What is cell search in LTE?

Cell searching is a procedure in which a UE achieves time and frequency synchronization with a cell, obtains the physical cell identifier (PCI), and learns the signal quality and other information about the cell based on the PCI. A UE performs cell search on all frequencies before selecting or re-selecting to a cell.

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What is SS burst in 5G?

SS burst is a set of SS blocks(SS/PBCH block) in a half subframe . we have seen few examples where in a half subframe there are multiple SS/PBCH blocks present . In CASE B example there are 8 SS/PBCH blocks (starting indexes 4,8,16,20,32,36,44,48) present in half frame . this set is called SS burst.

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