IP Library Granted Patent US 12,402,155
Granted Patent B2
US 12,402,155 · App. 17/637,397 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Terminal, system, and communication method for determining control of retransmission

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/542H04L1/1812H04L5/0053H04W72/02
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Patent No.
US 12,402,155
App. No.
17/637,397
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit a CSI (Channel State Information) request and a reference signal for use in CSI measurement to another terminal, a reception unit configured to receive a CSI report that is based on a measurement result of the reference signal from the another terminal, and a control unit configured to determine, according to a communication state, control related to a HARQ (Hybrid automatic repeat request) response corresponding to the CSI report.

Claims (23)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a Channel State Information (CSI) request in terminal-to-terminal communication, from another terminal;

a transmitter configured to transmit at least one of a report for the CSI request and data in the terminal-to-terminal communication, to the other terminal; and

a processor configured to disable a response related to retransmission control to be received from the other terminal in a case where only the report for the CSI request is to be transmitted to the other terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data,

wherein the receiver receives the response related to the retransmission control in a case where at least the data is transmitted to the other terminal and where the response related to the retransmission control is enabled, and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to a base station, an affirmative response as a response related to the retransmission control via an uplink channel in a case where only the report for the CSI request is transmitted to the other terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data.

2. The terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the base station, the response related to retransmission control via the uplink channel in a case where only the response for the CSI request is transmitted to the other terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data, and the receiver does not receive a response related to the retransmission control, from the other terminal.

3. A communication system comprising: a first terminal; and a second terminal, wherein

the first terminal includes:

a receiver configured to receive a Channel State Information (CSI) request in terminal-to-terminal communication, from the second terminal;

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the second terminal, at least one of a report for the CSI request and data in the terminal-to-terminal communication; and

a processor configured to disable a response related to retransmission control to be received from the second terminal in a case where only the report for the CSI request is transmitted to the second terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data,

wherein the receiver receives, from the second terminal, the response related to the retransmission control in a case where at least the data is transmitted to the second terminal and where the response related to the retransmission control is enabled, and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to a base station, an affirmative response as a response related to the retransmission control via an uplink channel in a case where only the report for the CSI request is transmitted to the second terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data, and

the second terminal includes:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the first terminal, the CSI request and the response related to the retransmission control; and

a receiver configured to receive, from the first terminal, at least one of the report for the CSI request and the data in the terminal-to-terminal communication.

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

receiving a Channel State Information (CSI) request in terminal-to-terminal communication, from another terminal;

transmitting at least one of a report for the CSI request and data in the terminal-to-terminal communication, to the other terminal; and

disabling a response related to retransmission control to be received from the other terminal in a case where only the report for the CSI request is to be transmitted to the other terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data,

wherein the receiving includes receiving the response related to the retransmission control in a case where at least the data is transmitted to the other terminal and where the response related to the retransmission control is enabled, and

wherein the transmitting includes transmitting, to a base station, an affirmative response as a response related to the retransmission control via an uplink channel in a case where only the report for the CSI request is transmitted to the other terminal from among the report for the CSI request and the data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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