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Scheduling synchronization signals in a new carrier type

  • US 10,057,855 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2015
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus at an evolved Node B (eNodeB) for providing a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) in a New Carrier Type (NCT) for Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode, the apparatus comprising:

  • one or more processors; and

    a memory storing instructions to be executed by the one or more processors to;

    schedule the PSS in time symbols of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) radio frame, the time symbols located in a pair of slots, the pair of slots located in a pair of sub-frames separated by five milliseconds, the pair of sub-frames located within the OFDM radio frame of the NCT; and

    schedule the SSS in time symbols in the OFDM radio frame, the time symbols located in a pair of slots, the pair of slots located in a pair of sub-frames separated by five milliseconds, the pair of sub-frames located within the OFDM radio frame pertaining to the NCT,wherein demodulation reference signals (DMRS) are removed in time symbols of physical resource blocks (PRBs) within the OFDM radio frame of the NCT that are occupied by the PSS and the SSS to avoid collisions between the PSS and the SSS within the DMRS, and the eNodeB is configured to schedule slow moving user equipment (UEs) in the PRBs due to a reduced DMRS density in the PRBs within the OFDM radio frame of the NCT.

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