US20160007377A1 - User Equipment, Network Node and Methods Therein for Handling Preamble Transmissions on a Random Access Channel in a Radio Communications Network - Google Patents

User Equipment, Network Node and Methods Therein for Handling Preamble Transmissions on a Random Access Channel in a Radio Communications Network Download PDF

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US20160007377A1
US20160007377A1 US14/767,641 US201414767641A US2016007377A1 US 20160007377 A1 US20160007377 A1 US 20160007377A1 US 201414767641 A US201414767641 A US 201414767641A US 2016007377 A1 US2016007377 A1 US 2016007377A1
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  • Embodiments herein relate to transmissions on a random access channel in a radio communication network.
  • embodiments herein relate to a user equipment and a method therein for performing preamble transmissions on the random access channel, to a network node.
  • embodiments also relate to a network node and a method therein for reception of preamble transmissions from the user equipment.
  • wireless terminals also known as mobile stations, terminals and/or user equipments (UEs) communicate via a Radio Access Network (RAN) to one or more core networks.
  • the radio access network covers a geographical area which is divided into cell areas, with each cell area being served by a base station, e.g. a radio base station (RBS) or network node, which in some networks may also be called, for example, a “NodeB” or “eNodeB”.
  • RBS radio base station
  • NodeB node
  • a cell is a geographical area where radio coverage is provided by the radio base station at a base station site or an antenna site in case the antenna and the radio base station are not collocated.
  • Each cell is identified by an identity within the local radio area, which is broadcasted in the cell.
  • One base station may have one or more cells.
  • a cell may be downlink and/or uplink cell.
  • the base stations communicate over the air interface operating on radio frequencies with the user equipments within range of the base stations.
  • a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile communication system, which evolved from the second generation (2G) Global System for Mobile Communications, (GSM).
  • the UMTS terrestrial radio access network, (UTRAN) is essentially a RAN using wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA9 and/or High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) for user equipments.
  • WCDMA9 wideband code division multiple access
  • HSPA High Speed Packet Access
  • 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
  • RNC radio network controller
  • BSC base station controller
  • the Evolved Packet System comprises the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) also known as the Long Term Evolution, LTE, radio access, and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) also known as System Architecture Evolution (SAE) core network.
  • E-UTRAN/LTE is a variant of a 3GPP radio access technology wherein the radio base station nodes are directly connected to the EPC core network rather than to RNCs.
  • the functions of a RNC are distributed between the radio base stations nodes, e.g. eNodeBs in LTE, and the core network.
  • the RAN, of an EPS has an essentially “flat” architecture comprising radio base station nodes without reporting to RNCs.
  • a UE may need to contact or access the radio communications network, i.e. via the base station, without having a dedicated resource in the uplink or UL, i.e. from UE to base station.
  • a random access procedure is available where a UE that does not have a dedicated UL resource may transmit a signal to the base station.
  • the first message of this procedure is typically transmitted on a special resource reserved for random access, a physical random access channel.
  • This random access channel may for example be limited in time and/or frequency, e.g. as in LTE.
  • FIG. 1 is an illustration of an example of a random-access-preamble transmission.
  • Uplink resources used for data transmission are shown as well as uplink resource reserved for random access preamble transmission.
  • Such an uplink resource may comprise 6 resource blocks (RBs) and is 1 ms long corresponding to one subframe.
  • RBs resource blocks
  • a frame in LTE is comprised of 10 subframes.
  • the UE first detects a cell by using primary and secondary synchronization signals.
  • the UE blindly searches for a number of different sequences and the detected sequences give a physical cell ID (PCI).
  • PCI physical cell ID
  • the UE reads the master information block (MIB) on the physical broadcast channel (PBCH) occupying a known resource.
  • MIB gives the UE information about the system frame number (SFN) and how to detect further system information. More detailed system information is then provided in a number of system information blocks (SIBs).
  • SIB1 comprises the cell identity and scheduling information on how to decode the following SIBs.
  • Information about the resources available for the physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission is provided to the UEs as part of the broadcasted system information in System Information Block 2 (SIB2) or as part of dedicated radio resource control (RRC) signaling in case of e.g. a handover.
