WO2019047237A1

WO2019047237A1 - Techniques and apparatuses for polar coding fixed plus periodically-varying messages

Info

Publication number: WO2019047237A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/101289
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kai Chen; Changlong Xu; Liangming WU; Jian Li; Hao Xu
Original assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
Priority date: 2017-09-11
Filing date: 2017-09-11
Publication date: 2019-03-14

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code may have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, may not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and may determine, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Description

TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR POLAR CODING FIXED PLUS PERIODICALLY-VARYING MESSAGES

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication, and more particularly to techniques and apparatuses for polar coding fixed plus periodically-varying messages.

BACKGROUND

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, and/or the like) . Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) . LTE/LTE-Advanced is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) .

A wireless communication network may include a number of base stations (BSs) that can support communication for a number of user equipment (UEs) . A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station (BS) via the downlink and uplink. The downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication link from the BS to the UE, and the uplink (or reverse link) refers to the communication link from the UE to the BS. As will be described in more detail herein, a BS may be referred to as a Node B, a gNB, an access point (AP) , a radio head, a transmit receive point (TRP) , a new radio (NR) BS, a 5G Node B, and/or the like.

The above multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different user equipment to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. New radio (NR) , which may also be referred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use of new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink (DL) , using CP-OFDM and/or SC-FDM (e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) ) on the uplink (UL) , as well as supporting beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation. However, as the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase, there exists a need for further improvements in LTE and NR technologies. Preferably, these improvements should be applicable to other multiple access technologies and the telecommunication standards that employ these technologies.

SUMMARY

In some aspects, a method for wireless communication may include receiving, by a UE, a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and determining, by the UE and based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.

In some aspects, a user equipment for wireless communication may include memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory. The memory and the one or more processors may be configured to receive a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and determine, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.

In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store one or more instructions for wireless communication. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment, may cause the one or more processors to receive a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and determine, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.

In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication may include means for receiving a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and means for determining, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.

In some aspects, a method for wireless communication may include encoding, by a base station, a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； combining, by the base station, the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and transmitting, by the base station, a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, a base station for wireless communication may include memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory. The memory and the one or more processors may be configured to encode a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and transmit a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store one or more instructions for wireless communication. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, may cause the one or more processors to encode a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and transmit a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication may include means for encoding a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； means for combining the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and means for transmitting a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.

Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, wireless communication device, and processing system as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings and specification.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conception and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limits of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a wireless communication network, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a base station in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3A is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a frame structure in a wireless communication network, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3B is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example synchronization communication hierarchy in a wireless communication network, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example subframe format with a normal cyclic prefix, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 illustrates an example logical architecture of a distributed radio access network (RAN) , in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 illustrates an example physical architecture of a distributed RAN, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.

Figs. 7-13 are diagrams illustrating examples associated with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying message, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a user equipment, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Fig. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a base station, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings herein one skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or combined with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus or method which is practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.

Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatuses and techniques. These apparatuses and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, and/or the like (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

It is noted that while aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 3G and/or 4G wireless technologies, aspects of the present disclosure can be applied in other generation-based communication systems, such as 5G and later, including NR technologies.

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network 100 in which aspects of the present disclosure may be practiced. The network 100 may be an LTE network or some other wireless network, such as a 5G or NR network. Wireless network 100 may include a number of BSs 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d) and other network entities. A BS is an entity that communicates with user equipment (UEs) and may also be referred to as a base station, a NR BS, a Node B, a gNB, a 5G node B (NB) , an access point, a transmit receive point (TRP) , and/or the like. Each BS may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a BS and/or a BS subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

A BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs having association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG) ) . A BS for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. A BS for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. A BS for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In the example shown in Fig. 1, a BS 110a may be a macro BS for a macro cell 102a, a BS 110b may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b, and a BS 110c may be a femto BS for a femto cell 102c. A BS may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells. The terms “eNB” , “base station” , “NR BS” , “gNB” , “TRP” , “AP” , “node B” , “5G NB” , and “cell” may be used interchangeably herein.

In some examples, a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a mobile BS. In some examples, the BSs may be interconnected to one another and/or to one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in the access network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces such as a direct physical connection, a virtual network, and/or the like using any suitable transport network.

Wireless network 100 may also include relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS) . A relay station may also be a UE that can relay transmissions for other UEs. In the example shown in Fig. 1, a relay station 110d may communicate with macro BS 110a and a UE 120d in order to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d. A relay station may also be referred to as a relay BS, a relay base station, a relay, and/or the like.

Wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes BSs of different types, e.g., macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, and/or the like. These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impact on interference in wireless network 100. For example, macro BSs may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico BSs, femto BSs, and relay BSs may have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 Watts) .

A network controller 130 may couple to a set of BSs and may provide coordination and control for these BSs. Network controller 130 may communicate with the BSs via a backhaul. The BSs may also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.

UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) may be dispersed throughout wireless network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. A UE may also be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, and/or the like. A UE may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smart phone) , a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, medical device or equipment, biometric sensors/devices, wearable devices (smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wrist bands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart ring, smart bracelet)) , an entertainment device (e.g., a music or video device, or a satellite radio) , a vehicular component or sensor, smart meters/sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device that is configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

Some UEs may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC and eMTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, such as sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, and/or the like, that may communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., remote device) , or some other entity. A wireless node may provide, for example, connectivity for or to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some UEs may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, and/or may be implemented as may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices. Some UEs may be considered a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) . UE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of UE 120, such as processor components, memory components, and/or the like.

In general, any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network may support a particular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may also be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, and/or the like. A frequency may also be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, and/or the like. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

In some examples, access to the air interface may be scheduled, wherein a scheduling entity (e.g., a base station) allocates resources for communication among some or all devices and equipment within the scheduling entity’s service area or cell. Within the present disclosure, as discussed further below, the scheduling entity may be responsible for scheduling, assigning, reconfiguring, and releasing resources for one or more subordinate entities. That is, for scheduled communication, subordinate entities utilize resources allocated by the scheduling entity.

Base stations are not the only entities that may function as a scheduling entity. That is, in some examples, a UE may function as a scheduling entity, scheduling resources for one or more subordinate entities (e.g., one or more other UEs) . In this example, the UE is functioning as a scheduling entity, and other UEs utilize resources scheduled by the UE for wireless communication. A UE may function as a scheduling entity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, and/or in a mesh network. In a mesh network example, UEs may optionally communicate directly with one another in addition to communicating with the scheduling entity.

Thus, in a wireless communication network with a scheduled access to time–frequency resources and having a cellular configuration, a P2P configuration, and a mesh configuration, a scheduling entity and one or more subordinate entities may communicate utilizing the scheduled resources.

As indicated above, Fig. 1 is provided merely as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with regard to Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of a design of base station 110 and UE 120, which may be one of the base stations and one of the UEs in Fig. 1. Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T ≥ 1 and R ≥ 1.

At base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 for one or more UEs, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS (s) selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI) and/or the like) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, and/or the like) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. Transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., the cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ) and synchronization signals (e.g.， the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS) ) . A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. Each modulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmitted via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively. According to certain aspects described in more detail below, the synchronization signals can be generated with location encoding to convey additional information.

At UE 120, antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from base station 110 and/or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller/processor 280. A channel processor may determine reference signal received power (RSRP) , received signal strength indicator (RSSI) , reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , channel quality indicator (CQI) , and/or the like.

On the uplink, at UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports comprising RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, and/or the like) from controller/processor 280. Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and/or the like) , and transmitted to base station 110. At base station 110, the uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs may be received by antennas 234, processed by demodulators 232, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120. Receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to controller/processor 240. Base station 110 may include communication unit 244 and communicate to network controller 130 via communication unit 244. Network controller 130 may include communication unit 294, controller/processor 290, and memory 292.

In some aspects, one or more components of UE 120 may be included in a housing. Controllers/

processors

240 and 280 and/or any other component (s) in Fig. 2 may direct the operation at base station 110 and UE 120, respectively, to perform operations associated with polar coding fixed plus periodically-varying messages. For example, controller/processor 280 and/or other processors and modules at UE 120, may perform or direct operations of UE 120 in association with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying message. For example, controller/processor 280 and/or other controllers/processors and modules at UE 120 may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 1400 of Fig. 14 and/or other processes as described herein. As another example, controller/processor 240 and/or other processors and modules at base station 110, may perform or direct operations of base station 110 to in association with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying message. For example, controller/processor 240 and/or other controllers/processors and modules at base station 110 may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 1500 of Fig. 15 and/or other processes as described herein. In some aspects, one or more of the components shown in Fig. 2 may be employed to perform example process 1400, example process 1500, and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.

Memories

242 and 282 may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively. A scheduler 246 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.

In some aspects, UE 120 may include means for receiving a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence may be associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code may have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, may not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； means for determining, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits； and/or the like. In some aspects, such means may include one or more components of UE 120 described in connection with Fig. 2.

In some aspects, base station 110 may include means for encoding a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits may be encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits may be encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code may have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, may not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； means for combining the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； means for transmitting a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence； and/or the like. In some aspects, such means may include one or more components of base station 110 described in connection with Fig. 2.

As indicated above, Fig. 2 is provided merely as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with regard to Fig. 2.

Fig. 3A shows an example frame structure 300 for FDD in a telecommunications system (e.g., NR) . The transmission timeline for each of the downlink and uplink may be partitioned into units of radio frames. Each radio frame may have a predetermined duration and may be partitions into a set of Z (Z ≥ 1) subframes (e.g., with indices of 0 through Z-1) . Each subframe may include a set of slots (e.g., two slots per subframe are shown in Fig. 3A) . Each slot may include a set of L symbol periods. For example, each slot may include seven symbol periods (e.g., as shown in Fig. 3A) , fifteen symbol periods, and/or the like. In a case where the subframe includes two slots, the subframe may include 2L symbol periods, where the 2L symbol periods in each subframe may be assigned indices of 0 through 2L–1. In some aspects, a scheduling unit for the FDD may frame-based, subframe-based, slot-based, symbol-based, and/or the like.

While some techniques are described herein in connection with frames, subframes, slots, and/or the like, these techniques may equally apply to other types of wireless communication structures, which may be referred to using terms other than “frame, ” “subframe, ” “slot, ” and/or the like in 5G NR. In some aspects, a wireless communication structure may refer to a periodic time-bounded communication unit defined by a wireless communication standard and/or protocol. Additionally, or alternatively, different configurations of wireless communication structures than those shown in Fig. 3A may be used.

In certain telecommunications (e.g., NR) , a BS may transmit synchronization signals. For example, a BS may transmit a primary synchronization signal (PSS) , a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) , a tertiary synchronization signal (TSS) , and/or the like, on the downlink for each cell supported by the BS. The PSS and SSS may be used by UEs for cell search and acquisition. For example, the PSS may be used by UEs to determine symbol timing, and the SSS may be used by UEs to determine a physical cell identifier, associated with the BS, and frame timing. The BS may also transmit a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) . The PBCH may carry some system information, such as system information that supports initial access by UEs.

In some aspects, the base station may transmit the PSS, the SSS, and/or the PBCH in accordance with a synchronization communication hierarchy (e.g., a synchronization signal (SS) hierarchy) including multiple synchronization communications (e.g., SS blocks) , as described below in connection with Fig. 3B.

Fig. 3B is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example SS hierarchy, which is an example of a synchronization communication hierarchy. As shown in Fig. 3B, the SS hierarchy may include an SS burst set, which may include a plurality of SS bursts (identified as SS burst 0 through SS burst B-1, where B is a maximum number of repetitions of the SS burst that may be transmitted by the base station) . As further shown, each SS burst may include one or more SS blocks (identified as SS block 0 through SS block (b_{max_SS-1}) , where b_{max_SS-1} is a maximum number of SS blocks that can be carried by an SS burst. In some aspects, different SS blocks may be beam-formed differently. An SS burst set may be periodically transmitted by a wireless node, such as every X milliseconds, as shown in Fig. 3B. In some aspects, an SS burst set may have a fixed or dynamic length, shown as Y milliseconds in Fig. 3B.

The SS burst set shown in Fig. 3B is an example of a synchronization communication set, and other synchronization communication sets may be used in connection with the techniques described herein. Furthermore, the SS block shown in Fig. 3B is an example of a synchronization communication, and other synchronization communications may be used in connection with the techniques described herein.

In some aspects, an SS block includes resources that carry the PSS, the SSS, the PBCH, and/or other synchronization signals (e.g., a TSS) and/or synchronization channels. In some aspects, multiple SS blocks are included in an SS burst, and the PSS, the SSS, and/or the PBCH may be the same across each SS block of the SS burst. In some aspects, a single SS block may be included in an SS burst. In some aspects, the SS block may be at least four symbol periods in length, where each symbol carries one or more of the PSS (e.g., occupying one symbol) , the SSS (e.g., occupying one symbol) , and/or the PBCH (e.g., occupying two symbols) .

In some aspects, a synchronization communication (e.g., an SS block) may include a base station synchronization communication for transmission, which may be referred to as a Tx BS-SS, a Tx gNB-SS, and/or the like. In some aspects, a synchronization communication (e.g., an SS block) may include a base station synchronization communication for reception, which may be referred to as an Rx BS-SS, an Rx gNB-SS, and/or the like. In some aspects, a synchronization communication (e.g., an SS block) may include a user equipment synchronization communication for transmission, which may be referred to as a Tx UE-SS, a Tx NR-SS, and/or the like. A base station synchronization communication (e.g., for transmission by a first base station and reception by a second base station) may be configured for synchronization between base stations, and a user equipment synchronization communication (e.g., for transmission by a base station and reception by a user equipment) may be configured for synchronization between a base station and a user equipment.

In some aspects, a base station synchronization communication may include different information than a user equipment synchronization communication. For example, one or more base stations synchronization communications may exclude PBCH communications. Additionally, or alternatively, a base station synchronization communication and a user equipment synchronization communication may differ with respect to one or more of a time resource used for transmission or reception of the synchronization communication, a frequency resource used for transmission or reception of the synchronization communication, a periodicity of the synchronization communication, a waveform of the synchronization communication, a beamforming parameter used for transmission or reception of the synchronization communication, and/or the like.

In some aspects, the symbols of an SS block are consecutive, as shown in Fig. 3B. In some aspects, the symbols of an SS block are non-consecutive. Similarly, in some aspects, one or more SS blocks of the SS burst may be transmitted in consecutive radio resources (e.g., consecutive symbol periods) during one or more subframes. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more SS blocks of the SS burst may be transmitted in non-consecutive radio resources.

In some aspects, the SS bursts may have a burst period, whereby the SS blocks of the SS burst are transmitted by the BS according to the burst period. In other words, the SS blocks may be repeated during each SS burst. In some aspects, the SS burst set may have a burst set periodicity, whereby the SS bursts of the SS burst set are transmitted by the BS according to the fixed burst set periodicity. In other words, the SS bursts may be repeated during each SS burst set.

The BS may transmit system information, such as system information blocks (SIBs) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in certain subframes. The BS may transmit control information/data on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in B symbol periods of a subframe, where B may be configurable for each subframe. The BS may transmit traffic data and/or other data on the PDSCH in the remaining symbol periods of each subframe.

As indicated above, Figs. 3A and 3B are provided as examples. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with regard to Figs. 3A and 3B.

Fig. 4 shows an example subframe format 410 with a normal cyclic prefix. The available time frequency resources may be partitioned into resource blocks. Each resource block may cover a set to of subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in one slot and may include a number of resource elements. Each resource element may cover one subcarrier in one symbol period (e.g., in time) and may be used to send one modulation symbol, which may be a real or complex value. In some aspects, subframe format 410 may be used for transmission of SS blocks that carry the PSS, the SSS, the PBCH, and/or the like, as described herein.

An interlace structure may be used for each of the downlink and uplink for FDD in certain telecommunications systems (e.g., NR) . For example, Q interlaces with indices of 0 through Q –1 may be defined, where Q may be equal to 4, 6, 8, 10, or some other value. Each interlace may include subframes that are spaced apart by Q frames. In particular, interlace q may include subframes q, q + Q, q + 2Q, etc., where q ∈ {0, …, Q-1} .

A UE may be located within the coverage of multiple BSs. One of these BSs may be selected to serve the UE. The serving BS may be selected based at least in part on various criteria such as received signal strength, received signal quality, path loss, and/or the like. Received signal quality may be quantified by a signal-to-noise-and-interference ratio (SINR) , or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , or some other metric. The UE may operate in a dominant interference scenario in which the UE may observe high interference from one or more interfering BSs.

While aspects of the examples described herein may be associated with NR or 5G technologies, aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable with other wireless communication systems. New radio (NR) may refer to radios configured to operate according to a new air interface (e.g., other than Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiple Access (OFDMA) -based air interfaces) or fixed transport layer (e.g., other than Internet Protocol (IP) ) . In aspects, NR may utilize OFDM with a CP (herein referred to as cyclic prefix OFDM or CP-OFDM) and/or SC-FDM on the uplink, may utilize CP-OFDM on the downlink and include support for half-duplex operation using TDD. In aspects, NR may, for example, utilize OFDM with a CP (herein referred to as CP-OFDM) and/or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) on the uplink, may utilize CP-OFDM on the downlink and include support for half-duplex operation using TDD. NR may include Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service targeting wide bandwidth (e.g., 80 megahertz (MHz) and beyond) , millimeter wave (mmW) targeting high carrier frequency (e.g., 60 gigahertz (GHz) ) , massive MTC (mMTC) targeting non-backward compatible MTC techniques, and/or mission critical targeting ultra reliable low latency communications (URLLC) service.

In some aspects, a single component carrier bandwidth of 100 MHZ may be supported. NR resource blocks may span 12 sub-carriers with a sub-carrier bandwidth of 60 or 120 kilohertz (kHz) over a 0.1 millisecond (ms) duration. Each radio frame may include 40 subframes with a length of 10 ms. Consequently, each subframe may have a length of 0.25 ms. Each subframe may indicate a link direction (e.g., DL or UL) for data transmission and the link direction for each subframe may be dynamically switched. Each subframe may include DL/UL data as well as DL/UL control data.

Beamforming may be supported and beam direction may be dynamically configured. MIMO transmissions with precoding may also be supported. MIMO configurations in the DL may support up to 8 transmit antennas with multi-layer DL transmissions up to 8 streams and up to 2 streams per UE. Multi-layer transmissions with up to 2 streams per UE may be supported. Aggregation of multiple cells may be supported with up to 8 serving cells. Alternatively, NR may support a different air interface, other than an OFDM-based interface. NR networks may include entities such central units or distributed units.

As indicated above, Fig. 4 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with regard to Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 illustrates an example logical architecture of a distributed RAN 500, according to aspects of the present disclosure. A 5G access node 506 may include an access node controller (ANC) 502. The ANC may be a central unit (CU) of the distributed RAN 500. The backhaul interface to the next generation core network (NG-CN) 504 may terminate at the ANC. The backhaul interface to neighboring next generation access nodes (NG-ANs) may terminate at the ANC. The ANC may include one or more TRPs 508 (which may also be referred to as BSs, NR BSs, Node Bs, 5G NBs, APs, gNB, or some other term) . As described above, a TRP may be used interchangeably with “cell. ”

The TRPs 508 may be a distributed unit (DU) . The TRPs may be connected to one ANC (ANC 502) or more than one ANC (not illustrated) . For example, for RAN sharing, radio as a service (RaaS) , and service specific AND deployments, the TRP may be connected to more than one ANC. A TRP may include one or more antenna ports. The TRPs may be configured to individually (e.g., dynamic selection) or jointly (e.g., joint transmission) serve traffic to a UE.

