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Physical DL signal Purpose / transmission modes / antenna ports
(AP)
DL phase noise compensation reference signal
(PCRS)
Associated with xPDSCH, AP 60 and/or 61
Primary synchronization signal (PSS)
Secondary synchronization signal (SSS)
Extended synchronization signal (ESS)
Acquisition of cell timing and cell identity during cell
search, transmitted in symbol 0 to 13 in subframes 0
and 25 on AP 300-313
An uplink physical signal is used by the physical layer but does not carry information
originating from higher layers. The following reference signals are defined in uplink:
Physical UL signal Purpose / transmission modes / antenna ports
(AP)
Uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS),
associated with transmission of xPUSCH
For demodulation of xPUSCH, AP 40-41
Uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS),
associated with transmission of xPUCCH
For demodulation of xPUCCH, AP 100, 200-201
Sounding reference signal (SRS), not associated
with transmission of xPUSCH or xPUCCH
Reference for 5GNB to monitor uplink channel qual-
ity, AP 40-41
UL phase noise reference signal (PCRS), associ-
ated with transmission of xPUSCH
Associated with xPUSCH, AP 40, 41
2.2.4 Physical layer procedures
The following physical layer procedures are especially important:
●Synchronization
During cell search, UE acquires time and frequency synchronization with a cell and
detects the physical layer cell ID. Synchronization signals are transmitted in the
downlink to facilitate cell search.
Further, the UE monitors the downlink radio link quality of the primary cell for indi-
cating out-of-sync/in-sync status to higher layers.
●Beamforming
UE acquires beams from beam reference signals (BRS). Up to 8 antenna ports are
supported by BRS. A UE tracks downlink transmitting beams through the periodic
BRS measurements. The BRS transmission period is indicated via xPBCH.
UE reports measured beam state information (BSI) on xPUCCH or xPUSCH to
5GNB.
Beam switch is signaled via MAC-CE or DCI.
●UE procedure for receiving the physical downlink shared channel
The UE monitors the xPDCCH of the serving cell with DCI format A1, A2, B1, or
B2. After the detection of an xPDCCH intended for the UE, the UE decodes the
corresponding xPDSCH in the same subframe with the single transport block. The
decoding of xPDSCH scrambled by the C-RNTI is according to the following table.
Introduction to the Verizon 5GTF technology