IP Library Granted Patent US 12695563
Granted Patent B2
US 12695563 · App. 17/629,296 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Radio communication system, radio communication device, and radio communication method

Inventor: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04L5/0048H04B7/06956H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12695563
App. No.
17/629,296
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This communication system comprises: a first radio-communication device that transmits a plurality of first reference signals with controlled directivity in a time-sharing manner in a first period; and a second radio-communication device that transmits a plurality of second reference signals with controlled directivity to the first radio-communication device in a time-sharing manner in a second period, the second reference signal including information on directivity corresponding to any one of the first reference signals received from the first radio-communication device.

Claims (15)

1 . A radio communication apparatus communicating with a first transmitter/receiver point (TRP) and a second TRP, the radio communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, controls external communication of the radio communication apparatus with the first and second TRPs and selects a selected beam among a plurality of beams used by the first TRP, wherein the radio communication apparatus, first TRP and second TRP are different devices; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits, to the first TRP, information relating to the selected beam, information on whether or not a transmission with the first TRP and the second TRP is performed, and other information relating to another beam of the second TRP together in a Random Access Channel (RACH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

2 . The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information relating to the plurality of beams is transmitted from the second TRP.

3 . The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the selected beam is determined based on reference signals transmitted from the first TRP.

4 . The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the selected beam is transmitted in a case where a communication with the first TRP is failed.

5 . The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the selected beam is transmitted by using a Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S OFDM).

6 . A radio communication method for communicating with a first transmitter/receiver point (TRP) and a second TRP, comprising:

controlling, by a communication apparatus, external communication with the first and second TRPs, wherein the communication apparatus, first TRP and second TRP are different devices;

selecting, by the communication apparatus, a selected beam among a plurality of beams used by the first TRP; and

transmitting, by the communication apparatus to the first TRP, information relating to the selected beam, information on whether or not a transmission with the first TRP and the second TRP is performed, and other information relating to another beam of the second TRP together in a Random Access Channel (RACH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

7 . The radio communication method according to claim 6 , wherein information relating to the plurality of beams is transmitted from the second TRP.

8 . The radio communication method according to claim 6 , wherein the selected beam is determined based on reference signals transmitted from the first TRP.

9 . The radio communication method according to claim 6 , wherein the information relating to the selected beam is transmitted in a case where a communication with the first TRP is failed.

10 . The radio communication method according to claim 6 , wherein the information relating to the selected beam is transmitted by using a Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S OFDM).