Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080198763 | Changing a Radio Access Configuration Between a Terminal and a Network - A method of changing a radio access configuration between a terminal and a network. The network performs the steps of: initiating a new configuration that is related to an old configuration for the same terminal; informing the terminal to apply the second configuration; and determining when the terminal uses the second configuration based on the reception of a radio signal from the terminal. The terminal performs the steps of: receiving information to apply a new configuration; transmitting, to the network, a radio signal indicating a change in configuration; and changing from an old configuration to the new configuration at a predetermined time after transmitting the radio signal. | 08-21-2008 |
20080248806 | Cellular Radiotelephone Signal Permitting Synchronization of a Supplementary Channel by Means of a Principal Channel and Corresponding Method, Terminal and Base Station - The disclosure relates to a cellular radiotelephone signal of the type comprising, a principal bidirectional symmetrical channel, comprising a principal uplink path and a principal downlink path, particularly to guarantee transmission of data at low or medium rate and of the signalling information and commands, at least one auxiliary channel working only in the downlink sense, particularly to guarantee the data transmission at high rates, using a multi-carrier technique which gives a distribution of data over time and frequency, with a sub-frame structure. The beginning of at least one sub-frame in the supplemental channel is offset by a time interval of fixed duration which is not zero (Δt) with relation to a determined time (t | 10-09-2008 |
20080267126 | Random Access Channel Hopping for Frequency Division Multiplexing Access Systems - A method of coordinating resources for repetition of random access bursts performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: determining groups of access slots based on parameters from a network, wherein each access slot is defined by any combination of frequency, time and code, and the access slots are organized according to a frequency pattern; transmitting an access burst on an access slot from a chosen group of access slots; and re-transmitting the access burst on the next access slot from the chosen group of access slots. | 10-30-2008 |
20080279257 | Random Access Dimensioning Methods And Procedues For Frequency Division Multiplexing Access Systems - A method of determining random access resources performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving information on available random access resources from a network; deciding how to derive the random access resources to be allowed based on default values or information received from the network; measuring received signal quality of at least one of a cell to be accessed and a neighboring cell; and deriving the allowed random access resources based on the deciding and the measuring. | 11-13-2008 |
20080298325 | Method and Protocol for Handling Access Attemptsfor Communications Systems - An improved access attempt procedure for call establishment is achieved by deriving a probability of access transmission as a function of both a priority level for access attempts and a random access cause, and performing link establishment authentication and security control call establishment based upon the deriving. | 12-04-2008 |
20090175292 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS REQUEST AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE - A base station transmits a random access response in response to a random access request (random access preamble) of a user equipment. The random access response includes information about a time when the random access request is transmitted and sequence number information of the random access request (random access preamble). The user equipment checks whether the received random access response is the response of the random access request transmitted by the user equipment, using the information about the time when the random access request is transmitted and the sequence number information included in the received random access response. | 07-09-2009 |
20090180436 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL FREQUENCY DIVERSITY - The present invention provides a method of transmitting on a random access channel in a radio communication system. In a single time slot there are enabled at least two different radio frequencies for transmission on the random access channel. Only one frequency is selected for transmission in the same time slot. A random access preamble is then transmitted on the selected random access channel in the time slot. | 07-16-2009 |
20090191875 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PREAMBLE DETECTION - The present invention provides a method of and a network entity for processing a random access preamble. The network entity comprises a transceiver for receiving an random access preamble; and a processor for determining if the random access preamble is successfully detected, and for determining, in the case where the random access preamble is not successfully detected, if a combined preamble resulting from a combination of the random access preamble with a previous random access preamble received at the network entity prior to reception of the random access preamble and having an identical signature to the signature of the random access preamble, is successfully detected. | 07-30-2009 |
