IP Library Granted Patent US 11,064,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,064,401 · App. 16/500,079 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Random access method, network node and user equipment

Inventors: Qi Xiong (Beijing, CN); Chen Qian (Beijing, CN); Bin Yu (Beijing, CN); Feifei Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0058H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04L25/0226H04W36/0072H04W56/001H04W72/1263H04W74/0833H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 11,064,401
App. No.
16/500,079
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 th -Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4 th -Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a random access method, a network node and a user equipment. With the solution of the above embodiment of the present disclosure, the performance of the UE randomly accessing the target cell can be improved.

Claims (60)

1. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

measuring a signal of a target cell;

transmitting, to a network node, a measurement report on the signal of the target cell;

receiving, from the network node, a handover command including resource configuration information; and

performing a random access to the target cell based on the resource configuration information,

wherein the resource configuration information includes random access resource configuration information based on either a normal uplink or a supplementary uplink, and the random access resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use the normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

3. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

measuring a signal of a target cell;

transmitting, to a network node, a measurement report on the signal of the target cell;

receiving, from the network node, a handover command including resource configuration information; and

performing a random access to the target cell based on the resource configuration information,

wherein the resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the dedicated random access resource configuration information includes a threshold for selecting a CSI-RS.

5. A method by a network node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report on a signal of a target cell; and

transmitting, to the UE, a handover command including resource configuration information based on the measurement report,

wherein the resource configuration information includes random access resource configuration information based on either a normal uplink or a supplementary uplink, and the random access resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use the normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

7. A method by a network node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report on a signal of a target cell; and

transmitting, to the UE, a handover command including resource configuration information based on the measurement report,

wherein the resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the dedicated random access resource configuration information includes a threshold for selecting a CSI-RS.

9. A user equipment, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

measuring a signal of a target cell;

transmitting, to a network node, a measurement report on the signal of the target cell;

receiving, from the network node, a handover command including resource configuration information; and

performing a random access to the target cell based on the resource configuration information,

wherein the resource configuration information includes random access resource configuration information based on either a normal uplink or a supplementary uplink, and the random access resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

10. The user equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use the normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

11. A user equipment, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

measuring a signal of a target cell;

transmitting, to a network node, a measurement report on the signal of the target cell;

receiving, from the network node, a handover command including resource configuration information; and

performing a random access to the target cell based on the resource configuration information,

wherein the resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

12. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the dedicated random access resource configuration information includes a threshold for selecting a CSI-RS.

13. A network node, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report on a signal of a target cell; and

transmitting, to the UE, a handover command including resource configuration information based on the measurement report,

wherein the resource configuration information includes random access resource configuration information based on either a normal uplink or a supplementary uplink, and the random access resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

14. The network node according to claim 13 , wherein the resource configuration information includes an indication indicating to the UE whether to use the normal uplink or the supplementary uplink for the random access.

15. A network node, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement report on a signal of a target cell; and

transmitting, to the UE, a handover command including resource configuration information based on the measurement report,

wherein the resource configuration information includes dedicated random access resource configuration information associated with channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs).

16. The network node according to claim 15 , wherein the dedicated random access resource configuration information includes a threshold for selecting a CSI-RS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2019
From: XIONG, QI; QIAN, CHEN; YU, BIN; SUN, FEIFEI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050590/0604 →
Priority Claims (6)
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Continuity (1)
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