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Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,134 · App. 17/917,448 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Terminal, communication method and communication system

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/40H04L1/1812H04W72/0446H04W72/563
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Patent No.
US 12,376,134
App. No.
17/917,448
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a control unit configured to determine to, in a case where there are a resource for sidelink HARQ-ACK information (SL-HARQ-ACK information) and a resource for one or more information items other than SL-HARQ-ACK, in a slot, transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, according to priority order; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the determined information to a base station by using an uplink control channel in the slot.

Claims (20)

1. A terminal comprising:

a control unit configured to determine to, when there are a resource for sidelink HARQ-ACK information (SL-HARQ-ACK information) and a resource for one or more information items other than SL-HARQ-ACK, in a slot, transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, according to priority order; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the information determined to be transmitted, to a base station by using an uplink control channel in the slot, wherein

after the control unit determines, according to the priority order, to transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, when the control unit determines that two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK are to be transmitted,

the control unit performs multiplexing of the two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK, or performs selecting one information item from among the two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK, and

the transmission unit transmits the multiplexed information or the selected information as the information determined to be transmitted.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK include at least one of downlink HARQ-ACK (DL-HARQ-ACK) and channel state information (CSI).

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

determining to, when there are a resource for sidelink HARQ-ACK information (SL-HARQ-ACK information) and a resource for one or more information items other than SL-HARQ-ACK, in a slot, transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, according to priority order, wherein

after the determining, according to the priority order, to transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, when determining that two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK are to be transmitted, performing multiplexing of the two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK, or performing selecting one among the two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK; and

transmitting the multiplexed information or the selected information using an uplink control channel.

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

the terminal includes:

a control unit configured to determine to, when there are a resource for sidelink HARQ-ACK information (SL-HARQ-ACK information) and a resource for one or more information items other than SL-HARQ-ACK, in a slot, transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, according to priority order; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the information determined to be transmitted, to the base station by using an uplink control channel, wherein

after the control unit determines, according to the priority order, to transmit one of the SL-HARQ-ACK information and the one or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK information, when the control unit determines that two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK are to be transmitted,

the control unit performs multiplexing of the two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK, or performs selecting one information item from among the two or more information items other than the SL-HARQ-ACK, and

the transmission unit transmits the multiplexed or selected information as the information determined to be transmitted, and

the base station includes:

a reception unit configured to receive the determined information via the uplink control channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2022
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-097030 · Jun 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230117601A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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