IP Library Granted Patent US 12,302,356
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,356 · App. 18/420,776 · Granted May 13, 2025

Terminal device, base station device and communication method that use different signal waveforms based on control information when uplink channel is shared channel

Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Kanagawa, JP); Naoki Kusashima (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W72/23H04B7/0697H04L5/001H04L5/0094H04L27/0008H04L27/2636H04L27/2646H04W72/04H04W72/044
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Patent No.
US 12,302,356
App. No.
18/420,776
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal device that performs communication with a base station, including: a wireless transmitter that transmits an uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal generated by performing the predetermined conversion process, in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, and in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel based on control information uniquely notified from the base station to the terminal device.

Claims (45)

1. A terminal device configured to perform communication with a base station device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to control a receiver and a transmitter;

the receiver configured to receive a control information for an uplink channel from the base station; and

the transmitter configured to transmit the uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, based on the control information, wherein

the first signal waveform is signal which is generated without performing a discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal which is generated with performing the discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and

in a case where the second signal waveform is used by the transmitter, only a single multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) layer transmission is used for the uplink channel.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein modulation schemes that are used in a predetermined shared channel are different between the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is transmitted by an radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is transmitted by a physical layer signaling.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein a transmission mode for the predetermined shared channel is a transmission mode based on an uplink grant from the base station.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is information related to a frame configuration used for transmission of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the frame configuration.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is information related to a subcarrier interval used for transmission of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the subcarrier interval.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is information related to a transmission mode related to spatial multiplexing in transmission of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the transmission mode related to the spatial multiplexing.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is information related to a transmission time interval length in transmission of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the transmission time interval length.

10. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is information related to a transmission mode related to a schedule in transmission of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the transmission mode related to the schedule.

11. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is information related to a frequency band used for transmission of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the frequency band.

12. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is signal waveform notification information indicating whether a signal waveform for the uplink channel is a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform,

the signal waveform notification information is included in allocation information of a physical layer used for allocation of the uplink channel and notified, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of the signal waveform notification information.

13. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is allocation information of a physical layer used for allocation of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of a format of the allocation information.

14. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is allocation information of a physical layer used for allocation of the uplink channel, and

the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of a search space in which the allocation information is detected.

15. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry decides whether the transmitter uses the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform for transmitting the uplink channel on a basis of a type of frame used for transmission of the uplink channel.

16. A base station device configured to perform communication with a terminal device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a control information for an uplink channel to the terminal device; and

a receiver configured to receive the uplink channel transmitted using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform by the terminal device, based on the control information, wherein

the first signal waveform is a signal which is generated without performing a discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal which is generated with performing the discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and

in a case where the second signal waveform is used by the terminal device, only a single multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) layer transmission is used for the uplink channel.

17. A communication method used in a terminal device configured to perform communication with a base station device, comprising:

receiving a control information for an uplink channel from the base station; and

transmitting the uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, based on the control information, wherein

the first signal waveform is signal which is generated without performing a discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal which is generated with performing the discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and

in a case where the second signal waveform is used in the transmitting, only a single multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) layer transmission is used for the uplink channel.

18. A communication method used in a base station device configured to perform communication with a terminal device, comprising:

transmitting a control information for an uplink channel to the terminal device; and

receiving the uplink channel transmitted using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform by the terminal device, based on the control information, wherein

the first signal waveform is a signal which is generated without performing a discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal which is generated with performing the discrete Fourier transform conversion process, and

in a case where the second signal waveform is used by the terminal device, only a single multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) layer transmission is used for the uplink channel.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 24, 2024
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066365/0363 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-214779 · Nov 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17183370 · Feb 24, 2021
Continuation 16327328
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