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US 12,568,524 · App. 18/215,659 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Random access method, and electronic device and storage medium

Inventor: Chuanfeng He (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W74/004H04L1/18H04W74/002H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,568,524
App. No.
18/215,659
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a random access method. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a starting time moment of a contention resolution timer according to a time of Msg3 transmission repetitions.

Claims (55)

1 . A random access method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, a starting time moment of a contention resolution timer according to a time of Msg3 transmission repetitions;

wherein the starting time moment of the contention resolution timer is located at a first symbol after the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets;

wherein one of the first transmission repetition sets comprises N transmission repetitions indicated by a network device each time, where N is a positive integer.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time of the Msg3 transmission repetitions comprises:

a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein N transmission repetitions indicated by the network device each time are a first transmission repetition set;

wherein the time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition comprises: a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition of each first transmission repetition set, or a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, first indication information sent by a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of Msg3 transmission repetitions.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to that a network device does not successfully receive the Msg3 transmission repetitions during running of the contention resolution timer, receiving, by the terminal device, second indication information.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

performing, by the terminal device, Msg3 transmission repetitions again based on the second indication information.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the number of Msg3 transmission repetitions again is determined by one of:

the number of Msg3 transmission repetitions which is indicated by the network device last time, second higher layer signaling, or a second DCI.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, a starting time moment of a random access response window according to a random access occasion corresponding to Msg1 transmission repetitions.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein in response to that the terminal device receives a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) carrying Msg2 and/or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling the PDSCH within the random access response window, stopping, by the terminal device, the Msg1 transmission repetitions.

10 . A random access method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, a starting time moment of a contention resolution timer according to a time of Msg3 transmission repetitions;

wherein the starting time moment of the contention resolution timer is located at a first symbol after the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets;

wherein one of the first transmission repetition sets comprises N transmission repetitions indicated by the network device each time, where N is a positive integer.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the time of the Msg3 transmission repetitions comprises:

a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein N transmission repetitions indicated by the network device each time are a first transmission repetition set;

wherein the time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition comprises: a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition of each first transmission repetition set, or a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets.

13 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

determining, by the network device, a starting time moment of a random access response window according to a random access occasion corresponding to Msg1 transmission repetitions.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the starting time moment of the random access response window is located at a first symbol in the earliest control resource set after at least one symbol after the last symbol of a random access occasion corresponding to the last Msg1 transmission repetition of all second transmission repetition sets;

wherein each second transmission repetition set comprises M transmission repetitions, where M is a positive integer; or

wherein the starting time moment of the random access response window is located at the first symbol in the earliest control resource set after at least one symbol after the last symbol of a random access occasion corresponding to the last Msg1 transmission repetition of each second transmission repetition set;

wherein each second transmission repetition sets comprises M transmission repetitions, where M is a positive integer.

15 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, third indication information to a terminal device, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate the number of Msg1 transmission repetitions.

16 . A terminal device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor, the terminal device is caused to:

determine a starting time moment of a contention resolution timer according to a time of Msg3 transmission repetitions;

wherein the starting time moment of the contention resolution timer is located at a first symbol after the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets;

wherein at least one of the first transmission repetition sets comprises N transmission repetitions indicated by a network device each time, where N is a positive integer.

17 . The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein the time of the Msg3 transmission repetitions comprises:

a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition.

18 . The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein N transmission repetitions indicated by the network device each time are a first transmission repetition set;

wherein the time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition comprises: a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition of each first transmission repetition set, or a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets.

19 . A network device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor, the network device is caused to:

determine a starting time moment of a contention resolution timer according to a time of Msg3 transmission repetitions;

wherein the starting time moment of the contention resolution timer is located at a first symbol after the last Msg3 transmission repetition of all first transmission repetition sets;

wherein one of the first transmission repetition sets comprises N transmission repetitions indicated by the network device each time, where N is a positive integer.

20 . The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the time of the Msg3 transmission repetitions comprises:

a time of the last Msg3 transmission repetition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: HE, CHUANFENG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020141746 · Dec 30, 2020
Related Publication 20230345525A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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