Preamble transmission counter for a beam failure recover of a wireless device
A wireless device starts a beam failure recovery (BFR) timer in response to initiating a contention-free random access procedure for a BFR. Based on expiry of the BFR timer, a first preamble employing a contention-based random access for the BFR is transmitted. In response to not receiving a response for the first preamble, a preamble transmission counter is incremented from a value of the preamble transmission counter of the contention-free random access procedure before the expiry of the BFR timer. A second preamble is transmitted in response to a value of the preamble transmission counter being equal to or less than a number.
1. A method comprising:
starting, by a wireless device, a beam failure recovery (BFR) timer in response to initiating a contention-free random access for a BFR;
based on expiry of the BFR timer, transmitting a first preamble employing a contention-based random access for the BFR;
based on not receiving a response to the first preamble, incrementing a preamble transmission counter from a value of the preamble transmission counter of the contention-free random access; and
transmitting a second preamble in response to a value of the preamble transmission counter, after the incrementing, being equal to or less than a number.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first preamble is associated with a first reference signal comprising at least one of:
a channel state information reference signal; and
a synchronization signal block.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising unsuccessfully completing the BFR in response to the value of the preamble transmission counter, after the incrementing, being greater than the number.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising initiating, by the wireless device, the contention-free random access for the BFR in response to detecting a quantity of beam failure instances.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters of the contention-free random access for the BFR, the configuration parameters comprising:
a plurality of reference signals;
a BFR timer value;
a quantity of beam failure instances; and
the number.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the wireless device detects the quantity of beam failure instances based on the plurality of reference signals, wherein a beam failure instance of the quantity of beam failure instances occurs in response to a radio link quality of the plurality of reference signals being worse than a first threshold.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initiating the contention-free random access for the BFR comprises setting the preamble transmission counter to an initial value.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the wireless device to a base station, a radio link failure report comprising a failure of the BFR.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters of the contention-based random access for the BFR, the configuration parameters comprising a plurality of reference signals.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the first preamble comprises transmitting the first preamble selected based on the plurality of reference signals.
11. A method comprising:
starting, by a wireless device, a beam failure recovery (BFR) timer in response to initiation of a BFR;
selecting a reference signal in response to an expiry of the BFR timer;
transmitting a first preamble associated with the reference signal;
incrementing a preamble transmission counter, from a value of the preamble transmission counter before the expiry of the BFR timer, in response to not receiving a downlink control information for the transmitting the first preamble; and
transmitting a second preamble for the BFR in response a value of the preamble transmission counter, after the incrementing, being equal to or less than a number for preamble transmissions.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first preamble is associated with a first reference signal comprising at least one of:
a channel state information reference signal; and
a synchronization signal block.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising unsuccessfully completing the BFR in response to the value of the preamble transmission counter, after the incrementing, being greater than the number.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising initiating, by the wireless device, the BFR in response to detecting a quantity of beam failure instances.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters of a contention-free random access for the BFR, the configuration parameters comprising:
a plurality of reference signals;
a BFR timer value;
a quantity of beam failure instances; and
the number.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the wireless device detects the quantity of beam failure instances based on the plurality of reference signals, wherein a beam failure instance of the quantity of beam failure instances occurs in response to a radio link quality of the plurality of reference signals being worse than a first threshold.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the initiation of the BFR comprises setting the preamble transmission counter to an initial value.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising transmitting, by the wireless device to a base station, a radio link failure report comprising a failure of the BFR.
19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters of a contention-based random access for the BFR, the configuration parameters comprising a plurality of reference signals.
20. A system comprising:
a wireless device comprising:
one or more first processors; and
a first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:
start a beam failure recovery (BFR) timer in response to initiating a contention-free random access for a BFR;
based on expiry of the BFR timer, transmit a first preamble employing a contention-based random access for the BFR;
based on not receiving a response to the first preamble, increment a preamble transmission counter from a value of the preamble transmission counter of the contention-free random access; and
transmit a second preamble in response to a value of the preamble transmission counter, after the incrementing, being equal to or less than a number; and
a base station comprising:
one or more second processors; and
a second memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors of the base station, cause the base station to receive the second preamble.