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Granted Patent B2
US 12,213,134 · App. 17/784,350 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Terminal and radio communication method for demodulating a PDSCH using a first and second precoder based on a DMRS

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Wenjia Liu (Beijing, CN); Lu Jiang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/1273H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 12,213,134
App. No.
17/784,350
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives demodulation reference signal (DMRS) information relating to at least one resource of a DMRS, to which at least one DMRS a first precoder for a beam is applied and a second precoder for superposing signals for a plurality of terminals in the beam is not applied, and a control section that demodulates a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to which the first precoder and the second precoder are applied, based on the DMRS and information relating to the second precoder. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, downlink throughput using the MIMO can be improved.

Claims (16)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiving section that receives demodulation reference signal (DMRS) information relating to at least one resource of a DMRS, wherein only a first precoder, among the first precoder and a second precoder, is applied to the DMRS, wherein the first precoder is for a beam and the second precoder is for superposing a signal for the terminal and a signal for another terminal, the signal for the terminal and the signal for the another terminal being transmitted using a same beam; and

a control section that demodulates a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmitted using the first precoder and the second precoder, based on the DMRS and information relating to the second precoder.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the DMRS information indicates more than one resource, the control section demodulates the PDSCH by using more than one beam.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the DMRS information indicates one resource, the control section demodulates the PDSCH by using one beam.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the number of beams based on the first precoder is less than the number of terminals that receive signals based on the first precoder and the second precoder.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving section receives the information relating to the second precoder.

6. A radio communication method of a terminal, the radio communication method comprising:

receiving demodulation reference signal (DMRS) information relating to at least one resource of a DMRS, wherein only a first precoder, among the first precoder and a second precoder, is applied to the DMRS, wherein the first precoder is for a beam and the second precoder is for superposing a signal for the terminal and a signal for another terminal, the signal for the terminal and the signal for the another terminal being transmitted using a same beam; and

demodulating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmitted using the first precoder and the second precoder, based on the DMRS and information relating to the second precoder.

7. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein in a case that the DMRS information indicates one resource, the control section demodulates the PDSCH by using one beam.

8. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the number of beams based on the first precoder is less than the number of terminals that receive signals based on the first precoder and the second precoder.

9. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the number of beams based on the first precoder is less than the number of terminals that receive signals based on the first precoder and the second precoder.

10. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the receiving section receives the information relating to the second precoder.

11. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the receiving section receives the information relating to the second precoder.

12. The terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the receiving section receives the information relating to the second precoder.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; LIU, WENJIA; JIANG, LU; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 060239/0847 →
Continuity (1)
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