IP Library Granted Patent US 12,615,071
Granted Patent B2
US 12,615,071 · App. 18/512,172 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Processing device, network node, client device, and methods thereof

Inventors: Peng Wang (Kista, SE); Fredrik Berggren (Kista, SE)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04B1/7083H04B1/7093H04J11/0073H04J11/0076H04J13/0025H04J13/0029H04L27/2607H04W72/0466H04B2001/70935
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Patent No.
US 12,615,071
App. No.
18/512,172
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure relates to techniques for synchronization signals. The synchronization signal comprises a primary synchronization signal (PSS) generated based on a PSS sequence and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) generated based on an SSS sequence. The SSS sequence may be generated based on a first sequence corresponding to a first cyclic shift and a second sequence corresponding to a second cyclic shift. The first cyclic shift and the second cyclic shift are associated with a Cell ID. The PSS sequence may be generated based on one of the first and the second sequences.

Claims (1163)

1 . A device, comprising:

a processor configured to:

generate a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence that carries a second index

N

ID

(

2

)

;

generate a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) sequence that carries a first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

wherein the SSS sequence is based on a first binary sequence and a second binary sequence,

wherein the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

is encoded to a first cyclic shift m 0 of the first binary sequence, and the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

is encoded to the first cyclic shift m 0 of the first binary sequence and a second cyclic shift m 1 of the second binary sequence; and

using the SSS sequence to carry a cell identity (ID), wherein the cell ID is given by the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

and the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

,

the first cyclic shift m 0 , and the second cyclic shift m 1 satisfy:

m

0

=

g

(

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

N

ID

(

1

)

L

+

N

ID

(

2

)

)

,

and

m

1

=

(

N

ID

(

1

)

mod

L

)

wherein:

g is an integer equal to or larger than 1;

L′ is a positive integer smaller than or equal to a length L of the SSS sequence;

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

-

1

}

;

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

-

1

}

;

└ . . . ┘ is a floor function; and

mod is a modulo operation.

3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the length L of the SSS sequence is 127,

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

is

3

,

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

}

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

is

336

,

and

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

335

}

.

4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

,

the first cyclic shift m 0 , and the second cyclic shift m 1 satisfy:

N

ID

(

1

)

=

m

1

+

L

m

0

gN

ID

,

max

(

2

)

,

and

N

ID

(

2

)

=

(

m

0

g

mod

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

)

wherein:

g is an integer equal to or larger than 1;

L′ is a positive integer smaller than or equal to a length L of the SSS sequence;

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

-

1

}

;

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

-

1

}

;

└ . . . ┘ is a floor function; and

mod is a modulo operation.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to generate the SSS sequence based on the first binary sequence cyclically shifted by the first cyclic shift m 0 and the second binary sequence cyclically shifted by the second cyclic shift m 1 , and wherein the first binary sequence, the second binary sequence, and the SSS sequence have a same length.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first binary sequence and the second binary sequence are one in a group of:

m-sequences; or

m-sequences resulting in that generated SSS sequences belong to one set of Gold sequences, wherein the generated SSS sequences include the SSS sequence.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first binary sequence or the second binary sequence utilized for generating the SSS sequence is a same binary sequence utilized for generating the PSS sequence.

8 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a first generator polynomial of the first binary sequence meets g 0 (x)=x 7 +x 4 +1, and a second generator polynomial of the second binary sequence meets g 1 (x)=x 7 +x+1.

9 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the SSS sequence represented as d(k) satisfies:

d

(

k

)

=

1

-

2

(

(

s

0

(

(

k

+

m

0

)

mod

L

)

+

s

1

(

(

k

+

m

1

)

mod

L

)

)

mod

2

)

,

wherein

k

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

L

-

1

}

,

and

wherein

L

is a length of the

SSS

sequence

.

10 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cell ID is represented by

N

ID

,

wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

and the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

satisfy

N

ID

=

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

N

ID

(

1

)

+

N

ID

(

2

)

,

and wherein

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

is a maximum number of candidate values of

N

ID

(

2

)

.

11 . The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transmitter, configured to transmit a PSS based on the PSS sequence and an SSS based on the SSS sequence.

