Method for sounding reference signal transmission during random access procedure
By configuring SRS resource sets and triggering SRS transmissions during random access, the network entity acquires CSI, addressing inefficiencies in UE capability unknown scenarios, enhancing UL/DL channel performance and bandwidth utilization.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- GOOGLE LLC
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-15
AI Technical Summary
In wireless communication systems, especially during the random access procedure, network entities face challenges in acquiring uplink and downlink channel state information (CSI) without prior SRS transmissions, leading to inefficient bandwidth usage and performance degradation due to unknown UE capabilities and lack of proper MCS and precoder configuration.
The network entity configures multiple SRS resource set lists for early uplink/downlink CSI acquisition, associating them with different UE capabilities and random access channel occasions, and triggers SRS transmissions using control signaling or random access messages, enabling the UE to report supported configurations and transmit SRS for CSI measurement.
This approach allows for early acquisition of CSI, enabling the network entity to select appropriate MCS and precoders, improving UL/DL channel performance and bandwidth efficiency during the random access procedure.
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METHOD FOR SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DURING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURETECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication, and more particularly, to techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit sounding reference signal (SRS) for a network entity to obtain information on propagation channels during the random access procedure.BACKGROUND
[0002] The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifies a radio interface referred to as fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) (5G NR) . An architecture for a 5G NR wireless communication system includes a 5G core (5GC) network, a 5G radio access network (5G-RAN) , a user equipment (5G UE) , etc. The 5G NR architecture seeks to provide increased data rates, decreased latency, and / or increased capacity compared to prior generation cellular communication systems.
[0003] Wireless communication systems, in general, provide various telecommunication services (e.g., telephony, video, data, messaging, etc. ) based on multiple-access technologies, such as orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technologies, that support communication with multiple UEs. Improvements in mobile broadband continue the progression of such wireless communication technologies. To facilitate communication, a UE and a network entity collaborate to measure properties of propagation channels in the uplink and downlink directions based on channel measurement resources. For example, a network entity configures a UE to transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs) for the network entity to measure the uplink propagation channel and to estimate the downlink propagation channel. The network entity uses the measured channel properties to select preferred beams for transmission in the uplink and downlink directions. Complexities arise during the random access procedure when the UE does not transmit the SRSs prior to establishing a connection with the network entity. In the absence of the channel information, the network entity may select beams that have inefficient bandwidth and compromised performance.
[0004] BRIEF SUMMARY
[0005] The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects. This summary neither identifies key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineates the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
[0006] A network entity may configure a user equipment (UE) in radio resource control (RRC) connected mode with one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for different usage scenarios. The UE transmits a set of SRSs based on the configured SRS resource sets for the network entity to measure the uplink propagation channel, referred to as uplink channel state information (CSI) measurement. Based on the uplink CSI measurement, a scheduler of the network entity identifies a set of resource blocks to allocate for uplink transmissions. A link adaptation algorithm of the network entity also selects the appropriate modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the uplink transmissions.
[0007] For example, when the network entity configures SRS resource sets for codebook usage, the UE transmits a set of non-precoded SRS. The network entity measures the uplink CSI based on the SRS transmissions to select the antenna ports, MCS, and the precoder for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) . The network entity selects the rank and precoding weights from a predefined codebook and provides feedback to the UE in terms of parameters such as SRS resource indicator (SRI) , rank indicator (RI) , and transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) .
[0008] In another example, when the network configures SRS resource sets for non-codebook usage, the UE transmits a set of SRSs, where each SRS is precoded using a different set of UE generated precoding weights or using a different layer (s) of a UE-generated precoder. The UE may determine the precoding weights based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) associated with the configured SRS resource sets. The network entity measures the uplink CSI based on the SRS transmissions and provides feedback to the UE regarding the MCS, which set of precoding weights to apply, the precoder rank, etc., when transmitting the PUSCH. Non-codebook based transmission assumes channel reciprocity so the UE is able to generate uplink precoding weights by measuring the downlink propagation channel based on the CSI-RS (e.g., downlink CSI measurement) .
[0009] In another example, when the network configures SRS resource sets for antenna switching usage, the UE transmits a set of SRSs from different antenna ports to facilitate downlink (DL) CSI acquisition. The network entity measures the uplink CSI based on the SRS transmissions to determine the downlink CSI when channel reciprocity exists. In this usage scenario, the UE may have a fewer number of transmission antenna ports than the number of receiving antenna ports. The UE switches the transmit antennas to transmit the SRS from different receiving ports.
[0010] When a UE is in RRC idle mode or RRC inactive mode (e.g., initial access, handover, or layer1 / layer 2 (L1 / L2) triggered mobility (LTM) (also referred to as “lower-layer triggered mobility” ) ) , the UE performs a random access procedure to establish a connection with a network entity. After the random access procedure, the network entity configures one or more SRS resource sets for codebook, non-codebook, or antenna switching usage and triggers the configured SRS resource sets. However, before the network entity receives the SRS transmissions, the network entity does not have the uplink or downlink CSI to configure the proper MCS and precoder for uplink or downlink transmissions. Without the uplink / downlink CSI, the network may schedule uplink / downlink transmissions based on a single port, a lower MCS, etc., causing bandwidth inefficiency and performance degradation.
[0011] However, early acquisition of uplink / downlink CSI during the random access procedure presents many challenges. For example, the network entity does not know the UE capability for SRS transmissions, e.g., the supported number of transmission antenna ports and receiving antenna ports for antenna switching, the supported uplink transmission schemes (e.g., codebook or non-codebook) , the supported maximum number of ports for an SRS resource. The network entity may not know how to configure the SRS resources for a UE without knowledge of the UE’s capability. Another challenge is how to trigger the SRS transmissions before establishing a connection with the UE. Additionally, when determining the downlink CSI based on the SRS, the network entity may only be able to identify the precoder for downlink transmissions. The network entity does not have sufficient information to identify the proper MCS and the number of layers for the downlink transmissions.
[0012] Aspects of the present disclosure address the above-noted and other deficiencies by implementing procedures and providing mechanism for SRS transmission and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during the random access procedure. Some aspects described herein pertain to configuration of SRS resource sets for different UE capabilities. The network entity may configure multiple SRS resource set lists for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition. Each resource set list includes one or more SRS resources sets and different resource set lists correspond to different UE capabilities. Different SRS resource sets are associated with different random access channel occasions (ROs) and / or preambles. A UE selects the RO / preambles corresponding to a supported SRS configuration of the UE. After receiving the physical random access channel (PRACH) on the RO / preambles, the network entity identifies the supported SRS configuration for the UE. In other mechanisms for identifying UE capabilities for SRS, the UE may report the supported SRS configurations using the random access messages or the UE may transmit the SRS for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition using SRS opportunities associated with different UE capabilities configured by the network entity.
[0013] Some aspects described herein pertain to mechanisms to trigger SRS transmissions during the random access procedure. The network entity may configure a set of ROs / preambles to be associated with one or more SRS resource sets. When the UE selects the set of ROs / preambles for PRACH transmission, the UE transmits the SRS. In other triggering mechanisms, the network entity may trigger SRS transmissions using downlink control information (DCI) scheduling the random access messages or trigger SRS transmissions using the random access messages.
[0014] Some aspects described herein pertain to configuring the UE to generate additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition. The network entity may configure the UE to measure a synchronization signal block (SSB) or CSI-RS for the additional reports using the random access messages. The UE may transmit the additional reports by physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for the random access messages, by a preconfigured uplink channel resource, or by physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) .
[0015] According to some aspects, a UE receives, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The UE transmits, to the network entity, a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The UE receives, from the network entity, a random access response (RAR) in response to the first message. The first message or the RAR is associated with an SRS transmission.
[0016] According to some aspects, a network entity transmits, first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration including a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The network entity receives, from a UE, a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The network entity transmits, to the UE, a RAR in response to the first message. The first message or the RAR is associated with an SRS from the UE.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of user equipment (UEs) and network entities in communication over one or more cells according to an embodiment.
[0018] FIG. 2 is a signaling diagram illustrating communications between a UE and a network entity for SRS transmissions and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure according to an embodiment.
[0019] FIG. 3 is a signaling diagram illustrating communications between a UE and a network entity for SRS transmission sand early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a 4-step random access procedure according to an embodiment according to an embodiment.
[0020] FIG. 4 is a signaling diagram illustrating communications between a UE and a network entity for SRS transmission sand early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a 2-step random access procedure according to an embodiment according to an embodiment.
[0021] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example for the configuration of SRS resources for early uplink / downlink acquisition according to an embodiment.
[0022] FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example for configuring multiple SRS configurations or SRS resource set lists for different supported UE capabilities according to an embodiment.
[0023] FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example for configuring different feature combinations for different UE-supported SRS configurations associated with different preamble groups according to an embodiment.
[0024] FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example for one-to-one mapping between SRS occasions (SOs) and random access channel occasions (ROs) when transmitting SRS during a random access procedure according to an embodiment.
[0025] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a UE for SRS transmissions and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure according to an embodiment.
[0026] FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a network entity for configuring and receiving SRS transmissions and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure according to an embodiment.
[0027] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for an example UE apparatus for early UL / DL CSI acquisition during the random access procedure according to some embodiments.
[0028] FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for one or more example network entities for early UL / DL CSI acquisition during the random access procedure according to some embodiments.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram 100 of a wireless communications system associated with a plurality of cells 190 according to one embodiment. The wireless communications system includes user equipment (UEs) 102 and base stations / network entities 104. Some base stations may include an aggregated base station architecture and other base stations may include a disaggregated base station architecture. The aggregated base station architecture utilizes a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single radio access network (RAN) node. A disaggregated base station architecture utilizes a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (e.g., radio unit (RU) 106, distributed unit (DU) 108, central unit (CU) 110) . For example, a CU 110 is implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs 108 may be co-located with the CU 110, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs 108 may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs 106. Any of the RU 106, the DU 108 and the CU 110 can be implemented as virtual units, such as a virtual radio unit (VRU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual central unit (VCU) . The base station / network entity 104 (e.g., an aggregated base station or disaggregated units of the base station, such as the RU 106 or the DU 108) , may be referred to as a transmission reception point (TRP) .
[0030] Operations of the base station 104 and / or network designs may be based on aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base station architectures are utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open-radio access network (O-RAN) network, or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) , which may also be referred to a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across the two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network designs. The various units of the disaggregated base station architecture, or the disaggregated RAN architecture, can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit. For example, the base stations 104d, 104e and / or the RUs 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d may communicate with the UEs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and / or 102s via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links based on a Uu interface. In examples, multiple RUs 106 and / or base stations 104 may simultaneously serve the UEs 102, such as by intra-cell and / or inter-cell access links between the UEs 102 and the RUs 106 / base stations 104.
[0031] The RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110 may include (or may be coupled to) one or more interfaces configured to transmit or receive information / signals via a wired or wireless transmission medium. For example, a wired interface can be configured to transmit or receive the information / signals over a wired transmission medium, such as via the fronthaul link 160 between the RU 106d and the baseband unit (BBU) 112 of the base station 104d associated with the cell 190d. The BBU 112 includes a DU 108 and a CU 110, which may also have a wired interface (e.g., midhaul link) configured between the DU 108 and the CU 110 to transmit or receive the information / signals between the DU 108 and the CU 110. In further examples, a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver, such as an RF transceiver, configured to transmit and / or receive the information / signals via the wireless transmission medium, such as for information communicated between the RU 106a of the cell 190a and the base station 104e of the cell 190e via cross-cell communication beams 136-138 of the RU 106a and the base station 104e.
