Terminals and communication methods

Abstract

To mitigate the effects of intermittent transmission and reception at base stations. [Solution] The terminal includes a control unit which assumes that the base station performs an intermittent transmission function which enables or disables the transmission unit, a communication unit which performs reception from the base station based on the assumed intermittent transmission function, and a receiving unit which receives control information related to the intermittent transmission function from the base station, and the control unit which assumes that it receives a signal from the base station during the inactive period of the intermittent transmission function.

Claims

1. A control unit that assumes the base station performs an intermittent transmission function to enable or disable the transmission unit, A communication unit that performs reception from the base station based on the assumed intermittent transmission function, It has a receiving unit that receives control information related to the intermittent transmission function from the base station, The control unit is a terminal that is assumed to receive a signal from the base station during the inactive period in the intermittent transmission function.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit assumes to receive a PRS (Positioning reference signal) from the base station during the inactive period in the intermittent transmission function.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit assumes to receive a CSI-RS (Channel State Information - Reference Signal) from the base station during the inactive period in the intermittent transmission function.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting unit that reports to the base station its ability to support switching whether or not to expect to receive a signal from the base station during the inactive period in the intermittent transmission function.

5. The control unit assumes that the base station performs an intermittent reception function to enable or disable the receiving unit, The communication unit, based on the assumed intermittent reception function, performs a transmission to the base station. The receiving unit receives control information related to the intermittent receiving function from the base station, The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is assumed to transmit a signal to the base station during the inactive period in the intermittent reception function.

6. The procedure assuming that the base station performs an intermittent transmission function to enable or disable the transmission unit, A procedure for performing reception from the base station based on the assumed intermittent transmission function, A procedure for receiving control information related to the intermittent transmission function from the base station, A communication method in which a terminal performs a procedure that assumes it will receive a signal from the base station during the inactive period of the intermittent transmission function.

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