IP Library Granted Patent US 12,581,539
Granted Patent B2
US 12,581,539 · App. 17/994,015 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication

Inventors: Qi Jiang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
H04W74/0833H04L1/0061H04L5/0092H04W74/0836H04W74/0838
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Patent No.
US 12,581,539
App. No.
17/994,015
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A node firstly receives a target information block, the target information block being generated in a protocol layer below an RRC layer, the target information block being used to determine a first time-frequency resource; and then performs a first random access procedure, the action of performing the first random access procedure comprising transmitting a first message; the first time-frequency resource is associated with one of a first identity and a second identity; the first message is used for random access; whether the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity is used to determine whether the first message is an MsgA or an Msg1. This application improves the criterion for determining 2-step random access in the case of Multi-TRP, thereby enhancing the efficiency of random access and optimizing the system performance.

Claims (48)

1 . A terminal for wireless communications, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive a target information block that is generated in a protocol layer below a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer,

determine, based on the target information block, a first time-frequency resource associated with one of a first identity and a second identity,

determine whether a first message is a Message A (MsgA) or a Message 1 (Msg1) based on whether the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity,

receive at least one of a first information block and a second information block,

determine a first candidate time-frequency resource set based on the first information block,

determine a second candidate time-frequency resource set based on the second information block,

transmit the first message used for random access, wherein on a condition that the first message is a MsgA, time-frequency resources occupied by the first message are associated with the first candidate time-frequency resource set, and wherein on a condition that the first message is a Msg1, time-frequency resources occupied by the first message are associated with the second candidate time-frequency resource set.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

receives a first signaling indicative of a second time-frequency resource, associated with the second identity, and

as a response to receiving the first signaling, stops a random access procedure, wherein the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity, and wherein the first message is an MsgA, and wherein performing the random access procedure comprises monitoring a second signaling in a first search space, and wherein the second signaling is used for scheduling a response to the first message, and wherein stopping the random access procedure comprises stopping monitoring the second signaling.

3 . The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the random access procedure is used for a Scheduling Request (SR), and wherein stopping the random access procedure does not comprise cancelling an SR used to trigger the random access procedure.

4 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

performs a channel measurement on a first signal to determine a first measurement value, wherein the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first signal, and wherein whether the first measurement value is above a first threshold is used to determine whether the first message is MsgA or Msg1.

5 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the random access procedure is performed on a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), a rach-ConfigDedicated used for configuring the first BWP provides contention-free 2-step RA type random access resources but does not provide contention-free 4-step RA type random access resources.

6 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

receives a second signaling used to schedule a response to the first message, wherein a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) comprised in the second signaling is scrambled by a first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), wherein the first RNTI is related to time-frequency resources occupied by the first message, and wherein whether a first integer is used to determine the first RNTI is related to whether the first message is a MsgA or an Msg1, and wherein the first integer is fixed or the first integer is configured via an RRC signaling.

7 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first time-frequency resource being associated with the first identity means: at least one of an RRC signaling configuring the first time-frequency resource comprising the first identity, or there being an explicit signaling indicating that the first time-frequency resource and the first identity are associated.

8 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first time-frequency resource being associated with the second identity means: at least one of an RRC signaling configuring the first time-frequency resource comprising the second identity, or there being an explicit signaling indicating that the first time-frequency resource and the second identity are associated.

9 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the target information block is used for configuring a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) and a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH), or the target information block is used for configuring a TCI of a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) and a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH), or the target information block is used for configuring a TCI of a PDSCH and a PUSCH, or the target information block is used for configuring a same TCI-StateID used by radio signals transmitted on multiple carriers.

10 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the target information block is used for configuring a unified TCI.

11 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first identity is a PCI of a serving cell, while the second identity is a PCI, and the second identity is different from the first identity.

12 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the second time-frequency resource is a non-zero-power CSI-RS resource, or the second time-frequency resource is a Synchronization Signal and PBCH block (SSB) resource indicated by an ssb-Index.

13 . A base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, and wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a target information block, wherein the target information block is generated in a protocol layer below an RRC layer, and wherein the target information block is used to determine a first time-frequency resource,

receive a first message, wherein the first time-frequency resource is associated with one of a first identity and a second identity, and wherein the first message is used for random access, and wherein whether the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity is used to determine whether the first message is a MsgA or an Msg1, and

transmit at least one of a first information block and a second information block, wherein the first information block is used to determine a first candidate time-frequency resource set, while the second information block is used to determine a second candidate time-frequency resource set, and wherein on a condition that the first message is a MsgA, time-frequency resources occupied by the first message associated with the first candidate time-frequency resource set, and wherein on a condition that the first message is a Msg1, time-frequency resources occupied by the first message associated with the second candidate time-frequency resource set.

14 . The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmits a first signaling, indicative of a second time-frequency resource associated with the second identity, and

as a response to receiving the first signaling, stop the random access procedure, wherein the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity, and wherein the first message is a MsgA, and

wherein performing the random access procedure comprises monitoring a second signaling in a first search space; the second signaling is used for scheduling a response to the first message, and

wherein stopping the random access procedure comprises stopping monitoring the second signaling.

15 . The base station according to claim 14 , wherein the random access procedure is used for an SR, and wherein stopping the random access procedure does not comprise cancelling an SR used to trigger the random access procedure.

16 . The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmits a first signal, wherein a channel measurement is performed on the first signal to determine a first measurement value, and wherein the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first signal, and wherein whether the first measurement value is above a first threshold is used to determine whether the first message is a MsgA or a Msg1.

17 . The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the random access procedure is performed on a first BWP, a rach-ConfigDedicated used for configuring the first BWP provides contention-free 2-step random access type (2-step RA type) random access resources but does not provide contention-free 4-step random access type (4-step RA type) random access resources.

18 . A method in a terminal for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving a target information block that is generated in a protocol layer below a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer;

determining, based on the target information block, a first time-frequency resource associated with one of a first identity and a second identity;

determining whether a first message is a Message A (MsgA) or a Message 1 (Msg1) based on whether the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity:

receiving at least one of a first information block and a second information block;

determining a first candidate time-frequency resource set based on the first information block;

determining a second candidate time-frequency resource set based on the second information block;

transmitting a first message used for random access, wherein on a condition that the first message is a MsgA, time-frequency resources occupied by the first message associated with the first candidate time-frequency resource set, and wherein on a condition that the first message is a Msg1, time-frequency resources occupied by the first message associated with the second candidate time-frequency resource set.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075091/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: JIANG, QI; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064600/0676 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111450827.9 · Dec 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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