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US 11,917,691 · App. 17/726,428 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Wireless communication method, network device and terminal device

Inventors: Wenhong Chen (Dongguan, CN); Zhi Zhang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W74/0833H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 11,917,691
App. No.
17/726,428
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and acquiring, by the terminal device, a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to the random access request.

Claims (57)

1. A wireless communication method, the method comprising:

sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and

acquiring, by the terminal device, a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to the random access request,

wherein acquiring, by the terminal device, the RAR sent by the network device in response to the random access request comprises:

acquiring the RAR based on a random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI) for the RAR, wherein a first RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier is determined based on a calculation formula formed by adding, based on another calculation formula of a second RA-RNTI for the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier, one factor associated with the SUL carrier, and

wherein,

when the random access request is sent on the high frequency uplink carrier, a value range of the first RA-RNTI is [x, y], where y>x≥0;

when the random access request is sent on the SUL carrier, a value range of the second RA-RNTI is [x+Z, y+Z], where Z is the factor associated with the SUL carrier and greater than any value in a range from x to y.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring, by the terminal device, the RAR sent by the network device in response to the random access request further comprises:

acquiring the RAR of the SUL carrier based on at least one of the following determined by the terminal device:

a resource occupied by the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information for indicating a random access request source in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the resource occupied by the RAR of the SUL carrier comprises: a control resource set (CORESET) or search space associated with a control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the CORESET or search space associated with the control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier is different from a CORESET or search space associated with a control channel carrying the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier.

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

receiving, by the terminal device, configuration information sent by the network device, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a resource occupied to send the RAR of the SUL carrier, a determining manner or one or more parameters of the first RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information carried in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

6. A terminal device, comprising one or more processors, memory storing a plurality of programs to be executed by the one or more processors, an output interface and an input interface, wherein

the output interface is configured to send a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and

the input interface is configured to acquire a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to first random access request,

wherein the input interface is configured to:

acquire the RAR based on a random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI) for the RAR, wherein a first RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier is determined based on a calculation formula formed by adding, based on another calculation formula of a second RA-RNTI for the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier, one factor associated with the SUL carrier, and

wherein,

when the random access request is sent on the high frequency uplink carrier, a value range of the first RA-RNTI is [x, y], where y>x≥0;

when the random access request is sent on the SUL carrier, a value range of the second RA-RNTI is [x+Z, y+Z], where Z is the factor associated with the SUL carrier and greater than any value in a range from x to y.

7. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the input interface is further configured to acquire the RAR of the SUL carrier based on at least one of the following determined by the terminal device:

a resource occupied by the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information for indicating a random access request source in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the resource occupied by the RAR of the SUL carrier comprises: a control resource set (CORESET) or search space associated with a control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier.

9. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the CORESET or search space associated with the control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier is different from a CORESET or search space associated with a control channel carrying the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier.

10. The terminal device according to claim 7 , the input interface is further configured to receive configuration information sent by the network device, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a resource occupied to send the RAR of the SUL carrier, a determining manner or one or more parameters of the RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information carried in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

11. A network device, comprising one or more processors, memory storing a plurality of programs to be executed by the one or more processors, an output interface and an input interface, wherein

the input interface is configured to receive a random access request sent by a terminal device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and

the output interface is configured to send a random access response (RAR) in response to the random access request,

wherein the output interface is further configured to:

send the RAR based on a random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI) required to send the RAR, wherein a first RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier is determined based on a calculation formula formed by adding, based on another calculation formula of a second RA-RNTI for the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier, one factor associated with the SUL carrier, and,

wherein,

when the random access request is sent on the high frequency uplink carrier, a value range of the first RA-RNTI is [x, y], where y>x≥0;

when the random access request is sent on the SUL carrier, a value range of the second RA-RNTI is [x+Z, y+Z], where Z is the factor associated with the SUL carrier and greater than any value in a range from x to y.

12. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the output interface is further configured to:

send the RAR of the SUL carrier based on at least one of the following determined by the network device:

a resource required to send the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information for indicating a random access request source in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

13. The network device according to claim 12 , wherein the resource required to send the RAR of the SUL carrier comprises: a control resource set (CORESET) or a search space associated with a control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier.

14. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the CORESET or the search space corresponding to the control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier is different from a CORESET or a search space corresponding to a control channel carrying the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier.

15. The network device according to claim 12 , the output interface is further configured to send configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a resource occupied to send the RAR of the SUL carrier, a determining manner or one or more parameters of the RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information carried in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

16. A wireless communication method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a network device, a random access request sent by a terminal device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and

sending, by the network device, to the terminal device a random access response (RAR) in response to the random access request,

wherein sending, by the network device, to the terminal device the RAR in response to the random access request comprises:

sending the RAR based on a random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI) required to send the RAR, wherein a first RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier is determined based on a calculation formula formed by adding, based on another calculation formula of a second RA-RNTI for the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier, one factor associated with the SUL carrier, and,

wherein,

when the random access request is sent on the high frequency uplink carrier, a value range of the first RA-RNTI is [x, y], where y>x≥0;

when the random access request is sent on the SUL carrier, a value range of the second RA-RNTI is [x+Z, y+Z], where Z is the factor associated with the SUL carrier and greater than any value in a range from x to y.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the sending, by the network device, to the terminal device the RAR in response to the random access request comprises further comprises:

sending the RAR of the SUL carrier based on at least one of the following determined by the network device:

a resource required to send the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information for indicating a random access request source in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the resource required to send the RAR of the SUL carrier comprises: a control resource set (CORESET) or a search space associated with a control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the CORESET or the search space corresponding to the control channel carrying the RAR of the SUL carrier is different from a CORESET or a search space corresponding to a control channel carrying the RAR of the high frequency uplink carrier.

20. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:

sending configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a resource occupied to send the RAR of the SUL carrier, a determining manner or one or more parameters of the RA-RNTI for the RAR of the SUL carrier, and information carried in the RAR of the SUL carrier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: CHEN, WENHONG; ZHANG, ZHI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064408/0118 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16813502 · Mar 9, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2017101130 · Sep 8, 2017
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