Random access response method, base station and terminal

• US 10,285,197 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2016
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nan, Fang, Yu, Zheng, Cheng, Xingqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Cattungal, Ajay
• Application Number:
  US15/272,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20170013643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A random access response method, a base station, and a terminal are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes receiving a random access preamble sent in an enhanced manner, determining at least one of level information or resource information corresponding to the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner and sending a random access response RAR of the random access preamble according to the at least one of the level information or the resource information, where the RAR is carried by a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.

Claims

1. A random access response method, the method comprising:

receiving a random access preamble sent in an enhanced manner;

determining level information corresponding to the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner, wherein the level information comprises a preamble index;

determining a resource of a physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index, wherein the resource comprises at least one resource of a time resource or a frequency resource;

sending, on the resource, downlink control information (DCI) carried by the physical downlink control channel, wherein the DCI is used for scheduling the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and

sending a random access response (RAR).

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, when the level information has different values, determining resources of the physical downlink control channel so that resources do not overlap or so that the resources are different.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, when the resource comprises the frequency resource, determining the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index comprises determining at least one of a physical downlink control channel aggregation level, a physical downlink control channel search space, or a physical downlink control channel candidate according to the preamble index.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising sending information about a correspondence between the resource of the physical downlink control channel and the level information of the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner, so as to determine the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the information about the correspondence.

5. A random access response method, the method comprising:

determining a random access preamble to be sent in an enhanced manner;

determining level information corresponding to the random access preamble, wherein the level information comprises a preamble index;

sending the random access preamble in the enhanced manner;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) carried in a resource of a physical downlink control channel, wherein the resource is determined according to the preamble index; and

receiving a random access response (RAR), wherein the RAR is carried by a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising, when the level information has different values, determining resources of a physical downlink control channel so that the resources do not overlap or so that the resources are different.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when the resource comprises a frequency resource, determining the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index comprises determining at least one of a physical downlink control channel aggregation level, a physical downlink control channel search space, or a physical downlink control channel candidate according to the preamble index.

8. The method according to claim 6,

wherein determining resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the level information comprises determining the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index and a pre-configured correspondence between the resource of the physical downlink control channel and the level information of the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner;

or

wherein, before determining the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index, receiving information about a correspondence between the resource of the physical downlink control channel and the level information of the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner and determining the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index comprises determining the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index and the information about the correspondence.

9. A base station comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a random access preamble sent in an enhanced manner;

a processor configured to determine level information corresponding to the random access preamble that is sent in the enhanced manner, wherein the level information comprises a preamble index, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a resource of a physical downlink control channel according to the preamble index, and wherein the resource comprises at least one resource of a time resource or a frequency resource; and

a transmitter is configured to send, on the resource, downlink control information (DCI) carried by the physical downlink control channel, wherein the DCI is used for scheduling the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a random access response (RAR) carried by the PDSCH.

10. The base station according to claim 9, wherein, when the level information determined by the processor has different values, determined resources of the physical downlink control channel do not overlap or are different.

11. The base station according to claim 10, wherein when the resource comprises the frequency resource, the processor is specifically configured to determine at least one of a physical downlink control channel aggregation level, a physical downlink control channel search space, or a physical downlink control channel candidate according to the level information.

12. The base station according to claim 10, wherein transmitter further comprises a correspondence sending module, wherein the correspondence sending module is configured to send information about a correspondence between the resource of the physical downlink control channel and the level information of the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner, so as to determine the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the information about the correspondence.

13. A terminal comprising:

a processor is configured to;

determine a random access preamble to be sent in an enhanced manner, and determine level information corresponding to the random access preamble, wherein the level information comprises a preamble index;

a transmitter configured to send, in the enhanced manner, the random access preamble; and

a receiver configured to;

receive downlink control information (DCI) carried in a resource of a physical downlink control channel, the resource being determined according to the preamble index, and

receive a random access response (RAR), wherein the RAR is carried by a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

14. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein, when the level information determined by the processor has different values, determined resources of a physical downlink control channel do not overlap or are different.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein, when the resource comprises a frequency resource, the processor is configured to determine at least one of a physical downlink control channel aggregation level, a physical downlink control channel search space, or a physical downlink control channel candidate according to the level information determined by the processor.

16. The terminal according to claim 14,

wherein the processor is specifically configured to determine the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the level information determined by the processor and a pre-configured correspondence between the resource of the physical downlink control channel and the level information of the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner;

or

wherein, when the receiver comprises a correspondence receiving module, the correspondence receiving module is configured to, before the processor determines the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the level information determined by the processor, receive information about a correspondence between the resource of the physical downlink control channel and the level information of the random access preamble sent in the enhanced manner, and the processor is further configured to determine the resource of the physical downlink control channel according to the level information determined by the processor and the information about the correspondence received by the correspondence receiving module.