# US 12,016,053 B2 · Random access method, terminal device, and network device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,016,053 B2 - Document ID: US12016053B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/163,875 - Filed: 2021-02-01 - Published: 2021-05-27 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-01 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Cong Shi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12016053B2 ## CPC - H04L 41/0668: by dynamic selection of recovery network elements, e.g. replacement by the most appropriate element after failure - H04W 74/0816: with collision avoidance - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - H04W 74/0838: using contention-free random access [CFRA] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A random access method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method is applied to an unlicensed band, comprising: a terminal device determines a target uplink bandwidth part (BWP) by means of Listen Before Talk (LBT); the terminal device initiates a random access process on the target uplink BWP. The terminal device determines the target uplink BWP by means of the LBT, and initiates the random access process on the target uplink BWP, and therefore can implement random access on an unlicensed band. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A random access method, wherein the method is applied to an unlicensed frequency band, the method comprises: determining, by a terminal device, a target uplink Bandwidth Part (BWP) by Listen Before Talk (LBT); and initiating, by the terminal device, a random access procedure on the target uplink BWP; wherein the initiating, by the terminal device, the random access procedure on the target uplink BWP comprises: initiating, by the terminal device, a contention-based random access procedure on the target uplink BWP; in response to that the terminal device performs LBT on a first uplink BWP and fails, switching a currently activated uplink BWP from the first uplink BWP to a second uplink BWP, wherein the second uplink BWP is an uplink BWP configured by a network device; and in response to the terminal device performs LBT on the second uplink BWP and succeeds, determining the second uplink BWP as the target uplink BWP; wherein in response to that the terminal device performs LBT on the first uplink BWP and fails, switching the currently activated uplink BWP from the first uplink BWP to the second uplink BWP, comprises: in response to that the terminal device performs LBT on the first uplink BWP and a number of failures is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, switching the currently activated uplink BWP from the first uplink BWP to the second uplink BWP. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: switching, by the terminal device, a currently activated downlink BWP to a downlink BWP with a same index as the target uplink BWP. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the terminal device, the target uplink Bandwidth Part (BWP) by Listen Before Talk (LBT) comprises: in response to that the terminal device performs LBT on the first uplink BWP and succeeds, determining the first uplink BWP as the target uplink BWP, wherein the first uplink BWP is configured with a contention-based random access resource. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the second uplink BWP is configured with a contention-based random access resource. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first threshold value is a preset threshold value, or the first threshold value is a threshold value configured by the network device. ### Claim 6 A terminal device, comprising: a processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, the computer program comprises instructions to: determine a target uplink Bandwidth Part (BWP) by Listen Before Talk (LBT); and initiate a random access procedure on the target uplink BWP, wherein the processor is further configured to: initiate a contention-based random access procedure on the target uplink BWP; wherein the processor is further configured to: in response to that performing of LBT on a first uplink BWP fails, switch a currently activated uplink BWP from the first uplink BWP to a second uplink BWP, wherein the second uplink BWP is an uplink BWP configured by a network device; and in response to that performing of LBT on the second uplink BWP succeeds, determine the second uplink BWP as the target BWP; wherein the processor is further configured to: in response to that the performing of LBT on the first uplink BWP fails, and a number of failures is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, switch the currently activated uplink BWP from the first uplink BWP to the second uplink BWP. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to: switch a currently activated downlink BWP to a downlink BWP with a same index as the target uplink BWP. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to: in response to that the performing of LBT on the first uplink BWP succeeds, determine the first uplink BWP as the target BWP, wherein the first uplink BWP is configured with a contention-based random access resource. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the second uplink BWP is configured with a contention-based random access resource. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the first threshold value is a preset threshold value, or the first threshold value is a threshold value configured by the network device. ### Claim 11 A random access method, wherein the method is applied to an unlicensed frequency band, the method comprises: determining, by a network device, a target downlink Bandwidth Part (BWP) by Listen Before Talk (LBT); and responding to, by the network device, a random access procedure initiated by a terminal device on the target downlink BWP; wherein the responding to, by the network device, the random access procedure initiated by the terminal device on the target downlink BWP comprises: responding to, by the network device, a contention-based random access procedure initiated by the terminal device on the target downlink BWP; wherein the method further comprises: configuring a first uplink BWP and a second uplink BWP for the terminal device, so that in response to that the terminal device performs LBT on the first uplink BWP and fails, and a number of failures is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, a currently activated uplink BWP is switched from the first uplink BWP to the second uplink BWP, and in response to that the terminal device performs LBT on the second uplink BWP and succeeds, the second uplink BWP is determined as the target uplink BWP. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: determining, by the network device, a downlink BWP as the target downlink BWP in response to that the downlink BWP has a same index as the target uplink BWP, wherein the target uplink BWP is the uplink BWP used in response to that the terminal device initiates the random access procedure.