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US 12,574,971 · App. 17/659,535 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Priority handling for a random access message that includes a preamble and a payload

Inventors: Jing Lei (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W74/0833H04L5/0051H04L25/0226H04W52/242H04W52/265H04W72/0473H04W72/21H04W74/0836
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Patent No.
US 12,574,971
App. No.
17/659,535
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for assisting a user equipment (UE) with balancing quality of service (QoS) requirements (such as access latency or reliability requirements) and consumption of high priority network resources (such as for load balancing) when transmitting a random access message (RAM) in a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure. As a result, the UE may be capable of satisfying QoS requirements for the RAM while reducing an impact of transmission of the RAM on other uplink transmissions. Furthermore, some techniques and apparatuses described herein assist a UE with prioritizing portions of the RAM in different UE operating modes, such as a dual connectivity mode, a carrier aggregation mode, or a supplemental uplink mode. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein employ cross-carrier scheduling, dynamic power sharing, or dynamic power control to achieve these and other performance improvements.

Claims (74)

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

determining a quality of service (QOS) requirement associated with a payload of a random access message,

wherein the random access message includes a preamble and the payload,

wherein the QoS requirement is associated with a priority associated with the random access message, and

wherein the priority is associated with:

one or more cell groups for transmitting the preamble and the payload, and

component carriers for transmitting the preamble and the payload; and

transmitting the preamble and the payload using the one or more cell groups and the component carriers based at least in part on the priority,

wherein the preamble is transmitted using a first component carrier and the payload is transmitted using a second component carrier, and

wherein the transmission of the preamble and the transmission of the payload are separated in time.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the preamble is transmitted using a master cell group (MCG) based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the preamble is transmitted using a master cell group (MCG) based at least in part on the QoS requirement not satisfying a threshold.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority indicates the first component carrier to be used to transmit the preamble and the second component carrier to be used to transmit the payload.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the preamble and the payload are transmitted using different component carriers based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is a reduced capability UE, a UE supporting dynamic power sharing, a UE supporting coverage enhancement, a UE supporting a supplemental uplink mode, a UE supporting a dual connectivity mode, a UE supporting a carrier aggregation mode, or a combination thereof.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the QoS requirement is based at least in part on a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a first transmit power used to transmit the preamble and a second transmit power used to transmit the payload is higher than a third transmit power used for other uplink transmissions that overlap with the preamble or the payload.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the other uplink transmissions include a sounding reference signal (SRS).

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the other uplink transmissions include a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) communication.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority is associated with at least one of:

one or more frequency ranges for transmitting the preamble and the payload, or

one or more power constraints associated with transmitting the preamble and the payload; and

wherein the preamble and the payload are transmitted using at least one of the one or more frequency ranges, or the one or more power constraints based at least in part on the priority.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the preamble and the payload are transmitted using different power constraints based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the preamble and the payload are transmitted using different power constraints based at least in part on the QoS requirement not satisfying a threshold.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority is associated with one or more power control parameters; and

wherein the preamble and the payload are transmitted using the one or more power control parameters based at least in part on the priority.

15 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more code-storing memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the UE to:

determine a quality of service (QOS) requirement associated with a payload of a random access message,

wherein the random access message includes a preamble and the payload,

wherein the QoS requirement is associated with a priority associated with the random access message, and

wherein the priority is associated with:

one or more cell groups to be used to transmit the preamble and the payload, and

component carriers to be used to transmit the preamble and the payload; and

transmit the preamble and the payload using the one or more cell groups and the component carriers based at least in part on the priority,

wherein the preamble is transmitted using a first component carrier and the payload is transmitted using a second component carrier, and

wherein the transmission of the preamble and the transmission of the payload are separated in time.

16 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble using a master cell group (MCG) based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

17 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble using a master cell group (MCG) based at least in part on the QoS requirement not satisfying a threshold.

18 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the priority indicates the first component carrier to be used to transmit the preamble and the second component carrier to be used to transmit the payload.

19 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload using different component carriers based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

20 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the UE is a reduced capability UE, a UE supporting dynamic power sharing, a UE supporting coverage enhancement, a UE supporting a supplemental uplink mode, a UE supporting a dual connectivity mode, a UE supporting a carrier aggregation mode, or a combination thereof.

21 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the QOS requirement is based at least in part on a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter.

22 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein a first transmit power used to transmit the preamble and a second transmit power used to transmit the payload is higher than a third transmit power used for other uplink transmissions that overlap with the preamble or the payload.

23 . The UE of claim 22 , wherein the other uplink transmissions include a sounding reference signal (SRS).

24 . The UE of claim 22 , wherein the other uplink transmissions include a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) communication.

25 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the priority is associated with at least one of:

one or more frequency ranges to be used to transmit the preamble and the payload, or

one or more power constraints associated with transmitting the preamble and the payload; and

wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload using at least one of the one or more frequency ranges, or the one or more power constraints based at least in part on the priority.

26 . The UE of claim 25 , wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload using different power constraints based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

27 . The UE of claim 25 , wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload using different power constraints based at least in part on the QoS requirement not satisfying a threshold.

28 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the priority is associated with one or more power control parameters; and

wherein the processing system, to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload, are configured to cause the UE to transmit the preamble and the payload using the one or more power control parameters based at least in part on the priority.

29 . A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

transmitting one or more power control parameters associated with a priority of a random access message,

wherein the priority is associated with:

one or more cell groups to be used to receive a preamble and a payload of the random access message, and

component carriers to be used to receive the preamble and the payload; and

receiving the preamble and the payload via the one or more cell groups and the component carriers based at least in part on the priority,

wherein the preamble is received using a first component carrier and the payload is received using a second component carrier, and

wherein the reception of the preamble and the reception of the payload are separated in time.

30 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the preamble is received via a master cell group (MCG) based at least in part on the payload having a lower priority than the preamble.

31 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the priority indicates the first component carrier to be used to receive the preamble and the second component carrier to be used to receive the payload.

32 . A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more code-storing memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit one or more power control parameters associated with a priority of a random access message,

wherein the priority is associated with:

one or more cell groups to be used to receive a preamble and a payload of the random access message, and

component carriers to be used to receive the preamble and the payload; and

receive the preamble and the payload via the one or more cell groups and the component carriers based at least in part on the priority,

wherein the preamble is received using a first component carrier and the payload is received using a second component carrier, and

wherein the reception of the preamble and the reception of the payload are separated in time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2022
From: LEI, JING; CHEN, WANSHI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059626/0131 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16803583 · Feb 27, 2020
Provisional Application 62820075 · Mar 18, 2019
Related Publication 20220312491A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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