The local architecture of RAN 500 may be used to illustrate fronthaul definition. The architecture may be defined that support fronthauling solutions across different deployment types. For example, the architecture may be based at least in part on transmit network capabilities (e.g., bandwidth, latency, and/or jitter) .

The architecture may share features and/or components with LTE. According to aspects, the next generation AN (NG-AN) 510 may support dual connectivity with NR. The NG-AN may share a common fronthaul for LTE and NR.

The architecture may enable cooperation between and among TRPs 508. For example, cooperation may be preset within a TRP and/or across TRPs via the ANC 502. According to aspects, no inter-TRP interface may be needed/present.

According to aspects, a dynamic configuration of split logical functions may be present within the architecture of RAN 500. The packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) , radio link control (RLC) , media access control (MAC) protocol may be adaptably placed at the ANC or TRP.

According to certain aspects, a BS may include a central unit (CU) (e.g., ANC 502) and/or one or more distributed units (e.g., one or more TRPs 508) .

As indicated above, Fig. 5 is provided merely as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with regard to Fig. 5.

Fig. 6 illustrates an example physical architecture of a distributed RAN 600, according to aspects of the present disclosure. A centralized core network unit (C-CU) 602 may host core network functions. The C-CU may be centrally deployed. C-CU functionality may be offloaded (e.g., to advanced wireless services (AWS) ) , in an effort to handle peak capacity.

A centralized RAN unit (C-RU) 604 may host one or more ANC functions. Optionally, the C-RU may host core network functions locally. The C-RU may have distributed deployment. The C-RU may be closer to the network edge.

A distributed unit (DU) 606 may host one or more TRPs. The DU may be located at edges of the network with radio frequency (RF) functionality.

As indicated above, Fig. 6 is provided merely as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with regard to Fig. 6.

A polar code is a type of linear block error correcting code with a code construction that is based on a multiple recursive concatenation of a short kernel code which transforms a physical channel into a set of virtual (i.e., synthesis polarized) channels. When a number of recursions, associated with a given virtual channel, becomes large, the given virtual channel tends to either have high reliability or low reliability (i.e., the virtual channels “polarize” ) . Data carrying bits are allocated to one or more of the most reliable virtual channels, and communicated accordingly. Notably, polar codes are theoretically proven to achieve channel-capacity while maintaining a practically implementable complexity, thereby making polar codes attractive for many applications.

One such application includes communication of information in a wireless communications system, such as a NR system, in order to maximize throughput with a minimal bit error rate. For example, polar coding may be used in association with transmitting/receiving communications that include a set of fixed bits (e.g., a set of bits that does not change between two or more successive communications) , and a set of variable bits (e.g., a set of bits that may (periodically) change between the two or more successive communications) , as described in further detail below. Such communications may be referred to as “fixed plus periodically-varying messages” or “fixed plus periodically-varying communications. ”

As a particular example, polar coding may be used in association with transmitting/receiving a communication, associated with a broadcast channel in a NR system (e.g., a PBCH) , that includes a set of fixed bits that carry system information (e.g., a set of master information block (MIB) bits) and/or error correction information (e.g., a set of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits) , and a set of variable bits that carry timing information associated with the NR system (e.g., synchronization signal (SS) block index information) , as described in further detail below.

In some aspects, polar coding using one or more techniques described herein may support self-decoding of a given set of bits included in a fixed plus periodically-varying communication (e.g., such that bits may be correctly decoded based at least in part on a single instance of the communication) . For example, if a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) , associated with the communication, is relatively high, then a set of variable bits and/or a set of fixed bits, included in the fixed plus periodically-varying communication, may be directly decoded (e.g., without a need for multiple trials and/or hypotheses) .

Additionally, or alternatively, polar coding using one or more techniques described herein may support soft-combining in order to decode a given set of bits included in a fixed plus periodically-varying communication. For example, if a SNR, associated with the fixed plus periodically-varying communication, is relatively low, then effects of a set of variable bits on a codeword can be removed, thereby allowing a set of fixed bits to be decoded with soft-combining, thereby increasing decoding efficiency.

Additionally, or alternatively, polar coding using one or more techniques described herein may reduce a number of hypotheses needed to decode bits included in a fixed plus periodically-varying communication. For example, in a case where a set of variable bits has comparatively lower block error rate (BLER) than that of a set of fixed bits, the set of variable bits may be decoded, thereby reducing a number of hypotheses needed to decode bits included in fixed plus periodically-varying communication.

Additionally, or alternatively, polar coding using one or more techniques described herein may provide hypothesis decoding gain associated with decoding bits included in the fixed plus periodically-varying communication. For example, by freezing a set of variable bits under a given hypothesis, a code rate becomes lower thereby increasing decoding performance gain.

Figs. 7-13 are diagrams illustrating examples associated with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying communication, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example overview 700 associated with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying communication.

As shown in Fig. 7, and by reference number 705, a base station (e.g., base station 110) may generate a polar encoded bit sequence, associated with a set of fixed bits and a set of variable bits, in association with a communication to be transmitted for reception by a UE (e.g., UE 120) . In some aspects, the base station may generate the polar encoded bit sequence by encoding the set of variable bits based at least in part on a first polar code, encoding the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a second polar code, and combining a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits to generate the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, the first polar code and the second polar code may have a same code length. Further, in some aspects, a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, may not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code (e.g., such that there is no index that is selected as an information position in association with encoding both the variable bits and the set of fixed bits) .

An example associated with generating a polar encoded bit sequence is described in detail below with regard to Fig. 8.

In some aspects, the communication, associated with the polar encoded bit sequence, may be associated with a PBCH. For example, the set of variable bits, associated with the communication, may include timing information associated with cell search and acquisition by the UE, and/or another type of information that may (e.g., periodically) change over multiple PBCH communications. As a particular example, the set of variable bits may include information that identifies a portion (e.g., 3 bits) of a SS block index associated with one or more SS blocks transmitted in the PBCH and/or error correction information (e.g., a set of CRC bits) , where the error correction information may be computed at least partially based on the SS block index. As another example, the set of fixed bits, associated with the communication, may include a set of bits that carry system information (e.g., a set of MIB bits) , and/or error correction information (e.g., a set of CRC bits) , and/or another type of information that may remain fixed over two or more PBCH communications.

