IP Library Granted Patent US 12,476,750
Granted Patent B2
US 12,476,750 · App. 18/041,740 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Lan Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/0035H04L5/0091
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Patent No.
US 12,476,750
App. No.
18/041,740
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a list of a plurality of serving cells, and receives, for one serving cell of the plurality of serving cells, a medium access control-control element (MAC CE) used for activation of a TCI state for a physical downlink shared channel, and a control section that, when the plurality of serving cells include one or more specific serving cells in which at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) code point is mapped to two transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, maps one or more TCI state IDs indicated by the MAC CE to a TCI code point of one or more serving cells of the plurality of serving cells. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, TCI states can be appropriately updated.

Claims (24)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that transmits capability information indicating that the terminal supports a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE) for a first serving cell configured with a single Downlink Control Information (DCI) based multi-Transmission/Reception Point (TRP), the MAC CE activating two Transmission Control Indication (TCI) states per TCI codepoint of a DCI field, being applied to a plurality of serving cells including the first serving cell and a second serving cell configured with a single TRP;

a receiver that receives a list of the plurality of serving cells and the MAC CE; and

a processor that applies the MAC CE to all of the plurality of serving cells,

wherein the TCI codepoint corresponds to the two TCI states.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the MAC CE is applied to a serving cell, among the plurality of serving cells, configured with a single TRP and when a TCI codepoint of a DCI field corresponds to two TCI states, the processor applies one of the two TCI states.

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

transmitting capability information indicating that the terminal supports a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE) for a first serving cell configured with a single Downlink Control Information (DCI) based multi-Transmission/Reception Point (TRP), the MAC CE activating two Transmission Control Indication (TCI) states per TCI codepoint of a DCI field, being applied to a plurality of serving cells including the first serving cell and a second serving cell configured with a single TRP;

receiving a list of the plurality of serving cells and the MAC CE; and

applying the MAC CE to all of the plurality of serving cells,

wherein the TCI codepoint corresponds to the two TCI states.

4 . A base station comprising:

a receiver that receives capability information indicating that a terminal supports a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE) for a first serving cell configured with a single Downlink Control Information (DCI) based multi-Transmission/Reception Point (TRP), the MAC CE activating two Transmission Control Indication (TCI) states per TCI codepoint of a DCI field, being applied to a plurality of serving cells including the first serving cell and a second serving cell configured with a single TRP;

a transmitter that transmits a list of the plurality of serving cells and the MAC CE; and

a processor that indicates, by transmitting the MAC CE, that the MAC CE is applied to all of the plurality of serving cells,

wherein the TCI codepoint corresponds to the two TCI states.

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

the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that transmits capability information indicating that the terminal supports a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE) for a first serving cell configured with a single Downlink Control Information (DCI) based multi-Transmission/Reception Point (TRP), the MAC CE activating two Transmission Control Indication (TCI) states per TCI codepoint of a DCI field, being applied to a plurality of serving cells including the first serving cell and a second serving cell configured with a single TRP;

a receiver that receives a list of the plurality of serving cells and the MAC CE; and

a processor that applies the MAC CE to all of the plurality of serving cells,

wherein the TCI codepoint corresponds to the two TCI states, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the list of the plurality of serving cells and the MAC CE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, JING; CHEN, LAN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-138092 · Aug 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230299901A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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