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Granted Patent B2
US 12,610,422 · App. 18/552,800 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Terminal, radio communication method, and base station

Inventors: Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Weiqi Sun (Beijing, CN); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Lan Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W76/20H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/232H04W72/566
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Patent No.
US 12,610,422
App. No.
18/552,800
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines a first control resource set (CORESET) to be preferentially monitored out of a plurality of CORESETs, based on a rule; and a receiving section that, when monitoring occasions of the first CORESET having one or more transmission configuration indication states (TCI states) and a second CORESET having one or more TCI states overlap, controls monitoring of a downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second CORESET, based on the one or more TCI states of the first CORESET and the one or more TCI states of the second CORESET. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, collision of a plurality of downlink control channels can be appropriately addressed.

Claims (25)

1 . A terminal comprising:

a processor that determines a first control resource set (CORESET), among a plurality of CORESETs, with two or less activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) states used for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

a receiver that, when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with two activated TCI states overlaps a monitoring occasion of a second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when one of the two TCI states of the first CORESET has same quasi-co-location (QCL) as one of the two TCI states of the second CORESET, monitors the PDCCH in the second CORESET,

wherein when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with one activated TCI state overlaps a monitoring occasion of the second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when a QCL type D of the first CORESET is same as one of two QCL types D of the second CORESET, the receiver monitors the PDCCH in the second CORESET, and

the first CORESET is a CORESET corresponding to a common search space (CSS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index containing a CSS or a CORESET corresponding to a UE-specific search space (USS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index, and the CORESET corresponding to the CSS set is monitored with higher priority than the CORESET corresponding to the USS set.

2 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with one activated TCI state overlaps a monitoring occasion of the second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when the TCI state of the first CORESET has same quasi-co-location (QCL) as one of the two TCI states of the second CORESET, the receiver monitors the PDCCH in the second CORESET.

3 . The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with two activated TCI states overlaps a monitoring occasion of the second CORESET with one activated TCI state and when one of the two TCI states of the first CORESET has same QCL as the TCI state of the second CORESET, the receiver monitors the PDCCH in the second CORESET.

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

determining a first control resource set (CORESET), among a plurality of CORESETs, with two or less activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) states (TCI state) used for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with two activated TCI states overlaps a monitoring occasion of a second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when one of the two TCI states of the first CORESET has same quasi-co-location (QCL) as one of the two TCI states of the second CORESET, monitoring the PDCCH in the second CORESET,

wherein when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with one activated TCI state overlaps a monitoring occasion of the second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when a QCL type D of the first CORESET is same as one of two QCL types D of the second CORESET, monitoring the PDCCH in the second CORESET, and

the first CORESET is a CORESET corresponding to a common search space (CSS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index containing a CSS or a CORESET corresponding to a UE-specific search space (USS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index, and the CORESET corresponding to the CSS set is monitored with higher priority than the CORESET corresponding to the USS set.

5 . A base station comprising:

a processor that controls transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a first control resource set (CORESET) with two or less activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, the first CORESET being determined from a plurality of CORESETs; and

a transmitter that transmits the PDCCH for a second CORESET,

wherein when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with two activated TCI states overlaps a monitoring occasion of a second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when one of the two TCI states of the first CORESET has same quasi-co-location (QCL) as one of the two TCI states of the second CORESET, the PDCCH for the second CORESET is monitored in a terminal,

when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with one activated TCI state overlaps a monitoring occasion of the second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when a QCL type D of the first CORESET is same as one of two QCL types D of the second CORESET, the PDCCH in the second CORESET is monitored in the terminal, and

the first CORESET is a CORESET corresponding to a common search space (CSS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index containing a CSS or a CORESET corresponding to a UE-specific search space (USS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index, and the CORESET corresponding to the CSS set is monitored with higher priority than the CORESET corresponding to the USS set.

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

the base station comprises:

a transmitter that transmits a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and the terminal comprises:

a processor that determines a first control resource set (CORESET), among a plurality of CORESETs, with two or less activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) states used for monitoring the PDCCH; and

a receiver that, when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with two activated TCI states overlaps a monitoring occasion of a second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when one of the two TCI states of the first CORESET has same quasi-co-location (QCL) as one of the two TCI states of the second CORESET, monitors the PDCCH in the second CORESET,

wherein when a monitoring occasion of the first CORESET with one activated TCI state overlaps a monitoring occasion of the second CORESET with two activated TCI states and when a QCL type D of the first CORESET is same as one of two QCL types D of the second CORESET, the receiver monitors the PDCCH in the second CORESET, and

the first CORESET is a CORESET corresponding to a common search space (CSS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index containing a CSS or a CORESET corresponding to a UE-specific search space (USS) set with a lowest index in a cell with the lowest index, and the CORESET corresponding to the CSS set is monitored with higher priority than the CORESET corresponding to the USS set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2023
From: MATSUMURA, YUKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; SUN, WEIQI; WANG, JING; CHEN, LAN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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