WO2018053364A1 - Downlink physical broadcast channel design for beamforming systems - Google Patents

Abstract

Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS). The second circuitry may be operable to process a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS). The third circuitry may be operable to process a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS). The xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH- DMRS may be carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

Description

DOWNLINK PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL DESIGN

FOR BEAMFORMING SYSTEMS

CLAIM OF PRIORITY

[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to United

States Provisional Patent Application Serial Number 62/395,271 filed September 15, 2016, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

[0002] A variety of wireless cellular communication systems have been implemented, including a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP) Universal Mobile

Telecommunications System, a 3GPP Long-Term Evolution (LTE) system, and a 3GPP LTE- Advanced (LTE-A) system. Next-generation wireless cellular communication systems based upon LTE and LTE-A systems are being developed, such as a fifth generation (5G) wireless system / 5G mobile networks system. Next-generation wireless cellular communication systems may provide support for higher bandwidths in part by supporting higher carrier frequencies, such as centimeter-wave and millimeter-wave frequencies. Next-generation wireless cellular communication systems may provide support for higher bandwidths in part by supporting beamforming.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0003] The embodiments of the disclosure will be understood more fully from the detailed description given below and from the accompanying drawings of various embodiments of the disclosure. However, while the drawings are to aid in explanation and understanding, they are only an aid, and should not be taken to limit the disclosure to the specific embodiments depicted therein.

[0004] Fig. 1 illustrates a scenario of Physical Broadcast Channel and

synchronization signals being transmitted periodically, in accordance with some

embodiments of the disclosure.

[0005] Fig. 2 illustrates a scenario of resource mapping for 5G Physical Broadcast

Channel (xPBCH), 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS), and 5G Secondary

Synchronization Signal (xSSS) for a particular numerology, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

l [0006] Fig. 3 illustrates a scenario of resource mapping for xPBCH, xPSS, and xSSS, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0007] Fig. 4 illustrates a User Equipment channel estimation flow for xPBCH demodulation, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0008] Fig. 5 illustrates scenarios of resource mappings for xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0009] Fig. 6 illustrates a scenario of xPSS, xSSS, and Demodulation Reference

Signal (DMRS) in xPBCH (xPBCH-DMRS) used as channel estimation reference for xPBCH demodulation, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0010] Fig. 7 illustrates a scenario of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH resource mapping in which two Transmit (Tx) ports are used for xPBCH transmission, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0011] Fig. 8 illustrates an Evolved Node B (eNB) and a User Equipment (UE), in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0012] Fig. 9 illustrates hardware processing circuitries for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH

demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0013] Fig. 10 illustrates methods for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0014] Fig. 11 illustrates methods for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0015] Fig. 12 illustrates example components of a device, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0016] Fig. 13 illustrates example interfaces of baseband circuitry, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] Various wireless cellular communication systems have been implemented or are being proposed, including a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a 3GPP Long-Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 3GPP LTE-Advanced system, and a 5th Generation wireless system / 5th Generation mobile networks (5G) system / 5th Generation new radio (NR) system.

[0018] Some proposed cellular communication systems may incorporate radio frequencies including one or more frequency bands between 30 gigahertz and 300 gigahertz. Corresponding with radio wavelengths from 10 mm to 1 mm, such communication systems may sometimes be referred to as millimeter wave (mmWave) systems.

[0019] In a 5G or NR Radio Access Technology (RAT), several Downlink (DL) physical channels and signals may be defined for transmission of user data, physical control information, and broadcast information, as well as for enabling channel estimation, channel quality estimation, initial access, and synchronization. 5G DL synchronization signals may include 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS), 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS), and 5G Extended Synchronization Signal (ESS). 5G DL Physical Broadcast Control Channel (xPBCH) may be designed to carry required broadcast information.

[0020] In some legacy LTE systems, the Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and

Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) may occur with a 5 millisecond (ms) periodicity while a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) may occur with a 10 ms periodicity. As a result, PSS and SSS might not be dependable for enhancing PBCH channel estimation performance. Channel estimation for PBCH may be based on a central 6 Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) of Common Reference Signal (CRS), which may also be used for other physical channels, and may therefore not be disposed to optimization for PBCH demodulation performance. A disadvantage of such designs is that CRS might not be compatible with 5G requirements for allowing multiplexing of numerologies and different services in the same carrier.

[0021] In addition, in some legacy LTE systems, PSS, SSS, Extended

Synchronization Signal (ESS), and PBCH may be multiplexed in frequency within one Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, which may facilitate efficient scanning of different transmit beam directions. As a result, a time correlation across symbols might not be disposed to being utilized for PBCH channel estimation, and synchronization signals might also not be disposed to being utilized for enhancing PBCH channel estimation. A disadvantage of such designs is that optimization for mmWave propagation conditions may lead to RF beamforming restrictions associated with a single-symbol xPBCH design not allowing xPBCH to easily take advantage of time correlation or xPSS and xSSS for channel estimation purposes.

[0022] In various embodiments, a 5G or NR RAT design for DL xPBCH may enhance control channel performance when it may be assumed that one or more UE Receive (Rx) antennas may be used for control channel reception may have broad coverage (for example, omni-directional coverage). Disclosed herein are xPBCH channel designs based on Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS) that may take advantage of a time correlation across multiple symbols. Some disclosed embodiments may comprise mechanisms and methods for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS collectively for performing channel estimation for xPBCH demodulation in the cases of initial access. Some disclosed embodiments may comprise mechanisms and methods for utilization of xPSS, xSSS and xPBCH-DMRS collectively for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, for mobility or cell reselection without xPBCH demodulation.

[0023] In the following description, numerous details are discussed to provide a more thorough explanation of embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art, however, that embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form, rather than in detail, in order to avoid obscuring embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0024] Note that in the corresponding drawings of the embodiments, signals are represented with lines. Some lines may be thicker, to indicate a greater number of constituent signal paths, and/or have arrows at one or more ends, to indicate a direction of information flow. Such indications are not intended to be limiting. Rather, the lines are used in connection with one or more exemplary embodiments to facilitate easier understanding of a circuit or a logical unit. Any represented signal, as dictated by design needs or preferences, may actually comprise one or more signals that may travel in either direction and may be implemented with any suitable type of signal scheme.

[0025] Throughout the specification, and in the claims, the term "connected" means a direct electrical, mechanical, or magnetic connection between the things that are connected, without any intermediary devices. The term "coupled" means either a direct electrical, mechanical, or magnetic connection between the things that are connected or an indirect connection through one or more passive or active intermediary devices. The term "circuit" or "module" may refer to one or more passive and/or active components that are arranged to cooperate with one another to provide a desired function. The term "signal" may refer to at least one current signal, voltage signal, magnetic signal, or data/clock signal. The meaning of "a," "an," and "the" include plural references. The meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on."

[0026] The terms "substantially," "close," "approximately," "near," and "about" generally refer to being within +/- 10% of a target value. Unless otherwise specified the use of the ordinal adjectives "first," "second," and "third," etc., to describe a common object, merely indicate that different instances of like objects are being referred to, and are not intended to imply that the objects so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner.

[0027] It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are, for example, capable of operation in other orientations than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.

[0028] The terms "left," "right," "front," "back," "top," "bottom," "over," "under," and the like in the description and in the claims, if any, are used for descriptive purposes and not necessarily for describing permanent relative positions.

