Granted Patent B2

US 12,284,594 · App. 17/804,543 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Inventors: Iyab Issam Sakhnini (San Diego, CA); Navid Abedini (Basking Ridge, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W48/08H04L27/2605H04W56/0015

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

monitor for one or more discovery signal transmissions within a single symbol, wherein each discovery signal for a single beam direction spans less than a symbol in time; and

receive a first discovery signal for a first beam in a first portion of the symbol, wherein the first discovery signal is preceded by at least one of a first cyclic prefix or a first time gap in the symbol;

receive a second discovery signal for a second beam in a second portion of the symbol, wherein the second discovery signal is preceded by at least one of a second cyclic prefix or a second time gap in the symbol; and

synchronize with a network node based on a reception of the one or more discovery signal transmissions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more discovery signal transmissions include a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a keep alive signal (KAS).

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first discovery signal received by the UE is spatial division multiplexed with the second discovery signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal are part of a combined transmission that is transmitted using different beams.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first discovery signal is time division multiplexed with the second discovery signal within the symbol.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal overlap in time within the symbol.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first discovery signal is frequency division multiplexed with the second discovery signal within the symbol.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first discovery signal overlaps in frequency with the second discovery signal within the symbol.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal is precoded.

10. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

generate one or more discovery signal transmissions for transmission within a single symbol, wherein each discovery signal for a single beam direction spans less than a symbol in time, at least one of a first cyclic prefix or a first time gap is included in the symbol before a first discovery signal, and at least one of a second cyclic prefix or a second time gap is included in the symbol before a second discovery signal; and

transmit the one or more discovery signal transmissions within the single symbol, wherein the first discovery signal is transmitted on a first beam in a first portion of the symbol and the second discovery signal in transmitted on a second beam in a second portion of the symbol.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more discovery signal transmissions include a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a keep alive signal (KAS).

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first cyclic prefix and the second cyclic prefix are added before a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is applied to the one or more discovery signal transmissions.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first cyclic prefix and the second cyclic prefix are added after an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) to the one or more discovery signal transmissions.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein, to generate the one or more discovery signal transmissions, the at least one processor is configured to:

generate the first discovery signal for transmission by the first beam; and

generate the second discovery signal for transmission in parallel by the second beam, wherein the first discovery signal is spatial division multiplexed with the second discovery signal.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein, to generate the one or more discovery signal transmissions, the at least one processor is configured to:

generate a combined transmission of the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal, wherein the combined transmission is transmitted using different beams.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , the at least one processor further configured to:

time division multiplex the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal within the symbol.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal overlap in time within the symbol.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , the at least one processor further configured to:

frequency division multiplex the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal within the symbol.

19. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first discovery signal overlaps in frequency with the second discovery signal within the symbol.

20. The apparatus of claim 10 , the at least one processor further configured to:

precode at least one of the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal.

21. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), including:

monitoring for one or more discovery signal transmissions within a single symbol, wherein each discovery signal for a single beam direction spans less than a symbol in time;

receiving a first discovery signal for a first beam in a first portion of the symbol, wherein the first discovery signal is preceded by at least one of a first cyclic prefix or a first time gap in the symbol;

receiving a second discovery signal for a second beam in a second portion of the symbol, wherein the second discovery signal is preceded by at least one of a second cyclic prefix or a second time gap in the symbol; and

synchronizing with a network node based on a reception of the one or more discovery signal transmissions.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the one or more discovery signal transmissions include a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a keep alive signal (KAS).

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal are one or more of time division multiplexed, spatial division multiplexed, or frequency division multiplexed.

24. A method of wireless communication at a network node, including:

generating one or more discovery signal transmissions for transmission within a single symbol, wherein each discovery signal for a single beam direction spans less than a symbol in time, at least one of a first cyclic prefix or a first time gap is included in the symbol before a first discovery signal, and at least one of a second cyclic prefix or a second time gap is included in the symbol before a second discovery signal; and

transmitting the one or more discovery signal transmissions within the single symbol, wherein the first discovery signal is transmitted on a first beam in a first portion of the symbol and the second discovery signal is transmitted on a second beam in a second portion of the symbol.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the one or more discovery signal transmissions include a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a keep alive signal (KAS).

26. The method of claim 24 , further comprising one or more of:

time division multiplexing the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal;

spatial division multiplexing the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal; or

frequency division multiplexing the first discovery signal and the second discovery signal.

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