IP Library Granted Patent US 11,870,536
Granted Patent B2
US 11,870,536 · App. 17/596,871 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Terminal

Inventors: Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04B7/088H04W24/04
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Patent No.
US 11,870,536
App. No.
17/596,871
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal ( 200 ) configures PCell and SCell simultaneously. The terminal ( 200 ) includes a receiving unit ( 220 ) that receives a reference signal for use in a detection of a beam failure in the SCell, and a controller ( 270 ) that performs at least one of the detection of the beam failure and a beam failure recovery request based on a reception quality of the reference signal. The controller ( 270 ) performs at least one of the detection of the beam failure and the beam failure recovery request when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (27)

1. A terminal that simultaneously configures a primary cell and a secondary cell, comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a reference signal for use in a detection of a beam failure in the secondary cell;

a controller that performs a beam failure recovery procedure when the beam failure is detected based on a reception quality of the reference signal and the secondary cell is in an activated state; and

a transmitting unit that performs a report of a candidate of a new beam in the beam failure recovery procedure,

wherein when beam failures are detected in a plurality of secondary cells, the transmitting unit performs a report of candidates of new beams in the plurality of secondary cells using a same message.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller configures information on the candidates of the new beams in the same message such that a candidate of a new beam in a secondary cell designated from a radio base station is preferentially stored in the same message.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller stops the beam failure recovery procedure when the secondary cell is in a deactivated state.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when beam failures are detected in the plurality of secondary cells, the transmitting unit performs the report of the candidates of the new beams in the plurality of secondary cells using a same MAC CE.

5. A terminal that simultaneously configures a primary cell and a secondary cell, comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a reference signal for use in a detection of a beam failure in the secondary cell;

a controller that performs a beam failure recovery procedure when the beam failure is detected based on a reception quality of the reference signal and the secondary cell is in an activated state; and

a transmitting unit that performs a report of a candidate of a new beam in the beam failure recovery procedure,

wherein the controller extends a time from the detection of the beam failure to the performance of the report of the candidate of the new beam when a predetermined condition is not satisfied.

6. A radio communication method comprising:

a step of configuring a primary cell and a secondary cell simultaneously;

a step of receiving a reference signal for use in a detection of a beam failure in the secondary cell;

a step of performing a beam failure recovery procedure when the beam failure is detected based on a reception quality of the reference signal and the secondary cell is in an activated state; and

a step of performing a report of a candidate of a new beam in the beam failure recovery procedure,

wherein when beam failures are detected in a plurality of secondary cells, in the step of performing the report, a report of candidates of new beams in the plurality of secondary cells is performed using a same message.

7. A radio communication system comprising:

a first radio base station that forms a primary cell;

a second radio base station that forms a secondary cell; and

a terminal that simultaneously configures the primary cell and the secondary cell,

wherein the terminal receives from the second radio base station, a reference signal for use in a detection of a beam failure in the secondary cell,

the terminal performs a beam failure recovery procedure when the beam failure is detected based on a reception quality of the reference signal and the secondary cell is in an activated state,

the terminal performs a report of a candidate of a new beam in the beam failure recovery procedure, and

when beam failures are detected in a plurality of secondary cells, the terminal performs a report of candidates of new beams in the plurality of secondary cells using a same message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2021
From: UCHINO, TOORU; MATSUMURA, YUKI; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 058460/0335 →
Continuity (1)
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