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US 10,314,080 · App. 15/531,392 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Random access technique in mobile communication system using beamforming

Inventors: Sun-Heui Ryoo (Yongin-si, KR); Sung-Jin Park (Icheon-si, KR); Nam-I Kim (Daegu, KR); Dong-Ho Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
H04W74/0833H04W16/28H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 10,314,080
App. No.
15/531,392
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system that will be provided to support higher data transfer rate following a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure relates to a method of performing random access of a terminal, said method comprising: an operation of determining the number of received beams of a base station connected to transmitted beams of the terminal; an operation of determining an area of wireless transfer resource on the basis of the number of the received beams; and an operation of transmitting random access message in the random access resource defined by the beam resource corresponding to the determined number and the wireless transfer resource corresponding to the determined area.

Claims (46)

1. A method of performing random access of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

determining a number of reception beams of a base station (BS) connected to transmission beams of the UE;

determining radio transmission resources used for a random access for each of the reception beams; and

attempting the random access in the determined radio transmission resources through the reception beams,

wherein a number of the radio transmission resources used for the random access for each of the reception beams is determined by dividing a total number of random access resources of the UE by the number of the reception beams.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the number of reception beams of the BS connected to the transmission beams of the UE comprises:

estimating a channel for at least one reception beam of the BS; and

determining the number of reception beams of the BS connected to the transmission beams of the UE, the number of reception beams having a result of the channel estimation larger than or equal to a threshold value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the number of reception beams of the BS connected to the transmission beams of the UE comprises:

receiving, from the BS, a neighbor advertisement; and

determining the number of reception beams of the BS connected to the transmission beams of the UE, the number of reception beams identified by information included in the neighbor advertisement.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein random access resources of a second UE having a priority equal to that of the UE and the random access resources of the UE have an equal size, and

wherein the second UE is connected to the BS.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the total number of random access resources of the UE is determined based on a priority of the UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a message indicating a success of the random access in response to the attempt of the random access, when the number of reception beams, of which performance of the random access is successful, is larger than or equal to a predetermined number.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, when links with the BS through at least two reception beams are needed, the predetermined number is larger than or equal to 2.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio transmission resources correspond to resources defined by at least one of a frequency, a time, or a code.

9. A user equipment (UE) for performing random access, the UE comprising:

a controller configured to:

determine a number of reception beams of a base station (BS) connected to transmission beams of the UE, and

determine radio transmission resources used for a random access for each of the reception beams; and

a transceiver configured to attempt the random access in the determined radio transmission resources through the reception beams,

wherein a number of the radio transmission resources used for the random access for each of the reception beams is determined by dividing a total number of random access resources of the UE by the number of the reception beams.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to:

estimate a channel for at least one reception beam of the BS; and

determine the number of reception beams of the BS connected to the transmission beams of the UE, the number of reception beams having a result of the channel estimation larger than or equal to a threshold value.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to:

receive, from the BS, a neighbor advertisement; and

determine the number of reception beams of the BS connected to the transmission beams of the UE, the number of reception beams identified by information included in the neighbor advertisement.

12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein random access resources of a second UE having a priority equal to that of the UE and the random access resources of the UE have an equal size, and

wherein the second UE is connected to the BS.

13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the total number of random access resources of the UE is determined based on a priority of the UE.

14. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to receive a message indicating a success of the random access in response to the attempt of the random access, when the number of reception beams, of which performance of the random access is successful, is larger than or equal to a predetermined number.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein, when links with the BS through at least two reception beams are needed, the predetermined number is larger than or equal to 2.

16. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the radio transmission resources correspond to resources defined by at least one of a frequency, a time, or a code.

17. A method of supporting random access by a base station (BS), the method comprising:

determining a number of reception beams of the BS connected to transmission beams of a user equipment (UE);

determining radio transmission resources used for a random access for each of the reception beams; and

receiving a random access message in the determined radio transmission resources through reception beams,

wherein a number of the radio transmission resources used for the random access for each of the reception beams is determined by dividing a total number of random access resources of the UE by the number of the reception beams.

18. A base station (BS) supporting random access of a user equipment (UE), the BS comprising:

a controller configured to:

determine a number of reception beams connected to transmission beams of the UE, and

determine radio transmission resources used for a random access for each of the reception beams; and

a transceiver configured to receive a random access message in the determined radio transmission resources through reception beams,

wherein a number of the radio transmission resources used for the random access for each of the reception beams is determined by dividing a total number of random access resources of the UE by the number of the reception beams.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2017
From: RYOO, SUN-HEUI; PARK, SUNG-JIN; KIM, NAM-I; CHO, DONG-HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0166583 · Nov 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170318608A1 · Nov 2, 2017