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US 12,279,305 · App. 18/653,985 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Method and apparatus for random access in repetition mode in wireless mobile communication system

Inventor: Soenghun Kim (Hanam-si, KR)
Assignees: Soenghun Kim; BLACKPIN INC.; SIGNALIS CO., LTD.
H04W74/006H04W48/08H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,279,305
App. No.
18/653,985
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for random access in repetition mode is provided. Method for random access in repetition mode includes receiving first RACH configuration, second RACH configuration and PDCCH configuration, selecting an uplink on which to perform a random access procedure based on the first rsrp threshold in the first RACH configuration, transmitting a preamble in the next available PRACH occasion based on PRACH configuration index, monitoring PDCCH in search space indicated by random access search space during while random access window is running, receiving a random access response message including a preamble identifier related to the preamble transmission and transmitting Msg3 based on the time domain resource allocation field in the uplink grant in the random access response.

Claims (44)

1. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving system information of a cell, wherein the system information comprises a plurality of configuration parameters associated with random access, and wherein the plurality of configuration parameters associated with random access comprises:

a first configuration parameter of normal uplink, wherein the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises a first power offset, wherein the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises at least one parameter of a first RACH-ConfigCommon for the normal uplink;

a second configuration parameter of the normal uplink, wherein the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink does not comprise a second power offset, wherein the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises at least one parameter of a second RACH-ConfigCommon for the normal uplink;

a first configuration parameter of supplementary uplink; and

a second configuration parameter of the supplementary uplink;

selecting, based on a first reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold, a normal uplink (NUL) carrier for performing random access;

determining, based on a second RSRP threshold, an uplink transmission repetition for the random access;

based on the second power offset not configured in the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink, selecting, based on a preamble power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink and based on the first power offset of the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink, a preamble group; and

transmitting, based on the preamble power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink, a random access preamble.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system information further indicates:

the second RSRP threshold, configured in the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink, for determining whether to apply message 3 (Msg3) repetition for the normal uplink.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the system information further indicates:

a third RSRP threshold, configured in the first configuration parameter of the supplementary uplink, for determining whether to apply Msg3 repetition for the supplementary uplink.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises a first rsrp-ThresholdSSB parameter for synchronization signal block (SSB) selection;

the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises a second rsrp-ThresholdSSB parameter for SSB selection;

the first configuration parameter of the supplementary uplink comprises a third rsrp-ThresholdSSB parameter for SSB selection; and

the second configuration parameter of the supplementary uplink comprises a fourth rsrp-ThresholdSSB parameter for SSB selection.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

selecting, based on the second rsrp-ThresholdSSB parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink, an SSB.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first power offset is a first delta preamble parameter configurable in the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink; and

the second power offset is a second delta preamble parameter configurable in the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the preamble power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink is a preamble received target power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first delta preamble parameter is a msg3-DeltaPreamble configured in a PUSCH-ConfigCommon for the normal uplink.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first RSRP threshold is present in the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink, and wherein the first RSRP threshold is absent in the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises a random access configuration for message 3 (Msg3) repetition on the normal uplink;

the second configuration parameter of the supplementary uplink comprises a random access configuration for Msg3 repetition on the supplementary uplink; and

the determined uplink transmission repetition for the random access comprises Msg3 repetition for the random access.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises at least one parameter of a RACH-ConfigCommon for the normal uplink and at least one parameter of a PUSCH-ConfigCommon for the normal uplink, and

wherein the first configuration parameter of the supplementary uplink comprises at least one parameter of a RACH-ConfigCommon for the supplementary uplink and at least one parameter of a PUSCH-ConfigCommon for the supplementary uplink.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

repeatedly performing, based on a number of repetitions for an uplink transmission scheduled by an uplink grant of a random access response (RAR), the uplink transmission.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random access corresponds to a four-step random access procedure configured for the NUL carrier, and

wherein the system information comprises system information block 1 (SIB1).

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink further comprises a prach-ConfigurationIndex, and

wherein the transmitting the random access preamble is further based on a power offset value associated with the prach-ConfigurationIndex of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the power offset value is a DELTA_PREAMBLE value corresponding to a preamble format of the prach-ConfigurationIndex of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preamble power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink comprises:

a preamble received target power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

performing, based on the preamble received target power parameter of the second configuration parameter of the normal uplink and based on the first power offset of the first configuration parameter of the normal uplink, an uplink transmission scheduled by an uplink grant of a random access response.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2025
From: SIGNALIS CO., LTD.
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN
Reel/Frame 070770/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2024
From: KIM, SOENGHUN
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN; SIGNALIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067301/0726 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0157907 · Nov 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022017314 · Nov 7, 2022
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