[0029] For purposes of the embodiments, the transistors in various circuits, modules, and logic blocks are Tunneling FETs (TFETs). Some transistors of various embodiments may comprise metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors, which include drain, source, gate, and bulk terminals. The transistors may also include Tri-Gate and FinFET transistors, Gate All Around Cylindrical Transistors, Square Wire, or Rectangular Ribbon Transistors or other devices implementing transistor functionality like carbon nanotubes or spintronic devices. MOSFET symmetrical source and drain terminals i.e., are identical terminals and are interchangeably used here. A TFET device, on the other hand, has asymmetric Source and Drain terminals. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that other transistors, for example, Bi-polar junction transistors-BJT PNP/NPN, BiCMOS, CMOS, etc., may be used for some transistors without departing from the scope of the disclosure.

[0030] For the purposes of the present disclosure, the phrases "A and/or B" and "A or

B" mean (A), (B), or (A and B). For the purposes of the present disclosure, the phrase "A, B, and/or C" means (A), (B), (C), (A and B), (A and C), (B and C), or (A, B and C).

[0031] In addition, the various elements of combinatorial logic and sequential logic discussed in the present disclosure may pertain both to physical structures (such as AND gates, OR gates, or XOR gates), or to synthesized or otherwise optimized collections of devices implementing the logical structures that are Boolean equivalents of the logic under discussion.

[0032] In addition, for purposes of the present disclosure, the term "eNB" may refer to a legacy LTE capable Evolved Node-B (eNB), a next-generation or 5G capable eNB, a mmWave capable eNB or an mmWave small cell, an Access Point, a Narrowband Internet- of-Things (NB-IoT) capable eNB, a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) capable eNB, a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) capable eNB, and/or another base station for a wireless communication system. For purposes of the present disclosure, the term "UE" may refer to a legacy LTE capable User Equipment (UE), a next-generation or 5G capable UE, an mmWave capable UE, a Station (STA), an NB-IoT capable UE, a CIoT capable UE, an MTC capable UE, and/or another mobile equipment for a wireless communication system.

[0033] Various embodiments of eNBs and/or UEs discussed below may process one or more transmissions of various types. Some processing of a transmission may comprise demodulating, decoding, detecting, parsing, and/or otherwise handling a transmission that has been received. In some embodiments, an eNB or UE processing a transmission may determine or recognize the transmission's type and/or a condition associated with the transmission. For some embodiments, an eNB or UE processing a transmission may act in accordance with the transmission's type, and/or may act conditionally based upon the transmission's type. An eNB or UE processing a transmission may also recognize one or more values or fields of data carried by the transmission. Processing a transmission may comprise moving the transmission through one or more layers of a protocol stack (which may be implemented in, e.g., hardware and/or software-configured elements), such as by moving a transmission that has been received by an eNB or a UE through one or more layers of a protocol stack.

[0034] Various embodiments of eNBs and/or UEs discussed below may also generate one or more transmissions of various types. Some generating of a transmission may comprise modulating, encoding, formatting, assembling, and/or otherwise handling a transmission that is to be transmitted. In some embodiments, an eNB or UE generating a transmission may establish the transmission's type and/or a condition associated with the transmission. For some embodiments, an eNB or UE generating a transmission may act in accordance with the transmission's type, and/or may act conditionally based upon the transmission's type. An eNB or UE generating a transmission may also determine one or more values or fields of data carried by the transmission. Generating a transmission may comprise moving the transmission through one or more layers of a protocol stack (which may be implemented in, e.g., hardware and/or software-configured elements), such as by moving a transmission to be sent by an eNB or a UE through one or more layers of a protocol stack.

[0035] In various embodiments, resources may span various Resource Blocks (RBs),

PRBs, and/or time periods (e.g., frames, subframes, and/or slots) of a wireless

communication system. In some contexts, allocated resources (e.g., channels, Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFMD) symbols, subcarrier frequencies, resource elements (REs), and/or portions thereof) may be formatted for (and prior to) transmission over a wireless communication link. In other contexts, allocated resources (e.g., channels, OFDM symbols, subcarrier frequencies, REs, and/or portions thereof) may be detected from (and subsequent to) reception over a wireless communication link.

[0036] Fig. 1 illustrates a scenario of Physical Broadcast Channel and

synchronization signals being transmitted periodically, in accordance with some

embodiments of the disclosure. In a scenario 100, xPBCH and/or synchronization signals (e.g., xPSS and/or xSSS) may be transmitted together, in the same subframe and periodically.

[0037] Fig. 2 illustrates a scenario of resource mapping for 5G PBCH (xPBCH), 5G

Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS), and 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) for a particular numerology, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. A scenario 200 may have a resource mapping for xPBCH and/or synchronization signals (e.g., xPSS and/or xSSS) for a particular numerology.

[0038] In some embodiments, within a subframe, xPBCH and synchronization signals

(e.g., xPSS and/or xSSS) may be mapped to 6 PRBs around a Direct Current (DC) subcarrier. xPSS and xSSS may be mapped to two consecutive symbols, followed by xPBCH that may be mapped to the following four consecutive symbols. For some embodiments, dedicated reference signals (e.g., one-port reference signals) for demodulating xPBCH may be provided within the xPBCH allocation, such as xPBCH-DMRS. The density of xPBCH-DMRS may depend on a coverage performance requirement under certain environments. In some embodiments, for example in extreme cases, xPBCH-DMRS might not be transmitted, and xPBCH may be decoded merely from xPSS and/or xSSS.

[0039] For some embodiments, a subframe containing xPSS, xSSS, and/or xPBCH may be used for regular 5G Physical Downlink Shared Channel (xPDSCH) transmission from a system point of view, where the subframe may include 5G Physical Downlink Control Channel (xPDCCH) followed by xPDSCH, two symbols of CSI-RS following by a transmission gap GP and 5G Physical Uplink Control Channel (xPUCCH). In various embodiments, CSI-RS symbols may be multiplexed with xPDSCH. [0040] Fig. 3 illustrates a scenario of resource mapping for xPBCH, xPSS, and xSSS, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. A scenario 300 may have a resource mapping for xPBCH and/or synchronization signals (e.g., xPSS and/or xSSS) for a particular numerology. The xPSS, xSSS, and/or xPBCH may use a subcarrier spacing of 15 kilohertz (kHz), and a remainder of the subframe may use a subcarrier spacing of 30 kHz. Scenario 300 may apply in a mixed-numerology system or setting.

[0041] With respect to the resource mapping for xPBCH data and DMRS shown in

Figure 2, and with respect to some embodiments in which xPSS, xSSS and xPBCH may be transmitted from a common antenna port (AP) AP0, Fig. 4 may depict a possible step wise flow of operation at the UE side.

[0042] In various embodiments, in a mixed numerology setting, a narrowband filter may be inserted before xPSS detection with an appropriate sampling rate depending on the subcarrier spacing of xPSS, xSSS, and/or xPBCH. After a non-coherent detection of xPSS, the xPSS REs may be used as a channel estimation reference for xSSS detection. Following detection of xPSS and xSSS, the xPSS and/or xSSS REs may be used as a channel estimation reference for xPBCH demodulation (in addition to the DMRS that is transmitted for xPBCH, e.g., xPBCH-DMRS).

