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Granted Patent B2
US 11,102,739 · App. 16/495,953 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/001H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04W72/0453H04W72/1205H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 11,102,739
App. No.
16/495,953
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

For the purpose of properly controlling communication using a number of cells including cells that use different numerologies than existing LTE systems, a user terminal that communicates by using a number of cells including a first cell and a second cell has a receiving section that receives, from the first cell, information about synchronization between the first cell and the second cell and/or information about a configuration of a synchronization signal block in the second cell, and a control section that controls a processes for connecting with the second cell based on the information about synchronization and/or the information about the configuration of the synchronization signal block.

Claims (21)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives information related to a synchronization signal block index indicated by using a bitmap, by higher layer signaling; and

a controller that controls a reception of a synchronization signal block based on the information related to the synchronization signal block index.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the information related to the synchronization signal block index comprises information notified by using the bitmap, related to whether or not a plurality of synchronization signal block indexes is transmitted.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein a number of bits needed for transmitting the information that is notified by the bitmap is determined based on a maximum number of synchronization signal blocks per frequency band.

4. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein each synchronization signal block index corresponds to a separate time index.

5. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein each synchronization signal block index corresponds to a separate time index.

6. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein each synchronization signal block index corresponds to a separate time index.

7. A radio communication method comprising:

receiving information related to a synchronization signal block index indicated by using a bitmap, by higher layer signaling; and

controlling reception of a synchronization signal block based on the information related to the synchronization signal block index.

8. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits information related to a synchronization signal block index indicated by using a bitmap, by higher layer signaling; and

a controller that controls a transmission of a synchronization signal block based on the information related to the synchronization signal block index.

9. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein:

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives information related to a synchronization signal block index indicated by using a bitmap, by higher layer signaling; and

a first controller that controls a reception of a synchronization signal block based on the information related to the synchronization signal block index; and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the information related to the synchronization signal block index by higher layer signaling; and

a second controller that controls a transmission of the synchronization signal block based on the information related to the synchronization signal block index.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: HARADA, HIROKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 051597/0981 →
Continuity (1)
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