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Samsung patents method for packing sync signals into half a frame

Samsung has filed a patent application for a method that allows a phone to receive two synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) within a single half-frame of wireless communication. The device uses specific timing parameters to identify and receive these signals back-to-back, effectively combining them into a shorter time window.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to how 5G networks manage timing and synchronization, which may help optimize data transmission efficiency for future network standards.

In the filing’s own words

Apparatuses and methods for concatenating an on-demand synchronization signal block (SSB) in a half frame A method performed by a user equipment includes receiving a set of higher layer parameters, the set of higher layer parameters including a time offset, a first configuration for a first SSB, and a second configuration for a second SSB, and determining, based on the first configuration, a first set of candidate SSB occasions in a half frame for the first SSB. The method further includes determining, based on the second configuration, a second set of candidate SSB occasions in the half frame for the second SSB, wherein the second set of candidate SSB occasions occurs after the first set of candidate SSB occasions with respect to the time offset and receiving a SSB based on the first and second sets of candidate SSB occasions.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a set of higher layer parameters, the set of higher layer parameters including a time offset, a first configuration for a first synchronization signals block (SSB), and a second configuration for a second SSB; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to: determine, based on the first configuration, a first set of candidate SSB occasions in a half frame for the first SSB; and determine, based on the second configuration, a second set of candidate SSB occasions in the half frame for the second SSB, wherein the second set of candidate SSB occasions occurs after the first set of candidate SSB occasions with respect to the time offset, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a SSB based on the first and second sets of candidate SSB occasions.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: CONCATENATING ON-DEMAND SSB IN HALF FRAME
Publication number: US20260281877A1
Application number: 19554505
Filed: Mar 2, 2026
Published: Sep 17, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04W 48/14 Electricity & electronicsH04W 28/06 Electricity & electronics

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