[0043] After xPSS detection, the UE may be aware of the symbol timing, SSS position, and a cell ID within a cell ID group. In some embodiments, possible cell IDs may be reduced from 504 to 168. The UE may then be ready to perform channel estimation based on the detected xPSS sequence.

[0044] After xSSS detection, the UE may be aware of the frame timing and the cell

ID. The UE may then be ready to perform channel estimation based on the detected xSSS sequence, as well as the xPBCH-DMRS that may be scrambled with the cell ID.

[0045] After xPSS and/or xSSS detection, in cases of initial access (e.g., when a UE is in IDLE mode), xPBCH demodulation may performed. In cases of access related to mobility measurements and/or cell reselection (e.g., when a UE is in CONNECTED or IDLE mode), xPSS, xSSS and xPBCH-DMRS may be used for RSRP and/or RSRQ measurements.

[0046] Fig. 4 illustrates a User Equipment channel estimation flow for xPBCH demodulation, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. Relative to a resource mapping of xPSS, xSSS, xPBCH (as depicted, for example, in Figs. 2 and 3), a flow of operations 400 may show that for a single AP transmission of synchronization signals and xPBCH signals, xPBCH demodulation may utilize xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS collectively for channel estimation reference. [0047] Some other possible resource mappings of xPSS, xSSS, xPBCH are depicted in Figs. 5-7.

[0048] Fig. 5 illustrates scenarios of resource mappings for xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. In a first scenario 500, coherent detection of xSSS utilizing xPSS may be feasible, whereas in a second scenario 550, coherent detection of xSSS utilizing xPSS might not be feasible. In first scenario 500 and second scenario 550, it may be feasible to eliminate xPBCH-DMRS, and rely merely on xPSS and xSSS for xPBCH demodulation.

[0049] Fig. 6 illustrates a scenario of xPSS, xSSS, and Demodulation Reference

Signal (DMRS) in xPBCH (xPBCH-DMRS) used as channel estimation reference for xPBCH demodulation, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. In a scenario 600, xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS may be used as channel estimation references for xPBCH demodulation.

[0050] In various embodiments, resource mapping mechanisms and methods disclosed herein may be straightforwardly extended to cases in which two Tx ports may be used for xPBCH transmission. In such cases, one Tx port may be used for xPSS

transmission, while another Tx port may be used for xSSS transmission.

[0051] Fig. 5 notably depicts an alternative resource mapping for xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH, in which two Tx ports may be used for xPBCH transmission (e.g., Space Frequency Block Code (SFBC) transmission of xPBCH).

[0052] Fig. 7 illustrates a scenario of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH resource mapping in which two Transmit (Tx) ports are used for xPBCH transmission, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. In a scenario 700, a resource mapping of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH may permit 2 Tx ports to be used for xPBCH transmission. In addition, xPSS and xSSS may be used (in addition to xPBCH-DMRS) for xPBCH demodulation.

[0053] Fig. 8 illustrates an eNB and a UE, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. Fig. 8 includes block diagrams of an eNB 810 and a UE 830 which are operable to co-exist with each other and other elements of an LTE network. High-level, simplified architectures of eNB 810 and UE 830 are described so as not to obscure the embodiments. It should be noted that in some embodiments, eNB 810 may be a stationary non-mobile device.

[0054] eNB 810 is coupled to one or more antennas 805, and UE 830 is similarly coupled to one or more antennas 825. However, in some embodiments, eNB 810 may incorporate or comprise antennas 805, and UE 830 in various embodiments may incorporate or comprise antennas 825.

[0055] In some embodiments, antennas 805 and/or antennas 825 may comprise one or more directional or omni-directional antennas, including monopole antennas, dipole antennas, loop antennas, patch antennas, microstrip antennas, coplanar wave antennas, or other types of antennas suitable for transmission of RF signals. In some MIMO (multiple-input and multiple output) embodiments, antennas 805 are separated to take advantage of spatial diversity.

[0056] eNB 810 and UE 830 are operable to communicate with each other on a network, such as a wireless network. eNB 810 and UE 830 may be in communication with each other over a wireless communication channel 850, which has both a downlink path from eNB 810 to UE 830 and an uplink path from UE 830 to eNB 810.

[0057] As illustrated in Fig. 8, in some embodiments, eNB 810 may include a physical layer circuitry 812, a MAC (media access control) circuitry 814, a processor 816, a memory 818, and a hardware processing circuitry 820. A person skilled in the art will appreciate that other components not shown may be used in addition to the components shown to form a complete eNB.

[0058] In some embodiments, physical layer circuitry 812 includes a transceiver 813 for providing signals to and from UE 830. Transceiver 813 provides signals to and from UEs or other devices using one or more antennas 805. In some embodiments, MAC circuitry 814 controls access to the wireless medium. Memory 818 may be, or may include, a storage media/medium such as a magnetic storage media (e.g., magnetic tapes or magnetic disks), an optical storage media (e.g., optical discs), an electronic storage media (e.g., conventional hard disk drives, solid-state disk drives, or flash-memory-based storage media), or any tangible storage media or non-transitory storage media. Hardware processing circuitry 820 may comprise logic devices or circuitry to perform various operations. In some embodiments, processor 816 and memory 818 are arranged to perform the operations of hardware processing circuitry 820, such as operations described herein with reference to logic devices and circuitry within eNB 810 and/or hardware processing circuitry 820.

[0059] Accordingly, in some embodiments, eNB 810 may be a device comprising an application processor, a memory, one or more antenna ports, and an interface for allowing the application processor to communicate with another device.

[0060] As is also illustrated in Fig. 8, in some embodiments, UE 830 may include a physical layer circuitry 832, a MAC circuitry 834, a processor 836, a memory 838, a hardware processing circuitry 840, a wireless interface 842, and a display 844. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that other components not shown may be used in addition to the components shown to form a complete UE.

[0061] In some embodiments, physical layer circuitry 832 includes a transceiver 833 for providing signals to and from eNB 810 (as well as other eNBs). Transceiver 833 provides signals to and from eNBs or other devices using one or more antennas 825. In some embodiments, MAC circuitry 834 controls access to the wireless medium. Memory 838 may be, or may include, a storage media/medium such as a magnetic storage media (e.g., magnetic tapes or magnetic disks), an optical storage media (e.g., optical discs), an electronic storage media (e.g., conventional hard disk drives, solid-state disk drives, or flash-memory -based storage media), or any tangible storage media or non-transitory storage media. Wireless interface 842 may be arranged to allow the processor to communicate with another device. Display 844 may provide a visual and/or tactile display for a user to interact with UE 830, such as a touch-screen display. Hardware processing circuitry 840 may comprise logic devices or circuitry to perform various operations. In some embodiments, processor 836 and memory 838 may be arranged to perform the operations of hardware processing circuitry 840, such as operations described herein with reference to logic devices and circuitry within UE 830 and/or hardware processing circuitry 840.

[0062] Accordingly, in some embodiments, UE 830 may be a device comprising an application processor, a memory, one or more antennas, a wireless interface for allowing the application processor to communicate with another device, and a touch-screen display.

[0063] Elements of Fig. 8, and elements of other figures having the same names or reference numbers, can operate or function in the manner described herein with respect to any such figures (although the operation and function of such elements is not limited to such descriptions). For example, Figs. 9 and 12-13 also depict embodiments of eNBs, hardware processing circuitry of eNBs, UEs, and/or hardware processing circuitry of UEs, and the embodiments described with respect to Fig. 8 and Figs. 9 and 12-13 can operate or function in the manner described herein with respect to any of the figures.

