US 11,723,001 B2
Discovery signal block mapping
Sami-Jukka Hakola, Kempele (FI); Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kempele (FI); Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Oulu (FI); and Eeva Lahetkangas, Oulu (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,222.
Application 17/343,222 is a continuation of application No. 16/705,905, filed on Dec. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,064,485.
Application 16/705,905 is a continuation of application No. 14/993,296, filed on Jan. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,536,940, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298018 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory comprising computer program code,
the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to
detect in a subframe structure one or more discovery signaling blocks associated with indices, wherein a discovery signaling block comprises at least a synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel;
based on the associated indices of the one or more detected discovery signaling blocks, determine a group structure of the discovery signaling blocks;
based on the group structure of the discovery signaling blocks, determine a beam among the beams of a cell;
determine a time domain structure of one or more subframes; and
perform an initial access to the cell based on the one or more detected discovery signaling blocks, the determined beam and the time domain structure of the one or more subframes.