Systems and methods for downlink signaling enhancement
Enhancements in downlink signaling through sequence multiplexing and modified identifier mappings address the challenge of distinguishing UEs in 5G NR, optimizing uplink resource utilization and reducing conflicts.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/074795
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-01-30
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-07
AI Technical Summary
In wireless communication systems, particularly in 5G NR, the increased number of user equipment (UEs) and limited resources lead to challenges in distinguishing between UEs during random access procedures due to shared random access preamble identifiers and radio network temporary identifiers, causing conflicts and inefficient utilization of uplink resources.
Enhancements in downlink signaling are introduced, including the use of orthogonal and non-orthogonal cover codes for sequence multiplexing, extended RAR detection windows, and modified RA-RNTI and RAPID mappings to differentiate UEs, allowing for improved uplink resource utilization.
The proposed solutions effectively enhance downlink signaling to distinguish between multiple UEs, reducing conflicts and optimizing uplink resource utilization, thereby improving communication efficiency.
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLINK SIGNALING ENHANCEMENTTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The disclosure relates generally to wireless communications, including but not limited to systems and methods for downlink signaling enhancement.BACKGROUND
[0002] The standardization organization Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is currently in the process of specifying a new Radio Interface called 5G New Radio (5G NR) as well as a Next Generation Packet Core Network (NG-CN or NGC) . The 5G NR will have three main components: a 5G Access Network (5G-AN) , a 5G Core Network (5GC) , and a User Equipment (UE) . In order to facilitate the enablement of different data services and requirements, the elements of the 5GC, also called Network Functions, have been simplified with some of them being software based, and some being hardware based, so that they could be adapted according to need. Communication via satellite is one of the typical scenarios of the non-terrestrial networks in 3GPP standardization.SUMMARY
[0003] The example embodiments disclosed herein are directed to solving the issues relating to one or more of the problems presented in the prior art, as well as providing additional features that will become readily apparent by reference to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompany drawings. In accordance with various embodiments, example systems, methods, devices and computer program products are disclosed herein. It is understood, however, that these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not limiting, and it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art who read the present disclosure that various modifications to the disclosed embodiments can be made while remaining within the scope of this disclosure.
[0004] At least one aspect is directed to a system, method, apparatus, or a computer-readable medium of the following. A wireless communication device (e.g., a user equipment (UE) ) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) signaling comprising a first indication for scheduling a first random access response (RAR) message from a wireless communication node (e.g., a base station (BS) ) . In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may receive the first RAR message comprising a second indication from the wireless communication node. The first indication or the second indication can be associated with information of a sequence used by the wireless communication device in an uplink (UL) transmission.
[0005] In some embodiments, the first indication can be at least one of: a third indication in the DCI scheduling RAR message indicating a specific sequence index; a fourth indication in the DCI scheduling RAR message indicating a number of RAR messages corresponding to a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) ; a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) used for cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambling; or a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling and corresponded to a specific sequence index. In some embodiments, the second indication can be at least one of: a fifth indication indicating a random access preamble identifier (RAPID ) corresponding to a specific sequence index; a sixth indication as a flag indicator indicating whether the first RAR message belongs to the same RAPID as a previous RAR message; a seventh indication indicating a specific sequence index; an eighth indication indicating the RAPID; or a temporary cell radio network temporary identifier (TC-RNTI) indication. In some embodiments, the fifth indication can be activated when the first indication comprises a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling. The sixth indication and the seventh indication can be activated when the first indication comprises a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling. The seventh indication can be activated when the first indication comprises a fourth indication and a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling.
[0006] In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may detect at least one of the first indication, the second indication, the DCI signaling comprising a first indication for scheduling a first random access response (RAR) message or the first RAR message comprising a second indication when a condition is satisfied. The condition may comprise at least one of: a PRACH transmission using a sequence to multiply a PRACH signal sent by the wireless communication device; or a ninth indication, indicating to apply the sequence to a PUSCH transmission. In some embodiments, a TC-RNTI indicated via the TC-RNTI indication may comprise an update to another TC-RNTI by adding at least one of the sequence index. The sequence index may comprise at least one of: the sequence index indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message (e.g., the first indication) or a RAR message (e.g. the second indication) , the sequence index that has been used for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, the sequence index that can be used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.
[0007] In some embodiments, the TC-RNTI indicated via the TC-RNTI indication may comprise an update to another C-RNTI by adding / incorporating at least one of the sequence index, or an offset indication. The sequence index may comprise at least one of: the sequence index indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message (e.g., the first indication) or a RAR message (e.g., the second indication) , the sequence index that has been used for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, or the sequence index that can be used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The offset indication may indicate that an offset can be indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message, or a PDSCH transmission, or a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) transmission corresponding to the PDSCH transmission. In some embodiments, the sequence index can be determined according to at least one of: a field value of a third indication; a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) ; a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) ; or a field value of the seventh indication. In some embodiments, the RAPID may correspond to one or more RAR messages. A number of one or more RAR messages can be indicated by the fourth indication. The first RAR message may comprise one or more RAR messages.
[0008] In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may detect the RAR message in a first RAR detection window. The wireless communication device may detect the RAR message in an extended RAR detection window. The extended RAR detection window can be N times of the first RAR window. The N can be an integer number / value. The wireless communication device may detect the RAR message in a second RAR window. The second RAR window may have an offset relative to the first RAR window.
[0009] In some embodiments, the sequence information may comprise at least one of: a sequence type; or a sequence index. The sequence type may include at least one of: an orthogonal cover code or a non-orthogonal cover code. The orthogonal cover code can be based on at least one of: a discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) sequence, a Walsh sequence, a Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, or a Hadamard sequence. In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may transmit the DCI signaling comprising the first indication for scheduling the first RAR message to a wireless communication node.
