IP Library Granted Patent US 12,101,178
Granted Patent B2
US 12,101,178 · App. 17/422,053 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Runxin Wang (Beijing, CN); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L1/0025H04L5/0044H04W72/1263H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,101,178
App. No.
17/422,053
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal includes: a control section to which one mode of a plurality of modes associated with different operations of one or more transmission points is configured; and a receiving section that receives one or more downlink shared channels from the one or more transmission points according to the mode. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately operate in response to operations of one or more transmission points.

Claims (33)

1. A terminal comprising:

a processor that determines whether to apply:

a first mode using a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) based on single-downlink control information (DCI), in response to an activation by a medium access control (MAC) control element and an indication by a specific field included in the DCI and

a second mode using the plurality of TRPs based on multi-DCI, in response to a configuration by radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and

a receiver that receives at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) according to the one of the first mode and the second mode,

wherein the terminal receives one DCI from one of the plurality of TRPs in case of the first mode, and the terminal receives different DCIs from each of the plurality of TRPs in case of the second mode, and

wherein a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field in a DCI received in the first mode and a TCI field in a DCI received in the second mode are 0 bit or 3 bits.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines, based on a common RRC parameter, a number of bits of a TCI field included in first DCI and a number of bits of a TCI field included in second DCI, in the second mode.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a carrier indicator field in a DCI received in the first mode and a carrier indicator field in a DCI received in the second mode are 0 bit or 3 bits.

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

determining whether to apply:

a first mode using a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) based on single-downlink control information (DCI), in response to an activation by a medium access control (MAC) control element and an indication by a specific field included in the DCI and

a second mode using the plurality of TRPs based on multi-DCI, in response to a configuration by radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and

receiving at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) according to the one of the first mode and the second mode,

wherein the terminal receives one DCI from one of the plurality of TRPs in case of the first mode, and the terminal receives different DCIs from each of the plurality of TRPs in case of the second mode, and

wherein a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field in a DCI received in the first mode and a TCI field in a DCI received in the second mode are 0 bit or 3 bits.

5. A base station comprising:

a processor that indicates to apply:

a first mode using a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) based on single-downlink control information (DCI), in response to an activation by medium access control (MAC) control element and an indication by a specific field included in the DCI and

a second mode using the plurality of TRPs based on multi-DCI, in response to a configuration by radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and

a transmitter that transmits, by using one of the first mode and the second mode, at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein a terminal receives one DCI from one of the plurality of TRPs in case of the first mode, and the terminal receives different DCIs from each of the plurality of TRPs in case of the second mode, and

wherein a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field in a DCI received by the terminal in the first mode and a TCI field in a DCI received by the terminal in the second mode are 0 bit or 3 bits.

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

the base station comprises:

a first processor that indicates to apply:

a first mode using a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) based on single-downlink control information (DCI), in response to an activation by a medium access control (MAC) control element and an indication by a specific field included in the DCI and

a second mode using the plurality of TRPs based on multi-DCI, in response to a configuration by radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and

the terminal comprises:

a second processor that determines whether to apply the first mode and the second mode; and

a receiver that receives at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) according to one of the first mode and the second mode,

wherein the terminal receives one DCI from one of the a plurality of TRPs in case of the first mode, and the terminal receives different DCIs from each of the plurality of TRPs in case of the second mode, and

wherein a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field in a DCI received in the first mode and a TCI field in a DCI received in the second mode are 0 bit or 3 bits.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2021
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, RUNXIN; WANG, JING; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 056838/0908 →
Continuity (1)
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