IP Library Granted Patent US 12,598,652
Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,652 · App. 17/429,528 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

User equipment and control method

Inventor: Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W74/0833H04W74/0836H04W74/0838
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Patent No.
US 12,598,652
App. No.
17/429,528
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, an instruction designating a method in which a random access procedure is performed, and includes a control unit configured to determine, in accordance with the instruction, whether to execute a random access procedure of a method in which a first message is transmitted using a preamble resource and a PUSCH resource.

Claims (33)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive configuration information on a random access procedure; and

a processor configured to execute a two-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the two-step random access procedure, and to execute a four-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the receiver receives, from a base station, the configuration information relating to a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for the two-step random access procedure and the configuration information relating to a number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure separately,

wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to execute the two-step random access procedure or to execute the four-step random access procedure in accordance with determining that the configuration information relates to which one of the number of SSBs for the two-step random access procedure or the number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the processor determines to execute the two-step random access procedure in response to a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement result of a DL signal being above a threshold and to execute the four-step random access procedure in response to the RSRP measurement result of the DL signal being below the threshold, and

wherein the configuration information for the two-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the two-step random access procedure, and the configuration information for the four-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the four-step random access procedure.

2 . The terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the configuration information for the two-step random access procedure includes a PRACH occasion for the two-step random access procedure, and the configuration information for the four-step random access procedure includes a PRACH occasion for the four-step random access procedure.

3 . A communication method executed by a terminal, comprising:

receiving configuration information on a random access procedure;

executing a two-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the two-step random access procedure, and executing a four-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the terminal receives, from a base station, the configuration information relating to a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for the two-step random access procedure and the configuration information relating to a number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure separately;

determining whether to execute the two-step random access procedure or to execute the four-step random access procedure in accordance with determining that the configuration information relates to which one of the number of SSBs for the two-step random access procedure or the number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure; and

determining to execute the two-step random access procedure in response to a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement result of a DL signal being above a threshold and to execute the four-step random access procedure in response to the RSRP measurement result of the DL signal being below the threshold,

wherein the configuration information for the two-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the two-step random access procedure, and the configuration information for the four-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the four-step random access procedure.

4 . A base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit configuration information on a random access procedure; and

a processor configured to execute a two-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the two-step random access procedure, and to execute a four-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the transmitter transmits, to the terminal, the configuration information relating to a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for the two-step random access procedure and the configuration information relating to a number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure separately,

wherein the processor configures the terminal to determine whether to execute the two-step random access procedure or to execute the four-step random access procedure in accordance with the configuration information being related to which one of the number of SSBs for the two-step random access procedure or the number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the processor configures the terminal to execute the two-step random access procedure in response to a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement result of a DL signal being above a threshold and to execute the four-step random access procedure in response to the RSRP measurement result of the DL signal being below the threshold, and

wherein the configuration information for the two-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the two-step random access procedure, and the configuration information for the four-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the four-step random access procedure.

5 . A communication system comprising a base station and a terminal,

the base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit configuration information on a random access procedure; and

a processor configured to execute a two-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the two-step random access procedure, and to execute a four-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the four-step random access procedure, and

the terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the configuration information on a random access procedure; and

a processor configured to execute a two-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the two-step random access procedure, and to execute a four-step random access procedure when the configuration information includes information explicitly indicating the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the receiver receives, from the base station, the configuration information relating to a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for the two-step random access procedure and the configuration information relating to a number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure separately,

wherein the processor of the terminal is configured to determine whether to execute the two-step random access procedure or to execute the four-step random access procedure in accordance with determining that the configuration information relates to which one of the number of SSBs for the two-step random access procedure or the number of SSBs for the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the processor of the terminal determines to execute the two-step random access procedure in response to a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement result of a DL signal being above a threshold and to execute the four-step random access procedure in response to the RSRP measurement result of the DL signal being below the threshold, and

wherein the configuration information for the two-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the two-step random access procedure, and the configuration information for the four-step random access procedure includes a preamble index set for the four-step random access procedure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2021
From: OHARA, TOMOYA
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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