Granted Patent B2

US 12,363,754 · App. 17/126,704 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: Wei Bao (Dongguan, CN); Yumin Wu (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04W74/0833H04W74/04

Abstract

Claims (74)

1. A random access method, performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

performing listen before talk (LBT) operations on LBT frequency bands corresponding to N physical random access channel occasion (RO) resources, wherein at least two RO resources in the N RO resources are corresponding to different LBT frequency bands, and N is an integer greater than 1;

selecting M target RO resources from the N RO resources, wherein the target RO resources are RO resources in the N RO resources at which LBTs are successful and M is an integer less than or equal to N and greater than or equal to 1; and

sending preambles by using the M target RO resources;

wherein the M target RO resources are selected from RO resources at which simultaneous LBTs are successful, and the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful include RO resources whose start times are the same and at which LBTs are successful;

wherein each of the N RO resources corresponds to a different LBT frequency band;

wherein the M target RO resources are selected, based on priorities corresponding to RO resources at which LBTs are successful, from the RO resources at which LBTs are successful; wherein a rule of the priorities of the RO resources includes:

a rule that a priority of a RO resource of a first type is higher than a priority of a RO resource of a second type; or

another rule that the higher a signal quality of an SSB or a CSI-RS corresponding to a RO resource in RO resources of a same type is, the higher a priority of the RO resource is, wherein

the RO resource of the first type is a RO resource included in a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configuration, and the RO resource of the second type is a RO resource included in a contention based random access (CBRA) resource configuration.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the N RO resources all belong to a same cell, or the N RO resources belong to at least two cells; or

the N RO resources all belong to a same bandwidth part (BWP), or the N RO resources belong to at least two BWPs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources and selecting the M target RO resources from the N RO resources include:

performing the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources until the M target RO resources are selected from the N RO resources, and

abandoning the LBT operations at RO resources in the N RO resource that have not yet been performed.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the N RO resources are N RO resources determined by a media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal device; and

performing the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources and selecting the M target RO resources from the N RO resources include:

performing, by a physical (PHY) layer of the terminal device, the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources, and

selecting, by the PHY layer, the M target RO resources from the N RO resources.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein before the PHY layer of the terminal device performs the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources and selects the M target RO resources from the N RO resources, the method further comprises:

sending, by the MAC layer, first notification information to the PHY layer, wherein the first notification information includes identity information corresponding to each of the N RO resources and/or a rule of priorities of RO resources that is configured by the MAC layer.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein after the PHY layer of the terminal device performs the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources and selects the M target RO resources from the N RO resources, the method further comprises:

sending, by the PHY layer, second notification information to the MAC layer, wherein the second notification information includes identity information of the M target RO resources.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after sending the preambles by using the M target RO resources, the method further comprises:

in a case where it is determined that a preamble needs to be resent, if a selected RO resource for resending the preamble and a target RO resource correspond to a same synchronization signal block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), performing a power ramping operation; and/or

if the selected RO resource for resending the preamble and the target RO resource correspond to different SSBs or CSI-RSs, maintaining a sending power of the preamble.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before performing the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources, the method further comprises:

receiving a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configuration sent by a network side device, wherein

the N RO resources include RO resources included in the CFRA resource configuration.

9. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor configured to perform listen before talk (LBT) operations on LBT frequency bands corresponding to N physical random access channel occasion (RO) resources, and select M target RO resources from the N RO resources, wherein at least two RO resources in the N RO resources are corresponding to different LBT frequency bands, the target RO resources are RO resources in the N RO resources on which LBTs are successful, N is an integer greater than 1, and M is an integer less than or equal to N and greater than or equal to 1; and

a radio frequency unit configured to send preambles by using the M target RO resources;

wherein the M target RO resources are selected from RO resources at which simultaneous LBTs are successful, and the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful include RO resources whose start times are the same and at which LBTs are successful;

wherein each of the N RO resources corresponds to a different LBT frequency band;

