SSB pattern and DMRS design for PBCH in 5G NR

1. A processor of a base station configured to perform operations, comprising:

multiplexing a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), an associated demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) using time division multiplexing (TDM), wherein the DMRS and the SSS are allocated in a same symbol and multiplexed using TDM within the same symbol prior to DFT operation, wherein the DMRS comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB) time index and the SSS comprises partial cell ID information, wherein the DMRS occupies one or more resource elements (REs) within a physical resource block (PRB) and does not fully occupy the PRB, wherein a remaining one or more REs within the PRB are unused and power boosting is applied to provide a higher power to the DMRS relative to the PBCH; and

transmitting the PBCH, the associated DMRS, the PSS and the SSS using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform.

2. The processor of claim 1 , wherein the PBCH spans a first number of symbols (K1) and the associated DMRS spans a second number of symbols (K2), wherein K1 and K2 are constant.

3. The processor of claim 1 , wherein the PBCH and the associated DMRS occupy N1 PRBs and the PSS and the SSS occupy N2 PRBs, where N1 and N2 are constant.

4. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a synchronization signal block (SSB) is not multiplexed with other DL signals/channels in a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) manner.

5. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a channel for the PBCH is referred from the SSS, wherein a same frequency resource is allocated for the transmission of the SSS and the PBCH.

6. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence is used for the DMRS sequence generation.

7. The processor of claim 6 , wherein a root index and/or a cyclic shift of the ZC sequence for DMRS sequence generation is defined as a function of one or more the following parameters: a cell ID, a partial or a full synchronization signal block (SSB) index, and a half radio frame index.

8. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a max length sequence (m-sequence) or a Gold code sequence modulated using pi/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation is used as the DMRS sequence.

9. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a Bjorck Constant Amplitude Zero Auto Correlation (CAZAC) sequence is used as the DMRS sequence.

10. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a relative power between the DMRS and the PBCH is at least 10 log 10(12/K)dB.

11. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a sequence of the DMRS for the PBCH is determined by a cell ID and/or a synchronization signal block (SSB) timing index.

12. The processor of claim 1 , wherein a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) is associated with the PBCH before DFT operation.

13. The processor of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the PBCH, the associated DMRS, the PSS and the SSS by employing DFT-s-OFDM waveform is performed on a carrier frequency above 52.6 giga hertz (GHz).

14. A base station, comprising:

baseband circuitry configured for multiplexing a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), an associated demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) using time division multiplexing (TDM), wherein the DMRS and the SSS are allocated in a same symbol and multiplexed using TDM within the same symbol prior to DFT operation, wherein the DMRS comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB) time index and the SSS comprises partial cell ID information, wherein the DMRS occupies one or more resource elements (REs) within a physical resource block (PRB) and does not fully occupy the PRB, wherein a remaining one or more REs within the PRB are unused and power boosting is applied to provide a higher power to the DMRS relative to the PBCH; and

radio front end circuitry configured for transmitting the PBCH, the associated DMRS, the PSS and the SSS using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform.

15. The base station of claim 14 , wherein a synchronization signal block (SSB) is not multiplexed with other DL signals/channels in a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) manner.

16. The base station of claim 14 , wherein a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence is used for the DMRS sequence generation.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein a root index and/or a cyclic shift of the ZC sequence for DMRS sequence generation is defined as a function of a half radio frame index.

18. The base station of claim 14 , wherein a max length sequence (m-sequence) or a Gold code sequence modulated using pi/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation is used as the DMRS sequence.

19. The base station of claim 14 , wherein transmitting the PBCH, the associated DMRS, the PSS and the SSS by employing DFT-s-OFDM waveform is performed on a carrier frequency above 52.6 giga hertz (GHz).

20. A method performed by a base station, comprising:

multiplexing a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), an associated demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) using time division multiplexing (TDM), wherein the DMRS and the SSS are allocated in a same symbol and multiplexed using TDM within the same symbol prior to DFT operation, wherein the DMRS comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB) time index and the SSS comprises partial cell ID information, wherein the DMRS occupies one or more resource elements (REs) within a physical resource block (PRB) and does not fully occupy the PRB, wherein a remaining one or more REs within the PRB are unused and power boosting is applied, to provide a higher power to the DMRS relative to the PBCH; and

transmitting the PBCH, the associated DMRS, the PSS and the SSS using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform.