IP Library Granted Patent US 11,889,490
Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,490 · App. 17/404,844 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Data and control channels in synchronization bursts for millimeter wave new radio

Inventors: Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/046H04B7/04H04W56/0015H04W72/542H01Q1/246H01Q21/205H04B7/2656H04W16/28H04W56/0095
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Patent No.
US 11,889,490
App. No.
17/404,844
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are described for millimeter wave wireless communication. One method includes configuring a synchronization slot associated with a plurality of synchronization blocks, configuring a transmission of each synchronization block of the plurality of synchronization blocks based on the configured synchronization slot, assigning a synchronization region to a first frequency portion associated with a transmission beam of each synchronization block, assigning at least one of a data region or a control region to a second frequency portion associated with the transmission beam of each synchronization block, and transmitting a synchronization signal during the synchronization region and transmitting at least one of data signal during the data region or control information during the control region to a wireless node.

Claims (57)

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

monitoring a synchronization channel associated with a synchronization block of a synchronization slot; and

receiving, within the synchronization block during a first portion of the synchronization slot, a synchronization signal and control information, wherein the synchronization signal is associated with a first frequency portion of the synchronization block and the control information is associated with a second frequency portion of the synchronization block, and wherein a control region spans across a duration of a synchronization region of the synchronization block.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configuring to detect at least one of data or the control information associated with the synchronization block;

determining an absence of at least one of the data or the control information during the synchronization block; and

transitioning into a micro-sleep state based at least in part on the determining.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a random access channel (RACH) signal during a subframe of an uplink transmission beam.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency portion and the second frequency portion of the synchronization block is associated with a same transmission beam.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the control information in the control region.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization block is divided into multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols based at least in part on time-division multiplexing (TDM).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the synchronization block is divided into multiple OFDM symbols based at least in part on the TDM further comprises:

receiving the synchronization channel using the multiple OFDM symbols.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the synchronization channel comprises at least one of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a primary synchronization signal (PSS), or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization block comprises a same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol structure for the control region and the synchronization region.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization block comprises a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol structure for the synchronization region and a second OFDM symbol structure for the control region, wherein the first OFDM symbol structure is different from the second OFDM symbol structure.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control information comprises an uplink transmission grant.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization region is associated with a beamformed direction.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the synchronization signal is based at least in part on a periodic interval.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memories in electronic communication with the one or more processors; and

instructions stored in the one or more memories and operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to:

monitor a synchronization channel associated with a synchronization block of a synchronization slot; and

receive, within the synchronization block during a first portion of the synchronization slot, a synchronization signal and control information, wherein the synchronization signal is associated with a first frequency portion of the synchronization block and the control information is associated with a second frequency portion of the synchronization block, and wherein a control region spans across a duration of a synchronization region of the synchronization block.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

configure to detect at least one of data or the control information associated with the synchronization block;

determine an absence of at least one of the data or the control information during the synchronization block; and

transition into a micro-sleep state based at least in part on the absence of the at least one of the data or control information.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a random access channel (RACH) signal during a subframe of an uplink transmission beam.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first frequency portion and the second frequency portion of the synchronization block is associated with a same transmission beam.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive the control information during the control region.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the synchronization block is divided into multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols based at least in part on time-division multiplexing (TDM).

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the synchronization block is divided into multiple OFDM symbols based at least in part on the TDM further comprises:

receiving the synchronization channel using the multiple OFDM symbols.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the synchronization channel comprises at least one of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a primary synchronization signal (PSS), or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or a combination thereof.

22. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the synchronization block comprises a same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol structure for the control region and the synchronization region.

23. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the synchronization block comprises a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol structure for the synchronization region and a second OFDM symbol structure for the control region, wherein the first OFDM symbol structure is different from the second OFDM symbol structure.

24. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the control information comprises an uplink transmission grant.

25. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the synchronization region is associated with a beamformed direction.

26. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein receiving the synchronization signal is based at least in part on a periodic interval.

27. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for monitoring a synchronization channel associated with a synchronization block of a synchronization slot; and

means for receiving, within the synchronization block during a first portion of the synchronization slot, a synchronization signal and control information, wherein the synchronization signal is associated with a first frequency portion of the synchronization block and the control information is associated with a second frequency portion of the synchronization block, and wherein a control region spans across a duration of a synchronization region of the synchronization block.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , further comprising:

means for configuring to detect at least one of data or the control information associated with the synchronization block;

means for determining an absence of at least one of the data or the control information during the synchronization block; and

means for transitioning into a micro-sleep state based at least in part on the determining.

29. The apparatus of claim 27 , further comprising:

means for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) signal during a subframe of an uplink transmission beam.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a reconfigurable reflective surface, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

monitor a synchronization channel associated with a synchronization block of a synchronization slot; and

receive, within the synchronization block during a first portion of the synchronization slot, a synchronization signal and control information, wherein the synchronization signal is associated with a first frequency portion of the synchronization block and the control information is associated with a second frequency portion of the synchronization block, and wherein a control region spans across a duration of a synchronization region of the synchronization block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2021
From: SUN, JING; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057206/0087 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15673350 · Aug 9, 2017
Provisional Application 62421127 · Nov 11, 2016
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