Beam based random access
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsPetteri Kela, Mario Costa
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Abstract
A network node for a wireless communication system includes a processor and a transceiver. The processor is configured to generate a plurality of random access grant signals. The random access grant signals include at least one unoccupied radio network temporary identifier and a resource allocation for an uplink communication request. The plurality of random access grant signals are assigned to one or more downlink transmit beams and the transceiver is configured to periodically transmit the plurality of random access grant signals on the one or more downlink transmit beams using a same time-frequency resource.
Claims20
A network node for a wireless communication system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a plurality of random access grant signals, the random access grant signals including:
- at least one unoccupied radio network temporary identifier;
- and
- a resource allocation for an uplink communication request;
- and
- assign two or more random access grant signals of the plurality of random access grant signals to each of one or more downlink transmit beams;
- and
- a transceiver configured to periodically transmit the two or more random access grant signals of the plurality of random access grant signals on each of the one or more downlink transmit beams using a same time-frequency resource.
A user node for a wireless communication system, the user node comprising:
- a processor configured to identify at least a radio network temporary identifier and a resource allocation from a plurality of random access grant signals received on a time-frequency resource, wherein the plurality of random access grant signals are received on a single beam;
- and
- a transceiver configured to transmit an uplink communication connection request using the resource allocation identified from the received plurality of random access grant signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.