In some aspects, when generating the polar encoded bit sequence, the set of variable bits may be allocated to (i.e., located in) a set of most reliable bits (e.g., a set of bits with a relatively higher probability of being correctly decoded during a given attempt by the UE) . For example, the set of variable bits may be allocated to a set of last bits in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence. In some aspects, allocating the set of variable bits to the set of most reliable bits (e.g., the set of last bits) may reduce a number of trials needed to be performed by the UE in order to determine the set of variable bits (e.g., since fewer attempts may be needed in order to decode the set of most reliable bits) .

In some aspects, when generating the polar encoded bit sequence, the set of variable bits may be allocated to a set of least reliable bits (e.g., a set of bits with a relatively lower probability of being correctly decoded during a given attempt by the UE) , other than frozen bits, associated with the polar encoded bit sequence. For example, the set of variable bits may allocated to a set of first bits, other than frozen bits, in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence. In some aspects, allocating the set of variable bits to the set of least reliable bits (e.g., the set of first bits) may reduce an amount of time needed in order to correctly decode the set of variable bits (e.g., since the set of least reliable bits may be decoded earlier in the decoding process) . Additionally, or alternatively, in a case where the set of variable bits is decoded based at least in part on a set of assumed variable bits (e.g., when soft-combining is used, as described below) the set of variable bits may be regarded as known frozen bits. This is equivalent to decoding a polar code with lower code rate, and thus additional gain (e.g., a lower false alarm rate) may be achieved. In some aspects, the amount of gain may be larger when the set of variable bits are allocated to less reliable bits (e.g., as compared to being allocated to more reliable bits) .

In some aspects, the set of variable bits may be allocated to a set of bits such that a number of consecutive ones in a binary representation of location indices, associated with the set of bits, is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits, wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and N refers to a code length of the first polar code.

For example, the set of variable bits may be allocated to position indices that have a binary representation with a number of consecutive 1s that is largest when counting from a most significant bit (MSB) . As particular example, if a code length is 512 (N ＝ 512) , then four possible candidate indices are: 255 (represented by 01111111) , 495(represented by 111101111) , 499 (represented by 111110011) , and 500 (represented by 111110100) . Here, 255 has zero consecutive 1s from the MSB (since the binary representation starts with 0) , 495 has four consecutive 1s from the MSB, 499 has five consecutive 1s from the MSB, and 500 has five consecutive 1s from the MSB. Therefore, in this example, 499 and/or 500 may be most preferred to carry the set of variable bits, then 495, and 255 may be the last preferred candidate. Here, if one candidate index is to be selected, then 499 may be selected when more reliability is desired, or 500 may be selected when selection based on decoding order is desired (e.g., since 500 is last in the decoding order) . In some aspects, this may help to reduce a scale of scrambling sequences generated from the set of variable bits.

Similarly, in some aspects, the set of variable bits may be allocated to a set of bits such that a number of consecutive 0s in a binary representation of location indices, associated with the set of bits, is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits, wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and N refers to a code length of the first polar code.

As further shown in Fig. 7, and by reference number 710, after generating the polar encoded bit sequence, the base station may transmit a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence. For example, the base station may perform one or more operations associated with generating a communication including the polar encoded bit sequence (e.g., rate matching, scrambling, mapping, pre-coding, signal generation, and/or the like) , and may transmit the communication. As shown in Fig. 7, the UE may receive the communication including the polar encoded bit sequence.

As shown by reference number 715, the UE may determine the set of variable bits and/or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code. Examples associated with determining the set of variable bits and/or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code are described in detail below with regard to Figs. 9-13.

As indicated above, Fig. 7 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 7.

Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example technique 800 associated with generating a polar encoded bit sequence, associated with a set of fixed bits and a set of variable bits, in association with a communication to be transmitted to a UE. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 800 may be used by the base station in order to perform operations associated with reference number 705 of Fig. 7.

As shown in Fig. 8, and by reference number 805, the base station may, based at least in part on the first polar code, encode the set of variable bits in order to generate a set of encoded variable bits. Similarly, as shown by reference number 810, the base station may, based at least in part on the second polar code, encode the set of fixed bits in order to generate a set of encoded fixed bits.

In some aspects, the base station may encode the set of variable bits and/or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a set of encoding sequences stored by the base station. In some aspects, the set of encoding sequences may map one or more bits to a corresponding coded sequence. Here, the base station may identify an encoding sequence, associated with a given bit or set of bits (e.g., a bit or set of bits included in the set of variable bits and/or the set of fixed bits) , and may encode the given bit or set of bits based at least in part on the encoding sequence. In some aspects, using a stored encoding sequence allows the base station to encode a set of bits without performing a decoding process associated with encoding the set of bits, thereby conversing UE resources (e.g., processor resources, battery power, and/or the like) .

As shown by reference number 815, the base station may combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits in order generate a polar coded bit sequence. In some aspects, the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits may be combined by adding the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits. For example, the base station may combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits using modulo-2 addition.

As indicated above, Fig. 8 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 8.

Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example 900 associated with determining the set of variable bits or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 900 may be used by the UE in order to perform operations associated with reference number 715 of Fig. 7.

In example 900, the set of fixed bits is known to the UE (i.e., the UE has previously determined the set of fixed bits) . In some aspects, the UE may determine the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a previous communication (e.g., received from the base station and/or another device) , based at least in part on information stored or accessible by the UE, and/or in another manner.

As shown in Fig. 9, and by reference number 905, the UE may, using the second polar code, encode the set of known fixed bits in order to generate a set of encoded known fixed bits.

As shown by reference number 910, the UE may map the set of encoded known fixed bits (e.g., from a sequence of 0s and 1s to a sequence of -1s and +1s) for use in descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence received by the UE in the communication from the base station (herein referred to as a received polar encoded bit sequence) .

As shown by reference number 915, the UE may, based at least in part on a result of mapping the set of encoded known fixed bits, descramble the received polar encoded bit sequence.

As shown by reference number 920, the UE may, based at least in part on the first polar code, decode a result of the descrambling in order to determine the set of variable bits.

In this way, the UE may determine the set of variable bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code when the set of fixed bits is known to the UE. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 900 may be used in order to determine a set of variable bits (e.g., bits carrying timing information, and/or the like) included in a communication transmitted by the base station via the PBCH, when a set of fixed bits (e.g., bits carrying system information, bits carrying error correction information, and/or the like) is known to the UE.

As indicated above, Fig. 9 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 9.

Fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example 1000 associated with determining the set of variable bits or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1000 may be used by the UE in order to perform operations associated with reference number 715 of Fig. 7.

