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Granted Patent B2
US 12,362,849 · App. 17/763,370 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Apparatus, method, and computer program

Inventors: Kari Pajukoski (Oulu, FI); Esa Tiirola (Kempele, FI); Sami Hakola (Kempele, FI); Oskari Tervo (Oulu, FI); Benny Vejlgaard (Gistrup, DK); Jorma Kaikkonen (Oulu, FI); Marco Maso (Issy les Moulineaux, FR)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04J13/0025H04J11/0076H04J13/107H04L5/0007H04L27/2613H04L27/2614H04L27/26025
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Patent No.
US 12,362,849
App. No.
17/763,370
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: generate ( 606 ) a synchronization signal for transmission over one or more symbols, wherein the number of symbols is dependent on a subcarrier spacing.

Claims (16)

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code;

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

generate a secondary synchronization signal, SSS, for transmission over one or more symbols, wherein the number of symbols is dependent on a subcarrier spacing;

wherein the synchronization signal comprises one or more sequences and the one or more sequences are cyclically shifted with one or more cyclic shifts,

wherein the one or more cyclic shifts for the one or more sequences are selected among one or more sets of one or more cyclic shifts for the one or more sequences,

wherein the number of one or more cyclic shifts within each set of the one or more sets of one or more cyclic shifts for each sequence of the one or more sequences is the same,

wherein the number of one or more cyclic shifts within each set of the one or more sets of one or more cyclic shifts for each sequence of the one or more sequences is dependent on the number of the one or more symbols,

wherein the greater the number of the one or more symbols, the smaller the number of the one or more cyclic shifts within each set of the one or more sets of one or more cyclic shifts for each sequence of the one or more sequences, and

wherein the smaller the number of the one or more symbols, the greater the number of the one or more cyclic shifts within each set of the one or more sets of one or more cyclic shifts for each sequence of the one or more sequences.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the smaller the subcarrier spacing the smaller the number of symbols; and

wherein the greater the subcarrier spacing the greater the number of symbols.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sequences comprises one or more pure m-sequences.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a cyclic shift of one of the one or more sequences depends on a cyclic shift of a previous one of the one or more sequences.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SSS carrying a secondary synchronization signal identifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: PAJUKOSKI, KARI; TIIROLA, ESA; HAKOLA, SAMI; TERVO, OSKARI; VEJLGAARD, BENNY; KAIKKONEN, JORMA; MASO, MARCO
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 059389/0712 →
Continuity (1)
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