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Granted Patent B2
US 12,219,369 · App. 17/638,582 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W16/28H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/1273H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,219,369
App. No.
17/638,582
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a control section that determines, when a spatial relation for specific UL transmission is not configured, one specific spatial relation between a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter related to a latest slot for a start symbol for the specific UL transmission or a first or last symbol for DL transmission corresponding to the specific UL transmission and a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state or a reference signal for path loss reference in a case where only one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state is activated for the specific DL transmission, and a transmitting section that performs the specific UL transmission in accordance with the specific spatial relation.

Claims (20)

1. A terminal comprising:

a processor that, when a condition is met, determines a spatial relation of an uplink signal in a component carrier (CC), based on a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a specific control resource set in the CC; and

a transmitter, coupled to the processor, that transmits the uplink signal according to the spatial relation,

wherein the condition includes that a higher layer parameter for using a default spatial relation is configured, that spatial relation information for the uplink signal is not configured, and that a control resource set in the CC is configured.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the specific control resource set is a control resource set with a lowest control resource set ID.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the condition includes that a number of groups of control resource sets is 1.

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

when a condition is met, determining a spatial relation of an uplink signal in a component carrier (CC), based on a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a specific control resource set in the CC; and

transmitting the uplink signal according to the spatial relation,

wherein the condition includes that a higher layer parameter for using a default spatial relation is configured, that spatial relation information for the uplink signal is not configured, and that a control resource set in the CC is configured.

5. A base station comprising:

a processor that, when a condition is met, determines a spatial relation of an uplink signal in a component carrier (CC), based on a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a specific control resource set in the CC; and

a receiver, coupled to the processor, that receives the uplink signal transmitted according to the spatial relation,

wherein the condition includes that a higher layer parameter for using a default spatial relation is configured, that spatial relation information for the uplink signal is not configured, and that a control resource set in the CC is configured.

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

the terminal comprises:

a processor of the terminal that, when a condition is met, determines a spatial relation of an uplink signal in a component carrier (CC), based on a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a specific control resource set in the CC; and

a transmitter, coupled to the processor of the terminal, that transmits the uplink signal according to the spatial relation,

the condition includes that a higher layer parameter for using a default spatial relation is configured, that spatial relation information for the uplink signal is not configured, and that a control resource set in the CC is configured, and

the base station includes a receiver, coupled to a processor of the base station, that receives the uplink signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-158303 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220295304A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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