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US 12,659,780 · App. 18/277,479 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Communication apparatus and communication method

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Mayuko Okano (Tokyo, JP); Masaya Okamura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W24/10H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 12,659,780
App. No.
18/277,479
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a signal requesting a CSI (Channel State Information) report and a CSI reference signal, in a resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus; a control unit configured to perform measurement by using the CSI reference signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the another communication apparatus, a CSI report based on a result of the measurement.

Claims (15)

1 . A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a signal requesting a CSI (Channel State Information) report and a CSI reference signal, in a resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus;

a processor configured to perform measurement by using the CSI reference signal; and

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the another communication apparatus, a CSI report based on a result of the measurement,

wherein the processor is configured to autonomously determine a signal from among a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, and a preamble signal received from the another communication apparatus after a predetermined timing from a timing at which the signal requesting the CSI report is received, as the CSI reference signal to be used for the measurement, and

wherein the predetermined timing is specified by a control signal.

2 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits the CSI report to the another communication apparatus, when the receiver fails to receive data transmitted from the another communication apparatus for a predetermined number of times or for a predetermined time.

3 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter autonomously determines the resource to be used for transmitting the CSI report.

4 . The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the transmitter transmits the CSI report by a predetermined time point after the receiver receives the signal requesting the CSI report.

5 . A communication method executed by a communication apparatus, the communication method comprising:

receiving, from another communication apparatus, a signal requesting a CSI (Channel State Information) report, in a first resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus, and to receive a CSI reference signal, in a second resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus;

performing measurement by using the CSI reference signal; and

transmitting, to the another communication apparatus, a CSI report based on a result of the measurement,

wherein the communication apparatus autonomously determines a signal from among a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, and a preamble signal received from the another communication apparatus after a predetermined timing from a timing at which the signal requesting the CSI report is received, as the CSI reference signal to be used for the measurement, and

wherein the predetermined timing is specified by a control signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; KUMAGAI, SHINYA; TAKAHASHI, YUKI; OKANO, MAYUKO; OKAMURA, MASAYA; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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