[0032] The RUs 106 may be configured to implement lower layer functionality. For example, the RU 106 is controlled by the DU 108 and may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or lower layer PHY functionality, such as execution of fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, etc. The functionality of the RU 106 may be based on the functional split, such as a functional split of lower layers.
[0033] The RUs 106 may transmit or receive over-the-air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 102. For example, the RU 106b of the cell 190b communicates with the UE 102b of the cell 190b via a first set of communication beams 132 of the RU 106b and a second set of communication beams 134b of the UE 102b, which may correspond to inter-cell communication beams or, in some examples, cross-cell communication beams. For instance, the UE 102b of the cell 190b may communicate with the RU 106a of the cell 190a via a third set of communication beams 134a of the UE 102b and a fourth set of communication beams 136 of the RU 106a. DUs 108 can control both real-time and non-real-time features of control plane and user plane communications of the RUs 106.
[0034] Any combination of the RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110, or reference thereto individually, may correspond to a base station 104. Thus, the base station 104 may include at least one of the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110. The base stations 104 provide the UEs 102 with access to a core network. The base stations 104 may relay communications between the UEs 102 and the core network (not shown) . The base stations 104 may be associated with macrocells for higher-power cellular base stations and / or small cells for lower-power cellular base stations. For example, the cell 190e may correspond to a macrocell, whereas the cells 190a-190d may correspond to small cells. Small cells include femtocells, picocells, microcells, etc. A network that includes at least one macrocell and at least one small cell may be referred to as a “heterogeneous network. ”
[0035] Transmissions from a UE 102 to a base station 104 / RU 106 are referred to as uplink (UL) transmissions, whereas transmissions from the base station 104 / RU 106 to the UE 102 are referred to as downlink (DL) transmissions. Uplink transmissions may also be referred to as reverse link transmissions and downlink transmissions may also be referred to as forward link transmissions. For example, the RU 106d utilizes antennas of the base station 104d of cell 190d to transmit a downlink / forward link communication to the UE 102d or receive an uplink / reverse link communication from the UE 102d based on the Uu interface associated with the access link between the UE 102d and the base station 104d / RU 106d.
[0036] Communication links between the UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may be based on multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication links may be associated with one or more carriers. The UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may utilize a spectrum bandwidth of Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, etc. MHz) per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz, where x component carriers (CCs) are used for communication in each of the uplink and downlink directions. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other along a frequency spectrum. In examples, uplink and downlink carriers may be allocated in an asymmetric manner, with more or fewer carriers allocated to either the uplink or the downlink. A primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers may be included in the component carriers. The primary component carrier may be associated with a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be associated with a secondary cell (SCell) .
[0037] Some UEs 102, such as the UEs 102a and 102s, may perform device-to-device (D2D) communications over sidelink. For example, a sidelink communication / D2D link utilizes a spectrum for a wireless wide area network (WWAN) associated with uplink and downlink communications. Such sidelink / D2D communication may be performed through various wireless communications systems, such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems, Bluetooth systems, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, New Radio (NR) systems, etc.
[0038] The UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may each include a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas may correspond to antenna elements, antenna panels, and / or antenna arrays that may facilitate beamforming operations. For example, the RU 106b transmits a downlink beamformed signal based on a first set of communication beams 132 to the UE 102b in one or more transmit directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may receive the downlink beamformed signal based on a second set of communication beams 134b from the RU 106b in one or more receive directions of the UE 102b. In a further example, the UE 102b may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal (e.g., sounding reference signal (SRS) ) to the RU 106b based on the second set of communication beams 134b in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102b. The RU 106b may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102b in one or more receive directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for the beamformed signals. The transmit and receive directions for the UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may or may not be the same.
[0039] In further examples, beamformed signals may be communicated between a first base station / RU 106a and a second base station 104e. For instance, the base station 104e of the cell 190e may transmit a beamformed signal to the RU 106a based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the base station 104e. The RU 106a may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 104e of the cell 190e based on the RU communication beams 136 in one or more receive directions of the RU 106a. In further examples, the base station 104e transmits a downlink beamformed signal to the UE 102e based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the base station 104e. The UE 102e receives the downlink beamformed signal from the base station 104e based on UE communication beams 130 in one or more receive directions of the UE 102e. The UE 102e may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal to the base station 104e based on the UE communication beams 130 in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102e, such that the base station 104e may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102e in one or more receive directions of the base station 104e.
[0040] The base station 104 may include and / or be referred to as a network entity. That is, “network entity” may refer to the base station 104 or at least one unit of the base station 104, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110. The base station 104 may also include and / or be referred to as a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB) , a next generation NB (gNB) , an evolved NB (eNB) , an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS) , an extended service set (ESS) , a TRP, a network node, network equipment, or other related terminology. The base station 104 or an entity at the base station 104 can be implemented as an IAB node, a relay node, a sidelink node, an aggregated (monolithic) base station, or a disaggregated base station including one or more RUs 106, DUs 108, and / or CUs 110. A set of aggregated or disaggregated base stations may be referred to as a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) . In some examples, the UE 102a operates in dual connectivity (DC) with the base station 104e and the base station / RU 106a. In such cases, the base station 104e can be a master node and the base station / RU 160a can be a secondary node.
[0041] Still referring to FIG. 1, in certain aspects, any of the UEs 102 may include an early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 configured to transmit SRS and downlink CSI (DL-CSI) reports for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure. The early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is configured to receive from the base station / network entity 104 control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and a SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is further configured to transmit to the base station / network entity 104 a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is further configured to receive from the base station / network entity 104 a random access response (RAR) in response to the first message. The first message or the RAR is associated with an SRS transmission.
[0042] In certain aspects, any of the base stations 104 or a network entity of the base stations 104 may include an early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 configured to configure and receive SRS and DL-CSI reports for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure. The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is configured to transmit to any of the UEs 102 control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is further configured to receive from a UE 102 a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is further configured to transmit to the UE 102 a RAR in response to the first message. The first message or the RAR is associated with an SRS from the UE.
[0043] Accordingly, FIG. 1 describes a wireless communication system that may be implemented in connection with aspects of one or more other figures described herein. Further, although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as 5G-Advanced and future versions, LTE, LTE-advanced (LTE-A) , and other wireless technologies, such as 6G.
[0044] In 5G, a UE 102 starts from the radio resource control (RRC) idle mode when the UE 102 first camps on a cell. The UE 102 makes the transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode before transferring any application data or completing any signaling procedure. An RRC connection establishes a logical connection between the UE 102 and the network entity 104 (e.g., a base station) of the cell. The UE 102 transitions from the RRC connected mode to the RRC inactive mode using an RRC release procedure. The RRC inactive mode allows the UE 102 to return to the RRC connected mode and start transferring application data or signaling messages with minimal latency.
[0045] When the UE 102 is in the RRC connected mode, the network entity 104 may configure several SRS resource sets with different usages to acquire channel state information (CSI) of UL channels and DL channels. The network entity 104 configures the usage of each SRS resource set based on the RRC parameter usage. The network entity 104 may configure the parameter usage of a SRS resource set for ‘codebook, ’ ‘nonCodebook, ’ ‘antennaSwitching, ’ or ‘beamManagement. ’
[0046] For example, when the network entity 104 configures the RRC parameter usage for the SRS resource set as ‘codebook, ’ the UE 102 transmits SRS resource (s) (referred to simply as SRSs) in the SRS resource set for the network entity 104 to perform uplink channel state information (CSI) measurement. The network entity 104 measures the uplink CSI based on such SRSs to identify the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and precoder for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on a predefined codebook.
[0047] When the network entity 104 configures the RRC parameter usage for the SRS resource set as ‘nonCodebook, ’ the UE 102 transmits the 1-port SRSs in the SRS resource set based on a UE-determined precoder. In one example, the UE 102 transmits different layers of the UE-determined precoder by different 1-port SRs. The UE 102 determines the precoder based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) associated with the SRS resource set. The network entity 104 measures the uplink CSI based on the SRSs to identify the MCS and rank-N precoder for the PUSCH based on N SRSs in the SRS resource set. Thus, the network entity 104 configures the parameter usage for the SRS resource set as either ‘codebook’ or ‘nonCodebook’ for UL CSI acquisition.
[0048] When the network entity 104 configures the RRC parameter usage for the SRS resource set as ‘antennaSwitching, ’ the UE 102 transmits the SRSs with different UE antenna ports. Transmission of the SRSs under ‘antennaSwitching’ usage facilitates DL CSI acquisition. For example, for a UE 102 with x transmission antenna ports and y receiving antenna ports (xTyR) , the network entity 104 configures a SRS resource set with y / x resources and configures the UE 102 to transmit the SRS from x ports for each SRS. The network entity 104 configures the time domain location of the SRSs based on a minimum guard period (GP) , which is predefined based on the subcarrier spacing of the SRSs.
[0049] When the network entity 104 configures the RRC parameter usage for the SRS resource set as ‘beamMangement, ’ the UE 102 transmit different SRSs in the SRS resource set based on different transmission beams (spatial domain filters) . The network entity 104 identifies the best beam based on the measurement of the SRSs.
[0050] When the UE 102 is in RRC idle mode or RRC inactive mode (e.g., initial access, handover, or LTM) , the UE 102 performs a random access procedure to establish a connection with a network entity104. After the random access procedure, the network entity 104 configures one or more SRS resource sets for ‘codebook, ’ ‘non-codebook, ’ or ‘antenna switching’ usage and triggers the configured SRS resource sets to acquire the UL / DL CSI . As such, before the reception of the SRSs, the network entity 104 cannot schedule UL / DL signals with a suitable MCS due to a lack of UL / DL CSI, compromising performance when the UE 102 wants to start communicating with the network entity 104 right after completing the random access procedure.
[0051] Aspects of the present disclosure include procedures and mechanisms for SRS transmission and early UL / DL CSI acquisition during the random access procedure. Some aspects described herein pertain to the network entity 104 configuring SRS resource sets when the network entity 104 does not know the UE capabilities for supporting SRS transmissions (e.g., supported xTyR based antenna switching for SRS, supported usage for the SRS resource set, supported maximum number of ports for an SRS, etc. ) . Other aspects pertain to mechanisms to trigger SRS transmissions during the random access procedure. Other aspects pertain to the network entity 104 configuring the UE 102 to generate additional reports to facilitate DL CSI acquisition, content of the additional reports, and mechanisms to trigger transmissions of the additional reports during the random access procedure. The aspects described herein allow the network entity 104 to acquire early UL / DL CSI to select the MCSs and the precoders for UL / DL, thereby improving UL / DL channel performance and bandwidth efficiency.
[0052] FIG. 2 is a signaling diagram 200 illustrating communications between a UE 102 and a network entity 104 for SRS transmissions and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure according to an embodiment.
