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Granted Patent B2
US 12,096,384 · App. 17/422,919 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Murayama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 12,096,384
App. No.
17/422,919
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to positions of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) within a synchronization signal (SS) burst, and a control section that determines, based on the information related to the positions of the SSBs within the SS burst, a Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) assumption between SSB indices within a transmission window for a discovery reference signal in a carrier to which listening is applied. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the PDCCH can be suitably monitored in the NR-U carrier.

Claims (18)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives information regarding a synchronization signal block (SSB) position within a synchronization signal (SS) burst; and

a processor that assumes that, in a discovery reference signal transmission window configured based on higher layer signaling, each SSB up to a slot including an SSB corresponding to a maximum SSB index that is indicated by the information regarding the SSB position within the SS burst is quasi-co-located (QCLed) in order with each SSB of one or more slots subsequent to the slot including the SSB corresponding to the maximum SSB index.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein an SSB transmission candidate position is configured for all slots within the discovery reference signal transmission window.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the discovery reference signal transmission window is 5 ms.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the SSB transmission candidate position is based on subcarrier spacing.

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

receiving information regarding a synchronization signal block (SSB) position within a synchronization signal (SS) burst; and

assuming that, in a discovery reference signal transmission window configured based on higher layer signaling, each SSB up to a slot including an SSB corresponding to a maximum SSB index that is indicated by the information regarding the SSB position within the SS burst is quasi-co-located (QCLed) in order with each SSB of one or more slots subsequent to the slot including the SSB corresponding to the maximum SSB index.

6. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits information regarding a synchronization signal block (SSB) position within a synchronization signal (SS) burst; and

a processor that assumes that, in a discovery reference signal transmission window configured by higher layer signaling, each SSB up to a slot including an SSB corresponding to a maximum SSB index that is indicated by the information regarding the SSB position within the SS burst is quasi-co-located (QCLed) in order with each SSB of one or more slots subsequent to the slot including the SSB corresponding to the maximum SSB index.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives information regarding a synchronization signal block (SSB) position within a synchronization signal (SS) burst; and

a processor that assumes that, in a discovery reference signal transmission window configured based on higher layer signaling, each SSB up to a slot including an SSB corresponding to a maximum SSB index that is indicated by the information regarding the SSB position within the SS burst is quasi-co-located (QCLed) in order with each SSB of one or more slots subsequent to the slot including the SSB corresponding to the maximum SSB index, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the information regarding the SSB position within the SS burst.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: HARADA, HIROKI; MURAYAMA, DAISUKE
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 056897/0910 →
Continuity (1)
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