Method and apparatus for performing random access

• US 10,225,827 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahn, Joon Kui, Seo, Dong Youn, Yang, Suck Chel, Kim, Min Gyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Pancholi, Rina C
• Application Number:
  US15/054,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20160183225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

A method and low-cost/low-capability (LC) device are provided for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. The LC device receives configuration information for a random access procedure from a base station. The configuration information includes resource information for transmitting a random access preamble, and the resource information is specific to the LC device. The LC device transmits, to a base station, a random access preamble on a random access resource determined based on the resource information. The LC device receives a random access response in response to the random access preamble. The random access resource is configured for each region of a coverage of the base station.

Claims

1. A method of performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a device and comprising:

receiving configuration information for the random access procedure from a base station,

wherein the configuration information includes first resource information for transmitting a random access preamble;

transmitting, to the base station, a first message of the random access procedure, the first message including the random access preamble, based on the first resource information;

if the configuration information does not further include second resource information for transmitting an uplink message, waiting to receive a second message of the random access procedure, the second message including a random access response (RAR) message; and

if the configuration information further includes the second resource information, transmitting a third message of the random access procedure, the third message including the uplink message, based on the second resource information to the base station without waiting to receive the second message including the RAR message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received configuration information includes root index information for generating the random access preamble.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first resource information includes a physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration index.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the RAR message includes an indicator indicating whether the uplink message is transmitted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink message is transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein when the random access preamble is transmitted to the base station on a subframe including 14 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the PUSCH is transmitted by using a specific number of OFDM symbols which is less than 14.

7. A device for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operably coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the transceiver to receive configuration information for the random access procedure from a base station,

wherein the configuration information includes first resource information for transmitting a random access preamble,

control the transceiver to transmit, to the base station, a first message of the random access procedure, the first message including the random access preamble, based on the first resource information,

control the transceiver to wait to receive a second message of the random access procedure, the second message including a random access response (RAR) message, if the configuration information does not further include second resource information for transmitting an uplink message, and

control the transceiver to transmit a third message of the random access procedure, the third message including the uplink message, based on the second resource information to the base station without waiting to receive the second message including the RAR message, if the configuration information further includes the second resource information.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the received configuration information includes root index information for generating the random access preamble.