IP Library Granted Patent US 12,356,467
Granted Patent B2
US 12,356,467 · App. 17/511,637 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Random access method and device and communication system

Inventor: Yang Lu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W74/0841H04L5/0051H04W56/001H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 12,356,467
App. No.
17/511,637
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A random access method and device and a communication system. The device includes: a first controller configured to control a terminal equipment to initiate a 2-step random access procedure; and a second controller configured to control the terminal equipment to initiate a non-contention random access procedure or a 4-step random access procedure when the 2-step random access procedure is not completed. The first and second controller may be provided by control circuitry.

Claims (40)

1. A random access device, applicable to a terminal equipment, the device comprising:

first controlling circuitry configured to control the terminal equipment to initiate a two-step random access procedure; and

second controlling circuitry configured to control the terminal equipment to initiate a four-step random access procedure when a number of times of two-step random access preamble(s) transmission reaches a first maximum threshold and no random access response is received in a random access response reception window after a first message (MsgA) of the two-step random access procedure is transmitted,

wherein initiating the four-step random access procedure at least comprises initialization of:

a power ramping step factor of the four-step random access procedure; and

a maximum number of times of transmission of preambles of the four-step random access procedure,

wherein the initiating the four-step random access procedure comprises:

measuring synchronization reference signal (SS-RS) received power of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks (SS/PBCH Blocks, SSBs) transmitted by a network device, and selecting a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block, SSB) used in the four-step random access procedure; and

determining a preamble of the four-step random access procedure to be transmitted according to the selected SSB.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the preamble of the four-step random access procedure to be transmitted according to the selected SSB comprises:

determining a preamble group used in the four-step random access procedure; and

randomly selecting a preamble from a preamble set of the determined preamble group to which the selected SSB corresponds as the preamble of the four-step random access procedure to be transmitted; wherein, probabilities of selecting each preamble in the preamble set of the preamble group are identical.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the determining a preamble group used in the four-step random access procedure comprises:

determining the preamble group used in the four-step random access procedure as a preamble group selected in the two-step random access procedure that is not completed.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein,

the initiating the four-step random access procedure further comprises:

selecting uplink transmission resources for transmitting the preamble of the four-step random access procedure when the two-step random access procedure is not completed.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the selecting uplink transmission resources for transmitting the preamble of the four-step random access procedure when the two-step random access procedure is not completed comprises:

selecting a next available physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission occasion from an allowed preamble transmission occasion set identified by a preamble transmission occasion configuration parameter in configuration information of the four-step random access procedure, and taking the selected next available physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission occasion as a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission occasion of the preamble of the four-step random access procedure when the two-step random access procedure is not completed.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the initiating four-step random access procedure further comprises:

calculating target received power of the preamble of the four-step random access procedure (four-step random access preamble);

calculating transmission power of the four-step random access preamble according to the target received power and the pathloss of the four-step random access preamble.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the calculating the target received power of the four-step random access preamble comprises:

calculating the target received power of the four-step random access preamble according to an initial target received power parameter (preambleReceivedTargetPower) of the four-step random access preamble, a first target received power offset value (DELTA_PREAMBLE), a power ramping count value (PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_COUNTER) of the four-step random access preamble, and the power ramping step factor (PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_STEP) of the four-step random access preamble.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein,

the target received power of the four-step random access preamble is in addition calculated according to a second target received power offset value (delta_fallback_TargetPower); or,

the target received power of the four-step random access preamble is in addition calculated according to a target received power ramping step offset value (delta_fallback_step).

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein, calculating the target received power of the four-step random access preamble comprises:

calculating the target received power of the four-step random access preamble as

PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER=preambleReceivedTargetPower+DELTA_PREAMBLE+(PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_COUNTER−1)×PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_STEP+delta_fallback_TargetPower.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein,

the second target received power offset value (delta_fallback_TargetPower) is a preset fixed value, or is linear correlated to a ramping amplitude of the target received power of the preamble of the two-step random access procedure that is not completed.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein, delta_fallback_TargetPower equals to β×(PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_COUNTER′−1)×PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_STEP′;

wherein, the β is a linear correlation factor, the PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_COUNTER′ is a power ramping count value of the two-step random access procedure that is not completed, the PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_STEP′ is a power ramping step factor of a preamble of the two-step random access procedure.

12. The device according to claim 7 , wherein,

an initial value of the power ramping count value (PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_COUNTER) of the four-step random access preamble is:

a preset initial value; or

a preamble power ramping count value of the two-step random access procedure that is not completed.

13. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the initiating the four-step random access procedure further comprises:

according to the four-step random access preamble, the uplink transmission resources of the four-step random access preamble and the calculated transmission power of the four-step random access preamble, transmitting the four-step random access preamble when the two-step random access procedure is not completed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 074197/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: LU, YANG
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057924/0382 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019085332 · Apr 30, 2019
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