Control resource set information in physical broadcast channel
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a fifth-generation Evolved Node-B (gNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a message comprising an indicator to indicate a number of contention based physical random access channel (PRACH) preambles within a PRACH occasion per Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). The second circuitry may be operable to generate a first PRACH occasion, based on the indicator.
1. A User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a base station on a wireless network, comprising:
one or more processors to:
process a message carrying information indicative of a subcarrier offset between a subcarrier 0 in a common resource block (RB) and a subcarrier O of a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block;
monitor for the SS/PBCH block including the PBCH, based on the information indicative of the subcarrier offset;
decode the PBCH to retrieve Control Resource Set (CORESET) information indicating a CORESET used to transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the CORESET including multiple possible PDCCH positions; and
select a PDCCH position among the multiple possible PDCCH positions within the CORESET and further decode the selected PDCCH position, wherein the PDCCH position carries scheduling information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and
an interface to receive the message and the SS/PBCH block from a reception circuitry.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the information is first information, and wherein the one or more processors are to:
process the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a subcarrier spacing between an RB index of the SS/PBCH block and an RB index of an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET).
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the information is first information, and wherein the one or more processors are to:
process the SS/PBCH block, the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a number of RBs for an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET).
4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the number of RBs for the associated CORESET is from a set comprising two or more of: 24 RBs, 48 RBs, or 96 RBs.
5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the information is first information, and wherein the one or more processors are to:
process the SS/PBCH block, the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a slot index;
determine, based on the second information, a slot index for an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET); and
monitor for the CORESET at the slot index for the associated CORESET.
6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are to:
process the SS/PBCH block carrying third information that is indicative of an identification of a symbol; and
monitor for the CORESET at the symbol within the slot index.
7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the SS/PBCH block includes Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), or Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS).
8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the SS/PBCH block is repeated with a periodicity to have multiple SS/PBCH blocks, and wherein the multiple SS/PBCH blocks are confined within a half radio frame.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having machine executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a base station on a wireless network to perform operations, the operations comprising:
processing a message carrying information indicative of a subcarrier offset between a subcarrier 0 in a common resource block (RB) and a subcarrier 0 of a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block;
monitoring for the SS/PBCH block including the PBCH, based on the information indicative of the subcarrier offset;
decoding the PBCH to retrieve Control Resource Set (CORESET) information indicating a CORESET used to transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the CORESET including multiple possible PDCCH positions;
selecting a PDCCH position among the multiple possible PDCCH positions within the CORESET and further decoding the selected PDCCH position, wherein the PDCCH position carries scheduling information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and
receiving the message and the SS/PBCH block from a reception circuitry.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the information is first information, and the operations further comprise:
processing the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a subcarrier spacing between: an RB index of the SS/PBCH block, and an RB index of an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET).
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the information is first information, and wherein the operations further comprise:
processing the SS/PBCH block, the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a number of RBs for an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET).
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the number of RBs for the associated CORESET is from a set comprising two or more of: 24 RBs, 48 RBs, or 96 RBs.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the information is first information, and wherein the operations further comprise:
processing the SS/PBCH block, the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a slot index;
determining, based on the second information, a slot index for an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET); and
monitoring for the CORESET at the slot index for the associated CORESET.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
processing the SS/PBCH block carrying third information that is indicative of an identification of a symbol; and
monitoring for the CORESET at the symbol within the slot index.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the SS/PBCH block includes Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), or Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS).
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the SS/PBCH block is repeated with a periodicity to have multiple SS/PBCH blocks, and wherein the multiple SS/PBCH blocks are confined within a half radio frame.
17. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
processing a message carrying information indicative of a subcarrier offset between a subcarrier 0 in a common resource block (RB) and a subcarrier 0 of a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel (SS/PBCH) block;
monitoring for the SS/PBCH block including the PBCH, based on the information indicative of the subcarrier offset;
decoding the PBCH to retrieve Control Resource Set (CORESET) information indicating a CORESET used to transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the CORESET including multiple possible PDCCH positions;
selecting a PDCCH position among the multiple possible PDCCH positions within the CORESET and further decoding the selected PDCCH position, wherein the PDCCH position carries scheduling information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and
receiving the message and the SS/PBCH block from a reception circuitry.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the information is first information, and the method further comprises:
processing the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a subcarrier spacing between an RB index of the SS/PBCH block and an RB index of an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET).
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the information is first information, and wherein the method further comprises:
processing the SS/PBCH block, the SS/PBCH block carrying second information indicative of a number of RBs for an associated Control Resource Set (CORESET).
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the number of RBs for the associated CORESET is from a set comprising two or more of: 24 RBs, 48 RBs, or 96 RBs.