# US 11,116,026 B2 · Random access method and apparatus for use in wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity

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- Number: US 11,116,026 B2
- Document ID: US11116026B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/686,947
- Filed: 2019-11-18
- Published: 2020-03-19
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-21
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang; Soenghun Kim; Gert-Jan Van Lieshout; Youngbum Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11116026B2

## CPC

- H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections
- H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control}
- H04W 52/30: using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
- H04W 52/36: with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
- H04W 52/367: {Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range}
- H04W 52/48: during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment
- H04W 52/50: at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
- H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
- H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers}
- H04W 52/244: {Interferences in heterogeneous networks, e.g. among macro and femto or pico cells or other sector / system interference [OSI]}
- H04W 52/34: TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
- H04W 52/346: {distributing total power among users or channels}
- H04W 52/365: {Power headroom reporting}
- H04W 52/40: during macro-diversity or soft handoff
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A random access method and an apparatus of a terminal for performing random access procedure to multiple base stations in parallel in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting dual connectivity are provided. The method includes determining whether a first preamble transmission to a first cell of a first base station is overlapped with a second preamble transmission to a second cell of a second base station in a time domain, determining, when the first preamble transmission is overlapped with the second preamble transmission in the time domain, whether a sum of transmit powers calculated for the first and second preamble transmissions is greater than a maximum allowed transmit power of the terminal, and controlling, when the sum of the first and second preamble transmit powers is greater than the maximum allowed transmit power, the transmit power calculated for the second preamble transmission.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
identifying that a first physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission on a first cell associated with a master cell group is overlapped with a second PRACH transmission on a second cell associated with a secondary cell group in a time domain and a sum of a transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell and a transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmissions on the second cell exceeds a configured maximum transmission power for the terminal;
performing the first PRACH transmission on the first cell based on the transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission;
reducing the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission;
performing the second PRACH transmission on the second cell based on the reduced transmission power;
identifying that no random access response for the second PRACH transmission is received for a predetermined time;
identifying a transmission power for the second PRACH transmission on the second cell based on skipping an increase of a counter associated with a transmission power for the second PRACH transmission; and
performing the second PRACH transmission on the second cell based on the identified transmission power after identifying that no random access response for the second PRACH transmission is received.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in case that no random access response for the first PRACH transmission is received for a first predetermined time, identifying a transmission power for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell based on increasing a counter associated with the transmission power for the first PRACH transmission and performing the first PRACH transmission on the first cell based on the identified transmission power for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission is determined based on a counter associated with a transmission power for the first PRACH transmission, an initial PRACH transmission power, a power offset value based on a preamble format, and a power ramping factor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission is determined based on the counter associated with the transmission power for the second PRACH transmission, an initial PRACH transmission power, a power offset value based on a preamble format, and a power ramping factor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the reducing of the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission comprises:
reducing the transmission power for the second PRACH transmission to maintain the sum of the transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell and the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission on the second cell below the configured maximum transmission power for the terminal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the identified transmission power for the second PRACH transmission on the second cell is determined as a smaller value of a second configured maximum transmission power for the second cell and the transmission power which is determined based on the counter associated with the transmission power for the second PRACH transmission.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the identified transmission power for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell is determined as a smaller value of a first configured maximum transmission power for the first cell and the transmission power which is determined based on the counter associated with the transmission power for the first PRACH transmission.

### Claim 8

A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
identify that a first physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission on a first cell associated with a master cell group is overlapped with a second PRACH transmission on a second cell associated with a secondary cell group in a time domain and a sum of a transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell and a transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmissions on the second cell exceeds a configured maximum transmission power for the terminal,
perform, via the transceiver, the first PRACH transmission on the first cell based on the transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission,
reduce the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission,
perform, via the transceiver, the second PRACH transmission on the second cell based on the reduced transmission power,
identify that no random access response for the second PRACH transmission is received for a predetermined time,
identify a transmission power for the second PRACH transmission on the second cell based on skipping an increase of a counter associated with a transmission power for the second PRACH transmission, and
perform, via the transceiver, the second PRACH transmission on the second cell based on the identified transmission power after identifying that no random access response for the second PRACH transmission is received.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:
in case that no random access response for the first PRACH transmission is received for a first predetermined time, identify a transmission power for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell based on increasing a counter associated with the transmission power for the first PRACH transmission and perform, via the transceiver, the first PRACH transmission on the first cell based on the identified transmission power for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The terminal of claim 8, wherein the transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission is determined based on a counter associated with a transmission power for the first PRACH transmission, an initial PRACH transmission power, a power offset value based on a preamble format, and a power ramping factor.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The terminal of claim 8, wherein the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission is determined based on the counter associated with the transmission power for the second PRACH transmission, an initial PRACH transmission power, a power offset value based on a preamble format, and a power ramping factor.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:
reduce the transmission power for the second PRACH transmission to maintain the sum of the transmission power determined for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell and the transmission power determined for the second PRACH transmission on the second cell below the configured maximum transmission power for the terminal.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The terminal of claim 8, wherein the identified transmission power for the second PRACH transmission on the second cell is determined as a smaller value of a second configured maximum transmission power for the second cell and the transmission power which is determined based on the counter associated with the transmission power for the second PRACH transmission.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The terminal of claim 9, wherein the identified transmission power for the first PRACH transmission on the first cell is determined as a smaller value of a first configured maximum transmission power for the first cell and the transmission power which is determined based on the counter associated with the transmission power for the first PRACH transmission.