  • the resources comprise a preamble sequence and a time/frequency resource.
  • SIB2 System Information Block 2
  • RRC dedicated radio resource control
  • the resources comprise a preamble sequence and a time/frequency resource.
  • the time/frequency resources are also associated to a temporary identifier denoted random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI).
  • RA-RNTI random access radio network temporary identifier
  • RA-RNTI 1 +t — id +10 *f — id (Eq. 1)
  • the multiple random access preambles are generated from one or several Zadoff-Chu sequences.
  • the set of 64 preamble sequences in a cell is found by including the available cyclic shifts from each Zadoff-Chu sequence and adding more Zadoff-Chu sequences as needed.
  • the number of cyclic shifts in a Zadoff-Chu sequence depends on N cs given by the zero correlation zone configuration and whether unrestricted or restricted sets of cyclic shifts are used.
  • the sequences to use and the number of cyclic shifts to use per sequence are signaled in the system information.
  • the UE When performing a (contention-based) random-access attempt, the UE selects at random one sequence in one of the subsets. As long as no other UE is performing a random-access attempt using the same sequence at the same time instant, no collisions will occur and the attempt will, with a high likelihood, be detected by the base station.
  • the random access procedure may be used for a number of different reasons. Among these reasons are: initial access, i.e. for UEs in the RRC_IDLE state; incoming handover; resynchronization of the UL; scheduling request, i.e. for a UE that is not allocated any other resource for contacting the base station; and positioning.
  • LTE Rel-10 The contention-based random access procedure used in release 10 of LTE (LTE Rel-10) is illustrated in FIG. 2 depicting signalling over the air interface between the UE and the LTE radio access network node (RAN node) e.g. a eNB or eNodeB.
  • RAN node e.g. a eNB or eNodeB.
  • the system information including sequences for random access is signaled to the UE.
  • the UE starts the random access procedure by randomly selecting one of the preambles available for contention-based random access.
  • the UE then transmits the selected random access preamble on the PRACH to the base station or LTE RAN node.
  • the LTE RAN base station acknowledges any preamble it detects by transmitting a random access response message (MSG2), including an initial grant to be used on the uplink shared channel, a temporary cell-RNTI (TC-RNTI) and a time alignment (TA) update based on the timing offset of the preamble measured by the base station (or LTE RAN node) on the PRACH.
  • MSG2 is transmitted in the downlink (DL) to the UE using the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and its corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) message that schedules the PDSCH comprises a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) which is scrambled with the RA-RNTI.
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • PDCCH physical downlink control channel
  • the UE uses the grant to transmit a message (MSG3), denoted scheduled transmission that in part is used to trigger the establishment of radio resource control and in part to uniquely identify the UE on the common channels of the cell.
  • MSG3 a message
  • the timing alignment command provided in the random access response is applied in the UL transmission in MSG3.
  • the eNB may also change the resources blocks that are assigned for a MSG3 transmission by sending an UL grant that has its CRC scrambled with the TC-RNTI which was included in MSG2.
  • the PDCCH is used to transmit the downlink control information (DCI) comprising the uplink grant.
  • the MSG4 which is then contention resolving has its PDCCH CRC scrambled with the C-RNTI if the UE previously has a C-RNTI assigned. If the UE does not have a C-RNTI previously assigned the PDCCH CRC is scrambled with the TC-RNTI obtained from MSG2. In the first case the UE included C-RNTI into MSG3 whereas in the latter case the UE included a core network identifier.
  • the procedure ends with RAN solving any preamble contention that may have occurred for the case that multiple UEs transmitted the same preamble at the same time. This may occur since each UE randomly selects when to transmit and which preamble to use. If multiple UEs select the same preamble for the transmission on RACH, there will be contention between these UEs that needs to be resolved through the contention resolution message, MSG4.
  • Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) messages are also shown transmitted from the UE respectively the LTE RAN node. The case when contention occurs is illustrated in FIG. 3 below.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an example of contention-based random access, where there is contention between two UEs, UE 1 and UE 2 , i.e. where two UEs transmit the same preamble, p 5 , at the same time.
