Patent ID: 11943634
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block,
determining a candidate SS/PBCH block index (ISSB1) based on a number of candidate SS/PBCH blocks in a half frame; and
determining a SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) based on the candidate SS/PBCH block index (ISSB1) and a parameter (Q) associated with a quasi-co-location (QCL),
wherein, for operation with a shared spectrum channel, the SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) is determined as ISSB2=ISSB1 mod Q, where mod is a modular operation.