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Granted Patent B2
US 11,777,775 · App. 16/618,699 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Daiki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L27/2613H04L5/0007H04L5/10H04L27/2655H04W56/0015
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Patent No.
US 11,777,775
App. No.
16/618,699
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to transmit and receive signals properly in a radio communication system in which communication is performed based on different formats than in existing LTE systems, a user terminal, according to one aspect of the present invention, has a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal block, which contains a plurality of synchronization signals and a plurality of broadcast channels that are allocated in different time fields, and a control section that selects time information of the synchronization signal block based on the broadcast channels and/or demodulation reference signals allocated in the same time fields with the broadcast channels, and the synchronization signal block contains broadcast channels that are allocated in three or more time fields, including at least contiguous time fields, respectively.

Claims (19)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a synchronization signal block including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel; and

a processor that, when a carrier frequency is smaller than or equal to a given value, determines an index of the synchronization signal block based on a subcarrier spacing, and based on a frequency range and a demodulation reference signal sequence for the broadcast channel, and that when the carrier frequency is larger than the given value, determines an index of the synchronization signal block based on the subcarrier spacing, and based on the demodulation reference signal sequence and bits of the broadcast channel.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the synchronization signal block has a different symbol configuration per frequency range.

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

receiving a synchronization signal block including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel; and

when a carrier frequency is smaller than or equal to a given value, determining an index of the synchronization signal block based on a subcarrier spacing, and based on a frequency range and a demodulation reference signal sequence for the broadcast channel, and when the carrier frequency is larger than the given value, determining an index of the synchronization signal block based on the subcarrier spacing, and based on the demodulation reference signal sequence and bits of the broadcast channel.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines the index of the synchronization signal block based on the broadcast channel of one symbol among a plurality of symbols included in the synchronization signal block.

5. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the processor determines the index of the synchronization signal block based on the broadcast channel of one symbol among a plurality of symbols included in the synchronization signal block.

6. A base station comprising:

a processor that, when a carrier frequency is smaller than or equal to a given value, generates a demodulation reference signal sequence for a broadcast channel based on an index of a synchronization signal block, which is determined by a subcarrier spacing, and by a frequency range, including a synchronization signal and the broadcast channel and that when the carrier frequency is larger than the given value, generates the demodulation reference signal sequence for the broadcast channel and bits of the broadcast channel based on the index of the synchronization signal block, which is determined by the subcarrier spacing; and

a transmitter that transmits the synchronization signal block.

7. A system comprising:

a terminal that comprises:

a receiver that receives a synchronization signal block including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel; and

a processor of the terminal that, when a carrier frequency is smaller than or equal to a given value, determines an index of the synchronization signal block based on a subcarrier spacing, and based on a frequency range and a demodulation reference signal sequence for the broadcast channel, and that when the carrier frequency is larger than the given value, determines an index of the synchronization signal block based on the subcarrier spacing, and based on the demodulation reference signal sequence and bits of the broadcast channel; and

a base station that comprises:

a processor of the base station that when the carrier frequency is smaller than or equal to the given value, generates the demodulation reference signal sequence for the broadcast channel based on the index of the synchronization signal block, which is determined by the subcarrier spacing, and by the frequency range, and that when the carrier frequency is larger than the given value, generates the demodulation reference signal sequence for the broadcast channel and the bits of the broadcast channel based on the index of the synchronization signal block, which is determined by the subcarrier spacing; and

a transmitter that transmits the synchronization signal block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: HARADA, HIROKI; TAKEDA, DAIKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 051398/0515 →
Continuity (1)
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