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Granted Patent B2
US 11,160,091 · App. 15/749,872 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Terminal device, base station device, and communication method

Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Sakai, JP); Naoki Kusashima (Sakai, JP); Wataru Ouchi (Sakai, JP); Takashi Hayashi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/085H04L5/001H04L5/005H04L5/0053H04W16/14H04W48/12H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,160,091
App. No.
15/749,872
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cell using an allocated frequency band, a non-allocated frequency band, or a shared frequency band is controlled efficiently. A higher layer processing unit configured to configure a first configuration for monitoring an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH) and a second configuration for measuring a Discovery Signal (DS); a reception processing unit configured to monitor a candidate of the EPDCCH, based on the first configuration; and a detection unit configured to detect the DS in a prescribed subframe to be determined, based on the second configuration are provided. In a case that simultaneous transmissions on the EPDCCH and the DS occur in a Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) cell, the EPDCCH is mapped onto a resource element different from a resource element corresponding to the DS in the prescribed subframe.

Claims (18)

1. A terminal device for communicating with a base station device, the terminal device comprising:

a higher layer processor which configures a first configuration used for monitoring an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH) and a second configuration used for measuring a Discovery Signal (DS);

a reception processor which monitors, in a subframe, a set of candidates of the EPDCCH, based on the first configuration; and

a measurement controller which measures the DS in a subframe within a DS period that is set up based on the second configuration, wherein

in a case that transmissions on the EPDCCH and the DS occur in a same subframe, a time length of which is one (1) millisecond, in a Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) cell, the EPDCCH is not mapped in resource elements used for the DS, the DS including a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal and cell-specific reference signals in the subframe,

a position of the cell-specific reference signals is given by a number of antenna ports and frequency shift parameters, the position of the cell-specific reference signals being given by a parameter in a case that re-MappingQCL-ConfigID-r11 which is a higher layer parameter configures the parameter.

2. A base station device for communicating with a terminal device, the base station device comprising:

a higher layer processor which configures, for the terminal device, a first configuration used for monitoring an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH) and a second configuration used for measuring a Discovery Signal (DS);

a control channel processor which maps, in a subframe, the EPDCCH onto a candidate of the EPDCCH, based on the first configuration; and

a discovery signal processor which maps the DS in a subframe within a DS period that is set up based on the second configuration, wherein

in a case that transmissions on the EPDCCH and the DS occur in a same subframe, a time length of which is one (1) millisecond, in a Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) cell, the EPDCCH is not mapped in resource elements used for the DS, the DS including a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal and cell-specific reference signals in the subframe,

a position of the cell-specific reference signals is given by a number of antenna ports and frequency shift parameters, the position of the cell-specific reference signals being given by a parameter in a case that re-MappingQCL-ConfigID-r11 which is a higher layer parameter configures the parameter.

3. A communication method to be used by a terminal device for communicating with a base station device, the communication method comprising:

configuring a first configuration used for monitoring an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH) and a second configuration used for measuring a Discovery Signal (DS);

monitoring, in a subframe, a set of candidates of the EPDCCH, based on the first configuration; and

measuring the DS in a subframe within a DS period that is set up based on the second configuration, wherein

in a case that transmissions on the EPDCCH and the DS occur in a same subframe, a time length of which is one (1) millisecond, in a Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) cell, the EPDCCH is not mapped in resource elements used for the DS, the DS including a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal and cell-specific reference signals in the subframe,

a position of the cell-specific reference signals is given by a number of antenna ports and frequency shift parameters, the position of the cell-specific reference signals being given by a parameter in a case that re-MappingQCL-ConfigID-r11 which is a higher layer parameter configures the parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: SHIMEZAWA, KAZUYUKI; KUSASHIMA, NAOKI; OUCHI, WATARU; HAYASHI, TAKASHI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044824/0068 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-154654 · Aug 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180234988A1 · Aug 16, 2018
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