IP Library Granted Patent US 11,140,722
Granted Patent B2
US 11,140,722 · App. 16/671,719 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Pathloss measurement in multiple cells

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Herndon, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Herndon, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W74/085H04L5/0007H04L5/0053H04L5/0098H04L27/2602H04W72/042H04W72/085H04W74/006
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Patent No.
US 11,140,722
App. No.
16/671,719
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device activates at least two downlink bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a cell. A random-access procedure for the cell is initiated. For the random-access procedure, an uplink carrier is selected among a plurality of uplink carriers of the cell based on: a measured quality of each downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs, and a carrier threshold. A random-access preamble for the random-access procedure is transmitted via the selected uplink carrier.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more messages comprising one or more configuration parameters for a cell, wherein the cell comprises:

a normal uplink (NUL) carrier;

a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier; and

a downlink carrier comprising at least two downlink bandwidth parts (BWPs);

selecting, for a random-access procedure of the cell, an uplink carrier among the NUL carrier and the SUL carrier based on a measured quality of each downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs, wherein the uplink carrier is the SUL carrier based on the measured quality of each downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs being less than an uplink carrier threshold; and

transmitting, via the SUL, a random-access preamble for the random-access procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more configuration parameters indicate the uplink carrier threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measured quality of a downlink BWP comprises measuring a quality of one or more reference signals transmitted via the downlink BWP.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the measured quality comprises reference signal received power.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more configuration parameters indicate the one or more references signals for the downlink BWP.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more configuration parameters indicate, for the cell, a plurality of downlink BWPs comprising the at least two downlink BWPs.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting the NUL carrier as the uplink carrier based on at least one measured quality of at least one downlink BWP among the at least two downlink BWPs being greater than the uplink carrier threshold.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selecting the NUL carrier is based on:

a first measured quality of a first downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs being greater than the uplink carrier threshold; and

a second measured quality of a second downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs being greater than the uplink carrier threshold.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting the NUL carrier as the uplink carrier based on a highest measured quality of among measured qualities of the at least two downlink BWPs being greater than the uplink carrier threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting the SUL carrier as the uplink carrier based on an average of the measured quality of each downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs being less than the uplink carrier threshold.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting the NUL carrier as the uplink carrier based on an average of the measured quality of each downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs being greater than the uplink carrier threshold.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more messages indicating:

activation of a first downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs in a first slot; and

activation of a second downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs in a second slot.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising monitoring downlink control channels of the first downlink BWP.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least two downlink BWPs are concurrently active.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random-access procedure is a contention-based random-access procedure.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a transmission power based on the measured quality of each downlink BWP of the at least two downlink BWPs; and

transmitting, with the transmission power, an uplink channel via an active uplink BWP of the cell.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the uplink channel is one of:

an uplink shared channel; or

an uplink control channel.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting the NUL carrier as the uplink carrier based on a lowest measured quality among measured qualities of the at least two downlink BWPs being greater than the uplink carrier threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2020
From: CIRIK, ALI; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62754545 · Nov 1, 2018
Related Publication 20200146059A1 · May 7, 2020
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