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Granted Patent B2
US 11,638,311 · App. 17/880,651 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Method and apparatus for reduced capability terminal to perform random access using a plurality of search spaces and a plurality of control resource sets in mobile wireless communication system

Inventor: Soenghun Kim (Hanam-si, KR)
Assignees: BLACKPIN INC.; Soenghun Kim
H04W74/0841H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 11,638,311
App. No.
17/880,651
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for accessing a NR cell in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for accessing a NR cell includes receiving, by a terminal from a base station, a System Information Block 1 , determining, by the terminal, a preamble format and a subframe and a starting symbol based on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the first RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is not included in the ServingCellConfigCommon and the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the second RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is included in the ServingCellConfigCommon and transmitting, by the terminal, the preamble based at least in part on the preamble format and the subframe and the starting symbol.

Claims (18)

1. A method by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal from a base station, a System Information Block 1 (SIB 1 ) based at least in part on a CORESET indicated by a 4-bit information in Master Information Block (MIB), the CORESET is associated with at least a specific frequency resource and a specific time duration, the SIB 1 includes a ServingCellConfigCommon, the ServingCellConfigCommom comprises a first RACH-ConfigCommon or the first RACH-ConfigCommon and a second RACH-ConfigCommon, each of the first RACH-ConfigCommon and the second RACH-ConfigCommon include a prach-ConfigurationIndex;

determining, by the terminal, a preamble format and a subframe and a starting symbol based on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the first RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is not included in the ServingCellConfigCommon and based on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the second RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is included in the ServingCellConfigCommon; and

transmitting, by the terminal, the preamble based at least in part on the preamble format and the subframe and the starting symbol.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the second RACH-ConfigCommon is placed behind the first RACH-ConfigCommon in the servingCellConfigCommon in the SIB 1 .

3. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to control the transceiver to:

receive by a terminal from a base station, a System Information Block 1 (SIB 1 ) based at least in part on a CORESET indicated by a 4-bit information in Master Information Block (MIB), the CORESET is associated with at least a specific frequency resource and a specific time duration, the SIB 1 includes a ServingCellConfigCommon, the ServingCellConfigCommom may include comprises a first RACH-ConfigCommon or the first RACH-ConfigCommon and a second RACH-ConfigCommon, each of the first RACH-ConfigCommon and the second RACH-ConfigCommon include a prach-ConfigurationIndex;

determine, by the terminal, a preamble format and a subframe and a starting symbol based on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the first RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is not included in the ServingCellConfigCommon and based on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the second RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is included in the ServingCellConfigCommon; and

transmit, by the terminal, the preamble based at least in part on the preamble format and the subframe and the starting symbol.

4. A method by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting in a first cell, by a base station, a System Information Block 1 (SIB 1 ) based at least in part on a CORESET indicated by a 4-bit information in Master Information Block (MIB), the CORESET is associated with at least a specific frequency resource and a specific time duration, the SIB 1 includes a ServingCellConfigCommon, the ServingCellConfigCommom comprises a first RACH-ConfigCommon or the first RACH-ConfigCommon and a second RACH-ConfigCommon, each of the first RACH-ConfigCommon and the second RACH-ConfigCommon include a prach-ConfigurationIndex;

receiving in the first cell, by the base station from a first type terminal, a preamble at least in part on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the first RACH-ConfigCommon; and

receiving in the first cell, by the base station from a second type terminal, a preamble based at least in part on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the first RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is not included in the ServingCellConfigCommon and based at least in part on the prach-ConfigurationIndex included in the second RACH-ConfigCommon if the second RACH-ConfigCommon is included in the ServingCellConfigCommon.

5. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the first type terminal is a terminal with general capability and the second type terminal is a terminal with reduced capability.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: KIM, SOENGHUN; BLACKPIN INC.
To: BLACKPIN INC.
Reel/Frame 063941/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2022
From: KIM, SOENGHUN
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN
Reel/Frame 060826/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0119129 · Sep 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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