IP Library Granted Patent US 11,632,164
Granted Patent B2
US 11,632,164 · App. 17/290,465 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04B7/0834H04L27/2602H04W28/18
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Patent No.
US 11,632,164
App. No.
17/290,465
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To switch a TCI state, QCL assumption, or a beam of a channel at high speed, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information regarding a plurality of reference signals associated with one or more Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states; and a control section that controls reception of a downlink physical channel assuming quasi-co-location with at least one of the plurality of reference signals.

Claims (24)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) for specifying two or more Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states from among a plurality of TCI states that are configured for a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by using a higher layer signaling; and

a processor that uses the two or more TCI states for reception of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH),

wherein when the DCI indicates two TCI states for the PDSCH, the processor uses the two TCI states, indicated by the DCI, for reception of the PDSCH, and

when the DCI does not indicate the two TCI states, the processor uses the two or more TCI states, used for the reception of the DCI, for reception of the PDSCH.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the higher layer signaling does not configure a TCI state for the CORESET, the processor uses, for the CORESET, a TCI state used for another CORESET.

3. A radio communication method for a terminal comprising:

receiving a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) for specifying two or more Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states from among a plurality of TCI states that are configured for a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by using a higher layer signaling; and

using the two or more TCI states for reception of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH),

wherein when the DCI indicates two TCI states for the PDSCH, the terminal uses the two TCI states, indicated by the DCI, for reception of the PDSCH, and

when the DCI does not indicate the two TCI states, the terminal uses the two or more TCI states, used for the reception of the DCI, for reception of the PDSCH.

4. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) for specifying two or more Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states from among a plurality of TCI states that are configured for a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by using a higher layer signaling; and

a processor that uses the two or more TCI states for transmission of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH),

wherein when the DCI indicates two TCI states for the PDSCH, the two TCI states indicated by the DCI is used for reception of the PDSCH, and

when the DCI does not indicate the two TCI states, the two or more TCI states used for the reception of the DCI is used for reception of the PDSCH.

5. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) for specifying two or more Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states from among a plurality of TCI states that are configured for a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by using a higher layer signaling; and

a processor that uses the two or more TCI states for reception of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH),

when the DCI indicates two TCI states for the PDSCH, the processor uses the two TCI states, indicated by the DCI, for reception of the PDSCH,

when the DCI does not indicate the two TCI states, the processor uses the two or more TCI states, used for the reception of the DCI, for reception of the PDSCH, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the MAC CE and transmits the PDCCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2021
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, JING; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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