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US 11,363,586 · App. 16/925,364 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Resource configuration method, apparatus, and system

Inventors: Xinxian Li (Shanghai, CN); Hao Tang (Shanghai, CN); Hua Li (Shanghai, CN); Yongzhao Cao (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/042H04L5/0053H04W56/001H04W74/006H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,363,586
App. No.
16/925,364
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a resource configuration method, an apparatus, and a system, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving PDCCH signaling; switching to a target uplink BWP; and sending a preamble sequence by using a PRACH resource included in the target uplink BWP, where the PDCCH signaling is used to trigger a random access procedure.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a device, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling, wherein the PDCCH signaling triggers a random access procedure;

switching, by the device, to a target uplink bandwidth part (BWP), wherein the target uplink BWP comprises a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, and wherein:

the target uplink BWP is an uplink BWP for initial random access; or

the target uplink BWP is a preconfigured uplink BWP, and the preconfigured uplink BWP comprises the PRACH resource; and

sending, by the device, in a first time unit, a preamble sequence on the PRACH resource comprised in the target uplink BWP, wherein there is a first time period between the first time unit and a second time unit, and the second time unit is a time unit in which the PDCCH signaling is received at the device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH signaling comprises an identifier of the target uplink BWP.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first time period is an absolute time.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a subcarrier spacing corresponding to the first time unit is a subcarrier spacing of a downlink BWP, the PDCCH signaling is received on the downlink BWP, and a subcarrier spacing corresponding to the second time unit is a subcarrier spacing corresponding to the target uplink BWP.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving uplink timing advance (TA); and

sending data according to the uplink TA.

6. A method comprising:

sending, by a device, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling, wherein the PDCCH signaling triggers a random access procedure; and

in response to the random access procedure, receiving, by the device, a preamble sequence on a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource comprised in a target uplink bandwidth part (BWP), wherein:

the target uplink BWP is an uplink BWP for initial random access; or

the target uplink BWP is a preconfigured uplink BWP, and the preconfigured uplink BWP comprises the PRACH resource;

determining timing advance (TA) according to the preamble sequence; and

sending the TA on a target downlink BWP, wherein the target downlink BWP corresponds to the target uplink BWP or the target downlink BWP is a currently activated downlink BWP.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the PDCCH signaling comprises an identifier of the target uplink BWP.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory memory configured to store a program instruction; and

a processor configured to invoke and execute the program instruction stored in the non-transitory memory to:

receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling, wherein the PDCCH signaling triggers a random access procedure;

switch to a target uplink bandwidth part (BWP), wherein the target uplink BWP comprises a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, wherein:

the target uplink BWP is an uplink BWP for initial random access; or

the target uplink BWP is a preconfigured uplink BWP, and the preconfigured uplink BWP comprises the PRACH resource; and

send, in a first time unit, a preamble sequence on the PRACH resource comprised in the target uplink BWP, wherein there is a first time period between the first time unit and a second time unit, and the second time unit is a time unit in which the PDCCH signaling is received at the apparatus.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the PDCCH signaling comprises an identifier of the target uplink BWP.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein:

the first time period is an absolute time.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a subcarrier spacing corresponding to the first time unit is a subcarrier spacing of a downlink BWP, the PDCCH signaling is received on the downlink BWP, and a subcarrier spacing corresponding to the second time unit is a subcarrier spacing corresponding to the target uplink BWP.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive uplink timing advance (TA); and

send data according to the uplink TA.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time period is k third time units, a duration of each of the k third time units is predefined or notified by signaling, and k is a positive integer.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first time period is k third time units, a duration of each the k third time units is predefined or notified by using signaling, and k is a positive integer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: LI, XINXIAN; TANG, HAO; LI, HUA; CAO, YONGZHAO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053683/0692 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810032352.3 · Jan 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018117984 · Nov 28, 2018
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