# US 12,004,230 B2 · Random access method and related device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,230 B2 - Document ID: US12004230B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/158,335 - Filed: 2021-01-26 - Published: 2021-05-20 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-26 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yumin Wu; Yue Ma - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004230B2 ## CPC - H04W 74/002: {Transmission of channel access control information} - H04W 74/0841: {with collision treatment} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 41/0803: Configuration setting - H04L 41/0853: by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W 74/0836: with 2-step access - 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 Provided by the present disclosure are a random access method and a related device, the method comprises: sending a first message to a network-side device; receiving a response message sent by the network side device and carrying target configuration information; there is a correlation between at least part of the target configuration information and relevant parameters, and the relevant parameters are parameters that can be learned before a terminal device receives the response message; and obtaining, according to the correlation, configuration information, in the target configuration information, related with a target relevant parameter of the terminal device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A random access method, applied to a terminal device and comprising: transmitting a first message to a network side device; receiving a response message that is transmitted by the network side device and that comprises target configuration information, wherein, there is an association relationship between at least some configuration information in the target configuration information and an association parameter, and the association parameter is a parameter that can be obtained by the terminal device before the terminal device receives the response message; and obtaining, based on the association relationship, configuration information that is associated with a target association parameter of the terminal device from the target configuration information; wherein the first message is an Msg1 in a 2-step random access procedure, and the response message is an Msg2 in the 2-step random access procedure; the target configuration information comprises uplink resource allocation information used to indicate a transmission resource for a feedback message of the Msg2; wherein after receiving the response message that is transmitted by the network side device and that comprises target configuration information, the method further comprises: when successfully receiving the Msg2, the terminal device transmits the feedback message of the Msg2 to the network side device; wherein the feedback message comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the target configuration information further comprises at least one of the following: a random access preamble identifier, a timing advance, a terminal device identity, a contention resolution identity, or wireless connection configuration information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein when the target configuration information comprises the random access preamble identifier, the terminal device determines that a random access preamble identifier comprised in Msg2 is the identifier of the random access preamble transmitted by the terminal device in Msg1, and behavior of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following: using a contention resolution identity associated with the random access preamble identifier for contention resolution; or using the uplink resource allocation information associated with the random access preamble identifier to transmit the feedback message of Msg2; or using the terminal device identity associated with the random access preamble identifier as an identifier of the terminal device; or using the wireless connection configuration information associated with the random access preamble identifier as wireless connection configuration information of the terminal device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein after the terminal device considers that a contention resolution is successful based on the contention resolution identity, a behavior of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following: using the uplink resource allocation information associated with the contention resolution identity to transmit the feedback message of Msg2; or using the terminal device identity associated with the contention resolution identity as an identifier of UE in a connected state; or using the wireless connection configuration information associated with the contention resolution identity as wireless connection configuration information of the terminal device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the association parameter comprises at least one of a random access preamble identifier or a contention resolution identity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the uplink resource allocation information comprises at least one of the following: uplink resource allocation information of a data channel; or uplink resource allocation information of a control channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 wherein after transmitting the feedback message of Msg2 to the network side device, the method further comprises: when receiving first indication information transmitted by the network side device, the terminal device retransmits the feedback message of Msg2 to the network side device, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to retransmit the feedback message of Msg2. ### Claim 8 A random access method, applied to a network side device and comprising: receiving a first message transmitted by a terminal device; and transmitting, to the terminal device, a response message that comprises target configuration information; wherein there is an association relationship between at least some configuration information in the target configuration information and an association parameter, and the association parameter is a parameter that can be obtained by the terminal device before the terminal device receives the response message; wherein the first message is an Msg1 in a 2-step random access procedure, and the response message is an Msg2 in the 2-step random access procedure; the target configuration information comprises uplink resource allocation information used to indicate a transmission resource for a feedback message of the Msg2; wherein after the transmitting, to the terminal device, the response message that comprises target configuration information, the method further comprises: receiving the feedback message for the Msg2 and that is transmitted by the terminal device after the terminal device successfully receives the Msg2; wherein the feedback message comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the target configuration information further comprises at least one of the following: a random access preamble identifier, a timing advance, a terminal device identity, a contention resolution identity, or wireless connection configuration information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the association parameter comprises at least one of a random access preamble identifier and a contention resolution identity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the uplink resource allocation information comprises at least one of the following: uplink resource allocation information of a data channel; or uplink resource allocation information of a control channel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises: retransmitting the Msg2 to the terminal device if the feedback message or the Msg2 and that is transmitted by the terminal device is not received or the feedback message indicates retransmission. ### Claim 13 A terminal device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and that can run on the processor, wherein the processor executes the computer program to: transmit a first message to a network side device; receive a response message that is transmitted by the network side device and that comprises target configuration information, wherein, there is an association relationship between at least some configuration information in the target configuration information and an association parameter, and the association parameter is a parameter that can be obtained by the terminal device before the terminal device receives the response message; and obtain, based on the association relationship, configuration information that is associated with a target association parameter of the terminal device from the target configuration information; wherein the first message is an Msg1 in a 2-step random access procedure, and the response message is an Msg2 in the 2-step random access procedure; the target configuration information comprises uplink resource allocation information used to indicate a transmission resource for a feedback message of the Msg2; wherein the processor executes the computer program to: after the Msg2 that is transmitted by the network side device and that comprises the target configuration information is received successfully by the terminal device, transmit the feedback message of Msg2 to the network side device; wherein the feedback message comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK). ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the target configuration information further comprises at least one of the following: a random access preamble identifier, a timing advance, a terminal device identity, a contention resolution identity, or wireless connection configuration information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein when the target configuration information comprises the random access preamble identifier, the terminal device determines that a random access preamble identifier comprised in Msg2 is a random access preamble identifier transmitted by the terminal device in Msg1, and a behavior of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following: using a contention resolution identity associated with the random access preamble identifier for contention resolution; or using the uplink resource allocation information associated with the random access preamble identifier to transmit the feedback message of Msg2; or using the terminal device identity associated with the random access preamble identifier as an identifier of the terminal device; or using wireless connection configuration information associated with the random access preamble identifier as wireless connection configuration information of the terminal device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein after the terminal device considers that a contention resolution is successful based on the contention resolution identity, a behavior of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following: using the uplink resource allocation information associated with the contention resolution identity to transmit the feedback message of Msg2; or using the terminal device identity associated with the contention resolution identity as an identifier of the terminal device in a connected state; or using wireless connection configuration information associated with the contention resolution identity as wireless connection configuration information of the terminal device.