Techniques for NR cell/beam identification

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory configured to store program instructions; and

a processor, upon executing the program instructions, configured to:

receive a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that are transmitted by a cell, having corresponding new radio (NR) primary synchronization signals (PSSs) and NR secondary synchronization signals (SSSs);

detect, based on the received plurality of SSBs and within an NR-PSS and NR-SSS detection delay, one or more NR-PSS identifications (IDs) and NR-SSS IDs corresponding to the cell;

detect, based on the received plurality of SSBs and within an SSB-time-index detection delay, one or more SSB time indexes corresponding to the received plurality of SSBs;

measure, based on the received plurality of SSBs and within a measurement delay, a synchronization signal (SS) reference signal received power (SS-RSRP); and

identify, based on the detected one or more NR-PSS IDs and NR-SSS IDs, and the detected one or more SSB time indexes, an NR cell ID associated with the measured SS-RSRP.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein to detect the one or more SSB time indexes, the processor, upon executing the program instructions, is configured to detect a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in the plurality of SSBs.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein to detect the one or more SSB time indexes, the processor, upon executing the program instructions, is configured to detect a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and a PBCH payloads in the plurality of SSBs.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to:

generate a message to indicate the identified NR cell ID with the measured SS-RSRP.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to detect the plurality of SSBs within a synchronization signal (SS) transmission window.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to:

measure, based on the received plurality of SSBs, one or more SS-RSRP values associated with one or more NR-SSSs associated with one or more NR beams that are transmitted by the cell;

generate a message to indicate the measured SS-RSRP values associated with the one or more beams; and

transmit the message to the cell.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the one or more beams are associated with one or more transmitting beam configurations implemented by the cell.

8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the measuring the one or more SS-RSRP values, the generating the message, and the transmitting the message are implemented for a beam recovery procedure.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the cell is a neighbour cell of the UE and, upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to:

measure, based on the plurality of SSBs, one or more SS-RSRP values over one or more NR-SSS signals associated with one or more NR beams that are beamformed and transmitted by the neighbour cell;

generate a message to indicate the measured one or more SS-RSRP values associated with the one or more beams of the neighbour cell; and

report the message to a serving cell of the UE for NR beam management.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the cell is a serving cell of the UE,

a received synchronization signal (SS) includes one or more SSB resource elements (REs) and non-SSB REs in a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the serving cell,

the SSB REs and the non-SSB REs are associated with different subcarrier spacings (SCSs), and

upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to determine an interruption or measurement gap in which the UE is not expected to receive or transmit non-SSB REs during an NR cell ID detection.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the cell is a neighbour cell and, upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to:

receive a signal from a serving cell while receiving the plurality of SSBs from the neighbour cell;

determine the signal is received within an interruption or measurement gap; and

refrain from processing the signal based on the determination.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of SSBs are part of an SS burst that is transmitted by the cell.

13. An access node, comprising:

a memory configured to store program instructions; and

a processor, upon executing the program instructions, configured to:

generate at least one synchronization signal (SS) that comprises one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), each SSB comprising a primary SS (PSS), a secondary SS (SSS), and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) symbols;

determine a new radio (NR) PSS and NR-SSS detection delay, an SSB-time-index detection delay, and a measurement delay;

communicate the NR-PSS and NR-SSS detection delay, the SSB-time-index detection delay, and the measurement delay to a user equipment (UE); and

transmit the at least one SS burst to the UE.

14. The access node of claim 13 , wherein the cell is a serving cell or a neighbour cell.

15. The access node of claim 13 , wherein the cell is a serving cell and, upon executing the program instructions, the processor is further configured to:

generate a message to indicate a cell identification requirement or a new beam identification requirement with respect to a target cell;

transmit the message to the UE; and

receive a message from the UE comprising one or more measured SS-RSRP values with respect to the target cell identification.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that are transmitted by a cell, having corresponding new radio (NR) primary synchronization signals (PSSs) and NR secondary synchronization signals (SSSs);

detecting, by the UE and based on the received plurality of SSBs and within an NR-PSS and NR-SSS detection delay, one or more NR-PSS identifications (IDs) and NR-SSS IDs corresponding to the cell;

detecting, by the UE and based on the received plurality of SSBs and within an SSB-time-index detection delay, one or more SSB time indexes corresponding to the received plurality of SSBs;

measuring, by the UE and based on the received plurality of SSBs and within a measurement delay, a synchronization signal (SS) reference signal received power (SS-RSRP); and

identifying, by the UE and based on the detected one or more NR-PSS IDs and NR-SSS IDs, and the detected one or more SSB time indexes, an NR cell ID associated with the measured SS-RSRP.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the detecting the one or more SSB time indexes comprises detecting a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in the plurality of SSBs.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the detecting the one or more SSB time indexes comprises detecting a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and a PBCH payloads in the plurality of SSBs.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

generating a message to indicate the identified NR cell ID with the measured SS-RSRP.

20. A method, comprising:

generating, by an access node, at least one synchronization signal (SS) that comprises one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), each SSB comprising a primary SS (PSS), a secondary SS (SSS), and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) symbols;

determining, by the access node, a new radio (NR) PSS and NR-SSS detection delay, an SSB-time-index detection delay, and a measurement delay;

communicating, by the access node, the NR-PSS and NR-SSS detection delay, the SSB-time-index detection delay, and the measurement delay to a user equipment (UE); and

transmitting, by the access node, the at least one SS burst to the UE.