IP Library Granted Patent US 11,399,402
Granted Patent B2
US 11,399,402 · App. 16/969,216 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method using downlink control information format and higher layer parameter

Inventors: Wataru Ouchi (Sakai, JP); Shoichi Suzuki (Sakai, JP); Tomoki Yoshimura (Sakai, JP); Liqing Liu (Sakai, JP); Taewoo Lee (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
H04W76/15H04L1/1819H04L5/0055H04L5/14H04W48/16H04W72/042H04W72/0453H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 11,399,402
App. No.
16/969,216
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention includes: a receiver configured to receive a DCI format used for scheduling a PDSCH, and a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15; and a transmitter configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH, wherein in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is an FDD, whether the number of bits in a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is three bits or four bits is determined, based on whether or not an EN-DC is configured, whether or not the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether or not the DCI format is mapped to a USS given by a C-RNTI.

Claims (34)

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a DCI (Downlink Control Information) format being used for scheduling of a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared CHannel), and a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15, the higher layer parameter being included in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection reconfiguration message; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request ACKnowledgement) corresponding to the PDSCH,

wherein, in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is FDD (Frequency Division Duplex), whether a number of bits of a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits or 4 bits is determined based on whether EN-DC (Evolved universal terrestrial radio access network New radio Dual Connectivity) is configured, whether the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether the DCI format is mapped to a USS (UE (user equipment) specific search space) given by a C-RNTI (cell radio network temporary identifier).

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 4 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to the USS given by the C-RNTI.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to a CSS (Common Search Space).

4. A base station apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a DCI (Downlink Control Information) format being used for scheduling of a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared CHannel), and a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15, the higher layer parameter being included in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection reconfiguration message; and

a receiver configured to receive a HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request ACKnowledgement) corresponding to the PDSCH,

wherein, in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is FDD (Frequency Division Duplex), whether a number of bits of a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits or 4 bits is determined based on whether EN-DC (Evolved universal terrestrial radio access network New radio Dual Connectivity) is configured, whether the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether the DCI format is mapped to a USS (UE (user equipment) specific search space) given by a C-RNTI (cell radio network temporary identifier).

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 4 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to the USS given by the C-RNTI.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to a CSS (Common Search Space).

7. A communication method of a terminal apparatus comprising:

receiving a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15, the higher layer parameter being included in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection reconfiguration message;

receiving a DCI (Downlink Control Information) format being used for scheduling of a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared CHannel); and

transmitting a HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request ACKnowledgement) corresponding to the PDSCH,

wherein, in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is FDD (Frequency Division Duplex), whether a number of bits of a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits or 4 bits is determined based on whether EN-DC (Evolved universal terrestrial radio access network New radio Dual Connectivity) is configured, whether the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether the DCI format is mapped to a USS (UE (user equipment) specific search space) given by a C-RNTI (cell radio network temporary identifier).

8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 4 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to the USS given by the C-RNTI.

9. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to a CSS (Common Search Space).

10. A communication method of a base station apparatus comprising:

transmitting a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15, the higher layer parameter being included in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection reconfiguration message;

transmitting a DCI (Downlink Control Information) format being used for scheduling of a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared CHannel); and

receiving a HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request ACKnowledgement) corresponding to the PDSCH,

wherein, in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is FDD (Frequency Division Duplex), whether a number of bits of a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits or 4 bits is determined based on whether EN-DC (Evolved universal terrestrial radio access network New radio Dual Connectivity) is configured, whether the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether the DCI format is mapped to a USS (UE (user equipment) specific search space) given by a C-RNTI (cell radio network temporary identifier).

11. The communication method according to claim 10 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 4 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to the USS given by the C-RNTI.

12. The communication method according to claim 10 , wherein

the number of bits of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format is 3 bits, in a case that the duplex mode of the primary cell is FDD, the EN-DC is configured, the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and the DCI format is mapped to a CSS (Common Search Space).

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063815/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: OUCHI, WATARU; SUZUKI, SHOICHI; YOSHIMURA, TOMOKI; LIU, LIQING; LEE, TAEWOO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053466/0728 →