[0010] In some embodiments, Msg1 can include or correspond to at least one of a PRACH transmission or a preamble transmission. In some cases, Msg3 can include or be a message transmitted on an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) including / containing a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) media access control control element (MAC CE) and / or common control channel (CCCH) service date unit (SDU) , from upper layer and associated with a UE contention resolution identity, as part of a random access procedure. In some embodiments, Msg4 can include or correspond to at least one of a DCI scheduling contention resolution message, a contention resolution message, or a PDSCH. The contention resolution message may include at least one of the PDSCH transmission, DL-SCH transmission mapped to the PDSCH, etc.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] Various example embodiments of the present solution are described in detail below with reference to the following figures or drawings. The drawings are provided for purposes of illustration only and merely depict example embodiments of the present solution to facilitate the reader's understanding of the present solution. Therefore, the drawings should not be considered limiting of the breadth, scope, or applicability of the present solution. It should be noted that for clarity and ease of illustration, these drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
[0012] FIG. 1 illustrates an example cellular communication network in which techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
[0013] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an example base station and a user equipment device, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0014] FIG. 3 illustrates an example illustration of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) , in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0015] FIG. 4 illustrates an example approach for random access channel (RACH) and radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0016] FIG. 5 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0017] FIG. 6 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0018] FIG. 7 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0019] FIG. 8 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0020] FIG. 9 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0021] FIG. 10 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0022] FIG. 11 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0023] FIG. 12 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure; and
[0024] FIG. 13 illustrates a flow diagram of an example method for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] 1. Mobile Communication Technology and Environment
[0026] FIG. 1 illustrates an example wireless communication network, and / or system, 100 in which techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the following discussion, the wireless communication network 100 may be any wireless network, such as a cellular network or a narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT) network, and is herein referred to as “network 100. ” Such an example network 100 includes a base station 102 (hereinafter “BS 102” ; also referred to as wireless communication node) and a user equipment device 104 (hereinafter “UE 104” ; also referred to as wireless communication device) that can communicate with each other via a communication link 110 (e.g., a wireless communication channel) , and a cluster of cells 126, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138 and 140 overlaying a geographical area 101. In FIG. 1, the BS 102 and UE 104 are contained within a respective geographic boundary of cell 126. Each of the other cells 130, 132, 134, 136, 138 and 140 may include at least one base station operating at its allocated bandwidth to provide adequate radio coverage to its intended users.
[0027] For example, the BS 102 may operate at an allocated channel transmission bandwidth to provide adequate coverage to the UE 104. The BS 102 and the UE 104 may communicate via a downlink radio frame 118, and an uplink radio frame 124 respectively. Each radio frame 118 / 124 may be further divided into sub-frames 120 / 127 which may include data symbols 122 / 128. In the present disclosure, the BS 102 and UE 104 are described herein as non-limiting examples of “communication nodes, ” generally, which can practice the methods disclosed herein. Such communication nodes may be capable of wireless and / or wired communications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present solution.
[0028] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an example wireless communication system 200 for transmitting and receiving wireless communication signals (e.g., OFDM / OFDMA signals) in accordance with some embodiments of the present solution. The system 200 may include components and elements configured to support known or conventional operating features that need not be described in detail herein. In one illustrative embodiment, system 200 can be used to communicate (e.g., transmit and receive) data symbols in a wireless communication environment such as the wireless communication environment 100 of FIG. 1, as described above.
[0029] System 200 generally includes a base station 202 (hereinafter “BS 202” ) and a user equipment device 204 (hereinafter “UE 204” ) . The BS 202 includes a BS (base station) transceiver module 210, a BS antenna 212, a BS processor module 214, a BS memory module 216, and a network communication module 218, each module being coupled and interconnected with one another as necessary via a data communication bus 220. The UE 204 includes a UE (user equipment) transceiver module 230, a UE antenna 232, a UE memory module 234, and a UE processor module 236, each module being coupled and interconnected with one another as necessary via a data communication bus 240. The BS 202 communicates with the UE 204 via a communication channel 250, which can be any wireless channel or other medium suitable for transmission of data as described herein.
[0030] As would be understood by persons of ordinary skill in the art, system 200 may further include any number of modules other than the modules shown in FIG. 2. Those skilled in the art will understand that the various illustrative blocks, modules, circuits, and processing logic described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, computer-readable software, firmware, or any practical combination thereof. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability and compatibility of hardware, firmware, and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps are described generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware, firmware, or software can depend upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Those familiar with the concepts described herein may implement such functionality in a suitable manner for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present disclosure.
[0031] In accordance with some embodiments, the UE transceiver 230 may be referred to herein as an "uplink" transceiver 230 that includes a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and a RF receiver each comprising circuitry that is coupled to the antenna 232. A duplex switch (not shown) may alternatively couple the uplink transmitter or receiver to the uplink antenna in time duplex fashion. Similarly, in accordance with some embodiments, the BS transceiver 210 may be referred to herein as a "downlink" transceiver 210 that includes a RF transmitter and a RF receiver each comprising circuity that is coupled to the antenna 212. A downlink duplex switch may alternatively couple the downlink transmitter or receiver to the downlink antenna 212 in time duplex fashion. The operations of the two transceiver modules 210 and 230 may be coordinated in time such that the uplink receiver circuitry is coupled to the uplink antenna 232 for reception of transmissions over the wireless transmission link 250 at the same time that the downlink transmitter is coupled to the downlink antenna 212. Conversely, the operations of the two transceivers 210 and 230 may be coordinated in time such that the downlink receiver is coupled to the downlink antenna 212 for reception of transmissions over the wireless transmission link 250 at the same time that the uplink transmitter is coupled to the uplink antenna 232. In some embodiments, there is close time synchronization with a minimal guard time between changes in duplex direction.
[0032] The UE transceiver 230 and the base station transceiver 210 are configured to communicate via the wireless data communication link 250, and cooperate with a suitably configured RF antenna arrangement 212 / 232 that can support a particular wireless communication protocol and modulation scheme. In some illustrative embodiments, the UE transceiver 210 and the base station transceiver 210 are configured to support industry standards such as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) and emerging 5G standards, and the like. It is understood, however, that the present disclosure is not necessarily limited in application to a particular standard and associated protocols. Rather, the UE transceiver 230 and the base station transceiver 210 may be configured to support alternate, or additional, wireless data communication protocols, including future standards or variations thereof.
