User equipment (UE) indication of coverage mismatch between common search space (CSS) and user-specific search space (USS) for remaining minimum system information (RMSI) delivery

• US 10,517,002 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2018
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Nagaraja, Sumeeth, Luo, Tao, John Wilson, Makesh Pravin, Akkarakaran, Sony, Montojo, Juan, Chen, Shengbo, Kubota, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Application Number:
  US16/037,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20190028907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0632 Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0695 using beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/165 for reducing network power consumption H04W36/18 - H04W36/22 take precedence

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for identifying a mismatch between a user'"'"'s common search space (CSS) and user-specific search space (USS). A base station (BS) may receive an indication that a user equipment (UE) decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a CSS. The BS may take one or more actions based, at least in part, on the indication. Similarly, a UE may decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by a BS in a USS, transmit to the BS an indication that the UE decoded the at least one beamformed signal transmitted in the USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a CSS, and take one or more actions based, at least in part, on the indication.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising:

transmitting system information to a user equipment (UE) in a first common search space (CSS) transmission;

receiving an indication of a coverage mismatch indicating that the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a user-specific search space (USS) and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a subsequent CSS transmission;

responsive to receiving the indication, determining whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission; and

taking one or more actions based, at least in part, on the determining whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the UE with a first threshold value associated with CSS transmissions; and

configuring the UE with a second threshold value associated with the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the UE with at least one scrambling sequence for uplink transmission, wherein the scrambling sequence indicates the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in the USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in the subsequent CSS transmission,

wherein the received indication is scrambled using the at least one scrambling sequence.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is received via at least one of:

a scheduling request (SR), a beam failure recovery request, or a random access channel (RACH) resource.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is received via at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein taking the one or more actions comprises:

performing a handover of the UE from the BS to a neighboring BS responsive to a determination that the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission comprises:

determining the UE does not have a current Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) or a current Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI) transmitted via the CSS,

wherein taking the one or more actions comprises, discontinuing serving the UE.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein taking the one or more actions comprises:

balancing coverage of CSS transmissions and the USS based, at least in part, on feedback from the UE.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein taking the one or more actions comprises:

transmitting, to the UE, at least one of a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), or System Information Blocks (SIBs) via dedicated signaling.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the BS comprises a primary BS and further comprising:

receiving a second indication the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a USS associated with a secondary BS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a CSS by the secondary BS,

wherein the one or more actions are further based, at least in part, on the second indication.

11. The method of claim 1,

wherein the indication is associated with a first component carrier, and further comprising:

receiving a second indication the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a USS associated with a secondary component carrier (CC) and did not detect at least one beamformed New Radio synchronization signal (NR-SS) or decode a beamformed Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) associated with the secondary CC,

wherein the one or more actions are further based, at least in part, on the second indication.

12. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving system information from a base station (BS) in a first common search space (CSS) transmission;

decoding at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a user-specific search space (USS);

transmitting, to the BS, an indication of a coverage mismatch indicating that the UE decoded the at least one beamformed signal transmitted in the USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a subsequent CSS transmission; and

taking one or more actions based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining the UE decoded the beamformed signal in the USS based on measurement of a reference signal (RS) that is quasi co-located (QCL) with the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS; and

attempting to measure a RS that is QCL with the beamformed signal transmitted in the subsequent CSS transmission.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a first threshold value associated with CSS transmissions;

receiving a second threshold value associated with the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS; and

determining the UE did not decode the beamformed signal transmitted in the subsequent CSS transmission based on the first threshold value and determining the UE decoded the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS based on the second threshold value.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving at least one scrambling sequence for uplink transmission, wherein the scrambling sequence indicates the UE is able to decode at least one beamformed signal in the USS and is not able to decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted in the subsequent CSS transmission,

wherein the indication comprises an uplink transmission scrambled by the scrambling sequence.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the indication is transmitted via at least one of:

a scheduling request (SR), a beam failure recovery request, or a random access channel resource.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the indication is transmitted via at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein taking the one or more actions comprises:

discontinuing a call with the BS responsive to a determination that the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein taking the one or more actions comprises:

receiving, from the BS, at least one of a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), or System Information Blocks (SIBs) via dedicated signaling in the USS.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the BS comprises a primary BS and further comprising:

transmitting a second indication the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a USS associated with a secondary BS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a CSS associated with the secondary BS,

wherein the one or more actions are further based, at least in part, on the second indication.

21. The method of claim 12,

wherein the indication is associated with a first component carrier, and further comprising:

transmitting a second indication the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a USS associated with a secondary component carrier (CC) and did not detect at least one beamformed New Radio synchronization signal (NR-SS) or decode a beamformed Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) associated with the secondary CC, wherein the one or more actions are further based, at least in part, on the second indication.

22. An apparatus for wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising:

means for transmitting system information to a user equipment (UE) in a first common search space (CSS) transmission;

means for receiving an indication of a coverage mismatch indicating that the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a user-specific search space (USS) and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a subsequent CSS transmission; and

means for, responsive to receiving the indication, determining whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission; and

means for taking one or more actions based, at least in part, on the determining whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

means for configuring the UE with a first threshold value associated with CSS transmissions; and

means for configuring the UE with a second threshold value associated with the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

means for configuring the UE with at least one scrambling sequence for uplink transmission, wherein the scrambling sequence indicates the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in the USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in the subsequent CSS transmission,

wherein the received indication is scrambled using the at least one scrambling sequence.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the indication is received via at least one of:

a scheduling request (SR), a beam failure recovery request, or a random access channel (RACH) resource.

26. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving system information from a base station (BS) in a first common search space (CSS) transmission;

means for decoding at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a user-specific search space (USS);

means for transmitting, to the BS, an indication of a coverage mismatch indicating that the UE decoded the at least one beamformed signal transmitted in the USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a subsequent CSS transmission; and

means for taking one or more actions based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the system information has changed since the first CSS transmission.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising:

means for determining the UE decoded the beamformed signal in the USS based on measurement of a reference signal (RS) that is quasi co-located (QCL) with the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS; and

means for attempting to measure a RS that is QCL with the beamformed signal transmitted in the subsequent CSS transmission.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising:

means for receiving a first threshold value associated with CSS transmissions;

means for receiving a second threshold value associated with the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS; and

means for determining the UE did not decode the beamformed signal transmitted in the subsequent CSS transmission based on the first threshold value and means for determining the UE decoded the beamformed signal transmitted in the USS based on the second threshold value.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the means for taking the one or more actions comprises:

means for receiving, from the BS, at least one of a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), or System Information Blocks (SIBs) via dedicated signaling in the USS.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the BS comprises a primary BS and further comprising:

means for transmitting a second indication the UE decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a USS associated with a secondary BS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted in a CSS associated with the secondary BS,

wherein the one or more actions are further based, at least in part, on the second indication.