Data-aided SSB signal processing

1 . A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a target synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station;

obtaining received data carried in a broadcast channel of the target SSB;

reconstructing, based on received data carried in a broadcast channel of a previously received SSB, transmitted data placed in the broadcast channel of the target SSB at the base station; and

performing a channel estimation and/or synchronization based on a comparison of the received data and the transmitted data of the target SSB.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, from the target SSB, a received primary synchronization signal (PSS), a received secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and received PBCH demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in the broadcast channel; and

determining, based on one or more configurations, a transmitted PSS, a transmitted SSS, and a transmitted PBCH DMRS that are placed in the target SSB at the base station, wherein the channel estimation and/or synchronization is performed further based on a comparison of the received PSS and the transmitted PSS, a comparison of the received SSS and the transmitted SSS, a comparison of the received data and the transmitted data, and a comparison of the received PBCH DMRS and the transmitted PBCH DMRS.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparison of the received data and the transmitted data of the target SSB includes:

determining respective received data and transmitted data in each of one or more resource elements of the broadcast channel;

determining a respective channel frequency response (CFR) corresponding to each of the one or more resource elements based on the respective received data and the transmitted data in each of the resource elements; and

determining a channel impulse response (CIR) generated from CFRs corresponding to the one or more resource elements.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reconstructing comprises:

deriving master information block (MIB) data to be transmitted in the target SSB based on MIB data decoded from the previously received SSB; and

encoding the derived MIB data using a same encoder as used by the base station to generate encoded bits corresponding to the transmitted data.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the comparison includes

comparing the received data in resource elements of the broadcast channel with the encoded bits generated from the derived MIB data to determine channel frequency responses for the resource elements carrying the MIB data,

wherein the channel estimation and/or synchronization is performed using the determined channel frequency responses.

6 . A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a target time domain signal carrying a target synchronization signal block (SSB), the target SSB including received data carried in a broadcast channel of the target SSB;

reconstructing, based on received data carried in a broadcast channel of a previously received SSB, transmitted data placed in the broadcast channel of the target SSB at the base station;

generating a reference time domain signal based on the reconstructed transmitted data; and

performing a channel estimation based on a comparison of the target time domain signal and the reference time domain signal.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the comparison of the target time domain signal and the reference time domain signal determines a correlation between the target time domain signal and the reference time domain signal.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining a channel impulse response (CIR) according to the correlation.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the target SSB further includes a received primary synchronization signal (PSS), a received secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and received PBCH demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in the broadcast channel;

the method further comprising:

determining, based on one or more configurations, a transmitted PSS, a transmitted SSS, and transmitted PBCH DMRSs that are placed in the target SSB at the base station, wherein the reference time domain signal is generated further based on the transmitted PSS, the transmitted SSS, and the transmitted PBCH DMRSs.

10 . An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus being a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive a target synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station;

obtain received data carried in a broadcast channel of the target SSB;

reconstruct, based on received data carried in a broadcast channel of a previously received SSB, transmitted data placed in the broadcast channel of the target SSB at the base station; and

perform a channel estimation and/or synchronization based on a comparison of the received data and the transmitted data of the target SSB.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain, from the target SSB, a received primary synchronization signal (PSS), a received secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and received PBCH demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in the broadcast channel; and

determine, based on one or more configurations, a transmitted PSS, a transmitted SSS, and a transmitted PBCH DMRS that are placed in the target SSB at the base station, wherein the channel estimation and/or synchronization is performed further based on a comparison of the received PSS and the transmitted PSS, a comparison of the received SSS and the transmitted SSS, a comparison of the received data and the transmitted data, and a comparison of the received PBCH DMRS and the transmitted PBCH DMRS.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein to compare of the received data and the transmitted data of the target SSB, the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine respective received data and transmitted data in each of one or more resource elements of the broadcast channel;

determine a respective channel frequency response (CFR) corresponding to each of the one or more resource elements based on the respective received data and the transmitted data in each of the resource elements; and

determine a channel impulse response (CIR) generated from CFRs corresponding to the one or more resource elements.