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US 12,568,452 · App. 18/174,011 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Synchronization signal transmission method and apparatus

Inventors: Fengwei Liu (Chengdu, CN); Lei Chen (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W56/0015
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Patent No.
US 12,568,452
App. No.
18/174,011
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a synchronization signal transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: A network device sends a first synchronization signal block SSB at a first candidate location, and sends a second SSB at a second candidate location, where there is a correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location; a terminal obtains, through detection, the first SSB at the first candidate location; the terminal determines the second candidate location based on the first candidate location, and obtains, through detection, the second SSB at the second candidate location; and the terminal performs physical broadcast channel PBCH detection or reference signal received power RSRP measurement based on the first SSB and/or the second SSB.

Claims (33)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by the at least one processor, the program comprising instructions for:

obtaining a first synchronization signal block (SSB) at a first candidate location;

determining a second candidate location based on the first candidate location, and obtaining a second SSB at the second candidate location after determining the second candidate location from the first candidate location, wherein there is a correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location; and

performing physical broadcast channel (PBCH) detection or reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement based on the first SSB and/or the second SSB.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the correspondence is a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the correspondence between the slot locations and/or the symbol locations comprises locations with a same symbol index that are occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in slots with a fixed interval.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the correspondence between the slot locations and/or the symbol locations comprises symbol locations with a fixed interval that are of the first candidate location and the second candidate location in a same slot, and the fixed interval is equal to or greater than a quantity of symbols occupied by the first SSB.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein there is a correspondence between the first SSB and the second SSB.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein there is a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship or a co-port relationship between the first SSB and the second SSB.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence of the second SSB is different from a PSS sequence of the first SSB, or the second SSB does not comprise a PSS.

8 . A method comprising:

sending, by a network device, a first synchronization signal block (SSB) at a first candidate location;

determining, by the network device, a second candidate location based on a correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location; and

sending, by the network device, a second SSB at the second candidate location after determining the second candidate location from the first candidate location.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the correspondence is a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame, and the network device determines the second candidate location based on the slot location and/or the symbol location of the first candidate location.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location comprises a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame, wherein the correspondence between the slot locations and/or the symbol locations comprises locations with a same symbol index that are occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in slots with a fixed interval.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location comprises a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame, wherein the correspondence between the slot locations and/or the symbol locations comprises symbol locations with a fixed interval that are of the first candidate location and the second candidate location in a same slot, and the fixed interval is equal to or greater than a quantity of symbols occupied by the first SSB.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein there is a correspondence between the first SSB and the second SSB.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein there is a frequency domain offset between the second SSB and the first SSB, and the first SSB is located in a synchronization raster.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence of the second SSB is different from a PSS sequence of the first SSB, or the second SSB does not comprise a PSS.

15 . An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by the at least one processor, the program comprising instructions for:

sending a first synchronization signal block (SSB) at a first candidate location;

determining a second candidate location based on a correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location; and

sending a second SSB at the second candidate location after determining the second candidate location from the first candidate location.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the correspondence is a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame, and the program comprises further instructions for the apparatus to determine the second candidate location based on the slot location and/or the symbol location of the first candidate location.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location comprises a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame, wherein the correspondence between the slot locations and/or the symbol locations comprises locations with a same symbol index that are occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in slots with a fixed interval.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the correspondence between the first candidate location and the second candidate location comprises a correspondence between slot locations and/or symbol locations occupied by the first candidate location and the second candidate location in one data half-frame, wherein the correspondence between the slot locations and/or the symbol locations comprises symbol locations with a fixed interval that are of the first candidate location and the second candidate location in a same slot, and the fixed interval is equal to or greater than a quantity of symbols occupied by the first SSB.

19 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein there is a correspondence between the first SSB and the second SSB.

20 . The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein there is a frequency domain offset between the second SSB and the first SSB, and the first SSB is located in a synchronization raster.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2025
From: LIU, FENGWEI; CHEN, LEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073077/0976 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020112742 · Aug 31, 2020
Related Publication 20230209487A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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