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Granted Patent B2
US 12,604,356 · App. 17/924,515 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station for beam failure recovery (BFR)

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,604,356
App. No.
17/924,515
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines beam failure recovery (BFR) to be applied to a cell from physical random access channel (PRACH)-based BFR and medium access control control element (MAC CE)-based BFR on the basis of a radio resource control (RRC) parameter regarding MAC CE-based BFR; and a transmitting section that, when a BF is detected in the cell, performs transmission for the determined BFR. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a BFR operation can be suitably performed in the case where MAC CE-based BFR is introduced.

Claims (38)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a processor that,

if a radio resource control (RRC) parameter indicating enablement of beam failure recovery (BFR) based on a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is received, applies the BFR for a primary cell,

if the RRC parameter indicating enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is not received, applies a BFR based on a physical random access channel (PRACH) for the primary cell; and

a transmitter that, when a beam failure is detected on the primary cell, performs a transmission for the BFR to be applied,

wherein the terminal is configured to transmit a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), on a same primary cell as the PRACH, a certain number of symbols after a last symbol of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and

the transmitter performs a transmission of capability information indicating that the terminal supports the BFR based on the MAC CE, and

wherein the RRC parameter indicating the enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is included in an RRC parameter including an RRC parameter regarding a list for new candidate beam identification.

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

applying,

if a radio resource control (RRC) parameter indicating enablement of beam failure recovery (BFR) based on a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is received by the terminal, the BFR for a primary cell,

if the RRC parameter indicating enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is not received by the terminal, a BFR based on a physical random access channel (PRACH) for the primary cell;

when a beam failure is detected on the primary cell, performing a transmission for the BFR to be applied;

transmitting a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), on a same primary cell as the PRACH, a certain number of symbols after a last symbol of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and

transmitting capability information indicating that the terminal supports the BFR based on the MAC CE,

wherein the RRC parameter indicating the enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is included in an RRC parameter including an RRC parameter regarding a list for new candidate beam identification.

3 . A base station comprising:

a processor that,

if a radio resource control (RRC) parameter indicating enablement of beam failure recovery (BFR) based on a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is transmitted to a terminal, assumes that the terminal applies the BFR for a primary cell,

if the RRC parameter indicating enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is not transmitted to the terminal, assumes that the terminal applies a BFR based on a physical random access channel (PRACH) for the primary cell; and

a receiver that performs a reception for the BFR applied by the terminal,

wherein the receiver receives a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), on a same primary cell as the PRACH, a certain number of symbols after a last symbol of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and

the receiver performs a reception of capability information indicating that the terminal supports the BFR based on the MAC CE,

wherein the RRC parameter indicating the enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is included in an RRC parameter including an RRC parameter regarding a list for new candidate beam identification.

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

the terminal comprises:

a processor that,

if a radio resource control (RRC) parameter indicating enablement of beam failure recovery (BFR) based on a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is received, applies the BFR for a primary cell,

if the RRC parameter indicating enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is not received, applies a BFR based on physical random access channel (PRACH) for the primary cell; and

a transmitter that, when a beam failure is detected on the cell, performs a transmission for the BFR to be applied,

wherein the terminal is configured to transmit a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), on a same primary cell as the PRACH, a certain number of symbols after a last symbol of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and

the transmitter performs a transmission of capability information indicating that the terminal supports the BFR based on the MAC CE,

wherein the RRC parameter indicating the enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is included in an RRC parameter including an RRC parameter regarding a list for new candidate beam identification, and

the base station comprises:

a processor that,

if the RRC parameter indicating enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is transmitted to the terminal, assumes that the terminal applies the BFR based on the MAC CE for the primary cell;

if the RRC parameter indicating enablement of the BFR based on the MAC CE is not received by the terminal, assumes that the terminal applies the BFR based on the PRACH for the primary cell; and

a receiver that performs a reception for the BFR applied by the terminal, and performs a reception of the capability information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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