IP Library Granted Patent US 12,143,980
Granted Patent B2
US 12,143,980 · App. 17/635,172 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Shaozhen Guo (Beijing, CN); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/1263H04W16/28H04W72/044H04W72/23H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 12,143,980
App. No.
17/635,172
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) configuration with a maximum number of control resource sets (CORESETs) exceeding 3, and a control section that assumes that a transmission configuration indication state (TCI state) for a PDCCH with respect to the CORESETs is designated on the basis of a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE). According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to perform DL communication preferably even when multiple panels/TRPs are used.

Claims (13)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) configuration with a number of Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) exceeding 3; and

a processor that controls, based on a Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state) indication for a User Equipment (UE)-specific PDCCH Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) (TCI State Indication for UE-specific PDCCH MAC CE) defined in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15, Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) assumption for a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) antenna port associated with PDCCH in a CORESET, wherein a maximum number of CORESETs per serving cell is 16.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein CORESET Identifier (ID) indexing is common to all CORESET groups.

3. A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:

receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) configuration with a number of Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) exceeding 3; and

controlling, based on a Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state) indication for a User Equipment (UE)-specific PDCCH Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) (TCI State Indication for UE-specific PDCCH MAC CE) defined in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15, Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) assumption for a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) antenna port associated with PDCCH in a CORESET, wherein a maximum number of CORESETs per serving cell is 16.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) configuration with a number of Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) exceeding 3; and

a processor that controls, based on a Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state) indication for a User Equipment (UE)-specific PDCCH Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) (TCI State Indication for UE-specific PDCCH MAC CE) defined in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15, Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) assumption for a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) antenna port associated with PDCCH in a CORESET, wherein a maximum number of CORESETs per serving cell is 16, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the PDCCH configuration to the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; GUO, SHAOZHEN; WANG, JING; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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