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US 12,192,923 · App. 17/441,794 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Synchronization signal block transmission with 480 kHz or 960 kHz subcarrier spacing

Inventors: Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Hong He (San Jose, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04W56/001H04L27/26025
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Patent No.
US 12,192,923
App. No.
17/441,794
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods of scheduling transmission of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) at a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of 480 or 960 kHz.

Claims (24)

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to:

generate, with a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of S kHz, a first plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for transmission on a first set of consecutive symbols and a second plurality of SSBs for transmission on a second set of consecutive symbols, wherein S has a value of 480 or 960; and

processing an uplink data transmission using a 960 kHz SCS, wherein the uplink data transmission is received between a transmission of the first plurality of SSBs and a transmission of the second plurality of SSBs; and

wherein the transmission of the first plurality of SSBs and the transmission of the second plurality of SSBs occur within an ordered time sequence of R consecutive symbols, and wherein:

R has a value of (112×P), where P has a value of (S/480) and each symbol in the ordered time sequence is indexed from 0 to (R−1), and, for each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, an index Y1 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y1=(16×P)+ (4×m), and, for each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs, an index Y2 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y2=(64×P)+ (4×m), where m is any integer from 0 to [(8×P)−1];

R has a value of (28×P), where P has a value of (S/480) and each symbol in the ordered time sequence is indexed from 0 to (R−1), and, for each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, an index Y1 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y1=(4×P)+ (4×m), and, for each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs, an index Y2 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y2=(16×P)+ (4×m), where m is any integer from 0 to [(2×P)−1]; or

R has a value of (28×P), where P has a value of (S/480) and each symbol in the ordered time sequence is indexed from 0 to (R−1), and, for each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, an index Y1 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y1=[(2×P)+ (4×m)] or [(8×P)+ (4×m)], and, for each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs, an index Y2 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y2=[(16×P)+ (4×m)] or [(22×P)+ (4×m)], where m is any integer from 0 to (P−1).

2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs and each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs has a duration of four symbols.

3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of SSBs and the second plurality of SSBs occur in a bandwidth part other than an initial downlink bandwidth part.

4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein S has a value of 480 and each of the first plurality of SSBs and the second plurality of SSBs includes eight or more SSBs.

5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processing circuitry further to:

generate an indication that at least two SSBs among the first plurality of SSBs and the second plurality of SSBs have a same Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) state.

6. A method comprising:

processing, with a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of S kHz, a first plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) received on a first set of consecutive symbols and a second plurality of SSBs received on a second set of consecutive symbols, wherein S has a value of 480 or 960; and

generating an uplink data transmission using a 960 kHz SCS, wherein the uplink data transmission is transmitted between reception of the first plurality of SSBs and reception of the second plurality of SSBs; and

wherein the reception of the first plurality of SSBs and the reception of the second plurality of SSBs occur within an ordered time sequence of R consecutive symbols, and wherein:

R has a value of (112×P), where P has a value of (S/480), and each symbol in the ordered time sequence is indexed from 0 to (R−1), and, for each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, an index Y1 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y1=(16×P)+ (4×m), and, for each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs, an index Y2 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y2=(64×P)+ (4×m), where m is any integer from 0 to [(8×P)−1];

R has a value of (28×P), where P has a value of (S/480) and each symbol in the ordered time sequence is indexed from 0 to (R−1), and, for each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, an index Y1 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y1=(4×P)+ (4×m), and, for each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs, an index Y2 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y2=(16×P)+ (4×m), where m is any integer from 0 to [(2×P)−1]; or

R has a value of (28×P), where P has a value of (S/480) and each symbol in the ordered time sequence is indexed from 0 to (R−1), and, for each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, an index Y1 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y1=[(2×P)+ (4×m)] or [(8×P)+ (4×m)], and, for each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs, an index Y2 of a starting symbol of the SSB has a value of the following expression: Y2=/(16×P)+(4×m)] or [(22×P)+ (4×m)], where m is any integer from 0 to (P−1).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each SSB of the first plurality of SSBs and each SSB of the second plurality of SSBs has a duration of four symbols.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first plurality of SSBs and the second plurality of SSBs occur in a bandwidth part other than an initial downlink bandwidth part.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein S has a value of 480 and each of the first plurality of SSBs and the second plurality of SSBs includes eight or more SSBs.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

processing an indication that at least two SSBs among the first plurality of SSBs and the second plurality of SSBs have a same Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) state.

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