Base station
A base station according to an embodiment includes a controller configured to perform a process of transmitting, in a specific frequency band shared by a plurality of operators and/or a plurality of communication systems, a burst signal including data or a control signal and a discovery reference signal including a reference signal and/or a synchronization signal. If there is a transmission duration of the discovery signal within a transmission duration of the burst signal after starting the transmission of the burst signal, the controller performs a process of transmitting the discovery reference signal even within the transmission duration of the burst signal.
1. A base station, comprising:
a controller configured to:
perform a process of transmitting, in a specific frequency band shared by a plurality of operators and/or a plurality of communication systems, a burst signal including data and a discovery reference signal including a reference signal and/or a synchronization signal,
in response to determining that, within the specific frequency band, a start of a transmission duration of the discovery reference signal is within a transmission duration of the burst signal and the start of the transmission duration of the discovery reference signal is after starting transmission of the burst signal, the controller is configured to perform a process of transmitting the discovery reference signal even within the transmission duration of the burst signal, and
in response to determining that the start of the transmission duration of the discovery reference signal and the starting transmission of the burst signal collides, the controller is further configured to:
determine, based on priority information, whether or not to prioritize the transmission of the discovery reference signal over the transmission of the burst signal,
the priority information being based on a frequency of transmission of the discovery reference signal, wherein the frequency of transmission is based on at least one of: a collision rate between the discovery reference signal and the burst signal, a success rate of listen-before-talk operations for the discovery reference signal, and a number of times the discovery reference signal cannot be transmitted;
in response to determining to prioritize the transmission of the burst signal over the transmission of the discovery reference signal, only perform the transmission of the burst signal and cancel the transmission of the discovery reference signal; and
in response to determining to prioritize the transmission of the discovery reference signal over the transmission of the burst signal, cancel transmission of the burst signal and only perform the transmission of the discovery reference signal.
2. The base station according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller performs a process of transmitting, to a radio terminal to which the burst signal is transmitted, information indicating that the discovery reference signal is included within the transmission duration of the burst signal.
3. The base station according to claim 1 ,
wherein if the discovery reference signal is transmitted within the transmission duration of the burst signal, the controller arranges the burst signal in an available resource in which the discovery reference signal is not arranged, among radio resources within the transmission duration of the discovery reference signal.
4. The base station according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specific frequency band is a frequency band required for the controller to determine whether or not the specific frequency band is available before transmitting a radio signal by using the specific frequency band, and
in response to the discovery reference signal being transmitted within the transmission duration of the burst signal, the controller omits the determination process for transmitting the discovery reference signal.
5. The base station according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to transmit the burst signal and the discovery reference signal by using an identical antenna port so that the reference signal included in the discovery reference signal functions as a demodulation reference signal.
6. A base station that can execute communication with a radio terminal in a licensed band and an unlicensed band, comprising:
a controller configured to:
transmit, to the radio terminal, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a discovery signal including a reference signal and a synchronization signal in the unlicensed band;
in response to determining that, within the unlicensed band, a start of a transmission duration of the discovery signal is within a transmission duration of the PDSCH and the start of the transmission duration of the discovery signal is after starting transmission of the PDSCH, the controller is configured to perform a process of transmitting the discovery signal even within the transmission duration of the PDSCH; and
in response to determining that the start of the transmission duration of the discovery signal and the starting transmission of the PDSCH collides, the controller is further configured to:
determine, based on priority information, whether or not to prioritize the transmission of the discovery signal over the transmission of the PDSCH,
the priority information being based on a frequency of transmission of the discovery signal, wherein the frequency of transmission is based on at least one of: a collision rate between the discovery signal and the burst signal, a success rate of listen-before-talk operations for the discovery signal, and a number of times the discovery signal cannot be transmitted;
in response to determining to prioritize the transmission of the PDSCH over the transmission of the discovery signal, only perform the transmission of the PDSCH and cancel the transmission of the discovery signal; and
in response to determining to prioritize the transmission of the discovery signal over the transmission of the PDSCH, cancel transmission of the PDSCH and only perform the transmission of the discovery signal.
7. A base station that can execute communication with a radio terminal in a licensed band and an unlicensed band, comprising:
a controller configured to transmit, to the radio terminal, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a discovery signal including a synchronization signal in the unlicensed band,
wherein the controller is configured to:
in response to determining that, within the unlicensed band, a start of a transmission duration of the discovery signal is within a transmission duration of the PDSCH and the start of the transmission duration of the discovery signal is after starting transmission of the PDSCH, simultaneously perform transmission of the PDSCH and transmission of the discovery signal, and
in response to determining that the start of the transmission duration of the discovery signal and the starting transmission of the PDSCH collides, the controller is further configured to:
determine, based on priority information, whether or not to prioritize the transmission of the discovery signal over the transmission of the PDSCH;
the priority information being based on a frequency of transmission of the discovery signal, wherein the frequency of transmission is based on at least one of: a collision rate between the discovery signal and the burst signal, a success rate of listen-before-talk operations for the discovery signal, and a number of times the discovery signal cannot be transmitted;
in response to determining to prioritize the transmission of the PDSCH over the transmission of the discovery signal, only perform the transmission of the PDSCH and cancel the transmission of the discovery signal; and
in response to determining to prioritize the transmission of the discovery signal over the transmission of the PDSCH, cancel transmission of the PDSCH and only perform the transmission of the discovery signal.