IP Library Granted Patent US 11,082,931
Granted Patent B2
US 11,082,931 · App. 16/609,121 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Terminal and radio communication method using multiple waveforms

Inventors: Ryosuke Osawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Kakishima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 11,082,931
App. No.
16/609,121
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that is capable of transmitting a plurality of waveforms including a first waveform and a second waveform while switching therebetween, wherein the first waveform is based on a first transmission scheme and the second waveform is based on a second transmission scheme, and transmits the first waveform at a given timing, by using a given cell, and a control section that calculates a power headroom for the second waveform, which is one of the plurality of waveforms and which is not transmitted at the given timing. According to one aspect of the present invention, communication can be continued adequately even when communication is performed by using multiple waveforms.

Claims (28)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that

is capable of transmitting a first waveform and a second waveform while switching therebetween, wherein the first waveform is based on a first transmission scheme and the second waveform is based on a second transmission scheme, and

transmits, at a timing, a signal using the first waveform using a cell; and

a processor that calculates a power headroom for the second waveform that is not used to transmit at the timing,

wherein, when discrete bandwidths are allocated to the first waveform that is used to transmit at the timing, the processor calculates a power headroom for the first waveform and/or the power headroom for the second waveform based on a sum of the discrete bandwidths.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor calculates the power headroom for the second waveform based on a given bandwidth that is configured.

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

providing capabilities for transmitting a first waveform and a second waveform while switching therebetween, wherein the first waveform is based on a first transmission scheme and the second waveform is based on a second transmission scheme;

transmitting, at a timing, a signal using the first waveform using a cell; and

calculating a power headroom for the second waveform that is not used to transmit at the timing,

wherein when discrete bandwidths are allocated to the first waveform, calculating the power headroom for the first waveform is based on a sum of the discrete bandwidths.

4. A base station comprising:

a receiver that receives a signal, transmitted at a timing using a first waveform using a cell, from a terminal that is capable of transmitting the first waveform and a second waveform while switching therebetween,

wherein the first waveform is based on a first transmission scheme and the second waveform is based on a second transmission scheme; and

a processor that controls to receive a power headroom for the first waveform and/or the power headroom for the second waveform,

wherein, when discrete bandwidths are allocated to the first waveform that is used to transmit at the timing, the processor controls to receive the power headroom for the first waveform and/or the power headroom for the second waveform, calculated based on a sum of the discrete bandwidths.

5. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein:

the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that

is capable of transmitting a first waveform and a second waveform while switching therebetween, wherein the first waveform is based on a first transmission scheme and the second waveform is based on a second transmission scheme, and

transmits, at a timing, a signal using the first waveform using a cell; and

a first processor that calculates a power headroom for the second waveform that is not used to transmit at the timing,

wherein, when discrete bandwidths are allocated to the first waveform that is used to transmit at the timing, the first processor calculates a power headroom for the first waveform and/or the power headroom for the second waveform based on a sum of the discrete bandwidths; and

the base station comprises:

a receiver that receives the signal, using the first waveform, from the terminal; and

a second processor that controls to receive the power headroom for the first waveform and/or the power headroom for the second waveform,

wherein, when discrete bandwidths are allocated to the first waveform that is used to transmit at the timing, the second processor controls to receive the power headroom for the first waveform and/or the power headroom for the second waveform, calculated based on a sum of the discrete bandwidths.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: OSAWA, RYOSUKE; HARADA, HIROKI; KAKISHIMA, YUICHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 051599/0526 →
Continuity (1)
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