Random access method, terminal device and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11523428-B2
Application number	US-202117158292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	Jul 26, 2018
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a random access method, a terminal device and a network device. The random access method includes transmitting a two-step random access request message to a network device. A data part is carried in the two-step random access request message, and the data part is acquired through performing layer-two processing in accordance with layer-two configuration information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A random access method for a terminal device in a New Radio (NR) system, comprising:
transmitting a two-step random access request message to a network device;
wherein a data part is carried in the two-step random access request message, and the data part is acquired through performing layer-two processing in accordance with layer-two configuration information,
when the layer-two configuration information comprises packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer configuration information, and the PDCP layer configuration information comprises indication information indicating that a default value of a PDCP sequence number (SN) size is a short PDCP SN size, the short PDCP SN size is a shortest one of all of the PDCP SN sizes, prior to transmitting the two-step random access request message to the network device, the random access method further comprises:
numbering, through the PDCP layer entity, data delivered by the SDAP layer entity in accordance with the short PDCP SN size, and delivering the numbered data to an RLC layer entity, to acquire the data part;
and/or
when the layer-two configuration information comprises radio link control (RLC) layer configuration information and the RLC layer configuration information comprises indication information indicating that a default RLC transmission mode is a Transparent Mode (TM), prior to transmitting the two-step random access request message to the network device, the random access method further comprises:
directly delivering, through an RLC layer entity, data delivered by the PDCP layer entity to an MAC layer entity via a logic channel in the TM, to acquire the data part.

2. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein the layer-two configuration information further comprises:
service data adaption protocol (SDAP) layer configuration information.

3. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein prior to transmitting the two-step random access request message to the network device, the random access method further comprises:
receiving the layer-two configuration information transmitted from the network device.

4. The random access method according to claim 3 , wherein the layer-two configuration information is received through a system broadcasting message, or the layer-two configuration information is received through a radio resource control (RRC) release message.

5. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein a configuration type of the layer-two configuration information is a cell-specific configuration or a radio access network (RAN)-specific configuration.

6. The random access method according to claim 5 , wherein when the configuration type of the layer-two configuration information is the cell-specific configuration, after completion of cell reselection by the terminal device,
the terminal device updates, in accordance with agreement in a protocol, the layer-two configuration information as layer-two configuration information corresponding to a new cell; or
the terminal device updates, in accordance with an acquired system broadcasting message of the new cell, the layer-two configuration information as the layer-two configuration information corresponding to the new cell.

7. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein when the layer-two configuration information further comprises the SDAP layer configuration information, and the SDAP layer configuration information comprises default data radio bearer (DRB) information, prior to transmitting the two-step random access request message to the network device, the random access method further comprises:
mapping, through an SDAP layer entity, data delivered by an upper layer to a default DRB corresponding to the default DRB information, and delivering the data to a PDCP layer entity associated with the default DRB, to acquire the data part; and/or
when the layer-two configuration information comprises media access control (MAC) layer configuration information, the MAC layer configuration information comprises a default value of a logic channel and a priority value corresponding to the logic channel, prior to transmitting the two-step random access request message to the network device, the random access method further comprises:
when data has been received through the MAC layer entity from a plurality of default logic channels, multiplexing a logic channel for data transmission in accordance with the priority values corresponding to the plurality of default logic channels.

8. The random access method according to claim 1 , wherein subsequent to transmitting the two-step random access request message to the network device, the random access method further comprises:
receiving a two-step random access response message transmitted from the network device;
when the two-step random access response message comprises indication information indicating that the data part has not been received successfully yet, retransmitting the data part in accordance with default maximum hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission times.

9. A random access method for a network device in a NR system, comprising:
receiving a two-step random access request message from a terminal device;
wherein a data part is carried in the two-step random access request message, and the data part is acquired through performing layer-two processing in accordance with layer-two configuration information,
when the layer-two configuration information comprises PDCP layer configuration information, and the PDCP layer configuration information comprises indication information indicating that a default value of a PDCP SN size is a short PDCP SN size, the short PDCP SN size is a shortest one of all of the PDCP SN sizes, and the data part is acquired by numbering, through the PDCP layer entity, data delivered by the SDAP layer entity in accordance with the short PDCP SN size, and delivering the numbered data to an RLC layer entity;
and/or
when the layer-two configuration information comprises RLC layer configuration information and the RLC layer configuration information comprises indication information indicating that a default RLC transmission mode is a TM, the data part is acquired by directly delivering, through an RLC layer entity, data delivered by the PDCP layer entity to an MAC layer entity via a logic channel in the TM.

10. The random access method according to claim 9 , wherein the layer-two configuration information further comprises:
SDAP layer configuration information.

11. The random access method according to claim 10 , wherein prior to receiving the two-step random access request message from the terminal device, the random access method further comprises:
transmitting the layer-two configuration information to the terminal device.

12. The random access method according to claim 11 , wherein the layer-two configuration information is transmitted through a system broadcasting message, or the layer-two configuration information is transmitted through an RRC release message.

13. The random access method according to claim 9 , wherein a configuration type of the layer-two configuration information is a cell-specific configuration or an RAN-specific configuration.

14. The random access method according to claim 9 , wherein subsequent to receiving the two-step random access request message from the terminal device, the random access method further comprises:
decoding, through an MAC layer entity, the data part;
when the MAC layer entity has successfully decoded the data part, feeding back that the data part has been successfully received through a two-step random access respon

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Yanxia
• Wu Yumin

Classifications

• H04W74/006

  in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal · CPC title

• H04W74/004

  in the uplink, i.e. towards network · CPC title

• H04W80/02

  Data link layer protocols · CPC title

• H04W28/04

  Error control · CPC title

• H04W28/0263

  involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT] · CPC title