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Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,262 · App. 16/821,343 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Method and apparatus for adjusting uplink timing in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Jaehyung Kim (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W56/005H04L27/2607H04W56/001H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/0841H04W76/27H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04W74/006H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,259,262
App. No.
16/821,343
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method of adjusting uplink timing in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for a user equipment to adjust uplink timing in a wireless communication system includes transmitting, to a base station, an uplink signal, receiving, from the base station, a timing advance (TA) command configured based on the uplink signal, and performing uplink transmission to the base station by applying a timing advance (TA) indicated by the TA command. The TA command may be interpreted based on subcarrier spacing of at least one frequency resource region to which the TA is to be applied.

Claims (31)

1. A method of receiving, by a base station, an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment, a random access preamble;

transmitting, to the user equipment, a random access response inclding a timing advance (TA) command based on the received random access preamble; and

receiving, from the user equipment, the uplink signal based on a timing advance (TA) value of the TA command,

wherein the TA command is based on a maximum subcarrier spacing, among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of frequency resource regions in a same timing advance group (TAG), and

wherein a maximum value of the TA value is based on a minimum subcarrier spacing, among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of frequency resource regions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on a radio resource control connection being set up for the user equipment, the uplink signal is at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or a sounding reference signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a field size for the TA value is configured based on the minimum subcarrier spacing.

4. A base station configured to receive an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment, a random access preamble;

transmitting, to the user equipment, a random access response including a timing advance (TA) command based on the received random access preamble; and

receiving, from the user equipment, the uplink signal based on a timing advance (TA) value of the TA command,

wherein the TA command is based on a maximum subcarrier spacing, among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of frequency resource regions in a same timing advance group (TAG), and

wherein a maximum value of the TA value is based on a minimum subcarrier spacing, among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of frequency resource regions.

5. The base station of claim 4 , wherein, based on a radio resource control connection being set up for the user equipment, the uplink signal is at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or a sounding reference signal.

6. The base station of claim 4 , wherein a field size for the TA value is configured based on the minimum subcarrier spacing.

7. An apparatus configured to receive an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a user equipment, a random access preamble;

transmit, to the user equipment, a random access response inclding a timing advance (TA) command based on the received random access preamble; and

receive, from the user equipment, the uplink signal based on a timing advance (TA) value of the TA command,

wherein the TA command is based on a maximum subcarrier spacing, among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of frequency resource regions in a same timing advance group (TAG), and

wherein a maximum value of the TA value is based on a minimum subcarrier spacing, among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of frequency resource regions.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, based on a radio resource control connection being set up for the user equipment, the uplink signal is at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or a sounding reference signal.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a field size for the TA value is configured based on the minimum subcarrier spacing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: KIM, JAEHYUNG; YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, SEONWOOK; PARK, CHANGHWAN; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16101845 · Aug 13, 2018
Provisional Application 62544238 · Aug 11, 2017
Related Publication 20200221410A1 · Jul 9, 2020