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US 12,432,024 · App. 18/653,444 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Base station, terminal, and communication method

Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi (Kanagawa, JP); Ankit Bhamri (Rödermark, DE); Hidetoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04L5/0044H04L1/0008H04W24/08H04W72/044H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,432,024
App. No.
18/653,444
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first process (Step 4) of equalizing the sizes of control information between a first format for a first search space and a second format for a second search space and a second process (Procedure B) of equalizing the sizes of control information between a third format and the first format or the second format are carried out in a stepwise manner.

Claims (77)

1. An integrated circuit for a communication apparatus, the integrated circuit comprising,

an input, which, in operation, inputs an electronic signal, and

controller circuitry, which, in operation, controls:

receiving one or more signals; and

monitoring, in the one or more signals, a plurality of downlink control information (DCI) formats including a DCI format 0_0, a DCI format 1_0, a first DCI format used for scheduling of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a second DCI format used for scheduling of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein each of the first DCI format and the second DCI format is different from the following DCI formats:

DCI format 0_0;

DCI format 0_1;

DCI format 1_0;

DCI format 1_1;

DCI format 2_0;

DCI format 2_1; and

DCI format 2_2,

wherein the monitored plurality of DCI formats satisfy:

a first condition that a first total number of different DCI sizes of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a first determined number, and a second condition that a second total number of different DCI sizes with a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a second determined number; or

a third condition that a size of the DCI format 0_0 matches a size of the DCI format 1_0, and

a fourth condition that a size of the first DCI format is based on a size of one of the plurality of DCI formats.

2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the first DCI format is adjusted based on the size of the second DCI format.

3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the DCI format 0_0 and the DCI format 1_0 are monitored in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS).

4. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first DCI format and the second DCI format are monitored in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS), and are not monitored in a common search space.

5. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first DCI format and the second DCI format are newer than the following DCI formats:

DCI format 0_0;

DCI format 0_1;

DCI format 1_0;

DCI format 1_1;

DCI format 2_0;

DCI format 2_1; and

DCI format 2_2.

6. A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiver, which, in operation, receives one or more signals; and

circuitry, which is coupled to the receiver and which, in operation, monitors, in the one or more signals, a plurality of downlink control information (DCI) formats including a DCI format 0_0, a DCI format 1_0, a first DCI format used for scheduling of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a second DCI format used for scheduling of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein each of the first DCI format and the second DCI format is different from the following DCI formats:

DCI format 0_0;

DCI format 0_1;

DCI format 1_0;

DCI format 1_1;

DCI format 2_0;

DCI format 2_1; and

DCI format 2_2,

wherein the plurality of DCI formats monitored by the circuitry satisfy:

a first condition that a first total number of different DCI sizes of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a first determined number, and a second condition that a second total number of different DCI sizes with a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a second determined number; or

a third condition that a size of the DCI format 0_0 matches a size of the DCI format 1_0, and

a fourth condition that a size of the first DCI format is based on a size of one of the plurality of DCI formats.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the size of the first DCI format is adjusted based on the size of the second DCI format.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the DCI format 0_0 and the DCI format 1_0 are monitored in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS).

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first DCI format and the second DCI format are monitored in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS), and are not monitored in a common search space.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first DCI format and the second DCI format are newer than the following DCI formats:

DCI format 0_0;

DCI format 0_1;

DCI format 1_0;

DCI format 1_1;

DCI format 2_0;

DCI format 2_1; and

DCI format 2_2.

11. A communication method comprising:

receiving one or more signals; and

monitoring, in the one or more signals, a plurality of downlink control information (DCI) formats including a DCI format 0_0, a DCI format 1_0, a first DCI format used for scheduling of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a second DCI format used for scheduling of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein each of the first DCI format and the second DCI format is different from the following DCI formats:

DCI format 0_0;

DCI format 0_1;

DCI format 1_0;

DCI format 1_1;

DCI format 2_0;

DCI format 2_1; and

DCI format 2_2,

wherein the monitored plurality of DCI formats satisfy:

a first condition that a first total number of different DCI sizes of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a first determined number, and a second condition that a second total number of different DCI sizes with a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a second determined number; or

a third condition that a size of the DCI format 0_0 matches a size of the DCI format 1_0; and

a fourth condition that a size of the first DCI format is based on a size of one of the plurality of DCI formats.

12. The communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the size of the first DCI format is adjusted based on the size of the second DCI format.

13. The communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the DCI format 0_0 and the DCI format 1_0 are monitored in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS).

14. The communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the first DCI format and the second DCI format are monitored in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS), and are not monitored in a common search space.

15. The communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the first DCI format and the second DCI format are newer than the following DCI formats:

DCI format 0_0;

DCI format 0_1;

DCI format 1_0;

DCI format 1_1;

DCI format 2_0;

DCI format 2_1; and

DCI format 2_2.

Continuity (2)
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