[0053] The network entity 104 transmit 202, to the UE 102, (or the UE 102 receives 202, from the network entity 104) , first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and at least one SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes at least one RO or preamble associated with the at least one SRS resource configuration. In one embodiment, each of the SRS resource configuration includes at least one SRS resource. In one embodiment, each of the SRS resource configuration corresponds to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.
[0054] The network entity 104 may optionally transmit 204, to the UE 102, (or the UE 102 may optionally receive 204, from the network entity 104) , second control signaling indicating an association between the at least one RO or preamble and a downlink reference signal (DL-RS) for DL-CSI reporting. In one embodiment, the second control signaling may configure an association between a synchronization signal block (SSB) index and an SRS resource or SRS resource configuration. Just as there are different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS, there may be different UE-supported capabilities for DL-CSI reporting (e.g., different number of ports for the CSI-RS) . In one embodiment, the second control signaling may include at least one RO or preamble associated with a DL-CSI reporting configuration. In one embodiment, the network entity 104 transmits the first control signaling and / or the second control signaling via RRC signaling, e.g., system information block (SIB) or RRC reconfiguration.
[0055] The UE 102 may optionally determine 229, whether to perform a 4-step random access procedure (e.g., contention based random access) or a 2-step random access procedure (e.g., contention free random access) . For example, during an initial access to a cell of the network entity 104 from an RRC idle mode, the UE 102 may only perform a 4-step random access procedure and may bypass the decision operation 229. In another example, during a handover, the UE 102 may perform either a 4-step random access procedure or a 2-step random access procedure as a function of whether the network entity 104 has allocated dedicated random access resource (s) , e.g., preamble (s) or RO (s) , for the 2-step random access procedure.
[0056] If the UE 102 determines to perform a 4-step random access procedure, the UE 102 performs 239 operations for the 4-step random access procedure with SRS transmission, which will be discussed in conjunction with FIG. 3. If the UE 102 determines to perform a 2-step random access procedure, the UE 102 performs 249 operations for the 2-step random access procedure with SRS transmission, which will be discussed in conjunction with FIG. 4.
[0057] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure one or multiple SRS resource sets for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition. The network entity 104 may configure the SRS resource set (s) with the usage of ‘codebook, ’ ‘non-codebook, ’ ‘beam management, ’ or ‘antenna switching. ’ Alternatively, the usage of the SRS resource set (s) may be pre-defined. Thus, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine the usage of the SRS resource set (s) as one of the usages of ‘codebook, ’ or ‘non-codebook, ’ for UL CSI acquisition, ‘antenna switching’ for DL CSI acquisition, or ‘beam management’ for UL beam selection. Each SRS resource set may include one or more SRS resources used by the SRS transmission.
[0058] The network entity 104 may configure the frequency domain resources of the SRS to be within the initial bandwidth part or the bandwidth of control resource set (CORESET) 0. The initial bandwidth part may be pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104, e.g., via RRC signaling (SIB or uplink wake-up signal configuration) , and the CORESET 0 may be configured by the network entity 104, e.g., via RRC signaling (SIB or uplink wake-up signal configuration) . Alternatively, or additionally, the network entity 104 may configure the frequency domain resources of the SRS to be within the bandwidth of an initial control resource set or a common control resource set. In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the frequency domain resources of the SRS using SIB.
[0059] The network entity 104 may configure the time domain behavior of the SRS as aperiodic, semi-persistent or periodic. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure the time domain behavior of the SRS as aperiodic and / or may refrain from configuring the time domain behavior of the SRS as semi-persistent or periodic. In another example, the network entity 104 may not configure the time domain behavior of the SRS. In such example, the UE 102 may determine or assume that the time domain behavior of the SRS is aperiodic. In another example, the time-domain behavior for the SRS may be pre-defined. Thus, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine the time-domain behavior of the SRS as one of the followings: aperiodic, semi-persistent or periodic. The network entity 104 may further configuration the time domain location for the SRS. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure the slot offset between the slot with the triggering signaling for the SRS and the first slot of the SRS. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure the time offset between the ending symbol of the triggering signaling for the SRS and the first symbol of the SRS. In another example, the slot offset (or time offset) may be pre-defined or indicated by the downlink signaling to trigger the SRS. The network entity 104 may configure the symbol (s) for each SRS resource within a slot. In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure multiple SRS resource sets for xTyR within S consecutive (uplink) slots, where S may be pre-defined, e.g., S=1 or 2, or reported by the UE capability.
[0060] The network entity 104 may configure at least one of the uplink power control parameters for the SRS: target received power (P0) , pathloss compensation ratio (alpha) , closed-loop power control process index, pathloss reference signal, or pathloss offset. In some implementations, some parameters may be pre-defined, e.g., closed-loop index may be 0, or the pathloss reference signal may be based on an uplink / downlink signal for the random access procedure. In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure whether the closed-loop power control for the SRS is based on absolute manner or accumulative manner. For absolute manner, the UE 102 may determine the closed-loop power control state for the SRS based on the indicated transmit power control (TPC) command. For accumulative manner, the UE 102 may determine the closed-loop power control state for the SRS based on one or multiple TPC command (s) . Alternatively, the closed-loop power control mechanism may be pre-defined, e.g., based on absolute manner or accumulative manner.
[0061] In some implementations. The network entity 104 may further configure the power ramping related parameters for the SRS, e.g., power ramping step size. The UE 102 may use the power ramping related parameters for retransmissions of SRS. Then the UE 102 may determine the transmission power for the SRS in transmission occasion k based on the transmission power for the SRS in transmission occasion k-1 and the power ramping step size. In one example, the UE 102 may determine the transmission power (e.g., in the unit of dBm) for the SRS in transmission occasion k in uplink bandwidth part b, carrier f and serving cell c as follows: PTx, b, f, c (k) =min {Pcmax, b, f, c, PTx, b, f, c (k-1) +d} (Equation 1)
[0062] where Pcmax, b, f, c indicates the maximum transmission power (e.g., in the unit of dBm) , d indicates the power ramping step size in the unit of dB. In some implementations, the UE 102 may determine the power ramping step based on the power ramping step applied for the transmission of an uplink signal during the random access procedure, e.g., PRACH, Message 3 (Msg3) PUSCH or Message A (MsgA) PUSCH.
[0063] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for the SRS. The UE 102 may determine the uplink spatial transmission filter and / or uplink power control parameters based on the TCI state. The TCI state may be referred to or replaced with a signaling for indicating information related to UL beam and / or UL power control. Alternatively, the UE 102 may determine the uplink spatial transmission filter based on an uplink / downlink signal for the random access procedure. For example, the UE 102 may use the same beam to transmit the random access messages and an SRS. In one example, the network entity 104 may refrain from configuring followUnifiedTCI-StateSRS for the SRS. In one example, the network entity 104 may refrain from configuring the UE 102 to use a common beam for transmitting the SRS, where the common beam is applied for receiving / transmitting DL / UL transmission, unless further indicated.
[0064] The downlink signal for the random access procedure to trigger the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition may indicate at least one of the followings:
[0065] ● SSB or CSI-RS associated with the PRACH during the random access procedure;
[0066] ● SSB or CSI-RS QCLed with the DMRS of the PDCCH / PDSCH for Msg2 or Msg4 of the 4-step random access procedure or MsgB of the 2-step random access procedure; or
[0067] ● SSB or CSI-RS indicated in the Msg2, Msg4, MsgB.
[0068] The uplink signal for the random access procedure to determine the beam for the SRS may indicate at least one of the followings:
[0069] ● PRACH;
[0070] ● PUSCH for Msg3 of the 4-step random access procedure or MsgA of the 2-step random access procedure; or
[0071] ● PUCCH scheduled by MsgB.
[0072] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the frequency hopping, group / sequence hopping, comb offset hopping, and / or cyclic shift hopping for the SRS resource (s) . In some other implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the frequency hopping, group / sequence hopping, comb offset hopping, and / or cyclic shift hopping as disabled. Thus, the network entity 104 may refrain from configuring the frequency hopping, group / sequence hopping, comb offset hopping, and / or cyclic shift hopping for the SRS resource (s) . In some aspects, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine the frequency hopping, group / sequence hopping, comb offset hopping, and / or cyclic shift hopping for the SRS resource (s) as disabled or enabled.
[0073] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the partial frequency sounding for the SRS resource (s) . In some other implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the partial frequency sounding as disabled. Thus, the network entity 104 may refrain from configuring the partial frequency sounding for the SRS resource (s) .
[0074] The network entity 104 may configure the number of ports for each SRS resource. The network entity 104 may further configure the disabled port (s) from the configured SRS ports, e.g., port 1003 for a 4-port SRS resource or SRS resource set. In some aspects, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine the partial frequency sounding for the SRS resource (s) as disabled or enabled.
[0075] FIG. 5 is a diagram 500 illustrating an example for the configuration of SRS resources for early uplink / downlink acquisition according to an embodiment.
[0076] An SRS resource set 530 may contain configuration parameters for usage 532, time-domain behavior 534, slot offset 536, uplink power control parameter (s) 538, TCI state 540, power ramping step size 542, multiple SRS resources including SRS resources 1 to N (544, 546, 548) , and / or disabled port (s) 550. The configuration parameters 532, 534, 536, 538, 540, 542, and 550 at the set level may be common for all the SRS resources 544, 546, 548 in the set.
[0077] Each SRS resource 560 may contain configuration parameters at the resource level. For example, each of SRS resources 544, 546, and 548 may contain configuration parameters for frequency domain resource (within initial uplink BWP or CORESET 0) 562, symbol (s) within a slot 564, frequency hopping 566, group / sequence hopping 568, comb offset hopping 570, cyclic shift hopping 572, partial frequency sounding 574, TCI state 576, number of ports 578, and / or disabled port (s) 580.
[0078] In one embodiment, for different UE capabilities, the network entity 104 may configure multiple SRS configurations or SRS resource set lists, where each SRS configuration or SRS resource set list includes one or multiple SRS resource set (s) , and different SRS configurations or SRS resource set lists may correspond to different UE capabilities, e.g., different number of ports or different xTyR configuration.
[0079] FIG. 6 is a diagram 600 illustrating an example for configuring multiple SRS configurations or SRS resource set lists for different supported UE capabilities according to an embodiment.
[0080] SRS configuration list 1 (601) may correspond to UEs with 1T2R configuration; SRS configuration list 2 (641) may correspond to UEs with 2T2R configuration. SRS configuration list 1 (601) may include SRS resource set 1 (611) ; SRS configuration list 2 (641) may include SRS resource set 2 (651) . SRS resource set 1 (611) may include SRS resource 1 (621) and SRS resource set 2 (631) each configuring SRS transmission using the single transmit port. SRS configuration set 2 (651) may include SRS resource 3 (661) configuring SRS transmission using the two transmit ports.
[0081] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may identify UE capability for SRS based on the PRACH. For example, the network entity 104 may configure different ROs and / or preambles or different PRACH configurations associated with different SRS configurations / lists. Then when selecting the PRACH for the uplink transmission, the UE 102 may select the RO / preamble corresponding to its supported SRS configuration. Alternatively, or additionally, when selecting the PRACH for the uplink transmission, the UE 102 may select a SSB first (e.g., based on good measurement quality) , and the UE 102 may select the RO / preamble corresponding to its supported SRS configuration among ROs / preambles associated with the SSB. Then after receiving the PRACH on the RO / preamble, the network entity 104 may identify the supported SRS configuration for the UE. The network entity 104 may configure some ROs / preambles that are not associated with any SRS configuration / list. RO and preamble for PRACH are defined in 3GPP TS 38.213 section 8.
