Random access method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12342280-B2
Application number	US-202217860911-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2022
Priority date	Jan 10, 2020
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A random access method and an apparatus. In one example: A terminal device receives a first wake-up signal, and then determines N random access channel occasions based on a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N random access channel occasions. The terminal device determines a first random access channel occasion in the N random access channel occasions, and sends a random access preamble on the first random access channel occasion. A network device uses, as a reception beam, a beam used to send the first wake-up signal, to receive the random access preamble sent by the terminal device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving a first wake-up signal, wherein the first wake-up signal is one of K wake-up signals, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
determining a first random access channel occasion (RO), wherein the first RO is one of N ROs, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and there is a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N RO, wherein there is a correspondence between the N ROs and an identifier of the first wake-up signal; and
sending a random access preamble on the first RO.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that there is a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N ROs comprises one or more of the following:
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first synchronization signal block (SSB), and there is a correspondence between the first SSB and the N ROs;
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and there is a correspondence between the first CSI-RS and the N ROs; or
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and there is a correspondence between the first DMRS and the N ROs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that the first wake-up signal is one of K wake-up signals comprises one or more of the following:
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal power is the highest in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal power is greater than or equal to a first threshold in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal strength is the highest in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal strength is greater than or equal to a second threshold in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal quality is the highest in the K wake-up signals; or
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal quality is greater than or equal to a third threshold in the K wake-up signals.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the K wake-up signals occupy different frequency domain resources, or the K wake-up signals occupy different time domain resources.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first wake-up signal indicates to monitor, on a paging occasion, downlink control information used for paging, or the first wake-up signal indicates whether to monitor, on a paging occasion, downlink control information used for paging.

7. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores instructions to be executed by the one or more processors, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, instructs the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first wake-up signal, wherein the first wake-up signal is one of K wake-up signals, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
determining a first random access channel occasion (RO), wherein the first RO is one of N ROs, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and there is a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N ROs, wherein there is a correspondence between the N ROs and an identifier of the first wake-up signal; and
sending a random access preamble on the first RO.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein that there is a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N ROs comprises one or more of the following:
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first synchronization signal block (SSB), and there is a correspondence between the first SSB and the N ROs;
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and there is a correspondence between the first CSI-RS and the N ROs; or
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and there is a correspondence between the first DMRS and the N ROs.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein that the first wake-up signal is one of K wake-up signals comprises one or more of the following:
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal power is the highest in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal power is greater than or equal to a first threshold in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal strength is the highest in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal strength is greater than or equal to a second threshold in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal quality is the highest in the K wake-up signals; or
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal quality is greater than or equal to a third threshold in the K wake-up signals.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the K wake-up signals occupy different frequency domain resources, or the K wake-up signals occupy different time domain resources.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first wake-up signal indicates to monitor, on a paging occasion, downlink control information used for paging, or the first wake-up signal indicates whether to monitor, on a paging occasion, downlink control information used for paging.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, instructs the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first wake-up signal, wherein the first wake-up signal is one of K wake-up signals, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
determining a first random access channel occasion (RO), wherein the first RO is one of N ROs, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and there is a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N ROs, wherein there is a correspondence between the N ROs and an identifier of the first wake-up signal; and
sending a random access preamble on the first RO.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein that there is a correspondence between the first wake-up signal and the N ROs comprises one or more of the following:
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first synchronization signal block (SSB), and there is a correspondence between the first SSB and the N ROs;
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and there is a correspondence between the first CSI-RS and the N ROs; or
the first wake-up signal is quasi-co-located with a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and there is a correspondence between the first DMRS and the N ROs.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein that the first wake-up signal is one of K wake-up signals comprises one or more of the following:
the first wake-up signal is a wake-up signal whose received signal power is the highest in the K wake-up signals;
the first wake-up signal is one of wake-up signals whose received signal power is greater than or equal to a first threshold in

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fei Yongqiang
• Zheng Juan
• Hou Hailong
• Li Chaojun

Classifications

• H04W74/0833 Primary

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

• H04W68/005

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

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

• H04L5/005

  of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals · CPC title