IP Library Granted Patent US 12,588,077
Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,077 · App. 18/731,372 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Method and device in communication node for wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC
H04W74/0841H04W24/10H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/002H04W74/0833H04W74/0836H04W84/06
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Patent No.
US 12,588,077
App. No.
18/731,372
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides method and device in communication node for wireless communication. The communication node receives a first signaling and a first signal, and transmits a second signal; wherein the first signaling is used for determining a first offset; the first signal is used for determining a first measurement result; the second signal includes N second sub-signal(s), a first sequence is used for determining the N second sub-signal(s). In view of the problems that the method to determine repetitions of a preamble sequence is not applicable to a large-latency network and that multiple attempts of random access in a large-latency network will cause a larger latency, the disclosure provides an offset based scheme, in which the communication node introduces the first offset when determining the repetitions of a preamble sequence, thereby selecting an more appropriate number of repetitions, improving the successful probability of random access and reducing latency.

Claims (42)

1 . A User Equipment (UE) for wireless communication, the UE comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive information used to determine an offset for a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission; and

receive a reference signal; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the PRACH transmission, wherein the PRACH transmission includes a preamble sequence transmitted N times, wherein N is an integer that is based on both the offset and a measurement of the reference signal;

wherein the receiver is further configured to begin to monitor for a candidate signal starting at a time that is based on a transmitting time of the PRACH transmission and ending at a time that is based on N.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PRACH transmission initiates a random access procedure.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein N is based on a summation of the measurement and the offset.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the receiver is further configured to receive a time-frequency resource set including a time-frequency resource; wherein the time-frequency resource is associated with N, is associated with the PRACH transmission, and is based on the measurement and the offset.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the receiver is further configured to receive a signaling that is used to determine a plurality of first-type offsets;

wherein:

any two of the plurality of first-type offsets are different; the offset is one of the plurality of first-type offsets; and a parameter, related to a base station that transmitted the reference signal, is used for selecting the offset from the plurality of first-type offsets.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the offset is related to a parameter of a transmitter of the reference signal.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the offset is related to a relationship between the UE and a base station that transmitted the reference signal.

8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein each time the PRACH transmission is transmitted, a number of first transmission times increases by 1.

9 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE does not monitor for the candidate signal in a time window; wherein a start of the time window is related to the transmitting time of the PRACH transmission; wherein a length of the time window is based on a parameter of a base station that transmitted the reference signal; and wherein the receiver is further configured to begin to monitor for the candidate signal at an end of the time window.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the offset is used to adjust a latency of communication between the UE and a base station.

11 . A method performed by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving information used to determine an offset for a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission;

receiving a reference signal;

transmitting the PRACH transmission, wherein the PRACH transmission includes a preamble sequence transmitted N times, wherein N is an integer that is based on both the offset and a measurement of the reference signal; and

beginning to monitor for a candidate signal starting at a time that is based on a transmitting time of the PRACH transmission and ending at a time that is based on N.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the PRACH transmission initiates a random access procedure.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein N is based on a summation of the measurement and the offset.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a time-frequency resource set including a time-frequency resource; wherein the time-frequency resource is associated with N, is associated with the PRACH transmission, and is based on the measurement and the offset.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a signaling that is used to determine a plurality of first-type offsets;

wherein:

any two of the plurality of first-type offsets are different; the offset is one of the plurality of first-type offsets; and a parameter, related to a base station that transmitted the reference signal, is used for selecting the offset from the plurality of first-type offsets.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the offset is related to a parameter of a transmitter of the reference signal.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the offset is related to a relationship between the UE and a base station that transmitted the reference signal.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein each time the PRACH transmission is transmitted, a number of first transmission times increases by 1.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the UE does not monitor for the candidate signal in a time window; wherein a start of the time window is related to the transmitting time of the PRACH transmission; wherein a length of the time window is based on a parameter of a base station that transmitted the reference signal; and wherein the method further comprises beginning to monitor for the candidate signal at an end of the time window.

20 . A base station for wireless communication, the base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to:

transmit information used to determine an offset for a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission; and

transmit a reference signal; and

a receiver configured to receive the PRACH transmission, wherein the PRACH transmission includes a preamble sequence transmitted N times, wherein N is an integer that is based on both the offset and a measurement of the reference signal;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a candidate signal starting at a time that is based on a receiving time of the PRACH transmission and ending at a time that is based on N.

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 7, 2024
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068334/0517 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010060757.5 · Jan 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17358027 · Jun 25, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2021071044 · Jan 11, 2021
Related Publication 20240324028A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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