Granted Patent B2

US 12,301,488 · App. 17/448,679 · Granted May 13, 2025

Inventors: Carmela Cozzo (San Diego, CA); Aristides Papasakellariou (Houston, TX); Emad N. Farag (Flanders, NJ)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04L5/0048H04B17/318H04W74/0833

Abstract

Claims (91)

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive:

a system information block (SIB), wherein the SIB indicates:

a set of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) resources for CSI-RSs,

a set of random access occasions (ROs), and

a mapping between the set of ROs and the set of CSI-RS resources, and

at least two of the CSI-RSs on respective CSI-RS resources that include a first CSI-RS resource and a second CSI-RS resource; and

a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine:

a first RO and a second RO from the set of ROs for transmission of a first physical random access channel (PRACH) and for transmission of a second PRACH, based on reference signal received power (RSRP) values for the at least two CSI-RSs, respectively, wherein the first CSI-RS resource is associated with a largest of the RSRP values, and the second CSI-RS resource is associated with a second largest of the RSRP values,

a first spatial setting for the first PRACH transmission based on the first CSI-RS resource from the set of CSI-RS resources that is mapped to the first RO, and

a second spatial setting for the second PRACH transmission based on the second CSI-RS resource from the set of CSI-RS resources that is mapped to the second RO,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first PRACH in the first RO using the first spatial setting, and the second PRACH in the second RO using the second spatial setting.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a preamble used to transmit the first PRACH is independent of the at least two CSI-RSs.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive information for partitions of PRACH preambles associated with configurations;

the processor is further configured to determine a PRACH preamble from the PRACH preambles; and; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first PRACH and the second PRACH using the PRACH preamble.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein:

the first PRACH transmission is associated with a first random access (RA) procedure that includes two steps, and

the second PRACH transmission is associated with a second RA procedure that includes four steps.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) after the first PRACH transmission, and

the PUSCH includes an indication for the first CSI-RS resource.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a random access response (RAR) message with a same spatial setting as for the first CSI-RS resource.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to:

receive a first CSI-RS on the first CSI-RS resource, and

transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and

the processor is further configured to determine:

a path loss based on the first CSI-RS, and

a power for the PUSCH transmission based on the path loss, wherein:

the PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the RAR, and

a spatial setting for the PUSCH transmission is the first spatial setting.

8. A base station (BS) comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit

a system information block (SIB), wherein the SIB indicates:

a set of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) resources for CSI-RSs,

a set of random access occasions (ROs), and

a mapping between the set of ROs and the set of CSI-RS resources, and

at least two of the CSI-RSs on respective CSI-RS resources that include a first CSI-RS resource and a second CSI-RS resource; and

a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine:

a first RO and a second RO from the set of ROs for reception of a first physical random access channel (PRACH) reception and reception of a second PRACH, based on reference signal received power (RSRP) values for the at least two-CSI-RSs, respectively, wherein the first CSI-RS resource is associated with a largest of the RSRP values, and the second CSI-RS resource is associated with a second largest of the RSRP values,

a first spatial setting for the first PRACH reception based on the first CSI-RS resource from the set of CSI-RS resources that is mapped to the first RO, and

a second spatial setting for the second PRACH reception based on the second CSI-RS resource from the set of CSI-RS resources that is mapped to the second RO,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the first PRACH in the first RO using the first spatial setting, and the second PRACH in the second RO using the second spatial setting.

9. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to transmit information for partitions of PRACH preambles associated with configurations;

the processor is further configured to determine a PRACH preamble from the PRACH preambles; and

the transceiver is further configured to receive the first PRACH and the second PRACH using the PRACH preamble.

10. The BS of claim 9 , wherein:

the first PRACH reception is associated with a first random access (RA) procedure that includes two steps, and

the second PRACH reception is associated with a second RA procedure that includes four steps.

11. The BS of claim 8 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) after the first PRACH reception, and

the PUSCH includes an indication for the first CSI-RS resource.

12. The BS of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit a random access response (RAR) message with a same spatial setting as for the first CSI-RS resource.

13. The BS of claim 12 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit a first CSI-RS on the first CSI-RS resource, and

receive a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

the PUSCH reception is scheduled by the RAR; and

a spatial setting for the PUSCH reception is the first spatial setting.

14. A method comprising:

receiving

a system information block (SIB), wherein the SIB indicates:

a set of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) resources for CSI-RSs,

a set of random access occasions (ROs), and

a mapping between the set of ROs and the set of CSI-RS resources, and

at least two of the CSI-RSs on respective CSI-RS resources that include a first CSI-RS resource and a second CSI-RS resource;

determining a first RO and a second RO from the set of ROs for transmission of a first physical random access channel (PRACH) and for transmission of a second PRACH, based on reference signal received power (RSRP) values for the at least two CSI-RSs, respectively, wherein the first CSI-RS resource is associated with the RSRP values, and the second CSI-RS resource is associated with a second largest of the RSRP values;

determining a first spatial setting for the first PRACH transmission based on the first CSI-RS resource from the set of CSI-RS resources that is mapped to the first RO;

determining a second spatial setting for the second PRACH transmission based on the second CSI-RS resource from the set of CSI-RS resources that is mapped to the second RO; and

transmitting the first PRACH in the first RO using the first spatial setting, and the second PRACH in the second RO using the second spatial setting.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein a preamble used to transmit the first PRACH is independent of the at least two CSI-RSs.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving information for partitions of PRACH preambles associated with configurations;

determining a PRACH preamble from the PRACH preambles; and

transmitting the first PRACH and the second PRACH using the PRACH preamble.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the first PRACH transmission is associated with a first random access (RA) procedure that includes two steps, and

the second PRACH transmission is associated with a second RA procedure that includes four steps.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) after the first PRACH transmission, wherein the PUSCH includes an indication for the first CSI-RS resource.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving a random access response (RAR) message with a same spatial setting as for the first CSI-RS resource.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving a first CSI-RS on the first CSI-RS resource;

determining:

a path loss based on the first CSI-RS, and

a power for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission based on the path loss, wherein:

the PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the RAR, and

a spatial setting for the PUSCH transmission is the first spatial setting; and

transmitting the PUSCH.

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