IP Library Granted Patent US 11,653,366
Granted Patent B2
US 11,653,366 · App. 17/591,286 · Granted May 16, 2023

Random access resource configuration based on downlink control information

Inventors: Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W72/23H04L5/0048H04W72/542H04W74/0833H04W72/044
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Patent No.
US 11,653,366
App. No.
17/591,286
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device selects 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. Based on an index of the first downlink reference signal, a radio network identifier is determined. A downlink control information (DCI) addressed to the radio network identifier and indicating one or more random access occasions (ROs) is received. In response to receiving the DCI, a preamble is transmitted via one of the one or more ROs.

Claims (90)

1. A method comprising:

selecting, by a wireless device, 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 an index of the first downlink reference signal, a radio network identifier;

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) addressed to the radio network identifier and indicating one or more random access occasions (ROs);

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

wherein the DCI further indicates a first time offset to a first RO of the one or more ROs, and wherein the one or more ROs:

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

determining the first RO by applying the first 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;

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.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining is based on the index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 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:

receiving, from a base station, one or more messages indicating one or more monitoring occasions for the DCI.

5. The method of claim 4 , 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.

6. The method of claim 4 , 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, 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.

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

comprises at least one of:

one or more slots; or

one or more symbols; and

is:

indicated via the one or more messages; or

predefined.

8. 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:

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 an index of the first downlink reference signal, a radio network identifier;

receive a downlink control information (DCI) addressed to the radio network identifier and indicating one or more random access occasions (ROs);

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

wherein the DCI further indicates a first time offset to a first RO of the one or more ROs, and wherein the one or more ROs:

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

determine the first RO by applying the first 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;

wherein to determine the at least one RO, the instructions cause the wireless device to:

map 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

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

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the radio network identifier is determined based on the index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received.

10. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the index comprises a first index of a first slot associated with a reception of the first downlink reference signal.

11. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, one or more messages indicating one or more monitoring occasions for the DCI.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions 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, 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.

13. The wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to determine to start the monitoring based on a second time offset with respect to the end of the reception of the first downlink reference signal, wherein the second time offset:

comprises at least one of:

one or more slots; or

one or more symbols; and

is:

indicated via the one or more messages; or

predefined.

14. 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 downlink reference signals;

transmit a downlink control information (DCI) addressed to a radio network identifier and indicating one or more random access occasions (ROs); and

receive, in response to receiving the DCI, a preamble via one of the one or more ROs; and

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:

select a first downlink reference signal from the 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 an index of the first downlink reference signal, the radio network identifier;

receive the DCI addressed to the radio network identifier and indicating the one or more ROs;

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

wherein the DCI further indicates a first time offset to a first RO of the one or more ROs, and wherein the one or more ROs:

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

determine the first RO by applying the first 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;

wherein to determine the at least one RO, the second instructions cause the wireless device to:

map 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

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

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 Apr 21, 2022
From: RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 059666/0054 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16739716 · Jan 10, 2020
Provisional Application 62790925 · Jan 10, 2019
Related Publication 20220159634A1 · May 19, 2022
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