Group based random access method device and system

• US 10,448,430 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: G+ Communications LLC
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Wen, Xia, Shuqiang, Dai, Bo, Dai, Qian, Lu, Zhaohua, Liu, Kun, Chen, Xianming, Shi, Jing, Li, Xincai, Fang, Huiying
• Primary Examiner(s): Smarth, Gerald A
• Application Number:
  US15/738,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20180184461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/324 in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A random access method comprises: transmitting, by a firstuser equipment (UE) in a UE group, and according to a time-frequency resource, a preamble to an evolved node B (eNB); and monitoring, by a second UE in the UE group and/or the first UE, for a random access response (RAR) corresponding to the preamble transmitted by the eNB, wherein the first UE is at least one UE in the UE group, and the second UE is all or a part of the UEs in the UE group.

Claims

1. A random access method, comprising:

sending, by a first User Equipment (UE) in a UE group, a preamble to an evolved Node B (eNB) over a time-frequency resource, the time-frequency resource comprising a time domain resource and a frequency domain resource;

monitoring, by at least one of the first UE or a second UE in the UE group, a Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the preamble and sent by the eNB, wherein the first UE is at least one UE in the UE group, and the second UE is all or some UEs in the UE group; and

after monitoring, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the RAR corresponding to the preamble and sent by the eNB;

sending, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, a message 3 according to a Uplink (UL) grant allocated thereto, wherein the message 3 comprises a number of UEs having random access requests in the UE group or a number of UEs contained in the UE group or a pre-set UE number.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first UE is at least one of the following:

at least one fixed UE;

or,

at least one UE determined according to a pre-set rule;

or,

at least one UE notified by the eNB.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the preamble, the time domain resource or the frequency domain resource is pre-set, or determined by a group Identifier (ID) of the UE group, or notified by the eNB.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the preamble, the time domain resource or the frequency domain resource corresponds to the number of UEs having random access requests in the UE group or the number of UEs contained in the UE group or the pre-set UE number.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein monitoring, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the RAR corresponding to the preamble and sent by the eNB comprises:

descrambling, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the RAR according to a pre-set Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identity (RA-RNTI) or an RA-RNTI corresponding to the preamble, and receiving the RAR, the RAR comprising at least one of at least one Temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identity (TC-RNTI) or at least one Uplink (UL) grant; and

determining, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, at least one of a TC-RNTI or UL grant allocated thereto according to at least one of at least one TC-RNTI or at least one UL grant contained in the RAR;

or

monitoring, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the RAR corresponding to the preamble and sent by the eNB comprises;

determining, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, corresponding RA-RNTIs according to at least one of respective IDs or preambles, descrambling a CRC of DCI for scheduling the RAR according to the corresponding RA-RNTIs, and receiving corresponding RARs, the RAR comprising at least one of a TC-RNTI or a UL grant allocated to the first UE or second UE.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, at least one of the TC-RNTI or the UL grant allocated thereto according to at least one of at least one TC-RNTI or at least one UL grant contained in the RAR comprises:

determining, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, at least one of a TC-RNTI or a UL grant allocated thereto according to at least one of an ID of the first UE or the second UE in accordance with a pre-set rule.

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

after sending, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the message 3 according to the UL grant allocated thereto,

receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, a message 4 sent by the eNB.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the message 4 sent by the eNB comprises:

scrambling a CRC of DCI for scheduling the message 4 by using a TC-RNTI allocated to at least one of the first UE or the second UE.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the message 4 comprises at least one set of radio resources, radio resources allocated to at least one of the first UE or the second UE are determined by at least one of the first UE or the second UE according to at least one set of radio resources in the message 4;

or

the message 4 comprises a set of radio resources allocated to the first UE or second UE.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the radio resources allocated to at least one of the first UE or the second UE are further determined by at least one of the first UE or the second UE according to an ID of at least one of the first UE or the second UE in accordance with a pre-set rule.

11. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the message 4 sent by the eNB,

sending, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, an indicating signal for notifying the eNB of a successful access of at least one of the first UE or the second UE to the eNB,

wherein the indicating signal is a Scheduling Request (SR) or an Acknowledgement (ACK) signal.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the message 4 sent by the eNB,

receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, indicating information, sent by the eNB, for indicating re-initiation of a random access of at least one of the first UE or the second UE.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the message 3 and the message 4 comprise a group ID of the UE group or a pre-set field.

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

before sending, by the first UE in the UE group, the preamble over the time-frequency resource,

receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, Downlink Control Information (DCI) or a paging message or a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message sent by the eNB;

or,

receiving, by the first UE, random access request information sent by the second UE.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein receiving, by at least one of the first UE or the second UE, the DCI or the paging message or the RRC message sent by the eNB comprises at least one of the following:

the DCI or a CRC of DCI for scheduling the paging message or the RRC message is scrambled by using a group ID of the UE group;

the DCI or the paging message or the RRC message comprises a group ID of the UE group;

the DCI or the paging message or the RRC message comprises an ID of at least one of the first UE or the second UE;

or

the DCI or the paging message or the RRC message comprises at least one of an ID of the preamble, the time domain resource of the preamble or the frequency domain resource of the preamble.

16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

after receiving, by the first UE, the random access request information sent by the second UE,

counting, by the first UE, received random access requests of the second UE in the UE group; and

when a count reaches a pre-set threshold, sending, by the first UE, the preamble over the time-frequency resource.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the first UE in the UE group, the preamble over the time-frequency resource comprises:

periodically sending, by the first UE, the preamble over the frequency domain resource.

18. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a sending unit and a monitoring unit,

wherein the sending unit is configured to;

send a preamble to an evolved Node B (eNB) over a time-frequency resource, the time-frequency resource comprising a time domain resource and a frequency domain resource;

the monitoring unit is configured to;

monitor a Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the preamble and sent by the eNB; and

the sending unit is further configured to;

send a message 3 according to a Uplink (UL) grant allocated to the UE, wherein the message 3 comprises a number of UEs having random access requests in a UE group or a number of UEs contained in the UE group or a pre-set UE number.