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US 12,464,470 · App. 17/423,713 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

System and method for power control for 2-step random access channel (RACH)

Inventors: Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Gang Xiong (Portland, OR); Hong He (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W52/146H04W52/16H04W52/36H04W74/0836H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,464,470
App. No.
17/423,713
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for power control aspects for message A (MsgA) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The approach includes determining a transmission power for a PUSCH associated with a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a 2-step random access channel (RACH) mode, where the transmission power for the PUSCH is determined based on a transmission power of the associated PRACH and a power offset. The approach further includes ramping up a transmission power of the PRACH and PUSCH until a maximum transmission power is reached.

Claims (37)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

radio front end circuitry; and

at least one processor, coupled to the radio front end circuitry, configured to:

receive a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB) that indicates a condition;

select a 2-step random access channel (RACH) mode based on the condition, wherein the condition requires a reference signal received power (RSRP) to exceed a threshold;

determine a power offset based on an allocated bandwidth for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH);

determine a transmission power for the PUSCH associated with the PRACH in the 2-step RACH mode, wherein the transmission power for the PUSCH is determined based on a second transmission power of the associated PRACH and the power offset; and

the radio front end circuitry configured to transmit a signal over the PUSCH in the 2-step RACH mode based on the determined transmission power.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine the transmission power for the PUSCH by determining a transmission power for a message A (MsgA) PUSCH based on a carrier frequency, a bandwidth and a cell instance, wherein the MsgA PUSCH is a first message of the 2-step RACH mode.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the radio front end circuitry is further configured to:

retransmit the signal over the PRACH and the PUSCH, where the retransmitting includes ramping up a transmission power of the PRACH and PUSCH until a maximum transmission power is reached.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the ramping up the transmission power includes using a power ramping step size that is predefined or configured by a higher layer signaling.

5 . A method comprising:

receiving a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB) that indicates a condition;

selecting a 2-step random access channel (RACH) mode based on the condition, wherein the condition requires a reference signal received power (RSRP) to exceed a threshold;

determining a power offset based on an allocated bandwidth for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH);

determining a transmission power for the PUSCH associated with the PRACH in the 2-step RACH mode, wherein the transmission power for the PUSCH is determined based on a transmission power of the associated PRACH and the power offset; and

transmit a signal over the PUSCH in the 2-step RACH mode based on the determined transmission power.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining the transmission power for the PUSCH by determining a transmission power for a message A (MsgA) PUSCH based on a carrier frequency, a bandwidth and a cell instance, wherein the MsgA PUSCH is a first message of the 2-step RACH mode.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

retransmitting the signal over the PRACH and the PUSCH, where the retransmitting includes ramping up a transmission power of the PRACH and PUSCH until a maximum transmission power is reached.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the ramping up the transmission power includes using a power ramping step size that is predefined or configured by a higher layer signaling.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable media (CRM) comprising computer instructions, where upon execution of the computer instructions by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:

receive a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB) that indicates a condition;

select a 2-step random access channel (RACH) mode based on the condition, wherein the condition requires a reference signal received power (RSRP) to exceed a threshold;

determine a power offset based on an allocated bandwidth for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH);

determine a transmission power for the PUSCH associated with the PRACH in the 2-step RACH mode, wherein the transmission power for the PUSCH is determined based on a transmission power of the associated PRACH and the power offset; and

cause to transmit a signal over the PUSCH in the 2-step RACH mode based on the determined transmission power.

10 . The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the computer instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

determine the transmission power for the PUSCH by determining a transmission power for a message A (MsgA) PUSCH based on a carrier frequency, a bandwidth and a cell instance, wherein the MsgA PUSCH is a first message of the 2-step RACH mode.

11 . The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the computer instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

cause to retransmit the signal over the PRACH and the PUSCH, where the retransmitting includes ramping up a transmission power of the PRACH and PUSCH until a maximum transmission power is reached.

12 . The non-transitory CRM of claim 11 , wherein the ramping up the transmission power includes using a power ramping step size that is predefined or configured by a higher layer signaling.

13 . The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the computer instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

select the 2-step RACH mode based on a comparison of the RSRP or a transmission power for a message A (MsgA) PUSCH with a threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2025
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 072401/0743 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2019/072234 · Jan 17, 2019 · international
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220086765A1 · Mar 17, 2022
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