Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Optis Cellular Technology, LLC

Johan Axnäs

Dennis Hui

Henrik Sahlin

Robert Baldemair

Andres Reial

Kumar Balachandran

Johan Rune

Icaro L J Da Silva

Hugo Tullberg

Stefan Parkvall

Ning He

Jonas Kronander

Claes Tidestav

Niklas Johansson

Jianfeng Wang

Zhan Zhang

Bengt Lindoff

Gunnar Mildh

Fredrik Gunnarsson

Jinhua Liu

Yi-Pin Eric Wang

Erik Bengt Dahlman

Jari Tapio Vikberg

Erik A Eriksson

Pål Frenger

Stefan Wager

Martin Hessler

Magnus Stattin

Sven Oscar Petersson

Joakim Axmon

Karl Norrman

Qianxi Lu

Qingyu Miao

Johan Torsner

Pradeepa Ramachandra

Gabor Fodor

Fredrik Athley

Janne Peisa

Joachim Sachs

Ali S Khayrallah

Gen Li

Thorsten Lohmar

Zhang Zhang

Bo Hagerman

Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz

Niclas Wiberg

Lars Lindbom

Johan Furuskog

Jonas Fröberg Olsson

Torgny Palenius

Hai Feng Wang

Lars Sundström

Peter Alriksson

Andreas Bergström

Jose Luis Pradas

Pontus Wallentin

Patrik Rugeland

Henrik Asplund

Anders Furuskär

Martin Johansson

Karl Werner

Mikael Coldrey

Patrik Torgny Karlsson

Mårten Ericson

Shehzad Ali Ashraf

Fredrik Lindqvist

Reza Moosavi

Dennis Sundman

Mikael Prytz

Håkan Axelsson

Yngve Selén

Andreas Cedergren

Nadia Brahmi

Niklas Jaldén

Jonas Medbo

Ali El Essaili

Elena Myhre

Jörg Huschke

Rui Fan

Walter Müller

Håkan Björkegren

Edgar Ramos

Robert Mark Harrison

Asbjörn Grövlen

Jan Christoffersson

Johan Nilsson

Jingya Li

Zhipeng Lin

Bo Lincoln

Xingqin Lin

Anders Wallén

Henrik Enbuske

Jung-Fu Cheng

Stephen J Grant

Sebastian Faxér

Lei Wan

Per Skillermark

Magnus Norberg Olsson

Tobias Tynderfeldt

Ansuman Adhikary

A method for accessing a cellular communications network in unlicensed spectrum is provided. More specifically, the method is related to performing a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure prior to transmitting a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) preamble for accessing a New Radio-Unlicensed (NR-U) network. A User Equipment (UE) first performs the LBT procedure. If the LBT procedure is successful, the UE then generates a punctured PRACH preamble and transmits the punctured PRACH preamble. By puncturing the PRACH preamble, it is possible to create a gap(s) for performing the LBT procedure in a way that is backward compatible with existing NR-U specification and does not reduce a number of random access occasions in a slot or a mini-slot. As a result, it is possible to transmit PRACH preambles in consecutive random access occasions, thus helping to increase spectrum utilization and reduce latency in the cellular communications network.

Method for accessing a cellular communications network in unlicensed spectrum

The present disclosure provides a method in a User Equipment of transmitting a random access preamble and a physical uplink shared channel, comprising: determining a resource size to be used to contain the physical uplink shared channel, the resource size being one of a set of predetermined sizes; identifying a resource to be used from a predetermined set of resources, the resource in the set of resources corresponding to the determined resource size, each resource being identified with a respective first index n and occupying a distinct set of OFDM symbols and subcarriers; identifying a PRACH preamble with a second index n' corresponding to the first index n of the identified resource; and transmitting the identified PRACH preamble, and the physical uplink shared channel in the identified resource.

Method and apparatus for physical uplink shared channel format adaptation

Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.

