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Granted Patent B2
US 10,298,306 · App. 15/314,157 · Granted May 21, 2019

Terminal device, base station apparatus and communication method

Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Sakai, JP); Toshizo Nogami (Sakai, JP); Naoki Kusashima (Sakai, JP); Kimihiko Imamura (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04B7/0626H04B17/309H04L1/0026H04L69/22H04W24/10H04W28/06H04W72/04H04W72/042H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 10,298,306
App. No.
15/314,157
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus. The device includes: a higher layer processing unit that configures a discovery signal which includes cell-specific reference signals present in DwPTSs of all downlink subframes and all special subframes, a first synchronization signal present in a prescribed subframe, a second synchronization signal present in a first subframe, and one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals during a period of continuous subframes in a predetermined cell; and a reception unit that receives the discovery signal. A subframe offset between the second synchronization signal and the non-zero power CSI reference signal is independently configured for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

Claims (31)

1. A terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus, the device comprising:

higher layer processing circuitry that configures a discovery signal which includes cell-specific reference signals present in all downlink subframes and in DwPTS of all special subframes, a primary synchronization signal present in a prescribed subframe, a secondary synchronization signal present in a first subframe, and one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals during a period of consecutive subframes in a predetermined cell; and

reception circuitry that receives the discovery signal,

wherein a subframe offset between the secondary synchronization signal and the non-zero power CSI reference signal is independently configured for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a subframe in which the non-zero power CSI reference signal is present is determined based on a subframe in which the second synchronization signal is present and the subframe offset.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a subframe in which the non-zero power CSI reference signal is present is a subframe subsequent to the subframe in which the secondary synchronization signal is present during the period of the consecutive subframes.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the higher layer processing circuitry configures the period of the consecutive subframes.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the higher layer processing circuitry independently configures a parameter for generating a pseudo-random sequence for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein it is assumed that the terminal device does not transmit a signal and a channel except for the discovery signal in the predetermined cell in a case where at least the predetermined cell is not activated.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the higher layer processing circuitry independently configures a parameter related to a quasi-co-location for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the higher layer processing circuitry configures one or more zero power CSI reference signals, and

a resource element indicated by the zero power CSI reference signal is a resource element assumed not to be used in transmission of a prescribed channel.

9. A base station apparatus that communicates with a terminal device, the apparatus comprising:

higher layer processing circuitry that configures a discovery signal which includes cell-specific reference signals present in all downlink subframes and in DwPTS of all special subframes, a primary synchronization signal present in a prescribed subframe, a second synchronization signal present in a first subframe, and one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals for the terminal device during a period of consecutive subframes in a predetermined cell; and

transmission circuitry that transmits the discovery signal,

wherein a subframe offset between the second synchronization signal and the non-zero power CSI reference signal is independently configured for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

10. A communication method in a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus, the method comprising:

a step of configuring a discovery signal which includes cell-specific reference signals present in all downlink subframes and in DwPTS of all special subframes, a primary synchronization signal present in a prescribed subframe, a second synchronization signal present in a first subframe, and one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals during a period of consecutive subframes in a predetermined cell; and

a step of receiving the discovery signal,

wherein a subframe offset between the secondary synchronization signal and the non-zero power CSI reference signal is independently configured for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

11. A communication method in a base station apparatus that communicates with a terminal device, the method comprising:

a step of configuring a discovery signal which includes cell-specific reference signals present in all downlink subframes and in DwPTS of all special subframes, a primary synchronization signal present in a prescribed subframe, a secondary synchronization signal present in a first subframe, and one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals for the terminal device during a period of consecutive subframes in a predetermined cell; and

a step of transmitting the discovery signal,

wherein a subframe offset between the secondary synchronization signal and the non-zero power CSI reference signal is independently configured for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2016
From: SHIMEZAWA, KAZUYUKI; NOGAMI, TOSHIZO; KUSASHIMA, NAOKI; IMAMURA, KIMIHIKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040425/0611 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-111820 · May 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170195028A1 · Jul 6, 2017
Cited By (1)
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