Base station, terminal, and wireless communication system
A terminal capable of performing a random access procedure, the terminal includes a receiver, a controller, and a transmitter. The receiver configured to receive a first signal of the random access procedure from a base station. The controller configured to control a transmission timing at which a second signal of the random access procedure is transmitted according to configuration information associated with a transmission timing. The transmitter configured to transmit, to the base station, the second signal in an unlicensed band at the transmission timing.
1 . A terminal capable of performing a random access procedure, the terminal comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a first signal of the random access procedure from a base station;
controller circuitry configured to control a transmission timing at which a second signal of the random access procedure is transmitted, by applying an offset to a resource that is defined according to configuration information associated with the transmission timing, the offset being selected from a range by the terminal, the range being set by a method different from setting based on the first signal; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the base station, the second signal in an unlicensed band at the transmission timing.
2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal is a message 2 of the random access procedure, and the second signal is a message 3 of the random access procedure.
3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller circuitry is further configured to perform control to transmit the second signal from the transmitter without performing carrier sensing.
4 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller circuitry is further configured to perform control to measure presence or absence of transmission at a frequency wider than the unlicensed band that transmits the second signal, and performs control to select the unlicensed band according to a measurement result, and
information that indicates the wider frequency is included in the configuration information.
5 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the configuration information includes information that regards an offset value of the transmission timing, and
the offset value is information that indicates a constant multiplication of a predetermined interval from a predetermined timing.
6 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the configuration information includes information that regards a maximum value of an offset value of the transmission timing, and
the controller circuitry is further configured to control the transmission timing by using the offset value with a value that does not exceed the maximum value.
7 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes first offset information and second offset information, the first offset information includes information that regards an offset value associated with an initial transmission, and the second offset information includes information that regards a transmission interval at a time of continuous transmission.
8 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the configuration information from the base station.
9 . The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is transmitted from the base station at a timing of transmitting the first signal to be transmitted from the base station.
10 . The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive notification information from the base station, and the notification information includes the configuration information.
11 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information further includes information that regards a number of continuous transmissions.
12 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the range is a range according to a subcarrier spacing.
13 . A base station capable of performing a random access procedure, the base station comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal of the random access procedure to a terminal; and
a receiver configured to receive a second signal of the random access procedure transmitted in an unlicensed band from the terminal at a transmission timing controlled by applying an offset to a resource that is defined according to configuration information associated with the transmission timing, the offset being selected from a range by the terminal, the range being set by a method different from setting based on the first signal.
14 . The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the transmitter transmits the configuration information to the terminal.
15 . A wireless communication system comprising:
a base station configured to perform a random access procedure; and
a terminal configured to perform the random access procedure, wherein
the terminal includes:
a first receiver configured to receive a first signal of the random access procedure from the base station,
controller circuitry configured to control a transmission timing at which a second signal of the random access procedure is transmitted, by applying an offset to a resource that is defined according to configuration information associated with the transmission timing, the offset being selected from a range by the terminal, the range being set by a method different from setting based on the first signal, and
a first transmitter configured to transmit, to the base station, the second signal in an unlicensed band at the transmission timing, and
the base station includes:
a second transmitter configured to transmit the first signal to the terminal, and
a second receiver configured to receive the second signal from the terminal.