US 11,943,022 B2
Techniques for elevated device communication
Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, San Diego, CA (US); Yang-Seok Choi, Portland, OR (US); Junyoung Nam, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Feng Xue, Redwood City, CA (US); Shu-ping Yeh, Campbell, CA (US); Hosein Nikopour, San Jose, CA (US); Shilpa Talwar, Cupertino, CA (US); Jan Schreck, San Jose, CA (US); Nageen Himayat, Fremont, CA (US); and Sagar Dhakal, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/435,587
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/024957
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/204887, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158702 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus of a drone, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry arranged to:
determine a position of the drone from reference signals received from a base station via beamforming;
generate a measurement report to the base station, the measurement report indicating height information of the drone;
decode higher layer signaling, from the base station, that contains a synchronization signal block (SSB) restriction pattern, the SSB restriction pattern dependent on a height of the drone such that the SSB restriction pattern when the height of the drone is above a predetermined threshold is different from the SSB restriction pattern when the height of the drone is below the predetermined threshold; and
for communications below 6 GHz, restrict search for and measurement of primary synchronization signals (PSSs) and secondary synchronization signals (SSSS) to restricted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) indicated by the SSB restriction pattern; and
a memory configured to store the SSB restriction pattern.