Patent ID: 11956113
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for a user equipment, the method comprising:
determining an operational frequency band;
determining a value L corresponding to the operational frequency band, the value L indicating a maximum number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) in a synchronization signal (SS) burst;
on a condition that the value L is less than a threshold L value, determining a synchronization signal block (SSB) index based on a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence;
on a condition that the value L is 64, determining the SSB index using both of:
the PBCH DMRS sequence, and
a PBCH payload; and
monitoring the SSBs transmitted via a downlink, wherein each of the SSBs includes Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and PBCH,
wherein, on the condition that the value L is 64, the SSB index consists of least significant bits (LSBs) and most significant bits (MSBs),
wherein the LSBs for the SSB index is determined based on the PBCH DMRS sequence, and
wherein the MSBs for the SSB index is determined based on the PBCH payload.