[0064] In addition, although eNB 810 and UE 830 are each described as having several separate functional elements, one or more of the functional elements may be combined and may be implemented by combinations of software-configured elements and/or other hardware elements. In some embodiments of this disclosure, the functional elements can refer to one or more processes operating on one or more processing elements. Examples of software and/or hardware configured elements include Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more microprocessors, DSPs, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), and so on.

[0065] Fig. 9 illustrates hardware processing circuitries for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH

demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0066] Fig. 9 illustrates hardware processing circuitries for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH

demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. With reference to Fig. 8, a UE may include various hardware processing circuitries discussed herein (such as hardware processing circuitry 900 of Fig. 9), which may in turn comprise logic devices and/or circuitry operable to perform various operations. For example, in Fig. 8, UE 830 (or various elements or components therein, such as hardware processing circuitry 840, or combinations of elements or components therein) may include part of, or all of, these hardware processing circuitries.

[0067] In some embodiments, one or more devices or circuitries within these hardware processing circuitries may be implemented by combinations of software-configured elements and/or other hardware elements. For example, processor 836 (and/or one or more other processors which UE 830 may comprise), memory 838, and/or other elements or components of UE 830 (which may include hardware processing circuitry 840) may be arranged to perform the operations of these hardware processing circuitries, such as operations described herein with reference to devices and circuitry within these hardware processing circuitries. In some embodiments, processor 836 (and/or one or more other processors which UE 830 may comprise) may be a baseband processor.

[0068] Returning to Fig. 9, an apparatus of UE 830 (or another UE or mobile handset), which may be operable to communicate with one or more eNBs on a wireless network, may comprise hardware processing circuitry 900. In some embodiments, hardware processing circuitry 900 may comprise one or more antenna ports 905 operable to provide various transmissions over a wireless communication channel (such as wireless

communication channel 850). Antenna ports 905 may be coupled to one or more antennas 907 (which may be antennas 825). In some embodiments, hardware processing circuitry 900 may incorporate antennas 907, while in other embodiments, hardware processing circuitry 900 may merely be coupled to antennas 907.

[0069] Antenna ports 905 and antennas 907 may be operable to provide signals from a UE to a wireless communications channel and/or an eNB, and may be operable to provide signals from an eNB and/or a wireless communications channel to a UE. For example, antenna ports 905 and antennas 907 may be operable to provide transmissions from UE 830 to wireless communication channel 850 (and from there to eNB 810, or to another eNB). Similarly, antennas 907 and antenna ports 905 may be operable to provide transmissions from a wireless communication channel 850 (and beyond that, from eNB 810, or another eNB) to UE 830.

[0070] Hardware processing circuitry 900 may comprise various circuitries operable in accordance with the various embodiments discussed herein. With reference to Fig. 9, hardware processing circuitry 900 may comprise a first circuitry 910, a second circuitry 920, and/or a third circuitry 930.

[0071] In various embodiments, first circuitry 910 may be operable to process a first transmission carrying an xPSS. First circuitry 910 may also be operable to process a second transmission carrying an xSSS. In addition, first circuitry 910 may be operable to process a third transmission carrying an xPBCH, including an xPBCH-DMRS. The xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS may be carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

Hardware processing circuitry 900 may also comprise an interface for receiving the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and/or the xPBCH-DMRS transmission from a receiving circuitry.

[0072] In some embodiments, the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS may ber respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

[0073] For some embodiments, third circuitry 930 may be operable to measure at least one of a RSRP and a RSRQ based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS. In some embodiments, first circuitry 910 may be operable to provide information regarding the xPSS, the xSSS, and/or the xPBCH-DMRS to third circuitry 930 via an interface 914.

[0074] In some embodiments, the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission may span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies. For some embodiments, the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission may have substantially the same subcarrier spacing. [0075] For some embodiments, second circuitry 920 may be operable to demodulate a

System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS. Second circuitry 920 may also be operable to demodulate an SI carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS. In addition, second circuitry 920 may be operable to demodulate an SI carried by the third transmission based upon the xSSS and the xPBCH-DMRS. First circuitry may provide information regarding the xPSS, the xSSS, the xPBCH-DMRS, and/or an Si-bearing portion of the third transmission to second circuitry 920 via an interface 912.

[0076] In some embodiments, the xPSS may be detected in a non-coherent manner.

For some embodiments, the xSSS may be detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the first transmission.

[0077] In various embodiments, first circuitry 910 may be operable to process an xPSS transmission. First circuitry 910 may also be operable to process an xSSS transmission. In addition, first circuitry 910 may be operable to process an xPBCH transmission carrying xPBCH-DMRS. Second circuitry 920 may be operable to measure at least one of an RSRP and an RSRQ based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS. Hardware processing circuitry 900 may also comprise an interface for receiving the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and/or the xPBCH-DMRS transmission from a receiving circuitry.

[0078] In some embodiments, the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission may be respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols. For some embodiments, the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission may span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission may be carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies. In some

embodiments, herein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission may have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission may have a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

[0079] For some embodiments, second circuitry 920 may be operable to demodulate an SI carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission. In some embodiments, second circuitry 920 may be operable to demodulate an SI carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[0080] In some embodiments, the xPSS transmission may be detected in a noncoherent manner. For some embodiments, the xSSS transmission may be detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the xPSS

transmission.

[0081] In some embodiments, first circuitry 910, second circuitry 920, and/or third circuitry 930 may be implemented as separate circuitries. In other embodiments, first circuitry 910, second circuitry 920, and/or third circuitry 930 may be combined and implemented together in a circuitry without altering the essence of the embodiments.

[0082] Fig. 10 illustrates methods for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

[0083] Fig. 10 illustrates methods for a UE for utilization of xPSS, xSSS, and xPBCH-DMRS for performing channel estimation for xPBCH demodulation and for performing Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurements, or both, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. With reference to Fig. 8, methods that may relate to UE 830 and hardware processing circuitry 840 are discussed herein. Although the actions in the method 1000 of Fig. 10 and method 1100 of Fig. Hare shown in a particular order, the order of the actions can be modified. Thus, the illustrated embodiments can be performed in a different order, and some actions may be performed in parallel. Some of the actions and/or operations listed in Figs. 10 and 11 are optional in accordance with certain embodiments. The numbering of the actions presented is for the sake of clarity and is not intended to prescribe an order of operations in which the various actions must occur. Additionally, operations from the various flows may be utilized in a variety of combinations.

[0084] Moreover, in some embodiments, machine readable storage media may have executable instructions that, when executed, cause UE 830 and/or hardware processing circuitry 840 to perform an operation comprising the methods of Figs. 10 and 11. Such machine readable storage media may include any of a variety of storage media, like magnetic storage media (e.g., magnetic tapes or magnetic disks), optical storage media (e.g., optical discs), electronic storage media (e.g., conventional hard disk drives, solid-state disk drives, or fiash-memory-based storage media), or any other tangible storage media or non-transitory storage media.

[0085] In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise means for performing various actions and/or operations of the methods of Figs. 10 and 11. [0086] Returning to Fig. 10, various methods may be in accordance with the various embodiments discussed herein. A method 1000 may comprise a processing 1010, a processing 1015, and a processing 1020. Method 1000 may also comprise a measuring 1030, a demodulating 1040, a demodulating 1050, and/or a demodulating 1060.

