IP Library Granted Patent US 11,291,066
Granted Patent B2
US 11,291,066 · App. 16/622,152 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method

Inventors: Kazuaki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W76/16H04W52/242H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,291,066
App. No.
16/622,152
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is designed so that, in a non-stand-alone radio communication system, multiple UL signals of varying RATs are transmitted properly. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits both a first uplink (UL) signal of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second UL signal of a second RAT, or a single UL signal in which the first UL signal and the second UL signal are multiplexed, by using a UL carrier of the first RAT, and a control section that controls frequency division multiplexing and/or time division multiplexing of the first UL signal and the second UL signal in the UL carrier, or multiplexing of the first UL signal and the second UL signal in the single UL signal.

Claims (14)

1. A terminal comprising:

a processor that, when a dual connectivity using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT is configured, determines allocation, in a frequency range used in the second RAT, of a first uplink (UL) signal in the first RAT and a second UL signal in the second RAT; and

a transmitter that transmits, using the frequency range used in the second RAT, the first UL signal and the second UL signal,

wherein multiple medium access control (MAC) entities are configured for the terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls not to transmit the second UL signal in a time domain in which the first UL signal is transmitted.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls to transmit the first UL signal and the second UL signal in a time domain including a same time domain.

4. A radio communication method comprising:

when a dual connectivity using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT is configured, determining allocation, in a frequency range used in the second RAT, of a first uplink (UL) signal in the first RAT and a second UL signal in the second RAT; and

transmitting, using the frequency range used in the second RAT, the first UL signal and the second UL signal,

wherein multiple medium access control (MAC) entities are configured for a terminal.

5. A base station comprising:

a processor that when a dual connectivity using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT is configured, controls allocation, in a frequency range used in the second RAT, of a first uplink (UL) signal in the first RAT and a second UL signal in the second RAT; and

a receiver that receives the first UL signal and the second UL signal transmitted using the frequency range used in the second RAT,

wherein multiple medium access control (MAC) entities are configured for a terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: TAKEDA, KAZUAKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; UCHINO, TOORU; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 051677/0062 →
Continuity (1)
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