IP Library Granted Patent US 10,791,541
Granted Patent B2
US 10,791,541 · App. 16/312,979 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Method for performing random access and terminal for performing same

Inventors: Seunggye Hwang (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/02H04L27/2602H04L27/2607H04W72/042H04W74/0833H04L5/0007H04L29/06326H04L29/08585H04L41/0803H04L41/0806H04L67/141H04W72/048H04W76/10
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Patent No.
US 10,791,541
App. No.
16/312,979
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing random access by a terminal. The method may comprise the steps of: selecting, by the terminal, a first resource among a plurality of resources for a physical random access channel (PRACH), wherein the plurality of resources exist for each numerology, and the numerology is defined by a cycle prefix (CP) length and a subcarrier spacing; and transmitting, by the terminal, the PRACH on the first resource through a first numerology when the selected first resource is for the first numerology.

Claims (35)

1. A method of performing random access by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

selecting, by the UE, a first resource among a plurality of resources for a physical random access channel (PRACH) based on at least one of coverage set for each of the plurality of resources or latency required by the UE,

wherein the plurality of resources being present per numerology, and

wherein the numerology is defined based on a cyclic prefix (CP) length and a subcarrier spacing; and

transmitting, by the UE, the PRACH on the first resource through a first numerology, based on that the first resource is related to the first numerology.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first resource is selected based on an earliest PRACH transmission completion time or an earliest reception of a random access response to PRACH transmission.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first resource is selected based on a resource having a large amount of contention-based preamble signatures among the plurality of resources.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting, by the UE, a second resource from the plurality of resources, based on that a random access response to the PRACH is not received; and

retransmitting the PRACH through a second numerology related to the second resource.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order from a base station,

wherein the PDCCH order includes information about related to selection of the first resource.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a random access response to the PRACH through the first numerology,

wherein the PRACH includes first configuration information related to a resource suitable for the UE, and

wherein the random access response includes second configuration information related to the resource as a response to the first configuration information; and

transmitting uplink data through the second numerology based on the second configuration information.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) for reception of the random access response,

wherein the DCI includes first DCI and second DCI, and

wherein the first DCI includes information about related to generation of the uplink data, and the second DCI triggers transmission of the generated uplink data.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) for reception of the random access response,

wherein the DCI includes first DCI and second DCI,

wherein the first DCI includes information related to whether a PRACH resource can be changed, and the second DCI includes configuration information necessary for PRACH resource change, and

wherein the second DCI is not read by the UE, based on that the PRACH resource change is not approved.

9. A user equipment (UE) performing random access, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

select a first resource among a plurality of resources for a physical random access channel (PRACH) based on at least one of coverage set for each of the plurality of resources or latency required by the UE,

wherein the plurality of resources being present per numerology, and

wherein the numerology is defined based on a cyclic prefix (CP) length and a subcarrier spacing; and

control the transceiver to transmit the PRACH on the first resource through a first numerology, based on that the first resource is related to the first numerology.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2018
From: HWANG, SEUNGGYE; YI, YUNJUNG; KIM, KIJUN; KIM, SEONWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62353533 · Jun 22, 2016
Provisional Application 62429083 · Dec 2, 2016
Related Publication 20190223157A1 · Jul 18, 2019
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