[0087] In processing 1010, a first transmission carrying an xPSS may be processed.

In processing 1015, a second transmission carrying an xSSS may be processed. In processing 1020, a third transmission carrying an xPBCH-DMRS may be processed. The xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS may be carried in carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

[0088] In some embodiments, the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS may ber respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

[0089] For some embodiments, in measuring 1030, at least one of an RSRP and an

RSRQ may be measured based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[0090] In some embodiments, the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission may span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies. For some embodiments, the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission may have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

[0091] For some embodiments, in demodulating 1040, an SI carried by the third transmission may be demodulated based upon the xPSS and the xSSS. In demodulating 1050, an SI carried by the third transmission may be demodulated based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS. In demodulating 1060, an SI carried by the third transmission may be demodulated based upon the xSSS and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[0092] In some embodiments, the xPSS may be detected in a non-coherent manner.

For some embodiments, the xSSS may be detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the first transmission.

[0093] Returning to Fig. 10, various methods may be in accordance with the various embodiments discussed herein. A method 1100 may comprise a processing 1110, a processing 1115, a processing 1120, and a processing 1125. Method 1100 may also comprise a demodulating 1130 and a demodulating 1140.

[0094] In processing 1110, an xPSS transmission may be processed. In processing

1115, an xSSS transmission may be processed. In processing 1120, an xPBCH transmission carrying xPBCH-DMRS may be processed. In measuring 1125, at least one of an RSRP and an RSRQ based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS may be measured. [0095] In some embodiments, the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission may be respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols. For some embodiments, the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission may span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission may be carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies. In some

embodiments, herein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission may have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission may have a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

[0096] For some embodiments, in demodulating 1130, an SI carried by the xPBCH transmission may be demodulated based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission. In some embodiments, in demodulating 1140, an SI may be carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[0097] In some embodiments, the xPSS transmission may be detected in a noncoherent manner. For some embodiments, the xSSS transmission may be detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the xPSS

transmission.

[0098] Fig. 12 illustrates example components of a device, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. In some embodiments, the device 1200 may include application circuitry 1202, baseband circuitry 1204, Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry 1206, front-end module (FEM) circuitry 1208, one or more antennas 1210, and power management circuitry (PMC) 1212 coupled together at least as shown. The components of the illustrated device 1200 may be included in a UE or a RAN node. In some embodiments, the device 1200 may include less elements (e.g., a RAN node may not utilize application circuitry 1202, and instead include a processor/controller to process IP data received from an EPC). In some embodiments, the device 1200 may include additional elements such as, for example, memory /storage, display, camera, sensor, or input/output (I/O) interface. In other embodiments, the components described below may be included in more than one device (e.g., said circuitries may be separately included in more than one device for Cloud-RAN (C- RAN) implementations).

[0099] The application circuitry 1202 may include one or more application processors. For example, the application circuitry 1202 may include circuitry such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The processor(s) may include any combination of general-purpose processors and dedicated processors (e.g., graphics processors, application processors, an so on). The processors may be coupled with or may include memory /storage and may be configured to execute instructions stored in the memory /storage to enable various applications or operating systems to run on the device 1200. In some embodiments, processors of application circuitry 1202 may process IP data packets received from an EPC.

[00100] The baseband circuitry 1204 may include circuitry such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The baseband circuitry 1204 may include one or more baseband processors or control logic to process baseband signals received from a receive signal path of the RF circuitry 1206 and to generate baseband signals for a transmit signal path of the RF circuitry 1206. Baseband processing circuity 1204 may interface with the application circuitry 1202 for generation and processing of the baseband signals and for controlling operations of the RF circuitry 1206. For example, in some embodiments, the baseband circuitry 1204 may include a third generation (3G) baseband processor 1204A, a fourth generation (4G) baseband processor 1204B, a fifth generation (5G) baseband processor 1204C, or other baseband processor(s) 1204D for other existing generations, generations in development or to be developed in the future (e.g., second generation (2G), sixth generation (6G), and so on). The baseband circuitry 1204 (e.g., one or more of baseband processors 1204A-D) may handle various radio control functions that enable communication with one or more radio networks via the RF circuitry 1206. In other embodiments, some or all of the functionality of baseband processors 1204A-D may be included in modules stored in the memory 1204G and executed via a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1204E. The radio control functions may include, but are not limited to, signal modulation/demodulation,

encoding/decoding, radio frequency shifting, and so on. In some embodiments,

modulation/demodulation circuitry of the baseband circuitry 1204 may include Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT), precoding, or constellation mapping/demapping functionality. In some embodiments, encoding/decoding circuitry of the baseband circuitry 1204 may include convolution, tail-biting convolution, turbo, Viterbi, or Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder/decoder functionality. Embodiments of modulation/demodulation and

encoder/decoder functionality are not limited to these examples and may include other suitable functionality in other embodiments.

[00101] In some embodiments, the baseband circuitry 1204 may include one or more audio digital signal processor(s) (DSP) 1204F. The audio DSP(s) 1204F may be include elements for compression/decompression and echo cancellation and may include other suitable processing elements in other embodiments. Components of the baseband circuitry may be suitably combined in a single chip, a single chipset, or disposed on a same circuit board in some embodiments. In some embodiments, some or all of the constituent components of the baseband circuitry 1204 and the application circuitry 1202 may be implemented together such as, for example, on a system on a chip (SOC).

[00102] In some embodiments, the baseband circuitry 1204 may provide for communication compatible with one or more radio technologies. For example, in some embodiments, the baseband circuitry 1204 may support communication with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) or other wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wireless personal area network (WPAN). Embodiments in which the baseband circuitry 1204 is configured to support radio communications of more than one wireless protocol may be referred to as multi-mode baseband circuitry.

[00103] RF circuitry 1206 may enable communication with wireless networks using modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium. In various embodiments, the RF circuitry 1206 may include switches, filters, amplifiers, and so on to facilitate the communication with the wireless network. RF circuitry 1206 may include a receive signal path which may include circuitry to down-convert RF signals received from the FEM circuitry 1208 and provide baseband signals to the baseband circuitry 1204. RF circuitry 1206 may also include a transmit signal path which may include circuitry to up-convert baseband signals provided by the baseband circuitry 1204 and provide RF output signals to the FEM circuitry 1208 for transmission.

[00104] In some embodiments, the receive signal path of the RF circuitry 1206 may include mixer circuitry 1206A, amplifier circuitry 1206B and filter circuitry 1206C. In some embodiments, the transmit signal path of the RF circuitry 1206 may include filter circuitry 1206C and mixer circuitry 1206A. RF circuitry 1206 may also include synthesizer circuitry 1206D for synthesizing a frequency for use by the mixer circuitry 1206A of the receive signal path and the transmit signal path. In some embodiments, the mixer circuitry 1206 A of the receive signal path may be configured to down-convert RF signals received from the FEM circuitry 1208 based on the synthesized frequency provided by synthesizer circuitry 1206D. The amplifier circuitry 1206B may be configured to amplify the down-converted signals and the filter circuitry 1206C may be a low-pass filter (LPF) or band-pass filter (BPF) configured to remove unwanted signals from the down-converted signals to generate output baseband signals. Output baseband signals may be provided to the baseband circuitry 1204 for further processing. In some embodiments, the output baseband signals may be zero-frequency baseband signals, although this is not a requirement. In some embodiments, mixer circuitry 1206A of the receive signal path may comprise passive mixers, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.

