IP Library Granted Patent US 11,968,079
Granted Patent B2
US 11,968,079 · App. 17/414,212 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L41/0668H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 11,968,079
App. No.
17/414,212
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal includes a control section that controls a beam failure recovery based on whether a specific secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured or not, and a transmitting section that transmits, in the beam failure recovery, a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a BFR procedure can be appropriately executed.

Claims (23)

1. A terminal comprising:

a processor that controls beam failure recovery based on whether or not a certain secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured; and

a transmitter that transmits a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells in the beam failure recovery,

wherein the processor is configured to control the beam failure recovery based on a maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by Medium Access Control Control Element, MAC CE, is applied, and

a maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, is applied, is smaller than the maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by the MAC CE, is applied.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by the MAC CE, is applied is one or more and when the certain secondary cell is configured, the processor applies the beam failure recovery to the certain secondary cell.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the processor considers, based on a field included in downlink control information or a radio network temporary identifier used for the downlink control information, that the beam failure recovery is completed.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor considers, based on a field included in downlink control information or a radio network temporary identifier used for the downlink control information, that the beam failure recovery is completed.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the beam failure recovery based on a maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by the PRACH, is applied.

6. A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:

controlling beam failure recovery based on whether or not a certain secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured;

transmitting a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells in the beam failure recovery; and

controlling the beam failure recovery based on a maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by Medium Access Control Control Element, MAC CE, is applied; and

a maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, is applied, is smaller than the maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by the MAC CE, is applied.

7. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein

the terminal comprises:

a processor that controls beam failure recovery based on whether or not a certain secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured; and

a transmitter that transmits a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells in the beam failure recovery,

wherein the processor is configured to control the beam failure recovery based on the maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by Medium Access Control Control Element, MAC CE, is applied; and

a maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, is applied, is smaller than the maximum number of secondary cells to which the beam failure recovery to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by the MAC CE, is applied; and

the base station comprises:

a processor that determines whether or not the certain secondary cell is configured; and

a receiver that receives the beam failure recovery request.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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