IP Library Granted Patent US 12,426,082
Granted Patent B2
US 12,426,082 · App. 17/221,668 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Random access configuration method, signal transmission method, apparatuses thereof and system

Inventors: Qinyan Jiang (Beijing, CN); Lei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Xin Wang (Beijing, CN); Guoyu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Meiyi Jia (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W74/002H04L1/0068H04W72/0446H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,426,082
App. No.
17/221,668
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A random access configuration method, a signal transmission method, apparatuses thereof and a system. The random access configuration method includes: a network device transmits first indication information, the first indication information including at least one of the following information: random access channel configuration index (first index); time gap between random access resources which are neighboring to each other in time domain; invalid random access resource(s); at least two time-domain starting positions of a random access resource; time-domain ending position of a random access resource; number of channel access attempts; and type of channel access. Hence, sufficient time gaps or more opportunities between neighboring random access resources may be guaranteed by the random access configuration method for performing channel detection, and the terminal equipment may perform channel detection accordingly and transmit msg.1 on a random access resource.

Claims (44)

1. A random access configuration apparatus, configured in a network device, the apparatus comprising:

a first transmitter configured to transmit:

a random access channel configuration index for configuring a first random access resource set; and

information indicating a terminal equipment to perform channel access attempting for transmission of a first message of a random access procedure, wherein

the random access channel configuration index corresponds to a random access channel configuration in a random access channel configuration set, all random access resources included in the first random access resource set are located within the same uplink bandwidth part (UL BWP), the information indicating a terminal equipment to perform channel access attempting for transmission of a first message of random access procedure is included in at least one of System Information Block 1 (SIB1) and dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC), signaling.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the random access channel configuration set comprises at least one of the following parameters:

time gap between random access resources which are neighboring to each other in time domain;

invalid random access resource;

time-domain starting position of a random access resource in a slot;

candidate time-domain starting position of a random access resource;

time-domain ending position of a random access resource; and

number of channel access attempts.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one random access channel configuration in the random access channel configuration set is not used for a licensed frequency band; or at least one random access channel configuration in the random access channel configuration set is not used for an unlicensed frequency band.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first random access resource set comprises a first random access resource and a second random access resource, the first random access resource and the second random access resource overlapping in time domain, and a time-domain starting position of the second random access resource being before a time-domain starting position of the first random access resource.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a second transmitter configured to transmit second indication information to the terminal equipment, the second indication information indicating at least one of the following information:

a second random access resource set;

at least two time-domain starting positions of a random access resource;

time-domain ending position of a random access resource;

number of channel access attempts; and

type of channel access.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second random access resource set comprises a third random access resource and a fourth random access resource, the third random access resource and the fourth random access resource overlapping in time domain.

7. A signal transmission apparatus, configured in a terminal equipment, the apparatus comprising:

a first receiver configured to receive:

a random access channel configuration index for configuring a first random access resource set; and

information indicating the terminal equipment to perform channel access attempting for transmission of a first message of a random access procedure;

processor circuitry configured to determine a random access resource set which is a subset of the first random access resource set; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the first message on a random access resource according to a result of channel detection which is performed according to the information before a time-domain starting position of a random access resource in the determined random access resource set, the determined random access resource set comprising the random access resource on which the first message is transmitted.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:

the processor circuitry determines the first random access resource set according to the random access channel configuration index.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein,

the processor circuitry determines the first random access resource set according to the random access channel configuration index and a predefined or pre-configured rule.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the rule is any one of the following:

only the first one of random access resource(s) in a slot is valid;

only an odd numbered random access resource in a slot is valid; and

only an even numbered random access resource in a slot is valid.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a second receiver configured to receive second indication information, the second indication information indicating a random access resource set.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the determined random access resource set is the indicated random access resource set.

13. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the random access resource on which the first message is transmitted comprises at least two time-domain starting positions, the at least two time-domain starting positions comprising a first time-domain starting position and a second time-domain starting position, the first time-domain starting position being before the second time-domain starting position.

14. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the transmitter transmits the first message by puncturing a part of the first message.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the transmitter punctures a part of sequences or symbols to which the first message corresponds.

16. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the determined random access resource set further comprises another random access resource, a time-domain starting position of the another random access resource being before a time-domain starting position of the random access resource on which the first message is transmitted.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NUMBER 19345640 TO CHANGE IT TO 19346640 AND TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION 19317078 TO CHANGE IT TO 19319078. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 73477 FRAME 351. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 20, 2026
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 075265/0471 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 073477/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2021
From: JIANG, QINYAN; ZHANG, LEI; WANG, XIN; ZHANG, GUOYU; JIA, MEIYI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018113846 · Nov 2, 2018
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