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Primary CPC classification H04L27/26025. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.

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Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network

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Publication number	US-12021609-B2
Application number	US-202318093572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2023
Priority date	May 13, 2016
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

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Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method in a radio network node, the method comprising: receiving a message from a first user equipment (UE) according to one of a plurality of uplink access configurations, the one of the plurality of uplink access configurations corresponding to an uplink access configuration index previously transmitted to the first UE; and subsequently transmitting, to the first UE, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission having a first subcarrier spacing and a second OFDM transmission having a second subcarrier spacing, differing from the first subcarrier spacing. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: broadcasting system access information for accessing the wireless communications network; and, transmitting additional system information in response to a request from the first UE. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: transmitting first and second mobility reference signals on first and second beams, respectively; and receiving a report, from a user equipment (UE), the report comprising results of measurements of the first and second mobility reference signals. 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: transmitting to the first UE, in a first-in-time OFDM symbol, downlink control signaling and dedicated user data. 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: processing data for said first OFDM transmission using a first Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol layer and processing data for said second OFDM transmission using a second MAC protocol layer, the first MAC protocol layer differing from the second MAC protocol layer, and processing messages to be transported by each of said first and second MAC protocol layers, using a single, common, Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol layer. 6. A method in a user equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: transmitting a message to the wireless communications network according to one of plurality of uplink access configurations, the one of the plurality of uplink access configurations corresponding to an uplink access configuration index previously received by the first UE; and subsequently receiving, from the wireless communications network, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission having a first subcarrier spacing and a second OFDM transmission having a second subcarrier spacing, different from the first subcarrier spacing. 7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving broadcasted system access information and using the received system access information for accessing the wireless communications network; and requesting additional system information from the wireless communications network. 8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises: processing data from the first OFDM transmission using a first Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol layer and processing data from said second OFDM transmission using a second MAC protocol layer, said first MAC protocol layer differing from said second MAC protocol layer, and wherein the method further comprises processing messages received from each of said first and second MAC protocol layers using a single, common Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol layer. 9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises: measuring first and second mobility reference signals on first and second received beams, respectively, the second mobility reference signal differing from the first mobility reference signal; and reporting results of measuring said first and second mobility reference signals to the wireless communications network. 10. A radio network equipment comprising radio circuitry, and processing circuitry operatively connected to the radio circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry in the radio network equipment is configured to: receive a message from a first user equipment (UE) according to one of a plurality of uplink access configurations, the one of the plurality of uplink access configurations corresponding to an uplink access configuration index previously transmitted to the first UE; and subsequently transmit, to the first UE, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission having a first subcarrier spacing and a second OFDM transmission having a second subcarrier spacing, differing from the first subcarrier spacing. 11. The radio network equipment of claim 10 , wherein said processing circuitry is further configured to: broadcast system access information for accessing the wireless communications network; and transmit additional system information in response to a request from the first UE. 12. The radio network equipment of claim 10 , wherein said processing circuitry is further configured to: transmit to the first UE, in a first-in-time OFDM symbol, downlink control signaling and dedicated user data. 13. The radio network equipment of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: process data for said first OFDM transmission using a first Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol layer and process data for said second OFDM transmission using a second MAC protocol layer, the first MAC protocol layer differing from the second MAC protocol layer, and to process messages to be transported by each of said first and second MAC protocol layers, using a single, common Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol layer. 14. A user equipment (UE), comprising radio-frequency circuitry, and processing circuitry operatively connected to the radio-frequency circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: transmit a message to the wireless communications network according to one of plurality of uplink access configurations, the one of the plurality of uplink access configurations corresponding to an uplink access configuration index previously received by the first UE; and receive, from the wireless communications network, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission having a first subcarrier spacing and a second OFDM transmission having a second subcarrier spacing, differing from the first subcarrier spacing. 15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein said processing circuitry is further configured to: receive broadcasted system access information and use the received system access information for accessing the wireless communications network; and request additional system information from the wireless communications network. 16. The UE of claim 14 , wherein said processing circuitry is further configured to: process data from said first OFDM transmission using a first Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol layer and process data from said second OFDM transmission using a second MAC protocol layer, said first MAC protocol layer differing from said second MAC protocol layer, and process messages received from each of said first and second MAC protocol layers using a single, common Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol layer. 17. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: measure first and second mobility reference signals on first and second received beams, respectively; and report results of measuring the first and second mobility reference signals to the wireless communications network.

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Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

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Classifications

H04L27/26025Primary
Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003) · CPC title
H04W74/0838
using contention-free random access [CFRA] · CPC title
H04W74/0833
Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title
H04L27/2602
Signal structure · CPC title
H04L27/2636
with FFT or DFT modulators, e.g. standard single-carrier frequency-division multiple access [SC-FDMA] transmitter or DFT spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing [DFT-SOFDM] · CPC title

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What does patent US12021609B2 cover?: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wirel…
Who is the assignee on this patent?: Ericsson Telefon Ab L M
What technology area does this patent fall under?: Primary CPC classification H04L27/26025. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?: Publication date Tue Jun 25 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?: We list 12 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).