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Broadcast channel encoding and decoding

US11147043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2018
Grant dateOct 12, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2001/0093
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In order to exchange data over a given wireless communication network, a wireless device may first perform a cell acquisition procedure (e.g., to determine cell-specific information such as timing and frequency offsets, bandwidth, control channel formatting, etc.). In some systems, aspects of the timing information may be conveyed with scrambling codes applied to a master information block (MIB). Physical broadcast channel (PBCH) payloads, including MIB transmissions, may be jointly encoded with synchronization signal indices. Bursts of MIB transmissions may thus be decoded without blind decoding while maintaining error protection and low latency that may be necessary to obtain critical system information within the MIB.

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