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Granted Patent B2
US 11,178,645 · App. 16/550,660 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Terminal device, base station device, integrated circuit, and communication method

Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura (Sakai, JP); Tatsushi Aiba (Sakai, JP); Shoichi Suzuki (Sakai, JP); Hiroki Takahashi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/0406H04L5/001H04L5/0098H04W72/04H04W72/12H04W72/1273
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Patent No.
US 11,178,645
App. No.
16/550,660
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a reception unit configured to receive first information, second information, and third information; a physical downlink control channel reception unit configured to receive a physical downlink control channel; and a physical downlink shared channel reception unit configured to receive a physical downlink shared channel. When joint coding is configured by the third information, the physical downlink control channel reception unit monitors the physical downlink control channel of a cell configured by the second information, and the physical downlink shared channel reception unit receives physical downlink shared channels of downlink cells indicated by the first information, on the basis of a result of decoding the physical downlink control channel.

Claims (22)

1. A terminal device configured to communicate with a base station device, the terminal device comprising:

reception circuitry configured to monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and a first radio resource control (RRC) message, the first RRC message including a quantity of the downlink cells to be configured; and

transmission circuitry configured to transmit a second RRC message, the second RRC message including capability information of the terminal device relating the quantity of downlink cells as a quantity of the PDCCH candidates that the terminal device is capable of blind decoding, wherein

in a case that the transmission circuitry does not transmit the second RRC message, the reception circuitry is configured to monitor the quantity of PDCCH candidates configured based on the first RRC message, and

in a case that the transmission circuitry transmits the second RRC message, the reception circuitry is configured to monitor the quantity of PDCCH candidates configured based on the capability information.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reception circuitry is configured to receive a third RRC message and a fourth RRC message, the third RRC message configuring multiple serving cells, the fourth RRC message configuring a downlink control information (DCI) format for blind decoding the PDCCH candidates in each of the multiple serving cells, and

the reception circuitry is configured to blind decode the PDCCH candidates based on the fourth RRC message in each of the multiple serving cells.

3. A base station device configured to communicate with a terminal device, the base station device comprising:

transmission circuitry configured to transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a first radio resource control (RRC) message, the first RRC message including a quantity of the downlink cells to be configured; and

reception circuitry configured to receive a second RRC message, the second RRC message including capability information of the terminal device relating the quantity of downlink cells as a quantity of the PDCCH candidates that the terminal device is capable of blind decoding, wherein

in a case that the reception circuitry does not receive the second RRC message, the quantity of PDCCH candidates monitored by the terminal device is configured based on the first RRC message, and

in a case that the reception circuitry receives the second RRC message, the quantity of PDCCH candidates monitored by the terminal device is configured based on the capability information.

4. The base station device according to claim 3 , wherein

the transmission circuitry is configured to transmit a third RRC message and a fourth RRC message, the third RRC message configuring multiple serving cells, the fourth RRC message configuring a downlink control information (DCI) format for blind decoding the PDCCH candidates in each of the multiple serving cells, and

the transmission circuitry is configured to transmit the PDCCH based on the fourth RRC message in each of the multiple serving cells.

5. A communication method for a terminal device to communicate with a base station, the communication method comprising: monitoring physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and a first radio resource control (RRC) message, the first RRC message including a quantity of the downlink cells to be configured; transmitting a second RRC message, the second RRC message including capability information of the terminal device relating the quantity of downlink cells as a quantity of the PDCCH candidates that the terminal device is capable of blind decoding, wherein in a case that not transmitting the second RRC message, monitoring the quantity of PDCCH candidates configured based on the first RRC message; and in a case that transmitting the second RRC message, monitoring the quantity of PDCCH candidates configured based on the capability information.

6. A communication method for a base station device to communicate with a terminal device, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a first radio resource control (RRC) message, the first RRC message including a quantity of the downlink cells to be configured; and

receiving a second RRC message, the second RRC message including capability information of the terminal device relating the quantity of downlink cells as a quantity of the PDCCH candidates that the terminal device is capable of bind decoding, wherein

in a case that does not receiving the second RRC message, the quantity of PDCCH candidates monitored by the terminal device is configured based on the first RRC message, and

in a case that receiving the second RRC message, the quantity of PDCCH candidates monitored by the terminal device is configured based on the capability information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2019
From: YOKOMAKURA, KAZUNARI; AIBA, TATSUSHI; SUZUKI, SHOICHI; TAKAHASHI, HIROKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-014990 · Jan 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15564192
Related Publication 20190387516A1 · Dec 19, 2019
Cited By (1)
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