Patent ID: 11864238
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:
transmitting, to one or more user equipments (UEs), a random access configuration indicating synchronization signal block (SSB)-to-random access channel (RACH) occasion mapping information, the SSB-to-RACH occasion mapping information being associated with:
a first set of RACH occasions that are valid for each UE associated with the base station based at least in part on a configured time gap value, and
a second set of RACH occasions that are valid for a proper subset of UEs associated with the base station based at least in part on another time gap value indicated by the base station,
wherein RACH occasions of the first set of RACH occasions or the second set of RACH occasions are valid based at least in part on a quantity of symbols between a symbol of an SSB and a symbol of a RACH occasion satisfying a time gap value; and

receiving, from a UE of the one or more UEs, a physical RACH (PRACH) communication using a RACH occasion based at least in part on the SSB-to-RACH occasion mapping information.