20090203384 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL FREQUENCY ALLOCATION - The present invention provides a method of allocating a frequency parameter for random access preamble transmission. The method includes determining a fixed location, in an operating bandwidth, of a frequency region for random access transmission wherein a relative location parameter defines the fixed location of the frequency region according to a bandwidth parameter, the relative location parameter being common to a plurality of cells. The present invention further provides a method of allocating a frequency parameter for random access transmission. The method comprises allocating a fixed location, in an operating bandwidth, of a frequency region for random access transmission, wherein the fixed location is configurable per cell. | 08-13-2009 |
20090252119 | PROCEDURE FOR NON SYNCHRONIZED RADIO ACCESS (NSRA) RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT - A procedure for RACH initial access in a mobile terminal is provided such that necessary information is conveyed the for the initial access procedure with less overhead. The method allow an accurate choice of the uplink transport format by allowing the mobile terminal to determine by itself whether a certain transport format may be used for the transmission of a message prior to the first preamble transmission and prior to the power ramping. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252125 | METHOD AND PROCEDURES FOR UNSYNCHRONIZED, SYNCHRONIZED, AND SYNCHRONIZATION STAND BY COMMUNICATIONS IN E-UTRA SYSTEMS - An improved method of processing random access procedures, wherein the network receives at least one access burst to allow a network to estimate uplink received timing, the access burst containing at least a preamble, and transmits information for responding to the at least one access burst, while the mobile terminal configures at least one access burst containing at least a preamble and transmits the at least one access burst to allow a network to at least estimate uplink received timing. | 10-08-2009 |
20090268666 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PREAMBLE SELECTION - The present invention provides a method of selecting a random access preamble in a radio communication system operable at least on a physical layer and a medium access control layer. Random access preambles are divided into at least two groups, the groups depending on at least one of the following: radio conditions and a size of a message to be transmitted by user equipment. The method comprising: (a) the medium access control layer selecting one of the preamble groups; (b) the medium access control layer randomly selecting one random access preamble within the selected group; (c) the medium access control layer signaling the selected random access preamble to the physical layer; and (d) the physical layer generating and transmitting the generated random access preamble. | 10-29-2009 |
20090290509 | PROCEDURE FOR INITIAL ACCESS - A method for accessing a wireless communication network includes transmitting a first message that has a first random identifier (RAND ID), and receiving a response to the first message such that the response includes the first RAND ID and signaling information. The method further includes transmitting a second message, having a second RAND ID, using at least one allocated resource. An alternative method includes communicating with a UE by receiving a first message from the UE. The first message includes a first RAND ID. The method further includes transmitting to the UE a response to the first message, and receiving a second message from the UE on at least one allocated resource. Typically, the response includes the first RAND ID and signaling information, and the second message comprises a second RAND ID. | 11-26-2009 |
20100054235 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING RACH TRANSMISSION AGAINST FREQUENCY OFFSET - A method for establishing RACH transmission to prepare against the frequency offset is disclosed. The method reduces the length of the RACH preamble even if the frequency offset exists, allows the RACH preamble to include a repeated structure (also called an iterative structure) or to use a specific sequence with less affect on the frequency offset, so that the Node-B can easily detect the RACH preamble. If different conditions are established in a high-speed UE and a low-speed UE, an amount of system overheads can be reduced as compared to another case in which an overall RACH condition has been prescribed for only the high-speed UE irrespective of the low-speed UE. And, the method determines whether the user equipment (UE) can estimate its speed according to the aforementioned RACH setup condition, and prescribes a detailed RACH access method according to the determined result. | 03-04-2010 |
20100069037 | METHOD AND PROCEDURES FOR PRIORITIZED TRANSMISSION ON CONTENTION CHANNELS - A method and mobile terminal for an improved random access prioritization scheme for Random Access Channel (RACH) transmission is provided by increasing the transmission probability based on remaining access cycles and, whereby the access delay for terminals having less remaining access cycles is decreased by increasing the transmission probability. | 03-18-2010 |
20100210243 | HIGH SPEED ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method of selecting signatures for a random access in a wireless communication system is presented. The method includes receiving information comprising at least one root sequence index, a cyclic shift parameter, and a configuration parameter that corresponds to different power metric threshold values, providing at least one root sequence table for random access transmission according to the configuration parameter, and accessing the at least one root sequence table is accessed to generate a predetermined number of signatures for accessing the base station, the at least one root sequence table accessed according to the at least one root sequence index and the cyclic shift parameters, wherein the root sequence table comprises a plurality of root sequences arranged in first and second root sequence groups. | 08-19-2010 |