[0082] In one example, the network entity 104 may configure different feature combinations associated with different preamble groups. In a feature combination, e.g., FeatureCombination, the network entity 104 may configure SRS configurations, e.g., 1T2R, 2T4R, different maximum number of SRS ports, and / or whether the UE 102 supports SRS transmission during random access procedure.
[0083] FIG. 7 is a diagram 700 illustrating an example for configuring different feature combinations for different UE-supported SRS configurations associated with different preamble groups according to an embodiment.
[0084] Preambles may be divided into preamble groups based on the preamble index 753. Preamble group 1 (713) contains preambles with indices [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] . Preamble group 2 (723) contains preambles with indices [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] . Preamble group 3 (733) contains preambles with indices [12, 13, 14, 15] . Preamble group 1 (713) is not associated with any feature combination of UE support for SRS transmission during random access procedure. Preamble group 2 (723) is used for UEs supporting feature combination of 1T2R SRS configuration. Preamble group 3 (733) is used for UEs supporting feature combination 2T4R SRS configuration.
[0085] In one embodiment, the UE 102 may report to the network entity 104 the UE capability for SRS explicitly. For example, the UE 102 may report the supported SRS configuration (s) , e.g., xTyR and / or maximum number of SRS ports per SRS resource, by the PUSCH, (e.g., PUSCH for Msg3 / MsgA (MAC PDU for Msg3 / MsgA or a MAC CE or an RRC message in Msg3 / MsgA) ) , or PUCCH, (e.g., PUCCH scheduled by the MsgB) . Alternatively, the UE 102 may report the supported SRS configuration (s) for the early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition by an RRC message.
[0086] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure different SRS transmission opportunities for different UE-supported SRS capabilities. The UE 102 may select the SRS configuration or SRS configuration resource set list that the UE 102 supports for transmission. For example, the network entity 104 may configure different SRS configurations or SRS configuration resource set lists at different frequency-domain and time-domain resources for different UE-supported SRS capabilities. The UE 102 may transmit the SRS for early UL / DL CSI acquisition base on one of the SRS configurations or SRS configuration resource set lists that the UE 102 supports. The network entity 104 may perform blind detection for the configured SRS configuration or SRS configuration resource list to identify the UE capability.
[0087] FIG. 3 is a signaling diagram 300 illustrating communications between a UE 102 and a network entity 104 for SRS transmission and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a 4-step random access procedure according to an embodiment according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 illustrates the 4-step random access procedure with SRS transmission operation 239 of FIG. 2.
[0088] The UE 102 may transmit 306, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 306, from the UE 102) , PRACH message 1 (Msg1) on one of the at least one RO or preamble associated with an SRS resource configuration supported by the UE 102 selected from the at least one SRS resource configuration. For example, the UE 102 selects the RO (s) or preamble (s) associated with the supported SRS configuration to transmit PRACH Msg1. In one embodiment, the UE 102 may select the RO (s) or preamble (s) associated with the supported DL-CSI reporting configuration (e.g., supported DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting) .
[0089] The UE 102 may optionally transmit 308, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 308, from the UE 102) , an SRS or a DL-CSI report associated with the RO or preamble of the PRACH Msg1.
[0090] In response to the PRACH Msg1, the network entity 104 may transmit 310, to the UE 102, (or the UE 102 may receive 310, from the network entity 104) , a RAR message 2 (Msg2) . In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the RAR Msg2.
[0091] In response to the RAR Msg2 containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL-reporting, the UE 102 may transmit 312, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 312, from the UE 102) , an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, it may refrain from transmitting the SRS. The UE 102 may transmit SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0092] The UE 102 may transmit 314 to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 314, from the UE 102) , a message 3 (Msg3) PUSCH. In one embodiment, when the RAR Msg2 contains a trigger for the DL-reporting, the Msg3 PUSCH may include the DL-CSI report.
[0093] In response to the Msg3, the network entity 104 may transmit 316, to the UE 102, (or the UE 102 may receive 316, from the network entity 104) , a message 4 (Msg4) for contention resolution (e.g., collision handling) . In one embodiment the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the Msg4.
[0094] In response to the Msg4 containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL-reporting, the UE 102 may transmit 318, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 318, from the UE 102) , an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, it may refrain from transmitting the SRS. The UE 102 may transmit SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0095] After the 4-step random access procedure, the network entity 104 and the UE 102 may communicate 320 based on the uplink-CSI (UL-CSI) measured from the SRS and the DL-CSI based on the DL-CSI report.
[0096] FIG. 4 is a signaling diagram 400 illustrating communications between a UE 102 and a network entity 104 for SRS transmission and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a 2-step random access procedure according to an embodiment according to an embodiment. FIG. 4 illustrates the 2-step random access procedure with SRS transmission 249 of FIG. 2. Compared to FIG. 3, the difference is that the UE 102 may transmit the message A (MsgA) PUSCH, which optionally include the additional report for DL CSI acquisition, and the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS and / or additional report by the message B (MsgB) .
[0097] The UE 102 may transmit 406, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 406, from the UE 102) , PRACH message A (MsgA) on one of the at least one RO or preamble associated with an SRS resource configuration supported by the UE 102 selected from the at least one SRS resource configuration. For example, the UE 102 selects the RO (s) or preamble (s) associated with the supported SRS configuration to transmit PRACH MsgA. In one embodiment, the UE 102 may select the RO (s) or preamble (s) associated with the supported DL-CSI reporting configuration (e.g., supported DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting) .
[0098] The UE 102 may optionally transmit 408A, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 408A, from the UE 102) , a DL-CSI report in a PUSCH associated with the RO or preamble of the PRACH MsgA.
[0099] The UE 102 may optionally transmit 408, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 408, from the UE 102) , an SRS associated with the RO or preamble of the PRACH MsgA.
[0100] In response to the PRACH MsgA, the network entity 104 may transmit 410, to the UE 102, (or the UE 102 may receive 410, from the network entity 104) , a RAR message B (MsgB) . In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the RAR MsgB.
[0101] In response to the RAR MsgB containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL-reporting, the UE 102 may transmit 412, to the network entity 104, (or the network entity 104 may receive 412, from the UE 102) , an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, it may refrain from transmitting the SRS. The UE 102 may transmit SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0102] After the 2-step random access procedure, the network entity 104 and the UE 102 may communicate 320 based on the uplink-CSI (UL-CSI) measured from the SRS and the DL-CSI based on the DL-CSI report.
[0103] As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the UE 102 may transmit 308 / 408, to the network entity 104, an SRS associated with the RO or preamble of the PRACH Msg1 / PRACH MsgA. In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure a first set of ROs / preambles to be associated with one or multiple SRS resource sets and a second set of ROs / preambles that are not associated with any SRS resource set. Then when the UE 102 selects the RO (s) / preamble (s) for PRACH transmission, the UE 102 may transmit the SRS resource set (s) if the RO (s) / preamble (s) are from the first set, and the UE 102 may refrain from transmitting the SRS resource set (s) otherwise. Thus, the UE 102 may transmit the SRS when the corresponding RO / preamble is selected.
[0104] Denoting an SRS configuration or an SRS resource set list (or an SRS transmission occasion) as an SRS occasion (SO) , the SO and RO may be one-to-one or one-to-N or N-to-one mapped. When the UE 102 transmits PRACH in one RO, it may transmit the SRS in at least one of the associated SO.
[0105] FIG. 8 is a diagram 800 illustrating an example for one-to-one mapping between SOs and ROs when transmitting SRS during a random access procedure according to an embodiment. The SOs may be associated with different UE capabilities for SRS. The UE 102 may select the SOs corresponding to its supported SRS configuration.
[0106] RO1 815 is mapped to SO1 817 corresponding to the 1T2R SRS configuration; RO2 825 is mapped to SO2 827 corresponding to the 2T2R SRS configuration; and RO3 835 is mapped to SO3 837 corresponding to the 2T4R SRS configuration. A UE 102 that supports the 1T2R SRS configuration may select RO1 815 for the PRACH Msg1 / PRACH MsgA and may transmit the SRS on the mapped SO1 817.
[0107] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may trigger the UE 102 to transmit the configured one or multiple SRSs by DCI scheduling the random access messages, e.g., Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB, or a separate DCI, where the DCI may be associated with at least one of the following radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs) :
[0108] ● random access RNTI (RA-RNTI) ;
[0109] ● MsgB-RNTI;
[0110] ● temporary C-RNTI (TC-RNTI) ;
[0111] ● paging-RNTI (P-RNTI) ;
[0112] ● system information-RNTI (SI-RNTI) ;
[0113] ● an RNTI configured by the network entity 104 or pre-defined.
[0114] In the DCI, the network entity 104 may indicate at least one of the followings:
[0115] ● triggered SRS resource set index (es) or SRS configuration or SRS resource set list index (es) ;
[0116] ● TPC command for the SRS resource set (s) ;
[0117] ● time-domain location for the triggered SRS resource set (s) , e.g., slot offset, periodicity and / or reference slot as the starting slot to count the configured / indicated slot offset.
[0118] In one example, the network entity 104 may configure whether the SRS triggering indication is present in the DCI associated with at least one of the RNTIs above. In another example, the network entity 104 and the UE 102 may determine whether the SRS triggering indication is present in the DCI associated with at least one of the RNTIs above based on at least one of the followings:
[0119] ● the RO or preambles for the PRACH where the DCI is in response to, where a first set of ROs / preambles may be associated with DCI with the field of SRS triggering present and a second set of ROs / preambles may be associated with DCI without the field of SRS triggering present;
[0120] ● the value of the RNTI, where the field of SRS triggering is present for DCI based on a first set of the RNTI (s) and the field of SRS triggering is not present for DCI based on a second set of the RNTI (s) ;
[0121] ● the event that initialized the random access (RA) procedure, where a first set of event (s) may be associated with DCI with the field of SRS triggering present and a second set of event (s) may be associated with DCI without the field of SRS triggering present.
[0122] The first / second set of ROs / preambles / RNTI (s) above may be pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104.
[0123] The first / second set of event may be configured or pre-defined based on at least one of the followings, and the first / second set of event may be orthogonal.
[0124] ● RA procedure initiated by the PDCCH order for an LTM candidate cell or an LTM CSC MAC CE, where a PDDCCH order is used to trigger the RA procedure when downlink data arrives for a UE 102 which has lost uplink synchronization while in RRC Connected mode;
[0125] ● RA procedure initiated by the PDCCH order for current cell (other than LTM candidate cell) ;
[0126] ● RA procedure initiated by the PDCCH order for a cell with PCI different from serving cell (other than LTM candidate cell) ;
[0127] ● RA procedure initiated for system information request;
[0128] ● RA procedure initiated for system information block type 1 (SIB1) request;
[0129] ● RA procedure initiated for beam failure recovery;
[0130] ● RA procedure initiated for reconfiguration with sync;
[0131] ● RA procedure initiated for LTM cell switch;
[0132] ● RA procedure initiated for secondary cell group (SCG) activation;
[0133] ● RA procedure initiated for small data transmission (SDT) ;
[0134] ● RA procedure initiated for initial access.
