Method for a user terminal to random access a carrier aggregation mobile communication system

• US 9,629,184 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2014
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chun, Sung Duck, Jung, Sung Hoon, Yi, Seung June, Lee, Young Dae, Park, Sung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Van Roie, Justin T
• Application Number:
  US14/453,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20140362803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

A method for random access to a base station by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation in which communication is conducted over a plurality of component carriers, and a terminal for the method are disclosed. When the UE performs a contention-based random access procedure in the mobile communication system to which CA technology is applied, the UE considers an uplink grant signal as a contention resolution message when receiving the uplink grant signal from a eNB only when the uplink grant signal is received through a downlink CC corresponding to an uplink CC used to transmit a random access preamble or a third message, to thereby prevent contention resolution from being erroneously ended.

Claims

1. A method for performing a random access procedure with a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation using a primary carrier and a secondary carrier, the method performed by a Base Station (BS) and comprising:

receiving, from the UE through the primary carrier, a first message comprising a random access preamble;

transmitting, to the UE through the primary carrier, a second message including first uplink (UL) grant information as a response to the random access preamble;

receiving, from the UE through an uplink radio resource corresponding to the first UL grant information, a third message including identity information of the UE; and

transmitting, to the UE, a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary carrier and a second PDCCH on the secondary carrier, both of the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH being indicated by the identity information of the UE,

wherein the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier is considered as a contention resolution message for a contention resolution procedure, the contention resolution message being used for indicating the contention resolution procedure is successful, and

wherein the second PDCCH transmitted through the secondary carrier is not considered as the contention resolution message for the contention resolution procedure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity information of the UE is a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) Medium Access Control (MAC) control element which indicates C-RNTI of the UE, and the random access procedure is initiated by the UE.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, when the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier indicates the C-RNTI of the UE, and includes second UL grant information for new data transmission, the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity information of the UE is a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) Medium Access Control (MAC) control element which indicates C-RNTI of the UE, and the random access procedure is initiated by a command of the BS.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein when the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier indicates the C-RNTI of the UE, the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure in a first case in which the first PDCCH includes second UL grant information or in a second case in which the first PDCCH includes downlink assignment information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity information of the UE is a UE contention resolution identity Medium Access Control (MAC) control element which includes an identifier other than a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) of the UE.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein when the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier indicates temporary C-RNTI of the UE, and a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the first PDCCH includes the UE contention resolution identity MAC control element the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation is performed through the secondary carrier, independently of receiving the third message and transmitting the carriers PDCCH.

10. An evolved NodeB (eNB) which performs a random access procedure with a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation using a primary carrier and a secondary carrier, the eNB comprising:

a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer module including a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entities respectively corresponding to the primary carrier and the secondary carrier, and configured to control signal transmission and reception using the primary carrier; and

a processor functionally connected to the MAC layer module and including a physical layer module configured to

receive, from the UE through the primary carrier, a first message comprising a random access preamble,

transmit, to the UE through the primary carrier, a second message including first uplink (UL) grant information as a response to the random access preamble,

receive, from the UE through an uplink radio resource corresponding to the first UL grant information, a third message including identity information of the UE; and

transmit, to the UE, a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary carrier and a second PDCCH on the secondary carrier, both of the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH being indicated by the identity information of the UE,

wherein the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier is considered as a contention resolution message for a contention resolution procedure, the contention resolution message being used for indicating the contention resolution procedure is successful, and

wherein the second PDCCH transmitted through the secondary carrier is not considered as the contention resolution message for the contention resolution procedure.

11. The eNB of claim 10, wherein the identity information of the UE is a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) Medium Access Control (MAC) control element which indicates C-RNTI of the UE, and the random access procedure is initiated by the UE.

12. The eNB of claim 11, wherein, when the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier indicates the C-RNTI of the UE, and includes second uplink (UL) grant information for new data transmission, the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure.

13. The eNB of claim 10, wherein the identity information of the UE is a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) Medium Access Control (MAC) control element which indicates C-RNTI of the UE, and the random access procedure is initiated by a command of the eNB.

14. The eNB of claim 13, wherein when the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier indicates the C-RNTI of the UE, the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure.

15. The eNB of claim 14, wherein the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure in a first case in which the first PDCCH includes second uplink (UL) grant information or in a second case in which the first PDCCH includes downlink assignment information.

16. The eNB of claim 10, wherein the identity information of the UE is a UE contention resolution identity Medium Access Control (MAC) control element which includes an identifier other than a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) of the UE.

17. The eNB of claim 16, wherein when the first PDCCH is transmitted through the primary carrier indicates temporary C-RNTI of the UE, and a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the first PDCCH includes the UE contention resolution identity MAC control element the contention resolution procedure is considered as a successful procedure.

18. The eNB of claim 10, wherein a HARQ operation is performed through the secondary carrier, independently of reception of the third message and transmission of the first PDCCH.

19. A method for performing a random access procedure by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation using a primary carrier and a secondary carrier, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the UE, a first message comprising a random access preamble through the primary carrier;

receiving, by the UE through the primary carrier, a second message including first uplink (UL) grant information as a response to the random access preamble;

transmitting, by the UE, a third message including identity information of the UE through an uplink radio resource corresponding to the first UL grant information; and

receiving, by the UE, a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary carrier and a second PDCCH on the secondary carrier, both of the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH being indicated by the identity information of the UE,

wherein the first PDCCH transmitted through the primary carrier is considered as a contention resolution message for a contention resolution procedure, the contention resolution message being used for indicating the contention resolution procedure is successful, and

wherein the second PDCCH transmitted through the secondary carrier is not considered as the contention resolution message for the contention resolution procedure.