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Granted Patent B2
US 11,245,498 · App. 16/612,619 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Lihui Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L1/1896H04L1/1819H04L5/0053H04W24/08H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 11,245,498
App. No.
16/612,619
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that performs UL grant-free transmission, in which UL data is transmitted without a UL transmission command from a radio base station, a receiving section that receives a DL signal that is transmitted from the radio base station in response to the UL grant-free transmission, and a control section that monitors the DL signal in a predetermined range, and controls retransmission of the UL data or transmission of new data, based on the DL signal received.

Claims (39)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that performs UL data transmission without a UL transmission indication; and

a processor that monitors, in a time window, a DL signal and controls retransmission of the UL data based on the DL signal received,

wherein the processor controls application of one of:

intra-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

inter-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication,

the application is based on information that configures application of the one of:

the intra-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

the inter-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

the information is transmitted by using higher layer signaling.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the DL signal is downlink control information including information that indicates a delivery acknowledgement in response to the UL data.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the retransmission of the UL data based on a new data indicator (NDI) field included in the DL signal.

4. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the processor controls the retransmission of the UL data based on a new data indicator (NDI) field included in the DL signal.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring is monitoring of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for retransmission indication.

6. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring is monitoring of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for retransmission indication.

7. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the monitoring is monitoring of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for retransmission indication.

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

performing UL data transmission without a UL transmission indication; and

monitoring, in a time window, a DL signal and controlling retransmission of the UL data based on the DL signal received,

wherein the terminal controls application of one of:

intra-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

inter-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication,

the application is based on information that configures application of the one of:

the intra-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

the inter-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

the information is transmitted by using higher layer signaling.

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

the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that performs UL data transmission without a UL transmission indication; and

a processor that monitors, in a time window, a DL signal and controls retransmission of the UL data based on the DL signal received,

the base station comprises:

a receiver that performs reception of the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication,

wherein the processor controls application of one of:

intra-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

inter-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication,

the application is based on information that configures application of the one of:

the intra-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

the inter-slot frequency hopping for the UL data transmission without the UL transmission indication, and

the information is transmitted by using higher layer signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2020
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, LIHUI; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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