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US 12,446,042 · App. 18/040,339 · Granted Oct 14, 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); Lan Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/21H04L1/08H04W72/04
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Patent No.
US 12,446,042
App. No.
18/040,339
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources on the basis of downlink control information; and a transmitting section that performs PUCCH repeated transmission by using the plurality of PUCCH resources. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, suitable PUCCH repeated transmission can be implemented.

Claims (21)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that transmits capability information indicating support of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitive transmission by multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) in units of subslots;

a receiver that receives information indicating a number of repetitions of the PUCCH repetitive transmission; and

a processor that determines, based on the number of repetitions and a plurality of spatial relations configured for the PUCCH repetitive transmission, a spatial relation used for each repetition in the PUCCH repetitive transmission.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the number of repetitions is equal to a number of the plurality of spatial relations, the processor applies the plurality of spatial relations in ascending order to respective repetitions in the PUCCH repetitive transmission.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the number of repetitions is larger than a number of the plurality of spatial relations, the processor determines, based on a mapping pattern configured by a higher layer parameter, a spatial relation applied to each repetition in the PUCCH repetitive transmission.

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

transmitting capability information indicating support of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitive transmission by multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) in units of subslots;

receiving information indicating a number of repetitions of the PUCCH repetitive transmission; and

determining, based on the number of repetitions and a plurality of spatial relations configured for the PUCCH repetitive transmission, a spatial relation used for each repetition in the PUCCH repetitive transmission.

5. A base station comprising:

a receiver that receives capability information indicating support of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitive transmission by multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) in units of subslots;

a transmitter that transmits information indicating a number of repetitions of the PUCCH repetitive transmission; and

a processor that determines, based on the number of repetitions and a plurality of spatial relations configured for a terminal for the PUCCH repetitive transmission, a spatial relation used for each repetition in the PUCCH repetitive transmission.

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

the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that transmits capability information indicating support of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitive transmission by multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) in units of subslots;

a receiver that receives information indicating a number of repetitions of the PUCCH repetitive transmission; and

a processor that determines, based on the number of repetitions and a plurality of spatial relations configured for the PUCCH repetitive transmission, a spatial relation used for each repetition in the PUCCH repetitive transmission, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the information indicating the number of repetitions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2023
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, JING; SUN, WEIQI; CHEN, LAN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 062584/0922 →
Continuity (1)
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