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Granted Patent B2
US 12,284,681 · App. 17/625,858 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Communication system

Inventors: Maxime Grau (Surrey, GB); Chadi Khirallah (Surrey, GB); Yuhua Chen (Surrey, GB); Neeraj Gupta (Surrey, GB)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,284,681
App. No.
17/625,858
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system is disclosed in which an item of user equipment (UE) obtains a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold value for transmitting a random access message (MsgA) comprising both a preamble part and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission part. The UE obtains information identifying at least one respective offset associated with at least one priority level, and determines a type of random access procedure (two-step or legacy random access procedure) to be performed based on an RSRP measured by the UE, the RSRP threshold value, and a priority level associated with the UE.

Claims (25)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving information indicating a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold value for transmitting a random access message comprising a preamble part and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission part and information indicating a parameter corresponding to at least one service or type of usage by the UE; and

determining a random access procedure to be performed based on an RSRP measured by the UE, the RSRP threshold value, and the parameter corresponding to the at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

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

determining a priority level for a connection attempt;

wherein the parameter corresponds to the priority level.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitting includes transmitting the random access message in a case where the RSRP measured by the UE is equal to or larger than a sum of the threshold value and an offset corresponding to the parameter corresponding to the at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitting includes transmitting another random access message comprising a preamble part but no PUSCH transmission part in a case where the RSRP measured by the UE is lower than a sum of the threshold value and an offset corresponding to the parameter corresponding to the at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

5. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting information indicating a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold value for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a random access message comprising a preamble part and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission part and information indicating a parameter corresponding to at least one service or type of usage by the UE; and

carrying out a random access procedure with the UE based on an RSRP measured by the UE, the RSRP threshold value, and the parameter corresponding to the at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the receiving includes receiving, from the UE, the random access message based on the RSRP measured by the UE, the RSRP threshold value, and an offset corresponding to the parameter corresponding to at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

7. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:

receive information indicating a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold value for transmitting a random access message comprising a preamble part and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission part and information indicating a parameter corresponding to at least one service or type of usage by the UE; and

determine a random access procedure to be performed based on an RSRP measured by the UE, the RSRP threshold value, and the parameter corresponding to the at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

8. A base station comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:

transmit information indicating a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold value for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a random access message comprising a preamble part and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission part and information indicating a parameter corresponding to at least one service or type of usage by the UE; and

carry out a random access procedure with the UE based on an RSRP measured by the UE, the RSRP threshold value, and the parameter corresponding to the at least one service or type of usage by the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: GRAU, MAXIME; KHIRALLAH, CHADI; CHEN, YUHUA; GUPTA, NEERAJ
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062575/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 2002086 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220272759A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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