Cooperative group broadcasting of on-demand system information

An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive at least one chirp signal having one or more system information requests from at least one user equipment, wherein the transceiver is operating in a wireless communication network having a user-centric medium access control layer;
• a memory having one or more instructions;
• a processor in communication with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive, via the transceiver, the at least one chirp signal having one or more system information requests from at least one user equipment, wherein the at least one chirp signal includes at least one system information block request bitmap that identifies one or more of a plurality of system information blocks corresponding to each of the one or more system information requests;
• identify the one or more system information requests;
• generate a message in response to the one or more system information requests;
• scramble at least a portion of the message as a function of the at least one system information block request bitmap, to define an encoded message;
• and
• transmitting, via the transceiver, over a broadcast channel, the encoded message in response to the at least one chirp signal.

A method of a user equipment to communicate with a network entity, comprising:

• detecting, by the user equipment operating in a wireless communication network having a user-centric medium access control layer, presence of a trigger event to request one or more sets of system information;
• generating a chirp signal that includes one or more system information requests corresponding to the trigger event to request one or more sets of system information, wherein the chirp signal includes at least one system information block request bitmap that identifies one or more of a plurality of system information blocks corresponding to each of the one or more system information requests;
• transmitting the chirp signal to a base station;
• receiving, via a broadcast channel, an encoded message in response to the chirp signal;
• and
• decoding the encoded message as a function of the at least one system information block request bitmap.

An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

• a transceiver having a receiver and a transmitter respectively for receiving and transmitting wireless signals in a wireless communication network having a user-centric medium access control layer;
• a memory having one or more instructions;
• a processor in communication with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:
• detect presence of a trigger event to request one or more sets of system information;
• generate a chirp signal that includes one or more system information requests corresponding to the trigger event to request one or more sets of system information, wherein the chirp signal includes at least one system information block request bitmap that identifies one or more of a plurality of system information blocks corresponding to each of the one or more system information requests;
• transmit, via the transceiver, the chirp signal to a base station;
• receive, via the transceiver over a broadcast channel, an encoded message in response to the chirp signal;
• and
• decode the encoded message as a function of the at least one system information block request bitmap.