Method for re-direction of uplink access

• US 8,520,644 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Young Dae, Chun, Sung Duck, Park, Sung Jun, Yi, Seung June
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajibade Akonai, Olumide T
• Assistant Examiner(s): COSME, NATASHA W
• Application Number:
  US12/312,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20100067498A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,128 Days
• Field of Search: 370/336
• US Class Current: 370/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for prompt re-direction of uplink access of a specific user equipment is disclosed. For initial random access to a network, if a user equipment transmits a preamble, which includes information related to random access, to a network node, the network node sends grant/rejection information of the preamble and re-direction information as a response message to the preamble. In comparison with the related art which controls a rush of an access request of the user equipment through a second response message from the network node, since the rush of an access request is controlled by a first response message in the present invention, it is possible to promptly deal with abnormal communication status, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for a random access procedure by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a first random access preamble to a network;

receiving from the network, in response to the first random access preamble, a random access response message comprising wait time information through a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH),

wherein a control channel associated with the DL-SCH is used to receive the random access response message through the DL-SCH, and wherein the control channel is different from a broadcast channel,

wherein a random access response reception is considered not successful after receiving the random access response message; and

transmitting a second random access preamble to the network after a certain amount of time that is based on the wait time information received through the random access response message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first random access preamble comprises a signature for distinguishing the terminal from any other terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein transmitting the second random access preamble is performed if the random access response message does not comprise a signature same to the signature of the first random access preamble, or if the terminal does not receive the random access response message comprising the signature same to the signature of the first random access preamble for a predetermined period.

4. The method to claim 1 wherein the wait time information has a parameter value to be used in calculating the certain amount of time for transmitting the second random access preamble.

5. The method according to claim 1, if at least one of the first random access preamble and the second random access preamble collides with other random access preamble from any other terminal using same signature, same radio resource, and same time as at least one of the first random access preamble and the second random access preamble, the method further comprises:

receiving a contention resolution message from the network.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein

if the contention resolution message comprises a terminal identifier transmitted by the terminal in advance, the terminal establishes an uplink access with the network;

and

if the contention resolution message does not comprise the terminal identifier, the method further comprises retransmitting a third random access preamble.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the random access response message is identified by a RA-RNTI (Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier).

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the RA-RNTI is received through a L1/L2 control channel.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the random access response message comprising the wait time information is considered by the terminal such that a reception of the first random access preamble by the network is not successful.

7. A method for a random access procedure in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a first random access preamble from at least one terminal; and

transmitting to the at least one terminal, in response to the first random access preamble, a random access response message comprising wait time information through a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH),

wherein a control channel associated with the DL-SCH is used to transmit the random access response message through the DL-SCH, wherein the control channel is different from a broadcast channel,

wherein a random access response reception is considered not successful after transmitting the random access response message, and

wherein the wait time information, transmitted through the random access response message, is used for the at least one terminal to determine a certain amount of time for delaying a transmission of a second random access preamble.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the first random access preamble comprises a signature for distinguishing the at least one terminal from any other terminal.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the transmission of the second random access preamble is performed by the at least one terminal if the random access response message does not comprise a signature same to the signature of the first random access preamble, or if the at least one terminal does not receive the random access response message comprising the signature same to the signature of the first random access preamble for a predetermined period.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the random access response message is transmitted associated with a RA-RNTI (Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier).

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the RA-RNTI is transmitted through a L1/L2 control channel.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the random access response message comprising the wait time information is considered by the at least one terminal such that a reception of the first random access preamble by the network is not successful.