IP Library Granted Patent US 12,520,165
Granted Patent B2
US 12,520,165 · App. 17/800,513 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Method by which UE performs initial access to base station in wireless communication system, and device therefor

Inventors: Sungho Park (Seoul, KR); Donghwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Minseog Kim (Seoul, KR); Sunam Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W16/28H04W48/08H04W74/08H04W74/0833H04W74/0836H04W74/0838
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Patent No.
US 12,520,165
App. No.
17/800,513
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments disclose a method by which a user equipment (UE) performs initial access to a base station by using a large intelligent surface (LIS) in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, through the LIS, a UE search signal transmitted by the base station; transmitting an initial access signal to the base station through the LIS on the basis of resource allocation information included in the UE search signal; transmitting a first LIS control signal for controlling a reflection pattern of the LIS for an uplink signal; and receiving, through the LIS, an initial access response signal transmitted by the base station.

Claims (41)

1 . A method by a user equipment (UE) comprising:

transmitting a random access channel;

detecting downlink control information with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI);

receiving a downlink data channel including a random access response message based on the downlink control information,

wherein the random access response message includes a random access response uplink grant for scheduling an uplink data channel; and

transmitting the uplink data channel based on the random access response uplink grant,

wherein the downlink control information and the downlink data channel are received from a base station via a reflection at a large intelligent surface (LIS), and the random access channel and the uplink data channel are transmitted to the base station via a reflection at the LIS,

wherein the uplink data channel is transmitted in at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and

wherein the UE transmits a control signal for controlling a reflection pattern of the LIS to the LIS through a cyclic prefix (CP) duration applied to the at least one OFDM symbol.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the UE receives configuration information, and

the configuration information further includes a base station identifier, a beam index of the base station, an identifier for the LIS, and information for a beam index for the LIS.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the UE receives configuration information in at least one beam direction; and

the random access channel is transmitted in a first beam direction determined based on the at least one beam direction.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first beam direction is determined based on a second beam direction in which the configuration information having the highest reception strength from among the at least one beam direction is received.

5 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

a processor connected to the RF transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit a random access channel;

detect downlink control information with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI);

receive a downlink data channel including a random access response message based on the downlink control information,

wherein the random access response message includes a random access response uplink grant for scheduling an uplink data channel; and

transmit the uplink data channel based on the random access response uplink grant,

wherein the downlink control information and the downlink data channel are received from a base station via a reflection at a large intelligent surface (LIS), and the random access channel and the uplink data channel are transmitted to the base station via a reflection at the LIS,

wherein the uplink data channel is transmitted in at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and

wherein a control signal for controlling a reflection pattern of the LIS is transmitted to the LIS through a cyclic prefix (CP) duration applied to the at least one OFDM symbol.

6 . A chipset 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 an operation when executed,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit a random access channel;

detect downlink control information with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI);

receive a downlink data channel including a random access response message based on the downlink control information,

wherein the random access response message includes random access response uplink grant for scheduling an uplink data channel; and

transmit the uplink data channel based on the random access response uplink grant,

wherein the downlink control information and the downlink data channel are received from a base station via a reflection at a large intelligent surface (LIS), and the random access channel and the uplink data channel are transmitted to the base station via a reflection at the LIS,

wherein the uplink data channel is transmitted in at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and

wherein a control signal for controlling a reflection pattern of the LIS is transmitted to the LIS through a cyclic prefix (CP) duration applied to the at least one OFDM symbol.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: PARK, SUNGHO; KIM, DONGHWAN; KIM, MINSEOG; KIM, SUNAM
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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