Identifying synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions

1. A method comprising:

identifying a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions configured to enable reception of a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks, wherein a first number of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is greater than a maximum number of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks; and

receiving the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks on a portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving information of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions that is occupied by the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks, and

determining resource elements on which signals or channels other than the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks are not expected to be received.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions comprises at least an indication of occupied synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions out of a set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions, the set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is a subset of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions, and a second number of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions of the set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is the same as the maximum number of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication of occupied synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions out of the set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is semi-statically received via a higher-layer signaling.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining whether to include a measurement instance of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks for measurement of the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block based on the information of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a beginning synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasion of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions on which the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks is received is determined based on a listen-before-talk procedure.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving information indicating the beginning synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasion.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information is received in a physical broadcast channel, a physical downlink shared channel carrying a system information block, or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information is received via a group common physical downlink control channel.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining, based on the information, a common control resource set and one or more physical downlink control channel monitoring occasions associated with receiving a system information block.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving parameters related to determining a paging occasion, wherein the paging occasion comprises a set of physical downlink control channel monitoring occasions; and

determining the paging occasion based on the parameters and the information.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving an indication of an extension of the paging occasion.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a processor that identifies a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions configured to enable reception of a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks, wherein a first number of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is greater than a maximum number of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks; and

a receiver that receives the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks on a portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:

the receiver receives information of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions that is occupied by the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks, and

the processor determines resource elements on which signals or channels other than the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks are not expected to be received.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the information of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions comprises at least an indication of occupied synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions out of a set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions, the set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is a subset of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions, and a second number of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions of the set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is the same as the maximum number of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the indication of occupied synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions out of the set of consecutive synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions is semi-statically received via a higher-layer signaling.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processor determines whether to include a measurement instance of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks for measurement of the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block based on the information of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a beginning synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasion of the portion of the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasions on which the plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks is received is determined based on a listen-before-talk procedure.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the receiver receives information indicating the beginning synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block occasion.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the information is received in a physical broadcast channel, a physical downlink shared channel carrying a system information block, or a combination thereof.