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Facilitating signaling and transmission protocols for enhanced beam management for initial access

  • US 10,568,146 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2019
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, by a base station device comprising a processor from a mobile device, a message indicating first beam information for a selected first beam of beams associated with the base station device and indicating second beam information for a selected second beam of the beams, wherein the selected second beam is an alternative to the selected first beam for transmission of downlink data to the mobile device from the base station device; and

    in response to the receiving the first beam information, facilitating, by the base station device, transmitting, to the mobile device, a random access channel response as a second message of a two step random access channel procedure.

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