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Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,584 · App. 17/757,271 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Terminal and communication method

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/02H04L1/08H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,457,584
App. No.
17/757,271
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a controller configured to identify a resource that is included in a time domain in which a first channel used for transmitting a response related to retransmission control is allocated, and that is included in a frequency domain that is not used for transmitting the first channel; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second channel or a signal by using the resource.

Claims (13)

1. A terminal comprising:

a controller configured to identify

a first frequency resource used for transmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response in a device to device communication, and

a second frequency resource used for transmission of second information that is used, in a time resource configured for a channel used for transmission of the HARQ response, for a purpose different from a purpose of the HARQ response; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the second information to another terminal via the channel used for the transmission of the HARQ response in the time resource, based on the second frequency resource that is different from the first frequency resource,

wherein the controller prioritizes transmission of the HARQ response over transmission of the second information in a case where the transmission of the HARQ response overlaps the transmission of the second information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource are indicated by a physical resource block.

3. A communication method executed by a terminal, the communication method comprising:

identifying

a first frequency resource used for transmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response in a device to device communication, and

a second frequency resource used for transmission of second information that is used, in a time resource configured for a channel used for the transmission of the HARQ response, for a purpose different from a purpose of the HARQ response; and

transmitting the second information to another terminal via the channel used for the transmission of the HARQ response in the time resource, based on the second frequency resource that is different from the first frequency resource,

wherein the terminal prioritizes transmission of the HARQ response over transmission of the second information in a case where the transmission of the HARQ response overlaps the transmission of the second information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 060386/0770 →
Continuity (1)
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