State-based connected mode random access for wireless communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026089762-A1
Application number	US-202418896651-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 25, 2024
Priority date	Sep 25, 2024
Publication date	Mar 26, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A connected mode user equipment (UE) may determine to perform a random access (RACH) procedure with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity based on an occurrence of a RACH triggering event using a RACH configuration that is based on a state of the UE with respect to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). In some examples, the UE may receive a GNSS RACH configuration, a GNSS-less RACH configuration, or both, corresponding to a RACH triggering event. In some cases, if the RACH configuration received by the UE is not associated with a same state in which the UE is in, the UE may utilize one or more parameters from RACH configuration, one or more parameters from a common RACH configuration, or both, to transmit the RACH signaling. The received RACH configurations may also be based on a capability report of the UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more memories storing processor-executable code; a transceiver; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and the transceiver, the one or more processors individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
enter a connected mode associated with a non-terrestrial network entity based at least in part on being within a cell served by the non-terrestrial network entity;
determine to perform a random access procedure with the non-terrestrial network entity while in the connected mode based at least in part on an occurrence of a random access triggering event associated with the connected mode; and
transmit, via the transceiver and as part of the random access procedure, a random access signal based at least in part on a random access configuration and a state of the UE with respect to a navigation satellite system.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the state of the UE comprises whether the UE is able to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system, whether the UE is capable of using the navigation satellite system, or both.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
receive, via the transceiver, control signaling indicating a plurality of random access configurations that corresponds to the random access triggering event, wherein the plurality of random access configurations comprises a first random access configuration for UEs in a first state with respect to the navigation satellite system and a second random access configuration for UEs in a second state with respect to the navigation satellite system.

4 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
select the random access configuration from among the plurality of random access configurations based at least in part on the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system comprises the UE being unable to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system, being incapable of using the navigation satellite system, or both, and wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
receive, via the transceiver, control signaling indicating a single random access configuration that is for UEs in a first state with respect to the navigation satellite system, the first state comprising the UE being unable to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system or being incapable of using the navigation satellite system, wherein the random access configuration comprises the single random access configuration.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system comprises the UE being unable to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system, being incapable of using the navigation satellite system, or both, and wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
receive, via the transceiver, first control signaling indicating an uplink timing advance, a frequency adjustment, or both, associated with the random access procedure; and receive, via the transceiver, second control signaling indicating the random access configuration, wherein the random access configuration comprises random access resources for UEs that are able to obtain their location using the navigation satellite system or capable of using the navigation satellite system, and wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to transmit the random access signal based at least in part on the random access resources and one or both of the uplink timing advance and the frequency adjustment.

7 . The UE of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the uplink timing advance or the frequency adjustment is common for one or more UEs within the cell.

8 . The UE of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the uplink timing advance or the frequency adjustment is dedicated to the UE.

9 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
transmit, via the transceiver, a capability report indicating that the UE supports random access configuration for UEs in a first state with respect to the navigation satellite system, that the UE supports random access configuration for UEs in a second state with respect to the navigation satellite system, or both; and receive, via the transceiver, control signaling indicating one or more random access configurations based at least in part on the capability report, the one or more random access configurations comprising the random access configuration.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
receive, via the transceiver, one or more common random access configurations that are common for one or more UEs within the cell, the random access configuration included in the one or more common random access configurations; and identify random access resources associated with the random access configuration based at least in part on the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein:
the one or more common random access configurations indicate a common timing advance, a common frequency adjustment, or both, associated with the random access procedure, the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system comprises the UE being unable to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system, being incapable of using the navigation satellite system, or both, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to transmit the random access signal based at least in part on the common timing advance, the common frequency adjustment, or both.

12 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system comprises the UE being able to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system, being capable of using the navigation satellite system, or both, and wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
perform one or more measurements associated with the navigation satellite system to derive a UE-specific timing advance associated with the random access procedure, a UE-specific frequency adjustment associated with the random access procedure, or both based at least in part on the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to transmit the random access signal based at least in part on one or both of the UE-specific timing advance and the UE-specific frequency adjustment.

13 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the state of the UE with respect to the navigation satellite system comprises the UE being unable to obtain its location using the navigation satellite system, being incapable of using the navigation satellite system, or both, and wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the cod

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Saha Chiranjib
• Sengupta Ayan
• Rico Alvarino Alberto
• Wang Xiao Feng

Classifications

• H04W84/06 Primary

  Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) · CPC title

• H04W74/006

  in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W56/0045

  compensating for timing error by altering transmission time · CPC title

• H04W74/0838

  using contention-free random access [CFRA] · CPC title