Method and apparatus for detecting contention during random access procedure in a mobile communication system
US8228827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/0866
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting contention in an RA procedure in a mobile communication system is provided in which an L2/L3 message is received from a UE in uplink resources allocated to the UE by an RA preamble response message that was transmitted for an RA procedure initiated by the UE, a CR message associated the RA procedure is transmitted to the UE, if the L2/L3 message is an initial access message, and predetermined control information is transmitted to the UE on a downlink control channel without transmitting the CR message, if the L2/L3 message is not an initial access message.
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