System and method for measuring propagation delay in an narrowband TDD CDMA mobile communication system

摘要

Disclosed is a method for measuring a propagation delay value of a frame transmitted by a UE to a Node B in a TDD mobile communication system. The UF. acquires synchronization with the Node B based on a downlink pilot channel signal transmitted in a period of a downlink pilot time slot, and determines an estimated round trip delay value T1 by comparing transmission power of a physical common channel signal in a first time slot with reception power of the physical common channel signal. Further, the UE transmits an uplink pilot channel signal by applying the estimated round trip delay value T1 to a desired transmission point of the uplink pilot channel signal. The UE receives a transmission point correcting value T2 through a forward physical access channel (FPACH) signal transmitted from the Node B in a period of one downlink time slot among the time slots, and transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) message with the estimated round trip delay value T1 at a transmission point determined based on the transmission point correcting value T2 and the estimated round trip delay value T1, so that the PRACH message is received at the Node B at a start point of a period of one uplink time slot among the time slots.