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US 12,207,209 · App. 17/595,366 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Murayama (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Kurita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/001H04L5/0051H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 12,207,209
App. No.
17/595,366
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

SSB indices are appropriately reported. A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines an assumption utilized for a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) actually transmitted in a given carrier, based on whether the given carrier is assumable to perform inter-cell synchronization, and a transmitting section that transmits information related to indices of SSBs detected.

Claims (40)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs; and

a processor that determines an index of the SSB, based on the first information and an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH,

wherein the processor derives an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell, based on whether RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, is configured,

wherein the processor switches between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4 and 8, based on:

second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and

whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8, and

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor assumes that SSBs with a same index as that of the SSB are quasi co-located (QCL).

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

receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs;

determining an index of the SSB based on the first information and an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH;

deriving an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell, based on whether RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, is configured; and

switching between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4 and 8, based on:

second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and

whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8,

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information.

4. A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs; and

a processor that determines an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH, based on the first information and an index of the SSB,

wherein the processor configures RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, to a terminal to indicate whether an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell is derived without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell,

the processor controls the terminal to switch between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4 and 8, based on:

second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and

whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8, and

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information.

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

a receiver that receives a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs; and

a processor of the terminal that determines an index of the SSB based on the first information and an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH,

wherein the processor of the terminal derives an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell, based on whether RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, is configured,

the processor of the terminal switches between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4and 8, based on:

second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and

whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8,

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the PBCH and the first information; and

a processor of the base station that determines the index of the DMRS sequence of the PBCH, based on the first information and the index of the SSB,

wherein the processor of the base station configures the RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, to the terminal, and

controls the terminal to switch between the first assumption and the second assumption based on:

the second information, and

the value indicated by the first information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: HARADA, HIROKI; MURAYAMA, DAISUKE; KURITA, DAISUKE
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 058222/0742 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-093167 · May 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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