IP Library Granted Patent US 12,592,811
Granted Patent B2
US 12,592,811 · App. 18/283,684 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Terminal and communication method

Inventors: Shinya Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/16H04L5/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,592,811
App. No.
18/283,684
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a communication unit configured to perform communication based on half-duplex frequency division duplex; and a control unit configured to perform a first process and a second process, the first process being performed to determine a signal to receive or a signal to transmit when a downlink signal and an uplink signal overlap in a time domain during the communication, and the second process being performed to determine the signal to transmit when a plurality of uplink signals overlap in the time domain during the communication. In this terminal, the control unit determines whether to perform the first process or the second process first, and the communication unit receives or transmits a signal that is obtained based on a result of performing at least one of the first process and the second process.

Claims (13)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a communication unit configured to perform communication based on half-duplex frequency division duplex; and

a control unit configured to perform a first process and a second process, the first process being performed to determine a signal to receive or a signal to transmit when a downlink signal and an uplink signal overlap in a time domain during the communication, and the second process being performed to determine the signal to transmit when a plurality of uplink signals overlap in the time domain during the communication,

wherein the control unit determines whether to perform the first process or the second process first, and

wherein the communication unit receives or transmits a signal that is obtained based on a result of performing at least one of the first process and the second process.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs the second process before the first process.

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs the first process before the second process.

4 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit determines whether to perform the first process or the second process first based on types of the signals.

5 . A communication method to be performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

performing communication based on half-duplex frequency division duplex;

performing a first process and a second process, the first process being performed to determine a signal to receive or a signal to transmit when a downlink signal and an uplink signal overlap in a time domain during the communication, and the second process being performed to determine the signal to transmit when a plurality of uplink signals overlap in the time domain during the communication;

determining whether to perform the first process or the second process first; and

receiving or transmitting a signal that is obtained based on a result of performing at least one of the first process and the second process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2023
From: KUMAGAI, SHINYA; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-068047 · Apr 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240163071A1 · May 16, 2024
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