IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,756
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,756 · App. 17/825,999 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Random access method and apparatus, network device, terminal, and storage medium

Inventors: Xin You (Dongguan, CN); Qianxi Lu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W74/08H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 12,200,756
App. No.
17/825,999
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a random access method and apparatus, a network device, a terminal, and a storage medium. The terminal transmits a random access request to a network device; and receives a random access response, which is returned by the network device based on the random access request. The random access response is used to indicate a value of an uplink Timing Advance (TA) adjustment amount, and the TA adjustment amount is a positive value, a negative value, or 0.

Claims (22)

1. A random access method, comprising:

transmitting a random access request to a network device; and

receiving a random access response, which is returned by the network device based on the random access request, wherein the random access response is used to indicate a value of an uplink Timing Advance (TA) adjustment amount, and the TA adjustment amount is a positive value, a negative value, or 0; wherein

in a case that the random access response comprises a TA attribute indication field and an uplink Timing Advance Command (TAC) field, the TA attribute indication field is used to indicate a positive or negative attribute of the TA adjustment amount, and the TAC field has an indication field of a predetermined length for indicating an absolute value of the TA adjustment amount; wherein the indication field of the predetermined length is used to indicate a first mapping value of the TA adjustment amount; the first mapping value is used for indicating a terminal to obtain, based on the first mapping value and a predetermined first mapping table, the absolute value of the TA adjustment amount; and the predetermined first mapping table comprises a correspondence between the first mapping value and the absolute value of the TA adjustment amount;

in a case that the random access response comprises a TAC field, the TAC field is used to indicate a second mapping value of the TA adjustment amount, wherein the second mapping value is used for indicating a terminal to obtain, based on the second mapping value and a predetermined second mapping table, the value of the TA adjustment amount, wherein the second mapping table comprises a correspondence between the second mapping value and the TA adjustment amount; or

in a case that the random access response comprises a TAC field, the TAC field is used to indicate a second index value of the TA adjustment amount, wherein the second index value is used for indicating a terminal to obtain, based on the second index value and a predetermined TA adjustment amount algorithm, the value of the TA adjustment amount; wherein a length of the TAC field is N; the second index value, when being any of 0 to 2 N-1 −2, is used to indicate a TA adjustment value having a negative attribute; the second index value, when being 2 N-1 −1, is used to indicate a TA adjustment value having an attribute of 0; and the second index value, when being any of 2 N-1 to 2 N −1, is used to indicate a TA adjustment value having a positive attribute.

2. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein the TA attribute indication field is located outside the TAC field, and the predetermined length is equal to a length of the TAC field, or

wherein the TA attribute indication field is located within the TAC field, the predetermined length is equal to a length of the TAC field minus 1, and the TA attribute indication field is located at a beginning or an end of the TAC field.

3. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein the random access request is transmitted by a terminal based on a TA estimation value; and the method further comprises:

obtaining a target TA based on the TA estimation value and the TA adjustment amount.

4. A terminal, comprising:

a memory having a computer program stored thereon; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to, when executing the computer program, implement steps of the random access method according to claim 1 .

5. A random access method, comprising:

receiving a random access request transmitted by a terminal; and

transmitting a random access response to the terminal based on the random access request, wherein the random access response is used to indicate a value of an uplink Timing Advance (TA) adjustment amount, and the TA adjustment amount is a positive value, a negative value, or 0; wherein

in a case that the random access response comprises a TA attribute indication field and an uplink Timing Advance Command (TAC) field, the TA attribute indication field is used to indicate a positive or negative attribute of the TA adjustment amount, and the TAC field has an indication field of a predetermined length for indicating an absolute value of the TA adjustment amount; wherein the indication field of the predetermined length is used to indicate a first mapping value of the TA adjustment amount; the first mapping value is used for indicating a terminal to obtain, based on the first mapping value and a predetermined first mapping table, the absolute value of the TA adjustment amount; and the predetermined first mapping table comprises a correspondence between the first mapping value and the absolute value of the TA adjustment amount;

in a case that the random access response comprises a TAC field, the TAC field is used to indicate a second mapping value of the TA adjustment amount, wherein the second mapping value is used for indicating a terminal to obtain, based on the second mapping value and a predetermined second mapping table, the value of the TA adjustment amount, wherein the second mapping table comprises a correspondence between the second mapping value and the TA adjustment amount; or

in a case that the random access response comprises a TAC field, the TAC field is used to indicate a second index value of the TA adjustment amount, wherein the second index value is used for indicating a terminal to obtain, based on the second index value and a predetermined TA adjustment amount algorithm, the value of the TA adjustment amount; wherein a length of the TAC field is N; the second index value, when being any of 0 to 2 N-1 −2, is used to indicate a TA adjustment value having a negative attribute; the second index value, when being 2 N-1 −1, is used to indicate a TA adjustment value having an attribute of 0; and the second index value, when being any of 2 N-1 to 2 N −1, is used to indicate a TA adjustment value having a positive attribute.

6. The random access method according to claim 5 , wherein the TA attribute indication field is located outside the TAC field, and the predetermined length is equal to a length of the TAC field, or

wherein the TA attribute indication field is located within the TAC field, the predetermined length is equal to a length of the TAC field minus 1, and the TA attribute indication field is located at a beginning or an end of the TAC field.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2022
From: YOU, XIN; LU, QIANXI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019121900 · Nov 29, 2019
Related Publication 20220287082A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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