IP Library Granted Patent US 9,408,151
Granted Patent B2
US 9,408,151 · App. 14/383,990 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, control method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Katsunari Uemura (Osaka, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Osaka, JP); Yasuyuki Kato (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W52/0251H04W52/0216H04W52/0229H04W72/042H04W8/24Y02B60/50
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Patent No.
US 9,408,151
App. No.
14/383,990
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides techniques related to a terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, control method, and integrated circuit for performing efficient transmission and reception control between a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus to thereby reduce power consumption and improve radio resource utilization. The terminal apparatus sends capability information indicating whether notification of a state relating to power consumption of the terminal apparatus is possible or not to the base station apparatus, and upon receiving a parameter indicating start of determination on the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus from the base station apparatus, determines the state relating to power consumption based on the current communication state configurations of the terminal apparatus and sends state information representing the result of the determination on the state relating to power consumption to the base station apparatus.

Claims (27)

1. A terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

higher layer processing circuitry that:

sends capability information, to the base station apparatus, indicating whether notification of a state relating to power consumption of the terminal apparatus is possible or not, and

receives a parameter, from the base station apparatus, for use in notification of the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus, and

management circuitry that determines the state relating to power consumption based on current configurations of the terminal apparatus, wherein

the higher lager processing circuitry also sends information, to the base station apparatus, indicating the state relating to power consumption.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the configurations of the terminal apparatus are state configurations relating to uplink channel transmission control or downlink channel reception control for the terminal apparatus.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter for use in of the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus comprises one or a combination of information indicating a transmission interval of uplink data, information indicating a number of sub-frames necessary for a single transmission or reception, information indicating a packet size transmitted in one sub-frame, and information indicating a resource block size necessary for one sub-frame.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the state information indicates a preferred state to reduce power consumption of the terminal apparatus.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the state information is included in an RRC message and sent.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if the parameter for use in notification of the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus is deleted, determination on the state relating to power consumption based on the current configurations of the terminal apparatus is stopped.

7. A base station apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

higher layer processing circuitry that:

receives capability information, from the terminal apparatus, indicating whether notification of a state relating to power consumption of the terminal apparatus is possible or not,

sends a parameter, to the terminal apparatus, for use in notification of the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus, and

receives state information, from the terminal apparatus, indicating the state relating to power consumption set by the terminal apparatus based on current configurations of the terminal apparatus.

8. A control method for a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the control method comprising:

sending capability information, to the base station apparatus, indicating whether notification of a state relating to power consumption of the terminal apparatus is possible or not;

receiving a parameter, from the base station apparatus, for use in notification of the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus;

determining the state relating to power consumption based on current configurations of the terminal apparatus; and

sending state information, to the base station apparatus, indicating the state relating to power consumption.

9. An integrated circuit for implementation in a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the integrated circuit comprising:

higher layer processing circuitry that

sends capability information, to the base station apparatus, indicating whether notification of a state relating to power consumption of the terminal apparatus is possible or not; and

receives a parameter, from the base station apparatus, for use in notification of the state relating to the power consumption of the terminal apparatus; and

management circuitry that determines the state relating to power consumption based on current configurations of the terminal apparatus; wherein

the higher layer circuitry also sends state information, to the base station apparatus, indicating the state relating to power consumption.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2014
From: UEMURA, KATSUNARI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU; KATO, YASUYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033705/0876 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-059515 · Mar 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150036574A1 · Feb 5, 2015