IP Library Granted Patent US 12,445,942
Granted Patent B2
US 12,445,942 · App. 17/636,007 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Random access method and apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Qin Mu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W48/16H04W74/002H04W74/004H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,445,942
App. No.
17/636,007
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A random access method is provided. The method is applied to a terminal in a grant-free scheduling state. The terminal in the grant-free scheduling state is in a non-connected state, and data is transmitted on a resource pre-configured by a network device for the terminal at a designated transmission opportunity when the data is required to be transmitted. The method includes: transmitting a message 3 on a random access resource; and reporting a user identifier in the message 3 , where the user identifier includes an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or a pre-configured cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI).

Claims (34)

1. A random access method, comprising:

transmitting, by a terminal, a message 3 on a random access resource in a case where the terminal performs random access to re-access a network due to change in link quality, wherein the terminal is in a grant-free scheduling state, the terminal in the grant-free scheduling state is in a non-connected state and receives a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) preconfigured by a network device, and in response to determining that the terminal has data to be transmitted, the data is transmitted by the terminal on a resource preconfigured by the network device for the terminal at a designated transmission occasion;

reporting, by the terminal, a user identity in the message 3 , wherein the user identity comprises an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or the preconfigured C-RNTI;

determining, by the terminal, whether a target cell to be accessed is an original serving cell or not;

in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is the original serving cell, the user identity comprises the preconfigured C-RNTI;

in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is not the original serving cell, the user identity comprises the IMSI;

obtaining a message 4 , wherein the message 4 is included in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by a second physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is the original serving cell, the second PDCCH is scrambled by the preconfigured C-RNTI, and in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is not the original serving cell, the second PDCCH is scrambled by a temporarily allocated C-RNTI; and

reporting grant-free scheduling state information, wherein the grant-free scheduling state information indicates that the terminal is in the grant-free scheduling state.

2. A random access method, comprising:

receiving, by a network device, a message 3 on a random access resource, wherein the message 3 is transmitted by a terminal in a grant-free scheduling state on a random access resource in a case where the terminal performs random access to re-access a network due to change in link quality, and the message 3 comprises a user identity; and

sending, by the network device, a message 4 , wherein the user identity is an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), the message 4 is included in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and the first PDCCH is scrambled by a temporarily allocated C-RNTI;

wherein the user identity is a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) preconfigured for the terminal in a non-connected state by the network device, and the message 4 is included in a PDSCH scheduled by a second PDCCH;

wherein in response to determining that a target cell to be accessed is an original serving cell, the second PDCCH is scrambled by the preconfigured C-RNTI; and

wherein in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is not the original serving cell, the second PDCCH is scrambled by the temporarily allocated C-RNTI,

wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining a cell identity of the original serving cell and grant-free scheduling state information, wherein the grant-free scheduling state information indicates that the terminal is in the grant-free scheduling state in the original serving cell; and

sending a resource release notification message to the original serving cell identified by the cell identity, wherein the resource release notification message notifies the original serving cell to release a resource reserved for the terminal.

3. A random access apparatus applied to a terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform acts comprising:

transmitting a message 3 on a random access resource in a case where the terminal performs random access to re-access a network due to change in link quality, wherein the terminal is in a grant-free scheduling state, the terminal in the grant-free scheduling state is in a non-connected state and receives a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI) preconfigured by a network device, and in response to determining that the terminal has data to be transmitted, the data is transmitted by the terminal on a resource preconfigured by the network device for the terminal at a designated transmission occasion;

reporting a user identity in the message 3 , wherein the user identity comprises an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or the preconfigured C-RNTI;

determining whether a target cell to be accessed is an original serving cell or not;

in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is the original serving cell, the user identity comprises the preconfigured C-RNTI;

in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is not the original serving cell, the user identity comprises the IMSI;

obtaining a message 4 , wherein the message 4 is included in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by a second physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is the original serving cell, the second PDCCH is scrambled by the preconfigured C-RNTI, and in response to determining that the target cell to be accessed is not the original serving cell, the second PDCCH is scrambled by a temporarily allocated C-RNTI; and

reporting grant-free scheduling state information, wherein the grant-free scheduling state information indicates that the terminal is in the grant-free scheduling state.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions in the storage medium, when being executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to perform the random access method according to claim 1 .

5. A random access apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein, the processor is configured to perform the random access method according to claim 2 .

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions in the storage medium, when being executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to perform the random access method according to claim 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: MU, QIN
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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