Beam-combining scheme with broadcast beam-sweeping and beam-index indication

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for receiving a first beam and a second beam of a plurality of beams from a base station, the first beam including broadcast information and a first beam index information jointly encoded together, and the second beam including broadcast information and a second beam index information jointly encoded together;
• means for determining a log likelihood ratio (LLR), said means for determining the LLR being configured to determine a first LLR of the first beam and a second LLR of the second beam;
• and
• means for decoding the broadcast information and the first beam index information in the first beam based on both the first LLR and the second LLR.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive a first beam and a second beam of a plurality of beams from a base station, the first beam including broadcast information and a first beam index information jointly encoded together, and the second beam including broadcast information and a second beam index information jointly encoded together;
• determine a first log likelihood ratio (LLR) of the first beam;
• determine a second LLR of the second beam;
• and
• decode the broadcast information and the first beam index information in the first beam based on both the first LLR and the second LLR.

A non-transitory computer readable medium of a user equipment (UE) storing computer executable code, comprising code to:

• receive a first beam and a second beam of a plurality of beams from a base station, the first beam including broadcast information and a first beam index information jointly encoded together, and the second beam including broadcast information and a second beam index information jointly encoded together;
• determine a first log likelihood ratio (LLR) of the first beam;
• determine a second LLR of the second beam;
• and
• decode the broadcast information and the first beam index information in the first beam based on both the first LLR and the second LLR.