IP Library Granted Patent US 11,490,369
Granted Patent B2
US 11,490,369 · App. 16/817,422 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Resource management for multi-hop networks

Inventors: Navid Abedini (Somerset, NJ); Karl Georg Hampel (Hoboken, NJ); Luca Blessent (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Jianghong Luo (Skillman, NJ); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/04H04W72/042H04W72/046H04W74/0833H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 11,490,369
App. No.
16/817,422
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a central unit (CU) may receive, from a distributed unit (DU), a first DU configuration. The CU may transmit to the DU, a second DU configuration to change a DU configuration from the first DU configuration to the second DU configuration, the first DU configuration being different from the second DU configuration. The DU may override the first DU configuration to communicate in accordance with the second DU configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (77)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a central unit (CU), comprising:

receiving, from a distributed unit (DU), a first DU configuration; and

transmitting, to the DU, a second DU configuration, identifying a change to a synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration of the DU, to change a DU configuration from the first DU configuration to the second DU configuration, the first DU configuration being different from the second DU configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DU configuration is associated with a system information block type 1 (SIB1) or a master information block (MIB).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first DU configuration comprises:

receiving a message from the DU, the message including information identifying the first DU configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the second DU configuration comprises:

transmitting a message to the DU, the message including information identifying the second DU configuration.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup request message and the second DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup response message explicitly identifying the second DU configuration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second DU configuration is associated with overriding DU system information of the first DU configuration.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second DU configuration identifies a change to at least one of:

a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) resource configuration,

a random access channel (RACH) resource configuration,

a slot utilization configuration,

a transmit power,

a RACH format configuration,

a power configuration,

a parameter of a cell that is to be activated, or

a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DU configuration is conveyed via a DU configuration update message and the second DU configuration is conveyed via a DU configuration update acknowledgement message.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup request message and the second DU configuration is conveyed via a resource allocation message identifying a resource allocation that implicitly identifies the second DU configuration.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting, after receiving the first DU configuration and before transmitting the second DU configuration, an F1 setup response message.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reconfiguring a set of parameters of a cell identified in a list of cells to be activated based at least in part on a CU configuration update message.

12. A method of wireless communication performed by a distributed unit (DU), comprising:

transmitting, to a central unit (CU), a first DU configuration;

receiving, from the CU, a second DU configuration, identifying a change to a synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration of the DU, that is different from the first DU configuration; and

overriding the first DU configuration to communicate in accordance with the second DU configuration.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein transmitting the first DU configuration comprises:

transmitting a message to the CU, the message including information identifying the first DU configuration.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein receiving the second DU configuration comprises:

receiving a message from the CU, the message including information identifying the second DU configuration.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first DU configuration is associated with a system information block type 1 (SIB1) or a master information block (MIB).

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup request message and the second DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup response message.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving, after completing an F1 setup procedure associated with the F1 setup request message, an indication of a parameter.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the parameter is at least one of:

a maximum transmit power,

a maximum receive power,

a random access channel (RACH) format configuration, or

a combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

updating the first DU configuration based at least in part on the parameter.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

updating a configuration of a child node of the DU based at least in part on the parameter.

21. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining, based at least in part on a resource allocation received from the DU, that the resource allocation conflicts with the first DU configuration;

determining the second DU configuration based at least in part on the resource allocation and based at least in part on determining that the resource allocation conflicts with the first DU configuration; and

wherein overriding the first DU configuration comprises:

overriding the first DU configuration to communicate using the resource allocation.

22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

initiating a DU configuration update procedure to indicate the second DU configuration based at least in part on determining the second DU configuration.

23. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

determining that the resource allocation conflicts with the first DU configuration based at least in part on at least one of:

a synchronization signal block (SSB) allocation,

a random access channel (RACH) allocation,

a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) physical downlink control channel allocation,

a slot configuration compliance parameter,

a resource availability parameter, or

a combination thereof.

24. A method of wireless communication performed by a central unit (CU), comprising:

receiving, from a distributed unit (DU), a first DU configuration; and

transmitting, to the DU, a second DU configuration to change a DU configuration from the first DU configuration to the second DU configuration, the first DU configuration being different from the second DU configuration, wherein the second DU configuration identifies a change to a synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration of the DU.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the first DU configuration is associated with a system information block type 1 (SIB1) or a master information block (MIB).

26. The method of claim 24 , wherein transmitting the second DU configuration comprises:

transmitting a message to the DU, the message including information identifying the second DU configuration.

27. The method of claim 24 , wherein the first DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup request message and the second DU configuration is conveyed via an F1 setup response message explicitly identifying the second DU configuration.

28. A distributed unit (DU) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

transmit, to a central unit (CU), a first DU configuration;

receive, from the CU, a second DU configuration, identifying a change to a synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration of the DU, that is different from the first DU configuration; and

override the first DU configuration to communicate in accordance with the second DU configuration.

29. The DU of claim 28 , wherein the one or more processors, when transmitting the first DU configuration, are to:

transmit a message to the CU, the message including information identifying the first DU configuration.

30. The DU of claim 28 , wherein the first DU configuration identifies a second SSB configuration of the DU that is different from the SSB configuration of the second DU configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2021
From: ABEDINI, NAVID; HAMPEL, KARL GEORG; BLESSENT, LUCA; LUO, JIANGHONG; LI, JUNYI; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055923/0198 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62898970 · Sep 11, 2019
Provisional Application 62821350 · Mar 20, 2019
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