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Granted Patent B2
US 9,854,609 · App. 14/903,528 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Method for transmitting signal for MTC and apparatus for same

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Bonghoe Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W74/0833H04W4/005H04W72/0413H04W72/0446H04W72/12H04W74/08H04W88/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,854,609
App. No.
14/903,528
Filed
Jan 7, 2016
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Examiner
PATEL, JAY P
Art Unit
2466
USPC
370/336
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system supporting repeated transmission of a same signal, and an apparatus for same, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for same, the method comprising the steps of: repeatedly transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal by using a PRACH resource; and receiving a random access response signal from a specific time section, as a response to the PRACH signal, wherein the random access response signal includes information related to the number of repeated transmissions of the PRACH signal.

Claims (27)

1. A method for performing a random access procedure by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting coverage enhancement, the method comprising:

repeatedly transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal; and

monitoring downlink control information masked by a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) corresponding to the PRACH signal,

wherein the RA-RNTI is determined according to time index information, frequency index information, and system frame number (SFN) information, and

wherein the time index information indicates a subframe starting the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal, the frequency index information indicates a frequency index of the PRACH signal transmitted in the starting subframe, and the SFN information indicates a radio frame starting the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal.

2. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system supporting coverage enhancement, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor operatively connected to the RF unit and configured to:

control the RF unit to repeatedly transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal, and

monitor downlink control information masked by a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) corresponding to the PRACH signal,

wherein the RA-RNTI is determined according to time index information, frequency index information, and system frame number (SFN) information, and

wherein the time index information indicates a subframe starting the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal, the frequency index information indicates a frequency index of the PRACH signal transmitted in the starting subframe, and the SFN information indicates a radio frame starting the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring the downlink control information is performed in a random access response (RAR) window, the RAR window indicating a time interval for detecting the RA-RNTI and receiving a random access response, and

wherein a start subframe of the RAR window is determined by adding a specific subframe offset to a subframe ending the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the specific subframe offset is 3 subframes.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of repetitions for transmitting the PRACH signal is determined based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement.

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

receiving system information comprising information about RAR window sizes, the RAR window sizes being independently configured for a plurality of PRACH resources configured for the UE,

wherein a size of the RAR window is determined as a RAR window size configured for a PRACH resource used for transmitting the PRACH signal.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a time interval for the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal is extended over a plurality of radio frames, and each radio frame comprises 10 subframes.

8. The UE according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring the downlink control information is performed in a random access response (RAR) window, the RAR window indicating a time interval for detecting the RA-RNTI and receiving a random access response, and

wherein a start subframe of the RAR window is determined by adding a specific subframe offset to a subframe ending the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal.

9. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the specific subframe offset is 3 subframes.

10. The UE according to claim 2 , wherein a number of repetitions for transmitting the PRACH signal is determined based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement.

11. The UE according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive system information comprising information about RAR window sizes through the RF unit, the RAR window sizes being independently configured for a plurality of PRACH resources configured for the UE, and

wherein a size of the RAR window is determined as a RAR window size configured for a PRACH resource used for transmitting the PRACH signal.

12. The UE according to claim 2 , wherein a time interval for the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal is extended over a plurality of radio frames, and each radio frame comprises 10 subframes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2016
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI; YI, YUNJUNG; YOU, HYANGSUN; KIM, BONGHOE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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