US 11,968,730 B2
Techniques for NR cell/beam identification
Rui Huang, Beijing (CN); Jie Cui, Santa Clara, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Hua Li, Beijing (CN); and Yuhan Zhou, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,640.
Application 17/946,640 is a continuation of application No. 17/154,206, filed on Jan. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,483,881.
Application 17/154,206 is a continuation of application No. 16/127,942, filed on Sep. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,925,101, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/565,617, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/557,024, filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012352 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An access node, comprising:
a memory configured to store program instructions; and
a processor, upon executing the program instructions, configured to:
generate at least one synchronization signal (SS) burst that comprises one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), each SSB comprising a primary SS (PSS), a secondary SS (SSS), and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) symbols;
transmit a message to a user equipment (UE) to communicate an SSB-time-index detection delay and a measurement delay separate from the SSB-time-index detection delay; and
transmit the at least one SS burst to the UE.