  • a third UE, UE 3 also transmits on the same RACH, but since it transmits with a different preamble, there is no contention between this UE and the other two UEs.
  • a UE may also perform non-contention-based random access.
  • a non-contention-based random access or contention-free random access may e.g. be initiated by the base station or eNB, to get the UE to achieve synchronisation in UL.
  • the base station initiates a non-contention-based random access either by sending a PDCCH order or indicating it in an RRC message. The later of the two is used in case of handover to another cell.
  • the eNB may also order the UE through a PDCCH message to perform a contention-based random access.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example of signalling over the air interface for the contention-free random access procedure in LTE.
  • the MSG2 is transmitted in the DL to the UE and its corresponding PDCCH message CRC is scrambled with the RA-RNTI.
  • the UE considers the contention resolution successfully completed after it has received MSG2 successfully.
  • the random access (RA) order is shown transmitted from the LTE RAN node to the UE.
  • the UE responds by transmitting a random access preamble to the LTE RAN node.
  • MSG2 For the contention-free random access as for the contention-based random access, MSG2 comprises a timing alignment (TA) value. This enables the base station to set the initial/updated timing according to the UEs transmitted preamble.
  • TA timing alignment
  • a UE monitors the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
  • PDCCH physical downlink control channel
  • a UE monitors a common search space and a UE specific search 10 space in the PDCCH. In each search space, a limited number of candidates or equivalently PDCCH transmission hypothesis is checked, in every DL subframe. These are known as blind decodes, and the UE checks whether any of the transmitted DCI messages is intended for it.
  • the UE monitors the following RNTI that are associated with the random access and paging procedures for each associated search spaces on PDCCH:
  • FIG. 5 shows the detailed timing of the basic random-access preamble, Format 0.
  • Formats 1, 2, 3 in FIG. 5 show the extended preamble formats.
  • Format 1 has an extended CP and is suited for cell radii up to approximately 100 km. However, since no repetition occurs this format is only suited for environments with good propagation conditions.
  • the approximate length of the CP and the preamble are indicated.
  • Format 2 comprises a repeated main preamble and a CP of approximately 200 ⁇ s. With a random access opportunity length of 2 ms the remaining guard period is also approximately 200 ⁇ s.
  • This format supports cell radii of up to approximately 30 km.
  • Format 3 also comprise a repeated main preamble and an extended CP. Using a RA opportunity length of 3 ms this format supports cell radii of up to approximately 100 km.
  • the approximate length of the CP and the repeated preamble are indicated.
  • format 3 comprises a repeated preamble as shown and Format 3 is therefore better suited for environments with bad propagation conditions.
  • a sequence that has ideal, i.e. periodic ACF and CCF properties is called the Zadoff-Chu sequence.
  • a Zadoff-Chu sequence of length N may be expressed, in the frequency domain, as Eq. 2:
  • u is the index of the Zadoff-Chu sequence within the set of Zadoff-Chu sequences of length N.
  • Zadoff-Chu sequence in the following also denoted root sequence—multiple preamble sequences can be derived by cyclic shifting. Due to the ideal ACF of Zadoff-Chu sequence multiple mutually orthogonal sequences may be derived from a single root sequence by cyclic shifting one root sequence multiple times the maximum allowed round trip time plus delay spread in time-domain. The correlation of such a cyclic shifted sequence and the underlying root sequence has its peak no longer at zero but at the cyclic shift. If the received signal has now a valid round trip delay—i.e. not larger than the maximum assumed round trip time—the correlation peak occurs at the cyclic shift plus the round trip delay which is still in the correct correlation zone. This may be seen in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of a transmitted preamble that has a cyclic shift of 2T CS .
  • T CS the correlation peak occurs in the correct zone.
  • all 64 preambles can be derived from a single root sequence and are therefore orthogonal to each other.
  • not all preambles can be derived from a single root sequence and multiple root sequences must be allocated to a cell.
  • Preambles derived from different root sequences are not orthogonal to each other.
  • FIG. 6 also indicates location of the UE relative the eNB or Node B e.g. UE being close to Node B and UE located almost at cell border.
