SSB Resource Selection by Mobility State to Avoid PCI Collisions

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Solution Overview

Problem

In wireless communication networks, particularly in multi-hop networks like 5G, synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions from mobile and stationary network nodes can collide due to shared resources, leading to PCI collisions and unsuccessful communication.

Innovation Solution

Network nodes identify and utilize resources for SSB transmissions based on their mobility states, ensuring mobile and stationary nodes use different time and frequency resources to avoid collisions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If mobile and stationary network nodes share the same resources for SSB transmissions, then resource utilization is improved, but PCI collisions occur leading to communication failures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilizationVSAvoidcommunication success rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the SSB transmission resources by mobility state, creating separate resource sets for mobile nodes (first set) and stationary nodes (second set). This segmentation prevents PCI collisions by ensuring that mobile and stationary nodes transmit SSBs in different time-frequency resources, while still allowing both types of nodes to utilize available network resources effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If separate resources are allocated for mobile and stationary nodes, then PCI collisions are reduced, but resource efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovePCI collision avoidanceVSAvoidresource efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the resource allocation parameters based on the mobility state parameter of the network node. Mobile nodes are configured with resource sets suitable for their mobility characteristics (e.g., more frequent transmissions, different time offsets), while stationary nodes use resource sets optimized for their static nature. This parameter-based differentiation resolves PCI collisions while maintaining overall resource efficiency through targeted allocation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4018568B1Synchronization signal block resource selection according to mobility state
Publication Date: 2026.02.18 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node may identify one or more resources for transmitting one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), the one or more resources being associated with a mobility state of the IAB node. The IAB node may transmit the one or more SSBs in the one or more resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.