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US 11,290,145 B2Granted
Data transmission in synchronization slots
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Xiao Feng Wang, Makesh Pravin John Wilson
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for data transmission in synchronization slots. A method for use by a base station for data transmission in synchronization slots includes transmitting a synchronization signal (SS) burst, wherein different SS blocks of the burst are transmitted using different transmit beams and performing frequency division multiplexing (FDM) or time division multiplexing (TDM) to include one or more other types of signals that need to be multicast and are also transmitted using the different transmit beams.
Claims25
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- receive a synchronization signal (SS) burst, wherein a plurality of SS blocks of the SS burst are received using one or more receive beams;
- receive within the SS burst one or more other types of multicast signals that are also received using the one or more receive beams, wherein the one or more other types of multicast signals are frequency division multiplexed with the SS burst, wherein the one or more other types of multicast signals are included for only some SS blocks of the SS burst;
- and
- receive signaling from a base station indicating whether the SS burst includes the one or more other types of multicast signals, wherein the signaling is included in the SS burst, and the signaling further indicates, to the UE, which SS blocks include the one or more other types of multicast signals.
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A base station (BS) comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- transmit a synchronization signal (SS) burst, wherein a plurality of SS blocks of the SS burst are transmitted using one or more transmit beams;
- frequency division multiplex, with the SS burst, one or more other types of multicast signals that are also transmitted using the one or more transmit beams, wherein the one or more other types of multicast signals are included for only some SS blocks of the SS burst;
- and
- transmit signaling to a user equipment (UE), the signaling indicating whether the SS burst includes the one or more other types of multicast signals, wherein the signaling is included in the SS burst, and the signaling further indicates, to the UE, which SS blocks include the one or more other types of multicast signals.
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A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- receive a synchronization signal (SS) burst, wherein a plurality of SS blocks of the SS burst are received using one or more receive beams;
- receive within the SS burst one or more other types of multicast signals that are also received using the one or more receive beams, wherein the one or more other types of multicast signals are included in a duration of the SS burst or in a separate duration by performing time division multiplexing (TDM);
- and
- receive signaling from the base station (BS) indicating whether the SS burst includes the one or more other types of multicast signals, wherein:
- the signaling is included in the SS burst;
- a first set of parameters is used for sweeping SS blocks of the SS burst using the one or more receive beams;
- a second set of parameters is used for sweeping the one or more other types of multicast signals using the one or more receive beams;
- and
- the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters define a number of symbols for a sweep.
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A base station, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- transmit a synchronization signal (SS) burst, wherein a plurality of SS blocks of the SS burst are transmitted using one or more transmit beams;
- perform time division multiplexing (TDM) to include, within a duration of the SS burst or in a separate duration, one or more other types of multicast signals that are also transmitted using the one or more transmit beams;
- and
- transmit signaling to a user equipment (UE) indicating whether the SS burst includes the one or more other types of multicast signals, wherein:
- the signaling is included in the SS burst;
- a first set of parameters is used for sweeping SS blocks of the SS burst using the one or more transmit beams;
- a second set of parameters is used for sweeping the one or more other types of multicast signals using the one or more transmit beams;
- and
- the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters define a number of symbols for a sweep.
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