wherein the M target RO resources are selected, based on priorities corresponding to the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful, from the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful;

wherein a rule of the priorities of the RO resources includes:

a rule that a priority of a RO resource of a first type is higher than a priority of a RO resource of a second type; or

another rule that the higher a signal quality of an SSB or a CSI-RS corresponding to a RO resource in RO resources of a same type is, the higher a priority of the RO resource is; and wherein the RO resource of the first type is a RO resource included in a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configuration, and the RO resource of the second type is a RO resource included in a contention based random access (CBRA) resource configuration.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the N RO resources are N RO resources determined by a media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal device; and

the processor includes a physical (PHY) layer of the terminal device, and the PHY layer is configured to:

perform the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources, and select the M target RO resources from the N RO resources.

11. The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein the MAC layer is further configured to:

send first notification information to the PHY layer before the PHY layer of the terminal device performs the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources and select the M target RO resources from the N RO resources, wherein the first notification information includes identity information corresponding to each of the N RO resources and/or a rule of priorities of RO resources that is configured by the MAC layer.

12. The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein after the PHY layer of the terminal device performs the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources and selects the M target RO resources from the N RO resources, the radio frequency unit is further configured to:

send, by the PHY layer, second notification information to the MAC layer, wherein the second notification information includes identity information of the M target RO resources.

13. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configuration sent by a network side device, wherein

the N RO resources include RO resources included in the CFRA resource configuration.

14. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the N RO resources all belong to a same cell, or the N RO resources belong to at least two cells; or

the N RO resources all belong to a same bandwidth part (BWP), or the N RO resources belong to at least two BWPs.

15. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources until the M target RO resources are selected from the N RO resources, and

abandon the LBT operations at RO resources in the N RO resource that have not yet been performed.

16. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein after sending the preambles by using the M target RO resources, the processor is further configured to:

in a case where it is determined that a preamble needs to be resent, if a selected RO resource for resending the preamble and a target RO resource correspond to a same synchronization signal block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), perform a power ramping operation; and/or

if the selected RO resource for resending the preamble and the target RO resource correspond to different SSBs or CSI-RSs, maintain a sending power of the preamble.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program, and the program, when executed by a processor of a terminal device, causes the terminal device to perform:

performing listen before talk (LBT) operations on LBT frequency bands corresponding to N physical random access channel occasion (RO) resources, wherein at least two RO resources in the N RO resources are corresponding to different LBT frequency bands, and N is an integer greater than 1;

selecting M target RO resources from the N RO resources, wherein the target RO resources are RO resources in the N RO resources at which LBTs are successful and Mis an integer less than or equal to N and greater than or equal to 1; and

sending preambles by using the M target RO resources;

wherein the M target RO resources are selected from RO resources at which simultaneous LBTs are successful, and the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful include RO resources whose start times are the same and at which LBTs are successful;

wherein each of the N RO resources corresponds to a different LBT frequency band;

wherein the M target RO resources are selected, based on priorities corresponding to the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful, from the RO resources at which the simultaneous LBTs are successful;

wherein a rule of the priorities of the RO resources includes:

a rule that a priority of a RO resource of a first type is higher than a priority of a RO resource of a second type; or

another rule that the higher a signal quality of an SSB or a CSI-RS corresponding to a RO resource in RO resources of a same type is, the higher a priority of the RO resource is; and wherein the RO resource of the first type is a RO resource included in a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configuration, and the RO resource of the second type is a RO resource included in a contention based random access (CBRA) resource configuration.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configuration sent by a network side device, wherein

the N RO resources include RO resources included in the CFRA resource configuration.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the N RO resources all belong to a same cell, or the N RO resources belong to at least two cells; or

the N RO resources all belong to a same bandwidth part (BWP), or the N RO resources belong to at least two BWPs.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform the LBT operations on the LBT frequency bands corresponding to the N RO resources until the M target RO resources are selected from the N RO resources, and

abandon the LBT operations at RO resources in the N RO resource that have not yet been performed.

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