IP Library Granted Patent US 10,980,066
Granted Patent B2
US 10,980,066 · App. 16/347,318 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Method and user equipment for transmitting random access signals, and method and base station for receiving random access signals

Inventors: Eunsun Kim (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W74/0833H04L1/0026H04L5/0051H04W56/001H04W72/042H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 10,980,066
App. No.
16/347,318
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving random access signals. A user equipment (UE) transmits a random access preamble of a random access procedure through a random access channel (RACH) resource associated with a synchronization signal (SS) block. A base station (BS) receiving the random access preamble from a UE can transmit CSI-RSs to the UE. The BS may inform the UE that there will be CSI-RS transmission to the UE, during the random access procedure.

Claims (40)

1. A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), random access (RA) signals, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a synchronization signal (SS) block;

transmitting, by the UE, a RA preamble on a random access channel (RACH) resource corresponding to the SS block;

receiving, by the UE, first downlink control information (DCI) for a random access response (RAR) to the RA preamble;

receiving, by the UE, the RAR to the RA preamble based on the first DCI, wherein the RAR includes an indication of transmission of an aperiodic channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

receiving, by the UE, second DCI including configuration information for the aperiodic CSI-RS;

receiving, by the UE, the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the second DCI;

reporting, by the UE, a downlink transmission beam based on the aperiodic CSI-RS in response to the RAR; and

establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection.

2. A method for receiving, by a base station (BS), random access (RA) signals, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the BS, a synchronization signal (SS) block;

receiving, by the BS, a RA preamble on a random access channel (RACH) resource corresponding to the SS block from a UE;

transmitting, by the BS, first downlink control information (DCI) for a random access response (RAR) to the RA preamble;

transmitting, by the BS, the RAR to the RA preamble based on the first DCI to the UE, wherein the RAR includes an indication of transmission of an aperiodic channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

transmitting, by the BS, second DCI including configuration information for the aperiodic CSI-RS;

transmitting, by the BS, the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the second DCI;

receiving, by the BS, a report indicating a downlink transmission beam based on the aperiodic CSI-RS in response to the RAR from the UE; and

establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection.

3. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting random access (RA) signals, the method comprising:

a transceiver, and

a processor configured to control the transceiver, the processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive a synchronization signal (SS) block;

control the transceiver to transmit a RA preamble on a random access channel (RACH) resource corresponding to the SS block;

control the transceiver to receive first downlink control information (DCI) for a random access response (RAR) to the RA preamble;

control the transceiver to receive the RAR to the RA preamble based on the first DCI, wherein the RAR includes an indication of transmission of an aperiodic channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

control the transceiver to receive second DCI including configuration information for the aperiodic CSI-RS;

control the transceiver to receive the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the second DCI;

control the transceiver to report a downlink transmission beam based on the aperiodic CSI-RS in response to the RAR; and

control the RF unit to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection.

4. A base station (BS) for receiving random access (RA) signals, the method comprising:

a transceiver, and

a processor configured to control the transceiver, the processor configured to:

control the transceiver to transmit a synchronization signal (SS) block;

control the transceiver to receive a RA preamble on a random access channel (RA) resource corresponding to the SS block from a UE;

control the transceiver to transmit first downlink control information (DCI) for a random access response (RAR) to the RA preamble;

control the transceiver to transmit the RAR to the RA preamble based on the first DCI to the UE, wherein the RAR includes an indication of transmission of an aperiodic channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

control the transceiver to transmit second DCI including configuration information for the aperiodic CSI-RS;

control the transceiver to transmit the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the second DCI;

control the transceiver to receive a report indicating a downlink transmission beam based on the aperiodic CSI-RS in response to the RAR from the UE; and

control the transceiver to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2019
From: KIM, EUNSUN; KIM, KIJUN; YOON, SUKHYON; KO, HYUNSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62418178 · Nov 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62482653 · Apr 6, 2017
Related Publication 20200059967A1 · Feb 20, 2020
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