Techniques for configuring and indicating radio resource control (RRC) messages in wireless communications
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJing Lei, Hwan Joon Kwon, Linhai He, Huilin Xu, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Wanshi Chen, Xipeng Zhu, Liangchi Hsu
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Abstract
Aspects described herein relate to configuring and indicating radio resource control (RRC) message types in wireless communications, to support new UE categories, new operation modes, new use cases, or a combination thereof. Configuration and indication methods that may support co-existence of new and legacy RRC message types and/or user equipment (UE) procedures for decoding new RRC message type are also described.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message;
- and
- where resources for receiving the RRC message are resources for a new RRC message type that is different from legacy RRC message types or where a message type indication of the RRC message indicates that the RRC message is of the new RRC message type, decode the RRC message based on the new RRC message type,
- wherein the resources for the RRC message of the new RRC message type are different from resources for receiving legacy RRC messages at least in time, frequency, space, code domain, or a combination of thereof.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- generate a radio resource control (RRC) message that is of a new RRC message type that is different from legacy RRC message types, wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the RRC message at least in part by at least one of scheduling resources for transmitting the RRC message to indicate that the RRC message is of the new RRC message type or including a message type indication of the RRC message to indicate that the RRC message is of the new RRC message type;
- and
- transmit, to one or more user equipment (UEs), the RRC message,
- wherein the resources are different from resources for receiving legacy RRC messages.
A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message;
- and
- where resources for receiving the RRC message are resources for a new RRC message type that is different from legacy RRC message types or where a message type indication of the RRC message indicates that the RRC message is of the new RRC message type, decoding the RRC message based on the new RRC message type,
- wherein the resources for the RRC message of the new RRC message type are different from resources for receiving legacy RRC messages at least in time, frequency, space, code domain, or a combination of thereof.
A method for wireless communication by a base station, comprising:
- generating a radio resource control (RRC) message that is of a new RRC message type that is different from legacy RRC message types, wherein generating the RRC message includes at least one of scheduling resources for transmitting the RRC message to indicate that the RRC message is of the new RRC message type or including a message type indication of the RRC message to indicate that the RRC message is of the new RRC message type;
- and
- transmitting, to one or more user equipment (UEs), the RRC message,
- wherein the resources are different from resources for receiving legacy RRC messages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.