IP Library Granted Patent US 10,904,873
Granted Patent B2
US 10,904,873 · App. 16/334,396 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki (Sakai, JP); Wataru Ouchi (Sakai, JP); Tomoki Yoshimura (Sakai, JP); Liqing Liu (Sakai, JP); Kimihiko Imamura (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W72/042H04W52/02H04W72/04H04W72/12H04W76/28Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 10,904,873
App. No.
16/334,396
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus for performing discontinuous reception (DRX) at least monitors both a PDCCH for C-RNTI and a PDCCH for CC-RNTI for a DRX-related active time and monitors a PDCCH for CC-RNTI in a period of a CC-RNTI monitoring window. The CC-RNTI monitoring window is started in a subframe n−X+1, and in a case that a second PDCCH is detected in a subframe n−X+v or a subframe up to the subframe n−X+v, the CC-RNTI monitoring window is ended in the subframe n in which the second PDCCH is detected, or in a case that the second PDCCH is not detected in the subframe n−X+v or the subframe up to the subframe n−X+v, the CC-RNTI monitoring window is ended in the subframe n−X+v.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to and/or programmed to transmit a physical uplink shared channel in a subframe n+k+l in a case that a first physical downlink control channel with first downlink control information is detected in a subframe n−X and a second physical downlink control channel with second downlink control information is detected in a subframe n, the first downlink control information including a ‘PUSCH trigger A’ field which is set to ‘1’, the second downlink control information including a ‘PUSCH trigger B’ field which is set to a specific second value; and

a medium access control layer processing unit configured to and/or programmed to perform discontinuous reception which controls monitoring activity of a physical downlink control channel for a cell radio network temporary identifier and a physical downlink control channel for a common control radio network temporary identifier,

wherein

the first physical downlink control channel is the physical downlink control channel for the cell radio network temporary identifier,

the second physical downlink control channel is the physical downlink control channel for the common control radio network temporary identifier,

during active time related to the discontinuous reception, at least both the physical downlink control channel for the cell radio network temporary identifier and the physical downlink control channel for the common control radio network temporary identifier are monitored by the terminal apparatus,

during a common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window except for the active time, the physical downlink control channel for the common control radio network temporary identifier is monitored by the terminal apparatus,

the common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window is started in a subframe n−X+1,

the common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window is ended in the subframe n in which the second physical downlink control channel is detected in a case that the second physical downlink control channel is detected in or until a subframe n−X+v,

the common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window is ended in the subframe n−X+v in a case that the second physical downlink control channel is not detected in or until the subframe n−X+v, and

the v is given based on a ‘Timing offset’ field included in the first downlink control information.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the k is given based on at least the ‘Timing offset’ field, and

the l is given based on at least a ‘Uplink transmission duration and offset indication’ field included in the second downlink control information.

3. A communication method used for a terminal apparatus, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a physical uplink shared channel in a subframe n+k+l in a case that a first physical downlink control channel with first downlink control information is detected in a subframe n-X and a second physical downlink control channel with second downlink control information is detected in a subframe n, the first downlink control information including a ‘PUSCH trigger A’ field which is set to ‘1’, the second downlink control information including a ‘PUSCH trigger B’ field which is set to a specific second value; and

performing discontinuous reception which controls monitoring activity of a physical downlink control channel for a cell radio network temporary identifier and a physical downlink control channel for a common control radio network temporary identifier, wherein

the first physical downlink control channel is the physical downlink control channel for the cell radio network temporary identifier,

the second physical downlink control channel is the physical downlink control channel for the common control radio network temporary identifier,

during active time related to the discontinuous reception, at least both the physical downlink control channel for the cell radio network temporary identifier and the physical downlink control channel for the common control radio network temporary identifier are monitored,

during a common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window except for the active time, the physical downlink control channel for the common control radio network temporary identifier is monitored,

the common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window is started in a subframe n−X+l,

the common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window is ended in the subframe n in which the second physical downlink control channel is detected in a case that the second physical downlink control channel is detected in or until a subframe n−X+v,

the common control radio network temporary identifier monitoring window is ended in the subframe n−X+v in a case that the second physical downlink control channel is not detected in or until the subframe n−X+v, and

the v is given based on a ‘Timing offset’ field included in the first downlink control information.

4. The communication method according to claim 3 , wherein

the k is given based on at least the ‘Timing offset’ field, and

the l is given based on at least a ‘Uplink transmission duration and offset indication’ field included in the second downlink control information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069039/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2019
From: SUZUKI, SHOICHI; OUCHI, WATARU; YOSHIMURA, TOMOKI; LIU, LIQING; IMAMURA, KIMIHIKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049326/0613 →