  • the zones indicating transmitted sequences are enumerated 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in FIG. 6 .
  • the time delay indicating round trip delay is small. But in case the UE is located almost at cell border, the time delay is large.
  • Zadoff-Chu sequences creates an additional correlation peak in time-domain.
  • a frequency offset has to be considered high if it becomes substantial relative to the random RA sub-carrier spacing of 1250 Hz, e.g. from 400 Hz upwards.
  • the offset of the second correlation peak relative to the main peak depends on the root sequence.
  • An offset smaller than T CS may lead to wrong timing estimates, whereas values larger than T CS may increase the false alarm rate.
  • LTE has a high-speed mode, or better high frequency offset mode, which disables certain cyclic shift values and root sequences so that transmitted preamble and round trip time may uniquely be identified. Additionally a special receiver combining both correlation peaks is required. For cells larger than approximately 35 km no set of 64 preambles exists that allows unique identification of transmitted preamble and estimation of propagation delay, i.e. cells larger than 35 km cannot be supported in high speed mode.
  • the random access preamble sequences are ordered according to a specified table.
  • the table is designed by first separating all PRACH sequences into two groups based on the quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) cubic metric (CM) value using a fixed 1.2 dB threshold.
  • QPSK quadrature phase shift keying
  • CM cubic metric
  • the sequences with low CM are more suitable to assign to large cells than the sequences with high CM.
  • the sequences are further grouped according to the maximum allowed cyclic shift, S max, at high speed.
  • the object is achieved by providing a method performed by a user equipment for performing preamble transmissions, on a random access channel, to a network node, the method comprising: determining a starting subframe for the preamble transmission(s) based on at least: a system frame number (SFN) received from the network node; a number of times (R) the preamble transmission is to be repeated; and a random access channel configuration and transmitting to the network node the preamble repeatedly starting in the determined starting subframe.
  • SFN system frame number
  • R number of times
  • the object is achieved by providing a user equipment for performing preamble transmission, on a random access channel, to a network node, the user equipment being configured to: determine a starting subframe for the preamble transmission(s) based on at least a SFN received from the network node; a number of times the preamble transmission is to be repeated and a random access channel configuration, and the user equipment is further configured to transmit, to the network node, the preamble repeatedly starting in the determined starting subframe
  • the object is achieved by providing a method performed by a network node for receiving preamble transmission(s) from a user equipment on a random access channel, the method comprising: transmitting a SFN to the user equipment; transmitting a random access channel configuration to the user equipment and receiving the preamble transmission repeatedly starting in a starting subframe wherein the starting subframe is determined by the user equipment and the network node based on at least the SFN, the random access channel configuration, and a number of times the preamble transmission is to be repeated.
  • the object is achieved by means of a network node for receiving preamble transmission(s) from a user equipment on a random access channel, the network node being configured to: transmit a SFN to the user equipment.
  • the network node is further configured to transmit a random access channel configuration to the user equipment and to receive the preamble transmission repeatedly starting in a starting subframe wherein the starting subframe is determined by the user equipment and the network node based on at least the SFN, the random access channel configuration, and a number of times the preamble transmission is to be repeated.
  • An advantage achieved by embodiments herein is to avoid preamble collisions since a defined starting point for each repeated PRACH preamble transmission is determined. Both the user equipment and the network determine the starting point and hence know when a repeated preamble transmission by the user equipment is to occur.
  • Another advantage achieved by embodiments herein is that system performance and user experience are improved since overhearing of repeated PRACH preamble transmissions in other (neighbouring) cells is reduced.
  • FIG. 1 shows a simplified example of a random-access-preamble transmission.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates signalling messages over the air interface for contention-based random access procedure in LTE.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a network scenario wherein contention between two UEs occurs during a contention-based random access.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example of signalling messages over the air interface for contention-free random access procedure in LTE.
  • FIG. 5 show random access preambles for different formats 0-3 as defined by 3GPP.
  • FIG. 6 shows graphs depicting correlation vs time when a UE, based on its location in a cell, transmits preamble(s) or sequences.
  • FIG. 7 depicts a radio communications network in which embodiments herein may be implemented.
