User terminal and radio communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11711189-B2
Application number	US-201716471097-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2017
Priority date	Dec 21, 2016
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

The present invention is designed to suitably reduce the degradation of spectral efficiency even when communication is performed using a waveform of a single-carrier transmission scheme. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives a downlink control signal, which schedules transmission of a data signal in accordance with a waveform that is based on a single-carrier transmission scheme, and a transmission section that transmits a sounding reference signal, which is different from an uplink sounding reference signal used in existing LTE and which has a wider transmission bandwidth than the data signal, by using the waveform based on the single-carrier transmission scheme.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal comprising:
a transmitter that transmits measurement reference signals that are allocated discretely at periodic subcarrier intervals across one or more frequency bandwidths, by using Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and
a processor that controls transmission of an uplink shared channel and a phase tracking reference signal,
wherein the processor controls to apply precoding to the phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted, and not to apply precoding to a phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band other than the frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits the measurement reference signals periodically at a given cycle.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when transmission of the measurement reference signals is triggered by downlink control information (DCI), the transmitter transmits the measurement reference signals aperiodically.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement reference signals are sounding reference signals (SRSs).

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement reference signals are mapped to one symbol or to two or more consecutive symbols.

6. A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:
transmitting measurement reference signals that are allocated discretely at periodic subcarrier intervals across one or more frequency bandwidths, by using Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM);
controlling transmission of an uplink shared channel and a phase tracking reference signal; and
controlling to apply precoding to the phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted, and not to apply precoding to a phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band other than the frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted.

7. A base station comprising:
a receiver that receives measurement reference signals that are allocated discretely at periodic subcarrier intervals across one or more frequency bandwidths of resource block groups (RBGs), by using Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and
a processor that controls reception of an uplink shared channel and a phase tracking reference signal,
wherein precoding is applied to the phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is received, and is not applied a phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band other than the frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted.

8. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement reference signals are sounding reference signals (SRSs).

9. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the measurement reference signals are sounding reference signals (SRSs).

10. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement reference signals are mapped to one symbol or to two or more consecutive symbols.

11. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the measurement reference signals are mapped to one symbol or to two or more consecutive symbols.

12. The terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the measurement reference signals are mapped to one symbol or to two or more consecutive symbols.

13. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein:
the terminal comprises:
a transmitter that transmits measurement reference signals that are allocated discretely at periodic subcarrier intervals across one or more frequency bandwidths, by using Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and
a processor of the terminal that controls transmission of an uplink shared channel and a phase tracking reference signal; and

the base station comprises:
a receiver that receives the measurement reference signals, by using Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and
a processor of the base station that controls reception of the uplink shared channel and the phase tracking reference signal,

wherein the processor of the terminal controls to apply precoding to the phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted, and not to apply precoding to a phase tracking reference signal in a frequency band other than the frequency band in which the uplink shared channel is transmitted.

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc

Inventors

• Osawa Ryosuke
• Takeda Kazuki
• Harada Hiroki

Classifications

• H04L5/0051 Primary

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L27/261

  Details of reference signals · CPC title

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title