System and method for random access resource selection

1. A method of random access resource selection, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a target Base Station (BS), a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) to a User Equipment (UE), the first SSB associated with a first contention-free random access resource for the UE to transmit a random access preamble;

transmitting, by the target BS, a second SSB to the UE, the second SSB associated with a contention-based random access resource; and

in a case that a first Synchronization Signal-Reference Signal Received Power (SS-RSRP) of the first SSB is not greater than an SS-RSRP threshold and a second SS-RSRP of the second SSB is greater than the SS-RSRP threshold, receiving, by the target BS, the random access preamble from the UE using the contention-based random access resource, wherein:

when dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, generated by the target BS, indicates the contention-based random access resource, the contention-based random access resource is determined based on the dedicated RRC signaling, and

when the dedicated RRC signaling does not indicate the contention-based random access resource, the contention-based random access resource is determined based on a common random access configuration broadcast by a source BS.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the target BS, a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) to the UE, the CSI-RS associated with a second contention-free random access resource; and

in a case that the UE does not receive the first contention-free random access resource associated with the first SSB and a Channel State Information-Reference Signal Received Power (CSI-RSRP) of the CSI-RS is greater than a CSI-RSRP threshold, receiving, by the target BS, the random access preamble from the UE using the second contention-free random access resource.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the CSI-RSRP threshold comprises an RSRP threshold for CSI-RSs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SS-RSRP threshold comprises an RSRP threshold for SSBs.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the target BS, the random access preamble from the UE using the first contention-free random access resource in a case that the first SS-RSRP of the first SSB is greater than the SS-RSRP threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the target BS, the dedicated RRC signaling to the source BS, wherein the UE receives, from the source BS, the dedicated RRC signaling after the source BS receives the dedicated RRC signaling from the target BS.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dedicated RRC signaling indicates to the UE to handover to the target BS.

8. A system for random access resource selection, the system comprising:

a source Base Station (BS) configured to broadcast a common random access configuration; and

a target BS configured to:

transmit a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) to a User Equipment (UE), the first SSB associated with a first contention-free random access resource for the UE to transmit a random access preamble;

transmit a second SSB to the UE, the second SSB associated with a contention-based random access resource; and

in a case that a first Synchronization Signal-Reference Signal Received Power (SS-RSRP) of the first SSB is not greater than an SS-RSRP threshold and a second SS-RSRP of the second SSB is greater than the SS-RSRP threshold, receive the random access preamble from the UE using the contention-based random access resource, wherein:

when dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, generated by the target BS, indicates the contention-based random access resource, the contention-based random access resource is determined based on the dedicated RRC signaling, and

when the dedicated RRC signaling does not indicate the contention-based random access resource, the contention-based random access resource is determined based on the common random access configuration broadcast by the source BS.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the target BS is further configured to:

transmit a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) to the UE, the CSI-RS associated with a second contention-free random access resource to the UE; and

in a case that the UE does not receive the first contention-free random access resource associated with the first SSB and a Channel State Information-Reference Signal Received Power (CSI-RSRP) of the CSI-RS is greater than a CSI-RSRP threshold, receive the random access preamble from the UE using the second contention-free random access resource.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the CSI-RSRP threshold comprises an RSRP threshold for CSI-RSs.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the SS-RSRP threshold comprises an RSRP threshold for SSBs.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the target BS is further configured to:

receive the random access preamble from the UE using the first contention-free random access resource in a case that the first SS-RSRP of the first SSB is greater than the SS-RSRP threshold.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the target BS is further configured to:

transmit the dedicated RRC signaling to the source BS, wherein the UE receives, from the source BS, the dedicated RRC signaling after the source BS receives the dedicated RRC signaling from the target BS.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the dedicated RRC signaling indicates to the UE to handover to the target BS.