Method and apparatus for transmitting and receving random access channel
The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) by a UE in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method includes receiving information about actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SBBs) and RACH configuration information about RACH resources and transmitting a RACH in at least one RACH resource among RACH resources mapped to actually transmitted SSBs on the basis of the information about actually transmitted SSBs and the RACH configuration information, wherein the actually transmitted SSBs are repeatedly mapped to RACH resources by a positive integer multiple of the number of the actually transmitted SSBs in a RACH configuration period based on the RACH configuration information.
1. A method for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving (i) first information related to transmission of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) and (ii) second information related to a plurality of RACH resources, wherein the second information relates to a time period within which to transmit the RACH in the plurality of RACH resources; and
transmitting the RACH in a RACH resource, among at least one first RACH resource that is mapped to the at least one SSB, based on the first information and the second information,
wherein the at least one SSB is repeatedly mapped to the at least one first RACH resource within the time period related to the second information, and
wherein the plurality of RACH resources comprise (i) the at least one first RACH resource that is mapped to the at least one SSB and (ii) at least one second RACH resource that remains unmapped to the at least one SSB after the repeated mapping of the at least one SSB to the at least one first RACH resource within the time period related to the second information.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RACH is not transmitted in the at least one second RACH resource that is not mapped to the at least one SSB.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in a state in which a number of SSBs which can be mapped per RACH resource is fewer than 1, one SSB is mapped to as many consecutive first RACH resources as a reciprocal of the number of SSBs which can be mapped per RACH resource.
4. A communication device configured to transmit a random access channel (RACH) in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:
a transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory operably connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
receiving, through the transceiver, (i) first information related to transmission of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) and (ii) second information related to a plurality of RACH resources, wherein the second information relates to a time period within which to transmit the RACH in the plurality of RACH resources; and
transmitting, through the transceiver, the RACH in a RACH resource, among at least one first RACH resource that is mapped to the at least one SSB, based on the first information and the second information,
wherein the at least one SSB is repeatedly mapped to the at least one first RACH resource within the time period related to the second information, and
wherein the plurality of RACH resources comprise (i) the at least one first RACH resource that is mapped to the at least one SSB and (ii) at least one second RACH resource that remains unmapped to the at least one SSB after the repeated mapping of the at least one SSB to the at least one first RACH resource within the time period related to the second information.
5. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the RACH is not transmitted in the at least one second RACH resource that is not mapped to the at least one SSB.
6. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein, in a state in which a number of SSBs which can be mapped per RACH resource is fewer than 1, one SSB is mapped to as many consecutive first RACH resources as a reciprocal of the number of SSBs which can be mapped per RACH resource.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the repeated mapping of the at least one SSB to the at least one first RACH resource within the time period comprises:
each SSB among the at least one SSB is mapped k times over the at least one first RACH resource within the time period, where k is a positive integer.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one SSB is mapped to k different groups of first RACH resources among the at least one first RACH resource.
9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one second RACH resource remains unmapped to the at least one SSB after each SSB among the at least one SSB is mapped k times over the at least one first RACH resource within the time period related to the second information.
10. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the repeated mapping of the at least one SSB to the at least one first RACH resource within the time period comprises:
each SSB among the at least one SSB is mapped k times over the at least one first RACH resource within the time period, where k is a positive integer.
11. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one SSB is mapped to k different groups of first RACH resources among the at least one first RACH resource.
12. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one second RACH resource remains unmapped to the at least one SSB after each SSB among the at least one SSB is mapped k times over the at least one first RACH resource within the time period related to the second information.