IP Library Granted Patent US 12,082,256
Granted Patent B2
US 12,082,256 · App. 17/267,374 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Terminal, base station, radio communication method, and system for determining a physical downlink control channel monitoring occasion

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Lihui Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W74/0833H04L5/0048H04W56/001H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,082,256
App. No.
17/267,374
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a signal in initial access or random access, and a control section that determines, based on reception of the signal, a specific signal quasi-co-located with a downlink control channel in a specific control resource set associated with a random access search space. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, monitoring of the downlink control channel can be appropriately controlled.

Claims (27)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a system information block (SIB) 1 ; and

a processor that determines, for a search space having an index equal to 0 configured based on the SIB 1, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion,

wherein the determined PDCCH monitoring occasion that is for the search space having the index equal to 0, the search space being configured based on the SIB 1, is associated with a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block selected in a contention-based Random Access (CBRA) procedure,

the processor monitors the determined PDCCH monitoring occasion, and

the processor assumes that a demodulation reference signal antenna port for PDCCH reception in a control resource set having an index equal to 0 is quasi-co-located with the SS/PBCH block.

2. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a system information block (SIB) 1; and

a processor that determines, for a search space having an index equal to 0 configured based on the SIB 1, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion; and

wherein the processor determines that the PDCCH monitoring occasion that is for the search space having the index equal to 0, the search space being configured based on the SIB 1, is associated with a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block selected by a terminal in a contention-based Random Access (CBRA) procedure, and

a demodulation reference signal antenna port for PDCCH reception in a control resource set having a index equal to 0 is quasi-co-located with the SS/PBCH block.

3. A radio communication method for a terminal comprising:

receiving a system information block (SIB) 1;

determining, for a search space having an index equal to 0 configured based on the SIB 1, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion,

wherein the determined PDCCH monitoring occasion that is for the search space having the index equal to 0, the search space being configured based on the SIB 1, is associated with a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block selected in a contention-based Random Access (CBRA) procedure;

monitoring the determined PDCCH monitoring occasion; and

assuming that a demodulation reference signal antenna port for PDCCH reception in a control resource set having a index equal to 0 is quasi-co-located with the SS/PBCH block.

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

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits a system information block (SIB) 1; and

a first processor that determines, for a search space having an index equal to 0 configured based on the SIB 1, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion; and

wherein the first processor determines that the PDCCH monitoring occasion that is for the search space having the index equal to 0, the search space being configured based on the SIB 1, is associated with a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block selected by the terminal in a contention-based Random Access (CBRA) procedure; and

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives the SIB 1; and

a second processor that determines the PDCCH monitoring occasion,

wherein the second processor monitors the determined PDCCH monitoring occasion, and

the second processor assumes that a demodulation reference signal antenna port for PDCCH reception in a control resource set having an index equal to 0 is quasi-co-located with the SS/PBCH block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; OHARA, TOMOYA; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, LIHUI; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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