Terminal capability reporting method, user terminal and communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12096426-B2
Application number	US-202118557500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2021
Priority date	Apr 28, 2021
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a terminal capability reporting method, a user terminal, and a communication system. The terminal capability reporting method includes: reporting User Equipment (UE) capability information to a base station, wherein the UE capability information comprises band pairs in a band combination supporting uplink transmitter (Tx) switching, and a switching time for each of the band pairs, wherein the each of the band pairs comprises a first frequency band and a second frequency band each comprising one or two carriers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal capability reporting method executed by a user terminal, comprising:
reporting User Equipment (UE) capability information to a base station, wherein the UE capability information comprises band pairs in a band combination supporting uplink transmitter (Tx) switching, and a switching time for each of the band pairs, wherein the each of the band pairs comprises a first frequency band and a second frequency band each comprising one or two carriers and the an uplink 2Tx transmission is supported on both the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and the UE capability information further comprises: a number of carriers within each frequency band of the each of the band pairs and a feature set of each of the carriers, wherein an uplink 2Tx transmission is supported on both the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the UE capability information further comprises: a first switching option supported by the band combination in case of switching for carrier aggregation, and/or a second switching option supported by the band combinations in case of switching for carrier aggregation, wherein the first switching option comprises both of 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the first frequency band or the second frequency band, and the second switching option comprises both of 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the first frequency band or the second frequency band, or one of 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the first frequency band and the other one of the 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the second frequency band; and
receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message sent from the base station, wherein the RRC message comprises configuration information on whether a Tx switching period is configured in one or more specific carriers, the Tx switching period is set to a same configuration for carriers on a same frequency band and for the first frequency band and the second frequency band comprised in the each of the band pairs, if the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the first frequency band is true, the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the second frequency band is false or if the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the first frequency band is false, the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers in the second frequency band is true.

2. The terminal capability reporting method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information further comprises: indication information about whether a downlink interruption occurs on a frequency band in the band combination during uplink Tx switching on the each of the band pairs.

3. The terminal capability reporting method according to claim 1 , wherein the switching time is 35 μs, 140 μs, or 210 μs.

4. A user terminal, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
report User Equipment (UE) capability information to a base station, wherein the UE capability information comprises band pairs in a band combination supporting uplink transmitter (Tx) switching, and a switching time for each of the band pairs, wherein the each of the band pairs comprises a first frequency band and a second frequency band each comprising one or two carriers and the an uplink 2Tx transmission is supported on both the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and the UE capability information further comprises: a number of carriers within each frequency band of the each of the band pairs and a feature set of each of the carriers, wherein an uplink 2Tx transmission is supported on both the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the UE capability information further comprises: a first switching option supported by the band combination in case of switching for carrier aggregation, and/or a second switching option supported by the band combinations in case of switching for carrier aggregation, wherein the first switching option comprises both of 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the first frequency band or the second frequency band, and the second switching option comprises both of 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the first frequency band or the second frequency band, or one of 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the first frequency band and the other one of the 2Tx is used for an uplink transmission on the second frequency band; and
receive a radio resource control (RRC) message sent from the base station, wherein the RRC message comprises configuration information on whether a Tx switching period is configured in one or more specific carriers, the Tx switching period is set to a same configuration for carriers on a same frequency band and for the first frequency band and the second frequency band comprised in the each of the band pairs, if the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the first frequency band is true, the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the second frequency band is false or if the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the first frequency band is false, the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers in the second frequency band is true.

5. A communication system, comprising:
a user terminal according to claim 4 ; and
a base station used for sending a radio resource control (RRC) message to the user terminal based on the terminal capability information reported by the user terminal, wherein the RRC message comprises configuration information on whether a Tx switching period is configured in one or more specific carriers, the Tx switching period is set to a same configuration for carriers on a same frequency band and for the first frequency band and the second frequency band comprised in the each of the band pairs, if the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the first frequency band is true, the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the second frequency band is false or if the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers on the first frequency band is false, the Tx switching period configured on one or more specific carriers in the second frequency band is true.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein in case of switching for carrier aggregation, if the user terminal operates in a multi-carrier Tx switching mode, the RRC message further comprises configuration information for configuring the user terminal with a first switching option or a second switching option.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein for each band pair, in a case where an uplink 2Tx transmission is supported on both the first frequency band and the second frequency band of the band pair, the RRC message does not comprise configuration information for a first carrier on the first frequency band, configuration information for a second carrier on the second frequency band or configuration information for a third carrier on the second frequency band.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
report User Equipment (UE) capability information to a base station, wherein the UE capability information comprises band pairs in a band combination supporting uplink transmitter (Tx) switching, and a switching time for each of the band pairs, wherein the each of the band pairs comprises a first frequency band and a second frequency band each comprising one or two carriers and the an uplink 2Tx transmission is supported on both the first frequency band

Assignees

• China Telecom Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Shan
• Zhu Jianchi
• She Xiaoming
• Chen Peng
• Liu Bo

Classifications

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W76/20

  Manipulation of established connections · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04W36/0055

  Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link · CPC title