Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method
Terminal apparatuses ( 1, 1 A, and 1 B) efficiently communicate with a base station apparatus ( 3 ). The terminal apparatuses ( 1, 1 A, and 1 B): receive multiple downlink signals in downlink in one or multiple serving cells; monitor a beam state of the downlink, based on the multiple downlink signals received; generate a first MAC CE including first information indicating the beam state of the downlink of at least one of the one or multiple serving cells and second information identifying a serving cell of the one or multiple serving cells corresponding to the beam state indicated by the first information, and generate a first MAC PDU including the first MAC CE; and transmit the first MAC PDU.
1. A terminal device comprising:
reception circuitry configured to receive multiple reference signals on one or more Secondary Cells (SCells);
generation circuitry configured to generate a first Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) including one or more first fields and one or more second fields, and configured to generate a first Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including the first MAC CE; and
transmission circuitry configured to transmit the first MAC PDU; wherein
the one or more first fields are associated to the one or more SCells, respectively;
the first field for an SCell of the one or more SCells indicates a presence of the second field for the SCell of the one or more SCells;
the second field includes first information; and
the first information indicates an index of one of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells based on reception power of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells.
2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple reference signals is a synchronization signal.
3. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple reference signals is a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).
4. A base station device comprising:
transmission circuitry configured to transmit multiple reference signals on one or more Secondary Cells (SCells);
reception circuitry configured to receive a first Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including a first Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) including one or more first fields and one or more second fields; wherein
the one or more first fields are associated to the one or more SCells, respectively;
the first field for an SCell of the one or more SCells indicates a presence of the second field for the SCell of the one or more SCells;
the second field includes first information; and
the first information indicates an index of one of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells based on reception power of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells.
5. The base station device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the multiple reference signals is a synchronization signal.
6. The base station device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the multiple reference signals is a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).
7. A communication method used for a terminal apparatus, the communication method comprising:
receiving multiple reference signals on one or more Secondary Cells (SCells);
generating a first Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) including one or more first fields and one or more second fields, and generating a first Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including the first MAC CE; and
transmitting the first MAC PDU; wherein
the one or more first fields are associated to the one or more SCells, respectively;
the first field for an SCell of the one or more SCells indicates a presence of the second field for the SCell of the one or more SCells;
the second field includes first information; and
the first information indicates an index of one of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells based on reception power of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells.
8. A communication method used for a base station apparatus, the communication method comprising:
transmitting multiple reference signals on one or more Secondary Cells (SCells);
receiving a first Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including a first Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) including one or more first fields and one or more second fields; wherein
the one or more first fields are associated to the one or more SCells, respectively;
the first field for an SCell of the one or more SCells indicates a presence of the second field for the SCell of the one or more SCells;
the second field includes first information; and
the first information indicates an index of one of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells based on reception power of the multiple reference signals associated to the SCell of the one or more SCells.