[00105] In some embodiments, the mixer circuitry 1206A of the transmit signal path may be configured to up-convert input baseband signals based on the synthesized frequency provided by the synthesizer circuitry 1206D to generate RF output signals for the FEM circuitry 1208. The baseband signals may be provided by the baseband circuitry 1204 and may be filtered by filter circuitry 1206C.

[00106] In some embodiments, the mixer circuitry 1206A of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 1206A of the transmit signal path may include two or more mixers and may be arranged for quadrature downconversion and upconversion, respectively. In some embodiments, the mixer circuitry 1206A of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 1206A of the transmit signal path may include two or more mixers and may be arranged for image rejection (e.g., Hartley image rejection). In some embodiments, the mixer circuitry 1206 A of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 1206 A may be arranged for direct downconversion and direct upconversion, respectively. In some embodiments, the mixer circuitry 1206 A of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 1206A of the transmit signal path may be configured for super-heterodyne operation.

[00107] In some embodiments, the output baseband signals and the input baseband signals may be analog baseband signals, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect. In some alternate embodiments, the output baseband signals and the input baseband signals may be digital baseband signals. In these alternate embodiments, the RF circuitry 1206 may include analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuitry and the baseband circuitry 1204 may include a digital baseband interface to communicate with the RF circuitry 1206.

[00108] In some dual-mode embodiments, a separate radio IC circuitry may be provided for processing signals for each spectrum, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.

[00109] In some embodiments, the synthesizer circuitry 1206D may be a fractional -N synthesizer or a fractional N/N+l synthesizer, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect as other types of frequency synthesizers may be suitable. For example, synthesizer circuitry 1206D may be a delta-sigma synthesizer, a frequency multiplier, or a synthesizer comprising a phase-locked loop with a frequency divider. [00110] The synthesizer circuitry 1206D may be configured to synthesize an output frequency for use by the mixer circuitry 1206 A of the RF circuitry 1206 based on a frequency input and a divider control input. In some embodiments, the synthesizer circuitry 1206D may be a fractional N/N+l synthesizer.

[00111] In some embodiments, frequency input may be provided by a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), although that is not a requirement. Divider control input may be provided by either the baseband circuitry 1204 or the applications processor 1202 depending on the desired output frequency. In some embodiments, a divider control input (e.g., N) may be determined from a look-up table based on a channel indicated by the applications processor 1202.

[00112] Synthesizer circuitry 1206D of the RF circuitry 1206 may include a divider, a delay-locked loop (DLL), a multiplexer and a phase accumulator. In some embodiments, the divider may be a dual modulus divider (DMD) and the phase accumulator may be a digital phase accumulator (DP A). In some embodiments, the DMD may be configured to divide the input signal by either N or N+l (e.g., based on a carry out) to provide a fractional division ratio. In some example embodiments, the DLL may include a set of cascaded, tunable, delay elements, a phase detector, a charge pump and a D-type flip-flop. In these embodiments, the delay elements may be configured to break a VCO period up into Nd equal packets of phase, where Nd is the number of delay elements in the delay line. In this way, the DLL provides negative feedback to help ensure that the total delay through the delay line is one VCO cycle.

[00113] In some embodiments, synthesizer circuitry 1206D may be configured to generate a carrier frequency as the output frequency, while in other embodiments, the output frequency may be a multiple of the carrier frequency (e.g., twice the carrier frequency, four times the carrier frequency) and used in conjunction with quadrature generator and divider circuitry to generate multiple signals at the carrier frequency with multiple different phases with respect to each other. In some embodiments, the output frequency may be a LO frequency (fLO). In some embodiments, the RF circuitry 1206 may include an IQ/polar converter.

[00114] FEM circuitry 1208 may include a receive signal path which may include circuitry configured to operate on RF signals received from one or more antennas 1210, amplify the received signals and provide the amplified versions of the received signals to the RF circuitry 1206 for further processing. FEM circuitry 1208 may also include a transmit signal path which may include circuitry configured to amplify signals for transmission provided by the RF circuitry 1206 for transmission by one or more of the one or more antennas 1210. In various embodiments, the amplification through the transmit or receive signal paths may be done solely in the RF circuitry 1206, solely in the FEM 1208, or in both the RF circuitry 1206 and the FEM 1208.

[00115] In some embodiments, the FEM circuitry 1208 may include a TX/RX switch to switch between transmit mode and receive mode operation. The FEM circuitry may include a receive signal path and a transmit signal path. The receive signal path of the FEM circuitry may include an LNA to amplify received RF signals and provide the amplified received RF signals as an output (e.g., to the RF circuitry 1206). The transmit signal path of the FEM circuitry 1208 may include a power amplifier (PA) to amplify input RF signals (e.g., provided by RF circuitry 1206), and one or more filters to generate RF signals for subsequent transmission (e.g., by one or more of the one or more antennas 1210).

[00116] In some embodiments, the PMC 1212 may manage power provided to the baseband circuitry 1204. In particular, the PMC 1212 may control power-source selection, voltage scaling, battery charging, or DC-to-DC conversion. The PMC 1212 may often be included when the device 1200 is capable of being powered by a battery, for example, when the device is included in a UE. The PMC 1212 may increase the power conversion efficiency while providing desirable implementation size and heat dissipation characteristics.

[00117] While Fig. 12 shows the PMC 1212 coupled only with the baseband circuitry 1204. However, in other embodiments, the PMC 1212 may be additionally or alternatively coupled with, and perform similar power management operations for, other components such as, but not limited to, application circuitry 1202, RF circuitry 1206, or FEM 1208.

[00118] In some embodiments, the PMC 1212 may control, or otherwise be part of, various power saving mechanisms of the device 1200. For example, if the device 1200 is in an RRC_Connected state, where it is still connected to the RAN node as it expects to receive traffic shortly, then it may enter a state known as Discontinuous Reception Mode (DRX) after a period of inactivity. During this state, the device 1200 may power down for brief intervals of time and thus save power.

[00119] If there is no data traffic activity for an extended period of time, then the device 1200 may transition off to an RRC Idle state, where it disconnects from the network and does not perform operations such as channel quality feedback, handover, and so on. The device 1200 goes into a very low power state and it performs paging where again it periodically wakes up to listen to the network and then powers down again. The device 1200 may not receive data in this state, in order to receive data, it must transition back to

RRC Connected state. [00120] An additional power saving mode may allow a device to be unavailable to the network for periods longer than a paging interval (ranging from seconds to a few hours). During this time, the device is totally unreachable to the network and may power down completely. Any data sent during this time incurs a large delay and it is assumed the delay is acceptable.

[00121] Processors of the application circuitry 1202 and processors of the baseband circuitry 1204 may be used to execute elements of one or more instances of a protocol stack. For example, processors of the baseband circuitry 1204, alone or in combination, may be used execute Layer 3, Layer 2, or Layer 1 functionality, while processors of the application circuitry 1204 may utilize data (e.g., packet data) received from these layers and further execute Layer 4 functionality (e.g., transmission communication protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) layers). As referred to herein, Layer 3 may comprise a radio resource control (RRC) layer, described in further detail below. As referred to herein, Layer 2 may comprise a medium access control (MAC) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, described in further detail below. As referred to herein, Layer 1 may comprise a physical (PHY) layer of a UE/RAN node, described in further detail below.

