Radio access for a wireless device and base station

• US 9,220,116 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2015
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC (Ofinno, LLC)
• Inventors: Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Charles C
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAMARA, MOHAMED A
• Application Number:
  US14/797,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20150319786A1
• Time in Patent Office: 164 Days
• Field of Search: 370/310, 370/324, 370/350, 370/395.62, 370328-329, 370/336, 370338-339, 370/341, 455/67.3, 455443-444, 455/446, 455448-450, 455/458, 455/464, 455/502, 455524-525
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/261 Details of reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2662 Symbol synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/22 taking into account previous information or commands
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0005 synchronizing of arrival of multiple uplinks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

A wireless device receives control message(s) configuring a plurality of cell groups comprising a first cell group and a second cell group. The wireless device transmits, as a part of a random access process, a first random access preamble in the second cell group. The wireless device aborts the random access process if a first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

Claims

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more communication interfaces;

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the wireless device to;

receive at least one control message comprising;

configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of cell groups, the plurality of cell groups comprising;

a first cell group comprising a first subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the first cell group being derived employing a first cell in the first cell group; and

a second cell group comprising a second subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the second cell group being derived employing a second cell in the second cell group;

a first information element for a first time alignment timer of the first cell group; and

a second information element for a second time alignment timer of the second cell group;

transmit, as a part of a random access process and while the first time alignment timer of the first cell group is running, a first random access preamble in the second cell group; and

abort the random access process if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to transmit a second random access preamble in the first cell group if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

3. The wireless device of claim 2, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to receive a random access response on the first cell.

4. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to release at least one control channel if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

5. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to ignore any downlink assignments and uplink grants received in at least one downlink control channel if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to ignore any timing advance command for the second cell group if the first time alignment timer of the primary cell group expires.

7. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein transmission power of the first random access preamble is determined, at least in part, employing received power of the second cell in the second cell group.

8. The wireless device of claim 7, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to transmit a second random access preamble in the first cell group, transmission power of the second random access preamble being determined, at least in part, employing received power of the first cell.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, at least one control message comprising;

configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of cell groups, the plurality of cell groups comprising;

a first cell group comprising a first subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the first cell group being derived employing a first cell in the first cell group; and

a second cell group comprising a second subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the second cell group being derived employing a second cell in the second cell group;

a first information element for a first time alignment timer of the first cell group; and

a second information element for a second time alignment timer of the second cell group;

receiving, while a first time alignment timer of the first cell group is running, a signal initiating a random access process in the second cell group in the wireless device; and

aborting the random access process if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the aborting of the random access process causes the wireless device:

a) to stop transmission of a random access preamble for the random access process, if the random access preamble has not yet been transmitted; and

b) to stop monitoring for random access response corresponding to the random access preamble, if the random access preamble has been transmitted.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting a second random access preamble on the first cell group to obtain uplink transmission timing of the first cell group if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein transmission power of the first random access preamble is determined, at least in part, employing received power of the second cell in the second cell group.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising transmitting a second random access preamble on the first cell group, transmission power of the second random access preamble being determined, at least in part, employing received power of the first cell.

14. A wireless device comprising:

one or more communication interfaces;

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the wireless device to;

receive at least one control message comprising;

configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of cell groups, the plurality of cell groups comprising;

a first cell group comprising a first subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the first cell group being derived employing a first cell in the first cell group; and

a second cell group comprising a second subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the second cell group being derived employing a second cell in the second cell group;

a first information element for a first time alignment timer of the first cell group; and

a second information element for a second time alignment timer of the second cell group;

receive, while a first time alignment timer of the first cell group is running, a signal initiating a random access process in the second cell group in the wireless device; and

abort the random access process if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

15. The wireless device of claim 14, wherein transmission power of the first random access preamble is determined, at least in part, employing received power of the second cell in the second cell group.

16. The wireless device of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to transmit a second random access preamble on the first cell group, transmission power of the second random access preamble being determined, at least in part, employing received power of the first cell.

17. The wireless device of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to release at least one control channel if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

18. The wireless device of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to transmit a second random access preamble in the first cell group if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.

19. The wireless device of claim 18, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to receive a random access response on the first cell.

20. The wireless device of claim 19, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to ignore any downlink assignments and uplink grants received in at least one downlink control channel if the first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.