20100246378 | Method for Signal Mapping and Signal Transmission with Subcarrier Shift Schemes - A signal mapping method and a signal transmission method applying a subcarrier shift method are described. A signal mapping method using shifted subcarriers includes shifting positions of data subcarriers by as much as a frequency band corresponding to half of spacing between data subcarriers on a frequency axis, and shifting positions of random access preamble subcarriers by as much as a frequency band corresponding to half of spacing between the data subcarriers and to a specific ratio of spacing between the random access preamble subcarriers, and mapping data and a random access preamble to the data subcarriers and the random access preamble subcarrier, respectively. Even when the spacing between the data subcarriers is a multiple of the spacing between the random access preamble subcarriers, DC distortion can be minimized. | 09-30-2010 |
20100278114 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS BASED ON SEGMENTED ACCESS SCHEME AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING SEQUENCE FOR THE SAME - A segmented access based signal transmitting/receiving method and a sequence allocating method for the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmitting a signal of a user equipment in a communication system includes selecting a channel in accordance with at least one selected from the group consisting of a signal attenuation extent of a downlink signal to the user equipment and a speed of the user equipment from channels differently provided based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the signal attenuation extent of the downlink signal and the speed of the user equipment and transmitting the signal using the selected channel. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS ACCORDING TO THE SEGMENTED ACCESS - A method and apparatus of transmitting signals for segmented access in a communication system is disclosed. The method for transmitting signals from a user equipment in a communication system includes the steps of selecting a predetermined channel structure depending on location of the user equipment among available channels defined differently depending on the location of the user equipment within a cell, and transmitting signals using the selected channel structure. Also, a method for transmitting signals using sequences allocated differently depending on location of a user equipment within a cell is disclosed. | 11-04-2010 |
20110081912 | DEDICATED SIGNATURE ALLOCATION AND CHOICE - Methods for allocating and choosing dedicated signatures for random access are provided. Options for allocating dedicated signatures include allocating the dedicated signature from the unused space of the random signature root index when there is unused space and allocating more dedicated signatures from the same root index using the same time/frequency resources if additional signatures are needed, and reserving some preambles from the contention-based random access preambles from both sets of preambles. The present invention also proposes that the dedicated signatures be reserved in each of two sets of preambles. | 04-07-2011 |
20110098070 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL LAYER ID INFORMATION - A method for transmitting IDs of cells of a specific type as physical cell ID information in addition to existing cell ID information is disclosed. For transmission of the physical cell ID information, the number of cell IDs used in transmitting the existing cell ID information on a synchronization channel is increased or a part of existing cell IDs are reserved for transmitting the additional specific-cell ID information. If the number of cell IDs is to be increased, the number of cell ID groups related to a secondary synchronization channel is increased in a manner that removes ambiguity and collision, a cell ID related to a primary synchronization channel is added, which satisfies conjugate symmetry, information is transmitted based on a transmission timing relationship between a primary synchronization code and a secondary synchronization code, or a scrambling scheme is modified. When a part of the existing cell IDs are reserved, conjugate symmetry is also considered in relation to a primary synchronization channel and ambiguity and collision are also considered in relation to a secondary synchronization channel. | 04-28-2011 |
20110261752 | SIGNALING FOR PREAMBLE USED FOR RANDOM ACCESS - Methods for allocating and choosing dedicated signatures for random access are provided. Options for allocating dedicated signatures include allocating the dedicated signature from the unused space of the random signature root index when there is unused space and allocating more dedicated signatures from the same root index using the same time/frequency resources if additional signatures are needed, and reserving some preambles from the contention-based random access preambles from both sets of preambles. The present invention also proposes that the dedicated signatures be reserved in each of two sets of preambles. | 10-27-2011 |
20110287776 | DETERMINATION OF USER EQUIPMENT ANTENNA CAPABILITY - The present invention provides a method of determining capability of a UE, the method comprising: receiving an indication from a UE during a random access procedure, the indication enabling antennae capability of the UE to be determined; processing the indication in order to determine the number of antennae of the UE; and allocating resources to the UE according the antennae capability of the UE. The invention further relates to a user equipment and a network entity operable to implement such a method. | 11-24-2011 |
