Base station, terminal, band allocation method, and downlink data communication method

US8971260B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971260-B2
Application numberUS-200913056615-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 3, 2009
Priority dateAug 4, 2008
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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Provided are a base station, a terminal, a band allocation method, and a downlink data communication method in which a mapping method for synchronization signals and report signals is implemented with high resource usage efficiency when a first system in which an independent single communication is allocated to a unit band co-exists with a second system in which a plurality of unit bands can be allocated to a single communication. In a base station (200), an OFDM signal generation unit (225) maps primary synchronization channel (P-SCH), secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH), primary broadcast channel (P-BCH), and dynamic broadcast channel (D-BCH), which can be decoded by both an LTE terminal and an LTE+ terminal, to some of a plurality of unit bands available to the station itself. The OFDM signal generation unit (225) also maps D-BCH+, which can be decoded only by an LTE+ terminal, to all of the plurality of unit bands to produce a multiplexed transmission signal. When the terminal which has transmitted terminal capability information is an LTE+ terminal, a control unit (265) transmits a band movement indication which indicates changes in the reception band to that terminal.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A user equipment that can communicate on a plurality of component carriers in a first system, the first system being different from a second system where another user equipment can communicate on a single component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, the user equipment comprising: a synchronizer configured to perform synchronization in a first component carrier out of the plurality of component carriers; and a receiver configured to, afte…

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What does patent US8971260B2 cover?
Provided are a base station, a terminal, a band allocation method, and a downlink data communication method in which a mapping method for synchronization signals and report signals is implemented with high resource usage efficiency when a first system in which an independent single communication is allocated to a unit band co-exists with a second system in which a plurality of unit bands can be…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nakao Seigo, Suzuki Hidetoshi, Nishio Akihiko, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W72/53. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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