[0135] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may trigger the UE 102 to transmit the configured one or multiple SRS resource set (s) by at least one of the following messages:
[0136] ● MAC PDU (e.g., RAR) for Msg2 / MsgB;
[0137] ● MAC CE in Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB.
[0138] In the triggering message, the network entity 104 may indicate at least one of the followings:
[0139] ● triggered SRS resource set index (es) or SRS configuration or SRS resource set list index (es) ;
[0140] ● TPC command for the SRS resource set (s) ;
[0141] ● time-domain location for the triggered SRS resource set (s) , e.g., slot offset, periodicity and / or reference slot as the starting slot to count the configured / indicated slot offset.
[0142] In one example, the network entity 104 may indicate whether the SRS triggering indication is included in the MAC payload for Msg2 / MsgB by the MAC sub-header. If the SRS triggering indication is indicated by the MAC sub-header, the UE 102 may determine the SRS triggering indication is indicated in the MAC payload for Msg2 / MsgB; otherwise, the UE 102 may determine the SRS triggering indication is not included in the MAC payload for Msg2 / MsgB.
[0143] In another example, the network entity 104 may indicate the SRS triggering indication by the MAC sub-header for Msg2 / MsgB, e.g., by the reserved bit (s) .
[0144] In another example, the network entity 104 may configure whether the SRS triggering indication is present in the MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB by RRC signaling. In another example, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine whether the SRS triggering indication is present in the MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB based on at least one of the followings:
[0145] ● the RO or preambles for the PRACH where the MAC PDU is in response to, where a first set of ROs / preambles may be associated with the MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB with the field of SRS triggering present and a second set of ROs / preambles may be associated with the MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB without the field of SRS triggering present;
[0146] ● the value of the RNTI, where the field of SRS triggering is present for MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB based on a first set of the RNTI (s) and the field of SRS triggering is not present for MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB based on a second set of the RNTI (s) ;
[0147] ● the event that initialized the random access (RA) procedure, where a first set of event (s) may be associated with MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB with the field of SRS triggering present and a second set of event (s) may be associated with MAC PDU for Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB without the field of SRS triggering present.
[0148] The first / second set of ROs / preambles / RNTI above may be pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104. The first / second set of event may be configured or pre-defined based on at least one of the events that initialize the RA procedure presented above, and the first / second set of event may be orthogonal.
[0149] In one embodiment, for the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to measure one or multiple SSBs for the additional report. In one example, the SSB index (es) may be configured by the network entity 104 via RRC signaling, MAC PDU or MAC CE, e.g., MAC PDU or MAC CE in Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB, DCI, e.g., DCI scheduling Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB. In one example, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine the SSB (s) for the measurement of additional report is the SSB (s) associated with the PRACH that the UE 102 transmitted. In some other implementations, the UE 102 may report the SSB(s) that it has used for the additional report. The SSB is only associated with one port. The UE 102 may report the channel quality indicator (CQI) or other beam quality based on the SSB.
[0150] In one embodiment, for the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to measure one or multiple CSI-RS resource (s) for the additional report. In one example, the CSI-RS resource (s) may be configured by the network entity 104 via RRC signaling, MAC PDU or MAC CE, e.g., MAC PDU or MAC CE in Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB, DCI, e.g., DCI scheduling Msg2 / Msg4 / MsgB. In one example, the network entity 104 and the UE 102 may determine the CSI-RS resource (s) for the measurement of additional report is the CSI-RS resource (s) associated with the PRACH that the UE 102 transmitted. The network entity 104 may configure the associated CSI-RS resource (s) for RO (s) / preamble (s) . CSI-RS may be transmitted from different ports. The UE 102 may measure DL CSI-RS based on precoder matrix index or more layers.
[0151] Since the UE 102 may support different number of ports for the CSI-RS, the UE 102 may report the supported number of ports or maximum number of ports for the CSI-RS when the UE 102 reports its supported xTyR number of ports capabilities for SRS. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure different ROs and / or preambles or different PRACH configurations associated with different supported CSI-RS configurations, e.g., different (maximum) number of CSI-RS ports. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure different feature combinations associated with different preamble groups. In a feature combination, e.g., FeatureCombination, the network entity 104 may configure different CSI-RS ports configuration, e.g., maximum number of CSI-RS ports. In one example, the UE 102 may report the supported CSI-RS ports configuration, e.g., maximum number of CSI-RS ports, by Msg3 / MsgA or an RRC message.
[0152] In one example, the network entity 104 may configure multiple CSI-RS resources or CSI-RS resource sets, which may be corresponding to different number of ports, the UE 102 may report the CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS resource set that it has used for the additional report.
[0153] In one embodiment the UE 102 may report at least one of the followings based on DL RS (s) for the additional report:
[0154] ● synchronization signals / physical broadcast channel block resource indicator (SSBRI) indicating one or multiple SSBs used for the measurement of the additional report;
[0155] ● contention resolution identify (CRI) indicating one or multiple CSI-RS resources used for the measurement of the additional report;
[0156] ● rank indicator (RI) indicating the recommended rank, which may be based on a maximum number of layers and / or RI restriction configured by the network entity 104 or reported by the UE 102 or pre-defined;
[0157] ● precoding matrix indicator (PMI) indicating the recommended precoder based on a codebook configured by the network entity 104;
[0158] ● CQI indicating the recommended channel quality, which may be based on a CQI table configured by the network entity 104 or reported by the UE 102 or pre-defined.
[0159] The UE 102 may report the element (s) above in wideband manner, e.g., the whole bandwidth of the DL RS (s) for the additional report, and / or in subband manner. The subband size and / or number of subbands may be pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104. The network entity 104 may further configure the subband (s) for the subband report. In one example, the UE 102 may report wideband SSBRI / CRI / RI / CQI. In another example, the UE 102 may report wideband SSBRI / CRI / RI / CQI and subband CQI, where the UE 102 may report the subband CQI based on absolute value or differential value with the wideband CQI as the reference.
[0160] In one embodiment, the UE 102 may report at least one of the followings based on DL RS (s) for the additional report:
[0161] ● SSBRI indicating one or multiple SSBs used for the measurement of the additional report;
[0162] ● CRI indicating one or multiple CSI-RS resources used for the measurement of the additional report;
[0163] ● reference signal received power (RSRP) , e.g., L1-RSRP, for the DL RS (s) used for the measurement of the additional report;
[0164] ● signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) , e.g., L1-SINR, for the DL RS (s) used for the measurement of the additional report;
[0165] ● interference level, e.g., received signal strength indicator (RSSI) , for the DL RS(s) used for the measurement of the additional report.
[0166] The UE 102 may report the element above in wideband manner, e.g., the whole bandwidth of the DL RS (s) for the additional report, and / or in subband manner. The subband size and / or number of subbands may be pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104. The network entity 104 may further configure the subband (s) for the subband report. In one example, the UE 102 may report wideband SSBRI / CRI / RSRP / SINR / RSSI. In another example, the UE 102 may report wideband SSBRI / CRI / RSRP / SINR / RSSI and subband RSRP / SINR / RSSI, where the UE 102 may report the subband RSRP / SINR / RSSI based on absolute value or differential value with the wideband RSRP / SINR / RSSI as the reference. In one example, the report range and step size of the reported RSRP / SINR / RSSI may be different from those reported not during RA procedure or be different from those reported in RRC_CONNECTED. In such example, the step size of the reported RSRP / SINR / RSSI may be larger than those reported not during RA procedure or be different from those reported in RRC_CONNECTED.
[0167] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition by PUSCH for Msg3 / MsgA. In one example, the UE 102 may transmit the additional report as uplink control information (UCI) multiplexed on the PUSCH for Msg3 / MsgA. Alternatively, the UE 102 may report the additional report as MAC CE or MAC PDU on the PUSCH for Msg3 / MsgA. In one example, in the RAR, the network entity 104 may indicate a CSI request field indicating one of the configured CSI report configurations for the additional report, where the CSI report configurations may be configured by the network entity 104, e.g., via SIB or other RRC signaling. In such example, each value of the CSI request field in the RAR may only correspond to one configured CSI report configuration or CSI report state. In another example, for a PUSCH occasion configured for MsgA, the network entity 104 may configure the one of the configured CSI report configurations for the additional report, where the CSI report configurations may be configured by the network entity 104, e.g., via SIB or other RRC signaling.
[0168] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition by PUSCH scheduled by DCI format 0_0 or a fallback / initial DCI for UL scheduling. The network entity 104 may transmit the DCI format 0_0 based on TC-RNTI or an RNTI pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104. In one example, in such DCI, the network entity 104 may indicate a CSI request field indicating one of the configured CSI report configurations for the additional report, where the CSI report configurations may be configured by the network entity 104, e.g., via SIB or other RRC signaling. In such example, each value of the CSI request field in the DCI may only correspond to one configured CSI report configuration or CSI report state.
[0169] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition by a configured-grant PUSCH (CG-PUSCH) . The CG-PUSCH may be referred to as a preconfigured UL channel / resource. In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure different CG-PUSCH occasions associated with different RO (s) / preamble (s) . The network entity 104 may transmit the additional report by the corresponding CG-PUSCH occasion based on the RO / preamble that it selected for PRACH transmission.
[0170] In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the additional reports for early downlink CSI acquisition by one or multiple PUCCH resources, where the PUCCH resource (s) may be configured by the network entity 104 via RRC signaling, MAC PDU, e.g., MAC PDU for RAR, Msg2 or MsgB, MAC CE or DCI.
[0171] In one example, the network entity 104 may configure multiple PUCCH occasions associated with the RO (s) / preamble (s) , where the PUCCH occasion may be associated with one or multiple RO (s) / preamble (s) or one RO / preamble may be associated with one or multiple PUCCH occasions. When an RO / preamble is selected by the UE 102 for PRACH transmission, the UE 102 may transmit the PUCCH on the associated PUCCH occasion (s) .
[0172] FIGs. 9-10 show methods for implementing one or more aspects of FIGs. 2-8. In particular, FIG. 9 shows an implementation by the UE 102 of the one or more aspects of FIGs. 2-8. FIG. 10 shows an implementation by the network entity 104 of the one or more aspects of FIGs. 2-8.
[0173] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method 900 of wireless communication at a UE 102 for SRS transmissions and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure according to an embodiment. With reference to FIG. 1, the method 900 may be performed by the UE 102.
[0174] The UE 102 receives 902, from a network entity 104, first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration, the PRACH configuration including an RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. For example, referring to FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the UE 102 may receive 202, from the network entity 104, first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and at least one SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes at least one RO or preamble associated with the at least one SRS resource configuration. In one embodiment, each of the SRS resource configuration includes at least one SRS resource. In one embodiment, each of the SRS resource configuration corresponds to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.
[0175] The UE 102 optionally receives 904, from the network entity 104, second control signaling indicating an association between the RO or the preamble and a DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting. For example, referring to FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the UE 102 optionally receives 204, from the network entity 104, the second control signaling indicating an association between the at least one RO or preamble and a DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting. In one embodiment, the second control signaling may configure an association between an SSB index and an SRS resource or SRS resource configuration. In one embodiment, the second control signaling may include at least one RO or preamble associated with a DL-CSI reporting configuration. In one embodiment, the network entity 104 transmits the first control signaling and / or the second control signaling via RRC signaling, e.g., SIB or RRC reconfiguration.
