Method, device and system for uplink synchronization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10271317-B2
Application number	US-201515511962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2015
Priority date	Sep 17, 2014
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A method, device and system for uplink synchronization are provided, which relate to a LTE-Advanced system and solve the problem that a first communication node and a second communication node may not perform normal communication. The method includes: the first communication node configures resource set information corresponding to N uplink receiving beam groups, wherein N>0 and each uplink receiving beam group includes at least one uplink receiving beam; the first communication node detects uplink access signals on resource sets corresponding to one or more receiving beams according to the resource set information; and the first communication node sends uplink access response messages in responsive to uplink access signals meeting an uplink access condition after detecting the uplink access signals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for uplink synchronization, comprising:
configuring, by a first communication node, resource set information corresponding to N uplink receiving beam groups, wherein N is a positive integer and each uplink receiving beam group comprises at least one uplink receiving beam;
detecting, by the first communication node, uplink access signals on resource sets corresponding to one or more receiving beams according to the resource set information; and
sending, by the first communication node, uplink access response messages in responsive to uplink access signals meeting an uplink access condition after detecting the uplink access signals.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein configuring, by a first communication node, the resource set information corresponding to the N uplink receiving beam groups in at least one of the following manners:
the first communication node sends the resource set information corresponding to the uplink receiving beam groups to a second communication node through a broadcast and/or high-layer signaling; and
another first communication node which has established a connection with the second communication node and corresponds to another carrier sends the resource set information corresponding to the uplink receiving beam groups to the second communication node through high-layer signaling, wherein the another first communication node corresponding to the other carrier and the first communication node are the same first communication node, or they are different first communication nodes at separate physical locations.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
predetermining, by the first communication node, the corresponding resource set information with the second communication node.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource set information corresponding to the uplink receiving beam groups is divided in any one or more of the following manners:
different uplink receiving beams are divided by utilizing frequency-domain resource sets;
different uplink receiving beams are divided by utilizing time-domain resource sets; and
different uplink receiving beams are divided by utilizing code-domain resource sets.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink access response messages comprise any one or more of the following information:
frequency-domain resource sets corresponding to the uplink access signals;
time-domain resource sets corresponding to the uplink access signals; and
code-domain resource sets corresponding to the uplink access signals.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink access response messages further comprise:
uplink access signal Preamble Quality Indicators (PQIs) which indicate quality of the uplink access signals received by the first communication node.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication node is a base station or a terminal, and the second communication node is a base station or a terminal.

8. A method for uplink synchronization, comprising:
receiving, by a second communication node, resource set information configured by a first communication node and corresponding to N uplink receiving beam groups, and sending uplink access signals by adopting uplink transmitting beams on M corresponding resource sets according to the resource set information, wherein M and N are positive integers, 1<=M<=N and each uplink receiving beam group comprises at least one uplink receiving beam; and
receiving, by the second communication node, uplink access response messages fed back by the first communication node.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second communication node sends the uplink access signals by adopting the uplink transmitting beams in the following manner:
the second communication node divides the uplink transmitting beams into M groups, and sends different uplink access signals by adopting different uplink transmitting beam groups, wherein M>0, each uplink transmitting beam group comprises at least one uplink transmitting beam, and each grouped uplink transmitting beam is uniquely confirmed through a corresponding group index and an intra-group index.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein receiving, by the second communication node, the uplink access response messages fed back by the first communication node comprises:
receiving, by the second communication node, the uplink access response messages on different uplink access resource sets, the different uplink access resource sets being any one of: different time resource sets, different frequency resource sets, and different beam resource sets;
determining, by the second communication node, a corresponding group index and intra-group index of an uplink transmitting beam meeting an uplink access condition according to the uplink access response messages corresponding to the different uplink access resource sets.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second communication node divides the uplink transmitting beams into multiple uplink transmitting beam groups according to any one or more of the following manners:
different beams correspond to different time resource sets;
different beams correspond to different frequency resource sets; and
different beams correspond to different sequence resource sets.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein
the second communication node divides the uplink transmitting beams into multiple uplink transmitting beam groups according to any one or more of the following manners:
different groups correspond to different time resource sets;
different groups correspond to different frequency resource sets; and
different groups correspond to different sequence resource sets.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first communication node is a base station or a terminal, and the second communication node is a base station or a terminal.

14. A device for uplink synchronization, comprising:
a resource set configuration module, configured to configure resource set information corresponding to N uplink receiving beam groups, wherein N is a positive integers and each uplink receiving beam group comprises at least one uplink receiving beam;
an uplink access signal receiving module, configured to detect uplink access signals on resource sets corresponding to one or more receiving beams according to the resource set information; and
a response message sending module, configured to send uplink access response messages in responsive to uplink access signals meeting an uplink access condition after the uplink access signals are detected.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the resource set configuration module comprises:
a first configuration unit, configured to send the resource set information corresponding to the uplink receiving beam groups to a second communication node through a broadcast and/or high-layer signaling; and
a second configuration unit, configured to, by another first communication node which has established a connection with the second communication node and corresponds to another carrier, send the resource set information corresponding to the uplink receiving beam groups to the second communication node through high-layer signaling, wherein the another first communication node corresponding to the other carrier and the first communication node are the same first communication node, or they are different first communication nodes at separate physical locations.

16. The device according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a pre-configuration module, configured

Assignees

• Zte Corp
• Xian Zhongxing New Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Wenhao
• Guo Senbao
• Bi Feng
• Yu Guanghui
• Lu Zhaohua

Classifications

• H04W72/21 Primary

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04B7/0623

  Auxiliary parameters, e.g. power control [PCB] or not acknowledged commands [NACK], used as feedback information · CPC title

• H04W72/046

  the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams · CPC title