IP Library Granted Patent US 11,259,293
Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,293 · App. 16/739,716 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Two-stage preamble transmission

Inventors: Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/042H04L5/0048H04W72/085H04W74/0833H04W72/044
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Patent No.
US 11,259,293
App. No.
16/739,716
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives one or more messages from a base station. The one or more messages indicate one or more monitoring occasions for a DCI. A first downlink reference signal is selected from one or more downlink reference signals based on a received signal strength of the first downlink reference signal being above a value. A radio network identifier is determined, based on at least one index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received. The DCI addressed to the radio network identifier is received. The DCI indicates one or more random access occasions (ROs). A preamble is transmitted, via one of the one or more ROs, in response to receiving the DCI.

Claims (78)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, one or more messages indicating one or more monitoring occasions for a downlink control information (DCI);

selecting a first downlink reference signal from one or more downlink reference signals based on a received signal strength of the first downlink reference signal being above a value;

determining, based on at least one index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received, a radio network identifier;

receiving the DCI addressed to the radio network identifier, wherein the DCI indicates one or more random access occasions (ROs); and

transmitting, in response to receiving the DCI, a preamble via one of the one or more ROs.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more monitoring occasions are associated with at least one downlink reference signal from the one or more downlink reference signals;

the at least one downlink reference signal comprises the first downlink reference signal; and

a demodulation reference signal antenna port associated with a reception of the DCI is quasi co-located with the first downlink reference signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one index comprises a first index of a first slot associated with a reception of the first downlink reference signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring, during a time duration indicated by a monitoring window value, the one or more monitoring occasions for the DCI addressed to the radio network identifier.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the time duration starts at a first monitoring occasion, of the one or more monitoring occasions, from an end of a reception of the first downlink reference signal.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising determining to start the monitoring based on a first time offset with respect to the end of the reception of the first downlink reference signal, wherein the first time offset:

comprises at least one of:

one or more slots; and

one or more symbols; and

is:

indicated via the one or more messages; or

predefined.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further indicates a second time offset to a first RO of the one or more ROs.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more ROs:

comprise consecutive ROs multiplexed in at least one of a frequency domain and a time domain; and

are ordered in an increasing order of frequency resource indexes followed by increasing order of time resource indexes, wherein the ordering starts from the first RO.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining the first RO by applying the second time offset to an end of a reception of the DCI;

determining at least one RO from the one or more ROs, wherein the at least one RO is associated with the first downlink reference signal; and

selecting a second RO from the at least one RO, wherein the one of the one or more ROs is the second RO.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining the at least one RO comprises:

mapping the one or more ROs to the one or more downlink reference signals based on:

an increasing order of indexes of the one or more ROs;

an increasing order of indexes of the one or more downlink reference signals; and

a number of ROs based on a downlink reference signal to RO mapping ratio; and

determining the number of ROs from the one or more ROs that are mapped to the first downlink reference signal.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receive, from a base station, one or more messages indicating one or more monitoring occasions for a downlink control information (DCI);

select a first downlink reference signal from one or more downlink reference signals based on a received signal strength of the first downlink reference signal being above a value;

determine, based on at least one index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received, a radio network identifier;

receive the DCI addressed to the radio network identifier, wherein the DCI indicates one or more random access occasions (ROs); and

transmit, in response to receiving the DCI, a preamble via one of the one or more ROs.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one index comprises a first index of a first slot associated with a reception of the first downlink reference signal.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors further cause the wireless device to monitor, during a time duration indicated by a monitoring window value, the one or more monitoring occasions for the DCI addressed to the radio network identifier.

14. The wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the time duration starts at a first monitoring occasion, of the one or more monitoring occasions, from an end of a reception of the first downlink reference signal.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors further cause the wireless device to determine to start the monitoring based on a first time offset with respect to the end of the reception of the first downlink reference signal, wherein the first time offset:

comprises at least one of:

one or more slots; and

one or more symbols; and

is:

indicated via the one or more messages; or

predefined.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the DCI further indicates a second time offset to a first RO of the one or more ROs.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more ROs:

comprise consecutive ROs multiplexed in at least one of a frequency domain and a time domain; and

the one or more ROs are ordered in an increasing order of frequency resource indexes followed by increasing order of time resource indexes, wherein the ordering starts from the first RO.

18. The wireless device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors further cause the wireless device to:

determine the first RO by applying the second time offset to an end of a reception of the DCI;

determine at least one RO from the one or more ROs, wherein the at least one RO is associated with the first downlink reference signal; and

select a second RO from the at least one RO, wherein the one of the one or more ROs is the second RO.

19. The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein the determination of the at least one RO comprises:

mapping the one or more ROs to the one or more downlink reference signals based on:

an increasing order of indexes of the one or more ROs;

an increasing order of indexes of the one or more downlink reference signals; and

a number of ROs based on a downlink reference signal to RO mapping ratio; and

determining the number of ROs from the one or more ROs that are mapped to the first downlink reference signal.

20. A system comprising:

a base station comprising:

one or more first processors; and

first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors of the base station, cause the base station to transmit one or more messages indicating one or more monitoring occasions for a downlink control information (DCI);

a wireless device comprising:

one or more second processors; and

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

receive the one or more messages;

select a first downlink reference signal from one or more downlink reference signals based on a received signal strength of the first downlink reference signal being above a value;

determine, based on at least one index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received, a radio network identifier;

receive the DCI addressed to the radio network identifier, wherein the DCI indicates one or more random access occasions (ROs); and

transmit, in response to receiving the DCI, a preamble via one of the one or more ROs.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061551/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN; DINAN, ESMAEL H; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 054537/0855 →