IP Library Granted Patent US 11,070,412
Granted Patent B2
US 11,070,412 · App. 16/788,136 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Method and apparatus for synchronization signal design

Inventors: Hongbo Si (Plano, TX); Young-Han Nam (Plano, TX); Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX); Yuguang Gao (Ithaca, NY); Le Liu (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L27/2613H04J11/0073H04J11/0076H04L27/2675H04L27/18
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Patent No.
US 11,070,412
App. No.
16/788,136
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of a base station (BS) for transmitting synchronization signals in a wireless communication system. The method comprises generating a primary synchronization signal (PSS) including one of multiple PSS sequences that is generated based on a M-sequence of length 127 in a frequency domain, wherein the PSS indicates part of cell identification (ID) information using a cyclic shift performed on the M-sequence generating the PSS; generating a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) including one of multiple SSS sequences that is generated based on multiple BPSK modulated M-sequences of length 127 in the frequency domain, wherein the SSS indicates the cell ID information using cyclic shifts performed on the M-sequences generating the SSS; and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the PSS and SSS over downlink channels.

Claims (40)

1. A base station for identifying a synchronization signal (SS) in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

identify a primary synchronization signal (PSS) within one SS block based on one subcarrier spacing, wherein the PSS is identified based on second information for a physical layer cell identifier (id), and

identify a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) within the one SS block based on the one subcarrier spacing, wherein the SSS is identified based on first information for the physical layer cell id and the second information for the physical layer cell id,

wherein the PSS is located on central 127 subcarriers in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and the SSS is located on the central 127 subcarriers in a second OFDM symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and

wherein the subcarrier spacing is associated with a frequency range, and a length of the PSS and a length of the SSS are 127 for each of frequency ranges.

2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein a first of the frequency ranges is below 6 GHz, and a second of the frequency ranges is above 6 GHz.

3. The base station of claim 2 , wherein the first of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 15 KHz subcarrier spacing, and the second of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 120 KHz subcarrier spacing.

4. The base station of claim 2 , wherein a bandwidth for the one SS block is proportional to a size of a subcarrier spacing.

5. The base station of claim 2 , wherein the central 127 subcarriers are contiguous subcarriers.

6. A method of a base station for identifying a synchronization signal (SS) in a communication system, the method comprising:

identifying a primary synchronization signal (PSS) within one SS block based on one subcarrier spacing, wherein the PSS is identified based on second information for a physical layer cell identifier (id); and

identifying a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) within the one SS block based on the one subcarrier spacing, wherein the SSS is identified based on first information for the physical layer cell id and the second information for the physical layer cell id,

wherein the PSS is located on central 127 subcarriers in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and the SSS is located on the central 127 subcarriers in a second OFDM symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and

wherein the subcarrier spacing is associated with a frequency range, and a length of the PSS and a length of the SSS are 127 for each of frequency ranges.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a first of the frequency ranges is below 6 GHz, and a second of the frequency ranges is above 6 GHz.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 15 KHz subcarrier spacing, and the second of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 120 KHz subcarrier spacing.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a bandwidth for the one SS block is proportional to a size of a subcarrier spacing.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the central 127 subcarriers are contiguous subcarriers.

11. A terminal for identifying a synchronization signal (SS) in a communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

identify a primary synchronization signal (PSS) within one SS block based on one subcarrier spacing, wherein the PSS is identified based on second information for a physical layer cell identifier (id), and

identify a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) within the one SS block based on the one subcarrier spacing, wherein the SSS is identified based on first information for the physical layer cell id and the second information for the physical layer cell id,

wherein the PSS is located on central 127 subcarriers in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and the SSS is located on the central 127 subcarriers in a second OFDM symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and

wherein the subcarrier spacing is associated with a frequency range, and a length of the PSS and a length of the SSS are 127 for each of frequency ranges.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein a first of the frequency ranges is below 6 GHz, and a second of the frequency ranges is above 6 GHz.

13. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the first of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 15 KHz subcarrier spacing, and the second of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 120 KHz subcarrier spacing.

14. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein a bandwidth for the one SS block is proportional to a size of a subcarrier spacing.

15. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the central 127 subcarriers are contiguous subcarriers.

16. A method of a user equipment for identifying a synchronization signal (SS) in a communication system, the method comprising:

identifying a primary synchronization signal (PSS) within one SS block based on one subcarrier spacing, wherein the PSS is identified based on second information for a physical layer cell identifier (id); and

identifying a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) within the one SS block based on the one subcarrier spacing, wherein the SSS is identified based on first information for the physical layer cell id and the second information for the physical layer cell id,

wherein the PSS is located on central 127 subcarriers in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and the SSS is located on the central 127 subcarriers in a second OFDM symbol within resource blocks for the one SS block, and

wherein the subcarrier spacing is associated with a frequency range, and a length of the PSS and a length of the SSS are 127 for each of frequency ranges.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein a first of the frequency ranges is below 6 GHz, and a second of the frequency ranges is above 6 GHz.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first of the frequency ranges is associated with at least 15 KHz subcarrier spacing, and the second of the frequency range is associated with at least 120 KHz subcarrier spacing.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein a bandwidth for the one SS block is proportional to a size of a subcarrier spacing.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the central 127 subcarriers are contiguous subcarriers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2020
From: SI, HONGBO; NAM, YOUNG-HAN; ONGGOSANUSI, EKO; GAO, YUGUANG; LIU, LE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 051899/0708 →
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