Spatial domain random access communication handling
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first network entity may transmit, to a second network entity, a first random access communication including a random access preamble. The first network entity may receive, from the second network entity, a second random access communication including an identifier indicative of the random access preamble, and a first resource allocation. The first network entity may receive, from the second network entity, a third random access communication including the identifier, and indicating a second resource allocation. The first network entity may transmit, to the second network entity, a fourth random access communication via a particular resource allocation, wherein the particular resource is either the first resource allocation or the second resource allocation. Numerous other aspects are described.
1 . A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to:
transmit, to a second network entity, a first random access communication, wherein the first random access communication includes a random access preamble;
receive, from the second network entity, a second random access communication including an identifier indicative of the random access preamble, wherein the second random access communication indicates a first resource allocation, and wherein the second random access communication is associated with first spatial domain information;
receive, from the second network entity, a third random access communication including the identifier, wherein the third random access communication indicates a second resource allocation, and wherein the third random access communication is associated with second spatial domain information;
determine a particular resource allocation and a particular spatial domain information based on first measurement information associated with the second random access communication and second measurement information associated with the third random access communication; and
transmit, to the second network entity, a fourth random access communication via the particular resource allocation, wherein the particular resource allocation is either the first resource allocation or the second resource allocation, wherein the fourth random access communication is based on the particular spatial domain information, wherein the first measurement information includes a first value and the second measurement information includes a second value, wherein, based on the first value being greater than the second value, the particular resource allocation is the first resource allocation, and wherein, based on the first value being greater than the second value, the particular spatial domain information is based on the first spatial domain information.
2 . The first network entity of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is configured to monitor, for a period of time after receipt of the second random access communication, for one or more random access communications that include the identifier, and
wherein the processing system is configured to receive the third random access communication based on monitoring for the one or more random access communications.
3 . The first network entity of claim 2 , wherein, to transmit the fourth random access communication, the processing system is configured to:
transmit, after the period of time, the fourth random access communication.
4 . The first network entity of claim 1 , wherein, to transmit the fourth random access communication, the processing system is configured to:
transmit, based on receipt of the second random access communication, the fourth random access communication; and
monitor for one or more random access communications that include the identifier for a period of time after transmission of the fourth random access communication.
5 . The first network entity of claim 4 , wherein, to receive the third random access communication, the processing system is configured to:
receive, based on monitoring for the one or more random access communications, the third random access communication after transmission of the fourth random access communication.
6 . A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to:
transmit, to a second network entity, a first random access communication, wherein the first random access communication includes a random access preamble;
receive, from the second network entity, a second random access communication including an identifier indicative of the random access preamble, wherein the second random access communication indicates a first resource allocation, and wherein the second random access communication is associated with first spatial domain information;
receive, from the second network entity, a third random access communication including the identifier, wherein the third random access communication indicates a second resource allocation, and wherein the third random access communication is associated with second spatial domain information wherein the second random access communication is associated with first measurement information indicating a first value, wherein the third random access communication is associated with second measurement information indicating a second value; and
transmit, to the second network entity, a fourth random access communication via a particular resource allocation, wherein the particular resource allocation is either the first resource allocation or the second resource allocation, wherein the fourth random access communication is based on particular spatial domain information, and wherein the particular spatial domain information is based on either the first spatial domain information or the second spatial domain information;
transmit, to the second network entity and based on the second value being greater than the first value, a fifth random access message, wherein the fifth random access message uses the second resource allocation based on the second value being greater than the first value, and wherein the fifth random access message uses spatial domain information that is based on the second spatial domain information based on the second value being greater than the first value.
7 . A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to:
receive a first random access communication, wherein the first random access communication includes a random access preamble, and wherein the first random access communication is associated with first spatial domain information;
receive a second random access communication, wherein the second random access communication includes the random access preamble, and wherein the second random access communication is associated with second spatial domain information;
transmit, based on the first random access communication being associated with the first spatial domain information, a third random access communication indicating an identifier of the random access preamble and a first resource allocation for an uplink random access communication;
transmit, based on the second random access communication being associated with the second spatial domain information, a fourth random access communication indicating the identifier and a second resource allocation for the uplink random access communication; and
determine that the third random access communication and the fourth random access communication are to be transmitted based on a difference between the first spatial domain information and the second spatial domain information.
8 . The first network entity of claim 7 , wherein, to transmit the third random access communication, the processing system is configured to:
transmit the third random access communication using spatial domain information that is based on the first spatial domain information.
9 . The first network entity of claim 8 , wherein the first spatial domain information indicates a receive beam used to receive the first random access communication, and wherein the spatial domain information indicates a transmit beam corresponding to the receive beam.
10 . The first network entity of claim 8 , wherein the spatial domain information indicates a precoder that is based on a channel estimate of a channel associated with the first random access communication and the first spatial domain information.
11 . The first network entity of claim 7 , wherein, to transmit the fourth random access communication, the processing system is configured to:
transmit the fourth random access communication using spatial domain information that is based on the second spatial domain information.
12 . The first network entity of claim 11 , wherein the second spatial domain information indicates a receive beam used to receive the second random access communication, and wherein the spatial domain information indicates a transmit beam corresponding to the receive beam.
13 . The first network entity of claim 11 , wherein the spatial domain information indicates a precoder that is based on a channel estimate of a channel associated with the second random access communication and the second spatial domain information.
14 . The first network entity of claim 7 , wherein the first spatial domain information indicates a first spatial domain direction, wherein the second spatial domain information indicates a second spatial domain direction, and wherein the difference is an angle between the first spatial domain direction and the second spatial domain direction, and
wherein the processing system is configured to determine that the third random access communication and the fourth random access communication are to be transmitted based on the angle satisfying a threshold.
15 . The first network entity of claim 7 , wherein the first random access communication and the second random access communication are associated with a same radio resource allocation that is associated with the random access preamble.
16 . A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to:
receive a first random access communication, wherein the first random access communication includes a random access preamble, and wherein the first random access communication is associated with first spatial domain information;
receive a second random access communication, wherein the second random access communication includes the random access preamble, and wherein the second random access communication is associated with second spatial domain information;
transmit, based on the first random access communication being associated with the first spatial domain information, a third random access communication indicating an identifier of the random access preamble and a first resource allocation for an uplink random access communication;
transmit, based on the second random access communication being associated with the second spatial domain information, a fourth random access communication indicating the identifier and a second resource allocation for the uplink random access communication;
detect a first path associated with the first random access communication and a second path associated with the second random access communication;
estimate a first channel estimate for the first path across one or more antennas of the first network entity; and
estimate a second channel estimate for the second path across the one or more antennas, wherein the third random access communication is associated with a first precoder that is based on the first channel estimate and the fourth random access communication is associated with a second precoder that is based on the second channel estimate.
17 . A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to:
receive a first random access communication, wherein the first random access communication includes a random access preamble, and wherein the first random access communication is associated with first spatial domain information;
receive a second random access communication, wherein the second random access communication includes the random access preamble, and wherein the second random access communication is associated with second spatial domain information;
transmit, based on the first random access communication being associated with the first spatial domain information, a third random access communication indicating an identifier of the random access preamble and a first resource allocation for an uplink random access communication;
transmit, based on the second random access communication being associated with the second spatial domain information, a fourth random access communication indicating the identifier and a second resource allocation for the uplink random access communication;
receive, via the first resource allocation, a fifth random access communication associated with a second network entity;
receive, via the second resource allocation, a sixth random access communication associated with a third network entity;
establish a first connection with the second network entity based on the fifth random access communication; and
establish a second connection with the third network entity based on the sixth random access communication.