Method for transmitting random access channel message and response message, and mobile communication terminal

• US 8,442,017 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Young Dae, Chun, Sung Duck, Park, Sung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDREWS, LEON T
• Application Number:
  US12/447,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20100046384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/241 taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR, Eb/lo
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/247 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter sent by another terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/48 during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment

Abstract

A method for responding to a random access channel message is disclosed, the method includes reading quality measurement information of a downlink channel from a second layer header of a random access channel (RACH) message which is transmitted from a user equipment to an uplink, controlling transmission power of a response message for the RACH message according to the quality measurement information, and transmitting the response message to the user equipment.

Claims

1. A method for responding to a random access channel message, the method comprising:

receiving, at a base station, a first message including a random access channel (RACH) preamble from a user equipment;

transmitting, at the base station, a second message including a RACH preamble response to the user equipment;

receiving, at the base station after transmitting the second message including the RACH preamble response, a third message including a RACH message from the user equipment;

reading, at the base station, channel quality measurement information of a downlink channel from a medium access control (MAC) layer header of the third message including the RACH message,

wherein a channel quality of the downlink channel is measured by the user equipment, and

wherein the channel quality measurement information is generated by the user equipment based on the measured channel quality and is included in the third message including the RACH message which is transmitted from the user equipment to the base station;

determining, at the base station, a transmission power of a fourth message including a RACH message response which is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment, according to the channel quality measurement information; and

transmitting, by the base station in response to the third message including the RACH message, the fourth message including the RACH message response according to the transmission power determined by the base station according to the channel quality measurement information included in the third message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the MAC layer header is a MAC header configuring a MAC protocol data unit (PDU).

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining of the transmission power comprises removing the channel quality measurement information from the MAC PDU and transmitting the MAC PDU to a MAC of a radio network controller (RNC), if upper layer information is included in the MAC PDU of the third message including the RACH message.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the upper layer information is a radio resource control (RRC) message transmitted through at least one of a common control channel (CCCH), a dedicated control channel (DCCH) and a dedicated traffic channel (DTCH), all of which are logic channels.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the fourth message including the RACH message response includes any one of an acknowledge (ACK) response for notifying that the third message including the RACH message is successfully received and a non-acknowledge (NACK) response for notifying that the third message including the RACH message is not successfully received.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the base station performs an adaptive modulation control for a downlink transmission using the channel quality measurement information.

6. A method for responding to a random access channel message, the method comprising:

receiving, at a base station, a first message including a random access channel (RACH) preamble from a user equipment;

transmitting, at the base station, a second message including a RACH preamble response to the user equipment;

receiving, at the base station after transmitting the second message including the RACH preamble response, a third message including a RACH message from the user equipment;

reading, at the base station, channel quality measurement information of a downlink channel included in a payload next to a medium access control (MAC) layer header from the third message including the RACH message,

wherein a channel quality of the downlink channel is measured by the user equipment, and

wherein the channel quality measurement information is generated by the user equipment based on the measured channel quality and is included in the third message including the RACH message which is transmitted from the user equipment to the base station;

determining, at the base station, a transmission power of a fourth message including a RACH message response which is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment, according to the channel quality measurement information; and

transmitting, by the base station in response to the third message including the RACH message, the fourth message including the RACH message response according to the transmission power determined by the base station according to the channel quality measurement information included in the third message.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the third message including the RACH message stores information, which indicates whether or not the channel quality measurement information is included in the payload, in a target channel type field (TCTF) of the MAC layer header.

18. The method according to claim 6, wherein the base station performs an adaptive modulation control for a downlink transmission using the channel quality measurement information.

