IP Library Granted Patent US 10,959,262
Granted Patent B2
US 10,959,262 · App. 16/301,263 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Random access method and device, user equipment, and storage medium

Inventors: Ling Yang (Guangdong, CN); Yajun Zhao (Guangdong, CN); Wei Gou (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W74/02H04W72/042H04W72/0446H04W72/14H04W74/0808H04W74/0833H04W76/11H04W76/27H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 10,959,262
App. No.
16/301,263
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a random access method and device, a user equipment and a storage medium. The method can include: determining listen-before-talk (LBT) priority levels for performing an LBT mechanism corresponding to messages transmitted during a random access process, and/or LBT priority levels of an LBT mechanism corresponding to different physical random access channel (PRACH) formats; and transmitting the messages for random access by means of the determined LBT priority levels corresponding to the messages and/or LBT priority levels corresponding to different PRACH formats after successfully performing the LBT mechanism.

Claims (33)

1. A random access method, comprising:

determining a listen-before-talk (LBT), mechanism; and

transmitting a LBT failure indication from physical layer to higher layers for informing LBT failure, by a User equipment (UE), after performing the LBT mechanism failure prior to uplink (UL) transmission, based on the determined LBT mechanism;

wherein, UL transmission comprises at least one of the following: preamble transmission, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission;

wherein, for the case of LBT failure for UL transmission including Mgs1 transmission, or preamble transmission, comprises:

if LBT failure indication is not received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Preamble transmission counter is increased; or

if LBT failure indication is received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Preamble transmission counter is not increased.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for the case of LBT failure for UL transmission including Mgs1 transmission or preamble transmission comprises:

if LBT failure indication is not received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Power Ramping counter is increased; or

if LBT failure indication is received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Power Ramping counter is not increased.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, if preamble is not transmitted due to LBT failure, comprises one of the following:

LBT mechanism for next preamble transmission is the same as that of previous preamble transmission; or

Contention window size for next preamble transmission is shorter than that of previous preamble transmission; or

LBT mechanism for next preamble transmission uses Cat2 LBT; or

Transmission power for next preamble transmission is same as that of previous preamble transmission.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, duration of clear channel assessment (CCA) detection of Cat2 LBT comprises: 16 us, or, 25 us, or, 34 us, or, 43 us.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, the LBT mechanism comprises: Cat2 LBT, or, Cat4 LBT.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, duration of clear channel assessment (CCA) detection of Cat2 LBT comprises: 16 us, or, 25 us, or, 34 us, or, 43 us.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein, parameter of Cat4 LBT comprises at least one of: LBT priority level, a minimum value of Contention window size, a maximum value of contention window size, channel occupancy time.

8. A user equipment UE, comprising a processor and a storage device storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a random access method comprising:

determining a listen-before-talk (LBT) mechanism; and

transmitting a LBT failure indication from physical layer to higher layers for informing LBT failure, by the UE, after performing the LBT mechanism failure prior to uplink (UL) transmission, based on the determined LBT mechanism;

wherein, UL transmission comprises at least one of the following: preamble transmission, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission;

wherein, for the case of LBT failure for UL transmission including Mgs1 transmission, or preamble transmission, comprises:

if LBT failure indication is not received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Preamble transmission counter is increased; or

if LBT failure indication is received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Preamble transmission counter is not increased.

9. A non-transitory storage medium, comprising a stored program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method comprising:

determining a listen-before-talk (LBT) mechanism; and

transmitting a LBT failure indication from physical layer to higher layers for informing LBT failure, by a User equipment (UE), after performing the LBT mechanism failure prior to uplink (UL) transmission, based on the determined LBT mechanism;

wherein, UL transmission comprises at least one of the following: preamble transmission, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission;

wherein, for the case of LBT failure for UL transmission including Mgs1 transmission, or preamble transmission, comprises:

if LBT failure indication is not received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Preamble transmission counter is increased; or

if LBT failure indication is received from lower layers for preamble transmission, Preamble transmission counter is not increased.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2018
From: YANG, LING; ZHAO, YAJUN; GOU, WEI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201610322441.2 · May 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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