Method and apparatus for a mobile selection based initial access scheme in a multicarrier system

• US 9,717,096 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Joon Young, Ji, Hyoung Ju, Yeon, Myung Hoon, Kim, Young Bum
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Chirag
• Assistant Examiner(s): REDDIVALAM, SRINIVASA R
• Application Number:
  US12/817,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20100322174A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,595 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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

Abstract

A method and apparatus for initial access of a mobile device in multi-carrier system. A base station transmits initial access resource information about the entire system band to the mobile device through a specific carrier to which the mobile device tries initial access. The mobile device determines an uplink initial access band by using received initial access resource information. The base station enables initial access through a predefined downlink response band.

Claims

1. A method for performing initial access by a mobile device in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station on a first carrier trying initial access, first system information including a multi-carrier indication information and second system information including initial access resource information including first initial access resource information on the first carrier and second initial access resource information on a second carrier;

selecting an initial access resource by using the multi-carrier indication information and the received initial access resource information; and

transmitting, to the base station, an initial access signal by using the selected initial access resource,

wherein the multi-carrier indication information indicates that the first carrier is a part of the multi-carrier,

wherein the initial access resource information includes permission information indicating whether the mobile device is allowed to access to the first carrier and the second carrier, and

wherein the permission information is generated based on initial access rate for each of the first carrier and the second carrier by the base station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial access resource information includes information about an uplink band corresponding to a downlink band, and

wherein transmitting the initial access signal comprises transmitting the initial access signal through a band that is predetermined using the information about the uplink band.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial access resource information includes a master information block about an entire system band, and

wherein transmitting the initial access signal comprises transmitting the initial access signal to the base station, without receiving a broadcast channel, after selecting the initial access resource.

4. A method for performing initial access by a base station in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a mobile device through a first carrier to which the mobile device tries the initial access, first system information including multi-carrier indication information and second system information including initial access resource information including first initial access resource information on the first carrier and second initial access resource information on a second carrier;

receiving an initial access signal through an initial access resource selected by the mobile device by using the multi-carrier indication information and the received initial access resource information; and

transmitting, to the mobile device, an initial access response signal in response to the received initial access signal,

wherein the multi-carrier indication information indicates that the first carrier is a part of the multi-carrier,

wherein the initial access resource information includes permission information indicating whether the mobile device is allowed to access to the first carrier and the second carrier, and

wherein the permission information is generated based on initial access rate for each of the first carrier and the second carrier by the base station.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the initial access resource information includes information about an uplink band corresponding to a downlink band, and

wherein receiving the initial access signal comprises receiving the initial access signal through a band that is predetermined using the information about the uplink band.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the initial access resource information includes a master information block about an entire system band, and

wherein receiving the initial access signal comprises receiving the initial access signal, without receiving a broadcast channel, after the mobile device selects the initial access resource.

7. A mobile device for performing initial access to a base station in a multi-carrier system, the mobile device comprising:

a transceiver that transmits and receives a signal for the initial access; and

a controller that controls receiving, from the base station through a first carrier trying the initial access, first system information including multi-carrier indication information and second system information including initial access resource information including first initial access resource information on the first carrier and second initial access resource information on a second carrier selects an initial access resource by using the multi-carrier indication information and the received initial access resource information, and controls transmitting an initial access signal to the base station by using the selected initial access resource,

wherein the multi-carrier indication information indicates that the first carrier is a part of the multi-carrier,

wherein the initial access resource information includes permission information indicating whether the mobile device is allowed to access to the first carrier and the second carrier, and

wherein the permission information is generated based on initial access rate for each of the first carrier and the second carrier by the base station.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the initial access resource information includes information about an uplink band corresponding to a downlink band, and

wherein the controller controls transmitting the initial access signal through a band predetermined using the information about the uplink band.

9. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the initial access resource information includes a master information block about an entire system band, and

wherein the controller controls transmitting the initial access signal to the base station, without receiving a broadcast channel, after selecting the initial access resource.

10. A base station for performing initial access with a mobile device in a multi-carrier system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal; and

a controller for transmitting first system information including a multi-carrier indication information and second system information including initial access resource information including first initial access resource information on a first carrier to which the mobile device tries initial access and second initial access resource information on a second carrier and receiving an initial access signal through an initial access resource selected by the mobile device by using the multi-carrier indication information and the initial access resource information,

wherein the multi-carrier indication information indicates that the first carrier is a part of the multi-carrier,

wherein the initial access resource information includes permission information indicating whether the mobile device is allowed to access to the first carrier and the second carrier, and

wherein the permission information is generated based on initial access rate for each of the first carrier and the second carrier by the base station.

11. The base station of claim 10, wherein the initial access resource information includes information about an uplink band corresponding to a downlink band, and

wherein the transceiver receives the initial access signal through a band that is predetermined using the information about the uplink band.

12. The base station of claim 10, wherein the initial access resource information includes a master information block about an entire system band, and

wherein the transceiver receives the initial access signal, without receiving a broadcast channel, after the mobile device selects the initial access resource.