  • FIG. 8 shows a method performed by a UE for preamble transmissions to a network node in accordance with embodiments herein.
  • FIG. 9 shows a method performed by a UE for enabling preamble transmissions from a UE in accordance with exemplary embodiments herein.
  • FIG. 10 shows a method performed by a network node for receiving preamble transmission from a UE in accordance with herein.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment herein.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a network node according to an exemplary embodiment herein.
  • FIG. 7 depicts a radio communications network 100 in which embodiments herein may be implemented.
  • the radio communications network 100 may be a wireless communications network such as a LTE, LTE-Advanced, (WCDMA), Global System for Mobile communications/Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (GSM/EDGE), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) or GSM, or any other similar cellular network or system.
  • the radio communication network 100 is exemplified herein as an LTE network.
  • the radio communications network 100 comprises a network node 110 .
  • the network node 110 serves at least one cell 115 .
  • the network node 110 may e.g. be a base station, a radio base station, eNB, eNodeB, a Home Node B, a Home eNode B, femto Base Station (BS), pico BS or any other network unit capable of communicating with a user equipment within the cell served by the network node depending e.g. on the radio access technology and terminology used.
  • the network node 110 may also be e.g. a base station controller, a network controller, a relay node, a repeater, an access point, a radio access point, a Remote Radio Unit (RRU) or a Remote Radio Head (RRH).
  • RRU Remote Radio Unit
  • RRH Remote Radio Head
  • a cell is a geographical area where radio coverage is provided by radio base station equipment at a base station site or at remote locations in Remote Radio Units (RRU).
  • the cell definition may also incorporate frequency bands and radio access technology used for transmissions, which means that two different cells may cover the same geographical area but using different frequency bands.
  • Each cell is identified by an identity within the local radio area, which is broadcast in the cell. Another identity identifying the cell 115 uniquely in the whole radio communication network 100 is also broadcasted in the cell 115 .
  • the network node 110 communicates over the air or radio interface operating on radio frequencies with the UEs within range of the network node 110 .
  • a user equipment 121 is shown located within the cell 115 .
  • the UE 121 is configured to communicate within the radio communications network 100 via the network node 110 over a radio link 131 when present in the cell 115 served by the network node 110 .
  • the UE 121 may e.g. be any kind of wireless device such as a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a tablet, a sensor equipped with a UE, Laptop Mounted Equipment (LME) (e.g. USB), Laptop Embedded Equipment (LEE), Machine Type Communication (MTC) device, or Machine to Machine (M2M) device, Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), etc.
  • LME Laptop Mounted Equipment
  • LEE Laptop Embedded Equipment
  • MTC Machine Type Communication
  • M2M Machine to Machine
  • CPE Customer Premises Equipment
  • a random access procedure is available as a means to request UL grant.
  • the UE performs preamble or sequence transmissions, on a physical PRACH for that purpose.
  • the PRACH channel coverage needs to be enhanced.
  • the enhancement will at least partially be realized with repetition. It has been agreed to reuse the existing formats and configurations described previously and in the specification 3GPP TS 36.211, but with repetition over multiple time occasions.
  • the repeated resource may either use the same resource configuration as legacy UEs, with a separation in the preamble sequences used, or there may also be additional resources configured for repetition. A number of different repetition levels may be supported. The repetition level to use in what condition is not fully settled.
  • the configuration of RACH resources may be done using one of the existing system information blocks (SIBs), e.g. SIB2 or in a new SIB.
  • SIBs system information blocks
  • a network node e.g. eNB or base station, may combine the transmissions in multiple PRACH occasions to accumulate energy and improve detection of the transmission.
  • the embodiments described hereinafter address these issues by defining a starting point for each repeated PRACH preamble transmission which is known to both UE and network node.
  • the starting point may be defined as a function of the system frame number, the preamble repetition level and the PRACH resource configuration. This means that separate starting subframes may be applied in the corresponding cells to expand the domain of reuse between cells employing PRACH repetition over multiple PRACH occasions.
  • the starting frame offset may be configured by signaling.
  • the signaling is dedicated signaling, so that individual UEs in the cell may be configured with a starting subframe depending on which other cell it is interfering the most with.
