Radio communication system and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016100431-A1
Application number	US-201414889329-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 14, 2014
Priority date	May 8, 2013
Publication date	Apr 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A radio communication system includes a radio base station and a terminal device. The radio base station and the terminal device share correspondence information about subsets of preamble sequences obtained by segmenting preamble sequences available in the radio communication systems into groups, each of the subsets being associated with a received signal level at the terminal device and a number of repetitions for transmitting the preamble sequences of each of the subsets. Based upon a receive level of a signal transmitted from the radio base station, the terminal device selects a subset corresponding to the receive level by referring to the correspondence information and transmits a preamble sequence included in the selected subset at the number of repetitions associated with the selected subset.

First claim

1 .- 10 . (canceled)

11 . A radio communication system comprising: a radio base station; and
a terminal device, wherein the radio base station and the terminal device are configured to share correspondence information about subsets of preamble sequences obtained by segmenting preamble sequences available in the radio communication system into groups, each of the subsets being associated with a received signal level at the terminal device and a number of repetitions for transmitting the preamble sequences of each of the subsets, and wherein the terminal device is configured to, based upon a receive level of a signal transmitted from the radio base station, select a subset corresponding to the receive level by referring to the correspondence information and transmit a preamble sequence included in the selected subset at the number of repetitions associated with the selected subset.

12 . The radio communication system according to claim 11 ,
wherein upon receiving the preamble sequence from the terminal device, the radio base station is configured to refer to the correspondence information to determine the subset to which the received preamble sequence belongs and determine the number of repetitions associated with the determined subset; and wherein the radio base station is configured to transmit a response to the terminal device at the determined number of repetitions.

13 . The radio communication system according to claim 12 , wherein in the correspondence information, the number of repetitions for uplink messages including the preamble sequence and the number of repetitions for downlink messages including the response are separately associated with each of the subsets.

14 . The radio communication system according to claim 11 ,
wherein the correspondence information includes adjusting information for adjusting the number of repetitions for transmitting uplink messages including the preamble sequence, and wherein the terminal device transmits the uplink messages at an adjusted number of repetitions.

15 . The radio communication system according to claim 14 ,
wherein in the correspondence information, each of the subsets is associated with a predetermined range of the received signal level, and wherein the adjusting information is configured to adjust the number of repetitions based upon an actual measurement value of the signal received at the terminal device and a value expressing said predetermined range of the received signal level.

16 . The radio communication system according to claim 12 ,
wherein the correspondence information includes adjusting information for adjusting the number of repetitions for transmitting the uplink messages including the preamble sequence, and wherein the terminal device transmits the uplink messages at the adjusted number of repetitions.

17 . The radio communication system according to claim 16 ,
wherein in the correspondence information, each of the subsets is associated with a predetermined range of the received signal level, and wherein the adjusting information is configured to adjust the number of repetitions based upon an actual measurement value of the signal received at the terminal device and a value expressing said predetermined range of the received signal level.

18 . The radio communication system according to claim 13 ,
wherein the correspondence information includes adjusting information for adjusting the number of repetitions for transmitting uplink messages including the preamble sequence, and wherein the terminal device transmits the uplink messages at an adjusted number of repetitions.

19 . The radio communication system according to claim 18 ,
wherein in the correspondence information, each of the subsets is associated with a predetermined range of the received signal level, and wherein the adjusting information is configured to adjust the number of repetitions based upon an actual measurement value of the signal received at the terminal device and a value expressing said predetermined range of the received signal level.

20 . A terminal device used in a radio communication system, comprising:
a measurement device configured to measure a signal strength of a signal transmitted from a radio base station, a table configured to describe subsets of preamble sequences obtained by segmenting preamble sequences available in the radio communication system into groups, each of the subsets being associated with a received signal strength and a number of repetitions for transmitting the preamble sequences included in each of the subsets, a controller configured to select one of the subsets associated with the received signal strength based upon a measured signal strength and determine a number of repetitions for transmitting a preamble sequence selected from the subsets, by referring to the table, and a communication device configured to transmit the selected preamble sequence at the determined number of repetitions.

21 . The terminal device according to claim 20 ,
wherein a major part of the table is in common with a major part of a correspondence table used in the radio base station, and wherein the communication device is configured to receive a response responding to the preamble sequence and transmitted from the radio base station at the number of repetitions determined from the correspondence table.

22 . The terminal device according to claim 21 , wherein in the table, the number of repetitions for uplink messages including the preamble sequence and the number of repetitions for downlink messages including the response are separately associated with each of the subsets.

23 . The terminal device according to claim 20 ,
wherein the table includes adjusting information for adjusting the number of repetitions for transmitting uplink messages including the preamble sequence, and wherein the communication device is configured to transmit the uplink messages at an adjusted number of repetitions.

24 . The terminal device according to claim 20 ,
wherein in the table, each of the subsets is associated with a predetermined range of the received signal strength, and wherein the adjusting information is configured to adjust the number of repetitions based upon an actual measurement value of a signal received at the terminal device and a value expressing said predetermined range of the received signal strength.

25 . The terminal device according to claim 21 ,
wherein the table includes adjusting information for adjusting the number of repetitions for transmitting uplink messages including the preamble sequence, and wherein the communication device is configured to transmit the uplink messages at an adjusted number of repetitions.

26 . The terminal device according to claim 25 ,
wherein in the table, each of the subsets is associated with a predetermined range of the received signal strength, and wherein the adjusting information is configured to adjust the number of repetitions based upon an actual measurement value of a signal received at the terminal device and a value expressing said predetermined range of the received signal strength.

27 . The terminal device according to claim 22 ,
wherein the table includes adjusting information for adjusting the number of repetitions for transmitting uplink messages including the preamble sequence, and wherein the communication device is configured to transmit the uplink messages at an adjusted number of repetitions.

28 . The terminal device according to claim 27 ,
wherein in the table, each

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc

Inventors

• Kishiyama Yoshihisa
• Mu Qin
• Liu Liu
• Chen Lan

Classifications

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• H04W4/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W74/08 Primary

  Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA (hybrid access H04W74/02) · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title