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Granted Patent B2
US 11,284,420 · App. 16/969,414 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Resource block assignment for MSG3 transmission

Inventors: Xingqin Lin (Santa Clara, CA); Jung-Fu Cheng (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
H04W72/1268H04W72/04H04W74/008H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,284,420
App. No.
16/969,414
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, network node and wireless device for determining a fixed size resource block assignment in random access response, RAR, scheduling of MSG3 transmission based on at least one of bandwidth part size, slot/non-slot transmission and resource allocation type, are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to determine a fixed size resource block, RB, assignment for random access response, RAR, scheduling of an uplink transmission based at least in part on at least one of: whether the uplink transmission is one of slot and non-slot transmission, resource allocation type, and optionally indicate the fixed sized RB assignment to the wireless device.

Claims (40)

1. A network node configured to communicate with a wireless device, the network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:

determine a fixed size resource block, RB, assignment for an uplink transmission by the wireless device, the uplink transmission corresponding to a message 3, MSG3, transmission of a New Radio, NR, random access procedure and being scheduled by a for random access response, RAR, corresponding to a message 2, MSG2, transmission of the NR random access procedure in which the fixed size RB assignment is indicated to the wireless device; and

the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on resource allocation type used in the RAR and assigns RBs from a subset of RBs in a bandwidth part for the uplink transmission if a size of the bandwidth part is greater than a threshold.

2. The network node of claim 1 , wherein a RB granularity of the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on one of the size of the bandwidth part and transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

3. The network node of claim 2 , wherein the RB granularity indicates a RB start position and quantity of RBs for the uplink transmission.

4. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment is further based at least in part on whether the uplink transmission is one of a slot transmission having a time duration of a slot and non-slot transmission having a time duration less than a slot.

5. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is based at least in part on a transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

6. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment assigns RBs corresponding to one of:

lowest RB values of a group of RBs;

highest RB values of the group of RBs; and

middle RB values of the group of RBs.

7. A wireless device configured to communicate with a network node, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry configured to cause transmission of an uplink transmission by the wireless device, the uplink transmission corresponding to a message 3, MSG3, transmission of a New Radio, NR, random access procedure and being based at least in part on a fixed size resource block, RB, assignment indicated in a random access response, RAR, corresponding to a message 2, MSG2, transmission of the NR random access procedure and scheduling the uplink transmission; and

the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on resource allocation type used in the RAR and assigns RBs from a subset of RBs in a bandwidth part for the uplink transmission if a size of the bandwidth part is greater than a threshold.

8. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on one of the size of the bandwidth part and transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

9. The wireless device, of claim 8 , wherein the RB granularity indicates a RB start position and quantity of RBs for the uplink transmission.

10. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on the uplink transmission is one of slot transmission having a time duration of a slot and non-slot transmission having a time duration less than a slot.

11. Tile wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the threshold is based at least in part on a transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

12. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the fixed site RB assignment assigns RBs corresponding to one of:

lowest RB values of a group of RBs;

highest RB values of the group of RBs; and middle RB values of the group of RBs.

13. A method performed by a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device, the method comprising:

determining a fixed size resource block, RB, assignment for an uplink transmission by the wireless device, the uplink transmission corresponding to a message 3, MSG3, transmission of a New Radio, NR, random access procedure and being scheduled by a random access response, RAR, corresponding to a message 2, MSG2, transmission of the NR random access procedure in which the fixed size RB assignment is indicated to the wireless device, the fixed size RB assignment being based at least in part on resource allocation type used in the RAR and assigns RBs from a subset of RBs in a bandwidth part for the uplink transmission if a site of the bandwidth part is greater than a threshold.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein a RB granularity of the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on one of the size of the bandwidth part and transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

15. The method of claim 14 , Wherein the RB granularity indicates a RB start position and quantity of RBs for the uplink transmission.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the fixed sited RB assignment is further based at least in part on whether the uplink transmission is one of slot transmission having a time duration of a slot and non-slot transmission having a time duration less than a slot.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the threshold is based at least in part on a transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment assigns RBs corresponding to one of:

lowest RB values of a group of RBs;

highest RB values of the group of RBs; and

middle RB values of the group of RBs.

19. A method performed by a wireless device configured to communicate with a network node, the method comprising:

causing transmission of an uplink transmission by the wireless device, the uplink transmission corresponding to a message 3, MSG3, transmission of a random access procedure and being based at least in part on a fixed size resource block, RB, assignment indicated in a New Radio, NR, random access response, RAR, corresponding to a message 2, MSG2, transmission of the NR random access procedure and scheduling the uplink transmission, the fixed size RB assignment being based at least in part on resource allocation type used in the RAR and assigns RBs from a subset of RBs in a bandwidth part for the uplink transmission if a size of the bandwidth part is greater than a threshold.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein a RB granularity of the fixed size RB assignment is based at least in part on one of the size of the bandwidth part and transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the RB granularity indicates a RB start position and quantity of RBs for the uplink transmission.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment is further based at least in part on whether the uplink transmission is one of slot transmission having a time duration of a slot and non-slot transmission having a time duration less than a slot.

23. The method of claim 19 , wherein the threshold is based at least in part on a transmission duration of the uplink transmission.

24. The method of claim 19 , wherein the fixed size RB assignment assigns RBs corresponding to one of:

lowest RB values of a group of RBs;

highest RB values of the group of RBs; and

middle RB values of the group of RBs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2020
From: CHENG, JUNG-FU; LIN, XINGQIN
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 054564/0481 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62710433 · Feb 16, 2018
Related Publication 20210058947A1 · Feb 25, 2021
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