US 12,328,769 B2
System and method for signaling design and configuration
Huiying Fang, Shenzhen (CN); Bo Dai, Shenzhen (CN); Kun Liu, Shenzhen (CN); and Jianxun Ai, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,408.
Application 17/853,408 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/106991, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009307 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0453 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication method, comprising:
transmitting, by a wireless communication node to a first wireless communication device, configuration information,
wherein the first wireless communication device is a reduced capability user equipment (UE) device, and wherein the configuration information includes a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) configuration including a starting position of a PRACH transmission occasion allocated for the first wireless communication device in frequency domain, and wherein the starting position of the PRACH transmission occasion allocated for the first wireless communication device is indicated by a number of offset resource blocks away from a starting of an uplink initial bandwidth part allocated for at least one of the first wireless communication device or a second wireless communication device, wherein the starting of the uplink initial bandwidth part allocated for the first wireless communication device is adjacent to an ending position of the uplink initial bandwidth part allocated for the second wireless communication device.