In example 1000, the set of variable bits is known to the UE (i.e., the UE has previously determined the set of variable bits) . In some aspects, the UE may determine the set of variable bits based at least in part on a previous communication (e.g., received from the base station and/or another device) , based at least in part on information stored or accessible by the UE, and/or in another manner.

As shown in Fig. 10, and by reference number 1005, the UE may, using the first polar code, encode the set of known variable bits in order to generate a set of encoded known variable bits.

As shown by reference number 1010, the UE may map the set of encoded known variable bits (e.g., from a sequence of 0s and 1s to a sequence of -1s and +1s) for use in descrambling the received polar encoded bit sequence.

As shown by reference number 1015, the UE may, based at least in part on a result of mapping the set of encoded known variable bits, descramble the received polar encoded bit sequence.

As shown by reference number 1020, the UE may, based at least in part on the second polar code, decode a result of the descrambling in order to determine the set of fixed bits. In some aspects, the UE may perform an error check associated with the set of fixed bits (not shown) . For example, the UE may, based at least in part on error correction information included in the set of fixed bits (e.g., CRC bits) , perform the error check in order to determine whether the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded. As another example, the UE may perform the error check based at least in part on a probability indicating a likelihood that the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded.

In this way, the UE may determine the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code when the set of variable bits is known to the UE. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1000 may be used in order to determine a set of fixed bits (e.g., bits carrying system information, bits carrying error correction information, and/or the like) included in a communication transmitted by the base station via the PBCH, when a set of variable bits (e.g., bits carrying timing information, and/or the like) is known to the UE.

As indicated above, Fig. 10 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 10.

Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example 1100 associated with determining the set of variable bits or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1100 may be used by the UE in order to perform operations associated with reference number 715 of Fig. 7.

In example 1100, at least two sets of variable bits are known to the UE (i.e., the UE has determined a first set of variable bits associated with a first communication, a second set of variable bits associated with a second communication, and/or the like) . In some aspects, the UE may determine the at least two sets of known variable bits based at least in part on two or more previous communications (e.g., received from the base station and/or one or more other devices) , based at least in part on information stored or accessible by the UE, and/or in another manner.

In some aspects, the UE may determine a particular set of known variable bits based at least in part on another set of known variable bits. For example, the UE may determine a first set of known variable bits (e.g., based at least in part on a first communication) and, in a case where the variable bits periodically change in accordance with a particular pattern (e.g., based at least in part on a counter) , the UE may determine a second set of known variable bits based at least in part on the previously determined first set of known variable bits. In some aspects, as indicated in Fig. 11, the UE may determine t (t> 1) sets of known variable bits, each associated with one of t received polar encoded bit sequences.

As shown in Fig. 11, and by reference number 1105 (e.g., 1105-1, 1105-t) , the UE may, using the first polar code, encode the sets of known variable bits in order to generate sets of encoded known variable bits.

As shown by reference number 1110 (e.g., 1110-1, 1110-t) , the UE may map the sets of encoded known variable bits (e.g., from sequences of 0s and 1s to sequences of -1s and +1s) for use in descrambling the respective received polar encoded bit sequences.

As shown by reference number 1115 (e.g., 1115-1, 1115-t) , the UE may, based at least in part on results of mapping the sets of encoded known variable bits, descramble the received polar encoded bit sequences, each received polar encoded bit sequence being descrambled based at least in part on a corresponding result of mapping the sets of encoded known variable bits.

As shown by reference number 1120, the UE may soft-combine results of descrambling the received polar encoded bit sequences. In some aspects, soft-combing increases a likelihood that the set of fixed bits will be correctly decoded. For example, it is possible that a first received polar encoded bit sequence and a second received polar encoded bit sequence may not be independently decodable without error. However, it is possible that a combination of the first received polar encoded bit sequence and the second received polar encoded bit sequence may be decoded without error (e.g., when the combination provides sufficient information to correctly decode) . Thus, in some aspects, soft-combining may increase a likelihood that the set of fixed bits will be correctly determined by the UE.

As shown by reference number 1125, the UE may, based at least in part on the second polar code, decode a result of the soft-combining in order to determine the set of fixed bits. In some aspects, the UE may perform an error check associated with the set of fixed bits (not shown) . For example, the UE may, based at least in part on error correction information included in the set of fixed bits (e.g., CRC bits) , perform the error check in order to determine whether the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded. As another example, the UE may perform the error check based at least in part on a probability indicating a likelihood that the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded.

In this way, the UE may determine the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code when at least two sets of variable bits are known to the UE. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1100 may be used in order to determine a set of fixed bits (e.g., bits carrying system information, bits carrying error correction information, and/or the like) included in a communication transmitted by the base station via the PBCH, when sets of variable bits (e.g., bits carrying timing information, and/or the like) are known to the UE.

As indicated above, Fig. 11 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 11.

Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example 1200 associated with determining the set of variable bits or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1200 may be used by the UE in order to perform operations associated with reference number 715 of Fig. 7.

In example 1200, both the set of variable bits and the set of fixed bits are unknown to the UE. As shown in Fig. 12, and by reference number 1205, the UE may, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, decode the received polar encoded bit sequence to obtain the set of variable bits and the set of fixed bits. In some aspects, the UE may perform an error check associated with the set of fixed bits (not shown) . For example, the UE may, based at least in part on error correction information included in the set of fixed bits (e.g., CRC bits) , perform the error check in order to determine whether the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded. As another example, the UE may perform the error check based at least in part on a probability indicating a likelihood that the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded.

In this way, the UE may determine the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code when the set of variable bits is known to the UE. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1200 may be used in order to determine a set of fixed bits (e.g., bits carrying system information, bits carrying error correction information, and/or the like) and a set of variable bits (e.g., bits carrying timing information, and/or the like) included in a communication transmitted by the base station via the PBCH, when both the set of fixed bits and the set of variable bits are unknown to the UE.

As indicated above, Fig. 12 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 12.

Fig. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example 1300 associated with determining the set of variable bits or the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1300 may be used by the UE in order to perform operations associated with reference number 715 of Fig. 7.

In example 1300, at least two sets of variable bits are assumed by the UE (i.e., the UE generates a hypothesis for a first set of variable bits associated with a first communication, a second set of variable bits associated with a second communication, and/or the like) . In some aspects, the UE may determine the at least two sets of assumed variable bits based at least in part on information stored or accessible by the UE. For example, when the UE stores information that identifies two or more possible sets of variable bits, the UE may (e.g., randomly, in a sequential order, and/or the like) determine the at least two sets of assumed variable bits based at least in part on such information.