  • the configuration may be broadcasted by the network node.
  • the control signaling may be implicit, and be derived by the UE from already existing signaling, e.g. by using the cell-ID. The amount of energy received from neighbor cells using the same root sequence may then be reduced.
  • a UE 121 for performing preamble transmission(s), on a random access channel (PRACH), to a network node 110 are presented in relation to FIG. 8 .
  • PRACH random access channel
  • the method comprises, determining a starting subframe for the preamble transmission(s) based on at least: a system frame number (SFN) received from the network node 110 ; a number of times (R) the preamble transmission(s) is to be repeated; and a random access channel configuration.
  • SFN system frame number
  • R number of times
  • the method further comprises, transmitting, to the network node 110 , the preamble repeatedly starting in the determined starting subframe.
  • the determined starting subframe may therefore be viewed as a function of the SFN; the preamble repetition level i.e. the number of times R, and the PRACH resource configuration. According to an embodiment, the determined starting subframe is further determined based on a first offset being dependent on the PRACH configuration.
  • the preamble repetition level may also be denoted a bundle size (in number of repeated PRACH occasions).
  • a PRACH occasion may span more than one subframe and that the starting subframe referred to herein targets or refers to the subframe where the PRACH occasions starts.
  • the SFN is given by the master information block (MIB) transmitted on the physical broadcast channel (PBCH) by the network node 110 and the time periodicity of PRACH occasion is given by the PRACH configuration in a SIB e.g. in SIB2 or in a new dedicated SIB.
  • MIB master information block
  • PBCH physical broadcast channel
  • a PRACH occasion is the occasion to transmit one PRACH format, i.e. format 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. It should be mentioned that a number of PRACH configurations are available in the specification 3GPP TS 36.211 with different PRACH occasion frequencies.
  • the PRACH resources may be configured with a frequency ranging from every millisecond (ms), i.e. each subframe, down to once per 20 ms, i.e. once every other radio frame.
  • N SFN is the number of subframes comprising at least one random access channel resource in frame with SFN; and N is the average number of subframes comprising at least one random access channel resource;
  • T, N and N SFN being derived from the random access channel configuration provided by the network or provided by the network node to the UE in the random access channel configuration.
  • the starting subframe may be determined based on a second offset being a cell identifier such as a physical cell identity (PCI), received by the UE during synchronization with the network node, or the second offset is a cell identity received in a SIB or determined by the UE based on a physical-layer cell identity.
  • the starting subframe of a repeated bundled PRACH transmission may be offset by a cell specific value K which is here the second offset.
  • K is here the second offset.
  • it could be based on, or associated to, the PCI signalled by the synchronization signals from the network node upon synchronization with the cell.
  • a physical-layer cell identity N ID cell 3N ID (1) +N ID (2) is thus uniquely defined by a number N ID (1) in the range of 0 to 167, representing the physical-layer cell-identity group, and a number N ID (2) in the range of 0 to 2, representing the physical-layer identity within the physical-layer cell-identity group.
  • K may be determined by the UE 121 based on either N ID cell , N ID (1) or N ID (2) .
  • the second offset K may be received in SIB or determined by the UE based on the physical-layer cell identity.
  • K could be related to the cell identity signaled in SIB1, for example the 28 bit cell identifier in SIB1 or parts of the same.
  • the UE 121 may derive K from the first 20 bits identifying the network node 110 or the last 8 bits identifying the cell served by the network node 110 .
  • K may also be a new parameter value signalled for this purpose (dedicated). This may, for example, be performed in SIB2 or in a new dedicated SIB.
  • a starting subframe or starting occasion is determined for a frame with SFN as any subframe i fulfilling:
  • N SFN is the number of subframes comprising at least one random access channel resource in frame with SFN;
  • N is the average number of subframes comprising at least one random access channel resource
  • the starting subframe may be determined based on a preamble sequence dependent offset.
  • the starting subframe of a bundled PRACH transmission may be offset by a PRACH sequence specific value in order to further reduce the potential overhearing between different PRACH sequences within the same cell.
