Apparatus and method for performing random access in beam-formed system
A method for performing a random access is provided. The method includes identifying a first downlink (DL) reception (RX) beam based on a measurement on a beam measurement signal, identifying a first uplink (UL) transmission (TX) beam corresponding to the identified first DL RX beam and transmitting at least one random access preamble for an RX sweeping at a base station, using the identified first UL TX beam based on a first power.
1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
receiving, from a first base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including a random access configuration of a second base station, the random access configuration including information on dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for one or more downlink (DL) transmission (TX) beams of the second base station;
identifying a DL TX beam among the one or more DL TX beams of the second base station;
identifying a random access preamble transmission resource corresponding to the identified DL TX beam among the dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for the one or more DL TX beams in the random access configuration of the second base station; and
transmitting, to the second base station, a random access preamble on the random access preamble transmission resource.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random access configuration is received by the first base station from the second base station.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is a master base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is operation on a low carrier frequency, and the second base station is operating on a high carrier frequency.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is a source base station, and the second base station is a target base station.
6. A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:
receiving, from a second base station, a random access configuration of the second base station, the random access configuration including information on dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for one or more downlink (DL) transmission (TX) beams of the second base station; and
transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including the received random access configuration of the second base station,
wherein a random access preamble is transmitted from the terminal to the second base station on a random access preamble transmission resource identified among the dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for the one or more DL TX beams in the random access configuration of the second base station.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first base station is a master base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first base station is operation on a low carrier frequency, and the second base station is operating on a high carrier frequency.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first base station is a source base station, and the second base station is a target base station.
10. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from a first base station via the transceiver, a radio resource control (RRC) message including a random access configuration of a second base station, the random access configuration including information on dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for one or more downlink (DL) transmission (TX) beams of the second base station,
identify a DL TX beam among the one or more DL TX beams of the second base station,
identify a random access preamble transmission resource corresponding to the identified DL TX beam among the dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for the one or more DL TX beams in the random access configuration of the second base station, and
transmit, to the second base station via the transceiver, a random access preamble on the random access preamble transmission resource.
11. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the random access configuration is received by the first base station from the second base station.
12. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the first base station is a master base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.
13. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the first base station is operation on a low carrier frequency, and the second base station is operating on a high carrier frequency.
14. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the first base station is a source base station, and the second base station is a target base station.
15. A first base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from a second base station via the transceiver, a random access configuration of the second base station, the random access configuration including information on dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for one or more downlink (DL) transmission (TX) beams of the second base station, and
transmit, to a terminal via the transceiver, an radio resource control (RRC) message including the received random access configuration of the second base station,
wherein a random access preamble is transmitted from the terminal to the second base station on a random access preamble transmission resource identified among the dedicated random access preamble transmission resources for the one or more DL TX beams in the random access configuration of the second base station.
16. The first base station of claim 15 , wherein the first base station is a master base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.
17. The first base station of claim 15 , wherein the first base station is operation on a low carrier frequency, and the second base station is operating on a high carrier frequency.
18. The first base station of claim 15 , wherein the first base station is a source base station, and the second base station is a target base station.