[0176] The UE 102 transmits 906, to the network entity 104, a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 may transmit 306, to the network entity 104, PRACH Msg1 on one of the at least one RO or preamble associated with an SRS resource configuration supported by the UE 102 selected from the at least one SRS resource configuration. For example, the UE 102 selects the RO (s) or preamble (s) associated with the supported SRS configuration to transmit PRACH Msg1. In one embodiment, the UE 102 may select the RO (s) or preamble (s) associated with the supported DL-CSI reporting configuration (e.g., supported DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting) .
[0177] The UE 102 optionally transmits 908, to the network entity 104, a first SRS or a first DL-CSI report associated with the RO or preamble of the first message. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 may optionally transmit 308, to the network entity 104, a SRS or a DL-CSI report associated with the RO or preamble of the PRACH Msg1.
[0178] The UE 102 receives 910, from the network entity 104, a RAR in response to the first message, the first message or the RAR being associated with an SRS transmission. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the PRACH Msg1, the UE 102 may receive 310, from the network entity 104, a RAR Msg2. In one embodiment, the network entity may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the RAR Msg2.
[0179] The UE 102 optionally transmits 912, to the network entity 104, a second SRS or a second DL-CSI report triggered by the RAR. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the RAR Msg2 containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL-reporting, the UE 102 may transmit 312, to the network entity 104, an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, it may refrain from transmitting the SRS. The UE 102 may transmit SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0180] The UE 102 optionally transmits 914, to the network entity 104, PUSCH Msg3. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 may transmit 314 to the network entity 104, Msg3 PUSCH. In one embodiment, when the RAR Msg2 contains a trigger for the DL-reporting, the Msg3 PUSCH may include the DL-CSI report.
[0181] The UE 102 optionally receives 916, from the network entity 104, Msg4 for collision handling. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the Msg3 PUSCH, the UE 102 may receive 316, from the network entity 104, Msg4 for contention resolution (e.g., collision handling) . In one embodiment the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the Msg4.
[0182] The UE 102 optionally transmits 918, to the network entity 918, a third SRS or a third DL-CSI report triggered by the Msg4. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the Msg4 containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL- reporting, the UE 102 may transmit 318, to the network entity 104, an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, it may refrain from transmitting the SRS. The UE 102 may transmit SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0183] FIG. 9 describes a method from a UE-side of a wireless communication link, whereas FIG. 10 describes a method from a network-side of the wireless communication link.
[0184] FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method 1000 of wireless communication at a network entity 104 for configuring and receiving SRS transmissions and early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure according to an embodiment. With reference to FIG. 1, the method 1000 may be performed by one or more network entities 104, which may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110.
[0185] The network entity 104 transmits 1002 first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration, the PRACH configuration including an RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. For example, referring to FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the network entity 104 may transmit 202 first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and at least one SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes at least one RO or preamble associated with the at least one SRS resource configuration. In one embodiment, each of the SRS resource configuration includes at least one SRS resource. In one embodiment, each of the SRS resource configuration corresponds to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.
[0186] The network entity 1004 optionally transmits 904 second control signaling indicating an association between the RO or the preamble and a DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting. For example, referring to FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the network entity 104 optionally transmits 204 the second control signaling indicating an association between the at least one RO or preamble and a DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting. In one embodiment, the second control signaling may configure an association between an SSB index and an SRS resource or SRS resource configuration. In one embodiment, the second control signaling may include at least one RO or preamble associated with a DL-CSI reporting configuration. In one embodiment, the network entity 104 transmits the first control signaling and / or the second control signaling via RRC signaling, e.g., SIB or RRC reconfiguration.
[0187] The network entity 104 receives 1006, from a UE 102, a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the network entity 104 may receive 306, from a UE 102, PRACH Msg1 on one of the at least one RO or preamble associated with an SRS resource configuration supported by the UE 102 selected from the at least one SRS resource configuration. For example, the RO(s) or preamble (s) are associated with the SRS configuration supported by the UE 102 to transmit PRACH Msg1. In one embodiment, the RO (s) or preamble (s) are associated with the DL-CSI reporting configuration supported by the UE 102 (e.g., supported DL-RS for DL-CSI reporting) .
[0188] The network entity 104 optionally receives 1008, from the UE 102, a first SRS or a first DL-CSI report associated with the RO or preamble of the first message. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the network entity 104 may optionally receive 308, from the UE 102, a SRS or a DL-CSI report associated with the RO or preamble of the PRACH Msg1.
[0189] The network entity 104 transmits 1010, to the UE 102, a RAR in response to the first message, the first message or the RAR being associated with an SRS from the UE. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the PRACH Msg1, the network entity 104 may transmit 310, to the UE 102, a RAR Msg2. In one embodiment, the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the RAR Msg2.
[0190] The network entity 104 optionally receives 1012, from the UE 102, a second SRS or a second DL-CSI report triggered by the RAR. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the RAR Msg2 containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL-reporting, the network entity 104 receive transmit 312, from the UE 102, an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, the network entity 104 may not receive the SRS. The network entity 104 may receive the SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0191] The network entity 104 optionally receives 1014, from the UE 102, PUSCH Msg3. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the network entity 104 may receive 314, from the UE 102, Msg3 PUSCH. In one embodiment, when the RAR Msg2 contains a trigger for the DL-reporting, the Msg3 PUSCH may include the DL-CSI report.
[0192] The network entity 104 optionally transmits 1016, to the UE 102, Msg4 for collision handling. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the Msg3 PUSCH, the network entity 104 may transmit 316, to the UE 102, Msg4 for contention resolution (e.g., collision handling) . In one embodiment the network entity 104 may trigger the SRS transmission and / or the DL-CSI reporting by the Msg4.
[0193] The network entity 104 optionally receives 1018, from the UE 102, a third SRS or a third DL-CSI report triggered by the Msg4. For example, referring to FIG. 3, in response to the Msg4 containing a trigger for the SRS transmission and / or the DL-reporting, the network entity 104 may receive 318, from the UE 102, an SRS or a DL-CSI report. In one embodiment, if the UE 102 does not support the configuration of the triggered SRS, the network entity 104 may not receive the SRS. The network entity 104 may receive the SRS on a default SRS resource, e.g., 1-port SRS resource.
[0194] A UE apparatus 1102, as described in FIG. 11, may perform the method of flowchart 900 of FIG. 9. The one or more network entities 104, as described in FIG. 12, may perform the method of flowchart 1000 of FIG. 10.
[0195] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for an example UE 1102 apparatus for early UL / DL CSI acquisition during the random access procedure according to some embodiments. The UE apparatus 1102 may be the UE 102, a component of the UE 102, or may implement UE functionality. The UE apparatus 1102 may include an application processor 1106, which may have on-chip memory 1106’. In examples, the application processor 1106 may be coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1108 and / or a display 1110. The application processor 1106 may also be coupled to a sensor (s) module 1112, a power supply 1114, an additional module of memory 1116, a camera 1118, and / or other related components. For example, the sensor (s) module 1112 may control a barometric pressure sensor / altimeter, a motion sensor such as an inertial management unit (IMU) , a gyroscope, accelerometer (s) , a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device, a radio-assisted detection and ranging (RADAR) device, a sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) device, a magnetometer, an audio device, and / or other technologies used for positioning.
[0196] The UE apparatus 1102 may further include a wireless baseband processor 1126, which may be referred to as a modem. The wireless baseband processor 1126 may have on-chip memory 1126'. Along with, and similar to, the application processor 1106, the wireless baseband processor 1126 may also be coupled to the sensor (s) module 1112, the power supply 1114, the additional module of memory 1116, the camera 1118, and / or other related components. The wireless baseband processor 1126 may be additionally coupled to one or more subscriber identity module (SIM) card (s) 1120 and / or one or more transceivers 1130 (e.g., wireless RF transceivers) .
[0197] Within the one or more transceivers 1130, the UE apparatus 1102 may include a Bluetooth module 1132, a WLAN module 1134, an SPS module 1136 (e.g., GNSS module) , and / or a cellular module 1138. The Bluetooth module 1132, the WLAN module 1134, the SPS module 1136, and the cellular module 1138 may each include an on-chip transceiver (TRX) , or in some cases, just a transmitter (TX) or just a receiver (RX) . The Bluetooth module 1132, the WLAN module 1134, the SPS module 1136, and the cellular module 1138 may each include dedicated antennas and / or utilize antennas 1140 for communication with one or more other nodes. For example, the UE apparatus 1102 can communicate through the transceiver (s) 1130 via the antennas 1140 with another UE 102 (e.g., sidelink communication) and / or with a network entity 104 (e.g., uplink / downlink communication) , where the network entity 104 may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110.
[0198] The wireless baseband processor 1126 and the application processor 1106 may each include a computer-readable medium / memory 1126', 1106', respectively. The additional module of memory 1116 may also be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory 1126', 1106', 1116 may be non-transitory. The wireless baseband processor 1126 and the application processor 1106 may each be responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory 1126', 1106', 1116. The software, when executed by the wireless baseband processor 1126 / application processor 1106, causes the wireless baseband processor 1126 / application processor 1106 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the wireless baseband processor 1126 / application processor 1106 when executing the software. The wireless baseband processor 1126 / application processor 1106 may be a component of the UE 102. The UE apparatus 1102 may be a processor chip (e.g., modem and / or application) and include just the wireless baseband processor 1126 and / or the application processor 1106. In other examples, the UE apparatus 1102 may be the entire UE 102 and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1102.
[0199] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 11, an early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is configured to transmit SRS and downlink CSI (DL-CSI) reports for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure. The early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is configured to receive from the base station / network entity 104 control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is further configured to transmit to the base station / network entity 104 a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with an SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI reporting component 140 is further configured to receive from the base station / network entity 104 a RAR in response to the first message. The first message or the RAR is associated with an SRS transmission.
[0200] The UE-initiated beam measurement and reporting component 140 may be within the application processor 1106 (e.g., at 140a) , the wireless baseband processor 1126 (e.g., at 140b) , or both the application processor 1106 and the wireless baseband processor 1126. The UE-initiated beam measurement and reporting component 140a-140b may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors, or a combination thereof.
[0201] FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for one or more example network entities to support early UL / DL CSI acquisition during the random access procedure according to some embodiments. The one or more network entities 104 may be a base station, a component of a base station, or may implement base station functionality. The one or more network entities 104 may include, or may correspond to, at least one of the RU 106, the DU, 108, or the CU 110. The CU 110 may include a CU processor 1246, which may have on-chip memory 1246'. In some aspects, the CU 110 may further include an additional module of memory 1256 and / or a communications interface 1248, both of which may be coupled to the CU processor 1246. The CU 110 can communicate with the DU 108 through a midhaul link 162, such as an F1 interface between the communications interface 1248 of the CU 110 and a communications interface 1228 of the DU 108.
[0202] The DU 108 may include a DU processor 1226, which may have on-chip memory 1226'. In some aspects, the DU 108 may further include an additional module of memory 1236 and / or the communications interface 1228, both of which may be coupled to the DU processor 1226. The DU 108 can communicate with the RU 106 through a fronthaul link 160 between the communications interface 1228 of the DU 108 and a communications interface 1208 of the RU 106.
