IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,968,545
Granted Patent B2
US 11,968,545 · App. 17/441,561 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

User equipment and communication method

Inventors: Takuma Takada (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Fujimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W16/28H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 11,968,545
App. No.
17/441,561
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment includes a receiving unit that receives a reference signal from a secondary cell; a transmitting unit that transmits a result of a measurement of the reference signal; and a control unit that selects, when the secondary cell is deactivated after the transmitting unit transmits the result of the measurement and the secondary cell is reactivated, and when a time interval from a timing at which the transmitting unit transmits the result of the measurement until a timing at which the secondary cell is reactivated is within a predetermined time interval, a receiving beam that is applied to the secondary cell upon transmitting the result of the measurement by the transmitting unit, as a receiving beam to be applied to the reactivated secondary cell.

Claims (23)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that performs a measurement on a deactivated secondary cell; and

a processor that configures a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state based on a receiving beam used at the measurement,

wherein, when there is a serving cell in a frequency band that is the same as the frequency band of the deactivated secondary cell, the receiver performs a measurement on the serving cell, and

wherein the processor configures the TCI state based on the measurement on the serving cell.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the measurement is a Layer 3 measurement.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a result of the measurement,

wherein the secondary cell is activated after the transmitter transmits the result of the measurement.

4. A communication method executed by a terminal, the communication method comprising:

performing a measurement on a deactivated secondary cell; and

configuring a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state based on a receiving beam used at the measurement,

wherein, when there is a serving cell in a frequency band that is the same as the frequency band of the deactivated secondary cell, the performing performs a measurement on the serving cell, and

wherein the terminal configures the TCI state based on the measurement on the serving cell.

5. A system comprising:

a terminal; and

a base station,

wherein the terminal includes:

a receiver that performs a measurement on a deactivated secondary cell; and

a processor that configures a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state based on a receiving beam used at the measurement,

wherein, when there is a serving cell in a frequency band that is the same as the frequency band of the deactivated secondary cell, the receiver performs a measurement on the serving cell, and

wherein the processor configures the TCI state based on the measurement on the serving cell, and

wherein the base station transmits the beam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: TAKADA, TAKUMA; HARADA, HIROKI; FUJIMURA, NAOKI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057574/0206 →
Continuity (1)
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