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US 11,051,338 · App. 17/012,615 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Channel access method and apparatus for physical random access channel transmission, and program

Inventor: Cong Shi (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W74/0808H04W16/14H04W72/0446H04W74/02
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Patent No.
US 11,051,338
App. No.
17/012,615
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein includes a channel access method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and a program, which can improve system performance. The method may include determining, by a terminal device, a target channel access type, where the target channel access type is a channel access type used by the terminal device to transmit a PRACH on an unlicensed carrier, and determining, by the terminal device according to the target channel access type, whether a target time domain resource is available, where the target time domain resource is a time domain resource used by the terminal device to send the PRACH.

Claims (39)

1. A method for performing physical random access procedure, applied in shared spectrum, comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal device, a target channel access type from a network device, wherein the target channel access type comprises a Type 1 channel access or a Type 2 channel access; and

determining, by the terminal device according to the target channel access type, an availability of a target time domain resource, wherein the target time domain resource is a time domain resource used by the terminal device to perform transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH),

wherein the obtaining, by the terminal device, the target channel access type comprises: if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, obtaining, by the terminal device the target channel access type comprising the Type 2 channel access; or if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, obtaining, by the terminal device the target channel access type comprising the Type 1 channel access, and

wherein the shared channel occupancy time is shared by the network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target channel access type obtained by the terminal device according to a specification or the target time domain resource comprises the Type 1 channel access.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the Type 1 channel access has a smallest value of channel access priority class.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein if the target channel access type obtained by the terminal device according to a specification is the Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class, the method further comprises:

if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, switching the target channel access type from the Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class to the Type 2 channel access.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, determining, by the terminal device, the target channel access type is the Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device determining the availability of a target time domain resource according to the target channel access type comprises:

if the target channel access type is the Type 1 channel access, the terminal device performs channel sensing based on a contention window with parameters corresponding to Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class; or

if the target channel access type is the Type 2 channel access, the terminal device performs channel sensing with a deterministic sensing duration of 25 microseconds.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random access procedure corresponding to the PRACH comprises a contention-based random access procedure and a contention-free random access procedure.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random access procedure is a contention-free random access procedure, and the method further comprises determining, by the terminal device, the target channel access type according to first indication information, wherein the first indication information is sent by a network device via signaling of a physical layer.

9. A method for random access, applied in shared spectrum, comprising:

sending, by a network device, first indication information to a terminal device via signaling of a physical layer when a random access procedure corresponding to a physical random access channel (PRACH) is a contention-free random access procedure, to indicate the terminal device to determine, according to the first indication information, a target channel access type for the terminal device to transmit the PRACH on a carrier of a shared spectrum,

wherein indicating the terminal device to determine, according to the first indication information, a target channel access type comprises: if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, indicating the terminal device to obtain the target channel access type comprising the Type 2 channel access; or if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, indicating the terminal device to obtain the target channel access type comprising the Type 1 channel access, and

wherein the shared channel occupancy time is shared by the network device.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the target channel access type indicated by the first indication information is determined by the network device according to a priority of a service triggering the PRACH to be sent; or

the target channel access type indicated by the first indication information is determined by the network device according to whether a target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time (COT).

11. An apparatus for random access, applied in shared spectrum, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to perform:

obtaining, by a terminal device, a target channel access type from a network device, wherein the target channel access type comprises a Type 1 channel access or a Type 2 channel access; and

determining, by the terminal device according to the target channel access type, an availability of a target time domain resource, wherein the target time domain resource is a time domain resource used by the terminal device to perform transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH),

wherein obtaining, by the terminal device, the target channel access type comprises: if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, obtaining, by the terminal device the target channel access type comprising the Type 2 channel access; or if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, obtaining, by the terminal device the target channel access type comprising the Type 1 channel access, and

wherein the shared channel occupancy time is shared by the network device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the target channel access type obtained by the terminal device according to a specification or the target time domain resource comprises the Type 1 channel access.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the Type 1 channel access has a smallest value of channel access priority class.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory to further perform:

if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, obtaining, by the terminal device the target channel access type, which comprises the Type 2 channel access; or

if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, obtaining, by the terminal device, the target channel access type, which comprises the Type 1 channel access.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the shared channel occupancy time is shared by a network device or the terminal device.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein, in a case where the target channel access type obtained by the terminal device according to a specification is the Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class, the processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to further perform, if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, switching the target channel access type from the Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class to the Type 2 channel access.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, determining, by the terminal device, the target channel access type is the Type 1 channel access that has the smallest value of channel access priority class.

18. An apparatus for random access, applied in shared spectrum, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory to perform:

sending, by a network device, first indication information to a terminal device via signaling of a physical layer when a random access procedure corresponding to a physical random access channel (PRACH) is a contention-free random access procedure, to indicate the terminal device to determine, according to the first indication information, a target channel access type for the terminal device to transmit the PRACH on a carrier of a shared spectrum,

wherein indicating the terminal device to determine, according to the first indication information, a target channel access type comprises: if the target time domain resource belongs to a shared channel occupancy time, indicating the terminal device to obtain the target channel access type comprising the Type 2 channel access; or if the target time domain resource does not belong to a shared channel occupancy time, indicating the terminal device to obtain the target channel access type comprising the Type 1 channel access, and

wherein the shared channel occupancy time is shared by the network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: SHI, CONG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053698/0544 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810639666.X · Jun 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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