Terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A terminal apparatus includes, a first reception unit configured to receive a first synchronization signal with a first subcarrier spacing, a second reception unit configured to receive a second synchronization signal with the first subcarrier spacing, a detection unit configured to detect an identity from the first synchronization signal and/or the second synchronization signal, and a third reception unit configured to receive a first reference signal, based on the identity, with a second subcarrier spacing different from the first subcarrier spacing, wherein, the first reference signal is arranged in a time resource and a frequency resource predetermined for the second subcarrier spacing.
1. A terminal device comprising:
reception circuitry configured to:
receive a first signal for first synchronization with a first subcarrier spacing,
receive a second signal for the first synchronization with the first subcarrier spacing,
receive a third signal for second synchronization with a second subcarrier spacing, the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing being used individually among a plurality of different subcarrier spacing candidates, and
receive a fourth signal, with a third subcarrier spacing, neither for the first synchronization nor for the second synchronization, the third subcarrier spacing being different from the second subcarrier spacing;
detection circuitry configured to detect a physical cell identity based on the first signal and the second signal; and
synchronization circuitry configured to perform the first synchronization for a cell based on the first signal and the second signal and perform the second synchronization for the cell based on the third signal, wherein:
the first signal is a primary synchronization signal,
the second signal is a secondary synchronization signal,
the third signal is a Non-Zero Power-Channel State Information-Reference signal, and
the fourth signal is a Non-Zero Power-Channel State Information-Reference signal.
2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the first synchronization comprises coarse time/frequency synchronization, and the second synchronization comprises fine time/frequency synchronization.
3. A communication method used for a terminal device, the communication method comprising:
receiving a first signal for first synchronization with a first subcarrier spacing;
receiving a second signal for the first synchronization with the first subcarrier spacing;
receiving a third signal for second synchronization with a second subcarrier spacing, the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing being used individually among a plurality of different subcarrier spacing candidates;
receiving a fourth signal, with a third subcarrier spacing, neither for the first synchronization nor for the second synchronization, the third subcarrier spacing being different from the second subcarrier spacing;
detecting a physical cell identity based on the first signal and the second signal; and
performing the first synchronization for a cell based on the first signal and the second signal and performing the second synchronization for the cell based on the third signal, wherein:
the first signal is a primary synchronization signal,
the second signal is a secondary synchronization signal,
the third signal is a Non-Zero Power-Channel State Information-Reference signal, and
the fourth signal is a Non-Zero Power-Channel State Information-Reference signal.
4. A base station device comprising:
transmission circuitry configured to:
transmit a first signal for first synchronization with a first subcarrier spacing, and transmit a second signal for the first synchronization with the first subcarrier spacing, to cause a terminal apparatus to perform the first synchronization for a cell based on the first signal and the second signal,
transmit a third signal for second synchronization with a second subcarrier spacing to cause the terminal apparatus to perform the second synchronization for the cell based on the third signal, the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing being used individually among a plurality of different subcarrier spacing candidates, and
transmit a fourth signal, with a third subcarrier spacing, neither for the first synchronization nor for the second synchronization, the third subcarrier spacing being different from the second subcarrier spacing; and
determination circuitry configured to determine a physical cell identity based on the first signal and the second signal, wherein:
the first signal is a primary synchronization signal,
the second signal is a secondary synchronization signal,
the third signal is a Non-Zero Power-Channel State Information-Reference signal, and
the fourth signal is a Non-Zero Power-Channel State Information-Reference signal.
5. The base station device according to claim 4 , wherein,
the first synchronization comprises coarse time/frequency synchronization, and the second synchronization comprises fine time/frequency synchronization.