[0033] In accordance with various embodiments, the BS 202 may be an evolved node B (eNB) , a serving eNB, a target eNB, a femto station, or a pico station, for example. In some embodiments, the UE 204 may be embodied in various types of user devices such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , tablet, laptop computer, wearable computing device, etc. The processor modules 214 and 236 may be implemented, or realized, with a general purpose processor, a content addressable memory, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, any suitable programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof, designed to perform the functions described herein. In this manner, a processor may be realized as a microprocessor, a controller, a microcontroller, a state machine, or the like. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a digital signal processor core, or any other such configuration.
[0034] Furthermore, the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in firmware, in a software module executed by processor modules 214 and 236, respectively, or in any practical combination thereof. The memory modules 216 and 234 may be realized as RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. In this regard, memory modules 216 and 234 may be coupled to the processor modules 210 and 230, respectively, such that the processors modules 210 and 230 can read information from, and write information to, memory modules 216 and 234, respectively. The memory modules 216 and 234 may also be integrated into their respective processor modules 210 and 230. In some embodiments, the memory modules 216 and 234 may each include a cache memory for storing temporary variables or other intermediate information during execution of instructions to be executed by processor modules 210 and 230, respectively. Memory modules 216 and 234 may also each include non-volatile memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor modules 210 and 230, respectively.
[0035] The network communication module 218 generally represents the hardware, software, firmware, processing logic, and / or other components of the base station 202 that enable bi-directional communication between base station transceiver 210 and other network components and communication nodes configured to communication with the base station 202. For example, network communication module 218 may be configured to support internet or WiMAX traffic. In a typical deployment, without limitation, network communication module 218 provides an 802.3 Ethernet interface such that base station transceiver 210 can communicate with a conventional Ethernet based computer network. In this manner, the network communication module 218 may include a physical interface for connection to the computer network (e.g., Mobile Switching Center (MSC) ) . The terms “configured for, ” “configured to” and conjugations thereof, as used herein with respect to a specified operation or function, refer to a device, component, circuit, structure, machine, signal, etc., that is physically constructed, programmed, formatted and / or arranged to perform the specified operation or function.
[0036] The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model (referred to herein as, “open system interconnection model” ) is a conceptual and logical layout that defines network communication used by systems (e.g., wireless communication device, wireless communication node) open to interconnection and communication with other systems. The model is broken into seven subcomponents, or layers, each of which represents a conceptual collection of services provided to the layers above and below it. The OSI Model also defines a logical network and effectively describes computer packet transfer by using different layer protocols. The OSI Model may also be referred to as the seven-layer OSI Model or the seven-layer model. In some embodiments, a first layer may be a physical layer. In some embodiments, a second layer may be a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. In some embodiments, a third layer may be a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer. In some embodiments, a fourth layer may be a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer. In some embodiments, a fifth layer may be a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer. In some embodiments, a sixth layer may be a Non Access Stratum (NAS) layer or an Internet Protocol (IP) layer, and the seventh layer being the other layer.
[0037] Various example embodiments of the present solution are described below with reference to the accompanying figures to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the present solution. As would be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, after reading the present disclosure, various changes or modifications to the examples described herein can be made without departing from the scope of the present solution. Thus, the present solution is not limited to the example embodiments and applications described and illustrated herein. Additionally, the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the methods disclosed herein are merely example approaches. Based upon design preferences, the specific order or hierarchy of steps of the disclosed methods or processes can be re-arranged while remaining within the scope of the present solution. Thus, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that the methods and techniques disclosed herein present various steps or acts in a sample order, and the present solution is not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented unless expressly stated otherwise.
[0038] 2. Systems and Methods for Downlink Signaling Enhancement
[0039] To address the challenges posed by limited resources and a larger number of user equipment (UEs) , one approach is to enhance uplink capacity through sequence multiplexing. The multiplexing of UEs using specific sequences, such as orthogonal cover codes (OCC) , for physical random access channel (PRACH) is one approach and considered beneficial. However, when multiple Msg1 messages are sent on the same resource, it is possible for at least one of the corresponding random access preamble identifier (RAPID) and / or random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) to be the same among different UEs, making it difficult for the gNB / eNB to distinguish between the UEs. To mitigate the increased likelihood of conflicts resulting from the use of specific sequences (e.g., OCC) , this disclosure provides methods to enhance downlink (DL) signaling for efficient utilization of uplink resources in a terrestrial network (TN) / non-terrestrial network (NTN) .
[0040] FIG. 3 illustrates an example illustration of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) , in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. An example structure of transparent NTN is illustrated in FIG. 3. The link between a UE and a satellite can be a service link. The link between a BS and a satellite can be a feeder link and can be common for all UEs within the same cell.
[0041] 4 step RACH procedure
[0042] Step 1: A UE may transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble with a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) if all the conditions for PRACH transmission is met.
[0043] Step 2: A gNB may send a downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a RA-RNTI value. The UE may try to detect a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission (e.g., DCI signaling) with the corresponding RA-RNTI within a period of random access response (RAR) -window. If the UE successfully decoded the PDCCH transmission, the UE may decode physical uplink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying RAR data. After decoding RAR data, the UE may check if a RAPID in the RAR message matches the RAPID assigned to the UE.
[0044] Step 3: The UE can transmit Msg3 physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission on the same serving cell to a UE sent the PRACH. If the UE has unique identity, such as a Cell-RNTI (C-RNTI) , the C-RNTI can be carried in Msg3, otherwise, the core network identity can be carried in Msg3.
[0045] Step 4: If the C-RNTI is carried in Msg3, the gNB may use the C-RNTI to scramble the PDCCH transmission, otherwise temporary C-RNTI (TC-RNTI) to scramble the PDCCH transmission.
[0046] (1) For a UE with unique identity C-RNTI, the gNB may monitor to decode PDCCH transmission with a C-RNTI. If the PDCCH transmission is successfully decoded, the UE may declare the success of random access.
[0047] (2) For a UE without unique identity C-RNTI, the gNB may monitor to decode PDCCH transmission with a TC-RNTI. If PDCCH transmission is successfully decoded, the gNB may decode PDSCH transmission carrying the medium access control control elements (MAC CE) and may compare the ID in MAC CE and the ID sent in Msg3, and may set C-RNTI = TC-RNTI if the IDs are consistent.
