Generation of random access preambles

• US 9,730,114 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Seunghee, Xiong, Gang
• Primary Examiner(s): Sciacca, Scott M
• Application Number:
  US14/317,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20150078264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0016 Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0058 Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0079 in case of hand-off failure or rejection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

Embodiments described herein relate generally to a random procedure between wireless transmit/receive units (“WTRUs”) and access nodes. A WTRU may be adapted to determine a repetition level that corresponds to a number of repetitions associated with communication with the access node. The WTRU may then determine at least one of a resource and/or a logical root sequence index associated with the random access procedure. The WTRU may transmit a random access preamble based on the resource and/or a logical root sequence index. The access node may be adapted to determine a repetition level associated with the WTRU based on the random access procedure. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus to be included in a wireless transmit and receive unit (“

WTRU”

), the apparatus comprising;

processing circuitry to;

determine a repetition level that corresponds to a number of repetitions associated with wireless communications between the WTRU and an access node;

generate a random access preamble based on a logical root sequence index associated with the determined repetition level; and

determine a resource of a physical random access channel (PRACH) for transmission of random access preambles associated with a repetition level equal to the determined repetition level, the resource determined from a first PRACH resource for transmission of random access preambles associated with a first repetition level and a second PRACH resource for transmission of random access preambles associated with a second repetition level, the first PRACH resource different than the second PRACH resource; and

communications circuitry, communicatively coupled with the processing circuitry, to transmit the generated random access preamble to the access node using the determined resource of the PRACH.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the WTRU is adapted for machine-type communication.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is to determine the repetition level based on an estimated path loss associated with the wireless communications between the WTRU and the access node.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determined resource is a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the determined resource is a code resource that comprises a root sequence index and a cyclic shift.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logical root sequence index is determined based on a cubic metric value, the cubic metric value to indicate whether the WTRU is associated with limited coverage.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first PRACH resource is a resource selected from a group consisting of a first time resource, a first frequency resource and a first code resource, and wherein the second PRACH resource is a resource selected from a group consisting of a second time resource, a second frequency resource and a second code resource.

8. An apparatus to be included in a wireless transmit and receive unit (“

WTRU”

), the apparatus comprising;

processing circuitry to;

generate a plurality of random access preambles for transmissions of messages from the WTRU based on a first logical root sequence index associated with a first repetition level, the first logical root sequence index different than a second logical root sequence index associated with a second repetition level used to generate a second plurality of random access preambles;

estimate a path loss between the WTRU and an access node;

determine a difference between a maximum output power of a cell provided by the access node and a sum of (1) a power offset between a random access preamble and a message scheduled for uplink transmission and (2) a preamble initial received target power;

compare the path loss with the determined difference;

determine a group of random access preambles from the plurality of random access preambles available for transmission in association with the message based on the comparison of the path loss with the determined difference;

identify a random access preamble within the determined group; and

determine a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource associated with the determined group from PRACH resources; and

communications circuitry, communicatively coupled with the processing circuitry, to transmit the identified random access preamble to the access node using the PRACH resource associated with the determined group.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the WTRU is adapted for machine-type communication.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the communications circuitry is to receive a system information block, that includes the first logical root sequence index, from the access node; and

the processing circuitry is further to identify a physical root sequence corresponding to the first logical root sequence index included in the system information block, wherein the plurality of random access preambles is generated by application of cyclic shifts to a Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to the physical root sequence.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first logical root sequence index corresponds to a cubic metric value that indicates coverage of the cell provided by the access node.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the communications circuitry is further to receive a system information block from the access node, wherein the system information block includes one or more message power offset values corresponding to one or more groups of random access preambles from the plurality of random access preambles, and wherein the determination of the group of random access preambles includes selection of the group from the one or more groups of random access preambles based on the one or more message power offset values.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is further to determine an available subframe of the PRACH based on one or more of physical layer timing requirements, a PRACH mask index and a PRACH configuration index, and wherein the transmission of the identified random access preamble is within the available subframe of the PRACH.

14. An apparatus to be included in an access node, the apparatus comprising:

communications circuitry to;

transmit, to a wireless transmit and receive unit (“

WTRU”

), a system information block that includes an indication of one or more resources of a physical random access channel (PRACH) for transmission of messages from the WTRU to the access node and a logical root sequence index for generation of a plurality of random access preambles associated with at least one repetition level, wherein each of the one or more resources correspond to a repetition level associated with transmissions to the access node; and

receive a random access preamble transmitted by the WTRU on a resource of the PRACH; and

processing circuitry, communicatively coupled with the communications circuitry, to;

detect the resource used by the WTRU for the transmission of the random access preamble;

compare the resource used by the WTRU with a plurality of different resources associated with different repetition levels; and

determine a repetition level of the WTRU based on the comparison.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the communications circuitry is further to transmit a random access response to the WTRU a number of times corresponding to the determined repetition level.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the indication includes an identification of a first portion of the one or more resources that are associated with a repetition level greater than one, and an identification of a second portion of the one or more resources that are associated with a repetition level of one.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the resource used by the WTRU is a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the code resource comprises a root sequence index and a cyclic shift.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the system information block includes the logical root sequence index that is based on a cubic metric value associated with communication with the WTRU.

20. An apparatus to be included in an access node, the apparatus comprising:

communications circuitry to;

transmit, to a wireless transmit and receive unit (“

WTRU”

), a system information block that includes a logical root sequence index associated with at least one repetition level to be used by the WTRU for generation of a plurality of random access preambles; and

receive a random access preamble, from the plurality of random access preambles, transmitted from the WTRU on a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource; and

processing circuitry, communicatively coupled with the communications circuitry, to determine a repetition level associated with the WTRU based on the random access preamble and the PRACH resource on which the random access preamble was transmitted.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the logical root sequence index is indicated in the system information block to be used where the WTRU is associated with a repetition level greater than one, and further wherein the system information block is to include another logical root sequence index that is indicated to be used where the WTRU is associated with a repetition level of one.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the system information block includes an indication of a group of random access preambles to be used where the WTRU is associated with a repetition level greater than one.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the system information block includes an indication of a resource to be used where the WTRU is associated with a repetition level greater than one, and the determination of the repetition level is further based on a resource associated with the random access preamble transmitted by the WTRU.

24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the logical root sequence index is based on a cubic metric value associated with communication with the WTRU.