IP Library Granted Patent US 9,615,359
Granted Patent B2
US 9,615,359 · App. 15/162,662 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Random access method, radio communication terminal device, receiving method, and base station apparatus

Inventors: Jun Cheng (Kyoto, JP); Akihiko Nishio (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichi Miyoshi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC
H04W72/0413H04W72/04H04W72/0446H04W72/087H04W72/10H04W74/0833H04W36/16H04W74/004
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Patent No.
US 9,615,359
App. No.
15/162,662
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Random access technology is provided for establishing an individual channel between a radio communication terminal device and a base station device in a short time and a radio communication terminal device executing the random access method. A RACH sub-channel allocation unit allocates a transmission packet input from a replication unit to an arbitrary sub-carrier at the RACH arbitrary time slot at random. An allocation unit judges whether an overlap is generated in the allocation result obtained by the RACH sub-channel allocation unit.

Claims (26)

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive control information transmitted from a base station apparatus;

signal generating circuitry configured to generate, based on received information from the base station apparatus, a random access signal requesting service from the base station apparatus and including a number of duplicated random access sequences, where the number of duplicated random access sequences is based on the control information received in advance from the base station apparatus; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the random access signal, from the terminal apparatus to the base station apparatus over a random access channel, without waiting for a response from the base station apparatus to confirm whether any of the duplicated random access sequences has been received at the base station apparatus.

2. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein the control information indicates a number of terminal apparatuses belonging to a cell associated with the base station apparatus.

3. The terminal apparatus in claim 2 , wherein the signal generating circuitry is configured to determine the number of terminal apparatuses belonging to a cell from the control information.

4. The terminal apparatus in claim 2 , wherein as the number of terminal apparatuses belonging to the cell increases, the number of duplicated random access sequences decreases.

5. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein the duplicated random access sequences includes a random access sequence repeated successively in a time domain.

6. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein the transmitted random access signal includes one of the duplicated random access sequences in one time slot and another of the duplicated random access sequences in a second, different time slot.

7. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein the random access channel includes one or more of a time slot, frequency, or spreading code.

8. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein two of the duplicated random access sequences are consecutive in the time domain.

9. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the random access signal on at least two consecutive time slots.

10. The terminal apparatus in claim 1 , wherein the number of duplicated random access sequences depends on a priority associated with the terminal apparatus.

11. A method implemented in a terminal comprising:

receiving control information transmitted from a base station apparatus;

generating, based on received information from the base station apparatus, a random access signal requesting service from the base station apparatus and including a number of duplicated random access sequences, where the number of duplicated random access sequences is based on the control information received in advance from the base station apparatus; and

transmitting the random access signal, from the terminal apparatus to the base station apparatus over a random access channel, without waiting for a response from the base station apparatus to confirm whether any of the duplicated random access sequences has been received at the base station apparatus.

12. The method in claim 11 , wherein the control information indicates a number of terminal apparatuses belonging to a cell associated with the base station apparatus.

13. The method in claim 12 , further comprising determining the number of terminals belonging to a cell from the control information.

14. The method in claim 12 , wherein as the number of terminals apparatuses belonging to the cell increases, the number of duplicated random access sequences decreases.

15. The method in claim 11 , wherein the duplicated random access sequences includes a random access sequence repeated successively in a time domain.

16. The method in claim 11 , wherein the transmitted random access signal includes one of the duplicated random access sequences in one time slot and another of the duplicated random access sequences in a second, different time slot.

17. The method in claim 11 , wherein the random access channel is associated with radio resources, the method further comprising transmitting the random access signal using a radio resource selected at random from radio resource candidates.

18. The method in claim 11 , wherein two of the duplicated random access sequences are consecutive in the time domain.

19. The method in claim 11 , further comprising transmitting the random access signal on at least two consecutive time slots.

20. The method in claim 11 , wherein the number of duplicated random access sequences also depends on a priority associated with the terminal apparatus.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 045917/0239 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2017
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045312/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2017
From: CHENG, JUN; NISHIO, AKIHIKO; MIYOSHI, KENICHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044022/0703 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-065625 · Mar 9, 2004 · national
Continuity (6)
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