UE initiated discovery in assisted millimeter wavelength wireless access networks
First Claim
1. A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- transmitting, through a first network, a beamformed broadcast request signal to a base station in a plurality of transmissions in a plurality of transmit spatial directions of the UE based on information received through a second network;
receiving a beamformed broadcast response signal from the base station in a resource of a plurality of resources; and
determining a preferred transmit spatial direction of the UE based on the resource in which the beamformed broadcast response signal is received.
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE transmits a beamformed broadcast request signal to a base station in a plurality of transmissions in transmit spatial directions of the UE, receives a beamformed broadcast response signal from the base station in a resource of a plurality of resources, and determines a preferred transmit spatial direction of the UE based on the resource in which the beamformed broadcast response signal is received. The apparatus may be a base station. The base station scans for a beamformed broadcast request signal from a UE, determines a preferred transmit spatial direction of transmit spatial directions of the UE, determines a resource of a plurality of resources for indicating the determined preferred transmit spatial direction, and transmits a beamformed broadcast response signal to the UE in the determined resource.
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1. A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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transmitting, through a first network, a beamformed broadcast request signal to a base station in a plurality of transmissions in a plurality of transmit spatial directions of the UE based on information received through a second network; receiving a beamformed broadcast response signal from the base station in a resource of a plurality of resources; and determining a preferred transmit spatial direction of the UE based on the resource in which the beamformed broadcast response signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of wireless communication of a base station, comprising:
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scanning, through a first network, for a beamformed broadcast request signal from a user equipment (UE), the beamformed broadcast request signal being based on information sent through a second network and associated with a plurality of transmissions from the UE, each transmission being associated with a transmit spatial direction of a plurality of transmit spatial directions of the UE; determining a preferred transmit spatial direction of the transmit spatial directions of the UE; determining a resource of a plurality of resources based on the determined preferred transmit spatial direction; and transmitting a beamformed broadcast response signal to the UE in the determined resource. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus being a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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means for transmitting, through a first network, a beamformed broadcast request signal to a base station in a plurality of transmissions in a plurality of transmit spatial directions of the UE based on information received through a second network; means for receiving a beamformed broadcast response signal from the base station in a resource of a plurality of resources; and means for determining a preferred transmit spatial direction of the UE based on the resource in which the beamformed broadcast response signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus being a base station, comprising:
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means for scanning, through a first network, for a beamformed broadcast request signal from a user equipment (UE), the beamformed broadcast request signal being based on information sent through a second network and associated with a plurality of transmissions from the UE, each transmission being associated with a transmit spatial direction of a plurality of transmit spatial directions of the UE; means for determining a preferred transmit spatial direction of the transmit spatial directions of the UE; means for determining a resource of a plurality of resources based on the determined preferred transmit spatial direction; and means for transmitting a beamformed broadcast response signal to the UE in the determined resource. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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