IP Library Granted Patent US 12707283
Granted Patent B2
US 12707283 · App. 18/834,126 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Terminal and communication method

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Naoya Shibaike (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W16/28H04W76/10H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 12707283
App. No.
18/834,126
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of first signals including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel to a first terminal by applying different beams to the plurality of first signals; a reception unit configured to receive a second signal corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first signals by using a parameter corresponding to a beam that is applied to one of the first signals; and a control unit configured to establish an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection with the first terminal according to transmission and reception using the parameter.

Claims (17)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of first signals including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel to a first terminal by applying different beams to the plurality of first signals;

a receiver configured to receive a second signal corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first signals by using a parameter corresponding to a beam that is applied to one of the first signals; and

a processor configured to establish an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection with the first terminal according to transmission and reception using the parameter,

wherein a channel for transmission and reception of the second signal is a feedback channel of a sidelink, and a frequency of a resource of the feedback channel and a cyclic shift of the feedback channel are determined based on an index of the synchronization signal and the broadcast channel.

2 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter is one of a beam, an antenna port, a codebook, a TCI state (Transmission configuration indicator-State), a QCL assumption (Quasi Co Location assumption), a reference signal, or an antenna pan.

3 . The communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the transmitter changes the parameter for each of one or plurality of transmission occasions in the plurality of transmission occasions in each of transmission periods of the first signals.

4 . The communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the receiver changes the parameter for each reception occasion in a plurality of reception occasions in each of transmission periods of the second signals received from the first terminal.

5 . The communication apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the transmitter transmits a control channel and a shared channel by using the parameter corresponding to the beam applied to the first signal.

6 . A communication method performed by a terminal, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a plurality of first signals including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel to a first terminal by applying different beams to the plurality of first signals;

receiving a second signal corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first signals by using a parameter corresponding to a beam that is applied to one of the first signals; and

establishing an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection with the first terminal according to transmission and reception using the parameter,

wherein a channel for transmission and reception of the second signal is a feedback channel of a sidelink, and a frequency of a resource of the feedback channel and a cyclic shift of the feedback channel are determined based on an index of the synchronization signal and the broadcast channel.