IP Library Granted Patent US 11,601,160
Granted Patent B2
US 11,601,160 · App. 16/764,380 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Lihui Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04B1/7143H04W72/0413H04W72/0446H04W80/08
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Patent No.
US 11,601,160
App. No.
16/764,380
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is designated to appropriately control inter-slot frequency hopping of an uplink channel/signal. A user terminal of the present invention includes a transmitting section that transmits an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots and a control section that controls frequency hopping of the uplink control channel between the plurality of slots.

Claims (23)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that transmits an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots; and

a processor that controls frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over the plurality of slots based on information regarding a first physical resource block index and information regarding a second-hop physical resource block index that are respectively the same as information regarding a first physical resource block index and information regarding a second-hop physical resource block index for when intra-slot frequency hopping is applied,

wherein the processor determines a pattern of the frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over each of the plurality of slots, regardless of whether or not the uplink control channel is being transmitted in a slot among the plurality of slots, even when the uplink control channel is not being transmitted in the slot among the plurality of slots,

wherein the information regarding the first physical resource block index is information regarding a physical resource block index of a PUCCH, and the information regarding the second-hop physical resource block index is information regarding a physical resource block index of the PUCCH, and

wherein the information regarding the first physical resource block index and the information regarding the second-hop physical resource block index are indicated by using a field in downlink control information from one or more parameters configured by higher layer signaling.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein, in the frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over the plurality of slots, the processor maps the uplink control channel to a frequency resource that is hopped per slot.

3. A radio communication method for a terminal comprising:

transmitting an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots; and

controlling frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over the plurality of slots based on information regarding a first physical resource block index and information regarding a second-hop physical resource block index that are respectively the same as information regarding a first physical resource block index and information regarding a second-hop physical resource block index for when intra-slot frequency hopping is applied,

wherein the terminal determines a pattern of the frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over each of the plurality of slots, regardless of whether or not the uplink control channel is being transmitted in a slot among the plurality of slots, even when the uplink control channel is not being transmitted in the slot among the plurality of slots,

wherein the information regarding the first physical resource block index is information regarding a physical resource block index of a PUCCH, and the information regarding the second-hop physical resource block index is information regarding a physical resource block index of the PUCCH, and

wherein the information regarding the first physical resource block index and the information regarding the second-hop physical resource block index are indicated by using a field in downlink control information from one or more parameters configured by higher layer signaling.

4. A radio communication system comprising:

a terminal; and

a base station,

wherein the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that transmits an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots; and

a processor that controls frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over the plurality of slots based on information regarding a first physical resource block index and information regarding a second-hop physical resource block index that are respectively the same as information regarding a first physical resource block index and information regarding a second-hop physical resource block index for when intra-slot frequency hopping is applied;

wherein the processor determines a pattern of the frequency hopping of the uplink control channel over each of the plurality of slots, regardless of whether or not the uplink control channel is being transmitted in a slot among the plurality of slots, even when the uplink control channel is not being transmitted in the slot among the plurality of slots,

wherein the information regarding the first physical resource block index is information regarding a physical resource block index of a PUCCH, and the information regarding the second-hop physical resource block index is information regarding a physical resource block index of the PUCCH, and

wherein the information regarding the first physical resource block index and the information regarding the second-hop physical resource block index are indicated by using a field in downlink control information from one or more parameters configured by higher layer signaling; and

wherein the base station comprises a receiver that receives the uplink control channel over a plurality of slots.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, LIHUI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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