QUALCOMM Incorporated
RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) OCCASION ASSIGNMENT

Abstract:

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for random access channel (RACH) occasion assignment. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), each SSB associated with a different transmit beam of the BS. The method further includes transmitting a random-access preamble on a first RACH occasion associated with a first SSB of the plurality of SSBs, wherein the first RACH occasion is one of a plurality of RACH occasions associated with the plurality of SSBs, wherein the first SSB is associated with a first number of the plurality of RACH occasions and a second SSB of the plurality of SSBs is associated with a second number of the plurality of RACH occasions, wherein the first number is different than the second number.