US 12,114,308 B2
System and method for common control channels in a communications system
Philippe Sartori, Naperville, IL (US); Jianghua Liu, Shenzhen (CN); Qiang Wu, Beijing (CN); Vipul Desai, Palatine, IL (US); Weimin Xiao, Hoffman Estates, IL (US); and Brian Classon, Palatine, IL (US)
Assigned to FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,634.
Application 17/493,634 is a continuation of application No. 15/464,070, filed on Mar. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,140,661.
Application 15/464,070 is a continuation of application No. 13/754,622, filed on Jan. 30, 2013, granted, now 9,603,034, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/592,401, filed on Jan. 30, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030581 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/0091 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
monitoring, by a user equipment (UE), a first search space;
receiving, by the UE, configuration information, the configuration information indicating a random access channel (RACH) configuration, the RACH configuration including a first set of preambles and a second set of preambles, wherein the first set of preambles corresponds to the first search space, and the second set of preambles corresponds to a second search space;
transmitting, by the UE, a RACH message in accordance with a preamble from the second set of preambles based on a capability of the UE; and
monitoring, by the UE, the second search space after the transmitting the RACH message based on the capability of the UE.