Terminal apparatus that executes flexible operational procedure of component carriers, and base station apparatus, control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024179694-A1
Application number	US-202418435639-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 7, 2024
Priority date	Nov 26, 2021
Publication date	May 30, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A terminal apparatus notifies a base station apparatus of information indicating a combination of frequency bands usable by the terminal apparatus in a case of communicating using a plurality of component carriers with different frequency bands, and obtains, from the base station apparatus, information of a setting for using one or more component carriers corresponding to one or more frequency bands unrestricted by the combination of usable frequency bands.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A terminal apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction for causing, when executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors to function as: a notifying unit configured to notify a base station apparatus of information indicating a combination of frequency bands usable by the terminal apparatus in a case of communicating using a plurality of component carriers with different frequency bands; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the base station apparatus, information of a setting for using one or more component carriers corresponding to one or more frequency bands unrestricted by the combination of usable frequency bands.

2 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the obtaining unit further obtains information relating to the number of component carriers to be activated from the base station apparatus.

3 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the obtaining unit further obtains, from the base station apparatus, information instructing a combination of component carriers that cannot be activated together.

4 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the obtaining unit further obtains, from the base station apparatus, information instructing a combination of component carriers that can be activated together.

5 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instruction causes, when executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors to further function as:
a setting unit configured to set the one or more component carriers on a basis of the obtained information of a setting; and an activating unit configured to activate a component carrier included in the set one or more component carriers on a basis of the combination of usable frequency bands.

6 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the activating unit activates a component carrier included in the set one or more component carriers on a basis of an instruction from the base station apparatus.

7 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the obtaining unit obtains, from the base station apparatus, an index for identifying a combination of component carriers to be activated.

8 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the obtaining unit obtains an index for indicating a combination of component carriers to be activated via an Radio Resource Control, RRC, message, Downlink Control Information, DCI, or a system information block, and obtains an instruction for activating the obtained combination of component carriers via a Medium Access Control-Control Element, MAC CE.

9 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the obtaining unit obtains, from the base station apparatus, an instruction for deleting information regarding the activated component carriers.

10 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the activating unit
activates a component carrier included in the set one or more component carriers without an instruction from the base station apparatus, and
notifies the base station apparatus of information indicating whether any component carrier has been activated by the activating unit.

11 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a primary component carrier is set for the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, and the one or more component carriers correspond to a secondary component carrier candidate.

12 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
a primary component carrier is set for the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, the one or more component carriers correspond to a secondary component carrier candidate, and the setting unit deletes a setting of the one or more component carrier in a case where the primary component carrier is changed.

13 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a setting of the one or more component carriers includes an activation period.

14 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
a setting of the one or more component carriers includes an activation period, and the setting unit deletes a setting with an elapsed activation period.

15 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where a component carrier not included in the one or more component carriers is detected, the obtaining unit requests the base station apparatus to add the component carrier as the one or more component carriers.

16 . A base station apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction for causing, when executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors to function as: a notifying unit configured to notify a terminal apparatus of information of a setting for using one or more component carriers corresponding to one or more frequency bands unrestricted by a combination of usable frequency bands in a case of the terminal apparatus communicating using a plurality of component carriers with different frequency bands; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating, from among the set one or more component carriers, a component carrier to be activated on a basis of the combination of frequency bands usable by the terminal apparatus.

17 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the notifying unit further notifies the terminal apparatus of information relating to the number of component carriers to be activated in the terminal apparatus.

18 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the notifying unit further notifies the terminal apparatus of information instructing a combination of component carriers that cannot be activated together.

19 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the notifying unit further notifies the terminal apparatus of information instructing a combination of component carriers that can be activated together.

20 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the notifying unit further notifies the terminal apparatus of an instruction indicating whether to activate any component carrier included in the set one or more component carriers.

21 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
a primary component carrier is set for the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, and the one or more component carriers correspond to a secondary component carrier candidate.

22 . The base station apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein
the notifying unit instructs the terminal apparatus to delete a setting of the one or more component carriers in a case where the primary component carrier is changed.

23 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the notifying unit notifies the terminal apparatus of information of a setting of the one or more component carriers including an activation period.

24 . The base station apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
on a basis of a request to add a component carrier detected by the terminal apparatus as the one or more component carriers, the notifying unit notifies the terminal apparatus of information of a setting of the component carrier.

25 . A control method executed by a terminal apparatus comprising:
notifying a

Assignees

• Kddi Corp

Inventors

• Li Yanwei
• Takeda Hiroki
• Suzuki Yasuki
• Watanabe Shingo

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/0453 Primary

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

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04L5/0098 Primary

  Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands · CPC title