IP Library Granted Patent US 8,885,583
Granted Patent B2
US 8,885,583 · App. 13/291,840 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Conditional uplink timing alignment in a mobile station device of a radio communication system

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Patent No.
US 8,885,583
App. No.
13/291,840
Granted
Nov 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile station device transmits a random access preamble, whose preamble ID is randomly selected by the mobile station device, to a base station device and performs uplink timing alignment based on the synchronization timing deviation information included in a random access response which the base station device transmits in response to the transmitted random access preamble. In an uplink synchronous status, upon receiving the random access response including timing deviation information, the mobile station device ignores the timing deviation information. Otherwise, the mobile station device performs the uplink timing alignment based on the timing deviation information.

Claims (27)

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a mobile station device configured to transmit, to a base station device, a random access preamble,

wherein the mobile station device is further configured to receive, from the base station device, a random access response to the random access preamble, the received random access response including timing deviation information, and

wherein the mobile station device is further configured to ignore the timing deviation information, in case that, in an uplink synchronous status, the timing deviation information included in the random access response corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, wherein the timing deviation information does not include a Null value or an indication to ignore the timing deviation information; and to perform uplink timing alignment based on the timing deviation information, in case that, in an uplink asynchronous status, the timing deviation information included in the random access response corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink synchronous status is managed by a timer so that the uplink synchronous status is sustained until the timer expires.

3. A mobile station device comprising:

circuitry configured to transmit a random access preamble;

circuitry configured to receive, from a base station device, a random access response to the random access preamble; and

circuitry configured to ignore timing deviation information, in case that, in an uplink synchronous status, the timing deviation information is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, wherein the timing deviation information does not include a Null value or an indication to ignore the timing deviation information; and to perform uplink timing alignment based on timing deviation information, in case that, in an uplink asynchronous status, the timing deviation information is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device.

4. The mobile station device according to claim 3 , wherein the uplink synchronous status is managed by a timer so that the uplink synchronous status is sustained until the timer expires.

5. A radio communication system comprising:

a mobile station device configured to receive, from a base station device, timing deviation information,

wherein the mobile station device is further configured to ignore the timing deviation information which is included in a random access response and corresponds to a random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, while a timer which starts timekeeping after receiving the timing deviation information is running, wherein the timing deviation information does not include a Null value or an indication to ignore the timing deviation information; and to perform uplink timing alignment based on the timing deviation information which is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, while the timer is not running.

6. A mobile station device comprising:

circuitry configured to transmit a random access preamble to a base station device;

circuitry configured to receive, from the base station device, a random access response to the random access preamble; and

circuitry configured to ignore timing deviation information which is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, while a timer which starts timekeeping after receiving the timing deviation information is running, wherein the timing deviation information does not include a Null value or an indication to ignore the timing deviation information; and to perform uplink timing alignment based on timing deviation information which is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, while the timer is not running.

7. A processing method of a mobile station device, the processing method comprising:

transmitting a random access preamble to a base station device;

receiving, from the base station device, a random access response to the transmitted random access preamble;

ignoring timing deviation information, in case that, in an uplink synchronous status, the timing deviation information is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, wherein timing deviation information does not include a Null value or an indication to ignore the timing deviation information; and

performing uplink timing alignment based on timing deviation information, in case that, in an uplink asynchronous status, the timing deviation information is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device.

8. A processing method of a mobile station device, the processing method comprising:

transmitting a random access preamble to a base station device;

receiving, from the base station device, a random access response to the random access preamble;

ignoring timing deviation information which is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, while a timer which starts timekeeping after receiving the timing deviation information is running, wherein the timing deviation information does not include a Null value or an indication to ignore the timing deviation information; and

performing uplink timing alignment based on timing deviation information which is included in the random access response and corresponds to the random access preamble whose preamble identification (ID) is randomly selected by the mobile station device, while the timer is not running.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: UERAN TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 066794/0355 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 030635 FRAME: 0188. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 28, 2015
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035523/0763 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2013
From: SHARP CORPORATION
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030635/0188 →