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Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,042 · App. 18/269,413 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/0051H04L5/0091
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Patent No.
US 12,598,042
App. No.
18/269,413
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal block of a non-serving cell, and a control section that determines a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state of a demodulation reference signal for a physical downlink shared channel or a physical downlink control channel of a serving cell, based on the synchronization signal block of the non-serving cell. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, communication overhead can be suppressed in inter-cell mobility.

Claims (25)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a synchronization signal block (SSB) of a non-serving cell; and

a processor that determines that a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state of a reference signal indicates a specific quasi co-location (QCL) type with the SSB of the non-serving cell,

wherein the receiver receives a serving cell configuration in which a serving cell and the non-serving cell have same uplink and downlink bandwidth part (BWP) configurations and receives the serving cell configuration in which the serving cell and the non-serving cell have different SSB configurations, and

inter-cell multi-transmission/Reception Point (TRP) operation is configured for the terminal.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is a CSI-RS in a non-zero power (NZP)-CSI-RS resource set with tracking reference signal (TRS) information.

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

receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) of a non-serving cell;

determining that a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state of a reference signal indicates a specific quasi co-location (QCL) type with the SSB of the non-serving cell; and

receiving a serving cell configuration in which a serving cell and the non-serving cell have same uplink and downlink bandwidth part (BWP) configurations and receiving the serving cell configuration in which the serving cell and the non-serving cell have different SSB configurations,

wherein inter-cell multi-transmission/Reception Point (TRP) operation is configured for the terminal.

5 . A base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a synchronization signal block (SSB) of a non-serving cell; and

a processor that controls a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state of a reference signal, the TCI state indicating a specific quasi co-location (QCL) type with the SSB of the non-serving cell,

wherein the transmitter transmits a serving cell configuration in which a serving cell and the non-serving cell have same uplink and downlink bandwidth part (BWP) configurations and transmits the serving cell configuration in which the serving cell and the non-serving cell have different SSB configurations, and

inter-cell multi-transmission/Reception Point (TRP) operation is configured for a terminal.

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

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits a synchronization signal block (SSB) of a non-serving cell, and

the terminal comprises:

a receiver that receives the SSB of the non-serving cell; and

a processor that determines that a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state of a reference signal indicates a specific quasi co-location (QCL) type with the SSB of the non-serving cell,

wherein the receiver receives a serving cell configuration in which a serving cell and the non-serving cell have same uplink and downlink bandwidth part (BWP) configurations and receives the serving cell configuration in which the serving cell and the non-serving cell have different SSB configurations, and

inter-cell multi-transmission/Reception Point (TRP) operation is configured for the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 064083/0747 →
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