IP Library Granted Patent US 12,273,921
Granted Patent B2
US 12,273,921 · App. 18/131,148 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Method and apparatus for performing random access

Inventor: Dong Hyun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
H04W74/0816H04L5/005H04W72/23H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 12,273,921
App. No.
18/131,148
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for wireless communications are provided. A method may comprise receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, one or more messages comprising downlink control information (DCI) associated with a DCI format; determining that a first field of the DC corresponds to a predefined value, determining that, based on the first field corresponding to the predefined value, the DCI is for a random access procedure associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order; determining, based on the determining that the DCI is for a random access procedure associated with a PDCCH order and based on a plurality of fields of the DCI, a random access channel (RACH) occasion; and transmitting, based on the RACH occasion, a random access preamble.

Claims (54)

1. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, one or more messages comprising downlink control information (DCI) associated with a DCI format;

determining that a field of the DCI corresponds to a predefined value;

determining, based on the field corresponding to the predefined value, the DCI is for random access associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, wherein a plurality of fields of the DCI comprise:

a synchronization signal/physical broadcasting channel (SS/PBCH) index field having a value indicating a SS/PBCH; and

a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource index field having a value indicating one or more random access channel (RACH) occasions; and

determining, based on the value of the SS/PBCH index field and the value of the PRACH resource index field, at least one RACH occasion, of the one or more RACH occasions, associated with the SS/PBCH; and

transmitting, based on the at least one RACH occasion associated with the SS/PBCH, a random access preamble.

2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the value indicating the SS/PBCH is associated with an index of the SS/PBCH.

3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the field corresponding to the predefined value is a frequency domain resource assignment field of DCI format 1_0.

4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the DCI format is DCI format 1_0 associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling.

5. The media of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

determining the DCI based on a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).

6. The media of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further comprises an uplink/supplemental uplink (UL/SUL) indicator indicating an uplink carrier type associated with transmission of the random access preamble.

7. The media of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

determining, based on determining that the DCI is for random access associated with a PDCCH order, an uplink/supplemental uplink (ULUSUL) indicator of the plurality of fields of the DCI, wherein transmitting the random access preamble includes transmitting, based on the UL/SUL indicator, the random access preamble via an SUL carrier.

8. The media of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform further operations, comprising:

receiving, by the wireless device from the base station, an upper layer configuration message indicating a relationship between the SS/PBCH and a PRACH occasion.

9. The media of claim 8 , wherein the relationship indicates a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) per PRACH occasion.

10. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

determining at least one random access channel (RACH) occasion for a wireless device, wherein the at least one RACH occasion for the wireless device is associated with a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH);

generating downlink control information (DCI) corresponding to a DCI format, the DCI comprising:

a field having a predefined value indicating that the DCI is for random access associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order;

an SS/PBCH index field having a value indicating the SS/PBCH; and

a physical RACH (PRACH) resource index field having a value indicating one or more RACH occasions, wherein the at least one RACH occasion for the wireless device is indicated to the wireless device by the value of the SS/PBCH index field and the value of the PRACH resource index field; and

transmitting the DCI to the wireless device to receive, from the wireless device and based on the at least one RACH occasion, a random access preamble.

11. The media of claim 10 , wherein the value indicating the SS/PBCH is associated with an index of the SS/PBCH.

12. The media of claim 10 , wherein the field having the predefined value is a frequency domain resource assignment field of DCI format 1_0.

13. The media of claim 10 , wherein the DCI format is DCI format 1_0 associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling.

14. The media of claim 10 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

generating second DCI for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling, wherein the second DCI comprises a frequency domain resource assignment field having a value different from the predefined value; and

transmitting, to the wireless device, the second DCI.

15. The media of claim 10 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

scrambling the DCI based on a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).

16. The media of claim 10 , wherein the DCI further comprises an uplink/supplemental uplink (UL/SUL) indicator indicating an uplink carrier type associated with transmission of the random access preamble.

17. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, one or more messages comprising downlink control information (DCI);

determining that the DCI corresponds to DCI format 1_0;

determining that, based on a value of a field of the DCI, the DCI is for random access associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order;

determining, based on a value of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) index field of the DCI and based on a value of a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource index field associated with one or more random access channel (RACH) occasions, at least one RACH occasion associated with an SS/PBCH, wherein the SS/PBCH index field indicates the SS/PBCH; and

transmitting, based on the at least one RACH occasion associated with the SS/PBCH, a random access preamble.

18. The media of claim 17 , wherein the value of the SS/PBCH index field indicates an index of the SS/PBCH.

19. The media of claim 17 , wherein the value of the field of the DCI is a predefined value of a frequency domain resource assignment field of the DCI.

20. The media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

receiving second DCI corresponding to the DCI format 1_0, and

determining that a frequency domain resource assignment field of the second DCI has a value different from a predefined value, and to retrieve, from the second DCI, information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling, wherein the predefined value is associated with random access associated with a PDCCH order.

21. The media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

determining the DCI based on a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).

22. The media of claim 17 , wherein the DCI further comprises an uplink/supplemental uplink (UL/SUL) indicator indicating an uplink carrier type associated with transmission of the random access preamble.

23. The media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to further perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from the base station, configuration information comprising one or more of:

a PRACH configuration period;

a transmission SS/PBCH block-PRACH mapping configuration period; or

a number of SS/PBCH blocks per RACH occasion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2023
From: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
To: CISCO SYSTEM, INC.
Reel/Frame 063240/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2023
From: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 063240/0965 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2023
From: PARK, DONG HYUN
To: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063283/0174 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0018724 · Feb 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16952766 · Nov 19, 2020
Continuation 16273589 · Feb 12, 2019
Related Publication 20230262767A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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