IP Library Granted Patent US 11,638,305
Granted Patent B2
US 11,638,305 · App. 17/115,666 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Overlapping RACH occasions and mixed mode RACH retransmission configurations

Inventors: Qian Zhang (Basking Ridge, NJ); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ); Navid Abedini (Somerset, NJ); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W74/0833H04L1/08H04L5/16
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Patent No.
US 11,638,305
App. No.
17/115,666
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A UE may receive, from a base station/TRP, a configuration for a beam pair including an UL beam and a DL beam and transmit a RACH message via the UL beam while receiving DL information via the DL beam. The UE and/or the base station/TRP may be configured to operate in a FD mode. In aspects, the UE may transmit a RACH preamble based on a first mode of transmission. After a threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble, the UE may retransmit the RACH preamble based on a second mode of transmission. The second mode of transmission may be a same mode of transmission or a different mode of transmission from the first mode of transmission. Each mode of transmission may be based on one or more of TDM, FDM, or SDM.

Claims (38)

1. A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting a random access channel (RACH) preamble based on a first mode of transmission of a plurality of modes of transmission;

determining to retransmit the RACH preamble based on a threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble; and

retransmitting the RACH preamble based on a second mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission and based on the threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble, the second mode of transmission being a different mode of transmission from the first mode of transmission, each mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission based on one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), or spatial division multiplexing (SDM), wherein a first retransmission through one before a last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on one or more of FDM or SDM and the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on TDM.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble based on an implementation of the UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble based on an implementation of the UE; and

determining each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble based on at least one of signaling from a base station or a predefined protocol.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble based on at least one of signaling from a base station or a predefined protocol.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for a maximum number of retransmissions of the RACH preamble.

6. A method of wireless communication of a base station, comprising:

receiving a transmission of a random access channel (RACH) preamble based on a first mode of transmission of a plurality of modes of transmission; and

receiving a retransmission of the RACH preamble based on a second mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission and based on a threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble, the second mode of transmission being a different mode of transmission from the first mode of transmission, each mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission based on one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), or spatial division multiplexing (SDM), wherein a first retransmission through one before a last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on one or more of FDM or SDM and the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on TDM.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on an implementation of a user equipment (UE).

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on an implementation of a user equipment (UE) and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on at least one of signaling from the base station or a predefined protocol.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on at least one of signaling from the base station or a predefined protocol.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for a maximum number of retransmissions of the RACH preamble.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

transmit a random access channel (RACH) preamble based on a first mode of transmission of a plurality of modes of transmission;

determine to retransmit the RACH preamble based on a threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble; and

retransmit the RACH preamble based on a second mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission and based on the threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble, the second mode of transmission being a different mode of transmission from the first mode of transmission, each mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission based on one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), or spatial division multiplexing (SDM), wherein a first retransmission through one before a last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on one or more of FDM or SDM and the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on TDM.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble based on an implementation of the UE.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble based on an implementation of the UE; and

determine each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble based on at least one of signaling from a base station or a predefined protocol.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble based on at least one of signaling from a base station or a predefined protocol.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for a maximum number of retransmissions of the RACH preamble.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication of a base station, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive a transmission of a random access channel (RACH) preamble based on a first mode of transmission of a plurality of modes of transmission; and

receive a retransmission of the RACH preamble based on a second mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission and based on a threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble, the second mode of transmission being a different mode of transmission from the first mode of transmission, each mode of transmission of the plurality of modes of transmission based on one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), or spatial division multiplexing (SDM), wherein a first retransmission through one before a last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on one or more of FDM or SDM and the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is based on TDM.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on an implementation of a user equipment (UE).

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on an implementation of a user equipment (UE) and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on at least one of signaling from the base station or a predefined protocol.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first mode of transmission of the RACH preamble and each mode of transmission of the first retransmission through the one before the last retransmission of the RACH preamble and of the last retransmission of the RACH preamble is determined based on at least one of signaling from the base station or a predefined protocol.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for a maximum number of retransmissions of the RACH preamble.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: ZHANG, QIAN; LI, JUNYI; ABEDINI, NAVID; ZHOU, YAN; GULATI, KAPIL; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 17102217 · Nov 23, 2020
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