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US 12,445,977 · App. 18/003,784 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Weiqi Sun (Beijing, CN); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 12,445,977
App. No.
18/003,784
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when a trigger event related to a given panel occurs, triggers power headroom report (PHR) related to the given panel, and a transmitting section that transmits a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element related to the triggered PHR. The trigger event includes an event in which a periodic timer related to the given panel expires. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, PHR related to a panel can be appropriately triggered/transmitted.

Claims (20)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that reports information related to a number of panels by using capability information;

a receiver that receives higher layer signaling related to a number of panels to be informed in a medium access control control element (MAC CE); and

a processor that, when power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) of at least one of multiple panels, the number of which is informed by the higher layer signaling, is higher than a threshold, triggers a power headroom report (PHR) associated with the multiple panels;

wherein the transmitter transmits the MAC CE related to the PHR triggered, the MAC CE including: information related to a PHR of each of the multiple panels, the number of which is informed by the higher layer signaling; and information related to a maximum output power of each of the multiple panels.

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

reporting information related to a number of panels by using capability information;

receiving higher layer signaling related to a number of panels to be informed in a medium access control control element (MAC CE);

when power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) of at least one of multiple panels, the number of which is informed by the higher layer signaling, is higher than a threshold, triggering a power headroom report (PHR) associated with the multiple panels; and

transmitting the MAC CE related to the PHR triggered, the MAC CE including: information related to a PHR of each of the multiple panels, the number of which is informed by the higher layer signaling; and information related to a maximum output power of each of the multiple panels.

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

the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that reports information related to a number of panels by using capability information;

a receiver that receives higher layer signaling related to a number of panels to be informed in a medium access control control element (MAC CE); and

a processor that, when power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) of at least one of multiple panels, the number of which is informed by the higher layer signaling, is higher than a threshold, triggers a power headroom report (PHR) associated with the multiple panels; and

wherein the transmitter transmits MAC CE related to the PHR triggered, the MAC CE including: information related to a PHR of each of the multiple panels, the number of which is informed by the higher layer signaling; and information related to a maximum output power of each of the multiple panels, and

the base station comprises:

a receiver that receives a report transmitted by using the capability information; and

a transmitter that transmits the higher layer signaling,

wherein the receiver further receives the MAC CE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; SUN, WEIQI; WANG, JING; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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