User equipment and power control method for random access

• US 9,516,611 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2012
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Youngbum, Han, Jinkyu, Kim, Younsun, Lee, Juho, Cho, Joon Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Wesley
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shiue, Dong-Chang
• Application Number:
  US13/402,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20120214538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,749 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment

Abstract

An improved power control method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for facilitating random access procedure in a mobile communication system based on a distributed antenna system. A method includes receiving, by the terminal, system information from a base station, the system information including transmit power information for transmitting a random access preamble; calculating a transmit power using the transmit power information; and transmitting the random access preamble using with the calculated transmit power.

Claims

1. A power control method for random access of a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, reference signal information for a plurality of reference signals for a plurality of antenna ports via a higher layer;

measuring a plurality of pathlosses for the plurality of the antenna ports of a base station, using the plurality of the reference signals and reference signal power information included in the reference signal information;

calculating a transmit power of a random access preamble using a pathloss having a smallest value among the measured pathlosses; and

transmitting the random access preamble using the calculated transmit power.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signal information relates to Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) per antenna port.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the reference signal information comprises CSI-RS pattern information for measuring pathloss for each antenna port of the base station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system is configured with a distributed antenna system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the reference signals is received via each of the antenna ports of the base station.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmit power of the random access preamble (P_PRACH) is calculated using:

P_PRACH=min{P_CMAX, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER+min(PL(k))}[dBm],

wherein P_CMAX represents a maximum User Equipment(UE) output power based on a UE class and higher layer signaling configuration, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER represents a random access preamble reception power required for the base station to receive the random access preamble, determined based on the higher layer signal parameters, and PL(k) represents the pathloss between the UE and a k^th antenna port.

7. An apparatus for controlling transmit power in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive reference signal information for a plurality of reference signals for a plurality of antenna ports via a higher layer;

a power control controller configured to measure a plurality of pathlosses for the plurality of the antenna ports of a base station, using the plurality of the reference signals and reference signal power information included in the reference signal information, to calculate a transmit power of a random access preamble using a pathloss having a smallest value among the measured pathlosses, and to transmit the random access preamble using the calculated transmit power.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the reference signal information relates to Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) per antenna port.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the reference signal information comprises CSI-RS pattern information for measuring pathloss for each antenna port of the base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the mobile communication system is configured with a distributed antenna system.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the reference signals is received via each of the antenna ports of the base station.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the transmit power of the random access preamble(P_PRACH) is calculated using:

P_PRACH=min{P_CMAX, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER+min(PL(k))}[dBm],

wherein P_CMAX represents a maximum User Equipment(UE) output power based on a UE class and higher layer signaling configuration, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER represents a random access preamble reception power required for the base station to receive the random access preamble, determined based on the higher layer signal parameters, and PL(k) represents the pathloss between the UE and a k^th antenna port.

13. A random access method of a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the base station to a terminal, reference signal information for a plurality of reference signals for a plurality of antenna ports via a higher layer; and

receiving a random access preamble from the terminal,

wherein a plurality of pathlosses for the plurality of the antenna ports of a base station is measured, by the terminal, using the plurality of the reference signals and reference signal power information included in the reference signal information, and

wherein a transmit power of the random access preamble is calculated, by the terminal, using a pathloss having a smallest value among the measured pathlosses.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the reference signal information relates to Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) per antenna,

wherein the reference signal information comprises CSI-RS pattern information for measuring pathloss for each antenna port of the base station, and

wherein the mobile communication system is configured with a distributed antenna system.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the reference signals is received via each of the antenna ports of the base station, and

wherein the transmit power of the random access preamble(P_PRACH) is calculated using:

P_PRACH=min{P_CMAX, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER+min(PL(k))}[dBm],

wherein P_CMAX represents a maximum User Equipment (UE) output power based on a UE class and higher layer signaling configuration, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER represents a random access preamble reception power required for the base station to receive the random access preamble, determined based on the higher layer signal parameters, and PL(k) represents the pathloss between the UE and a k^th antenna port.

16. A base station that performs random access in a mobile communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver that transceives signals with a terminal; and

a power control controller configured to transmit reference signal information for a plurality of reference signals for a plurality of antenna ports to the terminal via a higher layer, and receive a random access preamble from the terminal,

wherein a plurality of pathlosses for the plurality of the antenna ports of a base station is measured, by the terminal, using the plurality of the reference signals and reference signal power information included in the reference signal information, and

wherein a transmit power of the random access preamble is calculated, by the terminal, using a pathloss having a smallest value among the measured pathlosses.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein the reference signal information relates to Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) per antenna,

wherein the reference signal information comprises CSI-RS pattern information for measuring pathloss for each antenna port of the base station, and

wherein the mobile communication system is configured with a distributed antenna system.

18. The base station of claim 16, wherein each of the reference signals is received via each of the antenna ports of the base station, and

wherein the transmit power of the random access preamble(P_PRACH) is calculated using:

P_PRACH=min{P_CMAX, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER+min(PL(k))}[dBm],

wherein P_CMAX represents a maximum User Equipment(UE) output power based on a UE class and higher layer signaling configuration, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER represents a random access preamble reception power required for the base station to receive the random access preamble, determined based on the higher layer signal parameters, and PL(k) represents the pathloss between the UE and a k^th antenna port.