20110310857 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - The invention relates to a method of random access, comprising: a higher layer instructs the lower layer to transmit a random access preamble, wherein the timing transmission of the random access preamble is adjusted by the lower layer according the triggered resources. | 12-22-2011 |
20120002606 | RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE PROCESSING - The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for processing a random access response, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a random access preamble; receiving a random access response within a random access response time window; checking an extension field flag of the random access response; checking if the random access response matches the random access preamble; wherein if the random access response does not match the random access preamble and if the extension field flag is set to zero, the random access response reception is considered as unsuccessful and a further random access preamble is transmitted. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002617 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL RESOURCE ALLOCATION - The present invention provides a method of configuring random access resources for random access transmission, the method comprising: determining a number n of preamble signatures that can be used for random access transmission; grouping the n preamble signatures into K groups j (j=1, 2 | 01-05-2012 |
20120008575 | RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE CONFIGURATION - The invention relates to a method of configuration of random access resources in the case of carrier aggregation wherein one or more uplink and downlink component carriers can be configured by the network, the method comprising the resolution of carrier ambiguity in case of downlink and uplink asymmetric component carrier (CC) configuration by allowing the network to determine on which downlink component carrier the UE camps on. The invention further relates to a method of random access and a network entity and a user equipment for implementing the methods. | 01-12-2012 |
20120093173 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS REQUEST AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE - A base station transmits a random access response in response to a random access request (random access preamble) of a user equipment. The random access response includes information about a time when the random access request is transmitted and sequence number information of the random access request (random access preamble). The user equipment checks whether the received random access response is the response of the random access request transmitted by the user equipment, using the information about the time when the random access request is transmitted and the sequence number information included in the received random access response. | 04-19-2012 |
20120140844 | METHOD FOR SETTING CYCLIC SHIFT CONSIDERING FREQUENCY OFFSET - A method for transmitting a random access preamble to a base station at a user equipment (UE) includes generating the random access preamble from a Zadoff-Chu sequence having a length ‘N’ and a root index ‘M’, wherein the random access preamble is defined by a cyclic shift of the Zadoff-Chu sequence and transmitting the generated random access preamble to the base station via a random access channel, wherein the cyclic shift is given by using a variable corresponding to a Doppler shift of one subcarrier spacing, the variable given by using the root index ‘M’, and wherein the cyclic shift is differently given based on whether the variable is smaller than ⅓ of the length ‘N’. | 06-07-2012 |
20120182959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transceiving data in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving data in a wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention is configured such that a base station receives, from a mobile station, a signal including information and data on the transmission mode which the mobile station has selected in accordance with a channel status, and decodes the data in accordance with the transmission mode. | 07-19-2012 |
20120314675 | METHOD FOR MANAGING CARRIER AGGREGATION SETS, AND RELATED DEVICES - The disclosure relates to a method for managing aggregation of component carriers between an e Node B and a user equipment, which comprises providing a first set of configured component carriers and a second set of activated component carriers. The disclosure also relates to the corresponding e Node B and user equipment. | 12-13-2012 |
20130012219 | SIGNALING FOR PREAMBLE USED FOR RANDOM ACCESS - According to one embodiment, a method of requesting a random access connection between a mobile terminal and a base station includes: receiving, by the mobile terminal, information comprising at least one signature root sequence index, a cyclic shift parameter, and a number of signatures used for representing a boundary between a first signature set and a second signature set; preparing, by the mobile terminal, random access signatures according to the at least one signature root sequence index and the cyclic shift parameter, wherein at least one of the random access signatures is associated with the first signature set and the remaining of the random access signatures are associated with the second signature set; and selecting, by the mobile terminal, a random access preamble from the first signature set or the second signature set based on a message size and a radio condition. | 01-10-2013 |
