US 12,267,823 B2
Enhanced initial access with multi-beam operations
Linhai He, San Diego, CA (US); Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US); Miguel Griot, La Jolla, CA (US); and Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/398,473.
Application 18/398,473 is a division of application No. 17/305,199, filed on Jul. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,910,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,947, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129911 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 72/046 (2013.01) [H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
generating a system information block (SIB) comprising a structure that includes:
first system information associated with a plurality of SSB identifiers (IDs) and a first UE software type; and
second system information associated with a second UE software type, the second system information comprising a plurality of pairs including a first pair and a second pair, the first pair indicating a first SSB ID and first beam-specific system information associated with the first SSB ID, the second pair indicating a second SSB ID and second beam-specific system information associated with the second SSB ID, wherein each of the first beam-specific system information and the second beam-specific system information includes system information for establishing a connection with the wireless communication device that is specific to a beam of a plurality of beams transmitted by the wireless communication device; and broadcasting the SIB to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a serving cell.