Sub-band full-duplex physical random access channel transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025261244-A1
Application number	US-202418953730-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 20, 2024
Priority date	Feb 9, 2024
Publication date	Aug 14, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicating a random access channel (RACH) configuration applicable to sub-band full-duplex (SBFD) symbols. The UE may transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission in a RACH occasion (RO) of one or more ROs determined in accordance with the RACH configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the UE to:
receive configuration information indicating a random access channel (RACH) configuration applicable to sub-band full-duplex (SBFD) symbols; and
transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission in a RACH occasion (RO) of one or more ROs determined in accordance with the RACH configuration.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more ROs, determined in accordance with the RACH configuration, are in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more ROs, determined in accordance with the RACH configuration, are in at least one of an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols or one or more uplink symbols.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes:
a generic RACH configuration information element (IE) that indicates global RACH parameters, and an additional RACH configuration IE associated with the SBFD symbols that indicates SBFD RACH parameters, including one or more SBFD RACH parameters that override one or more of the global RACH parameters for the SBFD symbols.

5 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein the global RACH parameters include a first frequency division multiplexing (FDM) parameter and a first starting frequency parameter, and
wherein the additional RACH configuration IE associated with the SBFD symbols indicates at least one of:
a second FDM parameter that overrides the first FDM parameter for the SBFD symbols, or
a second starting frequency parameter that overrides the first starting frequency parameter for the SBFD symbols.

6 . The UE of claim 5 , wherein the global RACH parameters further include a first power ramping parameter and a first target receive power parameter, and
wherein the additional RACH configuration IE associated with the SBFD symbols further indicates at least one of:
a second power ramping parameter that overrides the first power ramping parameter for the SBFD symbols, or
a second target receive power parameter that overrides the first target receive power parameter for the SBFD symbols.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicates a first RACH configuration for uplink symbols and a second RACH configuration for the SBFD symbols.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the configuration information includes:
a first generic RACH configuration information element (IE) associated with uplink symbols; and a second generic RACH configuration IE associated with the SBFD symbols.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the first generic RACH configuration IE indicates a first frequency division multiplexing (FDM) parameter and a first starting frequency parameter, and
wherein the second generic RACH configuration IE indicates a second FDM parameter and a second starting frequency parameter.

10 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the first RACH configuration indicates a first PRACH configuration index, and wherein the second RACH configuration indicates a second PRACH configuration index.

11 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein ROs associated with the second RACH configuration that overlap with an SBFD slot are valid ROs for transmission of the PRACH transmission,
wherein ROs associated with the second RACH configuration that do not overlap with an SBFD slot are not valid ROs for transmission of the PRACH transmission, and wherein the second RACH configuration indicates a mapping of SSBs to the valid ROs associated with the second RACH configuration.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to transmit the PRACH transmission, are configured to cause the UE to:
transmit a first transmission of the PRACH transmission in an RO in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols in accordance with the second RACH configuration; and transmit a second transmission of the PRACH transmission in an RO in one or more uplink symbols in accordance with the first RACH configuration.

13 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to select between the first RACH configuration and the second RACH configuration, wherein transmitting the PRACH transmission comprises:
transmit the PRACH transmission in an RO in one or more uplink symbols in accordance with the first RACH configuration in connection with selecting the first RACH configuration; or transmit the PRACH transmission in an RO in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols in accordance with the second RACH configuration in connection with selecting the second RACH configuration.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to select between the first RACH configuration and the second RACH configuration, are configured to cause the UE to:
select between the first RACH configuration and the second RACH configuration based on which RO, among a next valid RO associated with a detected synchronization signal block (SSB) in accordance with the first RACH configuration and a next valid RO associated with the detected SSB in accordance with the second RACH configuration, occurs first in time after the detected SSB.

15 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to transmit the PRACH transmission, are configured to cause the UE to:
transmit the PRACH in an RO in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols in accordance with the second RACH configuration based at least in part on a downlink channel measurement associated with at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) satisfying a threshold.

16 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to transmit the PRACH transmission, are configured to cause the UE to:
transmit multiple transmissions of the PRACH transmission in ROs in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols in accordance with the second RACH configuration; and transmit, in connection with a number of the multiple transmissions satisfying a threshold, the PRACH transmission in an RO in one or more uplink symbols in accordance with the first RACH configuration.

17 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to transmit the PRACH transmission, are configured to cause the UE to:
transmit the PRACH transmission in an RO in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols in accordance with the second RACH configuration based on the UE being SBFD-aware.

18 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicates a first set of PRACH preambles associated with uplink symbols and a second set of PRACH preambles associated with SBFD symbols, and wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to transmit the PRACH transmission, are configured to cause the UE to:
transmit a PRACH preamble, of the first set of PRACH preambles, in an RO in one or more uplink symbols; or transmit a PRACH preamble, of the second set of PRACH preambles, in an RO in an uplink sub-band in one or more SBFD symbols.

19 . A network node for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the network node to:
transmit configuration information indicating a random access channel (RACH) configuration applicable to sub-band full-duplex (SBFD) symbol

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Saha Chiranjib
• Krishnan Shankar
• Abdelghaffar Muhammad Sayed Khairy
• Phuyal Umesh
• Kadiri Prasada Veera Reddy

Classifications

• H04W74/0833 Primary

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L5/14 Primary

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title