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Methods and apparatus related to beam refinement

US10965360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Andreas Schenk · Erlangen, DE
Michael Paul Cyran · Nuremberg, DE
Christoph Arnold Joetten · Bitburg, DE
Hendrik Schoeneich · Heroldsberg, DE
Assaf Touboul · Netanya, IL
Ran Berliner · Yavne, IL
Shay Landis · Hod HaSharon, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2018
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B7/0885
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE configured to receive a plurality of beams through a plurality of different receive beam directions, each of the beams including broadcast information on a PBCH. The apparatus may be further configured to determine, for each of a subset of the received beams, a log likelihood ratio (LLR) for coded bits of the broadcast information. The apparatus may be further configured to decode the broadcast information associated with each of the subset of the received beams, and determine a refined receive beam direction based on the determined LLRs and based on whether the broadcast information associated with each of the subset of the received beams fails to decode or is successfully decoded.

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