[0048] Once the UE successfully decode Msg4 (e.g., contention resolution step 4 (2) ) , the UE may send hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) for the data (e.g., PDSCH transmission) . FIG. 4 illustrates an example approach for random access channel (RACH) and radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0049] RAR (Msg2) design
[0050] A random access response (RAR) message can be scheduled by DCI format N1 scrambled by RA-RNTI or C-RNTI. A DCI Format N1 can be used for random access procedure initiated by a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH) order only if NPDCCH order indicator is set to “1” , format N1 CRC is scrambled with C-RNTI, and the fields includes NPDCCH order indicator –1 bit, Preamble format indicator –1 bit, starting number of narrowband physical random access channel (NPRACH) repetitions –2 bits, subcarrier indication of NPRACH –6 or 8 bits, carrier indication of NPRACH –4 bits, remaining bits in format N1 are set to one (reserved) .
[0051] When the format N1 CRC is scrambled with a RA-RNTI, the following fields can be reserved for RA-RNTI: NPDCCH order indicator –1 bit, new data indicator –1 bit, HARQ-ACK resource –4 bits, remaining field can be same as the defined field for scheduling NPDSCH.
[0052] For NB-IoT UEs, the MAC RAR in FIG. 9 can be used, except for NB-IoT UEs using preamble format 2. The MAC RAR in FIG. 10 can be used. A MAC PDU may include a MAC header and zero or more MAC random access responses (MAC RAR) and optionally padding as described in FIG. 11. The MAC header can be of variable size and may include the following fields.
[0053] E:The Extension field can be a flag indicating if more fields are present in the MAC header or not. The E field can be set to "1" to indicate at least another set of E / T / RAPID fields follows. The E field can be set to "0" to indicate that a MAC RAR or padding starts at the next byte.
[0054] T: The Type field can be a flag indicating whether the MAC subheader contains a Random Access ID or a Backoff Indicator. The T field can be set to "0" to indicate the presence of a Backoff Indicator field in the subheader (BI) . The T field can be set to "1" to indicate the presence of a Random Access Preamble ID field in the subheader (RAPID) .
[0055] R: A Reserved bit, which can be set to "0" .
[0056] BI: The Backoff Indicator field may identify the overload condition in the cell. The size of the BI field can be 4 bits.
[0057] RAPID: The random access preamble identifier field may identify the transmitted random access preamble. The size of the RAPID field can be 6 bits. For NB-IoT, the random access preamble identifier (RAPID) field may correspond to the start subcarrier index.
[0058] FIG. 5 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement (e.g., E / T / RAPID MAC subheader) , in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement (e.g., E / T / R / R / BI MAC subheader) , in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 7 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement (e.g., MAC RAR for NB-IoT UEs) , in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 illustrates an example preamble format for downlink signaling enhancement (e.g., MAC RAR for NB-IoT UEs using PRACH preamble format 2) , in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 illustrates an example of MAC PDU including a MAC header and MAC RARs, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0059] For NB-IoT UEs, the RA-RNTI associated with the PRACH in which the random access preamble can be transmitted, being computed as: RA-RNTI=1 + floor (SFN_id / 4) + 256*carrier_id. The SFN_id can be the index of the first radio frame of the specified PRACH and the carrier_id can be the index of the UL carrier associated with the specified PRACH. The carrier_id of the anchor carrier can be 0.
[0060] For NB-IoT UEs operating in time division duplex (TDD) mode, the RA-RNTI associated with the PRACH in which the random access preamble can be transmitted, being computed as: RA-RNTI = 1 +floor (SFN_id / 4) + 256* (H-SFN mod 2) . The SFN_id can be the index of the first radio frame of the specified PRACH and H-SFN can be the index of the first hyper frame of the specified PRACH. The PDCCH transmission and the PRACH resource can be on the same carrier.
[0061] Multiplexing multiple preambles on same time-frequency resource via specific sequence corresponding to sequence index can improve the UL capacity. The sequence can be / comprise (or be based on) orthogonal cover code, or non-orthogonal cover code. The orthogonal cover code can be based on at least one of: a discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) sequence, a Walsh sequence, a Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, or a Hadamard sequence.
[0062] When applying the sequence to Msg1, as the sequence selected by a UE can be different, the gNB can distinguish UEs based on the detected different sequence indexes / indices. Therefore, for how to respond to Msg1 that may come from multiple UEs on the same resource to fully utilize uplink resource, gNB / eNB can consider the following methods to design signaling of Msg2.
[0063] Implementation Example 1: Msg2 signaling enhancement
[0064] Case-1: The RA-RNTI used for scrambling DCI cyclic redundancy check (CRC) may remain unchanged. The UEs may receive multiple Msg2 (s) carrying different sequence index (es) respectively. The sequence index information can be carried in the DCI scheduling RAR message (e.g., the first indication) . Existing field or a new field can be used to indicate the sequence index in DCI scheduling RAR message.
[0065] a. An existing field can be at least one of new data indicator or HARQ-ACK resource which is reserved in DCI scrambled with a RA-RNTI, or the field set to one in remaining field in DCI used for random access procedure initiated by a NPDCCH order only if NPDCCH order indicator is set to “1” and scrambled with C-RNTI.
[0066] b. The bit length to indicate the sequence index can be determined by the number of sequence index. For example, the field can occupy 2 bits or 3 bits, which 1st / 2nd / 3rd... corresponding to sequence index 1 / 2 / 3 / ..., sequentially.
[0067] Table 6. Sequence index
[0068] Case-1-a: If a gNB / eNB detects multiple Msg1 sent by multiple UEs on same time-frequency resource, the gNB / eNB can store MAC RARs of multiple UEs with different sequence indexes in different MAC PDUs to avoid indexing UEs with the same RAPID and RA-RNTI to the same MAC RAR. The gNB / eNB can send multiple Msg2 messages indicating corresponding sequence index to UEs sequentially. The UE may receive multiple DCI (s) scheduling RAR and carrying different sequence index (s) , then distinguish the UE’s RAR by comparing the received sequence index in DCI with the OCC index that has been used to scramble Msg 1 (e.g., PRACH transmission) , for the detection.
