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Granted Patent B2
US 12,323,286 · App. 18/545,663 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Method and apparatus for initial cell search and selection

Inventors: Tao Deng (Roslyn, NY); Steven Ferrante (Doylestown, PA); Ravikumar V. Pragada (Warrington, PA); Yugeswar Deenoo (Chalfont, PA); Daniel R. Cohen (Setauket, NY); Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz (Little Neck, NY); Moon-il Lee (Melville, NY); Mihaela C. Beluri (Jericho, NY)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04L27/2673H04B7/0695H04B7/088H04W48/12H04W48/16H04W56/001H04B7/0617H04L27/2666
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Patent No.
US 12,323,286
App. No.
18/545,663
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include receiving a configuration message including timing information for monitoring at least a subset of a plurality of beams to receive a set of synchronization signals and receiving the set of synchronization signals based on the timing information. The received set of synchronization signals include a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal. The method may include receiving a reference signal along with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission. The reference signal comprises a sequence that is derived from an index associated with one of the at least the subset of beams and associated with the received set of synchronization signals. The method may include transmitting a random access channel (RACH) transmission. The RACH transmission includes a preamble sequence corresponding to the one of the subset of the plurality of beams.

Claims (31)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

an antenna;

a transceiver, operatively coupled to the antenna; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the transceiver;

the antenna, the transceiver, and the processor configured to receive a configuration message including timing information for monitoring one or more subsets of a plurality of beams to receive a set of synchronization signals;

the antenna and the transceiver configured to receive the set of synchronization signals based on the timing information, wherein the received set of synchronization signals includes a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal;

the antenna, the transceiver, and the processor configured to receive a reference signal along with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission, wherein the reference signal comprises a sequence that is derived from an index associated with one subset of the one or more subsets of the plurality of beams and associated with the received set of synchronization signals; and

the antenna and the transceiver configured to transmit a random access channel (RACH) transmission, wherein the RACH transmission includes a preamble sequence corresponding to the one subset of the one or more subsets of the plurality of beams.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , the antenna, the transceiver, and the processor are configured to receive configuration information indicating one or more RACH resource sets, each of the one or more RACH resource sets being linked to at least one of the plurality of beams.

3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more RACH resource sets defines a plurality of RACH transmission opportunities.

4. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the configuration information indicating the one or more RACH resource sets is received in a system information block transmission.

5. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the RACH transmission is transmitted in a RACH transmission opportunity associated with one of the RACH resource sets.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is offset from the primary synchronization signal by a fixed number of symbols.

7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the antenna, the transceiver, and the processor are configured to receive information indicating criteria to be used for selecting the set of synchronization signals from a plurality of received sets of synchronization signals.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the configuration message includes information indicating a periodicity associated with the set of synchronization signals.

9. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the set of synchronization signals is received at least twice within a time duration provided by the periodicity.

10. The WTRU station of claim 1 , wherein the PBCH transmission provides system timing information, a beam-specific reference sequence, and a beam-specific resource allocation associated with another PBCH transmission and wherein the system timing information indicates at least a beam sweep time and a dwell period of a transmission of the another PBCH transmission.

11. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving a configuration message including timing information for monitoring one or more subsets of a plurality of beams to receive a set of synchronization signals;

receiving the set of synchronization signals based on the timing information, wherein the received set of synchronization signals includes a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal;

receiving a reference signal along with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission, wherein the reference signal comprises a sequence that is derived from an index associated with one subset of the one or more subsets of the plurality of beams and associated with the received set of synchronization signals; and

transmitting a random access channel (RACH) transmission, wherein the RACH transmission includes a preamble sequence corresponding to the one subset of the one or more subsets of the plurality of beams.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving configuration information indicating one or more RACH resource sets, each of the one or more RACH resource sets being linked to at least one of the plurality of beams.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the one or more RACH resource sets defines a plurality of RACH transmission opportunities.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the configuration information indicating the one or more RACH resource sets is received in a system information block transmission.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the RACH transmission is transmitted in a RACH transmission opportunity associated with one of the RACH resource sets.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the reference signal is offset from the primary synchronization signal by a fixed number of symbols.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving information indicating criteria to be used for selecting the set of synchronization signals from a plurality of received sets of synchronization signals.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the configuration message includes information indicating a periodicity associated with the set of synchronization signals.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the set of synchronization signals is received at least twice within a time duration provided by the periodicity.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the PBCH transmission provides system timing information, a beam-specific reference sequence, and a beam-specific resource allocation associated with another PBCH transmission and wherein the system timing information indicates at least a beam sweep time and a dwell period of a transmission of the another PBCH transmission.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17746680 · May 17, 2022
Continuation 15735327
Provisional Application 62307005 · Mar 11, 2016
Provisional Application 62184580 · Jun 25, 2015
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