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AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorAmitav Mukherjee
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Apparatus and methods for improving coverage and/or power-saving in a wireless network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide mechanisms for wireless user device (such as e.g., a 3GPP-compliant UE) to utilize downlink transmissions related to a first access technology (e.g., LTE) to enhance the detection and reception of downlink transmissions from a second access technology (e.g., 5G NR). In one variant, transmissions relating both access technologies are multiplexed on a shared frequency channel; a UE trying to detect 5G NR transmissions from a gNB leverages the easier detection of certain LTE signals such as PSS to enhance detection of the 5G NR signals. Moreover, the location of the LTE PSS (or SSS) can be used to indirectly assist a UE with detection of the NR SSB, such as via reduction of the number of noise-only samples passed to the NR PSS/SSS autocorrelation detector.
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A computerized method of data processing by a computerized user device configured for reception of first wireless signals and second wireless signals via a wireless network, the computerized method comprising:
Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a processing apparatus of a computerized user device in data communication with one or more access nodes of a wireless network, cause the computerized user device to:
A computerized user device configured for use within a wireless network and configured for wireless communication with one or more access nodes, the computerized user device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.