[0069] - UEs may detect DCI (s) scheduling RAR or RAR (s) in the RAR detection window, or
[0070] - UEs may detect DCI (s) scheduling RAR or RAR (s) in an extended RAR window, such as the RAR window expanded to N times its original size, N equal to the sequence length, or
[0071] - UEs may detect DCIs scheduling RAR and then offset x duration in accordance with the sequence index to detect RARs in the RAR detection window.
[0072] Case-2: The RA-RNTI used for scrambling DCI CRC may remain unchanged. The calculation method of RAPID can be modified, and the RAPID corresponding to the preamble sent on the same time-frequency resource can be combined with the sequence index for the determination of the new RAPID. The base station may send DCI for scheduling RAR and RAR (s) with different RAPIDs corresponding to the same RA-RNTI of different UE. The UEs may search its RAR through the new RAPID. The random access preamble identifier field can correspond to the start subcarrier index. The size of the RAPID field can be 6 bits or 6 bits plus 2 extended RAPID bits in RAR. The extended RAPID may indicate the two least significant bits of extended RAPID when PRACH preamble format 2 is transmitted.
[0073] a. For example, the code point for RAPID can be 0 to x, and x+1 to 63 or 255 can be reserved code point which can be used for representing sequence index 2 to ( (63 or 255) -x) . Therefore, one or multiple reserved code points can be reused for sequence index to distinguish multiple PRACH using different sequences on the same time-frequency resource, where sequence index 1 may represent a RAPID (e.g., legacy RAPID) . X can be 47, or 143 or other value.
[0074] Case-2-a: If gNB / eNB detects multiple PRACH sent by multiple UEs on same time-frequency resource and the PRACH (s) signal is multiplied by the sequence (s) corresponding to sequence index of multiple UEs, the gNB / eNB can send the Msg2 message to multiple UEs (e.g., DCI for scheduling RAR message which can be scrambled by the RA-RNTI , and RAR message) and UEs detect the Msg2 message. For the RAPID in MAC PDU, assuming x is 47, sequence index 1 may correspond to a RAPID corresponding to the start subcarrier index, sequence index 2 may correspond to the 1st reserved value (e.g., 48) , sequence index 3 may correspond to the 2nd reserved value (e.g., 49) , etc., as shown in FIG. 10. In another example, assuming x is 143, sequence index 1 may correspond to a RAPID corresponding to the start subcarrier index, sequence index 2 may correspond to the 1st reserved value (e.g., 144) , sequence index 3 may correspond to the 2nd reserved value (e.g., 145) , etc. The UE may receive the Msg2 and may distinguish its RAR by comparing the enhanced / legacy RAPID in MAC RAR and sequence index / the start subcarrier index used for PRACH. The gNB / eNB can store MAC RARs of UE with different sequence indexes in same MAC PDUs since their RA-RNTI are same. FIG. 10 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. In FIG. 10, the MAC PDU may include enhanced RAPID in MAC header and corresponding MAC RARs.
[0075] Case-3: The RA-RNTI used for scrambling DCI CRC may remain unchanged. The mapping relationship between RAPID and MAC RAR can be modified. One RAPID may correspond to multiple MAC RARs including legacy information and sequence index.
[0076] a. For example, reusing reserved field (5 bits in MAC RAR for format 0 and 1, 4 bits in MAC RAR for format 2) can be as another MAC RAR flag indicator and the sequence index indicator. 1 bit in reserved field can be defined as another MAC RAR flag indicator. At least two bits in reserved field can be defined as sequence index indicator used for distinguishing multiple Msg1 using sequence on the same time-frequency resource, where sequence index 1 may represent legacy MAC RAR.
[0077] b. For example, assuming UE 1 / 2 sent Msg1 (format 0) with sequence index 1 / 2 scrambling on same time frequency resource, if gNB / eNB receive the 2 UEs successfully, then the DCI for scheduling RAR can be scrambled by RA-RNTI and the reserved bit field in MAC RARs in MAC PDU corresponding to UE1 / 2 with same RAPID can be configured as (1 0001) / (1 0010) . The indicator in the RAR corresponding to the previous or subsequent RAPID if exist can be set to overturn, which can be 0 in this example, as shown in FIG. 11.
[0078] Case-3-a: If a gNB / eNB detect multiple Msg1 sent by multiple UEs on same time-frequency resource, the gNB / eNB can send the Msg2 messages to multiple UEs (e.g., DCI scheduling RAR message which can be scrambled by the RA-RNTI, and RAR message) . For the another MAC RAR flag indicator and the sequence index indicator in RAR, assuming UE 1 / 2 sent Msg1 (format 0) with sequence index 1 / 2 on same time frequency resource, if the gNB / eNB receives the 2 UEs successfully, the DCI scheduling RAR can be scrambled by RA-RNTI and the reserved bit field in MAC RARs in MAC PDU corresponding to UE1 / 2 can be configured as (1 0001) / (1 0010) , and the indicator in the RAR corresponding to the previous or subsequent RAPID if exist is set to overturn, which is 0 in this example, as shown in FIG. 11. The UE may receive the Msg2 and may distinguish its RAR by comparing the received sequence index indicator and sequence index used for preamble. The gNB / eNB can store MAC RARs of UE with different sequence indexes in same MAC PDUs since their RA-RNTI are same.
[0079] FIG. 11 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. In FIG. 11, a MAC PDU comprises a MAC header and / or MAC RARs including another MAC RAR flag indicator and the sequence index indicator. FIG. 12 illustrates an example packet data unit (PDU) for downlink signaling enhancement, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. In FIG. 12, a MAC PDU comprises a MAC header and MAC RARs including sequence index indicator.
[0080] Case-4: The RA-RNTI used for scrambling DCI CRC may remain unchanged. The mapping relationship between RAPID and MAC RAR can be modified. One RAPID may correspond to multiple MAC RARs including legacy information and sequence index. Besides, the gNB / eNB may indicate the number of preambles with different sequence indexes detected by the base station, Pnum, to the UE. The gNB / eNB can reuse existing field or define a new field as Msg1 number indicator to indicate Pnum preambles detected by the gNB / eNB.
