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US 12,262,260 · App. 18/335,751 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Random access method, network node and user equipment

Inventors: Qi Xiong (Beijing, CN); Chen Qian (Beijing, CN); Bin Yu (Beijing, CN); Feifei Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0058H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04L25/0226H04W36/0072H04W56/001H04W72/1263H04W74/0833H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 12,262,260
App. No.
18/335,751
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a random access method, a network node and a user equipment. With the solution of the above embodiment of the present disclosure, the performance of the UE randomly accessing the target cell can be improved.

Claims (26)

1. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

measuring a signal of a target cell;

transmitting, to a network node, a measurement report on the signal of the target cell;

receiving, from the network node, a handover command including resource configuration information comprising random access resource configuration information indicating that a random access is to be performed on a supplementary uplink; and

performing the random access to the target cell based on the resource configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use a normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

3. A method by a network node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report on a signal of a target cell; and

transmitting, to the UE, a handover command including resource configuration information comprising random access resource configuration information indicating that a random access is to be performed on a supplementary uplink based on the measurement report.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use a normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

5. A user equipment, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

measuring a signal of a target cell;

transmitting, to a network node, a measurement report on the signal of the target cell;

receiving, from the network node, a handover command including resource configuration information comprising random access resource configuration information indicating that a random access is to be performed on a supplementary uplink; and

performing the random access to the target cell based on the resource configuration information.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use a normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

7. A network node, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report on a signal of a target cell; and

transmitting, to the UE, a handover command including resource configuration information comprising random access resource configuration information indicating that a random access is to be performed on a supplementary uplink based on the measurement report.

8. The network node according to claim 7 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use a normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: XIONG, QI; QIAN, CHEN; YU, BIN; SUN, FEIFEI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 063966/0022 →
Priority Claims (6)
CN 201710214206.8 · Apr 1, 2017 · national
CN 201710313539.6 · May 5, 2017 · national
CN 201710491173.1 · Jun 23, 2017 · national
CN 201710855759.1 · Sep 20, 2017 · national
CN 201710928123.5 · Sep 30, 2017 · national
CN 201711227251.3 · Nov 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17372152 · Jul 9, 2021
Continuation 16500079
Related Publication 20230328597A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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