8. A method for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) message, the method comprising:

transmitting, at a user equipment, a first message including a random access channel (RACH) preamble to a base station;

receiving, at the user equipment, a second message including a RACH preamble response from the base station;

at the user equipment, measuring channel quality of a downlink channel and generating channel quality measurement information of the downlink channel based on the measured channel quality;

at the user equipment, including the channel quality measurement information in a medium access control (MAC) layer header of a third message including RACH message and transmitting, after receiving the second message including the RACH preamble response, the third message including the RACH message via an uplink to the base station; and

at the user equipment, receiving a fourth message including a RACH message response in response to the third message including the RACH message from the base station,

wherein the channel quality measurement information is read by the base station from the MAC layer header of the third message including the RACH message which is transmitted from the user equipment to the base station, and a transmission power of the fourth message including the RACH message response which is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment is determined by the base station according to the channel quality measurement information included in the third message.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the transmitting of the third message including the RACH message via the uplink comprises:

transmitting, at the user equipment, a preamble via the uplink;

retransmitting, at the user equipment, the preamble via the uplink if a response for the preamble is not received or a non-acknowledge response is received; and

transmitting, at the user equipment, the third message including the RACH message via the uplink if an acknowledge response for the preamble is received.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the MAC layer header is a MAC header configuring a MAC protocol data unit (PDU).

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the MAC layer header stores information, which indicates whether or not the channel quality measurement information is included in the MAC layer header, in a target channel type field (TCTF).

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising retransmitting the third message including the RACH message via the uplink if the fourth message including the RACH message response in response to the third message including the RACH message is a non-acknowledge response.

19. The method according to claim 8, wherein the base station performs an adaptive modulation control for a downlink transmission using the channel quality measurement information.

13. A method for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) message, the method comprising:

transmitting, at a user equipment, a first message including a random access channel (RACH) preamble to a base station;

receiving, at the user equipment, a second message including a RACH preamble response from the base station;

at the user equipment, measuring a channel quality of a downlink channel and generating channel quality measurement information of the downlink channel based on the measured channel quality;

at the user equipment, including the channel quality measurement information in a payload next to a medium access control (MAC) layer header of a third message including the RACH message and transmitting, after receiving the second message including the RACH preamble response, the third message including the RACH message via an uplink to the base station; and

at the user equipment, receiving a fourth message including a RACH message response in response to the third message including the RACH message from the base station,

wherein the channel quality measurement information is read by the base station from the payload next to the MAC layer header of the third message including the RACH message which is transmitted from the user equipment to the base station, and a transmission power of the fourth message including the RACH message response which is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment is determined by the base station according to the channel quality measurement information included in the third message.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising retransmitting the third message including the RACH message via the uplink if the fourth message including the RACH message response in response to the third message including the RACH message is a non-acknowledge response.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the base station performs an adaptive modulation control for a downlink transmission using the channel quality measurement information.

15. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting data via an uplink through random access in a mobile communication system, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a message transmission unit configured to transmit a first message including a random access channel (RACH) preamble to a base station; and

a downlink channel measurement unit configured to measure a channel quality of a downlink channel and generate channel quality measurement information of the downlink channel based on the measured channel quality,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is configured to receive, from the base station, a second message including a RACH preamble response in response to the first message including the RACH preamble,

wherein the message transmission unit is further configured to include the channel quality measurement information in a medium access control (MAC) layer header of a third message including a RACH message and transmitting, after receiving the second message including the RACH preamble response, the third message including the RACH message via the uplink to the base station,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is further configured to receive a fourth message including a RACH message response in response to the third message including the RACH message from the base station, and

wherein the channel quality measurement information is read by the base station from the MAC layer header of the third message including the RACH message which is transmitted from the user equipment to the base station, and a transmission power of the fourth message including the RACH message response which is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment is determined by the base station according to the channel quality measurement information included in the third message.

16. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting data via an uplink through random access in a mobile communication system, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a message transmission unit configured to transmit a first message including a random access channel (RACH) preamble to a base station; and

a downlink channel measurement unit configured to measure a channel quality of a downlink channel and generate channel quality measurement information of the downlink channel based on the measured channel quality,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is configured to receive, from the base station, a second message including a RACH preamble response in response to the first message including the RACH preamble,

wherein the message transmission unit is further configured to include the channel quality measurement information in a payload next to a medium access control (MAC) layer header of a third message including a RACH message and transmitting, after receiving the second message including the RACH preamble response, the third message including the RACH message via the uplink to the base station,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is further configured to receive a fourth message including a RACH message response in response to the third message including the RACH message from the base station, and

wherein the channel quality measurement information is read by the base station from the payload next to the MAC layer header of the third message including the RACH message which is transmitted from the user equipment to the base station, and a transmission power of the fourth message including the RACH message response which is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment is determined by the base station according to the channel quality measurement information included in the third message.