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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yingyang Li, Beijing, CN;
Gang Xiong, Beaverton, OR (US);
Bishwarup Mondal, San Ramon, CA (US);
Dae Won Lee, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A generation-Node B (gNB) configured for unlicensed spectrum operation above 52.6 GHz in a fifth-generation new-radio (NR) system (5GS) may encode a parameter (e.g., ssb-PositionsInBurst) for transmission to a UE (e.g., in the SIB1 or UE specific RRC signalling). The parameter may indicate candidate positions of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) within a discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement timing configuration (DMTC) transmission window within slots of a system frame (SFN). During the DMTC window, the gNB may perform a LBT procedure on an unlicensed carrier of the unlicensed spectrum to determine if the unlicensed carrier is available. When the LBT is successful (i.e., the unlicensed carrier is available), the gNB may encode a discovery reference signal (DRS) for transmission on the unlicensed carrier. The DRS may include one or more of the SSBs transmitted during the candidate positions that fall within the DRS. The gNB may perform rate matching around the SSBs for a scheduled PDSCH based on the indicated parameter and transmit the rate-matched PDSCH.