Uplink-based user equipment tracking for connected inactive state

    公开(公告)号:US10652851B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US15789650

    申请日:2017-10-20

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00 H04W52/02 H04W76/27

    摘要: Methods and devices for uplink-based User Equipment (UE) tracking for UEs operating in a connected inactive operating state are provided. A transmit-receive point (TRP) transmits parameters to a UE that allow the UE to uniquely determine a UE-specific tracking sequence and assigned time-frequency (TF) resource that are independent of a TRP identifier associated with the TRP. The UE determines the UE-specific tracking sequence and assigned TF resource based at least in part on the parameters received from the TRP. While in the connected inactive operating state, the UE transmits a tracking signal that includes the UE-specific tracking sequence in accordance with the assigned TF resource. The TRP receives the tracking signal from the UE, detects the UE in accordance with the UE-specific tracking sequence to produce a UE detection status, and transmits a tracking response to the UE in accordance with the UE detection status.

    Antenna beam management for multi-connection communications

    公开(公告)号:US11140562B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US15403638

    申请日:2017-01-11

    摘要: Antenna beam sweeping according to the present disclosure involves different communication devices that are within an interference range of each other transmitting beam sweeping signals using different communication resources. This allows a receiver to distinguish between beam sweeping signals that are received from different transmitters, and may facilitate antenna beam alignment in multi-connection scenarios. Beam indices could be used to identify antenna beams for antenna beam management, in control signaling between base stations and User Equipment (UE), for example. Beam tracking and other aspects of antenna beam management are also disclosed.

    Location-based beam prediction using machine learning

    公开(公告)号:US11096176B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16422383

    申请日:2019-05-24

    摘要: Network equipment receives, from User Equipment (UE), information indicative of each of multiple UE locations in a wireless communication network. For each location, a respective antenna beam direction for communications between the network equipment and a UE at each location is determined. A Machine Learning (ML) module is trained using each location as an ML module input and the respective antenna beam direction for each location as an ML module output. The trained ML module is then used to provide beam predictions based on UE location. Based on the current location of a UE, one or more antenna beam directions for communications between the network equipment and the UE at the current location are obtained from the ML module. The UE location is input to the ML module, and the antenna beam direction(s) are then obtained from the ML module output(s).

    Random access channel contention resolution

    公开(公告)号:US10660137B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US15885218

    申请日:2018-01-31

    摘要: Colliding random access channel messages from multiple User Equipment (UEs) attempting to access a communication system include common access information for the multiple UEs. Responses to the messages are transmitted. A response to one UE includes UE identifier information from the common access information and responses to other UEs include new UE identifier information for each other UE. In another embodiment, a random access channel message that is received from a UE includes a dedicated random access sequence that is dedicated for use by a particular UE within a coverage area of a communication system. A determination can be made as to whether the received random access channel is received from the particular UE based on any one or more of: a set of one or more access points at which, a direction from which, and a receiving antenna beam on which the received random access channel message is received.