[00122] Fig. 13 illustrates example interfaces of baseband circuitry, in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. As discussed above, the baseband circuitry 1204 of Fig. 12 may comprise processors 1204A-1204E and a memory 1204G utilized by said processors. Each of the processors 1204A-1204E may include a memory interface, 1304A- 1304E, respectively, to send/receive data to/from the memory 1204G.

[00123] The baseband circuitry 1204 may further include one or more interfaces to communicatively couple to other circuitries/devices, such as a memory interface 1312 (e.g., an interface to send/receive data to/from memory extemal to the baseband circuitry 1204), an application circuitry interface 1314 (e.g., an interface to send/receive data to/from the application circuitry 1202 of Fig. 12), an RF circuitry interface 1316 (e.g., an interface to send/receive data to/from RF circuitry 1206 of Fig. 12), a wireless hardware connectivity interface 1318 (e.g., an interface to send/receive data to/from Near Field Communication (NFC) components, Bluetooth® components (e.g., Bluetooth® Low Energy), Wi-Fi® components, and other communication components), and a power management interface 1320 (e.g., an interface to send/receive power or control signals to/from the PMC 1212.

[00124] It is pointed out that elements of any of the Figures herein having the same reference numbers and/or names as elements of any other Figure herein may, in various embodiments, operate or function in a manner similar those elements of the other Figure (without being limited to operating or functioning in such a manner).

[00125] Reference in the specification to "an embodiment," "one embodiment," "some embodiments," or "other embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments is included in at least some embodiments, but not necessarily all embodiments. The various appearances of "an embodiment," "one embodiment," or "some embodiments" are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiments. If the specification states a component, feature, structure, or characteristic "may," "might," or "could" be included, that particular component, feature, structure, or characteristic is not required to be included. If the specification or claim refers to "a" or "an" element, that does not mean there is only one of the elements. If the specification or claims refer to "an additional" element, that does not preclude there being more than one of the additional element.

[00126] Furthermore, the particular features, structures, functions, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. For example, a first embodiment may be combined with a second embodiment anywhere the particular features, structures, functions, or characteristics associated with the two embodiments are not mutually exclusive.

[00127] While the disclosure has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, many alternatives, modifications and variations of such embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the foregoing description. For example, other memory architectures e.g., Dynamic RAM (DRAM) may use the

embodiments discussed. The embodiments of the disclosure are intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications, and variations as to fall within the broad scope of the appended claims.

[00128] In addition, well known power/ground connections to integrated circuit (IC) chips and other components may or may not be shown within the presented figures, for simplicity of illustration and discussion, and so as not to obscure the disclosure. Further, arrangements may be shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the disclosure, and also in view of the fact that specifics with respect to implementation of such block diagram arrangements are highly dependent upon the platform within which the present disclosure is to be implemented (i.e., such specifics should be well within purview of one skilled in the art). Where specific details (e.g., circuits) are set forth in order to describe example embodiments of the disclosure, it should be apparent to one skilled in the art that the disclosure can be practiced without, or with variation of, these specific details. The description is thus to be regarded as illustrative instead of limiting.

[00129] The following examples pertain to further embodiments. Specifics in the examples may be used anywhere in one or more embodiments. All optional features of the apparatus described herein may also be implemented with respect to a method or process.

[00130] Example 1 provides an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node B (eNB) on a wireless network, comprising: one or more processors to: process a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS); process a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS); and process a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS), wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols, an interface for receiving the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission from a receiving circuitry.

[00131] In example 2, the apparatus of example 1, wherein the one or more processors are to: wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00132] In example 3, the apparatus of either of examples 1 or 2, wherein the one or more processors are to: measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00133] In example 4, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 3, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00134] In example 5, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 4, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

[00135] In example 6, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 5, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS.

[00136] In example 7, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 5, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS. [00137] In example 8, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 5, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xSSS and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00138] In example 9, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 8, wherein the xPSS is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00139] In example 10, the apparatus of example 9, wherein the xSSS is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the first transmission.

[00140] Example 11 provides a User Equipment (UE) device comprising an application processor, a memory, one or more antennas, a wireless interface for allowing the application processor to communicate with another device, and a touch-screen display, the UE device including the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 10.

[00141] Example 12 provides a method comprising: processing, for a User Equipment

(UE), a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS); processing a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS); and processing a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS), wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are carried in carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00142] In example 13, the method of example 12, wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00143] In example 14, the method of either of examples 12 or 13, comprising:

measuring at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00144] In example 15, the method of any of examples 12 through 14, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00145] In example 16, the method of any of examples 12 through 15, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

[00146] In example 17, the method of any of examples 12 through 16, comprising: demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS. [00147] In example 18, the method of any of examples 12 through 16, comprising: demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00148] In example 19, the method of any of examples 12 through 16, comprising: demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xSSS and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00149] In example 20, the method of any of examples 12 through 19, wherein the xPSS is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00150] In example 21, the method of example 20, wherein the xSSS is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the first transmission.

[00151] Example 22 provides machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform a method according to any of examples 12 through 21.

[00152] Example 23 provides an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node B (eNB) on a wireless network, comprising: means for processing a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS); means for processing a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS); and means for processing a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS), wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are carried in carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00153] In example 24, the apparatus of example 23, wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00154] In example 25, the apparatus of either of examples 23 or 24, comprising: means for measuring at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH- DMRS.

[00155] In example 26, the apparatus of any of examples 23 through 25, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies. [00156] In example 27, the apparatus of any of examples 23 through 26, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

[00157] In example 28, the apparatus of any of examples 23 through 27, comprising: means for demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS.

[00158] In example 29, the apparatus of any of examples 23 through 27, comprising: means for demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00159] In example 30, the apparatus of any of examples 23 through 27, comprising: means for demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xSSS and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00160] In example 31, the apparatus of any of examples 23 through 30, wherein the xPSS is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00161] In example 32, the apparatus of example 31, wherein the xSSS is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the first transmission.

[00162] Example 33 provides machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a User

Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network to perform an operation comprising: process a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS); process a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS); and process a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS), wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are carried in carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00163] In example 34, the machine readable storage media of example 33, wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

[00164] In example 35, the machine readable storage media of either of examples 33 or

34, the operation comprising: measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS. [00165] In example 36, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 33 through 35, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third

transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00166] In example 37, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 33 through 36, wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third

transmission have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

[00167] In example 38, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 33 through 37, the operation comprising: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS.

[00168] In example 39, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 33 through 37, the operation comprising: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00169] In example 40, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 33 through 37, the operation comprising: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xSSS and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00170] In example 41, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 33 through 40, wherein the xPSS is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00171] In example 42, the machine readable storage media of example 41, wherein the xSSS is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the first transmission.

[00172] Example 43 provides an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node B (eNB) on a wireless network, comprising: one or more processors to: process a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS) transmission; process a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) transmission; process a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH) transmission carrying xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS); and measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS; and an interface for receiving the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission from a receiving circuitry.

