IP Library Granted Patent US 11,943,779
Granted Patent B2
US 11,943,779 · App. 17/183,370 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Terminal device, base station device and communication method that use different signal waveforms based on control information when uplink channel is shared channel

Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Kanagawa, JP); Naoki Kusashima (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04W72/23H04B7/0697H04L5/001H04L5/0094H04L27/0008H04L27/2636H04L27/2646H04W72/04H04W72/044
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Patent No.
US 11,943,779
App. No.
17/183,370
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal device that performs communication with a base station, including: a wireless transmitter that transmits an uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal uenerated by performing the predetermined conversion process, in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, and in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel based on control information uniquely notified from the base station to the terminal device.

Claims (43)

1. A terminal device configured to perform communication with a base station, comprising:

a wireless transmitter configured to transmit an uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, wherein

the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal generated by performing the predetermined conversion process,

in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, and

in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel based on control information uniquely notified from the base station to the terminal device.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the control information is not set, a signal waveform for the predetermined shared channel is determined based on broadcast information from the base station.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein

a transmission mode for the predetermined shared channel is a transmission mode based on an uplink grant from the base station to the terminal device.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

a modulation method that is used in the predetermined shared channel differs between the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the second siunal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, only a single layer transmission is supported.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal device is configured to determine whether the uplink channel is the predetermined control channel or the predetermined shared channel.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is information related to a frame configuration used for transmission of the uplink channel.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is information related to a subcarrier interval used for transmission of the uplink channel.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is information related to a transmission mode related to spatial multiplexing in transmission of the uplink channel.

10. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is information related to a transmission time interval length in transmission of the uplink channel.

11. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is information related to a transmission mode related to a schedule in transmission of the uplink channel.

12. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is information related to a frequency band used for transmission of the uplink channel.

13. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is allocation information of a physical layer used for allocation of the uplink channel.

14. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information is signal waveform notification information indicating whether a signal waveform for the uplink channel is the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform, and

the signal waveform notification information is included in allocation information of a physical layer used for allocation of the uplink channel.

15. A base station configured to perform communication with a terminal device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an uplink channel transmitted using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform from the terminal device; and

a transmitter configured to transmit control information to the terminal device, wherein

the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal uenerated by performing the predetermined conversion process,

in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the uplink channel is transmitted from the terminal device using the second signal waveform, and

in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, the uplink channel is transmitted from the terminal device using either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform based on the control information transmitted to the terminal device.

16. A communication method used in a terminal device configured to perform communication with a base station, comprising:

transmitting, using a wireless transmitter, an uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, wherein

the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal uenerated by performing the predetermined conversion process,

in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, and

in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel based on control information uniquely notified from the base station to the terminal device.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-214779 · Nov 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16327328
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