[0081] a. Existing field can be at least one of new data indicator or HARQ-ACK resource which is reserved in DCI scrambled with a RA-RNTI, or the field set to one in remaining field in DCI used for random access procedure initiated by a NPDCCH order only if NPDCCH order indicator is set to “1” and scrambled with C-RNTI.
[0082] a) The bit length can be determined by the number of detected Msg1. For example, the field can occupy 2 bits, 3 bits or 4 bits, which the value may correspond to the number of detected preambles.
[0083] b. The gNB / eNB can reuse reserved field (e.g., 5 bits in MAC RAR for format 0 and 1, 4 bits in MAC RAR for format 2) in MAC RAR as sequence index indication to indicate the sequence index. The number of MAC RARs corresponding to one RAPID can be determined by the Msg1 number indicator in DCI scheduling RAR. At least two bits in reserved field can be defined as sequence index indicator used for distinguishing multiple Msg1 using sequence on the same time-frequency resource.
[0084] Case-4-a: If a gNB / eNB detects multiple PRACH sent by multiple UEs on same time-frequency resource, the gNB / eNB can send the Msg2 messages to multiple UEs (e.g., DCI scheduling RAR message which can be scramble by the RA-RNTI, and RAR message, and indicating the number of PRACH detected by gNB / eNB in DCI and indicating the sequence index of each detected preamble in MAC RAR) . For example, assuming 3 bits in reserved field in MAC RAR is used for sequence index indication, UE 1 / 2 sent Msg1 (format 0) with sequence index 1 / 2 scrambling on same time frequency resource, if the gNB / eNB receives the 2 UEs successfully, the DCI scheduling RAR can be scrambled by RA-RNTI and PRACH number indicator indicates 2, and the reserved bit field in MAC RARs in MAC PDU corresponding to UE1 / 2 can be configured as (001) / (010) , as shown in FIG. 12. The UE may distinguish its RAR by comparing the received sequence index with the sequence index used for PRACH. The gNB / eNB can store MAC RARs of UE with different sequence indexes in same MAC PDUs since their RA-RNTI are same.
[0085] Case-5: A new RA-RNTI associated with sequence index can be defined. The base station may send DCI for scheduling RAR and scrambled by different RA-RNTI to the multiple UEs. The UEs may search DCI by descrambling the RA-RNTI. The determination of RA-RNTI can consider following methods, for example.
[0086] a. For NB-IoT UEs, the RA-RNTI associated with the PRACH can be computed as:
[0087] RA-RNTI=1 + floor (SFN_id / 4) + 256*carrier_id +constant (e.g., 256*16) *sequence_index. SFN_id can be the index of the first radio frame of the specified PRACH and carrier_id can be the index of the UL carrier associated with the specified PRACH. The carrier_id of the anchor carrier can be 0. The sequence_index can be the sequence index selected by the UE to scramble preamble sequence (Msg1) .
[0088] b. For NB-IoT UEs operating in TDD mode, the RA-RNTI associated with the PRACH can be computed as:
[0089] RA-RNTI = 1 + floor (SFN_id / 4) + 256* (H-SFN mod 2) +constant (e.g., 256*2) *sequence_index or RA-RNTI = 1 + floor (SFN_id / 4) + constant (e.g., 256) *sequence_index+constant (e.g., 256*LsequenceLength) * (H-SFN mod 2) . SFN_id can be the index of the first radio frame of the specified PRACH and H-SFN can be the index of the first hyper frame of the specified PRACH. The PDCCH transmission and the PRACH resource can be on the same carrier. The sequence_index can be the selected sequence index by UE to scramble preamble sequence (e.g., PRACH) .
[0090] Case-5-a: If a gNB / eNB detects multiple PRACH sent by multiple UEs on same time-frequency resource, the gNB / eNB can store MAC RARs of UE with different sequence indexes in different MAC PDUs since their new RA-RNTI is different. The gNB / eNB may send multiple Msg2 messages to UEs with different RA-RNTI for detection (e.g., DCI scheduling RAR message which can be scramble by the new RA-RNTI) . The UEs may detect multiple DCI (s) scheduling RAR by descrambling DCI using new RA-RNTI. The UE may distinguish its RAR by comparing the sequence index implicitly indicating via RA-RNTII with the sequence index used to scramble Msg 1, for the detection.
[0091] - UEs may detect DCI scheduling RAR and RAR (s) in the RAR detection window, or
[0092] - UEs may detect DCI scheduling RAR and RAR (s) in an extended RAR window, such as the RAR window expanded to N times its original size, N equal to the sequence length, or
[0093] - UEs may detect DCIs scheduling RAR and then offset x duration in accordance with the sequence index to detect RARs in the RAR detection window.
[0094] Implementation Example 2: TC-RNTI signaling enhancement
[0095] Case-6: The RA-RNTI may remain unchanged and the calculation of TC-RNTI can be associated with the sequence index that has been used for PRACH after receiving Msg2 (e.g., DCI scheduling RAR and RAR) successfully.
[0096] a. No matter how many PRACH with different sequence indexes are detected by the base station on the same time-frequency resource, the base station may send a Msg2 (e.g., DCI for scheduling RAR and scrambled by RA-RNTI, and RAR) . After receiving the DCI scrambled by RA-RNTI, the UEs may search the corresponding RAR message to obtain a TC-RNTI. The TC-RNTI plus sequence index that has been used for PRACH as its new TC-RNTI and subsequent transmission (e.g., PUSCH, NPUSCH) can be scrambled by the new TC-RNTI.
[0097] Case-6-a: For example, assuming 4 UEs select sequence indexes 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 to send PRACH, if the gNB / eNB detects multiple PRACH sent by multiple UEs on same time-frequency resource, the gNB / eNB can send the Msg2 messages (e.g., DCI scheduling RAR and RAR) for the UEs’s detection. The UE may distinguish its RAR by detecting DCI scrambled by RA-RNTI and RAPID. After receiving RAR, the UEs may determine their new TC-RNTI as TC-RNTI plus sequence index 1 / 2 / 3 / 4, where sequence index 1 may represent legacy TC-RNTI. The gNB / eNB can store MAC RARs of UEs with different sequence indexes in same MAC PDUs since their RA-RNTI are same.
