IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,581,327
Granted Patent B2
US 12,581,327 · App. 18/272,719 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Terminal, radio communication method, base station and system for beam failure detection

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W24/04H04L5/0053H04W72/231
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Patent No.
US 12,581,327
App. No.
18/272,719
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a first configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) having a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, that receives a second configuration for one or more first reference signals for beam failure detection (BFD) or radio link monitoring (RLM), and that receives a medium access control-control element (MAC CE), and a control section that determines, based on the first configuration, the second configuration, and the MAC CE, one or more second reference signals used for the BFD or the RLM, wherein the one or more first reference signals are associated with the plurality of respective TCI states. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine a BFD RS.

Claims (23)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a first configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) having a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, that receives a second configuration for a plurality of beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal (BFD-RS) sets, BFD-RS being a reference signal for BFD, the plurality of BFD-RS sets each having one or more first BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET and being associated with a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs), respectively, and that receives a medium access control-control element (MAC CE) that indicates updating of one or more BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets; and

a processor that determines one or more second BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets, the one or more second BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET, based on the first configuration, the second configuration, and the MAC CE,

wherein the first configuration includes information related to a CORESET index and the second configuration includes information related to a BFD-RS index.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC CE has a logical channel ID (LCID) different from a TCI state indication MAC CE for a UE-specific physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the one or more first BFD-RSs are not configured, the processor selects the CORESET that is used to determine the one or more first BFD-RSs, based at least on a monitoring periodicity of a search space set and the CORESET index.

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

receiving a first configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) having a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, receiving a second configuration for a plurality of beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal (BFD-RS) sets, BFD-RS being a reference signal for BFD, the plurality of BFD-RS sets each having one or more first BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET and being associated with a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs), respectively, and receiving a medium access control-control element (MAC CE) that indicates updating of one or more BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets; and

determining one or more second BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets, the one or more second BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET, based on the first configuration, the second configuration, and the MAC CE,

wherein the first configuration includes information related to a CORESET index and the second configuration includes information related to a BFD-RS index.

5 . A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a first configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) having a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states and that transmits a second configuration for a plurality of beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal (BFD-RS) sets, BFD-RS being a reference signal for BFD, the plurality of BFD-RS sets each having one or more first BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET and being associated with a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs), respectively; and

a processor that determines one or more second BFD-RSs for BFD in the plurality of BFD-RS sets, the one or more second BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET,

wherein the transmitter transmits a medium access control-control element (MAC CE) for the one or more second BFD-RSs indicating updating of one or more BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets, and

wherein the first configuration includes information related to a CORESET index and the second configuration includes information related to a BFD-RS index.

6 . A system comprising: a terminal; and a base station,

the terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a first configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) having a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, that receives a second configuration for a plurality of beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal (BFD-RS) sets, the BFD-RS being a reference signal for BFD, the plurality of BFD-RS sets each having one or more first BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET and being associated with a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs), respectively, and that receives a medium access control-control element (MAC CE) that indicates updating of one or more BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets,

wherein the first configuration includes information related to a CORESET index and the second configuration includes information related to a BFD-RS index; and

a processor that determines one or more second BFD-RSs in the plurality of BFD-RS sets, the one or more second BFD-RSs associated with the CORESET, based on the first configuration, the second configuration, and the MAC CE, and

the base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits the first configuration, the second configuration and the MAC CE; and

a processor that determines the one or more second BFD-RSs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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