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US 12,232,175 · App. 17/435,255 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

User apparatus and base station apparatus

Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W74/0833H04W72/21H04W74/004
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Patent No.
US 12,232,175
App. No.
17/435,255
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user apparatus includes a transmission unit for transmitting a signal related to a random access procedure in a serving cell; a reception unit for receiving a signal related to the random access procedure in the serving cell; and a control unit for determining a carrier to be used for the random access procedure, the carrier being configured to the serving cell. The control unit determines whether a first carrier is configured to the serving cell, determines whether the first carrier of the serving cell is supported when the first carrier is configured to the serving cell, and determines to use the first carrier for the random access procedure when the first carrier of the serving cell is supported. An operation of determining the carrier to be used for the random access procedure is performed in at least one of a MAC layer and an RRC layer.

Claims (23)

1. A user apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine to use an SUL (Supplementary Uplink) for a random access procedure in a case where the SUL is configured to a serving cell and where the SUL is supported, and

determine whether at least one spectrum emission in a maximum power list for a supported frequency band is supported;

a transmitter configured to transmit a signal related to a random access procedure in a serving cell; and

a receiver configured to receive a signal for the signal related to the random access procedure in the serving cell,

wherein an operation of determining the carrier to be used for the random access procedure is performed in at least one of a MAC (Media Access Control) layer and an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer.

2. The user apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor configures a maximum power of the SUL that is determined to be used for the random access procedure.

3. The user apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines whether the SUL is configured to the serving cell by determining whether information of the SUL is present in configuration information of the serving cell.

4. The user apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines whether the SUL of the serving cell is supported by determining whether one or more of frequency bands indicated by a frequency band list for the SUL are supported.

5. A base station apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine to use an SUL (Supplementary Uplink) for a random access procedure in a case where the SUL is configured to a serving cell and where the SUL is supported by a user apparatus, and

determine whether at least one spectrum emission in a maximum power list for a supported frequency band is supported;

a receiver configured to receive, from a user apparatus, a signal related to a random access procedure in a serving cell; and

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the user apparatus, a signal for the signal related to the random access procedure in the serving cell, the carrier being configured to the serving cell,

wherein an operation of determining a carrier to be used for the random access procedure is performed in at least one of a MAC (Media Access Control) layer and an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer.

6. A communication method of a user apparatus, the communication method comprising:

determining to use an SUL (Supplementary Uplink) for a random access procedure in a case where the SUL is configured to a serving cell and where the SUL is supported;

determining whether at least one spectrum emission in a maximum power list for a supported frequency band is supported;

transmitting a signal related to a random access procedure in a serving cell; and

receiving a signal for the signal related to the random access procedure in the serving cell,

wherein an operation of determining a carrier used for the random access procedure is performed in at least one of a MAC (Media Access Control) layer and an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2021
From: TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; UCHINO, TOORU
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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