Method and device for transmitting/receiving signal in wireless communication system
A method and a device for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, receive random access channel (RACH) configurations, and transmit a random access preamble on a specific RACH occasion (RO) on the basis of the RACH configurations. The number of reference points in a cell is derived on the basis of the number of RACH configurations, and each of the reference points can have a first timing advance (TA) value for an RACH process.
1. A method of transmitting and receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) for supporting a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving Random Access Channel (RACH) configurations; and
transmitting a random access preamble on a specific RACH occasion (RO) based on the RACH configurations,
wherein a number of reference points in a cell is derived based on a number of the RACH configurations, and
wherein each of the reference points is a point at a specific distance away from a satellite and each of the reference points is used for determining a timing advance (TA) value for an RACH process.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the RACH configurations is indicated by an RACH configuration index, and
wherein a number of the RACH configuration indexes is equal to a number of the reference points.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein one reference point is selected among the reference points based on each TA value, and
wherein the random access preamble is transmitted based on the selected one reference point.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein ramping is performed on transmission power of the random access preamble based on that reception of Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble fails, and
wherein the random access preamble with the transmission power on which ramping is performed is retransmitted, and the selected reference point is maintained.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the selected reference point is changed to another reference point based on that reception of Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble fails, and
wherein the random access preamble is retransmitted based on a TA value of the other reference point, and transmission power of the random access preamble is maintained.
6. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
at least one transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, and configured to store instructions for causing the at least one processor to perform operations when being executed,
wherein the operations include:
receiving Random Access Channel (RACH) configurations; and
transmitting a random access preamble on a specific RACH occasion (RO) based on the RACH configurations,
wherein a number of reference points in a cell is derived based on a number of the RACH configurations, and
wherein each of the reference points is a point at a specific distance away from a satellite and each of the reference points is used for determining a timing advance (TA) value for an RACH process.
7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein each of the RACH configurations is indicated by an RACH configuration index, and
wherein a number of the RACH configuration indexes is equal to a number of the reference points.
8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein one reference point is selected among the reference points based on each TA value, and
wherein the random access preamble is transmitted based on the selected one reference point.
9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein ramping is performed on transmission power of the random access preamble based on that reception of Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble fails, and
wherein the random access preamble with the transmission power on which ramping is performed is retransmitted, and the selected reference point is maintained.
10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the selected reference point is changed to another reference point based on that reception of Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble fails, and
wherein the random access preamble is retransmitted based on a TA value of the other reference point, and transmission power of the random access preamble is maintained.
11. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor, and
at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, and configured to cause the at least one processor to perform operations when being executed,
wherein the operations include:
receiving Random Access Channel (RACH) configurations; and
transmitting a random access preamble on a specific RACH occasion (RO) based on the RACH configurations,
wherein a number of reference points in a cell is derived based on a number of the RACH configurations, and
wherein each of the reference points is a point at a specific distance away from a satellite and each of the reference points is used for determining a timing advance (TA) value for an RACH process.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the RACH configurations is indicated by an RACH configuration index, and
wherein a number of the RACH configuration indexes is equal to a number of the reference points.
13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein one reference point is selected among the reference points based on each TA value, and
wherein the random access preamble is transmitted based on the selected one reference point.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein ramping is performed on transmission power of the random access preamble based on that reception of Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble fails, and
wherein the random access preamble with the transmission power on which ramping is performed is retransmitted, and the selected reference point is maintained.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the selected reference point is changed to another reference point based on that reception of Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble fails, and
wherein the random access preamble is retransmitted based on a TA value of the other reference point, and transmission power of the random access preamble is maintained.