US 12,177,909 B2
Method and apparatus for random access
Zhipeng Lin, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,493.
Application 18/231,493 is a continuation of application No. 17/797,514, granted, now 11,864,246, previously published as PCT/CN2021/074110, filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2020/074528 (WO), filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049303 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/085 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0062 (2013.01); H04L 5/0091 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a terminal device, comprising:
determining an interlace configuration for uplink shared channel transmission to a network node in a two-step contention-free random access procedure; and
performing the uplink shared channel transmission to the network node in the two-step contention-free random access procedure, according to the determined interlace configuration;
wherein the determination of the interlace configuration is based at least in part on dedicated signaling for the two-step contention-free random access procedure from the network node; wherein the dedicated signaling includes:
a start interlace index for an interlace; and
a number of consecutive interlaces allocated for the uplink shared channel transmission.