IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,762
Granted Patent B2
US 9,832,762 · App. 15/107,339 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, notification method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Katsunari Uemura (Osaka, JP); Yasuyuki Kato (Osaka, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/0413H04L5/001H04L5/0048H04M3/00H04W8/24H04W16/32H04W72/0453H04L5/005H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 9,832,762
App. No.
15/107,339
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a technology associated with a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a notification method, and an integrated circuit, in all of which the capability of the terminal apparatus is efficiently notified. The terminal apparatus configures multiple pieces of terminal apparatus capability information that include information indicating whether or not to support transmission of multiple physical uplink control channels in a secondary cell, and information indicating whether or not to support data transfer control that is independent of a primary cell and the secondary cell, and transmits a terminal apparatus capability message including the multiple pieces of terminal apparatus capability information, to the base station apparatus.

Claims (35)

1. A terminal apparatus using a plurality of cell groups, the terminal apparatus comprising:

control circuitry configured to generate a capability message of the terminal apparatus, the capability message comprising capability information which comprises first information and second information,

the first information indicating whether or not to support data transfer using a plurality of cell groups, and

the second information indicating whether or not to support bearer split transmission; and

transmission circuitry configured to transmit, to a base station apparatus, the capability message of the terminal apparatus, wherein

the data transfer for each of the plurality of cell groups is performed by one of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) functions, each of the plurality of MAC functions corresponding to one of the plurality of cell groups, and

a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is transmitted for each of the plurality of cell groups corresponding to each of the plurality of MAC functions.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information is respectively configured for each of a plurality of combinations of frequency bands supported by the terminal apparatus.

3. A communication method of a terminal apparatus using a plurality of cell groups, the communication method comprising:

generating a capability message of the terminal apparatus, the capability message comprising capability information which comprises first information and second information,

the first information indicating whether or not to support data transfer using a plurality of cell groups, and

the second information indicating whether or not to support bearer split transmission; and

transmitting, to a base station apparatus, the capability message of the terminal apparatus, wherein

the data transfer for each of the plurality of cell groups is performed by one of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) functions, each of the plurality of MAC functions corresponding to one of the plurality of cell groups, and

a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is transmitted for each of the plurality of cell groups corresponding to each of the plurality of MAC functions.

4. The communication method according to claim 3 , wherein

the first information is respectively configured for each of a plurality of combinations of frequency bands supported by the terminal apparatus.

5. A base station apparatus using a plurality of cell groups, the base station apparatus comprising:

reception circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal apparatus, a capability message of a terminal apparatus,

the capability message comprising capability information which comprises at least first information and second information,

the first information indicating whether or not to support, data transfer using a plurality of cell groups, and

the second information indicating whether or not to support bearer split transmission; and

transmission circuitry configured to perform, by one of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) functions, the data transfer for each of the plurality of cell groups, each of the plurality of MAC functions corresponding to one of the plurality of cell groups,

a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) being received for each of the plurality of cell groups corresponding to each of the plurality of MAC functions.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the first information is respectively configured for each of a plurality of combinations of frequency bands supported by the terminal apparatus.

7. A communication method of a base station apparatus using a plurality of cell groups, the base station apparatus comprising:

receiving, from a terminal apparatus, a capability message of a terminal apparatus, the capability message comprising capability information which comprises at least first information and second information,

the first information indicating whether or not to support, data transfer using a plurality of cell groups, and

the second information indicating whether or not to support bearer split transmission; and

performing, by one of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) functions, the data transfer for each of the plurality of cell groups, each of the plurality of MAC functions corresponding to one of the plurality of cell groups,

a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) being received for each of the plurality of cell groups corresponding to each of the plurality of MAC functions.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein

the first information is respectively configured for each of a plurality of combinations of frequency bands supported by the terminal apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2016
From: UEMURA, KATSUNARI; KATO, YASUYUKI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-269084 · Dec 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170006598A1 · Jan 5, 2017