Granted Patent B2

US 12,389,394 · App. 18/600,155 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04W72/1268H04L5/0032H04W72/044H04W72/21H04W88/06

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

selecting a random access (RA) type from a 2 step RA type or a 4 step RA type;

in case that the selected RA type is the 4 step RA type:

transmitting, to a base station, a RA preamble selected from contention based preambles;

receiving, from the base station, a random access response (RAR);

identifying whether the RAR is a first successfully received RAR within a first RA procedure;

in case that the RAR is the first successfully received RAR within the first RA procedure, identifying whether the first RA procedure was initiated for a special cell (SpCell) beam failure recovery (BFR); and

in case that the first RA procedure was initiated for the SpCell BFR. indicating to a multiplexing and assembly entity to include a BFR medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a subsequent uplink transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, configuration information including first information on RA resources for the 4 step RA type, second information on RA resources for the 2 step RA type, and third information on a threshold for selecting the RA type,

wherein, in case that a bandwidth part (BWP) for an RA procedure is configured with both the RA resources for the 4 step RA type and the RA resources for the 2 step RA type, and a reference signal received power (RSRP) of a downlink pathloss reference is above the threshold, the 2 step RA type is selected, and

wherein, in case that the BWP for the RA procedure is configured with both the RA resources for the 4 step RA type and the RA resources for the 2 step RA type, and the RSRP of the downlink pathloss reference is not above the threshold, the 4 step RA type is selected.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in case that the selected RA type is the 2 step RA type:

identifying whether a message A (MSGA) transmission for a second RA procedure is a first MSGA transmission within the second RA procedure,

in case that the MSGA transmission for the second RA procedure is the first MSGA transmission within the second RA procedure, identifying whether the second RA procedure was initiated for the SpCell BFR; and

in case that the second RA procedure was initiated for the SpCell BFR. indicating to the multiplexing and assembly entity to include a BFR MAC CE in a subsequent uplink transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFR MAC CE includes a non-truncated BFR MAC CE or a truncated BFR MAC CE.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying whether a transmission of the RA preamble is not being made for a common control channel (CCCH) logical channel; and

transmitting, to the base station, a message including a cell-radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) MAC CE, in case that the transmission of the RA preamble is not being made for the CCCH logical channel.

6. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

select a random access (RA) type from a 2 step RA type or a 4 step RA type,

in case that the selected RA type is the 4 step RA type:

control the transceiver to transmit, to a base station, a RA preamble selected from contention based preambles,

control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, a random access response (RAR),

identify whether the RAR is a first successfully received RAR within a first RA procedure,

in case that the RAR is the first successfully received RAR within the first RA procedure, identify whether the first RA procedure was initiated for a special cell (SpCell) beam failure recovery (BFR), and

in case that the first RA procedure was initiated for the SpCell BFR, indicate to a multiplexing and assembly entity to include a BFR medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a subsequent uplink transmission.

7. The terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, configuration information including first information on RA resources for the 4 step RA type, second information on RA resources for the 2 step RA type, and third information on a threshold for selecting the RA type,

wherein, in case that a bandwidth part (BWP) for an RA procedure is configured with both the RA resources for the 4 step RA type and the RA resources for the 2 step RA type, and a reference signal received power (RSRP) of a downlink pathloss reference is above the threshold, the 2 step RA type is selected, and

wherein, in case that the BWP for the RA procedure is configured with both the RA resources for the 4 step RA type and the RA resources for the 2 step RA type, and the RSRP of the downlink pathloss reference is not above the threshold, the 4 step RA type is selected.

8. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

in case that the selected RA type is the 2 step RA type:

identify whether a message A (MSGA) transmission for a second RA procedure is a first MSGA transmission within the second RA procedure, and

in case that the MSGA transmission for the second RA procedure is the first MSGA transmission within the second RA procedure,

identify whether the second RA procedure was initiated for the SpCell BFR, and

in case that the second RA procedure was initiated for the SpCell BFR. indicate to the multiplexing and assembly entity to include a BFR MAC CE in a subsequent uplink transmission.

9. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the BFR MAC CE includes a non-truncated BFR MAC CE or a truncated BFR MAC CE.

10. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify whether a transmission of the RA preamble is not being made for a common control channel (CCCH) logical channel, and

control the transceiver to transmit, to the base station, a message including a cell-radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) MAC CE, in case that the transmission of the RA preamble is not being made for the CCCH logical channel.

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