Open loop uplink timing advance

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• identify that an uplink transmission to a base station is to occur in accordance with an uplink timing advance value representing an amount of time that the uplink transmission takes from transmission at the apparatus to reception at the base station;
• perform an autonomous open-loop adjustment to the uplink timing advance value;
• and
• transmit the uplink transmission to the base station in accordance with the adjusted uplink timing advance value.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit an indication of a set of uplink timing advance values for a user equipment (UE) to use for uplink transmissions, each of the set of uplink timing advance values representing an amount of time that an uplink transmission is expected to take from transmission at the UE to reception at the apparatus;
• and
• receive the uplink transmission from the UE in accordance with an adjusted uplink timing advance value, wherein the UE adjusts the uplink timing advance value in accordance with an autonomous open-loop adjustment.