Granted Patent B2

US 12,513,750 · App. 17/368,861 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Inventors: Zheng Liu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC

H04W74/0841H04L1/0003H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/0836H04W74/0833

Abstract

Claims (53)

1 . A User Equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor;

a transmitter configured to:

transmit a first preamble sequence in a first 2-step random access procedure, wherein the 2-step random access procedure is not successful or not completed; and

transmit a first radio signal including a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS);

wherein the first preamble maps to time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal and radio resources occupied by the first preamble sequence are associated with the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal; and

a receiver configured to receive first information carried by a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), the PDSCH using a scrambling sequence based on a Message B Radio Network Temporary Identifier (MsgB-RNTI), wherein the first information is used to determine a candidate time length;

wherein the processor is configured to:

select either a second 2-step random access procedure or a 4-step random access procedure as a selected random access procedure; and

determine a backoff time based on the selected random access procedure, wherein on a condition that the selected random access procedure is the 4-step random access procedure, the backoff time is zero, and on a condition that the selected random access procedure is the second 2-step random access procedure, the backoff time is a randomly selected time greater than zero and no greater than the candidate time length;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a second preamble sequence as part of initiating the selected random access procedure using the backoff time.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein radio resources occupied by the second preamble sequence belong to a first radio resource block, the first radio resource block belongs to a first radio resource group, and the first radio resource group is one of a plurality of radio resource groups; wherein the first radio resource group is determined out of the plurality of radio resource groups based on whether the second preamble sequence is transmitted.

3 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein either:

the first radio resource group is further determined out of the plurality of radio resource groups based on a state of the UE, wherein the state of the UE includes Radio Resource Control (RRC) IDLE (RRC_IDLE), RRC_CONNECTED, and RRC_INACTIVE;

or

the first radio resource group is further determined out of the plurality of radio resource groups based on a reason for triggering a transmission of the second preamble sequence.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive broadcast second information, wherein the first information, the second information, or the first and the second information are used to determine the candidate time length; wherein the first information includes at least a part of a subheader in a MsgB in the first 2-step random access procedure, or the first information includes at least a part of a Control Element (CE) in a MsgB in the first 2-step random access procedure; wherein the second information includes at least one field of an information element (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signal; and wherein the first information is transmitted using a different Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) than the second information.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) INACTIVE (RRC_INACTIVE) state, and the first preamble sequence is finished transmission no later than a start time for receiving the first information.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first information is a Message B (MsgB) for the first preamble sequence, and a length of a time interval between an end time of a response time window for the first sequence and a start time for transmitting the second preamble sequence is not less than the backoff time; and wherein the UE randomly selects the backoff time according to a uniform distribution between 0 and the candidate time length.

7 . A base station for wireless communications, the base station comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor;

a receiver configured to:

receive a first preamble sequence from a user equipment (UE) in a first 2-step random access procedure, wherein the 2-step random access procedure is not successful or not completed; and

receive a first radio signal including a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS);

wherein the first preamble maps to time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal and radio resources occupied by the first preamble sequence are associated with the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal; and

a transmitter configured to transmit first information carried by a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) to the UE, the PDSCH using a scrambling sequence based on a Message B Radio Network Temporary Identifier (MsgB-RNTI), wherein the first information is used to determine a candidate time length;

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a second preamble sequence from the UE, based on a backoff time, that initiates a second 2-step random access procedure or to initiate a 4-step random access procedure, wherein the backoff time is based on whether the second preamble sequence initiates the second 2-step random access procedure or the 4-step random access procedure, and wherein on a condition that the second 2-step random access procedure is initiated, the backoff time is a randomly selected time greater than zero and no greater than the candidate time length and on a condition that the 4-step random access procedure is initiated, the backoff time is zero.

8 . The base station of claim 7 , wherein radio resources occupied by the second preamble sequence belong to a first radio resource block, the first radio resource block belongs to a first radio resource group, and the first radio resource group is one of a plurality of radio resource groups; wherein the first radio resource group, out of the plurality of radio resource groups, is based on whether the second preamble sequence is transmitted.

9 . The base station of claim 8 , wherein the first radio resource group, out of the plurality of radio resource groups, is further based on a state of the UE, wherein the state of the UE includes Radio Resource Control (RRC) IDLE (RRC_IDLE), RRC_CONNECTED, and RRC_INACTIVE;

or

the first radio resource group, out of the plurality of radio resource groups, is further based on a reason a transmission of the second preamble sequence is triggered.

10 . The base station of claim 7 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to broadcast second information, wherein the first information, the second information, or the first and the second information are used to determine the candidate time length; wherein the first information includes at least a part of a subheader in a MsgB in the first 2-step random access procedure, or the first information includes at least a part of a Control Element (CE) in a MsgB in the first 2-step random access procedure; wherein the second information includes at least one field of an information element (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signal; and wherein the first information is transmitted using a different Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) than the second information.

11 . The base station of claim 7 , wherein the first information is a Message B (MsgB) for the first preamble sequence, and a length of a time interval between an end time of a response time window and a start time for a transmission of the second preamble sequence is not less than the backoff time; wherein the backoff time is a randomtime length according to a uniform distribution between 0 and the candidate time length.

12 . A method performed by a equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting a first preamble sequence in a first 2-step random access procedure, wherein the 2-step random access procedure is not successful or not completed;

transmitting a first radio signal including a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS);

wherein the first preamble maps to time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal and radio resources occupied by the first preamble sequence are associated with the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal;

receiving first information carried by a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), the PDSCH using a scrambling sequence based on a Message B Radio Network Temporary Identifier (MsgB-RNTI), wherein the first information is used to determine a candidate time length;

selecting either a second 2-step random access procedure or a 4-step random access procedure as a selected random access procedure;

determining a backoff time based on the selected random access procedure, wherein on a condition that the selected random access procedure is the 4-step random access procedure, the backoff time is zero, and on a condition that the selected random access procedure is the second 2-step random access procedure, the backoff time is a randomly selected time greater than zero and no greater than the candidate time length; and

transmitting a second preamble sequence as part of initiating the selected random access procedure using the backoff time.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein radio resources occupied by the second preamble sequence belong to a first radio resource block, the first radio resource block belongs to a first radio resource group, and the first radio resource group is one of a plurality of radio resource groups; wherein the first radio resource group is determined out of the plurality of radio resource groups based on whether the second preamble sequence is transmitted.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein either:

the first radio resource group is further determined out of the plurality of radio resource groups based on a state of the UE, wherein the state of the UE includes Radio Resource Control (RRC) IDLE (RRC_IDLE), RRC_CONNECTED, and RRC_INACTIVE;

or

the first radio resource group is further determined out of the plurality of radio resource groups based on a reason for triggering a transmission of the second preamble sequence.

15 . The method of claim 12 , comprising:

receiving second broadcast second information,

wherein the first information, the second information, or the first and the second information are used to determine the candidate time length; wherein the first information includes at least a part of a subheader in a MsgB in the first 2-step random access procedure, or the first information includes at least a part of a Control Element (CE) in a MsgB in the first 2-step random access procedure; wherein the second information includes at least one field of an information element (IE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signal; and wherein the first information is transmitted using a different Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) than the second information.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the UE is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) INACTIVE (RRC_INACTIVE) state, and the first preamble sequence is finished transmission no later than a start time for receiving the first information.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first information is a Message B (MsgB) for the first preamble sequence, and a length of a time interval between an end time of a response time window for the first sequence and a start time for transmitting the second preamble sequence is not less than the backoff time; and wherein the UE randomly selects the backoff time according to a uniform distribution between 0 and the candidate time length.

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