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Granted Patent B2
US 12,184,358 · App. 17/908,806 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Weiqi Sun (Beijing, CN); Shaozhen Guo (Beijing, CN); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04B7/0404H04B7/0602H04B7/0805
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Patent No.
US 12,184,358
App. No.
17/908,806
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal including: a receiving section configured to receive information giving an instruction on activation or deactivation of a panel; and a control section configured to perform control to perform a communication operation using the panel or a communication operation not using the panel after a certain offset period with reference to at least one of a reception timing of the information and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the information.

Claims (23)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) giving an instruction on activation of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state; and

a processor configured to perform control to perform a communication operation using the TCI state after an offset period starting from at least one of a reception timing of the MAC CE and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the MAC CE,

wherein the processor determines the offset period based on whether or not a TCI state for use in a communication operation after the offset period is activated.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the offset period is determined in at least one unit of a subframe, a slot, a subslot, and a symbol on the basis of a subcarrier spacing of an uplink control channel used to transmit the delivery confirmation signal.

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

receiving a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) giving an instruction on activation of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state; and

performing control to perform a communication operation using the TCI state after an offset period starting from at least one of a reception timing of the MAC CE and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the MAC CE,

wherein the offset period is determined based on whether or not a TCI state for use in a communication operation after the offset period is activated.

4. A base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) giving an instruction on activation of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state; and

a processor configured to determine that a communication operation using the TCI state is performed in the terminal after an offset period starting from at least one of a reception timing of the MAC CE and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the MAC CE,

wherein the processor determines the offset period based on whether or not a TCI state for use in a communication operation after the offset period is activated.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver configured to receive a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) giving an instruction on activation of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state; and

a processor configured to perform control to perform a communication operation using the TCI state after an offset period starting from at least one of a reception timing of the MAC CE and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the MAC CE,

wherein the processor determines the offset period based on whether or not a TCI state for use in a communication operation after the offset period is activated, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter configured to transmit the MAC CE; and

a processor configured to determine that a communication operation using the TCI state is performed in the terminal after an offset period starting from at least one of a reception timing of the MAC CE and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the MAC CE.

6. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the TCI state is not activated, the processor determines the offset period by adding a given value.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the given value is based on a value corresponding to a capability of the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; SUN, WEIQI; GUO, SHAOZHEN; WANG, JING; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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