IP Library Granted Patent US 12696246
Granted Patent B2
US 12696246 · App. 18/165,755 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Multiplexing synchronization signal blocks in frequency

Inventors: Hung Dinh Ly (San Diego, CA); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorproated
H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12696246
App. No.
18/165,755
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of wireless communication at a network entity, comprising transmitting, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing and applying different spatial filtering to different SSBs of a subset transmitted in a same time period.

Claims (40)

1 . A method of wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing;

indicating, in one SSB of the set of SSBs, a number of SSBs in a subset; and

applying different digital beamforming to different SSBs of a subset in the same time period and applying a same analog beamforming to the different SSBs of the subset in the same time period.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying different analog beamforming in different time periods.

3 . A method of wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing;

indicating, in one SSB of the set of SSBs, a number of SSBs in a subset, wherein frequency positions of one or more SSBs in the subset are determined based on one or more frequency offsets relative to a frequency position of at least one other SSB in the same subset or a different subset; and

applying different spatial filtering to different SSBs of a subset transmitted in a same time period.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein values of the one or more frequency offsets depend, at least in part, on a frequency range in which the set of SSBs is transmitted.

5 . A method of wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein:

SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing, and

different SSBs of a subset are transmitted, within a same time period, at frequency positions determined according to a synchronization raster; and

applying different spatial filtering to different SSBs of a subset transmitted in a same time period.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein one or more characteristics of the synchronization raster depend, at least in part, on a number of SSBs in a subset.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more characteristics comprise at least one of a range or step size of the synchronization raster.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the synchronization raster is mapped to one of the SSBs in a subset.

9 . The method of claim 5 , wherein SSBs of the set are mapped to resource elements (REs) in frequency and, subsequently, mapped in time.

10 . The method of claim 5 , wherein SSBs of the set are mapped to resource elements (REs) in time and, subsequently, mapped in frequency.

11 . A network entity configured for wireless communication, comprising:

memory comprising processor-executable instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable instructions and cause the network entity to:

transmit, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing;

indicate, in one SSB of the set of SSBs, a number of SSBs in a subset; and

apply different digital beamforming to different SSBs of a subset in the same time period and applying a same analog beamforming to the different SSBs of the subset in the same time period.

12 . A network entity configured for wireless communication, comprising:

memory comprising processor-executable instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable instructions and cause the network entity to:

transmitting, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein:

SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing, and

different SSBs of a subset are transmitted, within a same time period, at frequency positions determined according to a synchronization raster; and

applying different spatial filtering to different SSBs of a subset transmitted in a same time period.

13 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein different SSBs of a subset are transmitted, within a same time period, at frequency positions determined according to a synchronization raster.

14 . The network entity of claim 13 , wherein one or more characteristics of the synchronization raster depend, at least in part, on a number of SSBs in a subset.

15 . The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the one or more characteristics comprise at least one of a range or step size of the synchronization raster.

16 . The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the synchronization raster is mapped to one of the SSBs in a subset.

17 . The network entity of claim 13 , wherein SSBs of the set are mapped to resource elements (REs) in frequency and, subsequently, mapped in time.

18 . The network entity of claim 13 , wherein SSBs of the set are mapped to resource elements (REs) in time and, subsequently, mapped in frequency.