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US 12,363,723 · App. 17/598,143 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

User equipment, base station apparatus and communication method

Inventors: Daiki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Kazuaki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Isogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/23H04L5/0055
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Patent No.
US 12,363,723
App. No.
17/598,143
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment including: a transmission unit that transmits a signal to a base station apparatus using a preconfigured uplink resource; a reception unit that receives a signal from the base station apparatus; and a control unit that starts or restarts a predetermined timer in response to receiving the signal from the base station apparatus.

Claims (30)

1. A terminal comprising:

a processor configured to start or restart a time alignment timer counting a valid period of a timing advance for transmission of an uplink signal based on configuration information, received from a base station, on a resource of the uplink signal;

a transmitter configured to transmit the uplink signal to the base station using the resource; and

a receiver configured to receive a response signal to the uplink signal in a search space for receiving the response signal,

wherein the receiver receives an adjustment value of the timing advance from the base station, and the processor adjusts a value of the timing advance based on the adjustment value, and

wherein, while in idle mode to transmit the uplink signal, when the timing advance is indicated by an idle mode time alignment timer to be no longer valid, the receiver re-obtains a value of the timing advance after executing a random access procedure.

2. A base station comprising:

a processor configured to start or restart a time alignment timer counting a valid period of a timing advance for an uplink signal based on configuration information on a resource of the uplink signal;

a receiver configured to receive the uplink signal from a terminal using the resource; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a response signal to the uplink signal in a search space for transmitting the response signal,

wherein the transmitter transmits an adjustment value of the timing advance to the terminal, and the processor adjusts a value of the timing advance based on the adjustment value, and

wherein, while in idle mode to transmit the uplink signal, when the timing advance is indicated by an idle mode time alignment timer to be no longer valid, the terminal re-obtains a value of the timing advance after executing a random access procedure.

3. A communication system comprising:

a base station comprising:

a processor configured to start or restart a time alignment timer counting a valid period of a timing advance for an uplink signal based on configuration information on a resource of the uplink signal;

a receiver configured to receive the uplink signal from a terminal using the resource; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a response signal to the uplink signal in a search space for transmitting the response signal,

wherein the transmitter transmits an adjustment value of the timing advance to the terminal, and the processor adjusts a value of the timing advance based on the adjustment value, and

the terminal comprising:

a processor configured to start or restart a time alignment timer counting a valid period of a timing advance for transmission of an uplink signal based on configuration information, received from the base station, on a resource of the uplink signal;

a transmitter configured to transmit the uplink signal to the base station using the resource; and

a receiver configured to receive a response signal to the uplink signal in a search space for receiving the response signal,

wherein the receiver receives an adjustment value of the timing advance from the base station, and the processor adjusts a value of the timing advance based on the adjustment value, and

wherein, while in idle mode to transmit the uplink signal, when the timing advance is indicated by an idle mode time alignment timer to be no longer valid, the receiver re-obtains a value of the timing advance after executing a random access procedure.

4. A communication method of a terminal, comprising:

starting or restarting a time alignment timer counting a valid period of a timing advance for transmission of an uplink signal based on configuration information, received from a base station, on a resource of the uplink signal;

transmitting the uplink signal to the base station using the resource; and

receiving a response signal to the uplink signal in a search space for receiving the response signal,

wherein the terminal receives an adjustment value of the timing advance from the base station, and adjusts a value of the timing advance based on the adjustment value, and

wherein, while in idle mode to transmit the uplink signal, when the timing advance is indicated by an idle mode time alignment timer to be no longer valid, the terminal re-obtains a value of the timing advance after executing a random access procedure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2021
From: TAKEDA, DAIKI; TAKEDA, KAZUAKI; HARADA, HIROKI; ISOGAWA, TAKAYUKI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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