- Patent Title: Beam refinement in two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure
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Application No.: US16276364Application Date: 2019-02-14
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Publication No.: US10893544B2Publication Date: 2021-01-12
- Inventor: Sami-Jukka Hakola , Emad Farag , Timo Koskela , Mihai Enescu
- Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Current Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- Main IPC: H04W74/08
- IPC: H04W74/08 ; H04B7/06 ; H04L5/00 ; H04L1/00 ; H04B7/0408 ; H04W56/00 ; H04B7/0413

Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium for beam refinement of a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure are provided. In some implementations, the method may include receiving a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), a plurality of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) associated with each of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), and random access channel (RACH) configuration data from a gNB. The method may further include transmitting a first message of the two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure to the gNB, the first message including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a preamble associated with a selected channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of the plurality of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) and the second portion includes data associated with the preamble, and the data transmitted using pre-configured or pre-allocated resources.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200267768A1 BEAM REFINEMENT IN TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PROCEDURE Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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