IP Library Granted Patent US 11,646,849
Granted Patent B2
US 11,646,849 · App. 16/961,404 · Granted May 9, 2023

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Lihui Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/0055H04L5/0023H04W28/04H04W72/1273H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,646,849
App. No.
16/961,404
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To determine an appropriate spatial resource for an uplink control channel. A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of entries of information related to a spatial resource for an uplink control channel by using a higher layer, and receives specification information specifying at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using a downlink shared channel, and a control section that controls transmission of delivery acknowledgment information for the downlink shared channel, based on feedback timing of the delivery acknowledgment information and application timing of the spatial resource based on the specification information.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a plurality of entries of information related to a spatial resource for an uplink control channel by using a higher layer, and receives specification information specifying at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using a downlink shared channel; and

a processor that controls transmission of HARQ information for the downlink shared channel, based on feedback timing of the HARQ information and application timing of the spatial resource based on the specification information,

wherein the information related to the spatial resource for the uplink control channel associated with the at least one entry is applied to a plurality of uplink control channels.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines whether or not to apply the spatial resource specified by the specification information to the transmission of the HARQ information, based on a relationship between the feedback timing and the application timing.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the processor determines whether or not to transmit the HARQ information, based on a relationship between the feedback timing and the application timing.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines different feedback timing, based on whether or not the downlink shared channel includes the specification information.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when downlink control information used to schedule the downlink shared channel does not include an indication of the feedback timing, the processor applies the spatial resource configured in advance to the transmission of the HARQ information.

6. A radio communication method for a terminal, the radio communication method comprising:

receiving a plurality of entries of information related to a spatial resource for an uplink control channel by using a higher layer, and receiving specification information specifying at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using a downlink shared channel; and

controlling transmission of HARQ information for the downlink shared channel, based on feedback timing of the HARQ information and application timing of the spatial resource based on the specification information,

wherein the information related to the spatial resource for the uplink control channel associated with the at least one entry is applied to a plurality of uplink control channels.

7. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the processor determines different feedback timing, based on whether or not the downlink shared channel includes the specification information.

8. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the processor determines different feedback timing, based on whether or not the downlink shared channel includes the specification information.

9. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein when downlink control information used to schedule the downlink shared channel does not include an indication of the feedback timing, the processor applies the spatial resource configured in advance to the transmission of the HARQ information.

10. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein when downlink control information used to schedule the downlink shared channel does not include an indication of the feedback timing, the processor applies the spatial resource configured in advance to the transmission of the HARQ information.

11. The terminal according to claim 4 , wherein when downlink control information used to schedule the downlink shared channel does not include an indication of the feedback timing, the processor applies the spatial resource configured in advance to the transmission of the HARQ information.

12. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a plurality of entries of information related to a spatial resource for an uplink control channel by using a higher layer signaling, and transmits specification information specifying at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using a downlink shared channel; and

a processor that indicates, to a terminal, to transmit HARQ information for the downlink shared channel, based on feedback timing of the HARQ information and application timing of the spatial resource based on the specification information,

wherein the information related to the spatial resource for the uplink control channel associated with the at least one entry is applied to a plurality of uplink control channels.

13. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein:

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives a plurality of entries of information related to a spatial resource for an uplink control channel by using a higher layer, and receives specification information specifying at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using a downlink shared channel; and

a processor that controls transmission of HARQ information for the downlink shared channel, based on feedback timing of the HARQ information and application timing of the spatial resource based on the specification information, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the plurality of entries of the information related to the spatial resource for the uplink control channel by using the higher layer signaling, and transmits the specification information specifying the at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using the downlink shared channel; and

a processor that indicates, to the terminal, to transmit the HARQ information for the downlink shared channel,

wherein the information related to the spatial resource for the uplink control channel associated with the at least one entry is applied to a plurality of uplink control channels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2020
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, LIHUI; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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