IP Library Granted Patent US 11,363,636
Granted Patent B2
US 11,363,636 · App. 16/475,370 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Method and device for contention based random access

Inventors: Yali Zhao (Beijing, CN); Li Chen (Beijing, CN); Fangli Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W74/0833H04W28/0278H04W52/36H04W72/1263H04W76/11H04W76/18H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,363,636
App. No.
16/475,370
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a device for contention-based random access are provided. The method includes: sending, by a terminal side device, an Msg1 corresponding to a two-step contention-based random access to a network side device; receiving, by the terminal side device, an Msg2 returned by the network side device, wherein if the terminal side device determines a failure of the two-step contention-based random access occurs according to a receiving condition of the Msg2 message, the terminal side device performs a handling procedure for the failure of the two-step contention-based random access. The Msg2 message is determined by the network side device according to a receiving condition that the network side device receives the Msg1 message.

Claims (46)

1. A method for contention-based random access, comprising:

sending, by a terminal side device, an Msg1 message corresponding to a two-step contention-based random access to a network side device;

receiving, by the terminal side device, an Msg2 message returned by the network side device, wherein if the terminal side device determines a failure of the two-step contention-based random access occurs according to a receiving condition of the Msg2 message, the terminal side device performs a handling procedure for the failure of the two-step contention-based random access;

wherein the Msg2 message is determined by the network side device according to a receiving condition that the network side device receives the Msg1 message;

in a case that neither the Random Access Preamble nor the data part of the Msg1 message corresponding to the two-step contention-based random access is successfully received, the terminal side device is incapable of receiving the Msg2 message within a receiving window of the Msg2 message or before a timer corresponding to the Msg2 message times out, and the terminal side device continues to attempt the two-step contention-based random access, in a case that a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the two-step contention-based random access configured by the network side device for the terminal side device is reached, a four-step contention-based random access is performed until the four-step contention-based random access succeeds, or in a case that a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the four-step contention-based random access configured by the network side device for the terminal side device is reached, the contention-based random access is determined to fail; or

in a case that neither the Random Access Preamble nor the data part in the Msg1 message corresponding to the two-step contention-based random access is successfully received, the terminal device message is incapable of receiving the Msg2 message within a receiving window of the Msg2 message or before a timer corresponding to the Msg2 message times out, and the terminal side device directly switches to a four-step contention-based random access to make an attempt until one of following (1)-(2):

(1) the four-step contention-based random access succeeds; or

(2) in a case that a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble configured by the network side device for the terminal side device is reached, then the contention-based random access is determined to fail;

wherein in case of each failure of the contention-based random access, the terminal side device backs off for a random period of time according to backoff parameters configured by the network side device and then attempts the two-step contention-based random access or the four-step contention-based random access again;

wherein identical backoff parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access, or different backoff parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the Msg1 message at least carries a Random Access Preamble, and a data part.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the data part comprises at least one of a terminal identifier, a scheduling request (SR), a buffer status report (BSR), and real service data; and/or

the Random Access Preamble and the data part are frequency division multiplexed (FDM), or time division multiplexed (TDM).

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein identical power ramping step parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access or different power ramping step parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access; or

for the two-step contention-based random access, a power ramping step of the Random Access Preamble and a power ramping step of the data part of the Msg1 message corresponding to the two-step contention-based random access are different.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if a number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the two-step contention-based random access and/or the four-step contention-based random access of the terminal side device reaches a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble configured by the network side device for the terminal side device, a problem of the contention-based random access is reported to a higher layer, and the higher layer determines that a radio link of the terminal side device fails.

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

receiving, by the terminal side device, configuration information of parameters about the two-step contention-based random access from the network side device.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the parameters about the two-step contention-based random access comprise at least one of:

a maximum number of transmissions of the Random Access Preamble, backoff parameters for re-attempt in case of failure of the random access, the power ramping step parameters in a process of the random access, and behaviors of the terminal side device after failure of receiving an entirety or a part of the Msg1 message.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the maximum number of transmissions of the Random Access Preamble comprises at least one of:

a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the two-step contention-based random access, a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the four-step contention-based random access, and a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble; and/or

the behaviors of the terminal side device after the failure of receiving the entirety or a part of the Msg1 message comprises:

continuing to attempt the two-step contention-based random access by the terminal side device, or

continuing to attempt the four-step contention-based random access by the terminal side device, or

attempting the two-step contention-based random access for N times by the terminal side device and, if the attempting the two-step contention-based random access for N times failed, proceeding to attempt the four-step contention-based random access by the terminal side device, wherein N is the maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the two-step contention-based random access.

9. A terminal side device, comprising:

a processor, a storage, and a computer program stored on the storage and executable by the processor, wherein when the processor executes the computer program, the processor implements steps of the method for contention-based random access according to claim 1 .

10. A method for contention-based random access, comprising:

receiving, by a network side device, an Msg1 message corresponding to two-step contention-based random access sent by a terminal side device;

determining an Msg2 message according to a receiving condition of the Msg1 message by the network side device, and returning the Msg2 message to the terminal side device,

wherein if the terminal side device determines a failure of the two-step contention-based random occurs according to the receiving condition of the Msg2 message, the terminal side device performs a handling procedure for the failure of the two-step contention-based random access;

in a case that only the Random Access Preamble in the Msg1 message corresponding to the two-step contention-based random access is successfully received and the data part is not successfully received, the network side device returns, within a receiving window of the Msg2 message or before a timer corresponding to the Msg2 message times out, a Msg2 message corresponding to a four-step contention-based random access to the terminal side device; or

in a case that neither the Random Access Preamble nor the data part of the Msg1 message corresponding to the two-step contention-based random access is successfully received, the network side device does not return the Msg2 message to the terminal side device;

wherein identical backoff parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access, or different backoff parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access; and

identical power ramping step parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access or different power ramping step parameters are configured by the network side device for the two-step contention-based random access and the four-step contention-based random access; or

for the two-step contention-based random access, a power ramping step of the Random Access Preamble and a power ramping step of the data part of the Msg1 message corresponding to the two-step contention-based random access are different.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein RAPID in the Msg2 message uses a predetermined value, or uses a predetermined domain identifier in a RAR MAC PDU sub-header or a MAC PDU.

12. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

sending, by the network side device, configuration information of parameters about the two-step contention-based random access to the terminal side device.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the parameters about the two-step contention-based random access comprise at least one of:

a maximum number of transmissions of a Random Access Preamble, backoff parameters for re-attempt in case of failure of the random access, power ramping step parameters in a process of the random access, and behaviors of the terminal side device after failure of receiving an entirety or a part of the Msg1 message.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the maximum number of transmissions of the Random Access Preamble comprises at least one of:

a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of the two-step contention-based random access, a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble of a four-step contention-based random access, and a maximum number of total transmissions of the Random Access Preamble.

15. A network side device, comprising:

a processor, a storage, and a computer program stored on the storage and executable by the processor, wherein when the processor executes the computer program, the processor implements steps of the method for contention-based random access according to claim 10 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: ZHAO, YALI; CHEN, LI; XU, FANGLI
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 059046/0891 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056769/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710004130.6 · Jan 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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