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US 12,457,635 · App. 17/995,056 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Method and device for supporting random access for low-capability terminal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W74/004H04W74/0833H04W74/0838
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Patent No.
US 12,457,635
App. No.
17/995,056
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: receiving system information including a first parameter set for a random access of a type 1 terminal, a second parameter set for a random access of a type 2 terminal, and an indicator indicating whether the type 2 terminal is supported; in case that the terminal is the type 2 terminal, identifying whether a cell on which the system information is transmitted is available to access based on the indicator; and in case that the cell is identified to be available to access, transmitting a random access preamble based on the second parameter set, wherein a bandwidth supported by the type 2 terminal is less than a first threshold value and a data rate supported by the type 2 terminal is less than a second threshold value.

Claims (65)

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

receiving, from a base station, a system information block (SIB) including a first parameter set for a random access and information related to whether the terminal is supported, wherein the terminal is a reduced capability terminal and a bandwidth supported by the reduced capability terminal is limited to a predetermined value;

identifying whether a cell on which the SIB is received is available to access based on the information;

in case that the cell is identified to be available to access based on the information, identifying whether the SIB includes a second parameter set for a random access, the second parameter set being associated with the reduced capability terminal;

in case that the SIB includes the second parameter set for the random access, transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble based on the second parameter set;

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI);

determining a slot offset between the DCI and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and

receiving, from the base station, a random access response in the PDSCH based on the slot offset,

wherein the SIB includes first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information being associated with the reduced capability terminal, and

wherein the slot offset is determined based on the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in case that the SIB does not include the second parameter set for the random access, transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble based on the first parameter set.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein in case that the SIB does not include the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on a predefined table for downlink time resource allocation.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the second parameter set includes information indicating a number of repetitions of transmitting the random access preamble.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second parameter set further includes information associated with a random access preamble group for the terminal and information on a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) for the random access of the terminal.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a system information block (SIB) including a first parameter set for a random access and information related to whether a terminal is supported, wherein the terminal is a reduced capability terminal and a bandwidth supported by the reduced capability terminal is limited to a predetermined value;

in case that a cell on which the SIB is transmitted is available for the terminal to access, receiving, from the terminal, a random access preamble, wherein in case that the SIB includes a second parameter set for a random access, the random access preamble is based on the second parameter set, the second parameter set being associated with the reduced capability terminal;

transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI);

determining a slot offset between the DCI and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and

transmitting, to the terminal, the random access response in the PDSCH based on the slot offset,

wherein the SIB includes first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information being associated with the reduced capability terminal, and

wherein the slot offset is determined based on the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein in case that the SIB does not include the second parameter set for the random access, the random access preamble is associated with the first parameter set.

8. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein the second parameter set includes information indicating a number of repetitions of transmitting the random access preamble.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second parameter set further includes information associated with a random access preamble group for the terminal and information on a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) for the random access of the terminal.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein in case that the SIB does not include the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on a predefined table for downlink time resource allocation.

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

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a base station via the transceiver, a system information block (SIB) including a first parameter set for a random access and information related to whether the terminal is supported, wherein the terminal is a reduced capability terminal and a bandwidth supported by the reduced capability terminal is limited to a predetermined value,

identify whether a cell on which the SIB is received is available to access based on the information,

in case that the cell is identified to be available to access based on the information, identify whether the SIB includes a second parameter set for a random access, the second parameter set being associated with the reduced capability terminal,

in case that the SIB includes the second parameter set for the random access, transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a random access preamble based on the second parameter set,

receive, from the base station via the transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI),

determine a slot offset between the DCI and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a random access response in the PDSCH based on the slot offset,

wherein in case that the SIB includes first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information being associated with the reduced capability terminal, and

wherein in case that the SIB includes the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the SIB does not include the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

in case that the SIB does not include the second parameter set for the random access, transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a random access preamble based on the first parameter set.

13. The terminal of claim 11 ,

wherein in case that the SIB does not include the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on a predefined table for downlink time resource allocation.

14. The terminal of claim 11 ,

wherein the second parameter set includes information indicating a number of repetitions of transmitting the random access preamble.

15. The terminal of claim 14 , wherein the second parameter set further includes information associated with a random access preamble group for the terminal and information on a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) for the random access of the terminal.

16. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver, a system information block (SIB) including a first parameter set for a random access and information related to whether a terminal is supported, wherein the terminal is a reduced capability terminal and a bandwidth supported by the reduced capability terminal is limited to a predetermined value,

in case that a cell on which the SIB is transmitted is available for the terminal to access, receive, from the terminal via the transceiver, a random access preamble, wherein in case that the SIB includes a second parameter set for a random access of the terminal, the random access preamble is based on the second parameter set, the second parameter set being associated with the reduced capability terminal,

transmit, to the terminal via the transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI),

determine a slot offset between the DCI and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

transmit, to the terminal via the transceiver, a random access response in the PDSCH based on the slot offset,

wherein in case that the SIB includes first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the SIB includes second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information being associated with the reduced capability terminal, and

wherein in case that the SIB includes the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the SIB does not include the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein in case that the SIB does not include the second parameter set for the random access, the random access preamble is associated with the first parameter set.

18. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein in case that the SIB does not include the first PDSCH time domain allocation list information and the second PDSCH time domain allocation list information, the slot offset is determined based on a predefined table for downlink time resource allocation.

19. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein the second parameter set includes information indicating a number of repetitions of transmitting the random access preamble.

20. The base station of claim 19 , wherein the second parameter set further includes information associated with a random access preamble group for the terminal and information on a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) for the random access of the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: JANG, JAEHYUK; KIM, SOENGHUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061259/0699 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0042196 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0039862 · Apr 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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