Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-of-arrival determination of a PRACH preamble
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Application No.: US17792055Application Date: 2020-02-12
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Publication No.: US12342389B2Publication Date: 2025-06-24
- Inventor: Yang Zhang , Oskar Mauritz
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Weisberg I.P. Law, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/053615 WO 20200212
- International Announcement: WO2021/160258 WO 20210819
- Main IPC: H04W24/10
- IPC: H04W24/10 ; H04B7/024 ; H04B7/08 ; H04L5/00 ; H04W16/28 ; H04W72/12 ; H04W74/08 ; H04W74/0833

Abstract:
There is provided mechanisms for determining time-of-arrival of a PRACH preamble. A method is performed by a radio access network node. The radio access network node is configured for beamformed communication in a set of beams. The method comprises receiving, from a UE and at a TRP of the radio access network node, a PRACH preamble. The method comprises determining a weight factor value for the PRACH preamble. The weight factor value is dependent on beam information mapped to the PRACH preamble. The beam information identifies one of the beams in the set of beams. The method comprises determining time-of-arrival of the PRACH preamble using hypothesis testing that incorporates the weight factor value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230089771A1 Time-of-Arrival Determination of a PRACH Preamble Public/Granted day:2023-03-23
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