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US 11,895,704 · App. 17/156,510 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Method and apparatus for transmitting signal, terminal device, and network device

Inventor: Hai Tang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W74/0833H04W74/004H04W74/008
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Patent No.
US 11,895,704
App. No.
17/156,510
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a method and apparatus for transmitting a signal, a terminal device, and a network device. The method for transmitting a signal includes: transmitting, by a terminal device in a first-type random access process, a first message to a network device, and obtaining first indication information from the network device, the first message including a first preamble and first uplink data; and determining, by the terminal device based on the first indication information, whether to make another transmission of the first message to the network device another time, the retransmitted first message including the first preamble and/or the first uplink data, or whether to fall from the first-type random access process back to a second-type random access process.

Claims (24)

1. A method for transmitting a signal, comprising:

transmitting, by a terminal device in a first-type random access process, a first message to a network device, the first-type random access process being a 2-step random access channel (RACH) process and the first message comprising a first preamble and first uplink data;

obtaining, by the terminal device, first indication information from the network device, the first indication information indicating to the terminal device whether to make another transmission of one of the followings to the network device: (a) the first preamble, (b) the first uplink data, and (c) the first preamble and the first uplink data; and

determining, by the terminal device based on the first indication information, whether to make another transmission of the one of: (a) the first preamble, (b) the first uplink data, and (c) the first preamble and the first uplink data,

wherein the first indication information instructs to make another transmission of the first message another time, wherein the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble, or the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble and the first uplink data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, that a number of transmissions of the first message to the network device in the first-type random access process reaches a first threshold, and

falling from the first-type random access process back to a second-type random access process.

3. A method for transmitting a signal, comprising:

receiving, by a network device in a first-type random access process, a first message transmitted by a terminal device, the first-type random access process being a 2-step random access channel (RACH) process, and the first message comprising a first preamble and first uplink data; and

transmitting, by the network device, first indication information to the terminal device, the first indication information indicating to the terminal device whether to make another transmission of one of the followings to the network device: (a) the first preamble, (b) the first uplink data, and (c) the first preamble and the first uplink data,

wherein the first indication information instructs to make another transmission of the first message another time, wherein the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble, or the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble and the first uplink data.

4. A terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method:

transmitting, by a terminal device in a first-type random access process, a first message to a network device, the first-type random access process being a 2-step random access channel (RACH) process and the first message comprising a first preamble and first uplink data;

obtaining first indication information from the network device, the first indication information indicating to the terminal device whether to make another transmission of one of the followings to the network device: (a) the first preamble, (b) the first uplink data, and (c) the first preamble and the first uplink data; and

determining, by the terminal device based on the first indication information, whether to make another transmission of the first preamble and the first uplink data the one of: (a) the first preamble, (b) the first uplink data, and (c) the first preamble and the first uplink data,

wherein the first indication information instructs to make another transmission of the first message another time, wherein the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble, or the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble and the first uplink data.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4 , the processor is further configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to perform:

determining, by the terminal device, that a number of transmissions of the first message to the network device in the first-type random access process reaches a first threshold, and

falling from the first-type random access process back to a second-type random access process.

6. A network device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method:

receiving, by a network device in a first-type random access process, a first message transmitted by a terminal device, the first-type random access process being a 2-step random access channel (RACH) process, and the first message comprising a first preamble and first uplink data; and

transmitting, by the network device, first indication information to the terminal device, the first indication information indicating to the terminal device whether to make another transmission of one of the followings to the network device: (a) the first preamble, (b) the first uplink data, and (c) the first preamble and the first uplink data,

wherein the first indication information instructs to make another transmission of the first message another time, wherein the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble, or the retransmitted first message comprises the first preamble and the first uplink data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TANG, HAI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055010/0197 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018097041 · Jul 25, 2018
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