[0098] Case-7: The RA-RNTI may remain unchanged, and the calculation of TC-RNTI can be related to the offset assigned in Msg4 or the sequence index used for PRACH or Msg3 (e.g., PUSCH, NPUSCH) after Msg4 is received.
[0099] a. No matter how many preambles with different sequence indexes are detected by the base station on the same time-frequency resource, the base station may send a Msg2 (e.g., DCI scheduling RAR and RAR) . After receiving the DCI scrambled by RA-RNTI, the UEs may search the corresponding RAR message to obtain a TC-RNTI. The Msg3 message can be sent on the allocated UL grant resource. If the UEs receive (s) corresponding Msg4 successfully, the UE can update their TC-RNTI by adjusting (e.g., add or subtract) with an offset in corresponding Msg4 or adjusting with a corresponding sequence index used for PRACH or Msg3.
[0100] It should be understood that one or more features from the above / following implementation examples are not exclusive to the specific implementation examples, but can be combined in any manner (e.g., in any priority and / or order, concurrently or otherwise) .
[0101] FIG. 13 illustrates a flow diagram of a method 1300 for downlink signaling enhancement. The method 1300 may be implemented using any one or more of the components and devices detailed herein in conjunction with FIGs. 1–12. In overview, the method 1300 may be performed by a UE, in some embodiments. Additional, fewer, or different operations may be performed in the method 1300 depending on the embodiment. At least one aspect of the operations is directed to a system, method, apparatus, or a computer-readable medium.
[0102] A wireless communication device (e.g., a user equipment (UE) ) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) signaling comprising a first indication for scheduling a first random access response (RAR) message from a wireless communication node (e.g., a base station (BS) ) . In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may receive the first RAR message comprising a second indication from the wireless communication node. The first indication or the second indication can be associated with information of a sequence used by the wireless communication device in an uplink (UL) transmission.
[0103] In some embodiments, the first indication can be at least one of: a third indication in the DCI scheduling RAR message indicating a specific sequence index; a fourth indication in the DCI scheduling RAR message indicating a number of RAR messages corresponding to a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) ; a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) used for cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambling; or a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling and corresponded to a specific sequence index. In some embodiments, the second indication can be at least one of: a fifth indication indicating a random access preamble identifier (RAPID ) corresponding to a specific sequence index; a sixth indication as a flag indicator indicating whether the first RAR message belongs to the same RAPID as a previous RAR message; a seventh indication indicating a specific sequence index; an eighth indication indicating the RAPID; or a temporary cell radio network temporary identifier (TC-RNTI) indication. In some embodiments, the fifth indication can be activated when the first indication comprises a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling. The sixth indication and the seventh indication can be activated when the first indication comprises a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling. The seventh indication can be activated when the first indication comprises a fourth indication and a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling.
[0104] In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may detect at least one of the first indication or the second indication, the DCI signaling comprising a first indication for scheduling a first random access response (RAR) message or the first RAR message comprising a second indication when a condition is satisfied. The condition may comprise at least one of: a PRACH transmission using a sequence to multiply a PRACH signal sent by the wireless communication device; or a ninth indication, indicating to apply the sequence to a PUSCH transmission. In some embodiments, a TC-RNTI indicated via the TC-RNTI indication may comprise an update to another TC-RNTI by adding at least one of the sequence index or an offset indicator. The sequence index may comprise at least one of: the sequence index indicated in the DCI (for) scheduling RAR message (e.g., the first indication) or a RAR message (e.g., the second indication) , the sequence index that has been used for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, the sequence index that can be used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.
[0105] In some embodiments, the TC-RNTI indicated via the TC-RNTI indication may comprise an update to another C-RNTI by adding at least one of the sequence index, or an offset indication. The sequence index may comprise at least one of: the sequence index indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message (e.g., the first indication) or a RAR message (e.g., the second indication) , the sequence index that has been used for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, the sequence index that can be used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The offset indication indicating an offset can be indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message, or a PDSCH transmission, or a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) transmission corresponding to the PDSCH transmission. In some embodiments, the sequence index can be determined according to at least one of: a field value of a third indication; a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) ; a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) ; or a field value of the seventh indication. In some embodiments, the RAPID may correspond to one or more RAR messages. A number of one or more RAR messages can be indicated by the fourth indication. The first RAR message may comprise one or more RAR messages.
[0106] In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may detect the RAR message in a first RAR detection window. The wireless communication device may detect the RAR message in an extended RAR detection window. The extended RAR detection window can be N times of the first RAR window. The N can be an integer number. The wireless communication device may detect the RAR message in a second RAR window. The second RAR window may have an offset relative to the first RAR window.
[0107] In some embodiments, the sequence information may comprise at least one of: a sequence type; or a sequence index. The sequence type may include at least one of: an orthogonal cover code or a non-orthogonal cover code. The orthogonal cover code can be based on at least one of: a discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) sequence, a Walsh sequence, a Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, or a Hadamard sequence. In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may transmit the DCI signaling comprising the first indication for scheduling the first RAR message to a wireless communication node.
[0108] While various embodiments of the present solution have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not by way of limitation. Likewise, the various diagrams may depict an example architectural or configuration, which are provided to enable persons of ordinary skill in the art to understand example features and functions of the present solution. Such persons would understand, however, that the solution is not restricted to the illustrated example architectures or configurations, but can be implemented using a variety of alternative architectures and configurations. Additionally, as would be understood by persons of ordinary skill in the art, one or more features of one embodiment can be combined with one or more features of another embodiment described herein. Thus, the breadth and scope of the present disclosure should not be limited by any of the above-described illustrative embodiments.
[0109] It is also understood that any reference to an element herein using a designation such as "first, " "second, " and so forth does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. Rather, these designations can be used herein as a convenient means of distinguishing between two or more elements or instances of an element. Thus, a reference to first and second elements does not mean that only two elements can be employed, or that the first element must precede the second element in some manner.
