IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,203
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,203 · App. 18/742,841 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Access procedures in wireless communications

Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,349,203
App. No.
18/742,841
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless communications for access procedures are described. One or more messages may indicate request for information regarding an access procedure, such as a random access procedure. Based on the request, a wireless device may transmit one or more reports associated with the access procedure, indicating results of one or more access procedures.

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, configuration parameters of a component carrier comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs);

receiving, by the wireless device, a user equipment (UE) information request associated with random access (RA); and

transmitting, by the wireless device and based on the UE information request, a UE information response message comprising:

information indicating a first BWP, of the component carrier, for which a lower layer of the wireless device indicated a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure; and

information indicating a second BWP, of the component carrier, for which the lower layer of the wireless device indicated an LBT failure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lower layer of the wireless device comprises a physical layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a number of preamble transmission attempts, on the first BWP of the component carrier, counted based on one or more LBT failure indications from a physical layer of the wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a quantity of preamble transmissions via a third BWP of the component carrier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE information request comprises information identifying the first BWP.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an LBT failure comprises at least one of dropping, canceling, delaying, skipping, or aborting a preamble transmission in a random access occasion.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an LBT failure based on determining unsuccessful contention resolution for a preamble transmission.

8. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, configure a wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, configuration parameters of a component carrier comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs);

receive a user equipment (UE) information request associated with random access (RA); and

transmit, based on the UE information request, a UE information response message comprising:

information indicating a first BWP, of the component carrier, for which a lower layer of the wireless device indicated a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure; and

information indicating a second BWP, of the component carrier, for which the lower layer of the wireless device indicated an LBT failure.

9. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the lower layer of the wireless device comprises a physical layer.

10. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a number of preamble transmission attempts, on the first BWP of the component carrier, counted based on one or more LBT failure indications from a physical layer of the wireless device.

11. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a quantity of preamble transmissions via a third BWP of the component carrier.

12. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the UE information request comprises information identifying the first BWP.

13. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein an LBT failure comprises at least one of dropping, canceling, delaying, skipping, or aborting a preamble transmission in a random access occasion.

14. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the wireless device to determine an LBT failure based on determining unsuccessful contention resolution for a preamble transmission.

15. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receive, from a base station, configuration parameters of a component carrier comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs);

receive a user equipment (UE) information request associated with random access (RA); and

transmit, based on the UE information request, a UE information response message comprising:

information indicating a first BWP, of the component carrier, for which a lower layer of the wireless device indicated a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure; and

information indicating a second BWP, of the component carrier, for which the lower layer of the wireless device indicated an LBT failure.

16. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the lower layer of the wireless device comprises a physical layer.

17. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a number of preamble transmission attempts, on the first BWP of the component carrier, counted based on one or more LBT failure indications from a physical layer of the wireless device.

18. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a quantity of preamble transmissions via a third BWP of the component carrier.

19. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the UE information request comprises information identifying the first BWP.

20. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein an LBT failure comprises at least one of dropping, canceling, delaying, skipping, or aborting a preamble transmission in a random access occasion.

21. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to determine an LBT failure based on determining unsuccessful contention resolution for a preamble transmission.

22. A system comprising:

a wireless device and a base station;

wherein the wireless device is configured to:

receive, from the base station, configuration parameters of a component carrier comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs);

receive a user equipment (UE) information request associated with random access (RA); and

transmit, based on the UE information request, a UE information response message comprising:

information indicating a first BWP, of the component carrier, for which a lower layer of the wireless device indicated a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure; and

information indicating a second BWP, of the component carrier, for which the lower layer of the wireless device indicated an LBT failure; and

wherein the base station is configured to transmit the configuration parameters to the wireless device.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the lower layer of the wireless device comprises a physical layer.

24. The system of claim 22 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a number of preamble transmission attempts, on the first BWP of the component carrier, counted based on one or more LBT failure indications from a physical layer of the wireless device.

25. The system of claim 22 , wherein the UE information response message further comprises information indicating a quantity of preamble transmissions via a third BWP of the component carrier.

26. The system of claim 22 , wherein the UE information request comprises information identifying the first BWP.

27. The system of claim 22 , wherein an LBT failure comprises at least one of dropping, canceling, delaying, skipping, or aborting a preamble transmission in a random access occasion.

28. The system of claim 22 , wherein the wireless device is configured to determine an LBT failure based on determining unsuccessful contention resolution for a preamble transmission.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2024
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA; XU, KAI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069097/0694 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2024
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA; XU, KAI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069097/0725 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16739576 · Jan 10, 2020
Provisional Application 62790977 · Jan 10, 2019
Related Publication 20240334493A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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