Control channel repetition management
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsAlessio Marcone, Frank Frederiksen, Arman Ahmadzadeh
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Abstract
There are provided measures for control channel repetition management. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving, from a terminal, a connection request message, checking whether said connection request message is scrambled utilizing any of at least one temporary identifier other than a temporary identifier assigned to said terminal, and, if said connection request message is scrambled utilizing any of said at least one temporary identifier, concluding that said terminal can make use of physical uplink control channel repetitions.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- and
- at least one interface configured for communication with at least another apparatus,
- the at least one processor, with the at least one memory and the computer program code, being configured to cause the apparatus at least to:
- receive, from a terminal, a connection request message, wherein the connection request message is a random access procedure message 3,
- check whether said connection request message is scrambled utilizing any of at least one temporary identifier other than a temporary identifier assigned to said terminal, and
- if said connection request message is scrambled utilizing any of said at least one temporary identifier, conclude that said terminal can make use of physical uplink control channel repetitions.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- and
- at least one interface configured for communication with at least another apparatus,
- the at least one processor, with the at least one memory and the computer program code, being configured to cause the apparatus at least to:
- decide whether to indicate that the apparatus can make use of physical uplink control channel repetitions, and
- transmit, towards a base station, a connection request message, wherein the connection request message is a random access procedure message 3, and
- if it is decided to indicate that said apparatus can make use of physical uplink control channel repetitions, scramble said connection request message utilizing a temporary identifier of at least one temporary identifier other than a temporary identifier assigned to said apparatus.
A method, comprising:
- deciding whether to indicate that a terminal can make use of physical uplink control channel repetitions,
- transmitting, towards a base station, a connection request message, wherein the connection request message is a random access procedure message 3, and
- scrambling, if it is decided to indicate that said terminal can make use of physical uplink control channel repetitions, said connection request message utilizing a temporary identifier of at least one temporary identifier other than a temporary identifier assigned to said terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.