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US 12,375,158 · App. 17/266,744 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

User terminal and radio communication method

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04B7/088H04B7/0617H04B7/0695H04W16/28H04W24/08H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,375,158
App. No.
17/266,744
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

As for appropriate settings in the case of configuration in which search space other than search space for a beam failure recovery request response (BFRQR) signal is monitored in a beam recovery procedure of a future radio communication system, one aspect of a user terminal of the present disclosure includes: a control section that controls monitor setting related to first search space and second search space other than the first search space in accordance with a carrier for which the first search space for a beam failure recovery request response signal is set; and a receiving section that monitors at least one of the first search space and the second search space based on the setting.

Claims (25)

1. A terminal comprising:

a processor that performs a control, when a first search space for a beam failure recovery request response signal is configured in a primary cell (PCell), to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the first search space and a second PDCCH in a second search space other than the first search space; and

a receiver that monitors at least one of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the second PDCCH in the second search space,

wherein the processor performs a control to monitor the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the first PDCCH in the first search space and a DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space having a quasi-co-location (QCL) type D relationship, and a symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps a symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space, and

wherein the processor performs a control to not monitor the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to the DMRS of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space not having the QCL type D relationship, and the symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps the symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space.

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

performing a control, when a first search space for a beam failure recovery request response signal is configured in a primary cell (PCell), to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the first search space and a second PDCCH in a second search space other than the first search space in response to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the first PDCCH in the first search space and a DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space having a quasi-co-location (QCL) type D relationship, and a symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps a symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space;

performing a control to not monitor the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to the DMRS of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space not having the QCL type D relationship, and the symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps the symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space; and

monitoring at least one of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the second PDCCH in the second search space.

3. A base station comprising:

a receiver that receives a beam failure recovery request from a terminal; and

a processor that performs a control, when the base station configures a first search space for a beam failure recovery request response signal in a primary cell (PCell), to transmit a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the first search space and a second PDCCH in a second search space other than the first search space,

wherein the processor performs a control to transmit the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the first PDCCH in the first search space and a DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space having a quasi-co-location (QCL) type D relationship, and a symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps a symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space, and

wherein the processor performs a control to not transmit the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to the DMRS of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space not having the QCL type D relationship, and the symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps the symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space.

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

the base station comprises:

a first receiver that receives a beam failure recovery request from the terminal; and

a first processor that performs a control, when the base station configures a first search space for a beam failure recovery request response signal in a primary cell (PCell), to transmit a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the first search space and a second PDCCH in a second search space other than the first search space,

wherein the first processor performs a control to transmit the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the first PDDCH in the first search space and a DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space having a quasi-co-location (QCL) type D relationship, and a symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps a symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space, and

wherein the first processor performs a control to not transmit the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to the DMRS of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space not having the QCL type D relationship, and the symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps the symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space, and

the terminal comprises:

a second processor that performs a control, when the first search space for the beam failure recovery request response signal is configured in the PCell, to monitor the first PDCCH in the first search space and the second PDCCH in the second search space; and

a second receiver that monitors at least one of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the second PDCCH in the second search space,

wherein the second processor performs a control to monitor the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to the DMRS of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space having the QCL type D relationship, and the symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps the symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space, and

wherein the second processor performs a control to not monitor the second PDCCH in the second search space in response to the DMRS of the first PDCCH in the first search space and the DMRS of the second PDCCH in the second search space not having the QCL type D relationship, and the symbol of the second PDCCH in the second search space overlaps the symbol of the first PDCCH in the first search space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2021
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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