IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,177,158
Granted Patent B2
US 12,177,158 · App. 17/430,475 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/0055H04L5/0094H04W72/046H04W72/231
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Patent No.
US 12,177,158
App. No.
17/430,475
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a first PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) from a first transmission/reception point (TRP), and a second PDSCH from a second TRP, the second PDSCH overlapping the first PDSCH in at least one of time and frequency resources, and a control section that performs control for transmitting a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for the first PDSCH to the first TRP, and transmitting a second HARQ-ACK for the second PDSCH to the second TRP. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the HARQ-ACK control can be preferably implemented even in the case of using the multi-TRP.

Claims (31)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a single medium access control control element (MAC CE) to activate first spatial relation information for a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and to activate second spatial relation information for a second TRP; and

a processor that applies the first spatial relation information to a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to be transmitted to the first TRP, and applies the second spatial relation information to a second PUCCH to be transmitted to the second TRP,

wherein the processor:

if the terminal is provided with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, controls to transmit the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH in a single slot, and

if the terminal is not provided with the RRC signaling, controls to transmit the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH each in different slots, and

wherein a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmitted to the first TRP and a second HARQ-ACK transmitted to the second TRP have a same content.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter that transmits the HARQ-ACK for a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from the first TRP and a second PDSCH from the second TRP using the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH.

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

receiving a single medium access control control element (MAC CE) to activate first spatial relation information for a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and to activate second spatial relation information for a second TRP;

applying the first spatial relation information to a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to be transmitted to the first TRP, and applying the second spatial relation information to a second PUCCH to be transmitted to the second TRP;

if the terminal is provided with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, controlling to transmit the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH in a single slot; and

if the terminal is not provided with the RRC signaling, controlling to transmit the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH each in different slots,

wherein a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmitted to the first TRP and a second HARQ-ACK transmitted to the second TRP have a same content.

4. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a single medium access control control element (MAC CE) to activate first spatial relation information for a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and to activate second spatial relation information for a second TRP; and

a processor that determines that the first spatial relation information is applied to a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to be transmitted to the first TRP and the second spatial relation information is applied to a second PUCCH to be transmitted to the second TRP,

wherein the processor:

if the base station provides a terminal with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, controls to receive the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH in a single slot, and

if the base station does not provide the terminal with the RRC signaling, controls to receive the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH each in different slots, and

wherein a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmitted to the first TRP and a second HARQ-ACK transmitted to the second TRP have a same content.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives a single medium access control control element (MAC CE) to activate first spatial relation information for a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and to activate second spatial relation information for a second TRP; and

a processor that applies the first spatial relation information to a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to be transmitted to the first TRP, and applies the second spatial relation information to a second PUCCH to be transmitted to the second TRP,

wherein the processor:

if the terminal is provided with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, controls to transmit the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH in a single slot, and

if the terminal is not provided with the RRC signaling, controls to transmit the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH each in different slots, and

wherein a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmitted to the first TRP and a second HARQ-ACK transmitted to the second TRP have a same content, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the MAC CE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2021
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057259/0080 →
Continuity (1)
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