Terminal device and method
A terminal device including a reception unit configured to receive higher layer signalling including a first configuration relating to measurement of a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and a second configuration relating to reporting of the RSSI, a measurement unit configured to measure the RSSI and/or a channel occupancy; and a transmission unit configured to report a measurement result for the RSSI and/or the channel occupancy. The measurement result for the RSSI is an average of measurement results obtained in a first period, and the channel occupancy is obtained based on the measurement results equal to or greater than a first threshold among the measurement results obtained in the first period.
1. A base station device comprising:
transmission circuitry configured to transmit a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, wherein
the measurement object configuration includes a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI),
the report configuration includes a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI; and
reception circuitry configured to receive the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.
2. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein
the parameter associated with the measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI is configured only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical.
3. A terminal device comprising:
reception circuitry configured to receive a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, wherein
the measurement object configuration includes a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI),
the report configuration includes a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI; and
transmission circuitry configured to transmit the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.
4. The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein
the parameter associated with the measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI is configured only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical.
5. A communication method of a base station device comprising:
transmitting a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, the measurement object configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and the report configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI; and
receiving the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.
6. A communication method of a terminal device comprising:
receiving a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, the measurement object configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and the report configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI; and
transmitting the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.