Wireless communication using multiple types of random access occasions

    公开(公告)号:US12232167B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17753621

    申请日:2019-10-02

    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for supporting multiple types of random access occasions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), an indication of at least two types of random access occasions (ROs) including a first RO type and a second RO type for communicating in a first coverage area of the BS as part of a random access process for the UE to establish a connection with the BS in the first coverage area. The method further includes transmitting, to the BS, a preamble on an RO of one of the first RO type or the second RO type, wherein a preamble format of the preamble is based on whether the RO is of the first RO type or the second RO type.

    Coreset and search space set dormancy indication via downlink control information

    公开(公告)号:US12207267B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US17398881

    申请日:2021-08-10

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a base station may indicate a dormancy status, such as dormant or non-dormant, for each of one or more control channel resources configured for a user equipment (UE) via a dormancy indication in downlink control information (DCI). The dormancy indication may include a set of bits, each bit indicating a dormancy status for a control channel resource or a group of control channel resources. The UE, based on determining the value of each bit of the set of bits, may determine the dormancy status of each of the one or more control channel resources and may monitor the control channel resources accordingly. For example, the UE may monitor control channel resources having a dormancy status of non-dormant and may refrain from monitoring control channel resources having a dormancy status of dormant.

    Random access response enhancement for user equipments with reduced capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US12167468B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US18295008

    申请日:2023-04-03

    Abstract: User equipments (UEs) with reduced capabilities may need a relaxed processing timeline relative to standard UEs. The relaxed processing timeline may provide UEs with reduced capabilities an appropriate amount of time (e.g., during a random access procedure) to decode messages from a base station (BS) and/or to prepare uplink messages. Aspects of the disclosure relate to a UE configured to transmit a message to a serving BS, the message including a request for timeline relaxation for transmission of a subsequent message, the message and the subsequent message being associated with a random access procedure. The UE may receive a response message associated with the random access procedure and indicating one or more timing offsets corresponding to the timeline relaxation. The UE may transmit the subsequent message to the serving BS based on the one or more timing offsets indicated by the serving BS. The subsequent message acknowledges the response message.

    Discontinuous downlink channel monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US12156277B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US17313643

    申请日:2021-05-06

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) message including an indication to enable discontinuous monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The UE may enable the discontinuous monitoring of the PDCCH based on the received DCI message, and disable monitoring of the PDCCH during a temporal period in which at least one of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, downlink reference signal monitoring, uplink reference signal transmissions, and channel reporting is enabled. The UE may thereby experience power saving by disabling monitoring of the PDCCH while still performing other wireless operations during the temporal period. The UE may, as a result, also include features for improvements to wireless communications and, in some examples, may promote high reliability and low latency wireless communications, among other benefits.

    Random access channel procedures with external assistance

    公开(公告)号:US12137476B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-05

    申请号:US17776640

    申请日:2019-11-14

    Abstract: A low complexity user equipment (UE) may be in communication with another UE (e.g., with a premium UE or more capable UE) via a device-to-device communication link (e.g., via sidelink), and the low complexity UE may leverage the device-to-device link to improve (e.g., simplify, expedite, etc.) random access procedures performed by the low complexity UE. For example, a low complexity UE may request contention free random access (CFRA) resources via the device-to-device link with another UE. Another device (e.g., another UE in device-to-device communication with the low complexity UE) may receive the request from the low complexity UE and forward the request to the network (e.g., to a base station). The network may then configure CFRA resources for the low complexity UE. Upon receiving the CFRA configuration, the low complexity UE may perform a random access procedure (e.g., a CFRA procedure) with the network (e.g., with the base station) accordingly.

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