  • the offset value is based on a function of the index of the random access sequence (PRACH sequence). This would also help in reducing PRACH latency.
  • the preamble sequence dependent offset may also be a function of the number of times the preamble transmission is to be repeated (R) i.e. the preamble repetition level in order to evenly distribute starting subframes or starting occasions.
  • the UE 121 After determining the starting subframe, the UE 121 is configured to transmit a preamble repeatedly starting in the determined starting subframe.
  • FIG. 9 there is illustrated a flowchart depicting exemplary embodiments of a procedure performed by a UE.
  • a UE initiates a random access procedure.
  • the UE randomly selects one of the available preambles for contention-based random access.
  • the UE determines when to transmit the selected preamble, i.e. the UE determines a starting subframe for the preamble transmission(s). For this purpose and as shown in 901 a , the UE determines a SFN and PRACH configuration(s);
  • the UE determines which PRACH repetition factor R to use and in 901 c , the UE determines a next valid PRACH start occasion.
  • the UE initiate PRACH transmission in next valid subframe i.e. transmits the preamble repeatedly starting in the determined starting subframe.
  • TDD time division duplex
  • certain configurations enable more than one PRACH opportunity per subframe, but in different frequency bands.
  • the starting position not only relates to a starting point in time, but possibly also in frequency.
  • opportunity patterns it is possible to define opportunity patterns. Such a pattern could be cyclic over the frequency domain random access opportunities, and be defined by a starting point in time and in frequency.
  • time frequency opportunity pattern is defined by a starting point in time and in frequency.
  • the UE obtains a temporary identifier RA-RNTI that is associated to the selected random access opportunity.
  • RA-RNTI temporary identifier
  • RA-RNTI 1 +t — id +10 *f — id
  • the UE may receive one or two offset values from the network node through configuration enabling the UE to determine the starting subframe.
  • the network node may configure the offset value(s) for a current cell of the UE to be used in determining a starting subframe for the preamble transmissions of the UE.
  • the network node may aggregate statistics over random access (RA) performance, i.e. monitoring the RA. This means that the network node may obtain certain performance indicators.
  • a performance indicator is the number of received preambles over a time window. This may be aggregated by the network node in e.g. a counter.
  • Another example of such a performance indicator is the number of required preamble repetitions before the preamble was detected. This may be aggregated by the network node in e.g. a histogram counter.
  • the histogram counter may comprise multiple counters, one for each bin of data, for example, four counters corresponding to 0,1,2,3 repetitions.
  • a further example of such a performance indicator is the number of overheard preambles over a time window.
  • the network node may assume that all received preambles that have not lead to completed RA are due to overhearing.
  • the statistics may be aggregated over determined time periods in the network node and may be reported regularly by the network node to a network management node. This may also be reported by the network node on demand, or when a pre-configured or configurable criterion is met in the network node. The latter may also be considered or referred to as an alarm.
  • a configurable criterion is when the number of overheard preambles over a time period exceeds a determined threshold.
  • a defined starting subframe for each repeated PRACH preamble transmission needs to be defined and known not only to the UE but also to the network node or eNB.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a method performed by the network node 110 for receiving preamble transmissions from the UE 121 on the PRACH.
  • the main steps performed by the network node 110 comprise:
  • the network node 110 determines the starting subframe based on a first offset T being dependent on the random access channel configuration. As previously described, the starting subframe is determined for a frame with SFN as any subframe i fulfilling equation 3 presented before which is repeated here.
  • the network node may determine the starting based on a second offset K being a cell identifier such as, a physical cell identity, PCI, transmitted to the UE during synchronization with the UE or the second offset is a cell identity transmitted in a system information block to the UE.
  • a second offset K being a cell identifier such as, a physical cell identity, PCI, transmitted to the UE during synchronization with the UE or the second offset is a cell identity transmitted in a system information block to the UE.
  • the starting subframe may further be determined based on a preamble sequence dependent offset; wherein the preamble sequence dependent offset is a function of a number of available preambles for the number of times the preamble transmission is to be repeated, or the preamble sequence dependent offset is a function of a physical random access channel sequence index.