12 . A method for wireless communications, comprising:

generating a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence that carries a second index

N

ID

(

2

)

;

generating a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) sequence that carries a first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

wherein the SSS sequence is based on a first binary sequence and a second binary sequence,

wherein the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

is encoded to a first cyclic shift m 0 of the first binary sequence, and the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

is encoded to the first cyclic shift m 0 of the first binary sequence and a second cyclic shift m 1 of the second binary sequence; and

using the SSS sequence to carry a cell identity (ID), wherein the cell ID is given by the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

and the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

,

the first cyclic shift m 0 , and the second cyclic shift m 1 satisfy:

m

0

=

g

(

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

N

ID

(

1

)

L

+

N

ID

(

2

)

)

,

and

m

1

=

(

N

ID

(

1

)

mod

L

)

wherein:

g is an integer equal to or larger than 1;

L′ is a positive integer smaller than or equal to a length L of the SSS sequence;

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

-

1

}

;

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

-

1

}

;

└ . . . ┘ is a floor function; and

mod is a modulo operation.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the length L of the SSS sequence is

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

is

3

,

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

}

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

is

336

,

and

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

335

}

.

15 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

,

the first cyclic shift m 0 , and the second cyclic shift m 1 satisfy:

N

ID

(

1

)

=

m

1

+

L

m

0

g

N

ID

,

m

a

x

(

2

)

,

and

N

ID

(

2

)

=

(

m

0

g

mod

N

ID

,

m

a

x

(

2

)

)

wherein:

g is an integer equal to or larger than 1;

L′ is a positive integer smaller than or equal to a length L of the SSS sequence;

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

N

ID

,

m

a

x

(

1

)

-

1

}

;

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

,

N

ID

,

m

a

x

(

2

)

-

1

}

;

└ . . . ┘ is a floor function; and

mod is a modulo operation.

16 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the SSS sequence is based on the first binary sequence cyclically shifted by the first cyclic shift m 0 and the second binary sequence cyclically shifted by the second cyclic shift m 1 , and wherein the first binary sequence, the second binary sequence, and the SSS sequence have a same length.

17 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein a first generator polynomial of the first binary sequence meets g 0 (x)=x 7 +x 4 +1, and a second generator polynomial of the second binary sequence meets g 1 (x)=x 7 +x+1.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to:

generate a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence that carries a second index

N

ID

(

2

)

and

generate a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) sequence that carries a first index

N

ID

(

1

)

wherein the SSS sequence is based on a first binary sequence and a second binary sequence,

wherein the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

is encoded to a first cyclic shift m 0 of the first binary sequence, and the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

is encoded to the first cyclic shift m 0 of the first binary sequence and a second cyclic shift m 1 of the second binary sequence; and

using the SSS sequence to carry a cell identity (ID), wherein the cell ID is given by the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

and the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

,

the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

,

the first cyclic shift m 0 , and the second cyclic shift m 1 satisfy:

m

0

=

g

(

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

N

ID

(

1

)

L

+

N

ID

(

2

)

)

,

and

m

1

=

(

N

ID

(

1

)

mod

L

)

wherein:

g is an integer equal to or larger than 1;

L′ is a positive integer smaller than or equal to a length L of the SSS sequence;

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

-

1

}

;

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

,

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

-

1

}

;

└ . . . ┘ is a floor function; and

mod is a modulo operation.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the length L of the SSS sequence is

N

ID

,

max

(

2

)

is

3

,

N

ID

(

2

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

}

,

N

ID

,

max

(

1

)

is

336

,

and

N

ID

(

1

)

{

0

,

1

,

2

,

,

335

}

.

21 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the cell ID is represented by

N

ID

,

wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

and the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

satisfy

N

ID

=

N

ID

,

m

ax

(

2

)

N

ID

(

1

)

+

N

ID

(

2

)

,

and wherein

N

ID

,

ma

x

(

2

)

is a maximum number of candidate values of

N

ID

(

2

)

.

22 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , wherein the cell ID is represented by

N

ID

,

wherein the first index

N

ID

(

1

)

and the second index

N

ID

(

2

)

satisfy

N

ID

=

N

ID

,

m

ax

(

2

)

N

ID

(

1

)

+

N

ID

(

2

)

,

and wherein

N

ID

,

ma

x

(

2

)

is a maximum number of candidate values of

N

ID

(

2

)

.

23 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , wherein the SSS sequence is based on the first binary sequence cyclically shifted by the first cyclic shift m o and the second binary sequence cyclically shifted by the second cyclic shift m 1 , and wherein the first binary sequence, the second binary sequence, and the SSS sequence have a same length.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16925148 · Jul 9, 2020
Continuation 16505911 · Jul 9, 2019
Continuation 16235909 · Dec 28, 2018
Continuation PCTEP2017060707 · May 4, 2017
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