20130100871 | SELECTIVE DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM AND DEVICE - Selective DRX method on multiple CCs for a UE ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130114579 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, RELATED BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - Method for transmitting data between a base station ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130188561 | METHOD FOR SETTING CYCLIC SHIFT CONSIDERING FREQUENCY OFFSET - A method for transmitting a random access preamble to a base station includes generating the random access preamble from a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence, wherein the random access preamble is defined by cyclic shift (C | 07-25-2013 |
20130201955 | POWER LIMITED CASE SIGNALLING - The disclosure relates to a method for a user equipment to report a transmission power capability to an e Node B. The user equipment operates in carrier aggregation. The method comprises determining, by the user equipment, that the transmission power capability of at least one power amplifier of the user equipment reaches at least one defined threshold, and triggering a generation of a power headroom report based on the determining step. The disclosure also relates to the corresponding user equipment and e Node B. | 08-08-2013 |
20130215997 | METHOD FOR SETTING CYCLIC SHIFT CONSIDERING FREQUENCY OFFSET - A method for transmitting a random access preamble to a base station includes generating the random access preamble from a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence having a length N, wherein the random access preamble is generated by considering a cyclic shift of the ZC sequence; and transmitting the random access preamble to the base station, wherein the cyclic shift is given by using a variable M corresponding to a Doppler shift of one subcarrier spacing, and wherein parameters associated with defining the cyclic shift are differently defined based on whether the variable M is less than ⅓ of the length N. | 08-22-2013 |
20130223406 | POWER HEADROOM REPORTING - The disclosure relates to a method for a method for a user equipment configured in carrier aggregation mode to assist an e Node B in estimating the total available output power for each component carrier. The method comprises reporting from the user equipment to the e Node B at least one of RF architecture information of the user equipment, and at least one power parameter value. The disclosure also relates to the corresponding e Node B, user equipment, computer program and storage medium. | 08-29-2013 |
20130237208 | Carrier Aggregation Management and Related Device and System - Method for managing activation or deactivation of a secondary serving cell, SCell, for a base station ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130322381 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS REQUEST AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE - A base station transmits a random access response in response to a random access request (random access preamble) of a user equipment. The random access response includes information about a time when the random access request is transmitted and sequence number information of the random access request (random access preamble). The user equipment checks whether the received random access response is the response of the random access request transmitted by the user equipment, using the information about the time when the random access request transmitted and the sequence number information included in the received random access response. | 12-05-2013 |
20130336266 | METHOD FOR PAYLOAD PART TRANSMISSION ON CONTENTION CHANNELS - A method for generating an uplink transmission burst includes using one or more symbols to define the uplink transmission burst, and forming a preamble portion and a payload portion for the uplink transmission burst. The preamble portion is formed using at least a portion of one or more of the symbols, such that the preamble portion includes a signature that is defined in a predetermined signature set. The payload portion is formed using at least a portion of one or more of the symbols. Typically, at least a portion of the preamble portion and at least a portion of the payload portion are formed using the same symbol. | 12-19-2013 |
20140029548 | DEDICATED SIGNATURE ALLOCATION AND CHOICE - Methods for allocating and choosing dedicated signatures for random access are provided. Options for allocating dedicated signatures include allocating the dedicated signature from the unused space of the random signature root index when there is unused space and allocating more dedicated signatures from the same root index using the same time/frequency resources if additional signatures are needed, and reserving some preambles from the contention-based random access preambles from both sets of preambles. The present invention also proposes that the dedicated signatures be reserved in each of two sets of preambles. | 01-30-2014 |
20140286261 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PREAMBLE SELECTION - The present invention provides a method of selecting a random access preamble in a radio communication system operable at least on a physical layer and a medium access control layer. Random access preambles are divided into at least two groups, the groups depending on at least one of the following: radio conditions and a size of a message to be transmitted by user equipment. The method comprising: (a) the medium access control layer selecting one of the preamble groups; (b) the medium access control layer randomly selecting one random access preamble within the selected group; (c) the medium access control layer signalling the selected random access preamble to the physical layer; and (d) the physical layer generating and transmitting the generated random access preamble. | 09-25-2014 |