Method for performing a random access procedure in a carrier aggregation with at least one scell operating in an unlicensed spectrum and a device therefor

• US 10,342,050 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sunyoung, Yi, Seungjune, Kim, Sangwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho, Hong S
• Application Number:
  US15/565,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098353A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0005 synchronizing of arrival of multiple uplinks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/085 collision avoidance

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a random access procedure in a carrier aggregation with at least one SCell operating in an unlicensed spectrum, the method comprising: configuring with a TAG to which at least two uplink cells belong, receiving a PDCCH order on a downlink cell associated with a first uplink cell in the TAG from an eNB; checking whether the first uplink cell belonging to the TAG is available for transmitting the random access preamble or not; selecting one uplink cell among uplink cells in the TAG which are available for transmitting the random access preamble if the first cell is not available for transmitting the random access preamble; and transmitting the random access preamble indicated by the PDCCH order received from the eNB on the selected uplink cell.

Claims

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring with a Timing Advance Group (TAG) to which at least two uplink (UL) cells belong;

receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) order from an eNodeB (eNB) on a downlink (DL) cell associated with a first UL cell in the TAG, wherein the PDCCH order triggers a random access procedure by informing a random access preamble;

determining whether the first UL cell is available for transmitting the random access preamble;

selecting one of the at least two UL cells which is available for transmitting the random access preamble if the first cell is determined as unavailable; and

transmitting the informed random access preamble on the selected one of the at least two UL cells,

wherein the first UL cell is determined as unavailable if it is occupied by other transmitters as a result of a Listen Before Talk (LBT) procedure.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising not transmitting the random access preamble if all UL cells in the TAG are not unavailable.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising incrementing a counter by 1 when the informed random access preamble is transmitted.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the counter is not incremented when the informed random access preamble is not transmitted.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the counter is a PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the counter is a PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the eNB informs that the DL cell is associated with the first UL cell through System information Block Type 2 (SIB2).

8. A User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module configured to transmit and receive signals; and

a processor configured to;

configure with a Timing Advance Group (TAG) to which at least two uplink (UL) cells belong

control the RF module to receive a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) order from an eNodeB (eNB) on a downlink (DL) cell associated with a first UL cell in the TAG, wherein the PDCCH order triggers a random access procedure by informing a random access preamble;

determine whether the first UL cell is available for transmitting the random access preamble;

select one of the at least two UL cells which is available for transmitting the random access preamble if the first cell is determined as unavailable; and

control the RF module to transmit the informed random access preamble on the selected one of the at least two UL cells,

wherein the first UL cell is determined as unavailable if it is occupied by other transmitters as a result of a Listen Before Talk (LBT) procedure.

9. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to not control the RF unit to transmit the random access preamble if all UL cells in the TAG are unavailable.

10. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to increment a counter by 1 when the informed random access preamble is transmitted.

11. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the counter is not incremented when the informed random access preamble is not transmitted.

12. The UE according to claim 11, wherein the counter is a PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER.

13. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the counter is a PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER.

14. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the eNB informs that the DL cell is associated with the first UL cell through System information Block Type 2 (SIB2).