  • the network node determines the starting subframe for a frame with SFN as any subframe i fulfilling equation 4 presented before which is repeated below:
  • An advantage is to avoid preamble collisions since a defined starting point for each repeated PRACH preamble transmission is determined. Both the UE and the network determine the starting point and hence know when a repeated preamble transmission by the user equipment is to occur.
  • Another advantage achieved by embodiments herein is that system performance and user experience are improved since overhearing of repeated PRACH preamble transmissions in other (neighbouring) cells is reduced.
  • a UE 121 and a network node 110 are provided in accordance with FIGS. 11-12 .
  • FIGS. 11-12 are schematic block diagrams of embodiments of the UE 121 and the network node 110 .
  • the UE 121 is configured to perform the methods related to the UE according to embodiments described before.
  • the network node 110 is also configured to perform the methods related to network node according to embodiments described above.
  • the embodiments for performing preamble transmissions on a random access channel to a network node 110 in a radio communication network 100 may be implemented through one or more processors 1110 in the UE 121 depicted in FIG. 11 , together with computer program code for performing the functions and/or method actions of the embodiments herein.
  • the program code mentioned above may also be provided as a computer program product, for instance in the form of a data carrier carrying computer program code for performing embodiments herein when being loaded into the UE 121 .
  • One such carrier may be in the form of a CD ROM disc. It is however feasible with other data carriers such as a memory stick.
  • the computer program code may furthermore be provided as pure program code on a server and downloaded to the UE 121 .
  • the UE 121 further comprises a transmitter TX and a receiver RX, or a transceiver 1120 , over which the UE 121 may transmit/receive transmissions and information from the network node 110 .
  • the UE 121 further comprises a memory 1130 .
  • the memory 1130 may, for example, be used to store information, either configured in the UE 121 and/or received from the network node 110 , to perform the methods described herein, etc.
  • the embodiments for enabling preamble reception on a random access channel from a UE 121 in a radio communication network 100 may be implemented through one or more processors 1210 in the network node 110 depicted in FIG. 12 , together with computer program code for performing the functions and/or method actions of the embodiments herein.
  • the program code mentioned above may also be provided as a computer program product, for instance in the form of a data carrier carrying computer program code for performing embodiments herein when being loaded into the network node 110 .
  • One such carrier may be in the form of a CD ROM disc. It is however feasible with other data carriers such as a memory stick.
  • the computer program code may furthermore be provided as pure program code on a server and downloaded to the network node 110 .
  • the network node 110 comprises a transmitter TX and a receiver RX, or a transceiver 1220 , over which the network node 110 may transmit/receive transmissions and information from the UE 121 .
  • the network node 110 further comprises a memory 1230 .
  • the memory 1130 may, for example, be used to store offset values and other information for performing the methods described herein, etc.
  • the network node 110 may also comprise an input/output interface 1240 , which may be used to communicate with other radio network entities or network nodes in a core network.
  • processors or “controller” as used herein does not exclusively refer to hardware capable of executing software and may implicitly include, without limitation, digital signal processor (DSP) hardware, read-only memory (ROM) for storing software, random-access memory for storing software and/or program or application data, and non-volatile memory.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ROM read-only memory
  • Other hardware conventional and/or custom, may also be included.
  • Designers of communications receivers will appreciate the cost, performance, and maintenance trade-offs inherent in these design choices. The different actions taken by the different nodes may be implemented with different circuits.
  • eNodeB and UE should be considered non-limiting and does in particular not imply a certain hierarchical relation between the two; in general “eNodeB” could be considered as first device or node and “UE” as a second device or node, and these two devices or nodes communicate with each other over some radio channel.
  • the common abbreviation “e.g.”, which derives from the Latin phrase “exempli gratia,” may be used to introduce or specify a general example or examples of a previously mentioned item, and is not intended to be limiting of such item. If used herein, the common abbreviation “i.e.”, which derives from the Latin phrase “id est,” may be used to specify a particular item from a more general recitation.
  • the common abbreviation “etc.”, which derives from the Latin expression “et cetera” meaning “and other things” or “and so on” may have been used herein to indicate that further features, similar to the ones that have just been enumerated, exist.

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