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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yushu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Wei Zeng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US);
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Qiming Li, Beijing, CN;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Approaches are described for receiving downlink signals simultaneously where analog beamforming is being used to increase the link budget between the base station and user equipment (UE). Alternatives within these approaches include the UE determining the synchronization signal block (SSB) to receive when there are multiple SSBs from different cells in a slot, and determining whether there are other signals in the same symbols with the selected SSB based on the type of signal and the SSB's functionality. In the case where there are another downlink signals channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from another cell, the UE selects the corresponding quasi co-location (QCL) assumption to receive the signals. Optionally, the UE can report whether it can support one or two QCL-TypeD at a time and whether it supports SSBs in different cells multiplexed in overlapped symbols.