Enhanced beam management for 5G systems
Methods, systems, and storage media are described for beam management for higher-frequency systems, such as, for example, those above 52.6 GHz. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
1. An apparatus comprising:
memory to store configuration information related to a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that have a common cell identifier and that are to be frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) over a common set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein the configuration information includes:
an indication that at least a portion of a first SSB of the plurality of SSBs is to be transmitted by a first antenna of a gNodeB (gNB) on a first frequency resource of an OFDM symbol of the common set of OFDM symbols; and
an indication that at least a portion of a second SSB of the plurality of SSBs is to be transmitted by a second antenna of the gNB on a second frequency resource of the OFDM symbol; and
processor circuitry coupled with the memory, the processor circuitry to encode a message for transmission to a user equipment (UE) that includes the configuration information.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the message is encoded for transmission via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes an SSB index sequentially numbered in an ascending order within one synchronization signal (SS) burst set period.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the SSB index has a range of 0 to 255 or 0 to 128.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is further to encode a plurality of SSB messages for transmission via multiple transmission beams from multiple panels of a gNB.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the multiple transmission beams utilize common time and frequency resources.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of SSB messages includes common content.
8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, are to cause a user equipment (UE) to:
identify, from a next-generation NodeB (gNB) configuration information related to a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that have a common cell identifier and that are to be frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) over a common set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein the configuration information includes:
an indication that at least a portion of a first SSB of the plurality of SSBs is to be transmitted by a first antenna of a gNodeB (gNB) on a first frequency resource of an OFDM symbol of the common set of OFDM symbols; and
an indication that at least a portion of a second SSB of the plurality of SSBs is to be transmitted by a second antenna of the gNB on a second frequency resource of the OFDM symbol; and
identify a plurality of SSB transmissions from the gNB based on the configuration information.
9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is received via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information includes an SSB index sequentially numbered in an ascending order within one synchronization signal (SS) burst set period, the SSB index having a range of 0 to 255 or 0 to 128.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of SSB transmissions are received via multiple transmission beams from multiple panels of the gNB.
12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the multiple transmission beams utilize common time and frequency resources.
13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of SSB transmissions includes common content.
14. An apparatus for use in a user equipment (UE), wherein the apparatus comprises:
memory to store configuration information received from a next-generation NodeB (gNB), the configuration information related to a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that have a common cell identifier and that are to be frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) over a common set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein the configuration information includes:
an indication that at least a portion of a first SSB of the plurality of SSBs is to be transmitted by a first antenna of a gNB on a first frequency resource of an OFDM symbol of the common set of OFDM symbols; and
an indication that at least a portion of a second SSB of the plurality of SSBs is to be transmitted by a second antenna of the gNB on a second frequency resource of the OFDM symbol; and
one or more processors configured to:
identify a plurality of SSB transmissions from the gNB based on the received configuration information.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration information is received via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration information includes an SSB index sequentially numbered in an ascending order within one synchronization signal (SS) burst set period, the SSB index having a range of 0 to 255 or 0 to 128.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of SSB transmissions are received via multiple transmission beams from multiple panels of the gNB.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the multiple transmission beams utilize common time and frequency resources.
19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of SSB transmissions includes common content.