Granted Patent B2

US 10,615,862 · App. 15/867,603 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam (Edison, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Juergen Cezanne (Ocean Township, NJ); Sundar Subramanian (Bridgewater, NJ); Ashwin Sampath (Skillman, NJ); Bilal Sadiq (Basking Ridge, NJ); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04B7/0695H04B7/0408H04B7/0421H04L5/0032H04L27/2692H04W72/046H04W74/002H04L5/001H04L5/0023H04L2027/0095H04W74/0833H04W88/08

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A method of wireless communication by a base station providing a cell, the method comprising:

determining a first set of parameters associated with a first random access channel (RACH) procedure, the first set of parameters being associated with beam failure recovery using the first RACH procedure for a first user equipment (UE) in the cell, and the first set of parameters including at least two parameters associated with the beam failure recovery using the first RACH procedure that are different from at least two corresponding parameters included in a second set of parameters associated with a second RACH procedure to be used for initial access in the cell that is different from the first RACH procedure; and

sending at least one of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters for use by the first UE,

wherein the at least one of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters is sent via broadcast, and the other of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters is to be sent via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of parameters indicates at least one of a root sequence index associated with the first RACH procedure, a configuration index associated with the first RACH procedure, a received target power associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of maximum preamble transmission associated with the first RACH procedure, power ramping step associated with the first RACH procedure, candidate beam threshold for the first RACH procedure and PRACH frequency offset associated with the first RACH procedure.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the second set of parameters associated with the second RACH procedure, the second set of parameters being associated with at least one of initial access, cell selection, cell reselection, loss of timing synchronization, or handover; and

sending the second set of parameters in the cell for use by a second UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of parameters are to be used by the first UE when the first UE is time-synchronized in the cell, and second set of parameters are to be used by the first UE when the first UE is time-unsynchronized in the cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an available number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the first set of parameters is greater than an available number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the second set of parameters.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an available number of preambles for each time frequency resource associated with the first set of parameters is greater than an available number of preambles for each time frequency resource associated the second set of parameters.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving, from the first UE based on the first set of parameters, a first RACH preamble in a set of RACH resources, the first RACH preamble being associated with the beam failure recovery; and

receiving, from the second UE based on the second set of parameters, a second RACH preamble in the set of RACH resources.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

identifying a beam index for communication with the first UE based on the receiving of first RACH preamble.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of parameters is sent in a handover message, a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) message, or an other system information (OSI) message.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of parameters is sent in a radio resource control (RRC) message that excludes the second set of parameters.

11. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a first set of parameters associated with beam failure recovery with the base station using a first random access channel (RACH) procedure, the first RACH procedure being associated with the beam failure recovery with the base station;

receiving, from the base station via broadcast, a second set of parameters including at least two parameters associated with initial access different from at least two corresponding parameters associated with the beam failure recovery included in the first set of parameters, the second set of parameters being associated with the initial access using a second RACH procedure, the second RACH procedure being different from the first RACH procedure and being associated with the initial access;

generating a RACH preamble based on the first set of parameters when the UE is to perform the first RACH procedure for the beam failure recovery or based on the second set of parameters when the UE is to perform the second RACH procedure for the initial access; and

sending, to the base station, the generated RACH preamble.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first set of parameters indicates at least one of a root sequence index associated with the first RACH procedure, a configuration index associated with the first RACH procedure, a received target power associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of maximum preamble transmission associated with the first RACH procedure, power ramping step associated with the first RACH procedure, candidate beam threshold for the first RACH procedure and PRACH frequency offset associated with the first RACH procedure.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting failure of a serving beam used for communication between the UE and the base station after performing the second RACH procedure; and

selecting the first set of parameters to perform the first RACH procedure instead of the second set of parameters based on the detected failure of the serving beam.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the sending of the generated RACH preamble indicates at least one of a beam failure request or a second beam index corresponding to a second beam of the base station.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first set of parameters is received via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message that excludes the second set of parameters.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the UE is time-synchronized in the cell when the RACH preamble is generated based on the first set of parameters for the first RACH procedure.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second set of parameters is received in a handover message, a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) message, or an other system information (OSI) message.

18. An apparatus configured to provide a cell, the apparatus comprising:

means for determining a first set of parameters associated with a first random access channel (RACH) procedure, the first set of parameters being associated with beam failure recovery using the first RACH procedure for a first user equipment (UE) in the cell, and the first set of parameters including at least two parameters associated with the beam failure recovery using the first RACH procedure that are different from at least two corresponding parameters included in a second set of parameters associated with a second RACH procedure to be used for initial access in the cell that is different from the first RACH procedure; and

means for sending at least one of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters for use by the first UE,

wherein the at least one of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters is sent via broadcast, and the other of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters is to be sent via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first set of parameters indicates at least one of a root sequence index associated with the first RACH procedure, a configuration index associated with the first RACH procedure, a received target power associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of maximum preamble transmission associated with the first RACH procedure, power ramping step associated with the first RACH procedure, candidate beam threshold for the first RACH procedure and PRACH frequency offset associated with the first RACH procedure.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising:

means for determining the second set of parameters associated with the second RACH procedure, the second set of parameters being associated with at least one of initial access, cell selection, cell reselection, loss of timing synchronization or handover; and

means for sending the second set of parameters in the cell for use by a second UE.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first set of parameters are to be used by the first UE when the first UE is time-synchronized in the cell, and the second set of parameters are to be used by the first UE when the first UE is time-unsynchronized in the cell.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein an available number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the first set of RACH parameters is greater than an available number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the second set of parameters.

23. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein an available number of preambles for each time frequency resource associated with the first set of RACH parameters is greater than an available number of preambles for each time frequency resource associated with the second set of parameters.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 , further comprising:

means for receiving, from the first UE based on the first set of parameters, a first RACH preamble in a set of RACH resources, the first RACH preamble being associated with the beam failure recovery; and

means for receiving, from the second UE based on the second set of parameters, a second RACH preamble in the set of RACH resources.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , further comprising:

means for identifying a beam index for communication with the first UE based on the receiving of first RACH preamble.

26. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the second set of parameters is sent in a handover message, a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) message, or an other system information (OSI) message.

27. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first set of parameters is sent in a radio resource control (RRC) message that excludes the second set of parameters.

28. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving, from a base station via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a first set of parameters associated with beam failure recovery with the base station using a first random access channel (RACH) procedure, the first RACH procedure being associated with the beam failure recovery with the base station;

means for receiving, from the base station via broadcast, a second set of parameters including at least two parameters associated with initial access different from at least two corresponding parameters associated with the beam failure recovery included in the first set of parameters, the second set of parameters being associated with the initial access using a second RACH procedure, the second RACH procedure being different from the first RACH procedure and being associated with the initial access;

means for generating a RACH preamble based on the first set of parameters when the UE is to perform the first RACH procedure for the beam failure recovery or based on the second set of parameters when the UE is to perform the second RACH procedure for the initial access; and

means for sending, to the base station, the generated RACH preamble.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the first set of parameters indicates at least one of a root sequence index associated with the first RACH procedure, a configuration index associated with the first RACH procedure, a received target power associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of cyclic shifts for each root sequence associated with the first RACH procedure, a number of maximum preamble transmission associated with the first RACH procedure, power ramping step associated with the first RACH procedure, candidate beam threshold for the first RACH procedure and PRACH frequency offset associated with the first RACH procedure.

30. The apparatus of claim 28 , further comprising:

means for detecting failure of a serving beam used for communication between the UE and the base station after performing the second RACH procedure; and

means for selecting the first set of parameters to perform the first RACH procedure instead of the second set of parameters based on the detected failure of the serving beam.

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