US 11,729,797 B2
Method and apparatus for supporting large subcarrier spacing for SS/PBCH block
Hongbo Si, Plano, TX (US); and Yingzhe Li, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,207.
Application 17/452,207 is a continuation of application No. 16/365,487, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,160,050.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/793,985, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,226, filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/670,305, filed on May 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/667,868, filed on May 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,859, filed on May 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,118, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116912 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/30 (2023.01) [H04J 11/0069 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/005 (2013.01); H04L 27/2666 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:
a processor configured to determine a location of a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block to be at one of a maximum 64 candidate SS/PBCH block locations in a half frame, wherein a sub-carrier spacing (SCS) of the SS/PBCH block is 480 kilohertz (kHz) or 960 kHz and wherein the 64 candidate SS/PBCH block locations are based on 32 consecutive slots in the half frame and each of the 32 consecutive slots includes 2 candidate SS/PBCH block locations; and
a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit the SS/PBCH block based on the determined SS/PBCH block location over a downlink channel.