[00173] In example 44, the apparatus of example 43, wherein the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission are respectively carried in a first Orthogonal Frequency -Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols. [00174] In example 45, the apparatus of either of examples 43 or 44, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission is carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00175] In example 46, the apparatus of any of examples 43 through 45, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission has a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

[00176] In example 47, the apparatus of any of examples 43 through 46, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission.

[00177] In example 48, the apparatus of any of examples 43 through 47, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-

DMRS.

[00178] In example 49, the apparatus of any of examples 43 through 48, wherein the xPSS transmission is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00179] In example 50, the apparatus of example 49, wherein the xSSS transmission is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the xPSS transmission.

[00180] Example 51 provides a User Equipment (UE) device comprising an application processor, a memory, one or more antennas, a wireless interface for allowing the application processor to communicate with another device, and a touch-screen display, the UE device including the apparatus of any of examples 43 through 50.

[00181] Example 52 provides a method comprising: processing, for a User Equipment

(UE), a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS) transmission; processing a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) transmission; processing a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH) transmission carrying xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS); and measuring at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00182] In example 53, the method of example 52, wherein the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission are respectively carried in a first Orthogonal Frequency -Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols. [00183] In example 54, the method of either of examples 52 or 53, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission is carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00184] In example 55, the method of any of examples 52 through 54, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission has a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

[00185] In example 56, the method of any of examples 52 through 55, comprising: demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission.

[00186] In example 57, the method of any of examples 52 through 56, comprising: demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00187] In example 58, the method of any of examples 52 through 57, wherein the xPSS transmission is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00188] In example 59, the method of example 58, wherein the xSSS transmission is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the xPSS transmission.

[00189] Example 60 provides machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform a method according to any of examples 52 through 59.

[00190] Example 61 provides an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node B (eNB) on a wireless network, comprising: means for processing a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS) transmission; means for processing a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) transmission; means for processing a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH) transmission carrying xPBCH Demodulation

Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS); and means for measuring at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00191] In example 62, the apparatus of example 61, wherein the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission are respectively carried in a first Orthogonal Frequency -Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols. [00192] In example 63, the apparatus of either of examples 61 or 62, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission is carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00193] In example 64, the apparatus of any of examples 61 through 63, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission has a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

[00194] In example 65, the apparatus of any of examples 61 through 64, comprising: means for demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission.

[00195] In example 66, the apparatus of any of examples 61 through 65, comprising: means for demodulating a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00196] In example 67, the apparatus of any of examples 61 through 66, wherein the xPSS transmission is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00197] In example 68, the apparatus of example 67, wherein the xSSS transmission is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary synchronization sequence of the xPSS transmission.

[00198] Example 69 provides machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network to perform an operation comprising: process a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS) transmission; process a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) transmission; process a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH) transmission carrying xPBCH

Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS); and measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00199] In example 70, the machine readable storage media of example 69, wherein the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission are respectively carried in a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols. [00200] In example 71, the machine readable storage media of either of examples 69 or 70, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission is carried within the

predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

[00201] In example 72, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 69 through 71, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission has a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

[00202] In example 73, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 69 through 72, the operation comprising: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission.

[00203] In example 74, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 69 through 73, the operation comprising: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

[00204] In example 75, the machine readable storage media of any of examples 69 through 74, wherein the xPSS transmission is detected in a non-coherent manner.

[00205] In example 76, the machine readable storage media of example 75, wherein the xSSS transmission is detected in a coherent manner using a detected primary

synchronization sequence of the xPSS transmission.

[00206] In example 77, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 10, and 43 through

50, wherein the one or more processors comprise a baseband processor.

[00207] In example 78, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 10, and 43 through

50, comprising a memory for storing instructions, the memory being coupled to the one or more processors.

[00208] In example 79, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 10, and 43 through

50, comprising a transceiver circuitry for at least one of: generating transmissions, encoding transmissions, processing transmissions, or decoding transmissions.

[00209] In example 80, the apparatus of any of examples 1 through 10, and 43 through

50, comprising a transceiver circuitry for generating transmissions and processing transmissions.

[00210] An abstract is provided that will allow the reader to ascertain the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to limit the scope or meaning of the claims. The following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment.

Claims

CLAIMS We claim:

1. An apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved

Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network, comprising:

one or more processors to:

process a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS); process a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS); and

process a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS), wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols,

an interface for receiving the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the

xPBCH-DMRS transmission from a receiving circuitry.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are to:

wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

3. The apparatus of either of claims 1 or 2, wherein the one or more processors are to:

measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

4. The apparatus of either of claims 1 or 2,

wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

5. The apparatus of either of claims 1 or 2,

wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

6. The apparatus of either of claims 1 or 2, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS.

7. Machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions that, when

executed, cause one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network to perform an operation comprising:

process a first transmission carrying a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS); process a second transmission carrying a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS); and

process a third transmission carrying a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH), including an xPBCH Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS), wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are carried in carried in at least three consecutive OFDM symbols.

8. The machine readable storage media of claim 7,

wherein the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS are respectively carried in a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

9. The machine readable storage media of either of claims 7 or 8, the operation comprising: measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

10. The machine readable storage media of either of claims 7 or 8,

wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

11. The machine readable storage media of either of claims 7 or 8,

wherein the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission have substantially the same subcarrier spacing.

12. The machine readable storage media of either of claims 7 or 8, the operation comprising: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the third transmission based upon the xPSS and the xSSS.

13. An apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved

Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network, comprising:

one or more processors to:

process a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS) transmission;

process a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) transmission; process a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH) transmission carrying xPBCH

Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS); and

measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a

Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS; and

an interface for receiving the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission from a receiving circuitry.

14. The apparatus of claim 13,

wherein the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS

transmission are respectively carried in a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

15. The apparatus of either of claims 13 or 14,

wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission is carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

16. The apparatus of any of claims 13 through 15,

wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission has a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

17. The apparatus of any of claims 13 through 16, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission.

18. The apparatus of any of claims 13 through 17, wherein the one or more processors are to: demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

19. Machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions that, when

executed, cause one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network to perform an operation comprising:

process a 5G Primary Synchronization Signal (xPSS) transmission;

process a 5G Secondary Synchronization Signal (xSSS) transmission;

process a 5G Physical Broadcast Channel (xPBCH) transmission carrying xPBCH

Demodulation Reference Signal (xPBCH-DMRS); and

measure at least one of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Reference

Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) based upon the xPSS, the xSSS, and the xPBCH-DMRS.

20. The machine readable storage media of claim 19,

wherein the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS

transmission are respectively carried in a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol, and a third OFDM symbol through a sixth OFDM symbol of six consecutive OFDM symbols.

21. The machine readable storage media of either of claims 19 or 20,

wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission span a predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission is carried within the predetermined set of subcarrier frequencies.

22. The machine readable storage media of any of claims 19 through 21, wherein the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission have a first subcarrier spacing, and the xPBCH-DMRS transmission has a second subcarrier spacing which is the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

23. The machine readable storage media of any of claims 19 through 22, the operation

comprising:

demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission and the xSSS transmission.

24. The machine readable storage media of any of claims 19 through 23, the operation

comprising:

demodulate a System Information (SI) carried by the xPBCH transmission based upon the xPSS transmission, the xSSS transmission, and the xPBCH-DMRS.