[0110] Additionally, a person having ordinary skill in the art would understand that information and signals can be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits and symbols, for example, which may be referenced in the above description can be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0111] A person of ordinary skill in the art would further appreciate that any of the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, processors, means, circuits, methods and functions described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware (e.g., a digital implementation, an analog implementation, or a combination of the two) , firmware, various forms of program or design code incorporating instructions (which can be referred to herein, for convenience, as "software" or a "software module) , or any combination of these techniques. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware, firmware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware, firmware or software, or a combination of these techniques, depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans can implement the described functionality in various ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions do not cause a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.
[0112] Furthermore, a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand that various illustrative logical blocks, modules, devices, components and circuits described herein can be implemented within or performed by an integrated circuit (IC) that can include a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, or any combination thereof. The logical blocks, modules, and circuits can further include antennas and / or transceivers to communicate with various components within the network or within the device. A general purpose processor can be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor can be any conventional processor, controller, or state machine. A processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other suitable configuration to perform the functions described herein.
[0113] If implemented in software, the functions can be stored as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Thus, the steps of a method or algorithm disclosed herein can be implemented as software stored on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that can be enabled to transfer a computer program or code from one place to another. A storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD- ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.
[0114] In this document, the term "module" as used herein, refers to software, firmware, hardware, and any combination of these elements for performing the associated functions described herein. Additionally, for purpose of discussion, the various modules are described as discrete modules; however, as would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art, two or more modules may be combined to form a single module that performs the associated functions according embodiments of the present solution.
[0115] Additionally, memory or other storage, as well as communication components, may be employed in embodiments of the present solution. It will be appreciated that, for clarity purposes, the above description has described embodiments of the present solution with reference to different functional units and processors. However, it will be apparent that any suitable distribution of functionality between different functional units, processing logic elements or domains may be used without detracting from the present solution. For example, functionality illustrated to be performed by separate processing logic elements, or controllers, may be performed by the same processing logic element, or controller. Hence, references to specific functional units are only references to a suitable means for providing the described functionality, rather than indicative of a strict logical or physical structure or organization.
[0116] Various modifications to the embodiments described in this disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the novel features and principles disclosed herein, as recited in the claims below.
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1.A method comprising:receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, a downlink control information (DCI) signaling comprising a first indication for scheduling a first random access response (RAR) message.2.The method of claim 1, comprising:receiving, by the wireless communication device from the wireless communication node, the first RAR message comprising a second indication.3.The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first indication or the second indication is associated with information of a sequence used by the wireless communication device in an uplink (UL) transmission.4.The method of claim 3, wherein the first indication is at least one of:a third indication in the DCI scheduling RAR message indicating a specific sequence index;a fourth indication in the DCI scheduling RAR message indicating a number of RAR messages corresponding to a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) ;a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) used for cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambling; ora RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling and corresponded to a specific sequence index.5.The method of claim 2, wherein the second indication is at least one of:a fifth indication indicating a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) corresponding to a specific sequence index;a sixth indication as a flag indicator indicating whether the first RAR message belongs to the same RAPID as a previous RAR message;a seventh indication indicating a specific sequence index;an eighth indication indicating the RAPID; ora temporary cell radio network temporary identifier (TC-RNTI) indication.6.The method of claim 5, comprising at least one of:the fifth indication is activated when the first indication comprises a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling;the sixth indication and the seventh indication are activated when the first indication comprises a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling; orthe seventh indication is activated when the first indication comprises a fourth indication and a RA-RNTI used for CRC scrambling.7.The method of claim 1 or 2, comprising,detecting, by the wireless communication device, at least one of the first indication, the second indication, the DCI signaling comprising a first indication for scheduling a first random access response (RAR) message or the first RAR message comprising a second indication when a condition is satisfied, wherein the condition comprises at least one of:a PRACH transmission using a sequence to multiply a PRACH signal sent by the wireless communication device; ora ninth indication, indicating to apply the sequence to a PUSCH transmission.8.The method of claim 5, wherein a TC-RNTI indicated via the TC-RNTI indication comprises an update to another TC-RNTI by adding at least one of the sequence index,wherein the sequence index comprises at least one of: the sequence index indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message or a RAR message, the sequence index used for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, the sequence index used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.9.The method of claim 5, wherein the TC-RNTI indicated via the TC-RNTI indication comprises an update to another C-RNTI by adding at least one of the sequence index, or an offset indication,wherein the sequence index comprises at least one of: the sequence index indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message or a RAR message, the sequence index used for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, the sequence index used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission,wherein the offset indication indicating an offset is indicated in the DCI scheduling RAR message, or a PDSCH transmission, or a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) transmission corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.10.The method of claim 5, wherein the sequence index is determined according to at least one of:a field value of a third indication;a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) ;a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) ; ora field value of the seventh indication.11.The method of claim 10, wherein the RAPID corresponds to one or more RAR messages, wherein a number of one or more RAR messages is indicated by the fourth indication.12.The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAR message comprises one or more RAR messages.13.The method of claim 1, comprising:detecting, by the wireless communication device, the RAR message in a first RAR detection window;detecting, by the wireless communication device, the RAR message in an extended RAR detection window, wherein the extended RAR detection window is N times of the first RAR window, and the N is an integer number; ordetecting, by the wireless communication device, the RAR message in a second RAR window, wherein the second RAR window has an offset relative to the first RAR window.14.The method of claim 3, wherein the sequence information comprises at least one of:a sequence type;a sequence number;a sequence length; ora sequence index.15.The method of claim 14, wherein the sequence can be at least one of: an orthogonal cover code or a non-orthogonal cover code.16.The method of claim 15, wherein the orthogonal cover code is based on at least one of: a discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) sequence, a Walsh sequence, a Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, or a Hadamard sequence.17.The method of claim 1, comprising:transmitting, by the wireless communication device to a wireless communication node, the DCI signaling comprising the first indication for scheduling the first RAR message.18.A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1-17.19.An apparatus comprising:at least one processor configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1-17.
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