US 12,256,276 B2
Per-SSB beam switching for neighbor cell measurement in a synchronized network
Jun Zhu, San Diego, CA (US); Ruhua He, San Diego, CA (US); and Raghu Narayan Challa, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/879,288.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/867,044, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0413309 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0085 (2018.08); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
using a first receive beam of a plurality of receive beams for reception during a first synchronization signal block (SSB) duration within a synchronization signal block set (SSBS) duration;
determining a time offset for switching to a second receive beam of the plurality of receive beams for reception during a second SSB duration within the SSBS duration such that, during each of the first SSB duration and the second SSB duration, a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) from synchronized SSBs of a serving cell and at least one neighbor cell of one or more neighbor cells is measured;
measuring one or more first signals transmitted by at least one of the serving cell, one or more neighbor cells, or a combination thereof, with the first receive beam during the first SSB duration, wherein the one or more first signals includes the SSS;
switching to the second receive beam of the plurality of receive beams for reception during the second SSB duration within the SSBS duration; and
measuring one or more second signals transmitted by at least one of the serving cell, the one or more neighbor cells, or the combination thereof, with the second receive beam during the second SSB duration, wherein the one or more second signals includes the SSS.