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Samsung patents flexible signal structures for 5G network synchronization

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Samsung has filed a patent application describing how mobile devices can identify different layouts for synchronization signals used to connect to a wireless network. The system allows a device to determine which specific structure is being used, as these layouts can vary in their internal components and how those parts are arranged. This helps the device correctly receive the necessary broadcast information from the base station.

Why it mattersThis filing details the underlying technical standards for how phones and other devices sync with 5G networks, ensuring reliable connections as network infrastructure evolves.

In the filing’s own words

Apparatuses and methods multiple signal/channel block structures. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes determining multiple structures for a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block. A first structure and a second structure from the multiple structures differ in at least one of components included in the first structure and the second structure and multiplexing patterns of the components in the first structure and the second structure. The method further includes receiving the SS/PBCH block based on the first structure or the second structure.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a processor configured to determine multiple structures for a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block, wherein a first structure and a second structure from the multiple structures differ in at least one of: components included in the first structure and the second structure, and multiplexing patterns of the components in the first structure and the second structure; and a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to receive the SS/PBCH block based on the first structure or the second structure.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
MULTIPLE SIGNAL/CHANNEL BLOCK STRUCTURES
Publication number
US20260304556A1
Application number
19562610
Filed
Mar 10, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 76/40 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0007 Electricity & electronicsH04W 56/001 Electricity & electronics
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