IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,897
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,897 · App. 17/092,679 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Beam sweep based random access msg 2

Inventors: Qian Zhang (Basking Ridge, NJ); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W74/0833H04B7/0696H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 12,425,897
App. No.
17/092,679
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication including random access between a base station and a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits a beam report comprising beam measurement information to the base station and transmits a first random access message to the base station for reception using one or more beams based on a random access measurement that is different than the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report. The UE monitors for a second random access message from the base station using multiple beams, the beams being selected based on the beam report.

Claims (51)

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

performing, prior to a first random access message (Msg 1), a first beam measurement of a first set of reference signals;

transmitting a beam report comprising beam measurement information based on the first beam measurement;

performing, prior to the first random access message (Msg 1), a second beam measurement of a second set of reference signals, wherein the second beam measurement is a random access measurement that is different than the first beam measurement;

transmitting, separately from the beam report, the first random access message (Msg 1) to a base station for reception using one or more beams based on the second beam measurement that is different than the first beam measurement on which the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report is based; and

monitoring multiple beams for a second random access message (Msg 2) from the base station, the multiple beams being selected based on the first beam measurement reported in the beam report transmitted prior to the first random access message (Msg 1), wherein a selection based on the beam report is based on the first beam measurement that is different than a basis for the one or more beams based on the random access measurement.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE transmits the first random access message using at least a first beam selected based on the random access measurement, and the UE monitors, for the second random access message, on at least a second beam selected based on the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first beam is different than the second beam.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam report includes at least one of a layer 1 (L1) beam report or a layer 3 (L3) beam report.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is received from a single transmission reception point (TRP).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is received from multiple transmission reception points (TRPs).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is time division multiplexed using the multiple beams.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is frequency division multiplexed using the multiple beams.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message includes a control channel transmitted using the multiple beams.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message includes a shared channel transmitted using the multiple beams.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is received from a primary cell (PCell) for the UE.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is received from a secondary cell (SCell) for the UE.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second random access message is received from a primary secondary cell (PSCell) for the UE.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first beam for the first random access message (Msg 1) does not have a correspondence to a second beam for the second random access message (Msg 2).

15. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

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

perform, prior to a first random access message (Msg 1), a first beam measurement of a first set of reference signals;

transmit a beam report comprising beam measurement information based on the first beam measurement;

perform, prior to the first random access message (Msg 1), a second beam measurement of a second set of reference signals, wherein the second beam measurement is a random access measurement that is different than the first beam measurement;

transmit, separately from the beam report, the first random access message (Msg 1) to a base station for reception using one or more beams based on the second beam measurement that is different than the first beam measurement on which the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report is based; and

monitor multiple beams for a second random access message (Msg 2) from the base station, the multiple beams being selected based on the first beam measurement reported in the beam report transmitted prior to the first random access message (Msg 1), wherein a selection based on the beam report is based on the first beam measurement that is different than a basis for the one or more beams based on the random access measurement.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit the first random access message using at least a first beam selected based on the random access measurement, and to monitor for the second random access message on at least a second beam selected based on the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first beam is different than the second beam.

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

receiving, prior to a first random access message (Msg 1), a beam report comprising beam measurement information from a user equipment (UE) based on a first beam measurement of a first set of reference signals;

receiving, separately from the beam report, the first random access message (Msg 1) from the UE using one or more beams based on a second beam measurement of a second set of reference signals, wherein the second beam measurement is a random access measurement that is different than the first beam measurement for the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report; and

transmitting, on multiple beams, a second random access message (Msg 2) to the UE, the multiple beams being selected based on the first beam measurement reported in the beam report from the UE that is received prior to the first random access message (Msg 1), wherein a selection based on the beam report is based on the first beam measurement that is different than a basis for the one or more beams based on the random access measurement.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first random access message is received using at least a first beam selected based on the random access measurement, and the second random access message is transmitted on at least a second beam selected based on the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first beam is different than the second beam.

21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the beam report includes at least one of a layer 1 (L1) beam report or a layer 3 (L3) beam report.

22. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second random access message is transmitted using a single transmission reception point (TRP).

23. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second random access message is transmitted using multiple transmission reception points (TRPs).

24. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second random access message is time division multiplexed using the multiple beams.

25. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second random access message is frequency division multiplexed using the multiple beams.

26. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second random access message includes a control channel transmitted using the multiple beams.

27. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second random access message includes a shared channel transmitted using the multiple beams.

28. The method of claim 18 , wherein the method is performed by a primary cell (PCell) for the UE.

29. The method of claim 18 , wherein the method is performed by a secondary cell (SCell) for the UE.

30. The method of claim 18 , wherein the method is performed by a primary secondary cell (PSCell) for the UE.

31. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause the base station to:

receive, prior to a first random access message (Msg 1), a beam report comprising beam measurement information from a user equipment (UE) based on a first beam measurement of a first set of reference signals;

receive, separately from the beam report, the first random access message (Msg 1) from the UE using one or more beams based on a second beam measurement of a second set of reference signals, wherein the second beam measurement is a random access measurement that is different than the first beam measurement for the beam measurement information comprised in the beam report; and

transmit, on multiple beams, a second random access message (Msg 2) to the UE, the multiple beams being selected based on the first beam measurement reported in the beam report from the UE received prior to the first random access message (Msg 1), wherein a selection based on the beam report is based on the first beam measurement that is different than a basis for the one or more beams based on the random access measurement.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: ZHANG, QIAN; ZHOU, YAN; LUO, TAO; KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055025/0063 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62952014 · Dec 20, 2019
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