IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,742,937
Granted Patent B2
US 11,742,937 · App. 17/844,179 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Terminal device, base station device, and method

Inventors: Naoki Kusashima (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Matsuda (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Yifu Tang (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04B7/18589H04B7/18513H04W56/005H04W56/0045H04W84/06
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Patent No.
US 11,742,937
App. No.
17/844,179
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a mechanism which is capable of improving wireless link quality regarding transmission from a terminal device on the ground to a non-ground station device. A terminal device including a control unit configured to acquire information regarding a type of a base station device and control a transmission timing of a signal to the base station device on the basis of the information regarding the type of the base station device.

Claims (42)

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a radio transceiver; and

circuitry configured to:

control the radio transceiver to receive:

System Information Block (SIB) that is broadcast from a base station device, the SIB containing satellite station related information, and

a Random Access Response (RAR) transmitted from the base station device, wherein the RAR corresponds to a Random Access preamble which is transmitted from the terminal device to the base station device; and

calculate a timing advance value for controlling an uplink transmission timing for a satellite station based on addition of a first value to a second value, wherein

the first value is TA_satellite which is computed based on the satellite station related information contained in the SIB, and the second value is TA_normal which is contained in the received RAR.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the satellite station related information is information for the satellite station, and

the satellite station is one of same as the base station device or different from the base station device.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the satellite station related information includes at least one of:

information of an orbital parameter for the satellite station, or

information indicating a velocity of the satellite station.

4. The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein the information of the orbital parameter for the satellite station includes information indicating an inclination of the satellite station.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the second value is based on a position of the terminal device in a cell provided by the base station device.

6. A base station device which performs communication with a terminal device, the base station device comprising:

a radio transceiver; and

circuitry configured to control the radio transceiver to:

broadcast System Information Block (SIB) containing satellite station related information to the terminal device, and

transmit a Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to a Random Access preamble which is transmitted from the terminal device to the base station device, wherein

a timing advance value for controlling an uplink transmission timing from the terminal device is calculated by the terminal device based on addition of a first value to a second value, and

the first value is TA_satellite which is computed based on the satellite station related information contained in the SIB, and the second value is TA_normal which is contained in the transmitted RAR.

7. The base station device according to claim 6 , wherein

the satellite station related information is information for the satellite station, and

the satellite station is one of same as the base station device or different from the base station device.

8. The base station device according to claim 6 , wherein the satellite station related information includes at least one of:

information of an orbital parameter for the satellite station, or

information indicating a velocity of the satellite station.

9. The base station device according to claim 8 , wherein the information of the orbital parameter for the satellite station includes information indicating an inclination of the satellite station.

10. The base station device according to claim 6 , wherein the second value is based on a position of the terminal device in a cell provided by the base station device.

11. A method of a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving:

System Information Block (SIB) that is broadcast from a base station device, the SIB containing satellite station related information, and

a Random Access Response (RAR) transmitted from the base station device, wherein the RAR corresponds to a Random Access preamble which is transmitted from the terminal device to the base station device; and

calculating a timing advance value for controlling an uplink transmission timing for a satellite station based on addition of a first value to a second value, wherein

the first value is TA_satellite which is computed based on the satellite station related information contained in the SIB, and the second value is TA_normal which is contained in the received RAR.

12. A method of a base station device, the method comprising:

broadcasting System Information Block (SIB) containing satellite station related information to the terminal device, and

transmitting a Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to a Random Access preamble which is transmitted from the terminal device to the base station device, wherein

a timing advance value for controlling an uplink transmission timing from the terminal device is calculated by the terminal device based on addition of a first value to a second value, and

the first value is TA_satellite which is computed based on the satellite station related information contained in the SIB, and the second value is TA_normal which is contained in the transmitted RAR.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-221278 · Nov 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16762264
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