QUALCOMM Incorporated
SELECTION OF INITIAL ACQUISITION PARAMETERS FOR REDUCED-CAPABILITY DEVICES

Abstract:

Aspects of the disclosure relate to various apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for providing or utilizing initial acquisition parameters for reduced-capability wireless user equipment (UEs). In one example, a wireless base station may transmit a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), with at least one of those SSBs being designated for a set of reduced-capability UEs. The base station may further transmit a plurality of control resource sets with at least one of those control resource sets being designated for the set of reduced-capability UEs. In another example, the base station may transmit a shared SSB/control resource set configured for compatibility with both legacy UEs and reduced-capability UEs. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.