IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,979,913
Granted Patent B2
US 11,979,913 · App. 17/265,606 · Granted May 7, 2024

User equipment and signal monitoring method

Inventor: Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W74/0833H04B7/0617H04L5/0048H04W16/28
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,979,913
App. No.
17/265,606
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a user equipment, the user equipment including: a reception unit that receives configuration information in which a reference signal and a synchronous signal block are associated with each other from a base station; a control unit that selects a specific reference signal from a plurality of reference signals to be monitored in a random access procedure; and a transmission unit that transmits a random access signal to the base station using a resource corresponding to the specific reference signal, wherein the reception unit assumes based on the configuration information that there is a quasi co-location relation between the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal and a signal to be monitored in a predetermined search space, and monitors the signal.

Claims (18)

1. A user equipment comprising:

a reception unit that receives configuration information in which a reference signal and a synchronous signal block are associated with each other from a base station;

a control unit that selects a specific reference signal from a plurality of reference signals to be monitored in a random access procedure; and

a transmission unit that transmits a random access signal to the base station using a resource corresponding to the specific reference signal,

wherein the reception unit assumes based on the configuration information that there is a quasi co-location relation between the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal and a signal to be monitored in a predetermined search space, and monitors the signal.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration information comprises information of a reference signal associated with a synchronous signal block and information of a reference signal not associated with a synchronous signal block,

wherein in the random access procedure, the reception unit monitors the reference signal associated with the synchronous signal block.

3. The user equipment according to claim 2 ,

wherein in the case where the signal to be monitored is a signal transmitted with a resource at a timing associated with a synchronous signal block, the reception unit monitors the signal at the timing associated with the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal.

4. The user equipment according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the case where the signal to be monitored is a signal transmitted with a resource at a timing associated with a synchronous signal block, the reception unit monitors the signal at the timing associated with the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal.

5. A signal monitoring method performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information in which a reference signal and a synchronous signal block are associated with each other from a base station;

selecting a specific reference signal from a plurality of reference signals to be monitored in a random access procedure;

transmitting a random access signal to the base station using a resource corresponding to the specific reference signal;

assuming based on the configuration information that there is a quasi co-location relation between the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal and a signal to be monitored in a predetermined search space, and

monitoring the signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: OHARA, TOMOYA
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 055499/0217 →
Continuity (1)
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