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Granted Patent B2
US 11,570,823 · App. 17/271,240 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Random access occasion indication method and apparatus, random access occasion determination method and apparatus, storage medium, base station and terminal

Inventor: Xiangxin Gu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
H04W74/0841H04W56/009H04W74/0866H04W84/06
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Patent No.
US 11,570,823
App. No.
17/271,240
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An RO indication method and apparatus, an RO determination method and apparatus, a storage medium, a base station and a terminal are provided. The RO indication method includes: determining RO configuration information which includes at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and transmitting the RO configuration information to a UE. By the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network is able to determine an RO of a UE without considering influence caused by a maximum difference time of RTT and increasing an average waiting time for the UE to transmit a preamble.

Claims (46)

1. A Random access Occasion (RO) indication method, comprising:

determining RO configuration information which comprises at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and

transmitting the RO configuration information to a User Equipment (UE),

wherein there are a plurality of ROs in a target time interval, and the target time interval is a maximum difference time of a round trip time between each UE in a cell and a satellite.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RO configuration information comprises the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and after transmitting the RO configuration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

receiving a preamble from the UE on a random access window and a frequency resource in which the preamble is expected to be received;

determining the frequency resource used by the preamble; and

determining an RO used by the UE during random access based on the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively and the frequency resource used by the preamble.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RO configuration information comprises the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles, and after transmitting the RO configuration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

receiving a preamble from the UE; and

determining an RO used by the UE during random access based on the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RO configuration information comprises the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles, and after transmitting the RO configuration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

receiving a preamble from the UE on a random access window and a frequency resource in which the preamble is expected to be received;

determining the frequency resource used by the preamble; and

determining an RO used by the UE during random access based on the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively and the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein transmitting the RO configuration information to the UE comprises:

transmitting the RO configuration information to the UE through a system information block.

6. A non-transitory storage medium having computer instructions stored therein, wherein when the computer instructions are executed, the Random access Occasion (RO) indication method of claim 1 is performed.

7. A base station comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has computer instructions stored therein, and when the processor executes the computer instructions, the Random access Occasion (RO) indication method of claim 1 is performed.

8. A Random access Occasion (RO) determination method, comprising:

receiving RO configuration information from a network, wherein the RO configuration information comprises at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and

determining an RO used during random access based on the RO configuration information,

wherein there are a plurality of ROs in a target time interval, and the target time interval is a maximum difference time of a round trip time between each UE in a cell and a satellite.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the RO configuration information comprises the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and determining an RO used during random access based on the RO configuration information comprises:

determining a preamble and a frequency resource for the random access; and

determining the RO based on the determined frequency resource and the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting the preamble based on the RO on the determined frequency resource.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the RO configuration information comprises the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles, and determining an RO used during random access based on the RO configuration information comprises:

determining a preamble for the random access; and

determining the RO based on the determined preamble and the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

transmitting the preamble based on the RO.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the RO configuration information comprises the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles, and determining an RO used during random access based on the RO configuration information comprises:

determining a preamble and a frequency resource for the random access; and

determining the RO based on the determined preamble and frequency resource, the association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles, and the association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting the preamble based on the RO on the determined frequency resource.

15. The method according to claim 8 , wherein receiving RO configuration information from a network comprises:

receiving the RO configuration information from the network through the system information block.

16. A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has computer instructions stored therein, and when the processor executes the computer instructions, the Random access Occasion (RO) determination method of claim 8 is performed.

17. A non-transitory storage medium having computer instructions stored therein, wherein when the computer instructions are executed, the Random access Occasion (RO) determination method of claim 8 is performed.

18. A Random access Occasion (RO) determination apparatus, comprising:

a receiving circuitry configured to receive RO configuration information from a network, wherein the RO configuration information comprises at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and

a determining circuitry configured to determine an RO used during random access based on the RO configuration information,

wherein there are a plurality of ROs in a target time interval, and the target time interval is a maximum difference time of a round trip time between each UE in a cell and a satellite.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: GU, XIANGXIN
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057294/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811011433.1 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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