US 11,996,931 B2
Transmission of synchronization signals
Dae Won Lee, Portland, OR (US); Gregory Morozov, Nizhny Novgorod (RU); Ansab Ali, Hillsboro, OR (US); Seunghee Han, San Jose, CA (US); and Yongjun Kwak, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,378.
Application 17/811,378 is a division of application No. 16/490,884, previously published as PCT/US2018/020719, filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/480,104, filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/473,877, filed on Mar. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/469,397, filed on Mar. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/467,637, filed on Mar. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/466,877, filed on Mar. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353002 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 13/00 (2011.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01)
CPC H04J 11/0073 (2013.01) [H04J 13/0025 (2013.01); H04L 27/2607 (2013.01); H04L 27/2613 (2013.01); H04L 27/2614 (2013.01); H04L 27/2692 (2013.01); H04L 27/26136 (2021.01); H04L 27/2636 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station operable to encode a primary synchronization signal for transmission to a user equipment (UE), the base station comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
identify, at the base station, a sequence d(n) for a primary synchronization signal, wherein:
the sequence d(n) is defined by: d(n)=1−2s(n);
s(n) is a maximum run length sequence (m-sequence); and
s(n) is provided as s(n+7)=(s(n+4)+s(n)) mod 2, where 0≤n≤127;
generate, at the base station, the primary synchronization signal based on the sequence d(n), wherein to generate the primary synchronization signal comprises:
modulate the sequence d(n) to form a modulated sequence;
multiply the modulated sequence with an alternating sequence of {+1, +j};
perform a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) operation to map the modulated sequence to subcarriers in a frequency domain; and
perform an inverse DFT operation to the modulated sequence to obtain synchronization signal (SS) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain;
encode, at the base station, the primary synchronization signal for transmission to the UE; and
a memory interface configured to retrieve from a memory the primary synchronization signal.