User terminal and radio communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12207209-B2
Application number	US-202017595366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2020
Priority date	May 16, 2019
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

SSB indices are appropriately reported. A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines an assumption utilized for a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) actually transmitted in a given carrier, based on whether the given carrier is assumable to perform inter-cell synchronization, and a transmitting section that transmits information related to indices of SSBs detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal comprising:
a receiver that receives a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs; and
a processor that determines an index of the SSB, based on the first information and an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH,
wherein the processor derives an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell, based on whether RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, is configured,
wherein the processor switches between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4 and 8, based on:
second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and
whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8, and

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor assumes that SSBs with a same index as that of the SSB are quasi co-located (QCL).

3. A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:
receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs;
determining an index of the SSB based on the first information and an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH;
deriving an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell, based on whether RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, is configured; and
switching between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4 and 8, based on:
second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and
whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8,

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information.

4. A base station comprising:
a transmitter that transmits a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs; and
a processor that determines an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH, based on the first information and an index of the SSB,
wherein the processor configures RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, to a terminal to indicate whether an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell is derived without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell,
the processor controls the terminal to switch between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4 and 8, based on:
second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and
whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8, and

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information.

5. A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein the terminal comprises:
a receiver that receives a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) included in a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a carrier to which sensing is applied and first information regarding a number of transmitted SSBs; and
a processor of the terminal that determines an index of the SSB based on the first information and an index of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PBCH,
wherein the processor of the terminal derives an index of an SSB of a neighbor cell without decoding a PBCH included in the SSB of the neighbor cell, based on whether RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, is configured,
the processor of the terminal switches between a first assumption that a value indicated by the first information can take on any value and a second assumption that the value indicated by the first information is limited to 1, 2, 4and 8, based on:
second information, configured by higher layer signaling, related to constraints on the value indicated by the first information, and
whether the value indicated by the first information, being a value for a part of cells to be measured or being a common value among all cells to be measured, includes a value other than 1, 2, 4 and 8,

wherein whether the value indicated by the first information is subject to the constraints on the second assumption is configured by the second information, and

the base station comprises:
a transmitter that transmits the PBCH and the first information; and
a processor of the base station that determines the index of the DMRS sequence of the PBCH, based on the first information and the index of the SSB,
wherein the processor of the base station configures the RRC parameter deriveSSB-IndexFromCell, which is related to inter-cell synchronization, to the terminal, and
controls the terminal to switch between the first assumption and the second assumption based on:
the second information, and
the value indicated by the first information.

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc

Inventors

• Harada Hiroki
• Murayama Daisuke
• Kurita Daisuke

Classifications

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

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

• H04W56/001 Primary

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title

• H04W56/0015 Primary

  one node acting as a reference for the others · CPC title