US 12,137,480 B2
Methods and devices for facilitating random access communications in wireless communication systems
Vinay Chande, San Diego, CA (US); Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,421.
Application 17/827,421 is a continuation of application No. 16/399,685, filed on Apr. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,350,459.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312494 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 74/004 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network entity, comprising:
at least one transceiver;
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory, wherein the network entity is configured to:
send a first transmission for a random access procedure on a first directional beam, the first transmission comprising a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble sequence;
monitor for a second transmission for the random access procedure in response to the first transmission, wherein the network entity is configured to monitor for the second transmission via the first directional beam and a second directional beam, according to a beam monitoring timing sequence; and
receive the second transmission.