Methods and devices for random access

• US 10,349,450 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2018
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Fan, Rui, Eriksson, Erik, Song, Xinghua
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Duc C
• Application Number:
  US16/039,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20180324871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• 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

Abstract

One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for random access in a UE in an out-of sync status. The method comprises: sending to a base station a first message including a random access preamble according to a TDD configuration in a SIB; receiving from the base station a second message including a random access response using the random access preamble according to the TDD configuration in the SIB. Another embodiment of the present invention also relates to corresponding method for random access in a base station. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there are provided corresponding devices.

Claims

1. A method for operating a communication device, comprising;

sending to a network node device a first message including a random access preamble according to ,aa Time Division Duplex, TDD, configuration in a system information block;

receiving from said network node device a second message including a random access response using said random access preamble according to said TDD configuration in said system information block;

wherein said communication device is assigned more than one TDD configurations before initiating a random access procedure and said more than one TDD configurations include said TDD configuration in said system information block and further include at least another TDD configuration informed via dedicated Radio Resource Control signaling.

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

in a contention-based random access procedure, sending to said network node device a third message including an identifier specific to said communication device according to said TDD configuration in said system information block.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

switching said communication device into a dynamic TDD capable mode to support multiple dynamic TDD configurations;

receiving from said network node device a fourth message including a contention resolution by monitoring downlink channels according to said multiple dynamic TDD configurations.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein each of the multiple dynamic TDD configurations has uplink suhframes that belong to a subset of uplink suhframes of said TDD configuration in said system information block and downlink subframes that belong to a subset of downlink subframes of said at least another TDD configuration informed via dedicated Radio Resource Control signaling.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

receiving from said network node device a fourth message including a contention resolution according to said TDD configuration in said system information block;

switching said communication device into a dynamic TDD capable mode to support multiple dynamic TDD configurations.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein each of the multiple dynamic TDD configurations has uplink subframes that belong to a subset of uplink subframes of said TDD configuration in said system information block and downlink subframes that belong to a subset of downlink subframes of said at least another TDD configuration informed via dedicated Radio Resource Control signaling.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said communication device is handed over from a source cell served by a source network node device to a target cell served by said network node device, and wherein said TDD configuration in said system information block is informed from said network node device to said source network node device and signaled to said communication device from said source network node device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said communication device is a user equipment which is in an out-of-sync or link-failure status.

9. A method for operating a network node device, comprising:

receiving from a communication device a first message including a random access preamble according to a TDD configuration in a system information block;

sending to said communication device a second message including a random access response using said random access preamble according to said TDD configuration in said system information block, wherein said communication device is assigned more than one TDD configurations before a random access procedure and wherein said more than one TDD configurations include said TDD configuration in said system information Hock and further include at least another TDD configuration informed via dedicated Radio Resource Control signaling.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

in a contention-based random access procedure,

receiving from said communication device a third message including an identifier specific to said communication device according to said TDD configuration in said system information block.

11. A communication device, comprising:

a sending unit configured to send to a network node device a first message including a random access preamble according to a Time Division Duplex, TDD, configuration in a system information block;

a receiving unit configured to receive from said network node device a second message including a random access response using said random access preamble according to said TDD configuration in said system information block, wherein said communication device has more than one TDD configurations before initiating a random access procedure and said more than one TDD configurations include said TDD configuration in said system information block and further include at least another TDD configuration informed via dedicated Radio Resource Control signaling.

12. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein

said sending unit is further configured to, in a contention-based random access procedure, send to said network node device a third message including an identifier specific to said communication device according to said TDD configuration in said system information block.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein each of the multiple dynamic TDD configurations has uplink subframes that belong to a subset of uplink subframes of said TDD configuration in said system information block and downlink subframes that belong to a subset of downlink subframes of said at least another TDD configuration informed via dedicated Radio Resource Control signaling.

14. The communication device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a controlling unit configured to switch said communication device into a dynamic TDD capable mode to support multiple dynamic TDD configurations;

wherein said receiving unit is further configured to receive from the network node device a fourth message including a contention resolution by monitoring downlink channels according to said multiple dynamic TDD configurations.

15. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein said receiving unit is further configured to receive from the network node device a fourth message including a contention resolution according to said TDD configuration in said system information block;

said communication device further comprises a controlling unit configured to switch said communication device into a dynamic TDD capable mode to support multiple dynamic TDD configurations.

16. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein said communication device is handed over from a source cell served by a source network node device to a target cell served by said network node device, and

wherein said TDD configuration in said system information block is informed from said network node device to said source network node device and signaled to said communication device from said source network node device.

17. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein said communication device is a user equipment which is in an out-of-sync or link-failure status.