Granted Patent B2

US 12,309,812 · App. 16/762,799 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventor: Yoshikazu Kakura (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: NEC CORPORATION

H04W72/51H04W72/0453

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:

obtain information related to a maximum communication bandwidth for a terminal apparatus and information related to bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus; and

notify a communication band used by the terminal apparatus,

wherein:

the communication band includes all active bandwidth parts and a maximum number of inactive bandwidth parts among the bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus,

a bandwidth of the communication band is less than or equal to the maximum communication bandwidth for the terminal apparatus,

at least one inactive bandwidth part included in the communication band is determined based on the total frequency bandwidth comprising the all active bandwidth parts and at least one inactive bandwidth part within a system band,

the all active bandwidth parts include two or more bandwidth parts, and

the at least one inactive bandwidth part included in the communication band is determined based on a gap between one active bandwidth part included in the communication band and one inactive bandwidth part next to the one active bandwidth part being shorter than a gap between the one active bandwidth part and another inactive bandwidth part not included in the communication band, and

wherein the one inactive bandwidth part is included in the communication band.

2. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio communication apparatus is a base station configured to perform radio communication with the terminal apparatus.

3. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the communication band is a candidate, corresponding to the communication band used by the terminal apparatus, selected from a plurality of candidates.

4. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the candidate is the communication band including all bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus.

5. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio communication apparatus is the terminal apparatus.

6. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to perform measurement of a radio transmission path characteristic between the terminal apparatus and a base station, within the communication band used by the terminal apparatus and with a higher priority than that for another band within the system band, in response to a request of the measurement of the radio transmission path characteristic.

7. A method comprising:

obtaining information related to a maximum communication bandwidth for a terminal apparatus and information related to bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus; and

notifying a communication band used by the terminal apparatus,

wherein:

the communication band includes all active bandwidth parts and a maximum number of inactive bandwidth parts among the bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus,

a bandwidth of the communication band is less than or equal to the maximum communication bandwidth for the terminal apparatus,

at least one inactive bandwidth part included in the communication band is determined based on the total frequency bandwidth comprising the all active bandwidth parts and at least one inactive bandwidth part within a system band,

the all active bandwidth parts include two or more bandwidth parts, and

the at least one inactive bandwidth part included in the communication band is determined based on a gap between one active bandwidth part included in the communication band and one inactive bandwidth part next to the one active bandwidth part being shorter than a gap between the one active bandwidth part and another inactive bandwidth part not included in the communication band, and

wherein the one inactive bandwidth part is included in the communication band.

8. A readable non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon a program that, when executed, causes a processor to execute operations comprising:

obtaining information related to a maximum communication bandwidth for a terminal apparatus and information related to one or more bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus; and

notifying a communication band used by the terminal apparatus,

wherein:

the communication band includes all active bandwidth parts and a maximum number of inactive bandwidth parts among the bandwidth parts configured for the terminal apparatus,

a bandwidth of the communication band is less than or equal to the maximum communication bandwidth for the terminal apparatus,

at least one inactive bandwidth part included in the communication band is determined based on the total frequency bandwidth comprising the all active bandwidth parts and at least one inactive bandwidth part within a system band,

the all active bandwidth parts include two or more bandwidth parts, and

the at least one inactive bandwidth part included in the communication band is determined based on a gap between one active bandwidth part included in the communication band and one inactive bandwidth part next to the one active bandwidth part being shorter than a gap between the one active bandwidth part and another inactive bandwidth part not included in the communication band,

wherein the one inactive bandwidth part is included in the communication band.

Assignments (1)

Priority Claims (1)

Continuity (1)

References Cited (41)