US 12,219,606 B2
Method and apparatus for random access using random beam-switching in wireless network environment
Tae Jin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jun Woo Won, Suwon-si (KR); and Kyoung Min Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,118.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0123335 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095380 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0808 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A random access method performed by an apparatus in a wireless network environment, comprising: selecting a given preamble in response to receiving a synchronization signal block from a base station; transmitting, to the base station, a first message including the selected given preamble by using sequential beam-sweeping; transmitting a third message for a connection request for uplink data transmission in response to receiving, from the base station, a second message responding to the transmitted first message, wherein the third message is transmitted using beam-switching; and completing a random access channel operation in response to receiving a fourth message responding to the transmitted third message, wherein transmitting the third message includes: determining a random beam sequence in response to receiving the second message from the base station, and transmitting, to the base station, the third message for a connection request for the uplink data transmission by using beam-switching using the determined random beam sequence.