US 12,035,226 B2
Mechanisms of searcher number exchange for cell detection and measurement in new radio (NR)
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Yuchul Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/439,288
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/074941
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/159345, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377651 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 48/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a network; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
determine a searcher number associated with the electronic device, wherein the searcher number is equal to or greater than two;
transmit, using the transceiver, a signal to the network, wherein the signal comprises an indication of the searcher number;
determine a carrier specific scaling factor (CSSF) based on the searcher number; and
use at least one of the CSSF or the searcher number to determine a carrier detection time or a carrier measurement time.