IP Library Granted Patent US 11,076,360
Granted Patent B2
US 11,076,360 · App. 16/718,693 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Uplink beam management in a wireless network

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Patent No.
US 11,076,360
App. No.
16/718,693
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives a first DCI indicating transmission of at least one SRS for an uplink beam management procedure. The at least one SRS is transmitted via at least one first SRS resource. During a time window starting based on the transmitting the at least on SRS, a downlink control channel is monitored for a second DCI indicating one of the at least one SRS. Based on not detecting the second DCI during the time window, a second uplink signal is transmitted via at least one second uplink resource.

Claims (72)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of at least one sounding reference signal (SRS) for an uplink beam management procedure;

transmitting the at least one SRS via at least one first SRS resource;

monitoring, during a time window starting based on the transmitting the at least one SRS, a downlink control channel for a second DCI indicating one of the at least one SRS; and

transmitting, based on not detecting the second DCI during the time window, a second uplink signal via at least one second uplink resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the wireless device from a base station, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of the uplink beam management procedure, the configuration parameters comprising:

first parameters of the at least one first SRS resource; and

second parameters of the at least one second uplink resource.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second parameters indicate one or more random access channel (RACH) resources, each of the one or more RACH resources associated with at least one of:

a preamble index;

a physical random access channel (PRACH) numerology;

a time radio resource allocation;

a frequency radio resource allocation; or

a power setting of a preamble transmission.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the wireless device transmits the second uplink signal comprising a preamble associated with one of the one or more RACH resources.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first parameters comprise at least one of:

one or more radio resource configuration parameters of the at least one first SRS resource; and

power setting parameters of the at least one first SRS resource.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DCI comprises at least one of:

an RS resource identifier indicating one of the at least one first SRS resource; and

a preamble index.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DCI comprises configuration parameters of the second DCI, wherein the configuration parameters of the second DCI comprise at least one of:

a time value for the time window;

a DCI format indication of the second DCI;

an aggregation level of the second DCI;

a control resource set associated with the second DCI;

a search space associated with the second DCI; or

a quasi-co-location (QCL) indication for receiving the second DCI.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second uplink signal comprises at least one of:

a preamble; or

a signal via a physical uplink shared control channel (PUCCH).

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device transmits the preamble according to at least one of:

a PRACH numerology associated with the preamble;

a time radio resource allocation associated with the preamble;

a frequency radio resource allocation associated with the preamble; or

a power setting of a preamble transmission associated with the preamble.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting transmission beams according to one or more fields of the second DCI.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for the second DCI, according to at least one of:

the time window;

a DCI format indication;

an aggregation level;

a control resource set;

a search space; or

a QCL indication.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the at least one second uplink signal on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in response to receiving the second DCI.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a PUCCH resource for transmission of the second uplink signal is indicated in the first DCI.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second uplink resource comprise at least one of:

second SRSs;

one or more demodulation reference signals (DM-RSs); and

one or more preambles associated with one or more random access channel (RACH) resources.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second uplink signal is a preamble selected from the one or more preambles.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second uplink signal is a preamble of the one or more preambles indicated in the first DCI.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second uplink signal is an SRS of the second SRSs indicated in the first DCI.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second uplink signal is a DM-RS of the DM-RSs indicated in the first DCI.

19. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station, a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of at least one sounding reference signal (SRS) for an uplink beam management procedure;

receiving, by a wireless device, a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of the at least one SRS for an uplink beam management procedure;

transmitting the at least one SRS via at least one first SRS resource;

monitoring, during a time window starting based on the transmitting the at least one SRS, a downlink control channel for a second DCI indicating one of the at least one SRS; and

transmitting, based on not detecting the second DCI during the time window, a second uplink signal via at least one second uplink resource.

20. A system comprising:

a base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of at least one sounding reference signal (SRS) for an uplink beam management procedure; and

a wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive the first DCI;

transmit the at least one SRS via at least one first SRS resource;

monitor, during a time window starting based on the transmitting the at least one SRS, a downlink control channel for a second DCI indicating one of the at least one SRS; and

transmit, based on not detecting the second DCI during the time window, a second uplink signal via at least one second uplink resource.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 9, 2021
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 056808/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2020
From: ZHOU, HUA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; BABAEI, ALIREZA
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 052133/0732 →