Method for re-attempting a random access effectively

• US 8,509,164 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sung-Jun, Yi, Seung-June, Lee, Young-Dae, Chun, Sung-Duck
• Primary Examiner(s): TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M
• Application Number:
  US12/668,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20100142470A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,832 Days
• Field of Search: 370/329, 370/315, 370/311, 370/252, 455/509, 455/450, 455/522
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/188 Time-out mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements

Abstract

Disclosed is a radio (wireless) communication system providing a radio communication service and the terminal, and more particularly, to a method for re-attempting a rapid random access when a problem occurs in the random access procedure in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) evolved from the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a first random access preamble;

receiving a random access response in response to the first random access preamble, the received random access response including radio resource allocation information;

transmitting the uplink data using the radio resource allocation information and starting a contention resolution timer, the uplink data transmitted using Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ);

re-transmitting the uplink data when a positive acknowledgment corresponding to the uplink data transmission is not received;

determining whether a number of uplink data transmissions is equal to or greater than a maximum number of HARQ transmissions; and

transmitting a second random access preamble before the contention resolution timer expires when the number of uplink data transmissions is equal to or greater than the maximum number of HARQ transmissions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second random access preambles are the same.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second random access preambles are used in a contention-based random access procedure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the received random access response is in a form of a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU).

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the MAC PDU is received via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the received random access response further includes at least a random access preamble identifier (ID), a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) or time alignment command information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio resource allocation information comprises uplink grant information.

8. A method of transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a first random access preamble;

receiving a random access response in response to the first random access preamble, the received random access response including radio resource allocation information;

transmitting the uplink data using the radio resource allocation information and starting a contention resolution timer, the uplink data transmitted using Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ);

re-transmitting the uplink data when a positive acknowledgment corresponding to the uplink data transmission is not received;

determining whether a number of uplink data transmissions is equal to or greater than a maximum number of HARQ transmissions; and

stopping the contention resolution timer and transmitting a second random access preamble when the number of uplink data transmissions is equal to or greater than the maximum number of HARQ transmissions.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the random access response is received via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and in a form of a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU).

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the received random access response further includes at least a random access preamble identifier (ID), a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) or time alignment command information.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the radio resource allocation information comprises uplink grant information.

12. A mobile terminal for transmitting uplink data in a wireless communications system, the mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver adapted to transmit or receive the uplink data;

a memory adapted to store uplink data transmitted or received via the transceiver or received from an external source; and

a processor adapted to;

transmit a first random access preamble,

receive a random access response in response to the first random access preamble, the received random access response including uplink grant information,

transmit uplink data using the uplink grant information and start a contention resolution timer, the uplink data transmitted using Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ),

re-transmit the uplink data when a positive acknowledgment corresponding to the uplink data transmission is not received,

determine whether a number of uplink data transmissions is equal to or greater than a maximum number of HARQ transmissions, and

stop the contention resolution timer and transmit a second random access preamble when the number of uplink data transmissions is equal to or greater than the maximum number of HARQ transmissions.