Method and apparatus for SS/PBCH block repetition

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor configured to identify spatial parameters for a synchronization signals/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a downlink (DL) signal, wherein the spatial parameters are for receiving the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal; and

a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to receive the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal that are time division multiplexed in a same slot,

wherein:

the DL signal is a different signal exclusive from the SS/PBCH block;

a PBCH of the SS/PBCH block includes first information for a first type of UEs or a second type of UEs;

the DL signal is dedicated for the second type of UEs; and

the processor is further configured to determine second information from the DL signal.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to identify the second information including configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET);

the transceiver is further configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the CORESET; and

the PDCCH includes a downlink control information (DCI) format with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI).

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to identify the second information including configuration information for a search space set;

the transceiver is further configured to receive a PDCCH in the search space set according to a common search space; and

the PDCCH includes a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI).

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the second information includes at least one of:

an identity of a cell;

time information of the DL signal, the time information being a slot index or a symbol index; or

a configuration of parameters for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) including system information.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the DL signal is a sequence; and

the processor is further configured to determine the second information based on a property of the sequence.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to determine an indication for receiving a PDCCH based on one of:

the second information carried in the DL signal, or

an absence or a presence of the DL signal; and

the transceiver is further configured to receive, based on the indication, the PDCCH including a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), the PDCCH being received with the spatial parameters.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

a PBCH of the SS/PBCH block includes a master information block (MIB) for a first type of UEs or a second type of UEs; and

the DL signal is a second PBCH that provides another MIB for the second type of UEs.

8. A base station (BS) comprising:

a processor configured to identify spatial parameters for a synchronization signals/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a downlink (DL) signal, wherein the spatial parameters are for transmitting the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal; and

a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal that are time division multiplexed in a same slot,

wherein:

the DL signal is a different signal exclusive from the SS/PBCH block;

a PBCH of the SS/PBCH block includes first information for a first type of UEs or a second type of UEs;

the DL signal is dedicated for the second type of UEs; and

the DL signal includes second information.

9. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to include configuration information in the second information for a control resource set (CORESET);

the transceiver is further configured to transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the CORESET; and

the PDCCH includes a downlink control information (DCI) format with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI).

10. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to include configuration information in the second information for a search space set;

the transceiver is further configured to transmit a PDCCH in the search space set according to a common search space; and

the PDCCH includes a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI).

11. The BS of claim 8 , wherein the second information includes at least one of:

an identity of a cell;

time information of the DL signal, the time information being a slot index or a symbol index; or

a configuration of parameters for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) including system information.

12. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

the DL signal is a sequence; and

the processor is further configured to include the second information based on a property of the sequence.

13. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to generate an indication for transmitting a PDCCH based on one of:

the second information carried in the DL signal, or

an absence or a presence of the DL signal; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, based on the indication, the PDCCH including a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), the PDCCH being received with the spatial parameters.

14. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

a PBCH of the SS/PBCH block includes a master information block (MIB) for a first type of UEs or a second type of UEs; and

the DL signal is a second PBCH that provides another MIB for the second type of UEs.

15. A method of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

identifying spatial parameters for a synchronization signals/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a downlink (DL) signal, wherein the spatial parameters are for receiving the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal;

receiving the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal that are time division multiplexed in a same slot; and

determining second information from the DL signal,

wherein:

the DL signal is a different signal exclusive from the SS/PBCH block

a PBCH of the SS/PBCH block includes first information for a first type of UEs or a second type of UEs; and

the DL signal is dedicated for the second type of UEs.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

identifying the second information including configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET); and

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the CORESET,

wherein the PDCCH includes a downlink control information (DCI) format with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI).

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

identifying the second information including configuration information for a search space set; and

receiving a PDCCH in the search space set according to a common search space,

wherein the PDCCH includes a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI).

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second information includes at least one of:

an identity of a cell;

time information of the DL signal, the time information being a slot index or a symbol index; or

a configuration of parameters for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) including system information.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the DL signal is a sequence;

a PBCH of the SS/PBCH block includes a master information block (MIB) for a first type of UEs or a second type of UEs; and

the DL signal is a second PBCH that provides another MIB for the second type of UEs.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining an indication for receiving a PDCCH based on one of:

the second information carried in the DL signal, or

an absence or a presence of the DL signal;

receiving, based on the indication, the PDCCH including a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), the PDCCH being received with the spatial parameters; and

determining the second information based on a property of a sequence of the DL signal.