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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yihong Qi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Amir Aminzadeh Gohari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amir Farajidana, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dan Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Herbert R. Dawid, Herzogenrath, DE;
Idan Bar-Sade, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Keith W. Saints, San Diego, CA (US);
Onurcan Iscan, Munich, DE;
Ruoheng Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Sami M. Almalfouh, San Jose, CA (US);
Sung Eun Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tudor Ninacs, Munich, DE;
Wenshu Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yuanye Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system is configured for reconfiguration of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) pattern. The system is configured for obtaining data including a configuration for a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission carrying a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), the configuration specifying, for an SSB of the configuration, resource elements (REs) allocated for transmitting a primary synchronization signal (PSS) to a user equipment (UE) and REs allocated for transmitting a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) to the UE. The system is configured for selecting a set of REs that are unused in the configuration for the SSB transmission, specifying a filling sequence for extending a synchronization signal or an SSB to the set of REs that are unused in the configuration of the SSB transmission, generating data including an enhanced configuration for the SSB transmission that includes the extended synchronization signal or the extended SSBs, and transmitting the SSB transmission using the enhanced configuration.