[0203] The RU 106 may include an RU processor 1206, which may have on-chip memory 1206'. In some aspects, the RU 106 may further include an additional module of memory 1216, the communications interface 1208, and one or more transceivers 1230, all of which may be coupled to the RU processor 1206. The RU 106 may further include antennas 1240, which may be coupled to the one or more transceivers 1230, such that the RU 106 can communicate through the one or more transceivers 1230 via the antennas 1240 with the UE 102.
[0204] The on-chip memory 1206', 1226', 1246' and the additional modules of memory 1216, 1236, 1256 may each be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory may be non-transitory. Each of the processors 1206, 1226, 1246 is responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the corresponding processor (s) 1206, 1226, 1246 causes the processor (s) 1206, 1226, 1246 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor (s) 1206, 1226, 1246 when executing the software. In examples, the early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 may sit at any of the one or more network entities 104, such as at the CU 110; both the CU 110 and the DU 108; each of the CU 110, the DU 108, and the RU 106; the DU 108; both the DU 108 and the RU 106; or the RU 106.
[0205] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 12, the early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is configured to configure and receive SRS and DL-CSI reports for early uplink / downlink CSI acquisition during a random access procedure. The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is configured to transmit to any of the UEs 102 control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and an SRS resource configuration. The PRACH configuration includes a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is further configured to receive from a UE 102 a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with an SRS resource configuration. The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 is further configured to transmit to the UE 102 a RAR in response to the first message. The first message or the RAR is associated with an SRS from the UE
[0206] The early UL / DL CSI configuration and receiving component 150 may be within one or more processors of the one or more network entities 104, such as the RU processor 1206 (e.g., at 150a) , the DU processor 1226 (e.g., at 150b) , and / or the CU processor 1246 (e.g., at 150c) . The UE-initiated beam reporting configuration component 150a-150c may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors 1206, 1226, 1246 configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors 1206, 1226, 1246, or a combination thereof.
[0207] The specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts disclosed herein is an illustration of example approaches. Hence, the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts may be rearranged. Some blocks may also be combined or deleted. Dashed lines may indicate optional elements of the diagrams. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in an example order, and are not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented in the claims, processes, and flowcharts.
[0208] The detailed description set forth herein describes various configurations in connection with the drawings and does not represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough explanation of various concepts. However, these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.
[0209] Aspects of wireless communication systems, such as telecommunication systems, are presented with reference to various apparatuses and methods. These apparatuses and methods are described in the following detailed description and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, call flows, systems, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0210] An element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units (CPUs) , application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems-on-chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other similar hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software, which may be referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, or any combination thereof.
[0211] If the functionality described herein is implemented in software, the functions may be stored on, or encoded as, one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium, such as a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media and can include a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of these types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer.
[0212] Aspects, implementations, and / or use cases described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, the aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices, such as end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled devices, machine learning (ML) -enabled devices, etc. The aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may range from chip-level or modular components to non-modular or non-chip-level implementations, and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more techniques described herein.
[0213] Devices incorporating the aspects and features described herein may also include additional components and features for the implementation and practice of the claimed and described aspects and features. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes, such as hardware components, antennas, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processor (s) , interleavers, adders / summers, etc. Techniques described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc., of varying configurations.
[0214] The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not limited to the aspects described herein, but are to be interpreted in view of the full scope of the present disclosure consistent with the language of the claims.
[0215] Reference to an element in the singular does not mean “one and only one” unless specifically stated, but rather “one or more. ” Terms such as “if, ” “when, ” and “while” do not imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when, ” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The terms “may” , “might” , and “can” , as used in this disclosure, often carry certain connotations. For example, “may” refers to a permissible feature that may or may not occur, “might” refers to a feature that probably occurs, and “can” refers to a capability (e.g., capable of) . The phrase “For example” often carries a similar connotation to “may” and, therefore, “may” is sometimes excluded from sentences that include “for example” or other similar phrases.
[0216] Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C” or “one or more of A, B, or C” include any combination of A, B, and / or C, such as A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, and / or multiples of C, or may include A only, B only, or C only. Sets should be interpreted as a set of elements where the elements number one or more.
[0217] Unless otherwise specifically indicated, ordinal terms such as “first” and “second” do not necessarily imply an order in time, sequence, numerical value, etc., but are used to distinguish between different instances of a term or phrase that follows each ordinal term. Reference numbers, as used in the specification and figures, are sometimes cross-referenced among drawings to denote same or similar features. A feature that is exactly the same in multiple drawings may be labeled with the same reference number in the multiple drawings. A feature that is similar among the multiple drawings, but not exactly the same, may be labeled with reference numbers that have different leading numbers, but have one or more of the same trailing numbers (e.g., 206, 306, 406, etc., may refer to similar features in the drawings) . Hence, like numbers may refer to like actions.
[0218] Structural and functional equivalents to elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are encompassed by the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ” As used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A” , where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like, shall be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.
[0219] The following examples are illustrative only and may be combined with other examples or teachings described herein, without limitation.
[0220] Example 1 is a method of wireless communication at a UE, including: receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and a SRS resource configuration, the PRACH configuration including a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration; transmitting, to the network entity, a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration; and receiving, from the network entity, a RAR in response to the first message, the first message or the RAR being associated with an SRS transmission.
[0221] Example 2 may be combined with Example 1 and includes that the SRS resource configuration includes at least one of: a usage mode of an SRS configured by the SRS resource configuration; a frequency-domain resource of the SRS; a time-domain behavior of the SRS; a time offset between a triggering signal for the SRS and a start of an SRS transmission of the SRS; an uplink transmit power of the SRS; an uplink transmit power ramping of a retransmission of the SRS; a TCI for the SRS; a beam for the SRS; a frequency hopping behavior of the SRS; or a number of transmit ports for the SRS.
[0222] Example 3 may be combined with any one of Examples 1 or 2, and includes that receiving the SRS resource configuration includes: receiving multiple SRS resource sets, where the multiple SRS resource sets correspond to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS; or receiving multiple frequency-domain and time-domain resources, where the multiple frequency-domain and time-domain resources correspond to the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.
[0223] Example 4 may be combined with Example 3, and includes that the PRACH configuration includes multiple ROs associated with the multiple SRS resource sets or multiple preambles associated with the multiple SRS resource sets.
[0224] Example 5 may be combined with any of Examples 1-4, and includes that the PRACH configuration includes multiple groupings of preambles associated with multiple combinations of the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.
[0225] Example 6 may be combined with any of Examples 1-5, and further includes: receiving, from the network entity, a DCI to schedule the RAR, where the DCI includes an SRS triggering indication; and transmitting, to the network entity, the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.
[0226] Example 7 may be combined with any of Examples 1-6, and further includes: receiving, from the network entity, an SRS triggering indication in the RAR; and transmitting, to the network entity, the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.
[0227] Example 8 may be combined with any of Examples 1-7, and further includes: transmitting, to the network entity, a PUSCH message in response to the RAR; receiving, from the network entity, a PDCCH message in response to the PUSCH message, where the PDCCH includes an SRS trigger indication; and transmitting, to the network entity, the SRS based on the SRS trigger indication.
[0228] Example 9 may be combined with any of Examples 1-8, and further includes: receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating an association between the RO or the preamble and a DL-RS for DL-CSI, reporting.
[0229] Example 10 may be combined with Example 9, and further includes: transmitting, to the network entity, a DL-CSI report in response to the RAR.
[0230] Example 11 may be combined with any one of Examples 9 or 10, and includes: transmitting, to the network entity, a PUSCH message in response to the RAR; receiving, from the network entity, a PDCCH message in response to the PUSCH message; and transmitting, to the network entity, a DL-CSI report in response to the PDCCH message.
[0231] Example 12 may be combined with any one of Examples 9-11, and further includes transmitting, to the network entity, a DL-CSI report on at least one of: a PUSCH message in response to the RAR; the first message; a dynamic grant PUSCH; a configured grant PUSCH; or a PUCCH.
[0232] Example 13 is a method of wireless communication at a network entity, including: transmitting first control signaling indicating a PRACH configuration and a SRS resource configuration, the PRACH configuration including a RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration; receiving, from a UE, a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration; and transmitting, to the UE, a RAR in response to the first message, the first message or the RAR being associated with an SRS from the UE.
[0233] Example 14 may be combined with Example 13 and includes that the SRS resource configuration includes at least one of: a usage mode of an SRS configured by the SRS resource configuration; a frequency-domain resource of the SRS; a time-domain behavior of the SRS; a time offset between a triggering signal for the SRS and a start of an SRS transmission of the SRS; an uplink transmit power of the SRS; an uplink transmit power ramping of a retransmission of the SRS; a TCI for the SRS; a beam for the SRS; a frequency hopping behavior of the SRS; or a number of transmit ports for the SRS.
[0234] Example 15 may be combined with any one of Examples 13 or 14, and includes that transmitting the SRS resource includes: transmitting multiple SRS resource sets, where the multiple SRS resource sets correspond to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS; or transmitting multiple frequency-domain and time-domain resources, where the multiple frequency-domain and time-domain resources correspond to the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS .
[0235] Example 16 may be combined with any one of Examples 13-15, and further includes: transmitting, to the UE, a DCI to schedule the RAR, where the DCI includes an SRS triggering indication; and receiving, from the UE, the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.
[0236] Example 17 may be combined with any one of Examples 13-16, and further includes: transmitting, to the UE, an SRS triggering indication in the RAR; and receiving, from the UE, the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.
[0237] Example 18 may be combined with any one of Examples 16-17, and further includes: transmitting, to the UE, second control signaling indicating an association between the RO or the preamble and a DL-RS for DL-CSI, reporting.
[0238] Example 19 may be combined with Example 4, and includes that transmitting the first message includes: transmitting the first message on one of multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles associated with an SRS resource set supported by the UE, where the RO or the preamble of the first message indicates, to the network entity, a capability of the UE for transmitting the SRS.
[0239] Example 20 may be combined with Example 4, and further includes: transmitting to the network entity, an SRS corresponding to one of the multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles associated with an SRS resource set supported by the UE.
[0240] Example 21 may be combined with Example 20, and includes that the SRS resource configuration includes multiple SRS transmission occasions, SOs, corresponding to multiple SRS resource sets, where the multiple SOs are associated with the multiple ROs or the multiple preambles, and where transmitting the SRS includes: transmitting the SRS one of the multiple SOs associated with one of multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles corresponding to an SRS resource set supported by the UE.
[0241] Example 22 may be combined with Example 6, and includes that the SRS triggering indication includes at least one of: the SRS resource configuration to be triggered; a TPC for a triggered SRS, or a time-domain behavior for the triggered SRS.
[0242] Example 23 may be combined with Example 6, and includes that the SRS triggering indication is associated with at least one of: the RO or the preamble included in the PRACH configuration; an RNTI associated with the DCI; or an event that triggers the first message.
[0243] Example 24 may be combined with Example 7, and includes that the SRS triggering indication includes at least one of: the SRS resource configuration to be triggered; a TPC for a triggered SRS, or a time-domain behavior for the triggered SRS.
