APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDICATING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

A base station in a heterogeneous network is configured to communicate with a plurality of base stations via a backhaul link and configured to communicate with a plurality of subscriber stations. The base station includes a transmit path configured to transmit data, reference signals, synchronization signals and control elements to at least one of the plurality of subscriber stations. The base station also includes processing circuitry configured to map primary synchronization signals (PSS) and secondary synchronization signals (SSS) onto each of a carrier of a first carrier type and a carrier of a second carrier type. The PSS and SSS on the second carrier type are mapped onto different time locations than in the first carrier type. In addition, the PSS/SSS are mapped onto consecutive resource elements (REs) on each of the carrier of the first type and the carrier of the second type.