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Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,121 · App. 17/789,425 · Granted May 13, 2025

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Shaozhen Guo (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W16/28H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 12,302,121
App. No.
17/789,425
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information indicating a spatial relation between a reference reference signal (RS) and a target RS with respect to uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; and a control section that controls to apply the TCI states to a UL channel and the target RS based on the information. According to the aspect of the present disclosure, appropriate UL transmission can be implemented.

Claims (15)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives information regarding a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state common to uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

a processor that, when the information regarding the TCI state common to UL and DL is activated for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a sounding reference signal (SRS) by radio resource control (RRC) signaling and a medium access control control element (MAC CE), controls to apply the TCI state common to UL and DL to the PDCCH, the PDSCH, the CSI-RS, the PUCCH, the PUSCH, and the SRS.

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

receiving information regarding a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state common to uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

when the information regarding the TCI state common to UL and DL is activated for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a sounding reference signal (SRS) by radio resource control (RRC) signaling and a medium access control control element (MAC CE), controlling to apply the TCI state common to UL and DL to the PDCCH, the PDSCH, the CSI-RS, the PUCCH, the PUSCH, and the SRS.

3. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits information regarding a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state common to uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

a processor that, when the information regarding the TCI state common to UL and DL is activated for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a sounding reference signal (SRS) by radio resource control (RRC) signaling and a medium access control control element (MAC CE), controls to apply the TCI state common to UL and DL to the PDCCH, the PDSCH, the CSI-RS, the PUCCH, the PUSCH, and the SRS.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives information regarding a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state common to uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

a processor that, when the information regarding the TCI state common to UL and DL is activated for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a sounding reference signal (SRS) by radio resource control (RRC) signaling and a medium access control control element (MAC CE), controls to apply the TCI state common to UL and DL to the PDCCH, the PDSCH, the CSI-RS, the PUCCH, the PUSCH, and the SRS, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, JING; GUO, SHAOZHEN; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 060556/0370 →
Continuity (1)
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