Patent ID: 11889510
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
receive one or more pre-grant transmissions during a contention period, wherein each pre-grant transmission is associated with a beam of a plurality of beams, and wherein the plurality of beams are in a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency range;
decode the one or more pre-grant transmissions;
determine, after successfully decoding the one or more pre-grant transmissions, whether the one or more decoded pre-grant transmissions satisfy one or more quality conditions;
transmit, during the contention period, one or more reference signals based on determining that at least one decoded pre-grant transmissions of the one or more decoded pre-grant transmissions satisfy the one or more quality conditions;
receive one or more grant transmissions responsive to the one or more reference signals; and
receive a data transmission based on the one or more grant transmissions.