information, where the system operating mode includes a licensed mode and an unlicensed mode. This may avoid a system operating mode error of the terminal.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, a terminal <NUM> includes:.

Optionally, the first information includes geographical location information detected by the terminal; and the determining a system operating mode of the terminal in a first band based on the first information includes:
determining the system operating mode of the terminal in the first band based on a location area to which the geographical location information belongs.

The first information includes related information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) detected by the terminal in initial access on the first band, where
related information of the SSB when the first band is allocated as a licensed band is different from relevant information of the SSB when the first band is allocated as an unlicensed band.

Optionally, the feature information of at least one of the PSS, the SSS, and the DMRS of the SSB includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the first information includes system information received by the terminal in initial access on the first band, and the system information is used to indicate that the first band is a licensed band or an unlicensed band.

Optionally, the system information explicitly or implicitly indicates that the first band is a licensed band or an unlicensed band.

Optionally, the first information includes information received by the terminal through a second band.

Optionally, the first information includes control information received by the terminal through the second band.

The terminal provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement the processes implemented by the terminal in the method embodiment in <FIG>, and may avoid a system operating mode error of the terminal. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

<FIG> is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiments of the present invention. The terminal <NUM> includes but is not limited to components such as a radio frequency unit <NUM>, a network module <NUM>, an audio output unit <NUM>, an input unit <NUM>, a sensor <NUM>, a display unit <NUM>, a user input unit <NUM>, an interface unit <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a processor <NUM>, and a power supply <NUM>. A person skilled in the art may understand that a structure of the terminal shown in <FIG> does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than those shown in the figure, or combine some components, or have different component arrangements. In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, an in-vehicle terminal, a robot, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The radio frequency unit <NUM> is configured to obtain first information, where the first information is information detected or received by the terminal.

The processor <NUM> determines a system operating mode of the terminal in a first band based on the first information, where the system operating mode includes a licensed mode and an unlicensed mode.

The foregoing terminal may avoid a system operating mode error of the terminal.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may be configured to receive and send information or a signal in a call process. Specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the radio frequency unit <NUM> sends the downlink data to the processor <NUM> for processing. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> sends uplink data to the base station. Usually, the radio frequency unit <NUM> includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may communicate with a network and another device through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides wireless broadband Internet access to a user through the network module <NUM>, for example, helps the user receive and send e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media, and the like.

The audio output unit <NUM> may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM> or stored in the memory <NUM> into an audio signal and output the audio signal as a sound. In addition, the audio output unit <NUM> may further provide an audio output (for example, a call signal received voice, or a message received voice) related to a specific function implemented by the terminal <NUM>. The audio output unit <NUM> includes a speaker, a buzzer, a telephone receiver, and the like.

The input unit <NUM> is configured to receive an audio signal or a video signal. The input unit <NUM> may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) <NUM> and a microphone <NUM>. The graphics processing unit <NUM> is used to process image data of a static picture or a video obtained by an image capturing device (for example, a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. A processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit <NUM>. The image frame processed by the graphics processing unit <NUM> may be stored in the memory <NUM> (or another storage medium) or sent by using the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM>. The microphone <NUM> may receive a sound and can process such sound into audio data. Processed audio data may be converted, in a call mode, into a format that can be sent to a mobile communication base station by using the radio frequency unit <NUM> for output.

The terminal <NUM> further includes at least one sensor <NUM>, for example, a light sensor, a motion sensor, and another sensor. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor may adjust luminance of the display panel <NUM> based on brightness of ambient light. The proximity sensor may turn off the display panel <NUM> and/or backlight when the terminal <NUM> is moved to an ear. As a type of the motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor may detect magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, on three axes), and may detect magnitude and a direction of gravity when being static. The accelerometer sensor may be used for recognizing a terminal gesture (for example, portrait and landscape orientation switching, a related game, or magnetometer posture calibration), a function related to vibration recognition (for example, a pedometer or a strike), or the like. The sensor <NUM> may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, and the like.

The display unit <NUM> is configured to display information input by a user or information provided for a user. The display unit <NUM> may include a display panel <NUM>, and the display panel <NUM> may be configured in a form of a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED), or the like.

The user input unit <NUM> may be configured to receive input digit or character information and generate key signal input related to user setting and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit <NUM> includes a touch panel <NUM> and another input device <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM> is also referred to as a touchscreen, and may collect a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel <NUM> (such as an operation performed by a user on the touch panel <NUM> or near the touch panel <NUM> by using any proper object or accessory, such as a finger or a stylus). The touch panel <NUM> may include two parts: a touch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The touch detection apparatus detects a touch location of the user, detects a signal carried by a touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller.

The touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection apparatus, converts the touch information to touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor <NUM>, and receives and executes a command from the processor <NUM>. In addition, the touch panel <NUM> may be implemented as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared type, a surface acoustic wave type, or the like. In addition to the touch panel <NUM>, the user input unit <NUM> may further include another input device <NUM>. Specifically, the another input device <NUM> may include but is not limited to: a physical keyboard, a function button (such as a volume control button, a switch button), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which is not described herein.

Further, the touch panel <NUM> may cover the display panel <NUM>. After detecting the touch operation for or near the touch panel <NUM>, the touch panel <NUM> transmits the touch operation to the processor <NUM> to determine a type of a touch event, and then the processor <NUM> provides corresponding visual output on the display panel <NUM> based on the type of the touch event. In <FIG>, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> are used as two independent components to implement input and output functions of the terminal. However, in some embodiments, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal. This is not specifically limited herein.

The interface unit <NUM> is an interface connecting an external apparatus to the terminal <NUM>. For example, the external apparatus may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a storage card port, a port configured to connect to an apparatus having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, a headset port, and the like. The interface unit <NUM> may be configured to receive input (for example, data information and power) from the external apparatus and transmit the received input to one or more elements in the terminal <NUM>, or may be configured to transmit data between the terminal <NUM> and the external apparatus.

The memory <NUM> may be configured to store a software program and various data. The memory <NUM> may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, an application required by at least one function (for example, a sound play function or an image display function), and the like. The data storage area may store data (for example, audio data or an address book) or the like created based on use of the mobile phone. In addition, the memory <NUM> may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, for example, at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash storage device, or another volatile solid-state storage device.

The processor <NUM> is a control center of the terminal, and connects all parts of the entire terminal by using various interfaces and lines. By running or executing a software program and/or a module stored in the memory <NUM> and invoking data stored in the memory <NUM>, the processor performs various functions of the terminal and data processing, to perform overall monitoring on the terminal. The processor <NUM> may include one or more processing units. Preferably, an application processor and a modem processor may be integrated into the processor <NUM>. The application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, an application program, and the like. The modem processor mainly processes wireless communications. It can be understood that, alternatively, the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor <NUM>.

The terminal <NUM> may further include the power supply <NUM> (such as a battery) that supplies power to each component. Preferably, the power supply <NUM> may be logically connected to the processor <NUM> by using a power management system, so as to implement functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management by using the power management system.

In addition, the terminal <NUM> includes some function modules not shown, and details are not described herein.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, and a computer program stored in the memory <NUM> and executable on the processor <NUM>. When executed by the processor <NUM>, the computer program implements the processes of the foregoing embodiments of the method for determining a system operating mode, and a same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium. A computer program is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for determining a system operating mode provided in the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented, and a same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (Read-only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

It should be noted that, in this specification, the terms "include", "comprise", or their any other variant is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, a method, an article, or an apparatus that includes a list of elements not only includes those elements but also includes other elements which are not expressly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element limited by "includes a. " does not, without more constraints, preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element.

Based on the descriptions of the foregoing implementations, a person skilled in the art may clearly understand that the method in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented by software in addition to a necessary universal hardware platform or by hardware only. In most circumstances, the former is a preferred implementation. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention essentially or the part contributing to existing technologies may be implemented in a form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc) and includes several instructions for instructing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the methods described in the embodiments of the present invention.

Claim 1:
A method for determining a system operating mode, performed by a terminal (<NUM>), and the method comprising:
obtaining (<NUM>) first information, wherein the first information is information detected or received by the terminal (<NUM>); and
determining (<NUM>) a system operating mode of the terminal (<NUM>) in a first band based on the first information, wherein the system operating mode comprises a licensed mode and an unlicensed mode;
characterized in that the first information comprises related information of a synchronization signal block, SSB, detected by the terminal (<NUM>) in initial access on the first band, wherein related information of the SSB when the first band is allocated as a licensed band is different from relevant information of the SSB when the first band is allocated as an unlicensed band; wherein
the related information of the SSB comprises at least one of following:
a frequency location of a synchronization raster of the SSB;
a channel number of the SSB; and
a time domain location of the SSB.