IP Library Granted Patent US 9,629,149
Granted Patent B2
US 9,629,149 · App. 13/877,614 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Radio base station apparatus, mobile terminal apparatus and radio communication method

Inventors: Daisuke Nishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Kazuaki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Tetsushi Abe (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihisa Kishiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/0446H04L5/0048H04L5/0091H04W48/08H04W72/04H04W72/0413H04W28/18H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 9,629,149
App. No.
13/877,614
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to adequately report the SRS transmission timing and SRS parameters to a mobile terminal apparatus, when an aperiodic SRS is adopted, and efficiently use radio resources to be used for SRS transmission. A radio base station apparatus that reports SRS transmission control information to a mobile terminal apparatus and controls transmission of an SRS by the mobile terminal apparatus, and the radio base station apparatus has an SRS setting section that selects bit information to report to the mobile terminal apparatus, from a table having bit information to indicate not to trigger the SRS and bit information to indicate to trigger the SRS using a default SRS parameter, and a reporting section that reports the bit information for the mobile terminal apparatus using a downlink control channel.

Claims (7)

1. A radio communication method for controlling transmission of an aperiodic SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) by a mobile terminal apparatus, the radio communication method comprising the steps of:

in a radio base station apparatus,

selecting a specific bit information piece to report to the mobile terminal apparatus, from a table having four bit information pieces including one bit information piece to indicate not to trigger the aperiodic SRS and three bit information pieces to indicate to transmit the aperiodic SRS using first to third default SRS parameters respectively, the four bit information pieces all being defined in a 2-bit bit field in downlink control information to be transmitted in one subframe; and

reporting, to the mobile terminal apparatus, the specific bit information piece by a downlink control channel and reporting, to the mobile terminal apparatus, the first to third default SRS parameters in advance by higher layers; and

in the mobile terminal apparatus,

controlling the transmission of the aperiodic SRS based on the specific bit information piece and the first to third default SRS parameters.

2. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio base station apparatus includes and reports the specific bit information piece in an uplink scheduling grant or a downlink scheduling grant, to the mobile terminal apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2013
From: NISHIKAWA, DAISUKE; TAKEDA, KAZUAKI; ABE, TETSUSHI; KISHIYAMA, YOSHIHISA
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 030607/0256 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-225227 · Oct 4, 2010 · national
JP 2010-249764 · Nov 8, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130208690A1 · Aug 15, 2013