TRANSMISSION METHOD OF BASE STATION FOR RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION, TRANSMISSION METHOD OF TERMINAL FOR USING THE RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND APPARATUS FOR THEREOF

• US 20120099543A1
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: YANG, Mi Jeong, LIM, Soon Yong, PARK, Aesoon
• Application Number:
  US13/277,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20120099543A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access

Abstract

Provided is a communication method of a base station for random access resource allocation, the communication method including broadcasting system information (SI) that includes information about an extra physical random access channel (xPRACH) of a machine type communication (MTC) terminal and information about a physical random access channel (PRACH) of a general terminal, each of the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and the PRACH of the general terminal having a separated resource space, and receiving a random access attempt from the MTC terminal in response to the broadcast.

Claims

1. A communication method of a base station for random access resource allocation, the communication method comprising:

broadcasting system information (SI) that includes information about an extra physical random access channel (xPRACH) of a machine type communication (MTC) terminal and information about a physical random access channel (PRACH) of a general terminal, each of the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and the PRACH of the general terminal having a separated resource space; and

receiving a random access attempt from the MTC terminal in response to the broadcast.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the information about the xPRACH of the MTC terminal includes a period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and an index that designates a subframe used by the xPRACH of the MTC terminal among subframes of a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frame.

3. The communication method of claim 2, further comprising:

invalidating the xPRACH of the MTC terminal subsequent to the period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal.

4. The communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

variably controlling the period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal to allocate the xPRACH of the MTC terminal in response to the random access attempt from the MTC terminal.

5. The communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating, to the xPRACH of the MTC terminal, at least one subframe remaining after allocating subframes of a 3GPP LTE frame to the PRACH of the general terminal.

6. The communication method of claim 2, further comprising:

adjusting an allocation of a subframe to the xPRACH of the MTC terminal using the index that designates the subframe.

7. A communication method of a terminal using a random access resource allocation, the communication method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, system information (SI) that includes information about an extra physical random access channel (xPRACH) of a machine type communication (MTC) terminal and information about a physical random access channel (PRACH) of a general terminal, each of the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and the PRACH of the general terminal having a separate resource space;

setting the xPRACH of the MTC terminal based on the SI; and

attempting a random access to the base station using the xPRACH of the MTC terminal.

8. The communication method of claim 7, wherein the information about the xPRACH of the MTC terminal includes a period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and an index that designates a subframe used by the xPRACH of the MTC terminal among subframes of a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frame.

9. The communication method of claim 8, wherein the xPRACH of the MTC terminal is invalidated by the base station subsequent to the period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal.

10. The communication method of claim 8, wherein the subframe used by the xPRACH of the MTC terminal corresponds to at least one subframe remaining after allocating subframes of a 3GPP LTE frame to the PRACH of the general terminal.

11. A base station for a random access resource allocation, the base station comprising:

a broadcasting unit to broadcast system information (SI) that includes information about an extra physical random access channel (xPRACH) of a machine type communication (MTC) terminal and information about a physical random access channel (PRACH) of a general terminal, each of the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and the PRACH of the general terminal having a separated resource space; and

a receiver to receive a random access attempt from the MTC terminal in response to the broadcast.

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein the information about the xPRACH of the MTC terminal includes a period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and an index that designates a subframe used by the xPRACH of the MTC terminal among subframes of a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frame.

13. The base station of claim 12, further comprising:

an invalidation unit to invalidate the xPRACH of the MTC terminal subsequent to the period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal.

14. The base station of claim 11, further comprising:

a controller to variably control the period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal to allocate the xPRACH of the MTC terminal in response to the random access attempt from the MTC terminal.

15. The base station of claim 11, further comprising:

an allocating unit to allocate, to the xPRACH of the MTC terminal, at least one subframe remaining after allocating subframes of a 3GPP LTE frame to the PRACH of the general terminal.

16. The base station of claim 12, further comprising:

an adjusting unit to adjust an allocation of a subframe to the xPRACH of the MTC terminal using the index that designates the subframe.

17. A terminal using a random access resource allocation, the terminal comprising:

a receiver to receive, from a base station, system information (SI) that includes information about an extra physical random access channel (xPRACH) of a machine type communication (MTC) terminal and information about a physical random access channel (PRACH) of a general terminal, each of the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and the PRACH of the general terminal having a separated resource space;

a setting unit to set the xPRACH of the MTC terminal based on the SI; and

an attempt unit to attempt a random access to the base station using the xPRACH of the MTC terminal.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the information about the xPRACH of the MTC terminal includes a period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal and an index that designates a subframe used by the xPRACH of the MTC terminal among subframes of a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frame.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the xPRACH of the MTC terminal is invalidated by the base station subsequent to the period of duration for the xPRACH of the MTC terminal.

20. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the subframe used by the xPRACH of the MTC terminal corresponds to at least one subframe remaining after allocating subframes of a 3GPP LTE frame to the PRACH of the general terminal.