Enhancement to RACH procedure
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11864242B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17634145

    申请日:2019-08-14

    CPC classification number: H04W74/0841 H04W56/001 H04W74/04 H04W74/0866

    Abstract: An example embodiment relates to Random Access Channel, RACH, procedure, for example in the New Radio, NR. Random access procedures may be of two types, contention based CBRA and contention free, CFRA. A client device may only perform CBRA fallback when none of the reference signal received strengths, RSRPs, of the synchronization signal blocks, SSBs, which is associated with the CFRA resources is above a predefined threshold, T1. All SSBs and CSI-RS with associated CFRA resources may be below the threshold. Then, the client device may select an SSB or CSI-RS according to a predefined rule and perform CFRA when CFRA resources are associated. Devices, methods and computer programs are disclosed accordingly.

    REDUCING HANDOVER INTERRUPTION WITH TWO TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210345196A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17281098

    申请日:2019-10-10

    Abstract: A technique of performing a HO includes the source BS sending a HO resume message to the UE at the conclusion of a RACH access procedure that occurs in response to a HO command while a second TRX of the UE continues to exchange data packets with the source BS as if no HO command were issued. By continuing to exchange data with the source BS as if there were no HO command until the HO resume message reintroduces a RACH-less HO procedure, the interruption may be reduced to about 4 msec. At any point in time the UE handles only one protocol stack and only one security, which avoids the complexity of the advanced prior art methods.

    RACH-less fallback to two-step or four-step RACH with UL grant

    公开(公告)号:US10945175B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US16516418

    申请日:2019-07-19

    Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform at least receiving, by a network device of a communication network, information providing an indication to connect to a network node of the communication network using a Random Access Channel (RACH)-less) signaling procedure; determining that connecting to the network node using the RACH-less signaling procedure has failed; and based on the RACH-less signaling procedure failing, using at least one alternative signaling procedure for connecting to the network node using uplink (UL) resources from RACH-less procedure. Further, in accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform based on a RACH-less signaling procedure from a network device failing to connect to a network node, receiving, by the network node, at least one alternative signaling procedure from the network device for the connecting; and establishing a connection with the network device based on the at least one alternative signaling procedure from the network device using the UL resources from RACH-less procedure.

    QoS monitoring for unicast/ groupcast over sidelink communication

    公开(公告)号:US12177694B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17630379

    申请日:2019-08-07

    Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing flexible and adaptive QoS monitoring for unicast/groupcast over sidelink communication, which may preferably be capable of enhancing support of unicast/groupcast services over sidelink communication. Such measures exemplarily comprise obtaining a request for QoS monitoring for unicast/groupcast over sidelink communication with a specified quality-of-service profile, which indicates at least one target QoS metric to be monitored, determining a QoS monitoring procedure, wherein a scheme for enforcing QoS monitoring over sidelink communication in collaboration with at least one unicast/groupcast receiving-side device is decided, and performing the QoS monitoring procedure, wherein QoS monitoring messages are exchanged with the at least one unicast/groupcast receiving-side device over the sidelink communication with the specified QoS profile in accordance with the decided scheme and the at least one target quality-of-service metric is derived based thereon.

    Soft HARQ for SL range based retransmissions

    公开(公告)号:US12057943B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US17754474

    申请日:2019-10-03

    CPC classification number: H04L1/1825 H04L1/1812

    Abstract: An apparatus is provided, in a first radio device, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: transmitting data to at least one second radio device, wherein transmission of the data is controlled by an automatic retransmission procedure, receiving a response from the at least one second radio device, the response indicating the result of an attempt to decode the data and including range estimation information of the second radio device, and deciding on retransmitting the databased on the response and on the range estimation information of the second radio device.

    Enhanced mobility in cellular deployments with network slicing

    公开(公告)号:US11895549B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-06

    申请号:US17424464

    申请日:2020-01-21

    CPC classification number: H04W36/22 H04W36/0055 H04W36/0083

    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for source cell to provide a service/slice indication to the target cell in the handover preparation. The source cell provides to a target cell a list of one or more service/slice specific indications for individual ones of one or more network slices in a request for enhanced handover from the source cell to the target cell in a handover preparation phase. The source cell receives from the target cell, indications in a handover request acknowledgement of one or more selected network slices to be handed over from the source cell to the target cell using enhanced handovers. Performs make-before-break handovers to hand over these selected network slices from the source cell to the target cell and performs normal handovers for the one or more other network slices.

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