IP Library Granted Patent US 12,368,620
Granted Patent B2
US 12,368,620 · App. 17/106,775 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Device, system, and method for efficiently determining delimiting position

Inventors: Masatsugu Shimizu (Yokohama, JP); Yoshinori Tanaka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04L27/2607H04L1/0061H04L1/242H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04L27/01H04L27/38H04W72/00H04L5/0007H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,368,620
App. No.
17/106,775
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio communication method includes: by a radio terminal device, generating position indicating signals that are different between blocks of radio resources each of which is an allocation unit of data; mapping the position indicating signals generated and transmission data to the blocks; and transmitting a signal including the blocks; by a base station device, receiving the signal including the blocks of the radio resources; evaluating continuity of the blocks, based on the position indicating signals mapped to the blocks; and demodulating data mapped to the blocks for each radio terminal device, based on an evaluation result.

Claims (32)

1. A radio terminal device comprising:

a generation circuit configured to generate an indicating signal, the indicating signal indicating a position of data, which is a cyclical extension of a signal sequence with a sequence size, the sequence size being different from a size of each block of radio resources each of which is an allocation unit of the data;

a mapping circuit configured to map the indicating signal generated to a first symbol and to map transmission data to one or more second symbols that are different from the first symbol; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the transmission data on the one or more second symbols and the indicating signal on the first symbol.

2. The radio terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the generation circuit is configured to associate the indicating signal to a code.

3. The radio terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the generation circuit is configured to associate different indicating signals to each of a plurality of codes.

4. The radio terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the generation circuit is configured to associate same indicating signals with each of a plurality of codes.

5. A radio communication method used in the radio terminal device of claim 1 , the method comprising:

generating an indicating signal, the indicating signal indicating a position of data, which is a cyclical extension of a signal sequence with a sequence size, the sequence size being different from size of each block of radio resources each of which is an allocation unit of the data;

mapping the indicating signal generated to first symbol, and mapping transmission data to one or more second symbols that are different from the first symbol; and

transmitting the transmission data on the one or more second symbols and the indicating signal on the first symbol.

6. A base station device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an indicating signal on a first symbol and transmission data on one or more second symbols that are different from the first symbol, the indicating signal indicating a position of data, which is a cyclical extension of a signal sequence with a sequence size, the sequence size being different from a size of each block of radio resources; and

a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the transmission data, included in continuous blocks, within each block in accordance with the indication signal.

7. The base station device according to claim 6 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive the indicating signal associated with a code.

8. The base station device according to claim 7 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive different indicating signals per each of a plurality of codes.

9. The base station device according to claim 7 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive same indicating signals associated with each of a plurality of codes.

10. A radio communication system including a radio terminal device and a base station device, wherein

the radio terminal device comprises:

a generation circuit configured to generate an indicating signal, the indicating signal indicating a position of data, which is a cyclical extension of a signal sequence with a sequence size, the sequence size being different from a size of each block of radio resources each of which is an allocation unit of the data;

a mapping circuit configured to map the indicating signal generated to a first symbol and to map transmission data to one or more second symbols that are different from the first symbol; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the transmission data on the one or more second symbols the indicating signal on the first symbol, and the base station device comprises:

a receiver configured to receive the indicating signal including each block; and

a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the transmission data, included in continuous blocks, within each block in accordance with the indication signal.

11. A radio communication method used in a radio communication system including a radio terminal device and a base station device, the method comprising:

by the radio terminal device,

generating an indicating signal, the indicating signal indicating a position of data, which is a cyclical extension of a signal sequence with a sequence size, the sequence size being different from size of each block of radio resources each of which is an allocation unit of the data;

mapping the indicating signal generated to first symbol, and mapping transmission data to one or more second symbols that are different from the first symbol; and

transmitting the transmission data on the one or more second symbols and the indicating signal on the first symbol;

by the base station device,

receiving the indicating signal including each block; and

demodulating the transmission data, included in continuous blocks, within each block in accordance with the indication signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 074197/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2020
From: SHIMIZU, MASATSUGU; TANAKA, YOSHINORI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054493/0362 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/JP2016/074047 · Aug 17, 2016 · international
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16256458 · Jan 24, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2016078925 · Sep 29, 2016
Related Publication 20210083912A1 · Mar 18, 2021
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