Random access method and apparatus, and communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12549269-B2
Application number	US-202118254115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	Nov 24, 2020
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

The method includes: receiving, by user equipment UE, supplementary uplink SUL configuration information, wherein the SUL configuration information comprises a plurality of SULs, a plurality of supplementary downlink SDLs respectively matching the plurality of SULs, and SDL measurement configuration information; measuring, by the UE, reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs based on the SDL measurement configuration information; selecting, by the UE, at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs, and selecting a second SDL from the at least one first SDL, wherein the second SDL has highest reference signal strength in the at least one first SDL; and initiating, by the UE, random access over an SUL corresponding to the second SDL.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A terminal device, comprising:
at least one processor; and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor and configured to store programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to: receive supplementary uplink (SUL) configuration information, wherein the SUL configuration information comprises a plurality of SULs, a plurality of supplementary downlink (SDL) s respectively matching the plurality of SULs, and SDL measurement configuration information; measure reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs based on the SDL measurement configuration information; select at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs, and selecting a second SDL from the at least one first SDL, wherein the second SDL has highest reference signal strength in the at least one first SDL; and initiate random access over an SUL corresponding to the second SDL.

2 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the receive SUL configuration information comprises:
receive a normal downlink (NDL) beam, wherein the NDL beam comprises SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam, and the SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam comprises one SUL, one SDL matching the SUL, and SDL measurement configuration information.

3 . The terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam comprises a plurality of SULs, a plurality of SDLs respectively matching the plurality of SULs, and SDL measurement configuration information; and
the NDL beam further comprises an SSB index, different NDL beams comprise different SSB indexes, and the SSB index indicates an SUL used to initiate random access.

4 . The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the select at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs comprises:
select the at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs and one or more of the following parameters: the SSB index, the validity identifier, and the priority information, wherein an SUL corresponding to the first SDL is the SUL indicated by the SSB index, and has a valid validity identifier or a highest priority.

5 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving SUL configuration information comprises:
receive the broadcast SUL configuration information.

6 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the SUL configuration information further comprises NDL measurement configuration information, and the programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the terminal device to:
measure reference signal strength of a normal downlink NDL; and the select at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs comprises: select the at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs and the reference signal strength of the NDL, wherein reference signal strength of the at least one first SDL is greater than the reference signal strength of the NDL.

7 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the SUL configuration information further comprises an NDL threshold, and the programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the terminal device to:
measure reference signal strength of a normal downlink NDL, wherein when the reference signal strength of the NDL is less than the NDL threshold, an SDL whose reference signal strength is measured is the at least one first SDL.

8 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the SUL configuration information further comprises an NDL threshold and SDL thresholds corresponding to the SDLs, and the programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the terminal device to:
measure reference signal strength of a normal downlink NDL; and when reference signal strength of the at least one first SDL is greater than the corresponding SDL threshold, the select a second SDL from the at least one first SDL comprises: when the reference signal strength of the NDL is less than the NDL threshold, select the second SDL with the highest reference signal strength from the at least one first SDL.

9 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the SUL configuration information comprises SDL thresholds corresponding to the SDLs, and the programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the terminal device to:
measure reference signal strength of a normal downlink NDL; and the select at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs comprises: select the at least one first SDL from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs, the SDL thresholds, and the reference signal strength of the NDL, wherein reference signal strength of the at least one first SDL is greater than corresponding SDL thresholds, and is greater than the reference signal strength of the NDL.

10 . A base station device, comprising:
at least one processor; and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor and configured to store programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the base station device to: send supplementary uplink (SUL) configuration information, wherein the SUL configuration information comprises a plurality of SULs, a plurality of supplementary downlink (SDL) s respectively matching the plurality of SULs, and SDL measurement configuration information, so that user equipment UE measures reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs based on the SDL measurement configuration information, and initiates random access over an SUL corresponding to a second SDL, wherein the second SDL has highest reference signal strength in at least one first SDL, and the at least one first SDL is selected by the UE from the plurality of SDLs based on the reference signal strength of the plurality of SDLs.

11 . The base station device of claim 10 , wherein the send SUL configuration information comprises:
omnidirectionally broadcast the SUL configuration information.

12 . The base station device of claim 11 , wherein the SUL configuration information further comprises at least one of a normal downlink (NDL) threshold and a plurality of SDL thresholds.

13 . The base station device of claim 10 , wherein the send SUL configuration information comprises:
send SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam by using an NDL beam, wherein the SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam comprises one SUL, one SDL matching the SUL, and SDL measurement configuration information, wherein different NDL beams correspond to different SUL configuration information.

14 . The base station device of claim 13 , wherein the SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam further comprises at least one of an NDL threshold and an SDL threshold.

15 . The base station device of claim 10 , wherein the send SUL configuration information comprises: send SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam by using an NDL beam, wherein the SUL configuration information corresponding to the NDL beam comprises a plurality of SUL, a plurality of SDLs respectively matching the plurality of SULs, and SDL meas

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zhou
• Xue Lixia
• Liu Yun
• Xu Haibo

Classifications

• H04W74/0833 Primary

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

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W74/0866

  using a dedicated channel for access · CPC title