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

According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless communication network includes a wireless device receiving, from a network, a configuration corresponding to a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). The wireless device receives, from the network via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, a bitmap that provides an indication of time locations corresponding to synchronization signal (SS) blocks. The wireless device determines, based on the configuration and the bitmap, a time slot that does not overlap with the time locations to perform a PRACH transmission during the determined time slot.

Configuring random access channels for wireless communications

A method for performing a beamformed transmission and/or reception in a wireless communication using an antenna array comprising a first sub-array of first antenna elements each having a first polarization and a second sub-array of second antenna elements each having a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization is provided. The method comprises obtaining a first weight vector for the first sub-array and a second weight vector for the second sub-array. The first weight vector and the second weight vector optimize a utility function. The utility function comprises a first term depending on a first function of the first weight vector and on a second function of the second weight vector. The utility function further comprises a second term depending on either one of the first function and the second function. Performing the beamformed transmission using the obtained first weight vector and the second weight vector.

Technique for dual-polarized beamforming

A method may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a network node. The method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, order from the network node. The PDCCH order may include an identification for a Random Access CHannel RACH occasion to be used for a RACH message 1 preamble transmission. Moreover, the identification may include a first index that indicates a set of RACH occasions and a second index that indicates the RACH occasion associated with the set. The method may also include transmitting a Message 1 preamble to the network node using the RACH occasion responsive to the PDCCH order.

Methods providing RACH occasion indication for random access procedure initiated by PDCCH order and related wireless terminals and base stations

There is disclosed a method of operating a network node () in a radio access network, the method comprising detecting Physical Random Access CHannel, PRACH, transmission from a user equipment (), wherein the PRACH transmission covers a plurality of time intervals, wherein detecting comprises associating different weights to different time intervals. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

PRACH detection in a radio access network

A method is performed by a wireless device for accessing a network. The method comprises performing a two-step random access procedure. This comprises transmitting a preamble in at least one Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, occasion, and transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH. A position of the at least one PRACH occasion for transmitting the preamble is determined to ensure that a gap between transmitting the preamble and transmitting the PUSCH is less than a predetermined duration.

Two-step random access procedure

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) in a two-step random access procedure. A method of a terminal device, comprising: determining a request message for random access, wherein the request message comprises a preamble and a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message and the PUSCH message is determined based on a first radio network temporary identity, RNTI; transmitting the request message; and obtaining a response message for random access based on a second RNTI, wherein the first RNTI and the second RNTI are the same or different.

Method and apparatus for determining radio network temporary identifier in two-step random access procedure

Methods and apparatuses for random access. A method performed by a terminal device comprises determining a random access procedure to be performed, the random access procedure being one of a two-step random access procedure and a four-step random access procedure, and transmitting a request message for random access in the determined random access procedure.

Method and apparatus for random access

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.

According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises initiating a random access procedure in which the wireless device sends a Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, preamble to a network node and applying a receiver configuration for receiving an access response. The receiver configuration is determined based at least in part on whether a many-to-one association exists between (a) a downlink signal that can be used for beam selection prior to initiating the random access procedure, and (b) PRACH preamble indices.

Random access procedure

The present disclosure relates to transmitting synchronization signals and in particular to so called beam sweep. In particular the disclosure relates to methods for providing synchronization using synchronization sequences that are transmitted at different points in time. The disclosure also relates to corresponding devices and computer programs. A method in a network node, for transmitting synchronization sequences of a synchronization signal to one or more receiving wireless devices, comprises determining multiple synchronization sequences, such that each synchronization sequence comprises a respective timing indication, whereby each synchronization sequence enables determination of a time of an event in a receiving wireless device and transmitting the synchronization sequences to the one or more wireless devices, at different points in time.

Beam-scan time indicator

According to embodiments described herein, a long delay-detector improves delay estimation performance for PRACH for many practical deployment scenarios. This, for example, reduces the risk that the timing advance of the UE is set incorrectly and hence reduces the risk that subsequent communication fails and that the UE spreads unnecessary interference to other communication in the system.

Coherent detection of large physical random access control channel (PRACH) delays

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Johan Axnäs