In some aspects, the UE may determine aparticular set of assumed variable bits based at least in part on another set of assumed variable bits. For example, the UE may generate a hypothesis for a first set of assumed variable bits and, in a case where the variable bits periodically change in accordance with a particular pattern (e.g., based at least in part on a counter) , the UE may determine a second set of assumed variable bits based at least in part on the previously determined first set of assumed variable bits. In some aspects, as indicated in Fig. 13, the UE may determine t (t> 1) sets of assumed variable bits, each associated with one of t received polar encoded bit sequences.

As shown in Fig. 13, and by reference number 1305 (e.g., 1305-1, 1305-t) , the UE may, using the first polar code, encode the sets of assumed variable bits in order to generate sets of encoded assumed variable bits.

As shown by reference number 1310 (e.g., 1310-1, 1310-t) , the UE may map the sets of encoded assumed variable bits (e.g., from sequences of 0s and 1s to sequences of -1s and +1s) for use in descrambling the respective received polar encoded bit sequences.

As shown by reference number 1315 (e.g., 1315-1, 1315-t) , the UE may, based at least in part on results of mapping the sets of encoded assumed variable bits, descramble the received polar encoded bit sequences, each received polar encoded bit sequence being descrambled based at least in part on a corresponding result of mapping the sets of encoded assumed variable bits.

As shown by reference number 1320, the UE may soft-combine results of descrambling the received polar encoded bit sequences. In some aspects, soft-combing increases a likelihood that the set of fixed bits will be correctly decoded, as described above.

As shown by reference number 1325, the UE may, based at least in part on the second polar code, decode a result of the soft-combining in order to determine the set of fixed bits.

As shown by reference number 1330, the UE may perform an error check associated with the set of fixed bits. For example, the UE may, based at least in part on error correction information included in the set of fixed bits (e.g., CRC bits) , perform the error check in order to determine whether the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded. As another example, the UE may perform the error check based at least in part on a probability indicating a likelihood that the set of fixed bits have been correctly decoded.

As further shown, if the determined set of fixed bits passes the error check, then the UE has correctly decoded the set of fixed bits. Alternatively, as shown by reference number 1335, the UE may generate a next hypothesis and repeat the above described operations. In some aspects, when the UE has not correctly decoded the set of fixed bits and has exhausted all possible assumptions, the UE may await receipt of a next polar encoded bit sequence, and may repeat the above described process.

In this way, the UE may determine the set of fixed bits based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code when at least two sets of variable bits are assumed by the UE. In some aspects, the technique described in association with example 1300 may be used in order to determine a set of fixed bits (e.g., bits carrying system information, bits carrying error correction information, and/or the like) included in a communication transmitted by the base station via the PBCH, when at least two sets of variable bits (e.g., bits carrying timing information, and/or the like) are assumed to the UE.

As indicated above, Fig. 13 is provided as an example. Other examples are possible and may differ from what was described with respect to Fig. 13.

Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example process 1400 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Example process 1400 is an example where a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations in association with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying message.

As shown in Fig. 14, in some aspects, process 1400 may include receiving a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code (block 1410) . For example, a UE may receive a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code, as described above.

As further shown in Fig. 14, in some aspects, process 1400 may include determining, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits (block 1420) . For example, the UE may determine, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of: a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits, as described above.

In some aspects, the set of fixed bits is a set of known fixed bits, and the UE may determine the set of variable bits by encoding, based at least in part on the second polar code, the set of known fixed bits to generate a set of encoded known fixed bits； descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence based at least in part on the set of encoded known fixed bits； and decoding, based at least in part on the first polar code, a result of descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence to determine the set of variable bits.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is a set of known variable bits, and the UE may determine the set of fixed bits by encoding, based at least in part on the first polar code, the set of known variable bits to generate a set of encoded known variable bits； descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence based at least in part the set of encoded known variable bits； and decoding, based at least in part on the second polar code, a result of descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence to determine the set of fixed bits.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is a first set of variable bits and the polar encoded bit sequence is a first polar encoded bit sequence, and the UE may determine the set of fixed bits by encoding, based at least in part on the first polar code, the first set of variable bits to generate a first set of encoded variable bits； descrambling the first polar encoded bit sequence based at least in part the first set of encoded variable bits； soft-combining a result of descrambling the first polar encoded bit sequence with a result of descrambling a second polar encoded bit sequence, wherein the second polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a second set of encoded variable bits associated with the first polar code； and decoding, based at least in part on the second polar code, a result of the soft-combining to determine the set of fixed bits.

In some aspects, the first set of variable bits and a second set of variable bits, associated with the second polar encoded bit sequence, are sets of known variable bits.

In some aspects, the first set of variable bits and a second set of variable bits, associated with the second polar encoded bit sequence, are sets of assumed variable bits.

In some aspects, a result of decoding the result of the soft-combining is determined to be the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a probability, associated with the result of the decoding, satisfying a threshold.

In some aspects, a result of decoding the result of the soft-combining is determined to be the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a cyclic redundancy check, associated with the result of the decoding, satisfying a threshold.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits and the set of fixed bits are determined based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code.

In some aspects, the communication is associated with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) .

In some aspects, the set of variable bits includes information that identifies a synchronization signal block index associated with the communication.

In some aspects, the set of fixed bits includes a set of bits associated with a master information block.

In some aspects, the set of fixed bits includes a set of cyclic redundancy check bits.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is located in a set of most reliable bits associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is located in a set of last bits in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is located in a set of least reliable bits, other than frozen bits, associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is located in a set of first bits, other than frozen bits, in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is located in a set of bits such that a number of consecutive ones in a binary representation of location indices is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits, wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and wherein N refers to a code length of the first polar code.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits is located in a set of bits such that a number of consecutive zeros in a binary representation of location indices is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits, wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and wherein N refers to a code length of the first polar code.

Although Fig. 14 shows example blocks of process 1400, in some aspects, process 1400 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in Fig. 14. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1400 may be performed in parallel.

Fig. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example process 1500 performed, for example, by a base station, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Example process 1500 is an example where a base station (e.g., base station 150) performs operations in association with polar coding a fixed plus periodically-varying message.

As shown in Fig. 15, in some aspects, process 1500 may include encoding a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code (block 1510) . For example, a base station may encode a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively, wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code, wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code, as described above.

As further shown in Fig. 15, in some aspects, process 1500 may include combining the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence (block 1520) . For example, the base station may combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence, as described above.

