IP Library Granted Patent US 11,930,501
Granted Patent B2
US 11,930,501 · App. 16/087,852 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Terminal, communication method, base station, and system for receiving synchronization and/or broadcast signals in a given transmission time interval

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihisa Kishiyama (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/23H04B17/382H04L47/70H04L47/76H04W48/10H04W48/12H04W56/001H04W56/0015H04W72/044H04W72/50H04W74/0833H04L5/0048H04W16/04H04W16/10H04W72/30
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Patent No.
US 11,930,501
App. No.
16/087,852
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is designed to realize appropriate communication in next generation communication systems. a control section that controls communication by using a radio frame that includes a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs), in which the downlink and the uplink can be switched, and a given TTI, which is for DL transmission and which is configured in a given cycle, and a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal and a broadcast signal in the given TTI are provided.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a plurality of synchronization signals and a plurality of broadcast signals in a given transmission time interval in which given resources are configured, each given resource being formed of consecutive symbols; and

a processor that controls reception of the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval in which the given resources are configured,

wherein the processor is configured to be provided with resource index information of the given resources being configured in the given transmission time interval in which the receiver receives the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals, each given resource is used for transmitting synchronization signals among the plurality of synchronization signals and a broadcast signal among the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval, and to control reception of the synchronization signals and the broadcast signal on each given resource based on the resource index information of the given resources,

wherein the processor determines a number of resources used for Random Access Channel (RACH) transmission based on a number of the given resources in the given transmission time interval, and

wherein the number of resources is determined based on the information about the number of the given resources based on the broadcast signal.

2. A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:

receiving a plurality of synchronization signals and a plurality of broadcast signals in a given transmission time interval in which given resources are configured, each given resource being formed of consecutive symbols; and

controlling reception of the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval in which the given resources are configured,

wherein the terminal is configured to be provided with resource index information of the given resources being configured in the given transmission time interval in which the terminal receives the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals, each given resource is used for transmitting synchronization signals among the plurality of synchronization signals and a broadcast signal among the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval, and to control reception of the synchronization signals and the broadcast signal on each given resource based on the resource index information of the given resources,

wherein the terminal determines a number of resources used for Random Access Channel (RACH) transmission based on a number of the given resources in the given transmission time interval, and

wherein the number of resources is determined based on the information about the number of the given resources based on the broadcast signal.

3. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a plurality of synchronization signals and a plurality of broadcast signals in a given transmission time interval in which given resources are configured, each given resource being formed of consecutive symbols; and

a processor that controls transmission of the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval in which the given resources are configured,

wherein the processor is configured to provide a terminal with resource index information of the given resources being configured in the given transmission time interval in which the transmitter transmits the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals, each given resource is used for transmitting synchronization signals among the plurality of synchronization signals and a broadcast signal among the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval, and to control transmission of the synchronization signals and the broadcast signal on each given resource based on the resource index information of the given resources, and

wherein the transmitter transmits information about a number of the given resources in the given transmission time interval to the terminal by the broadcast signal, and

wherein a number of resources for the terminal to transmit Random Access Channel (RACH) is determined based on the information about the number of the given resources based on the broadcast signal.

4. A system comprising: a terminal; and a base station,

the terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a plurality of synchronization signals and a plurality of broadcast signals in a given transmission time interval in which given resources are configured, each given resource being formed of consecutive symbols; and

a terminal processor that controls reception of the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval in which the given resources are configured,

wherein the terminal processor is configured to be provided with resource index information of the given resources being configured in the given transmission time interval in which the receiver receives the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals, each given resource is used for transmitting synchronization signals among the plurality of synchronization signals and a broadcast signal among the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval, and to control reception of the synchronization signals and the broadcast signal on each given resource based on the resource index information of the given resources,

wherein the terminal determines a number of resources used for Random Access Channel (RACH) transmission based on a number of the given resources in the given transmission time interval, and

wherein the number of resources is determined based on the information about the number of the given resources based on the broadcast signal;

the base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval in which the given resources are configured; and

a base station processor that controls transmission of the plurality of synchronization signals and the plurality of broadcast signals in the given transmission time interval in which the given resources are configured,

wherein the base station processor is configured to provide the terminal with the resource index information of the given resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: HARADA, HIROKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; KISHIYAMA, YOSHIHISA; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 047158/0653 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-062596 · Mar 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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