IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,090
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,090 · App. 17/791,429 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Method for transmitting uplink signal by terminal in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Haewook Park (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seokmin Shin (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W56/0045H04W74/04H04W84/06
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Patent No.
US 12,349,090
App. No.
17/791,429
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a non-terrestrial network (NTN) according to various embodiments. The method includes receiving system information for configuring a first K offset, receiving a control signal for configuring or updating a second K offset based on the first K offset, and transmitting the uplink signal based on the first K offset or the second K offset, wherein, based on the uplink signal being related to a random access channel (RACH), the uplink signal is transmitted based on the first K offset.

Claims (20)

1. A method performed by a UE (User Equipment), the method comprising:

receiving system information including a first K_offset related to a K_offset for a non-terrestrial network (NTN);

receiving a control signal including an update value for updating the K_offset for the NTN;

based on an uplink signal being related to a RAR (Random Access Response), transmitting the uplink signal at a transmission timing determined based on the first K_offset without applying the update value; and

based on the uplink signal being not related to the RAR, transmitting the uplink signal at the transmission timing determined based on the K_offset obtained by applying the update value to the first K_offset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the update value is included in a media access control element (MAC-CE) of the control signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the K_offset obtained by applying the update value to the first K_offset is applied x preconfigured slots after a time when an acknowledgment (ACK) for successful reception of the MAC-CE is transmitted.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first K_offset is a value for configuring a cell-specific K_offset.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink signal related to the RAR is an uplink signal scheduled by a RAR uplink grant an uplink signal scheduled by a fallbackRAR uplink grant, or an uplink signal including an acknowledgment (ACK) for the RAR.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the K_offset for the NTN is configured for each of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the K_offset for the NTN is configured for each of a plurality of beam groups.

8. A UE (User Equipment) comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

a processor connected to the RF transceiver,

wherein the processor controls the RF transceiver to:

receive system information including a first K_offset related to a K_offset for a non-terrestrial network (NTN);

receive a control signal including an update value for updating the K_offset for the NTN;

based on an uplink signal being related to a RAR (Random Access Response), transmitting the uplink signal at a transmission timing determined based on the first K_offset without applying the update value; and

based on the uplink signal being not related to the RAR, transmitting the uplink signal at the transmission timing determined based on the K_offset obtained by applying the update value to the first K_offset.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium recording a program code for performing the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: PARK, HAEWOOK; YANG, SUCKCHEL; SHIN, SEOKMIN; KIM, KIJUN; KO, HYUNSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060462/0485 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2021-0006336 · Jan 15, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0044708 · Apr 6, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0060633 · May 11, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0131061 · Oct 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230254794A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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