Method for performing high-speed initial access process in wireless access system supporting ultrahigh frequency band, and device supporting same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9814076-B2
Application number	US-201314760453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2013
Priority date	Jan 28, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for performing an initial access process used in a wireless access system and in an ultrahigh frequency band, and devices supporting same. The method for performing a high-speed initial access process in a wireless access system supporting an ultrahigh frequency band, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: receiving a synchronizing signal; receiving a broadcast channel signal; generating a random access preamble by using pre-fixed physical random access parameters according to a small cell supported in the ultrahigh frequency band; and transmitting the generated random access preamble on the basis of the synchronizing signal and the broadcast channel signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for performing a fast initial access procedure in a wireless access system supporting an ultrahigh frequency band, the method comprising:
receiving a synchronization signal;
receiving a broadcast channel signal;
generating a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble using prefixed Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) parameters including cyclic shift values selected from only an unrestricted set; and
transmitting the generated RACH preamble based on the synchronization signal and the broadcast channel signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the PRACH parameters further include one or more of a PRACH configuration index parameter indicating a PRACH configuration and an RACH preamble format, a PRACH frequency offset parameter indicating a frequency position at which the RACH preamble is to be transmitted, a root sequence index parameter indicating a root Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, a Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) configuration parameter indicating a cyclic shift value, and a fast flag parameter indicating whether cyclic shifts are selected from a restricted set or an unrestricted set.

3. A method for performing a fast initial access procedure in a wireless access system supporting an ultrahigh frequency band, the method comprising:
receiving a synchronization signal;
receiving a broadcast channel signal through a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);
if the broadcast channel signal includes one or more Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) parameters, generating a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble based on the PRACH parameters and the synchronization signal; and
transmitting the generated RACH preamble.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more PRACH parameters include at least one of a PRACH configuration index parameter indicating a PRACH configuration and an RACH preamble format, a PRACH frequency offset parameter indicating a frequency position at which the RACH preamble is to be transmitted, a root sequence index parameter indicating a root Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, a Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) configuration parameter indicating a cyclic shift value, and a fast flag parameter indicating whether cyclic shifts are selected from a restricted set or an unrestricted set.

5. The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein the one or more PRACH parameters are received via reserved bits in the broadcast channel signal except for bits to which a master information block is mapped.

6. The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein a PRACH frequency offset parameter indicating a frequency position for transmitting the PRACH preamble is obtained using a cell identifier detected from the synchronization signal.

7. The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein a root sequence index parameter indicating a root Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence and a Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) configuration parameter indicating a cyclic shift value are obtained from a root index of the synchronization signal.

8. A User Equipment (UE) for performing a fast initial access procedure in a wireless access system supporting an ultrahigh frequency band, the UE comprising:
a receiver:
a transmitter; and
a processor configured to perform the fast initial access procedure performed in the ultrahigh frequency band,
wherein the processor is configured to
receive a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel signal through the receiver,
generate a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble using prefixed Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) parameters including cyclic shift values selected from only an unrestricted set, and
transmit the generated RACH preamble based on the synchronization signal and the broadcast channel signal through the transmitter.

9. The UE according to claim 8 ,
wherein the PRACH parameters further include one or more of a PRACH configuration index parameter indicating a PRACH configuration and an RACH preamble format, a PRACH frequency offset parameter indicating a frequency position at which the RACH preamble is to be transmitted, a root sequence index parameter indicating a root Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, a Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) configuration parameter indicating a cyclic shift value, and a fast flag parameter indicating whether cyclic shifts are selected from a restricted set or an unrestricted set.

10. A User Equipment (UE) for performing a fast initial access procedure in a wireless access system supporting an ultrahigh frequency band, the UE comprising:
a receiver:
a transmitter; and
a processor configured to perform the fast initial access procedure performed in the ultrahigh frequency band,
wherein the processor is configured to
receive a synchronization signal, and a broadcast channel signal through a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), through the receiver,
if the broadcast channel signal includes one or more Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) parameters, generate a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble based on the PRACH parameters and the synchronization signal, and
transmit the generated RACH preamble through the transmitter.

11. The UE according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more PRACH parameters include at least one of a PRACH configuration index parameter indicating a PRACH configuration and an RACH preamble format, a PRACH frequency offset parameter indicating a frequency position at which the RACH preamble is to be transmitted, a root sequence index parameter indicating a root Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence, a Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) configuration parameter indicating a cyclic shift value, and a fast flag parameter indicating whether cyclic shifts are selected from a restricted set or an unrestricted set.

12. The UE according to claim 10 ,
wherein the one or more PRACH parameters are received via reserved bits in the broadcast channel signal except for bits to which a master information block is mapped.

13. The UE according to claim 10 ,
wherein a PRACH frequency offset parameter indicating a frequency position for transmitting the PRACH preamble is obtained using a cell identifier detected from the synchronization signal.

14. The UE according to claim 10 ,
wherein a root sequence index parameter indicating a root Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence and a Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) configuration parameter indicating a cyclic shift value are obtained from a root index of the synchronization signal.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jinmin
• Kim Kitae
• Ko Hyunsoo
• Chung Jaehoon

Classifications

• H04W74/0833 Primary

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

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

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

• H04L5/0091

  Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information · CPC title

• H04W56/001

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title