IP Library Granted Patent US 12,206,608
Granted Patent B2
US 12,206,608 · App. 17/288,883 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Terminal apparatus and communication method

Inventors: Ryota Yamada (Sakai, JP); Hiromichi Tomeba (Sakai, JP); Hideo Namba (Sakai, JP); Yasuhiro Hamaguchi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04L5/0048H04W56/001H04W72/1273H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,206,608
App. No.
17/288,883
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a terminal apparatus and a communication method capable of improving reliability and frequency efficiency in a case that transmission is performed by beamforming. A receiver configured to receive a DMRS, DCI, and a PDSCH, and a decoding unit configured to decode the PDSCH are included, wherein the DCI includes a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) and the number of DMRS antenna ports, the TCI is information indicating a spatial reception filter for receiving the DMRS, the PDSCH includes a transport block, and in a case that two of the TCIs are indicated and the number of DMRS antenna ports is less than or equal to a prescribed number, and that the DCI includes a configuration of one transport block, the PDSCH transmitted from a part of the DMRS antenna ports is received based on a first TCI, and the PDSCH transmitted from a rest of the DMRS antenna ports is received based on a second TCI to decode the one transport block.

Claims (40)

1. A terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

radio reception circuitry configured to receive:

downlink control information (DCI),

a first predetermined downlink signal and a second predetermined downlink signal,

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and

signal detection circuitry configured to demodulate the PDSCH based on the DMRS, wherein

the first predetermined downlink signal is a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) or a first synchronization signal block (SSB), and the second predetermined downlink signal is a second CSI-RS or a second SSB,

the DCI includes:

antenna port information indicating one or more DMRS antenna ports, and

a first transmission configuration indication (TCI) and a second TCI,

each of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is included in a first DMRS antenna port group or a second DMRS antenna port group,

the DMRS is classified into a first DMRS for the terminal apparatus and a second DMRS for the terminal apparatus,

the first DMRS is included in the first DMRS antenna port group and the second DMRS is included in the second DMRS antenna port group,

the first TCI indicates a first quasi-colocation (QCL) between the first predetermined downlink signal and the first DMRS, the first QCL having a QCL type D, the second TCI indicates a second QCL between the second predetermined downlink signal and the second DMRS, the second QCL having the QCL type D, and

in a case where the antenna port information indicates that a number of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is more than 4, the radio reception circuitry receives:

the first DMRS based on the first TCI and the first predetermined downlink signal, and

the second DMRS based on the second TCI and the second predetermined downlink signal.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the antenna port information indicates that the number of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is less than 5, a first antenna port of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is included in the first DMRS antenna port group, and a second antenna port of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is included in the second DMRS antenna port group, the radio reception circuitry receives:

the first DMRS based on the first TCI and the first predetermined downlink signal, and

the second DMRS based on the second TCI and the second predetermined downlink signal.

3. A communication method for a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

receiving:

downlink control information (DCI),

a first predetermined downlink signal and a second predetermined downlink signal,

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and

demodulating the PDSCH based on the DMRS, wherein

the first predetermined downlink signal is a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) or a first synchronization signal block (SSB), and the second predetermined downlink signal is a second CSI-RS or a second SSB,

the DCI includes:

antenna port information indicating one or more DMRS antenna ports, and

a first transmission configuration indication (TCI) and a second TCI,

each of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is included in a first DMRS antenna port group or a second DMRS antenna port group,

the DMRS is classified into a first DMRS for the terminal apparatus and a second DMRS for the terminal apparatus,

the first DMRS is included in the first DMRS antenna port group and the second DMRS is included in the second DMRS antenna port group,

the first TCI indicates a first quasi-colocation (QCL) between the first predetermined downlink signal and the first DMRS, the first QCL having a QCL type D, the second TCI indicates a second QCL between the second predetermined downlink signal and the second DMRS, the second QCL having the QCL type D, and

in a case where the antenna port information indicates that a number of the one or more DMRS antenna ports is more than 4, receiving the DMRS comprises receiving:

the first DMRS based on the first TCI and the first predetermined downlink signal, and

the second DMRS based on the second TCI and the second predetermined downlink signal.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063374/0217 →
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF THE SECOND RECEIVING PARTY FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057872 FRAME 0281. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 25, 2021
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059002/0746 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2021
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057872/0281 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: YAMADA, RYOTA; TOMEBA, HIROMICHI; NAMBA, HIDEO; HAMAGUCHI, YASUHIRO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 056044/0795 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-205075 · Oct 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220006581A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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