IP Library Granted Patent US 11,178,701
Granted Patent B2
US 11,178,701 · App. 16/646,559 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Method and apparatus for determining RA-RNTI

Inventors: Bin Ren (Beijing, CN); Zheng Zhao (Beijing, CN); Ren Da (Beijing, CN); Tie Li (Beijing, CN); Fang-Chen Cheng (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W74/0833H04L5/0007H04L69/324H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,178,701
App. No.
16/646,559
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining an RA-RNTI. In the present application, a base station receives a random access preamble sent by a terminal; the base station determines an RA-RNTI according to a time-frequency resource occupied by the random access preamble, wherein the time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol level; and the base station sends a random access response message, wherein the random access response message comprises downlink control information allocated, by the base station, for the terminal, and the downlink control information is scrambled using the RA-RNTI. By means of the present application, an RA-RNTI can be determined during a random access process of an NR system.

Claims (76)

1. A method for determining an RA-RNTI, comprising:

receiving, by a base station, a random access preamble transmitted by a terminal;

determining, by the base station, a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RA-RNTI, according to time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble, wherein the time-frequency resources are time-frequency resources in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol level;

transmitting, by the base station, a random access response message, wherein the random access response message comprises downlink control information allocated by the base station for the terminal, and the downlink control information is scrambled by using the RA-RNTI.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RA-RNTI is determined according to time domain resource related parameters and frequency domain resource related parameters of the time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble;

wherein the time domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot, and an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

the frequency domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a Physical Random Access CHannel, PRACH, corrected based on a coefficient; the coefficient is determined according to a number of slots in a subframe and a number of OFDM symbols in a slot, and the PRACH is used to transmit the random access preamble.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a calculation formula of the RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI=1+start_symbol_index_in_slot+slot_id* N _symbol_per_slot+10 *N _slot_per_subframe* N _symbol_per_slot* f _id

wherein:

start_symbol_index_in_slot is an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot;

slot_id is an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

N_symbol_per_slot represents the number of OFDM symbols in a slot;

N_slot_per_subframe represents the number of slots in a subframe;

f_id is an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a PRACH.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a calculation formula of the RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI=1+start_symbol_index_in_slot+slot_id* N _symbol_per_slot+10 *N _slot_per_subframe* N _symbol_per_slot* f _id

wherein:

start_symbol_index_in_slot is an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot;

slot_id is an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

N_symbol_per_slot represents a number of OFDM symbols in a slot;

N_slot_per_subframe represents a number of slots in a subframe;

f_id is an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a PRACH.

5. A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions configured to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 1 .

6. A method for determining an RA-RNTI, comprising:

transmitting, by a terminal, a random access preamble sequence to a base station;

determining, by the terminal, a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RA-RNTI, according to time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble sequence, wherein the time-frequency resources are time-frequency resources in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol level;

receiving, by the terminal, a random access response message transmitted by the base station, and descrambling downlink control information contained in the random access response message by using the RA-RNTI.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the RA-RNTI is determined according to time domain resource related parameters and frequency domain resource related parameters of the time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble;

wherein the time domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot, and an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

the frequency domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a Physical Random Access CHannel, PRACH, corrected based on a coefficient; the coefficient is determined according to a number of slots in a subframe and a number of OFDM symbols in a slot, and the PRACH is used to transmit the random access preamble.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a calculation formula of the RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI=1+start_symbol_index_in_slot+slot_id* N _symbol_per_slot+10 *N _slot_per_subframe* N _symbol_per_slot* f _id

wherein:

start_symbol_index_in_slot is an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot;

slot_id is an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

N_symbol_per_slot represents the number of OFDM symbols in a slot;

N_slot_per_subframe represents the number of slots in a subframe;

f_id is an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a PRACH.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a calculation formula of the RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI=1+start_symbol_index_in_slot+slot_id* N _symbol_per_slot+10 *N _slot_per_subframe* N _symbol_per_slot* f _id

wherein:

start_symbol_index_in_slot is an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot;

slot_id is an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

N_symbol_per_slot represents a number of OFDM symbols in a slot;

N_slot_per_subframe represents a number of slots in a subframe;

f_id is an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a PRACH.

10. A communication device, comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured, when executing a computer program stored in the memory, to implement the method of claim 6 .

11. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the RA-RNTI is determined according to time domain resource related parameters and frequency domain resource related parameters of the time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble;

wherein the time domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot, and an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

the frequency domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a Physical Random Access CHannel, PRACH, corrected based on a coefficient; the coefficient is determined according to a number of slots in a subframe and a number of OFDM symbols in a slot, and the PRACH is used to transmit the random access preamble.

12. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein a calculation formula of the RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI=1+start_symbol_index_in_slot+slot_id* N _symbol_per_slot+10 *N _slot_per_subframe* N _symbol_per_slot* f _id

wherein:

start_symbol_index_in_slot is an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot;

slot_id is an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

N_symbol_per_slot represents a number of OFDM symbols in a slot;

N_slot_per_subframe represents a number of slots in a subframe;

f_id is an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a PRACH.

13. A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions configured to cause the computer to perform the method of claim 6 .

14. A communication device, comprising:

a processor, a memory, a transceiver and a bus interface; the processor is configured to read programs in the memory and perform the process of:

receiving a random access preamble transmitted by a terminal via the transceiver;

determining a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RA-RNTI, according to time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble, wherein the time-frequency resources are time-frequency resources in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol level;

transmitting a random access response message via the transceiver, wherein the random access response message comprises downlink control information allocated by a base station for the terminal, and the downlink control information is scrambled by using the RA-RNTI.

15. The communication device according to claim 14 , wherein the RA-RNTI is determined according to time domain resource related parameters and frequency domain resource related parameters of the time-frequency resources occupied by the random access preamble;

wherein the time domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot, and an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

the frequency domain resource related parameters comprise: an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a Physical Random Access CHannel, PRACH, corrected based on a coefficient; the coefficient is determined according to a number of slots in a subframe and a number of OFDM symbols in a slot, and the PRACH is used to transmit the random access preamble.

16. The communication device according to claim 14 , wherein a calculation formula of the RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI=1+start_symbol_index_in_slot+slot_id* N _symbol_per_slot+10 *N _slot_per_subframe* N _symbol_per_slot* f _id

wherein:

start_symbol_index_in_slot is an index of first OFDM symbol occupied by the random access preamble in its slot;

slot_id is an index of a slot occupied by the random access preamble in its radio frame;

N_symbol_per_slot represents a number of OFDM symbols in a slot;

N_slot_per_subframe represents a number of slots in a subframe;

f_id is an index of a frequency domain bandwidth occupied by a PRACH.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2020
From: REN, BIN; ZHAO, ZHENG; DA, REN; LI, TIE; CHENG, FANG-CHEN
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 052090/0523 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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