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US 12,382,500 · App. 17/429,209 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

User equipment and control method

Inventor: Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,382,500
App. No.
17/429,209
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a message in a random access procedure by using a preamble resource and a PUSCH resource, and a control unit configured to start a time window for monitoring a random access response after a resource that is one of the preamble resource and the PUSCH resource whichever ends later in time domain.

Claims (27)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble and a PUSCH as a message in a 2 step random access procedure;

a control unit configured to start a time window for detecting a response message for the message, from a first symbol of a first control resource set after a last symbol of a resource of the preamble or the PUSCH; and

a reception unit configured to receive the response message during the time window,

wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a first value of an identifier in the response message of the 4 step random access procedure, and configured to calculate a second value of an identifier in the response message of the 2 step random access procedure, the first value being different from the second value.

2. The terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when receiving a random access response for the preamble, the control unit falls back to a 4 step random access procedure from the 2 step random access procedure, and the transmission unit transmits a third message in the 4 step random access procedure based on an UL grant included in the received random access response.

3. The terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the control unit calculates a first value of an identifier in the response message of the 4 step random access procedure, or a second value of an identifier in the response message of the 4 step random access procedure, the first value being different from the second value.

4. A base station comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive a preamble and a PUSCH as a message in a 2 step random access procedure;

a control unit configured to start a time window for transmitting a response message for the message, from a first symbol of a first control resource set after a last symbol of a resource of the preamble or the PUSCH; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the response message during the time window,

wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a first value of an identifier in the response message of the 4 step random access procedure, and configured to calculate a second value of an identifier in the response message of the 2 step random access procedure, the first value being different from the second value.

5. A communication system comprising:

a terminal comprising:

a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble and a PUSCH as a message in a 2 step random access procedure;

a control unit configured to start a time window for detecting a response message for the message, from a first symbol of a first control resource set after a last symbol of a resource of the preamble or the PUSCH; and

a reception unit configured to receive the response message from a base station during the time window,

wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a first value of an identifier in the response message of the 4 step random access procedure, and configured to calculate a second value of an identifier in the response message of the 2 step random access procedure, the first value being different from the second value, and

the base station comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive a preamble and a PUSCH as a message in the 2 step random access procedure from the terminal;

a control unit configured to start a time window for transmitting a response message for the message, from a first symbol of a first control resource set after a last symbol of a resource of the preamble or the PUSCH; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the response message to the terminal during the time window.

6. A communication method of a terminal, comprising:

transmitting a preamble and a PUSCH as a message in a 2 step random access procedure;

starting a time window for detecting a response message for the message, from a first symbol of a first control resource set after a last symbol of a resource of the preamble or the PUSCH; and

receiving the response message during the time window,

wherein the terminal is further configured to calculate a first value of an identifier in the response message of the 4 step random access procedure, and configured to calculate a second value of an identifier in the response message of the 2 step random access procedure, the first value being different from the second value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2021
From: OHARA, TOMOYA
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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