IP Library Granted Patent US 12,557,098
Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,098 · App. 17/916,712 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station for transmitting HARQ-ACK

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/1273H04L1/0038H04L1/08H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,557,098
App. No.
17/916,712
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives an initial transmission of downlink (DL) data, the DL data being scheduled based on first downlink control information (DCI) and multicasted, and a control section that controls reception of a retransmission of the DL data based on a result of decoding the initial transmission, the DL data being scheduled based on second DCI and unicasted. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a HARQ-ACK in response to a multicast PDSCH can be appropriately transmitted.

Claims (29)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives an initial transmission of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that is scheduled using first downlink control information (DCI); and

a processor that controls reception of second DCI scheduling a retransmission of the PDSCH, based on a result of decoding the initial transmission of the PDSCH and a timing at which the second DCI is detected,

wherein the processor controls reception of the retransmission of the PDSCH, based on whether the second DCI is received,

wherein the processor switches an operation of the reception of the second DCI, and controls whether or not to receive the second DCI, based on whether the timing at which the second DCI is transmitted is before or after a given timing,

wherein the processor controls to receive the second DCI when the decoding of the initial PDSCH fails and the second DCI is detected after the given timing, and

wherein the initial transmission of the PDSCH is multicasted, and the retransmission of the PDSCH is unicasted.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein different DCI formats are applied to the first DCI and the second DCI, respectively.

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the PDSCH is successfully decoded, the processor controls not to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information indicating a positive acknowledgement in response to the initial transmission of the PDSCH.

4 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the PDSCH is successfully decoded, the processor controls to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information indicating a positive acknowledgement in response to the initial transmission of the PDSCH.

5 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein different radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs) are used for the first DCI and the second DCI, respectively.

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

receiving an initial transmission of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that is scheduled using first downlink control information (DCI);

controlling reception of second DCI scheduling a retransmission of the PDSCH, based on a result of decoding the initial transmission of the PDSCH and a timing at which the second DCI is detected; and

controlling reception of the retransmission of the PDSCH, based on whether the second DCI is received,

wherein the terminal switches an operation of the reception of the second DCI, and controls whether or not to receive the second DCI, based on whether the timing at which the second DCI is transmitted is before or after a given timing,

wherein the terminal controls to receive the second DCI when the decoding of the initial PDSCH fails and the second DCI is detected after the given timing, and

wherein the initial transmission of the PDSCH is multicasted, and the retransmission of the PDSCH is unicasted.

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

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives an initial transmission of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that is scheduled using first downlink control information (DCI); and

a processor that controls reception of second DCI scheduling a retransmission of the PDSCH, based on a result of decoding the initial transmission of the PDSCH and a timing at which the second DCI is detected,

wherein the processor controls reception of the retransmission of the PDSCH, based on whether the second DCI is received,

wherein the processor controls to receive the second DCI when the decoding of the initial PDSCH fails and the second DCI is detected after the given timing, and

wherein the processor switches an operation of the reception of the second DCI, and controls whether or not to receive the second DCI, based on whether the timing at which the second DCI is transmitted is before or after a given timing, and

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits the initial transmission of the PDSCH; and

a processor that controls transmission of the retransmission of the PDSCH, based on the result of decoding the initial transmission of the PDSCH,

wherein the initial transmission of the PDSCH is multicasted, and the retransmission of the PDSCH is unicasted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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