IP Library Granted Patent US 11,291,055
Granted Patent B2
US 11,291,055 · App. 16/084,091 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Random access channel signal transmission method and user equipment, and random access channel signal reception method and base station

Inventors: Eunsun Kim (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Kilbom Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W74/085H04W48/10H04W48/14H04W56/001H04W56/0015H04W72/005H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/006H04W74/008H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,291,055
App. No.
16/084,091
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wireless communication system according to the present invention, a plurality of synchronization signals may be transmitted on a cell. The plurality of synchronization signals may be respectively associated with a plurality of random access channel establishments. A user equipment may receive at least one of the plurality of synchronization signals. The user equipment may transmit a random access channel using a random access channel.

Claims (62)

1. A method for transmitting a random access channel signal by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal of a cell;

receiving configuration information regarding a plurality of random access channel resources for the cell; and

transmitting a random access preamble over the cell based on receiving the synchronization signal,

wherein the cell includes a plurality of synchronization signals, each related to a different downlink beam among a plurality of downlink beams for the cell,

wherein each of the plurality of random access channel resources is related to different one of the plurality of synchronization signals, and

wherein the random access preamble is transmitted on a random access channel resource, among the plurality of random access channel resources, which is related to the synchronization signal that was received on the cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration information is included in system information.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of synchronization signals are distinguished by different indices other than a frame index, a subframe index and a symbol index.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving a random access response associated with the random access preamble; and

performing downlink channel reception or uplink channel transmission based on an index informed by the random access response among the different indices.

5. A method for receiving a random access channel signal by a base station (BS), the method comprising:

transmitting a plurality of synchronization signals over a cell;

transmitting configuration information regarding a plurality of random access channel resources for the cell; and

receiving a random access preamble on the cell from a user equipment (UE),

wherein each of the plurality of synchronization signals is related to a different downlink beam among a plurality of downlink beams for the cell,

wherein each of the plurality of random access channel resources is related to different one of the plurality of synchronization signals, and

wherein the random access preamble is received on one among the plurality of random access channel resources.

6. The method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the configuration information is included in system information.

7. The method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the plurality of synchronization signals are distinguished by different indices, other than a frame index, a subframe index and a symbol index.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting a random access response including index information regarding one among the different indices based on receiving the random access preamble; and

performing downlink channel transmission or uplink channel reception based on the index information.

9. A user equipment (UE) configured to transmit a random access channel signal, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver;

a processor; and

a computer memory storing computer-readable instructions that, based on being executed by the processor, cause the UE to perform operations comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal of a cell;

receiving configuration information regarding a plurality of random access channel resources for the cell; and

transmitting a random access preamble over the cell based on receiving the synchronization signal,

wherein the cell includes a plurality of synchronization signals, each related to a different downlink beam among a plurality of downlink beams for the cell,

wherein each of the plurality of random access channel resources is related to different one of the plurality of synchronization signals, and

wherein the random access preamble is transmitted on a random access channel resource, among the plurality of random access channel resources, which is related to the synchronization signal that was received on the cell.

10. The UE according to claim 9 ,

wherein the configuration information is included in system information.

11. The UE according to claim 9 ,

wherein the plurality of synchronization signals are distinguished by different indices other than a frame index, a subframe index and a symbol index.

12. The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a random access response associated with the random access preamble; and

performing downlink channel reception or uplink channel transmission based on an index informed by the random access response among the different indices.

13. A base station (BS) configured to receive a random access channel signal, the BS comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver;

a processor; and

a computer memory storing computer-readable instructions that, based on being executed by the processor, cause the BS to perform operations comprising:

transmitting a plurality of synchronization signals over a cell;

transmitting configuration information regarding a plurality of random access channel resources for the cell; and

receiving a random access preamble on the cell from a user equipment (UE),

wherein each of the plurality of synchronization signals is related to a different downlink beam among a plurality of downlink beams for the cell,

wherein each of the plurality of random access channel resources is related to different one of the plurality of synchronization signals, and

wherein the random access preamble is received on one among the plurality of random access channel resources.

14. The BS according to claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting the configuration information in system information.

15. The BS according to claim 13 ,

wherein the plurality of synchronization signals are distinguished by different indices other than a frame index, a subframe index and a symbol index.

16. The BS according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting a random access response including index information regarding one among the different indices based on receiving the random access preamble; and

performing downlink channel transmission or uplink channel reception based on the index information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2019
From: KIM, EUNSUN; KIM, KIJUN; KO, HYUNSOO; YANG, SUCKCHEL; YI, YUNJUNG; LEE, KILBOM
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (6)
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