IP Library Granted Patent US 10,064,196
Granted Patent B2
US 10,064,196 · App. 15/541,564 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Terminal device, monitoring method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP); Katsunari Uemura (Sakai, JP); Yasuyuki Kato (Sakai, JP); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/08H04L1/16H04W74/08H04B7/2668
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Patent No.
US 10,064,196
App. No.
15/541,564
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal device is configured to monitor a radio link on the basis of a specific threshold value defined as a level of a downlink radio link and the threshold value is defined by taking into account the number of repetitive transmissions and/or repetitive receptions.

Claims (26)

1. A terminal device comprising:

reception circuitry configured to receive information indicating a number of transmission repetitions for physical downlink control channel, and

physical layer control circuitry configured to perform radio link monitoring based on a plurality of thresholds each being defined as a level of a downlink radio link,

wherein a value of a first threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which the downlink radio link cannot be reliably received,

a value of a second threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which a downlink radio link quality can be more reliably received than at the first threshold,

each of the value of the first threshold and the value of the second threshold corresponds to a specific block error rate of a physical downlink control channel transmission based on the number of transmission repetitions.

2. A base station device comprising:

radio resource control circuitry configured to generate information indicating a number of transmission repetitions for physical downlink control channel; and

transmission circuitry configured to transmit, to a terminal device, the information indicating the number of transmission repetitions,

wherein the radio link monitoring is performed based on a plurality of thresholds each being defined as a level of a downlink radio link,

a value of a first threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which the downlink radio link cannot be reliably received,

a value of a second threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which a downlink radio link quality can be more reliably received than at the first threshold

each of the value of the first threshold and the value of the second threshold corresponds to a specific block error rate of a physical downlink control channel transmission based on the number of transmission repetitions.

3. A communication method for terminal device, the communication method comprising:

receiving information indicating a number of transmission repetitions for physical downlink control channel, and

performing radio link monitoring based on a plurality of thresholds each being defined as a level of a downlink radio link, wherein

a value of a first threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which the downlink radio link cannot be reliably received,

a value of a second threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which a downlink radio link quality can be more reliably received than at the first threshold

each of the value of the first threshold and the value of the second threshold corresponds to a specific block error rate of a physical downlink control channel transmission based on the number of transmission repetitions.

4. A communication method for a base station device, the communication method comprising:

generating information indicating a number of transmission repetitions for physical downlink control channel; and

transmitting, to a terminal device, the information indicating the number of transmission repetitions, wherein

the radio link monitoring is performed based on a plurality of thresholds each being defined as a level of a downlink radio link,

a value of a first threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which the downlink radio link cannot be reliably received,

a value of a second threshold of the plurality of thresholds is defined as a level at which a downlink radio link quality can be more reliably received than at the first threshold

each of the value of the first threshold and the value of the second threshold corresponds to a specific block error rate of a physical downlink control channel transmission based on the number of transmission repetitions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2017
From: TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU; UEMURA, KATSUNARI; KATO, YASUYUKI; YAMADA, SHOHEI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044508/0847 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-001939 · Jan 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170347361A1 · Nov 30, 2017