IP Library Granted Patent US 12,245,294
Granted Patent B2
US 12,245,294 · App. 18/731,200 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Method for node used for wireless communication and apparatus

Inventors: Ling Lyu (Shanghai, CN); Zheng Zhao (Shanghai, CN); Zhongzhi Yang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
H04W74/0833H04W74/006
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Patent No.
US 12,245,294
App. No.
18/731,200
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for a node used for wireless communication and an apparatus. One example method includes: receiving first signaling, wherein the first signaling indicates a plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups comprises a plurality of physical random access channel occasions; and receiving second signaling, wherein the second signaling indicates a value of a first index, and the value of the first index corresponds to at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups.

Claims (43)

1. A first node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the first node to perform operations comprise:

receiving first signaling, wherein the first signaling indicates a plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups comprises a plurality of physical random access channel occasions; and

receiving second signaling, wherein the second signaling indicates a value of a first index, and the value of the first index corresponds to at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, wherein the value of the first index corresponds to a first physical random access channel occasion index, the first physical random access channel occasion index indicates a first physical random access channel occasion, and a first physical random access channel occasion group is indicated by the first physical random access channel occasion and a first occasion number, wherein the first occasion number is a corresponding number of {2, 4, 8}.

2. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

transmitting a plurality of random access preambles on a first physical random access channel occasion group;

wherein the first physical random access channel occasion group is one of the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index.

3. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

transmitting a plurality of random access preambles on a first physical random access channel occasion group;

wherein the first physical random access channel occasion group is a physical random access channel occasion group, other than the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index, in the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups determined by the first signaling.

4. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the value of the first index is one of a plurality of non-negative integers, and the plurality of non-negative integers are corresponding to a plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets; and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets comprises at least one physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups.

5. The first node according to claim 4 , wherein at least one physical random access channel occasion group comprised in at least one physical random access channel occasion group subset of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets is allowed to be used for transmitting a plurality of random access preambles.

6. The first node according to claim 4 , wherein at least one physical random access channel occasion group comprised in at least one physical random access channel occasion group subset of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets is forbidden to be used for transmitting a plurality of random access preambles.

7. The first node according to claim 4 , wherein the operations comprise:

obtaining a configuration of a correspondence between the plurality of non-negative integers and the plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets.

8. The first node according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration is obtained through radio resource control (RRC) layer signaling.

9. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index is associated with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block index.

10. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the second signaling comprises a plurality of indication fields, at least one of the plurality of indication fields indicate the value of the first index, and the second signaling comprises a higher-layer signaling or downlink control information (DCI) format 1_0.

11. The first node according to claim 10 , wherein the second signaling is DCI format 1_0, the plurality of indication fields comprise at least two of following: an uplink/supplementary uplink (UL/SUL) indication field, a SS/PBCH block index field, a first index field, and a reserved bits field; and the first index field is physical random access channel mask index field.

12. A second node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the second node to perform operations comprise:

transmitting first signaling, wherein the first signaling indicates a plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups comprises a plurality of physical random access channel occasions; and

transmitting second signaling, wherein the second signaling indicates a value of a first index, and the value of the first index corresponds to at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, wherein the value of the first index corresponds to a first physical random access channel occasion index, the first physical random access channel occasion index indicates a first physical random access channel occasion, and a first physical random access channel occasion group is indicated by the first physical random access channel occasion and a first occasion number, wherein the first occasion number is a corresponding number of {2, 4, 8}.

13. The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

receiving a plurality of random access preambles, wherein the plurality of random access preambles are transmitted on a first physical random access channel occasion group;

wherein the first physical random access channel occasion group is one of the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index.

14. The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

receiving a plurality of random access preambles, wherein the plurality of random access preambles are transmitted on a first physical random access channel occasion group;

wherein the first physical random access channel occasion group is a physical random access channel occasion group, other than the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index, in the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups determined by the first signaling.

15. The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the value of the first index is one of a plurality of non-negative integers, and the plurality of non-negative integers are corresponding to a plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets; and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets comprises at least one physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first node, first signaling, wherein the first signaling indicates a plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups comprises a plurality of physical random access channel occasions; and

receiving, by the first node, second signaling, wherein the second signaling indicates a value of a first index, and the value of the first index corresponds to at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, wherein the value of the first index corresponds to a first physical random access channel occasion index, the first physical random access channel occasion index indicates a first physical random access channel occasion, and a first physical random access channel occasion group is indicated by the first physical random access channel occasion and a first occasion number, wherein the first occasion number is a corresponding number of {2, 4, 8}.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the method comprises:

transmitting a plurality of random access preambles on a first physical random access channel occasion group;

wherein the first physical random access channel occasion group is one of the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the method comprise:

transmitting a plurality of random access preambles on a first physical random access channel occasion group;

wherein the first physical random access channel occasion group is a physical random access channel occasion group, other than the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index, in the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups determined by the first signaling.

19. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the value of the first index is one of a plurality of non-negative integers, and the plurality of non-negative integers are corresponding to a plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets; and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion group subsets comprises at least one physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups.

20. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group corresponding to the value of the first index is associated with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block index.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2024
From: LYU, LING; ZHAO, ZHENG; YANG, ZHONGZHI
To: QUECTEL WIRELESS SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023093853 · May 12, 2023
Related Publication 20240381441A1 · Nov 14, 2024
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