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Granted Patent B2
US 11,122,544 · App. 16/609,426 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Ryosuke Osawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Kakishima (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/02H04W72/042H04W72/046H04W72/08H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,122,544
App. No.
16/609,426
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal is disclosed including a processor and a transmitter. The processor determines, based on a threshold of a criterion, a beam having the criterion that is equal to or greater than the threshold. Further, the transmitter transmits a random access preamble based on the determined beam. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.

Claims (24)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives, by radio resource control (RRC) signaling, determining information including first information for specifying a criterion from at least one of power or quality-related indicators and second information for specifying a threshold for the criterion;

a processor that determines the criterion from the at least one of power or quality-related indicators based on the first information and determines, a beam having the criterion that is equal to or greater than the threshold based on the second information; and

a transmitter that transmits a random access preamble based on the beam determined,

wherein the processor determines the criterion from at least one of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), pathloss, interference power, another power related indicator, and another quality related indicator.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines the criterion from the at least one of power or quality-related indicators based on what reference signal to use for measurement.

3. A radio communication method for a terminal comprising:

receiving, by radio resource control (RRC) signaling, determining information including first information for specifying a criterion from at least one of power or quality-related indicators and second information for specifying a threshold for the criterion;

determining the criterion from the at least one of power or quality-related indicators based on the first information;

determining, a beam having the criterion that is equal to or greater than the threshold based on the second information; and

transmitting a random access preamble based on the beam determined,

wherein the terminal determines the criterion from at least one of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), pathloss, interference power, another power related indicator, and another quality related indicator.

4. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits, by radio resource control (RRC) signaling to a terminal, determining information including first information for specifying a criterion from at least one of power or quality-related indicators and second information for specifying a threshold for the criterion; and

a receiver that receives a random access preamble transmitted by the terminal based on a beam having the criterion that is determined from the at least one of power or quality-related indicators based on the first information and is equal to or greater than the threshold.

5. A system comprising:

a terminal that comprises:

a receiver that receives, by radio resource control (RRC) signaling, determining information including first information for specifying a criterion from at least one of power or quality-related indicators and second information for specifying a threshold for the criterion;

a processor that determines the criterion from the at least one of power or quality-related indicators based on the first information and determines, a beam having the criterion that is equal to or greater than the threshold based on the second information; and

a transmitter that transmits a random access preamble based on the beam determined,

wherein the processor determines the criterion from at least one of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), pathloss, interference power, another power related indicator, and another quality related indicator; and

a base station that comprises:

a transmitter that transmits, by the RRC signaling to the terminal, the determining information; and

a receiver that receives the random access preamble transmitted by the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: OSAWA, RYOSUKE; HARADA, HIROKI; KAKISHIMA, YUICHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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