# US 12,192,941 B2 · Method and apparatus for determining timing advance, and device and medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,941 B2 - Document ID: US12192941B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/776,986 - Filed: 2020-12-15 - Published: 2022-12-29 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-16 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: ZTE Corporation - Inventors: Bo Dai; Kun Liu; Liujun Hu; Guanghui Yu; Zhaohua Lu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192941B2 ## CPC - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04W 56/0045: {compensating for timing error by altering transmission time} - H04W 76/20: Manipulation of established connections - 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 method and an apparatus for determining a timing advance, and a device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method may include: obtaining, by a terminal device, timing advance (TA) list information, where the TA list information is sent to the terminal device by a base station or is configured by default to be stored in the terminal device, and the TA list information indicates at least one TA list, each TA list including at least one TA value; obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA value according to the TA list information; and adjusting, by the terminal device, a TA for uplink channel transmission using the target TA value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for determining a timing advance, comprising: obtaining, by a terminal device, timing advance (TA) list information, wherein the TA list information is sent to the terminal device by a base station or is configured by default to be stored in the terminal device, and the TA list information indicates at least one TA list, each TA list comprising at least one TA value; obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA value according to the TA list information; and adjusting, by the terminal device, a TA for uplink channel transmission using the target TA value; wherein in response to the TA list information indicating at least two TA lists, obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA value according to the TA list information comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA list according to the TA list information; and obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: each TA list has a correspondence with at least one of: at least one piece of measurement information, wherein each piece of measurement information is obtained by the terminal device by measuring a reference signal or channel of at least one of a serving cell or a neighboring cell; at least one SS/PBCH Block (SSB) index; at least one beam direction; at least one group of channel-state information reference signals (CSI-RSs); a serving cell identifier (ID); at least one neighboring cell ID; a number of neighboring cells; or positioning information for the terminal device; and obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA list according to the TA list information comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list according to the correspondence and the TA list information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the measurement information comprises at least one of: reference signal receiving power; reference signal receiving quality; or received signal strength indication. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA list according to the TA list information comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, a first TA list set according to the TA list information; and obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list from the first TA list set, the terminal device obtains the first TA list set according to the TA list information and one of: a serving cell ID; a serving cell ID and a neighboring cell ID; a serving cell ID and the number of neighboring cells; or positioning information for the terminal device; and the first TA list set comprises at least one TA list. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list from the first TA list set comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list from the first TA list set according to at least one of: at least one piece of measurement information; at least one SSB index; at least one beam direction; or at least one group of CSI-RSs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: in response to obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list from the first TA list set according to at least one of: at least one SSB index; at least one beam direction; or at least one group of CSI-RSs, and obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list according to measurement information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA list according to the TA list information comprises: measuring, by the terminal device, at least one piece of measurement information, wherein each piece of measurement information corresponds to a piece of second information; selecting, by the terminal device, at least one piece of measurement information from the at least one piece of measurement information obtained through measurement; obtaining, by the terminal device, second information corresponding to the selected measurement information according to the selected measurement information; and obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list according to the TA list information and the second information corresponding to the selected measurement information, and each piece of second information comprises at least one of: at least one SSB index; at least one beam direction; or at least one group of CSI-RSs. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list according to the selected measurement information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is in at least one of the following states: a radio resource control-idle (RRC_IDLE) state; an inactive state; a radio resource control-connected (RRC_CONNECTED) state, where the terminal device receives TA update trigger information or TA reconfiguration information; an RRC_IDLE state, where the terminal device transmits a service using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a random access process, where random access information sent by the terminal device at least comprises random access preamble information and load information; or autonomous transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS). ### Claim 10 A communication terminal device, comprising: at least one processor; a memory configured to store at least one program, wherein the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to implement a method for determining a timing advance comprising: obtaining, by a terminal device, timing advance (TA) list information, wherein the TA list information is sent to the terminal device by a base station or is configured by default to be stored in the terminal device, and the TA list information indicates at least one TA list, each TA list comprising at least one TA value; obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA value according to the TA list information; and adjusting, by the terminal device, a TA for uplink channel transmission using the target TA value; wherein in response to the TA list information indicating at least two TA lists, obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA value according to the TA list information comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, a target TA list according to the TA list information; and obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement the method for determining a timing advance of claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein: in response to obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA list from the first TA list set according to at least one of: at least one SSB index; at least one beam direction; or at least one group of CSI-RSs, and obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, the target TA value from the target TA list according to measurement information.