As further shown in Fig. 15, in some aspects, process 1500 may include transmitting a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence (block 1530) . For example, the base station may transmit a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence, as described above.

In some aspects, the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits are combined using modulo-2 addition.

In some aspects, a set of encoding sequences, associated with the first polar code, is stored by the base station, and the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on the set of encoding sequences.

In some aspects, the set of variable bits includes a set of cyclic redundancy check bits.

Although Fig. 15 shows example blocks of process 1500, in some aspects, process 1500 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in Fig. 15. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1500 may be performed in parallel.

The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the aspects.

As used herein, the term component is intended to be broadly construed as hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software. As used herein, a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software.

Some aspects are described herein in connection with thresholds. As used herein, satisfying a threshold may refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, and/or the like.

It will be apparent that systems and/or methods, described herein, may be implemented in different forms of hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and/or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of the systems and/or methods were described herein without reference to specific software code—it being understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and/or methods based, at least in part, on the description herein.

Even though particular combinations of features are recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of possible aspects. In fact, many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed below may directly depend on only one claim, the disclosure of possible aspects includes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim in the claim set. A phrase referring to “at least one of” a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or any other ordering of a, b, and c) .

No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items, and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Furthermore, as used herein, the terms “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination of related and unrelated items, and/or the like) , and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Where only one item is intended, the term “one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has, ” “have, ” “having, ” and/or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Claims

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE) , a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence,

wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and

determining, by the UE and based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of:

a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or

a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of fixed bits is a set of known fixed bits, and determining the set of variable bits comprises:

encoding, based at least in part on the second polar code, the set of known fixed bits to generate a set of encoded known fixed bits；

descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence based at least in part on the set of encoded known fixed bits； and

decoding, based at least in part on the first polar code, a result of descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence to determine the set of variable bits.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is a set of known variable bits, and determining the set of fixed bits comprises:

encoding, based at least in part on the first polar code, the set of known variable bits to generate a set of encoded known variable bits；

descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence based at least in part the set of encoded known variable bits； and

decoding, based at least in part on the second polar code, a result of descrambling the polar encoded bit sequence to determine the set of fixed bits.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is a first set of variable bits and the polar encoded bit sequence is a first polar encoded bit sequence, and

wherein determining the set of fixed bits comprises:

encoding, based at least in part on the first polar code, the first set of variable bits to generate a first set of encoded variable bits；

descrambling the first polar encoded bit sequence based at least in part the first set of encoded variable bits；

soft-combining a result of descrambling the first polar encoded bit sequence with a result of descrambling a second polar encoded bit sequence,

wherein the second polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a second set of encoded variable bits associated with the first polar code； and

decoding, based at least in part on the second polar code, a result of the soft-combining to determine the set of fixed bits.
The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of variable bits and a second set of variable bits, associated with the second polar encoded bit sequence, are sets of known variable bits.
The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of variable bits and a second set of variable bits, associated with the second polar encoded bit sequence, are sets of assumed variable bits.
The method of claim 6, wherein a result of decoding the result of the soft-combining is determined to be the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a probability, associated with the result of the decoding, satisfying a threshold.
The method of claim 6, wherein a result of decoding the result of the soft-combining is determined to be the set of fixed bits based at least in part on a cyclic redundancy check, associated with the result of the decoding, satisfying a threshold.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits and the set of fixed bits are determined based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code.
The method of claim 1, wherein the communication is associated with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) .
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits includes information that identifies a synchronization signal block index associated with the communication.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of fixed bits includes a set of bits associated with a master information block.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of fixed bits includes a set of cyclic redundancy check bits.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits includes a set of cyclic redundancy check bits.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of most reliable bits associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of last bits in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of least reliable bits, other than frozen bits, associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of first bits, other than frozen bits, in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of bits such that a number of consecutive ones in abinary representation of location indices is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits,

wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and

wherein N refers to a code length of the first polar code.
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of bits such that a number of consecutive zeros in abinary representation of location indices is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits,

wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and

wherein N refers to a code length of the first polar code.
A user equipment (UE) , comprising:

a memory； and

one or more processors, operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

receive a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence,

wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and

determine, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of:

a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or

a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, cause the one or more processors to:

receive a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence,

wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and

determine, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of:

a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or

a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.
An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving a communication including a polar encoded bit sequence,

wherein the polar encoded bit sequence is associated with a set of encoded variable bits, associated with a first polar code, and a set of encoded fixed bits associated with a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code； and

means for determining, based at least in part on the first polar code and the second polar code, at least one of:

a set of variable bits corresponding to the set of encoded variable bits, or

a set of fixed bits corresponding to the set of encoded fixed bits.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:

encoding, by a base station, a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively,

wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code；

combining, by the base station, the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and

transmitting, by the base station, a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits are combined using modulo-2 addition.
The method of claim 24, wherein a set of encoding sequences, associated with the first polar code, is stored by the base station, and

wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on the set of encoding sequences.
The method of claim 24, wherein the communication is associated with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) .
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits includes information that identifies a synchronization signal block index associated with the communication.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of fixed bits includes a set of bits associated with a master information block.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of fixed bits includes a set of cyclic redundancy check bits.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits includes a set of cyclic redundancy check bits.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of most reliable bits associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of last bits in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of least reliable bits, other than frozen bits, associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of first bits, other than frozen bits, in a successive cancelation decoding order associated with the polar encoded bit sequence.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of bits such that a number of consecutive ones in abinary representation of location indices is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits,

wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and

wherein N is a code length of the first polar code.
The method of claim 24, wherein the set of variable bits is located in a set of bits such that a number of consecutive zeros in abinary representation of location indices is not smaller than that of the set of fixed bits,

wherein the location indices are counted from 0 to N-1 in a successive cancellation decoding order, and

wherein N is a code length of the first polar code.
A base station, comprising:

a memory； and

one or more processors, operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

encode a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively,

wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code；

combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and

transmit a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the one or more processors to:

encode a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively,

wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code；

combine the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and

transmit a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.
An apparatus, comprising:

means for encoding a set of variable bits and a set of fixed bits to generate a set of encoded variable bits and a set of encoded fixed bits, respectively,

wherein the set of variable bits is encoded based at least in part on a first polar code and the set of fixed bits is encoded based at least in part on a second polar code,

wherein the first polar code and the second polar code have a same code length, and

wherein a first information index set, associated with the first polar code, does not overlap with a second information index set associated with the second polar code；

means for combining the set of encoded variable bits and the set of encoded fixed bits to generate a polar encoded bit sequence； and

means for transmitting a communication based at least in part on the polar encoded bit sequence.