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Granted Patent B2
US 12,245,288 · App. 17/764,033 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Method for receiving downlink signal on basis of random-access channel procedure in unlicensed band, and device therefor

Inventors: Jeongsu Lee (Seoul, KR); Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Seokmin Shin (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
H04W74/0833H04W16/14H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,245,288
App. No.
17/764,033
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for receiving a downlink signal on the basis of a random-access channel procedure (RACH procedure) by a terminal in an unlicensed band. Specifically, the method may comprise: on the basis of a power ramping counter, configuring transmission power for message A including a first physical random-access channel (PRACH) and a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); on the basis of the transmission power, transmitting message A to a base station; and receiving contention resolution-related message B from the base station in response to message A, wherein an increase is made on the basis that a transmission spatial beam for transmission of message A is configured to be identical to a transmission spatial beam related to transmission of a PRACH preceding message A.

Claims (34)

1. A method of receiving a downlink signal on an unlicensed band by a user equipment based on a Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure, the method comprising:

configuring a transmission power for a message A including a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) and a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) based on a power ramping counter;

transmitting, to a base station, the message A based on the transmission power;

receiving, from the base station, a message B related to contention resolution in response to the message A;

receiving, from the base station, information about at least one Discontinuous Reception (DRX) timer for a DRX operation; and

receiving, from the base station, the downlink signal during on-duration based on the at least one DRX timer,

wherein a value of the power ramping counter increases based on that a transmission spatial beam for the transmission of the message A is configured identical to a transmission spatial beam related to transmission of a PRACH before the message A.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value of the power ramping counter increases based on not failing in Listen Before Talk (LBT) for the message A.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission of the message A corresponds to retransmission for the message A.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein Listen Before Talk (LBT) related to the PRACH is failed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value of the power ramping counter does not increase based on that the transmission spatial beam for the transmission of the message A is configured different from the transmission spatial beam related to the transmission of the PRACH before the message A.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power ramping counter is used to configure the transmission power based on that the first PRACH and the first PUSCH are transmitted together through the message A.

7. A user equipment performing a Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure on an unlicensed band, the user equipment comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions to enable the at least one processor to perform a specific operation when executed, the specific operation comprising:

configuring a transmission power for a message A including a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) and a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) based on a power ramping counter;

transmitting, to a base station, the message A based on the transmission power;

receiving, from the base station, a message B related to contention resolution in response to the message A;

receiving, from the base station, information about at least one Discontinuous Reception (DRX) timer for a DRX operation; and

receiving, from the base station, a downlink signal during on-duration based on the at least one DRX timer,

wherein a value of the power ramping counter increases based on that a transmission spatial beam for the transmission of the message A is configured identical to a transmission spatial beam related to transmission of a PRACH before the message A.

8. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the value of the power ramping counter increases based on not failing in Listen Before Talk (LBT) for the message A.

9. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the transmission of the message A corresponds to retransmission for the message A.

10. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein Listen Before Talk (LBT) related to the PRACH is failed.

11. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the value of the power ramping counter does not increase based on that the transmission spatial beam for the transmission of the message A is configured different from the transmission spatial beam related to the transmission of the PRACH before the message A.

12. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the power ramping counter is used to configure the transmission power based on that the first PRACH and the first PUSCH are transmitted together through the message A.

13. A method of transmitting a downlink signal on an unlicensed band by a base station based on a Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment, a message A including a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) and a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH);

transmitting, to the user equipment, a message B related to contention resolution in response to the message A;

transmitting, to the user equipment, information about at least one Discontinuous Reception (DRX) timer for a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation; and

transmitting, to the user equipment, the downlink signal during on-duration based on the at least one DRX timer,

wherein a transmission power of the message A is configured based on a power ramping counter and

wherein a value of the power ramping counter increases based on that a transmission spatial beam for the transmission of the message A is configured identical to a transmission spatial beam related to transmission of a PRACH before the message A.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: LEE, JEONGSU; YOON, SUKHYON; KO, HYUNSOO; YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, SEONWOOK; LEE, YOUNGDAE; SHIN, SEOKMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060160/0443 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0118401 · Sep 25, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0120137 · Sep 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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