Wireless access method and apparatus, communications system, and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10791504-B2
Application number	US-201715716763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2017
Priority date	Mar 28, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A wireless access method and apparatus, the method including sending N first signal sets on N first resources, where N is an integer greater than 1, receiving Z response signals from a terminal for the N first signal sets, where each response signal of the response signals comprises indication information of a resource on which the respective first signal set of the N first signal sets is located, Z is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and Z is less than or equal to N, and sending M second signal sets on M second resources according to the Z response signals, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and each second signal set of the M second signal sets corresponds to at least one of the N first signal sets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, a first signal set from a wireless network device, a number of the first signal set being one or more than one, and the first signal set comprising a synchronization signal;
sending, by the terminal device to the wireless network device based on the first signal set, a request signal, the request signal requesting a second signal from the wireless network device, wherein the second signal carries at least one of cell reselection information, a neighboring cell list, notification information of an earthquake and tsunami warning (ETWS), or notification information of a common alert (CMAS), wherein a sequence length of the request signal is the same as a physical random access channel (PRACH) sequence length; and
receiving, by the terminal device, the second signal from the wireless network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal set further comprises a broadcast signal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the request signal carries indication information of one or more resources on which the synchronization signal and a broadcast signal of a corresponding first signal set are located, and wherein the corresponding first signal set is the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a first resource used by the request signal is determined according to a second resource used by a corresponding synchronization signal and broadcast signal of a corresponding first signal set, wherein the first resource used by the request signal comprises at least one of a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource, and wherein the second resource used by the corresponding synchronization signal and broadcast signal of a corresponding first signal set comprises at least one of a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource.

5. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the terminal device, a random access signal to the wireless network device after sending the request signal to the wireless network device.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the random access signal and the request signal satisfy at least one of the following: the random access signal and the request signal use different code resources, the random access signal and the request signal use a same frequency resource, or relative locations of symbols occupied in a subframe by the random access signal and the request signal are the same.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second signal is broadcast.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a resource used by the request signal is associated with a corresponding first signal set which is the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the resource used by the request signal is associated with a corresponding first signal set includes at least one of the following:
a time resource used by the request signal is associated with at least one of a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource of the corresponding first signal set;
a frequency resource used by the request signal is associated with at least one of a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource of the corresponding first signal set; or
a space resource used by the request signal is associated with at least one of a time resource, a frequency resource, or a code resource of the corresponding first signal set.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises performing, by the terminal device, before the sending the request signal, at least one of:
determining that the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets meets a first feedback condition, wherein the first feedback condition comprises a peak or a reference signal received power (RSRP) of the synchronization signal in the first signal set or in the signal set of the plurality of received first signals exceeding a preset threshold; or
determining that the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets meets a second feedback condition, wherein the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets comprises the synchronization signal and a measurement pilot signal, and wherein the second feedback condition comprises a peak of the synchronization signal exceeding a preset threshold, and an RSRP of the measurement pilot signal exceeding a preset threshold; or
determining that the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets meets a third feedback condition, wherein the first signal set or the signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets comprises the synchronization signal and a broadcast signal, and wherein the third feedback condition comprises that a peak or an RSRP of the synchronization signal exceeds a preset threshold and the broadcast signal is correctly demodulated.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second signal is received by a terminal when the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC)-idle mode.

12. A communication apparatus, which is a terminal device or used for a terminal device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors, the program including instructions for:
receiving a first signal set from a wireless network device, a number of signals of the first signal set being one or more than one, and the first signal set comprising a synchronization signal;
sending, to the wireless network device based on the first signal set, a request signal, the request signal requesting a second signal from the wireless network device, wherein the second signal carries at least one of cell reselection information, a neighboring cell list, notification information of an earthquake and tsunami warning (ETWS), or notification information of a common alert (CMAS), wherein a sequence length of the request signal is the same as a physical random access channel (PRACH) sequence length; and
receiving the second signal from the wireless network device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the first signal set further comprises a broadcast signal.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the program further includes instructions for:
sending a random access signal to the wireless network device after sending the request signal to the wireless network device.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the random access signal and the request signal satisfy at least one of the following: the random access signal and the request signal use different code resources, the random access signal and the request signal use a same frequency resource, or relative locations of symbols occupied in a subframe by the random access signal and the request signal are the same.

16. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the second signal is broadcast.

17. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a resource used by the request signal is associated with a corresponding first signal set which is the first signal set or a signal set of a plurality of received first signal sets.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the resource used by the request signal is associated with a corresponding first signal set includes at least one of the foll

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Kunpeng
• Zhou Yongxing
• Zhang Leiming

Classifications

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04B7/06952 Primary

  Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W56/001

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title