US 11,758,492 B2
Method and apparatus of initial access in next generation cellular networks
Peng Xue, Suwon-si (KR); Anil Agiwal, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunseok Ryu, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyunkyu Yu, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/459,462.
Application 17/459,462 is a continuation of application No. 16/607,881, granted, now 11,109,332, previously published as PCT/KR2018/005109, filed on May 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,142, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,404, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/500,401, filed on May 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392594 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 56/001 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0082 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a synchronization signal block (SSB) including at least one synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);
identifying a subcarrier offset between the SSB and a resource block (RB) grid based on system information on the PBCH; and
identifying a location of the SSB based on the subcarrier offset,
wherein the subcarrier offset is defined by a number of subcarriers from a lowest subcarrier in a lowest RB overlapping with the SSB to a lowest subcarrier in the SSB,
wherein a value indicating the subcarrier offset is included in a master information block on the PBCH, and
wherein the subcarrier offset is indicated by a 4-bit value.