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Granted Patent B2
US 12,041,567 · App. 17/605,451 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

User equipment and radio base station

Inventors: Teruaki Toeda (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Tianyang Min (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/0015
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Patent No.
US 12,041,567
App. No.
17/605,451
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal is disclosed including a transmitting unit that transmits a request signal for requesting a radio base station to transmit a reference time, to the radio base station; and a receiving unit that receives a radio resource control message from the radio base station according to the transmission of the request signal, the radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number. In other aspects, radio base stations, a radio communication method, and a radio communication system are also disclosed.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitting unit that transmits a request signal for requesting a radio base station to transmit a reference time, to the radio base station; and

a receiving unit that receives a radio resource control message from the radio base station according to the transmission of the request signal, the radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number,

wherein the reference time corresponds to a time at a terminal boundary of a system frame indicated by the reference system frame number.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the reference time is a reference time applied in a 5G system.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource control message is DLInformation Transfer.

4. A radio base station comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a request signal for requesting the radio base station to transmit a reference time, from a terminal;

a control unit that configures a radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number, according to the reception of the request signal; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the configured radio resource control message to the terminal, wherein the reference time corresponds to a time at a terminal boundary of a system frame indicated by the reference system frame number.

5. A radio base station comprising:

a first communication device; and

a second communication device that is connected to the first communication device and controls the first communication device, wherein

the second communication device includes a transmitting unit that transmits a request signal for requesting the first communication device to transmit a reference time, to the first communication device, and

the first communication device includes:

a receiving unit that receives the request signal;

a control unit that configures a radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number, according to the reception of the request signal; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the configured radio resource control message, wherein the reference time corresponds to a time at a terminal boundary of a system frame indicated by the reference system frame number.

6. A radio communication method comprising:

transmitting, by a terminal, a request signal for requesting a radio base station to transmit a reference time, to the radio base station;

configuring, by the radio base station, a radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number, according to the reception of the request signal; and

transmitting, by the radio base station, the configured radio resource control message to the terminal, wherein the reference time corresponds to a time at a terminal boundary of a system frame indicated by the reference system frame number.

7. A radio communication system comprising:

a terminal that transmits a request signal for requesting a transmission of a reference time; and

a radio base station that receives the request signal, wherein

the radio base station includes:

a receiving unit that receives the request signal;

a control unit that configures a radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number, according to the reception of the request signal; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the configured radio resource control message to the terminal wherein the reference time corresponds to a time at a terminal boundary of a system frame indicated by the reference system frame number.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: TOEDA, TERUAKI; UCHINO, TOORU; MIN, TIANYANG
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057930/0812 →
Continuity (1)
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