[0244] Example 25 may be combined with Example 7, and includes that the SRS triggering indication is associated with at least one of: the RO or the preamble included in the PRACH configuration; an RNTI associated with the DCI; or an event that triggers the first message.
[0245] Example 26 may be combined with Example 9, and further includes receiving, from the network entity, an indication of the DL-RS for the DL-CSI reporting through at least one of: the RAR, a DCI that schedules the RAR; or a DL-RS associated with the first message.
[0246] Example 27 may be combined with Example 9, and includes that the PRACH configuration includes: multiple ROs or multiple preambles associated with multiple UE-supported DL-RS configurations; or multiple groupings of preambles associated with the multiple UE-supported DL-RS configurations.
[0247] Example 28 may be combined with Example 27, and further includes: transmitting, to the network entity, a DL-CSI report corresponding to one of the multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles associated with a DL-RS configuration supported by the UE.
[0248] Example 29 may be combined with any one of Examples 9-11, or 26-28, and includes that the DL-CSI reporting includes at least one of: a synchronization signal block resource indicator, SSBRI, indicating a synchronization signal block, SSB, to be measured; a CSI reference signal resource indicator, CRI, indicating a CSI-RS, to be measured; a rank indicator, RI indicating a recommended rank; a precoding matrix indicator, PMI, indicating a recommended codebook; a channel quality indicator, CQI, indicating a recommended channel quality; a reference signal received power, RSRP, of the DL-RS; a signal-to-interference plus interference ratio, SINR, of the DL-RS; or a received signal strength indicator, RSSI, of the DL-RS.
[0249] Example 30 may be combined with Example 15, and includes that the PRACH configuration includes multiple ROs associated with the multiple SRS resource sets or multiple preambles associated with the multiple SRS resource sets.
[0250] Example 31 may be combined with Example 30, and includes that receiving the first message includes: receiving the first message includes: receiving the first message on one of multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles associated with an SRS resource set supported by the UE, where the RO or the preamble of the first message indicates, to the network entity, a capability of the UE for transmitting the SRS.
[0251] Example 32 may be combined with any one of Examples 13-15, or 30-31, and includes that the PRACH configuration includes multiple groupings of preambles associated with multiple combinations of the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS .
[0252] Example 33 may be combined with Example 30, and further includes receiving, from the UE, an SRS corresponding to one of the multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles associated with an SRS resource set supported by the UE.
[0253] Example 34 may be combined with Example 30, and includes that the SRS resource configuration includes multiple SRS transmission occasions, SOs, corresponding to multiple SRS resource sets, where the multiple SOs are associated with the multiple ROs or the multiple preambles, and where transmitting the SRS includes: transmitting the SRS one of the multiple SOs associated with one of multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles corresponding to an SRS resource set supported by the UE.
[0254] Example 35 may be combined with Example 16, and includes that the SRS triggering indication includes at least one of: the SRS resource configuration to be triggered; a TPC for a triggered SRS, or a time-domain behavior for the triggered SRS.
[0255] Example 36 may be combined with Example 16, and includes that the SRS triggering indication is associated with at least one of: the RO or the preamble included in the PRACH configuration; an RNTI associated with the DCI; or an event that triggers the first message.
[0256] Example 37 may be combined with Example 17, and includes that the SRS triggering indication includes at least one of: the SRS resource configuration to be triggered; a TPC for a triggered SRS, or a time-domain behavior for the triggered SR.
[0257] Example 38 be combined with Example 17, and includes that the SRS triggering indication includes at least one of: the RO or the preamble included in the PRACH configuration; an RNTI associated with the DCI; or an event that triggers the first message.
[0258] Example 39 may be combined with any one of Example 13-17, or 30-38, and further includes: receiving, from the UE, a PUSCH message in response to the RAR; transmitting, to the UE, a PDCCH message in response to the PUSCH message, where the PDCCH includes an SRS trigger indication; and receiving, from the UE, the SRS based on the SRS trigger indication.
[0259] Example 40 may be combined with Example 18, and further includes: transmitting, to the UE, an indication of the DL-RS for the DL-CSI reporting through at least one of: the RAR, a DCI that schedules the RAR; or a DL-RS associated with the first message.
[0260] Example 41 may be combined with Example 18, and includes that the PRACH configuration includes: multiple ROs or multiple preambles associated with multiple UE-supported DL-RS configurations; or multiple groupings of preambles associated with the multiple UE-supported DL-RS configurations.
[0261] Example 42 may be combined with Example 41, and further includes: receiving, from the UE, a DL-CSI report corresponding to one of the multiple ROs or one of the multiple preambles associated with a DL-RS configuration supported by the UE.
[0262] Example 43 may be combined with any one of Examples 18, or 40-42, and further includes: receiving, from the UE, a DL-CSI report in response to the RAR.
[0263] Example 44 may be combined with any one of Example 18, or 40-43, and further includes: receiving, from the UE, a PUSCH message in response to the RAR; transmitting, to the UE, a PDCCH message in response to the PUSCH message; and receiving, from the UE, the SRS based on the SRS trigger indication.
[0264] Example 45 may be combined with any one of Examples 18, or 40-44, and includes that the DL-CSI reporting includes at least one of: a SSBRI indicating a SSB to be measured; a CRI indicating a CSI-RS, to be measured; a RI indicating a recommended rank; a PMI indicating a recommended codebook; a CQI indicating a recommended channel quality; a RSRP of the DL-RS; a SINR of the DL-RS; or a RSSI of the DL-RS.
[0265] Example 46 may be combined with any one of Examples 18, or 40-45, and includes receiving, from the UE, a DL-CSI report on at least one of: a PUSCH message in response to the RAR; the first message; a dynamic grant PUSCH; a configured grant PUSCH; or a PUCCH.
[0266] Example 47 is an apparatus for wireless communication comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of claims 1-46.
[0267] Example 48 is an apparatus for wireless communication including means for implementing a method as in any of Examples 1-46.
[0268] Example 49 is a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement a method as in any of Examples 1-46.
[0269] Example 50 is a computer program product for implementing a method as in any of Examples 1-46.
Claims
1.A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, (102) , comprising:receiving (202) , from a network entity (104) , first control signaling indicating a physical random access channel, PRACH, configuration and a sounding reference signal, SRS, resource configuration, the PRACH configuration including a random access channel occasion, RO, associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration;transmitting (306, 406) , to the network entity (104) , a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration; andreceiving (310, 410) , from the network entity (104) , a random access response, RAR, in response to the first message, the first message or the RAR being associated with an SRS transmission.2.The method of claim 1, wherein the SRS resource configuration comprises at least one of:a usage mode of an SRS configured by the SRS resource configuration;a frequency-domain resource of the SRS;a time-domain behavior of the SRS;a time offset between a triggering signal for the SRS and a start of an SRS transmission of the SRS;an uplink transmit power of the SRS;an uplink transmit power ramping of a retransmission of the SRS;a transmission configuration indication (TCI) for the SRS;a beam for the SRS;a frequency hopping behavior of the SRS; ora number of transmit ports for the SRS.3.The method of any of claims 1-2, wherein the receiving (202) the SRS resource configuration comprises receiving:a plurality of SRS resource sets, wherein the plurality SRS resource sets correspond to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS; ora plurality of frequency-domain and time-domain resources, wherein the plurality of frequency-domain and time-domain resources correspond to the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.4.The method of claim 3, wherein the PRACH configuration comprises a plurality of ROs associated with the plurality of SRS resource sets or a plurality of preambles associated with the plurality of SRS resource sets.5.The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein the PRACH configuration comprises a plurality of groupings of preambles associated with a plurality of combinations of the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.6.The method of any of claims 1-5, further comprising:receiving, from the network entity (104) , a downlink control information, DCI, to schedule the RAR, wherein the DCI includes an SRS triggering indication; andtransmitting, to the network entity (104) , the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.7.The method of any of claims 1-6, further comprising:receiving (310, 410) , from the network entity (104) , an SRS triggering indication in the RAR; andtransmitting (312, 412) , to the network entity (104) , the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.8.The method of any of claims 1-7, further comprising:transmitting (314) , to the network entity (104) , a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message in response to the RAR;receiving (316) , from the network entity (104) , a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, message in response to the PUSCH message, wherein the PDCCH includes an SRS trigger indication; andtransmitting (318) , to the network entity (104) , the SRS based on the SRS trigger indication.9.The method of any of claims 1-8, further comprising:receiving (204) , from the network entity (104) , second control signaling indicating an association between the RO or the preamble and a downlink reference signal, DL-RS, for downlink channel state information, DL-CSI, reporting.10.The method of claim 9, further comprising:transmitting (312, 412) , to the network entity (104) , a DL-CSI report in response to the RAR.11.The method of any of claims 9-10, further comprising:transmitting (314) , to the network entity (104) , a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message in response to the RAR;receiving (316) , from the network entity (104) , a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, message in response to the PUSCH message; andtransmitting (318) , to the network entity (104) , a DL-CSI report in response to the PDCCH message.12.The method of any of claims 9-11, further comprising transmitting, to the network entity (104) , a DL-CSI report on at least one of:a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message in response to the RAR;the first message;a dynamic grant PUSCH;a configured grant PUSCH; ora physical uplink control channel, PUCCH.13.A method of wireless communication at a network entity (104) , comprising:transmitting (202) , first control signaling indicating a physical random access channel, PRACH, configuration and a sounding reference signal, SRS resource configuration, the PRACH configuration including a random access channel occasion, RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or a preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration;receiving (306, 406) , from a UE (102) , a first message based on the RO associated with the SRS resource configuration or the preamble associated with the SRS resource configuration; andtransmitting (310, 410) , to the UE (102) , a random access response, RAR, in response to the first message, the first message or the RAR being associated with an SRS from the UE (102) .14.The method of claim 13, wherein the SRS resource configuration comprises at least one of:a usage mode of an SRS configured by the SRS resource configuration;a frequency-domain resource of the SRS;a time-domain behavior of the SRS;a time offset between a triggering signal for the SRS and a start of an SRS transmission of the SRS;an uplink transmit power of the SRS;an uplink transmit power ramping of a retransmission of the SRS;a transmission configuration indication (TCI) for the SRS;a beam for the SRS;a frequency hopping behavior of the SRS; ora number of transmit ports for the SRS.15.The method of any of claims 13-14, wherein the transmitting (202) the SRS resource configuration comprises transmitting:a plurality of SRS resource sets, wherein the plurality SRS resource sets correspond to different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS; ora plurality of frequency-domain and time-domain resources, wherein the plurality of frequency-domain and time-domain resources correspond to the different UE-supported capabilities for transmitting SRS.16.The method of any of claim 13-15, further comprising:transmitting, to the UE (102) , a downlink control information, DCI, to schedule the RAR, wherein the DCI includes an SRS triggering indication; andreceiving, from the UE (102) , the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.17.The method of any of claims 13-16, further comprising:transmitting (310, 410) , to the UE (102) , an SRS triggering indication in the RAR; andreceiving (312, 412) , from the UE (102) , the SRS based on the SRS triggering indication.18.The method of any of claims 13-17, further comprising:transmitting (204) , to the UE (102) , second control signaling indicating an association between the RO or the preamble and a downlink reference signal, DL-RS, for downlink channel state information, DL-CSI, reporting.19.An apparatus for wireless communication comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of claims 1-18.