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Granted Patent B2
US 12,237,906 · App. 17/429,846 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Methods for msg-B in two-step RACH

Inventors: Afshin Haghighat (Ile-Bizard, CA); Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar (San Diego, CA); Loic Canonne-Velasquez (Dorval, CA); Faris Alfarhan (Montreal, CA); J. Patrick Tooher (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04B7/088H04L5/0051H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W74/0841H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,237,906
App. No.
17/429,846
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a random access channel (RACH) message-A to a gNB. The WTRU may receive a RACH message-B from the gNB in response to the message-A. The message-B may comprise downlink control information (DCI). The WTRU may decode a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on the DCI. The WTRU may determine that contention resolution is successful. The WTRU may determine a resource for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The WTRU may transmit a HARQ-ACK over the determined PUCCH resource. The WTRU may determine the resource for the PUCCH based on a PUCCH resource index. The PUCCH resource index may be based on a random access preamble index (RAPID) and a PUCCH resource indicator (PRI).

Claims (24)

1. A method implemented by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) for beam failure recovery (BFR), the method comprising:

receiving information indicating a set of reference signals corresponding to a set of beams;

detecting beam failure associated with transmitting or receiving with a serving cell;

determining information indicating a subset of the set of reference signals based on one or more measurements;

transmitting a first message including a preamble and a payload, wherein the payload includes an index of each reference signal in the subset of the set of reference signals; and

receiving a second message, wherein the second message is a random access response to the first message, wherein the second message includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission addressed to a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) of the WTRU, wherein the inclusion of the C-RNTI in the second message indicates that beam failure recovery was successful, wherein the second message is monitored for on at least one beam associated with the first message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signals are synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) or channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message is transmitted based on the detection of the beam failure on the serving cell as part of a random access procedure for beam failure recovery.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of the set of reference signals is further based on the one or more measurements meeting a threshold value, wherein the one or more measurements relate to signal quality.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a feedback message for the second message on a feedback resource, wherein the second message further includes an indication of the feedback resource.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message is a DCI message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message is denoted as MsgB and the first message is denoted as MsgA.

8. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor operatively connected to a transceiver, the processor and transceiver configured to receive information indicating a set of reference signals corresponding to a set of beams;

the processor and transceiver configured to detect beam failure associated with transmitting or receiving with a serving cell;

the processor and transceiver configured to determine information indicating a subset of the set of reference signals based on one or more measurements;

the processor and transceiver configured to transmit a first message including a preamble and a payload, wherein the payload includes an index of each reference signal in the subset of the set of reference signals; and

the processor and transceiver configured to receive a second message, wherein the second message is a random access response to the first message, wherein the second message includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission addressed to a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) of the WTRU, wherein the inclusion of the C-RNTI in the second message indicates that beam failure recovery was successful, wherein the second message is monitored for on at least one beam associated with the first message.

9. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the reference signals are synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) or channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

10. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the first message is transmitted based on the detection of the beam failure on the serving cell as part of a random access procedure for beam failure recovery.

11. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein determining the subset of the set of reference signals is further based on the one or more measurements meeting a threshold value, wherein the one or more measurements relate to signal quality.

12. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the processor and transceiver are configured to send a feedback message for the second message on a feedback resource, wherein the second message further includes an indication of the feedback resource.

13. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the second message is a DCI message.

14. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the second message is denoted as MsgB and the first message is denoted as MsgA.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC. BY ITS SUCCESSOR INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62930911 · Nov 5, 2019
Provisional Application 62908883 · Oct 1, 2019
Provisional Application 62840647 · Apr 30, 2019
Provisional Application 62805084 · Feb 13, 2019
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