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US 12,477,565 · App. 17/628,447 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Terminal and communication method

Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Yousuke Sano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/29H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W88/12
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Patent No.
US 12,477,565
App. No.
17/628,447
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a reception unit that receives system information; and a control unit that sets a default channel bandwidth as a frequency bandwidth for performing communication, the default channel being set in a duration after the reception unit receives the system information until the reception unit receives configuration information of a supported channel bandwidth, in response to detecting that the reception unit does not support a channel bandwidth included in the received system information.

Claims (33)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives system information indicating a channel bandwidth; and

a processor that, in response to the channel bandwidth being greater than a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal, sets a bandwidth specified for an initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for communicating,

wherein the processor applies the same bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for performing uplink communication and a frequency bandwidth for performing downlink communication,

wherein the receiver applies the same bandwidth to receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Setup message, and

wherein the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part is the maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part is a frequency bandwidth configured based on a control resource set (controlResourceSetZero (CORESET #0)) indicated by information included in a Master Information Block (MIB).

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein, when an RRC connection has not been setup after the receiver receives the system information, the processor uses a maximum bandwidth between the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part and a maximum supported bandwidth.

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

receiving system information indicating a channel bandwidth; and

in response to the channel bandwidth being greater than a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal, setting a bandwidth specified for an initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for communicating,

wherein the terminal applies the same bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for performing uplink communication and a frequency bandwidth for performing downlink communication,

wherein the terminal applies the same bandwidth to receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Setup message, and

wherein the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part is the maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal.

5 . A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits, to a terminal, system information indicating a channel bandwidth, wherein the channel bandwidth is greater than a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal; and

a receiver that receives a signal by using, for the terminal that does not support the channel bandwidth, a bandwidth specified for an initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for communicating,

wherein the terminal applies the same bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for performing uplink communication and a frequency bandwidth for performing downlink communication,

wherein the terminal applies the same bandwidth to receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Setup message, and

wherein the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part is the maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal.

6 . A radio communication system comprising:

a base station; and

a terminal,

wherein the base station includes

a transmitter that transmits system information indicating a channel bandwidth, and

a receiver that receives a signal,

wherein the terminal includes

a receiver that receives the system information indicating the channel bandwidth, and

a processor that, in response to the channel bandwidth being greater than a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal, sets a bandwidth specified for an initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for communicating with the base station,

wherein the processor of the terminal applies the same bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for performing uplink communication and a frequency bandwidth for performing downlink communication,

wherein the receiver of the terminal applies the same bandwidth to receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Setup message, and

wherein the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part is the maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal, and

wherein the receiver of the base station receives the signal from the terminal by using the bandwidth specified for the initial Bandwidth Part as a frequency bandwidth for communicating with the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; SANO, YOUSUKE
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220272693A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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