Random access procedures in Next Gen networks

1. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access in a beam sweeping network having a cell, the network including a downlink sweeping subframe, an uplink sweeping subframe and a regular subframes; and

a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions of:

selecting an optimal downlink transmission beam transmitted by the cell during the downlink sweeping subframe,

determining an optimal downlink reception beam from the optimal downlink transmission beam, and

determining a random access preamble and a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource associated with the optimal downlink transmission beam.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the random access preamble is selected at random from a set of random access preambles associated with the optimal downlink transmission beam.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the preamble successively includes a cyclic prefix period, Zadoff-Chu sequence period and a guard period.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the set of random access preambles are partitioned among all beams.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions of:

monitoring a downlink control channel for a random access response (RAR), and

receiving the RAR from the node.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the PRACH resources are configured during uplink sweeping slots of the uplink subframe, and

a time resource of the PRACH resource is determined by the optimal downlink transmission beam.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein

the monitoring instruction proceeds for a period including one or more downlink sweeping subframes, and

the monitoring instruction includes identifying a RA-RNTI Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier of a RAR.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the RAR includes a random access preamble identifier matching the transmitted random access preamble.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network is new radio (NR) and the cell is a NR cell.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access; and

a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions of:

obtaining configuration parameters for a common physical random access channel (PRACH) resource on a network,

selecting a preamble from a cell based upon a device type and a service type,

transmitting, to a node, the selected preamble via the common PRACH resource, and

monitoring, based on the transmission, a downlink control channel for a random access responses (RAR).

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a set of preambles including the selected preamble are partitioned into service-specific subsets.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein

the service-specific subsets are mMTC, eMBB or UR/LL or combinations thereof, and

the selected preamble is randomly selected from one of the service-specific subsets.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the RAR includes a timing advance command representing a change in uplink timing relative to current uplink timing.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein

the processor is further configured to execute the instructions of transmitting a message to establish a connection, and

the message includes an establishment cause information element selected from mMTCAccess, eMBBAccess, URLLAccess or combinations thereof.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access; and

a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions of:

obtaining configuration parameters for a slice-specific physical random access channel (PRACH) resource;

randomly selecting a preamble from a slice of the network based upon a device type and a service type;

transmitting, to a node, the randomly selected preamble via the slice-specific PRACH resource; and

monitoring, based on the transmission, a downlink control channel for a random access response (RAR).

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein

the PRACH resource is dedicated, and

the configuration parameters are obtained via an extended radio resource configuration common information element.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein

the preamble includes a cyclic prefix and a preamble sequence, and

the preamble sequence successively includes a cyclic prefix period, Zadoff-Chu sequence period and a guard period.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein

the cell includes contention preambles,

the monitoring instructions include determining a size of the RAR via a slice-specific response window size, and

the RAR includes a timing advance command indicating a change in uplink timing relative to current uplink timing.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions of:

transmitting a message including an establishment cause information element to establish a connection, and

receiving a contention resolution from the node.

20. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access; and

a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions of:

selecting a preamble from a cell based upon a device type and a service type;

transmitting the selected preamble and an accompanying grantless message;

monitoring a downlink control channel for a random access response (RAR);

receiving, from a node, a connection setup message and an uplink grant; and

transmitting, via the received uplink grant, a status message on a connection.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access in a beam sweeping network having a cell, the network including a downlink sweeping subframe, an uplink sweeping subframe and a regular subframes; and

a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions of:

selecting a first downlink transmission beam transmitted by the cell during the downlink sweeping subframe,

determining a first downlink reception beam from the first downlink transmission beam, and

determining a first random access preamble and a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource associated with the first downlink transmission beam,

wherein the first random access preamble is selected at random from a set of random access preambles associated with the optimal downlink transmission beam, and

wherein the PRACH resource is configured during uplink sweeping slots of the uplink subframe, and a time resource of the PRACH resource is determined by the first downlink transmission beam.