Abstract
A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station. The controller uses first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources to perform a first PRACH transmission or retransmission, and switches to use second PRACH resources to perform a second PRACH retransmission subsequent to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission.
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1. A User Equipment (UE), comprising: a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station; and a controller, configured to use first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources to perform a first PRACH transmission or retransmission, and switch to use second PRACH resources to perform a second PRACH retransmission subsequent to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission, wherein no matter when the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources are associated with a same downlink reference signal or a different downlink reference signal, the controller is further configured to increment a preamble transmission counter by one, wherein the controller is further configured to: determine whether the first PRACH transmission or retransmission and the second PRACH retransmission are performed on a same beam or on different beams; increment a power ramping counter by one in response to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission and the second PRACH retransmission being performed on a same beam and being associated with a same downlink reference signal; and not increment the power ramping counter in response to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission and the second PRACH retransmission being performed on different beams.
2. The UE of claim 1, wherein each of the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources comprises one or more PRACH preambles, one or more RACH occasions, or a combination of the PRACH preambles and the RACH occasions.
3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the downlink reference signal comprises a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), or a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) block.
4. The UE of claim 1, wherein, when the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources are associated with different downlink reference signals and being performed on the same beam, the controller is further configured to not increment the power ramping counter.
5. The UE of claim 4, wherein each of the downlink reference signals comprises a CSI-RS, an SSB, or a PBCH block.
6. The UE of claim 1, wherein, when the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources are associated with different downlink reference signals, the step of switching to use the second PRACH resources for the second PRACH retransmission is performed under at least one of the following conditions:
a first measurement result of the downlink reference signal associated with the first PRACH resources is better than a second measurement result of the downlink reference signal associated with the second PRACH resources;
a next occurrence of the second PRACH resources is closer to the current time than a next occurrence of the first PRACH resources;
a first transmission power used for the first PRACH transmission or retransmission equals a maximum transmission power of the UE, while a total number of PRACH transmissions or retransmissions has not reached a maximum transmission number configured by the cellular station; and
a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state associated with a search space for monitoring a response to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission has been changed.
7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the incrementing of the preamble transmission counter by one is in response to the second PRACH retransmission.
8. A method for a PRACH retransmission, executed by a UE wirelessly connected to a cellular station, the method comprising: using first PRACH resources to perform a first PRACH transmission or retransmission; and
switching to use second PRACH resources to perform a second PRACH retransmission subsequent to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission; no matter when the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources are associated with a same downlink reference signal or a different downlink reference signal, incrementing a preamble transmission counter by one; determining whether the first PRACH transmission or retransmission and the second PRACH retransmission are performed on a same beam or on different beams; incrementing a power ramping counter by one in response to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission and the second PRACH retransmission being performed on a same beam and being associated with a same downlink reference signal; and not incrementing the power ramping counter in response to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission and the second PRACH retransmission being performed on different beams.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources comprises one or more PRACH preambles, one or more RACH occasions, or a combination of the PRACH preambles and the RACH occasions.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the downlink reference signal comprises a CSI-RS, an SSB, or a PBCH block.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
when the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources are associated with different downlink reference signals and being performed on the same beam, not incrementing the power ramping counter.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the downlink reference signal comprises a CSI-RS, an SSB, or a PBCH block.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein, when the first PRACH resources and the second PRACH resources are associated with different downlink reference signals, the step of switching to use the second PRACH resources for the second PRACH retransmission is performed under at least one of the following conditions:
a first measurement result of the downlink reference signal associated with the first PRACH resources is better than a second measurement result of the downlink reference signal associated with the second PRACH resources;
a next occurrence of the second PRACH resources is closer to the current time than a next occurrence of the first PRACH resources;
a first transmission power used for the first PRACH transmission or retransmission equals a maximum transmission power of the UE, while a total number of PRACH transmissions or retransmissions has not reached a maximum transmission number configured by the cellular station; and
a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state associated with a search space for monitoring a response to the first PRACH transmission or retransmission has been changed.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein the incrementing of the preamble transmission counter by one is in response to the second PRACH retransmission.
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