IP Library Granted Patent US 9,246,539
Granted Patent B2
US 9,246,539 · App. 14/637,207 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Integrated circuit for controlling selection of random access preamble sequence

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Patent No.
US 9,246,539
App. No.
14/637,207
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sequence allocating method and apparatus wherein in a system where a plurality of different Zadoff-Chu sequences or GCL sequences are allocated to a single cell, the arithmetic amount and circuit scale of a correlating circuit at a receiving end can be reduced. In ST 201 , a counter (a) and a number (p) of current sequence allocations are initialized, and in ST 202 , it is determined whether the number (p) of current sequence allocations is coincident with a number (K) of allocations to one cell. In ST 203 , it is determined whether the number (K) of allocations to the one cell is odd or even. If K is even, in ST 204 -ST 206 , sequence numbers (r=a and r=N−a), which are not currently allocated, are combined and then allocated. If K is odd, in ST 207 -ST 212 , for sequences that cannot be paired, one of sequence numbers (r=a and r=N−a), which are not currently allocated, is allocated.

Claims (105)

1. An integrated circuit to control a process performed at a mobile station, the process comprising:

receiving information related to a set of sequences configured to be available in a cell for use by the mobile station, the information being broadcasted from a base station;

selecting a sequence from the set of sequences available in the cell; and

random-access-preamble-transmitting the selected sequence;

wherein the set of sequences available in the cell includes a sequence of r=a and a sequence of r=N−a, where r is a sequence number, a is an integer, and N is a sequence length, and the allocated sequences are defined by the following equation or an equation cyclic shifted from the following equation:

c

r

(

k

)

=

exp

{

-

j

2

π

r

N

(

k

(

k

+

1

)

2

+

qk

)

}

where k=0, 1, 2, . . . N−1, and q is an integer, and

the sequence of r=a and the sequence of r=N−a are conjugate to each other.

2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , comprising:

circuitry which, in operation, controls the process;

at least one input coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation, inputs the information related to the set of sequences available in the cell; and

at least one output coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one output, in operation, outputs the selected sequence to be transmitted.

3. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the set of sequences available in the cell further includes a sequence of r=a′ (a′≠a) and a sequence of r=N−a′.

4. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the N is a prime number.

5. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the selecting includes randomly selecting the sequence from the set of sequences available in the cell.

6. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the set of sequences available in the cell is configured by a network that controls the base station.

7. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein a number of the sequences configured to be included in the set of sequences available in the cell is less than the N.

8. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the information broadcasted from the base station includes an index indicative of the set of sequences available in the cell.

9. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one output and the at least one input, in operation, are coupled to an antenna.

10. An integrated circuit comprising circuitry, which, in operation:

controls reception of information related to a set of sequences configured to be available in a cell for use by a mobile station, the information being broadcasted from a base station;

controls selection of a sequence from the set of sequences available in the cell; and

controls random-access-preamble-transmission of the selected sequence;

wherein the set of sequences available in the cell includes a sequence of r=a and a sequence of r=N−a, where r is a sequence number, a is an integer, and N is a sequence length, and the allocated sequences are defined by the following equation or an equation cyclic shifted from the following equation:

c

r

(

k

)

=

exp

{

-

j

2

π

r

N

(

k

(

k

+

1

)

2

+

qk

)

}

where k=0, 1, 2, . . . N−1, and q is an integer, and

the sequence of r=a and the sequence of r=N−a are conjugate to each other.

11. The integrated circuit according to claim 10 , further comprising:

at least one input coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation, inputs the information related to the set of sequences available in the cell; and

at least one output coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one output, in operation, outputs the selected sequence to be transmitted.

12. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the set of sequences available in the cell further includes a sequence of r=a′ (a′≠a) and a sequence of r=N−a′.

13. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the N is a prime number.

14. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the selection includes randomly selecting the sequence from the set of sequences available in the cell.

15. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the set of sequences available in the cell is configured by a network that controls the base station.

16. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein a number of the sequences configured to be included in the set of sequences available in the cell is less than the N.

17. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the information broadcasted from the base station includes an index indicative of the set of sequences available in the cell.

18. The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one output and the at least one input, in operation, are coupled to an antenna.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2022
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060119/0989 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039551/0064 →