Granted Patent B2

US 12,382,539 · App. 18/411,405 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)

Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

H04W74/0833H04B7/0695H04W24/08H04W72/23H04W76/11H04W76/27H04W80/02

Abstract

Claims (106)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station and for beam failure recovery, a first active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) index for a cell and a first active uplink BWP index for the cell that are set to a same value by the base station; and

transmitting, via a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, a random access response to a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to the same value, initiating beam failure recovery.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on detecting a beam failure of a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, initiating beam failure recovery.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on a quantity of beam failure instance indications of a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index satisfying a threshold value, determining a beam failure.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising initiating beam failure recovery, wherein the initiating the beam failure recovery comprises:

selecting a reference signal associated with a random access channel resource; and

transmitting, based on the reference signal associated with the random access channel resource, the random access response.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transmitting the random access response is via the random access channel resource.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via a first active uplink BWP associated with the first active uplink BWP index, the random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, a first active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) index for a cell and a first active uplink BWP index for the cell that are set to a same value by a base station; and

receiving, via a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, a random access response to a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

based on determining that the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to a same value, starting monitoring one or more reference signals associated with a random access procedure for the cell.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message comprising the first active downlink BWP index and the first active uplink BWP index, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises beam failure recovery (BFR) parameters, and wherein the BFR parameters comprise at least one of:

a first reference signal;

a beam failure instance counter; or

a random access channel resource.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the receiving the random access response is via the random access channel resource.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

monitoring a downlink control channel of the first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining that a radio quality of one or more first reference signals is less than a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is based on one or more of:

beam failure recovery parameters; or

a hypothetical block error rate.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting, via a first active uplink BWP associated with the first active uplink BWP index, a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

activating, prior to the receiving the random access response, the first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index.

16. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, for beam failure recovery, a first active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) index for a cell and a first active uplink BWP index for the cell that are set to a same value by the base station; and

transmit, via a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, a random access response to a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

after the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to the same value, initiate beam failure recovery.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

based on detecting a beam failure of a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, initiate beam failure recovery.

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

based on a quantity of beam failure instance indications of a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index satisfying a threshold value, determine a beam failure.

20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to initiate beam failure recovery by causing:

selecting a reference signal associated with a random access channel resource; and

transmit, based on the reference signal associated with the random access channel resource, the random access response.

21. The base station of claim 20 , wherein the transmitting the random access response is via the random access channel resource.

22. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

receive, via a first active uplink BWP associated with the first active uplink BWP index, the random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

23. 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:

receive a first active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) index for a cell and a first active uplink BWP index for the cell that are set to a same value by a base station; and

receive, via a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, a random access response to a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

24. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

based on determining that the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to a same value, start monitoring one or more reference signals associated with a random access procedure for the cell.

25. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message comprising the first active downlink BWP index and the first active uplink BWP index, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises beam failure recovery (BFR) parameters, and wherein the BFR parameters comprise at least one of:

a first reference signal;

a beam failure instance counter; or

a random access channel resource.

26. The wireless device of claim 25 , wherein the receiving the random access response is via the random access channel resource.

27. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

monitor a downlink control channel of the first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index.

28. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

determine that a radio quality of one or more first reference signals is less than a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is based on one or more of:

beam failure recovery parameters; or

a hypothetical block error rate.

29. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

transmit, via a first active uplink BWP associated with the first active uplink BWP index, a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

30. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

activate, prior to the receiving the random access response, the first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index.

31. A system comprising:

a base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to:

transmit, for beam failure recovery, a first active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) index for a cell and a first active uplink BWP index for the cell, wherein the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to a same value by the base station; and

transmit, via a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, a random access response to a random access preamble for beam failure recovery; and

a wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive, via the first active downlink BWP, the random access response.

32. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the base station, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to:

after the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to the same value, initiate beam failure recovery.

33. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the base station, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to:

based on detecting a beam failure of a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index, initiate beam failure recovery.

34. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the base station, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to:

based on a quantity of beam failure instance indications of a first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index satisfying a threshold value, determine a beam failure.

35. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the base station, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to:

receive, via a first active uplink BWP associated with the first active uplink BWP index, the random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

36. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the wireless device, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

based on determining that the first active uplink BWP index and the first active downlink BWP index are set to a same value, start monitoring one or more reference signals associated with a random access procedure for the cell.

37. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the wireless device, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

monitor a downlink control channel of the first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index.

38. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the wireless device, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

determine that a radio quality of one or more first reference signals is less than a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is based on one or more of:

beam failure recovery parameters; or

a hypothetical block error rate.

39. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the wireless device, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

transmit, via a first active uplink BWP associated with the first active uplink BWP index, a random access preamble for beam failure recovery.

40. The system of claim 31 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory of the wireless device, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

activate, prior to the receiving the random access response, the first active downlink BWP associated with the first active downlink BWP index.

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