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Granted Patent B2
US 12,477,560 · App. 18/031,270 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Weiqi Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/231H04W72/1263
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Patent No.
US 12,477,560
App. No.
18/031,270
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives first downlink control information indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state applicable to multiple types of channels, and a control section that applies the TCI state to the multiple types of channels after timing at which specific time passes from an end of operation for any one of transmission of an uplink channel based on the first downlink control information and reception of second downlink control information after the first downlink control information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine information related to QCL.

Claims (22)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field indicating a TCI state applicable to multiple types of channels or signals for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

a processor that applies the TCI state to the multiple types of channels or signals after a lapse of specific time from a transmission of HARQ-ACK information transmitting only ACK for the DCI including the TCI field indicating the TCI state,

wherein a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates TCI states of both the UL and the DL is equal to a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates a TCI state of only the DL.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the DCI is a DCI that schedules downlink and is not a DCI that schedules uplink.

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the channels or signals for the UL include PUSCH, SRS, and PUCCH, and the channels or signals for the DL include PDCCH, PDSCH, and CSI-RS.

4 . A radio communication method for a terminal comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field indicating a TCI state applicable to multiple types of channels or signals for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

applying the TCI state to the multiple types of channels or signals after a lapse of specific time from a transmission of HARQ-ACK information transmitting only ACK for the DCI including the TCI field indicating the TCI state,

wherein a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates TCI states of both the UL and the DL is equal to a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates a TCI state of only the DL.

5 . A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field indicating a TCI state applicable to multiple types of channels or signals for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

a processor that controls a reception of the multiple types of channels or signals to which the TCI state is applied, after a lapse of specific time from a transmission of HARQ-ACK information transmitting only ACK for the DCI including the TCI field indicating the TCI state,

wherein a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates TCI states of both the UL and the DL is equal to a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates a TCI state of only the DL.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field indicating a TCI state applicable to multiple types of channels or signals for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL); and

a processor that applies the TCI state to the multiple types of channels or signals after a lapse of specific time from a transmission of HARQ-ACK information transmitting only ACK for the DCI including the TCI field indicating the TCI state, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the DCI; and

a processor that controls a reception of the multiple types of channels or signals to which the TCI state is applied,

wherein a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates TCI states of both the UL and the DL is equal to a number of bits of the TCI field when the TCI field indicates a TCI state of only the DL.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2023
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, JING; SUN, WEIQI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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