Communication apparatus and communication method

Abstract

To specify an operation when signals collide in a radio communication system for autonomously determining a resource to be used.SOLUTION: A reception unit configured to receive a plurality of signals for requesting at least one of ChannelStateInformation (CSI) and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) - ACK in a resource autonomously selected by another communication device from the other communication device, a control unit configured to execute control related to transmission of a plurality of signals respectively corresponding to the plurality of requests on the basis of a condition, and a transmission unit configured to transmit at least some of the plurality of signals to the other communication device, the controller multiplexes the plurality of signals and causes the transmitter to transmit the multiplexed signal when at least parts of time sections in which the plurality of signals are requested to be transmitted overlap each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a communication device and a communication method in a wireless communication system. [Background technology]

[0002] The 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is currently studying a wireless communication system called 5G or NR (New Radio) (hereinafter, this wireless communication system will be referred to as "NR") in order to achieve a larger system capacity, a higher data transmission speed, and a lower latency in wireless sections. In 5G, various wireless technologies and network architectures are being studied to meet the requirements of achieving a throughput of 10 Gbps or more while keeping the latency in wireless sections to 1 ms or less (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

[0003] Furthermore, studies on 6G have begun as the next-generation wireless communication system after 5G, and it is expected to achieve wireless quality that exceeds that of 5G. For example, studies are underway for 6G to achieve even higher capacity, the use of new frequency bands, even lower latency, even higher reliability, and the expansion of coverage to new areas (high altitude, sea, and space) (for example, Non-Patent Document 2). [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] 3GPP TS 38.300 V16.4.0 (2020-12) [Non-patent document 2] NTT Docomo White Paper: 5G Advancements and 6G (2020-01) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] 6G is expected to use even higher frequencies than conventional ones in order to further improve communication speed, capacity, reliability, and latency performance. When using such high frequencies, a wider bandwidth is available, and radio waves have the characteristics of high directivity and low frequency selectivity. In addition, it has the characteristics of large Doppler shift and path loss.

[0006] Due to the characteristics of the frequency bands that utilize these high frequencies, control rules different from conventional cell design or base station scheduling techniques may be more desirable from the perspective of network performance. For example, since it is expected that the probability of resource collisions will be lower than in the past, a system in which terminals or base stations autonomously determine the resources to be used for transmission can be considered. It is necessary to specify a method for resolving collisions in channel or signal transmissions in such a system.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to specify an operation to be performed when signals collide in a wireless communication system that autonomously determines resources to be used. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] According to the disclosed technology, there is provided a communication device having a receiving unit that receives a plurality of signals from another communication device, each requesting at least one of CSI (Channel State Information) and HARQ (Hybrid automatic repeat request)-ACK in a resource autonomously selected by the other communication device; a control unit that executes control related to the transmission of a plurality of signals corresponding to each of the plurality of requests based on a condition; and a transmitting unit that transmits at least some of the plurality of signals to the other communication device, wherein the control unit multiplexes the plurality of signals and causes the transmitting unit to transmit the signals when at least some of the time intervals during which the plurality of signals are requested to be transmitted overlap. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] According to the disclosed technology, it is possible to specify the operation to be performed when signals collide in a wireless communication system that autonomously determines the resources to be used. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example (1) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example (2) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of scheduling. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example (1) of transmission and reception in an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (2) of transmission and reception in the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (3) of transmission and reception in the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (4) of transmission and reception in the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example (1) of resources for CSI reporting according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example (2) of resources for CSI reporting according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a CSI reporting operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 11] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example (1) of signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 12] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (2) of signal transmission in the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 13] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (3) of signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 14] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (4) of signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 15] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (5) of signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 16] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a base station 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 17] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 18] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a base station 10 or a terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment described below is an example, and the embodiment to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the following embodiment.

[0012] In operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, an existing technology may be used as appropriate, such as the existing NR or LTE, but is not limited to the existing NR or LTE.

[0013] Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example (1) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 10 and a terminal 20. Although Fig. 1 shows one base station 10 and one terminal 20, this is an example, and there may be a plurality of each.

[0014] The base station 10 is a communication device that provides one or more cells and performs wireless communication with the terminal 20. The physical resources of a wireless signal are defined in the time domain and the frequency domain, and the time domain may be defined by the number of OFDM symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or the number of resource blocks. Furthermore, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot, or a TTI may be a subframe.

[0015] Base station 10 is capable of performing carrier aggregation, which aggregates multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) to communicate with terminal 20. In carrier aggregation, one PCell (primary cell) and one or more SCells (secondary cells) are used.

[0016] The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal, system information, and the like to the terminal 20. The synchronization signal is, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. The system information is transmitted, for example, on the NR-PBCH or PDSCH, and is also called broadcast information. As shown in FIG. 1 , the base station 10 transmits control signals or data to the terminal 20 on the DL (Downlink) and receives control signals or data from the terminal 20 on the UL (Uplink). Note that, here, what is transmitted on a control channel such as the PUCCH or PDCCH is called a control signal, and what is transmitted on a shared channel such as the PUSCH or PDSCH is called data, but these names are merely examples.

[0017] The terminal 20 is a communication device equipped with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or an M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communication module. As shown in Fig. 1, the terminal 20 receives control signals or data from the base station 10 via DL and transmits control signals or data to the base station 10 via UL, thereby utilizing various communication services provided by the wireless communication system. The terminal 20 may be referred to as a UE, and the base station 10 may be referred to as a gNB.

[0018] Terminal 20 is capable of performing carrier aggregation, which aggregates multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) to communicate with base station 10. In carrier aggregation, one PCell (primary cell) and one or more SCells (secondary cells) are used. Also, a PUCCH-SCell having a PUCCH may be used.

[0019] Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example (2) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 shows a configuration example of a wireless communication system in which DC (Dual connectivity) is implemented. As shown in Fig. 2, a base station 10A serving as an MN (Master Node) and a base station 10B serving as an SN (Secondary Node) are provided. The base station 10A and the base station 10B are each connected to a core network. The terminal 20 can communicate with both the base station 10A and the base station 10B.

[0020] A cell group provided by base station 10A, which is an MN, is called an MCG (Master Cell Group), and a cell group provided by base station 10B, which is an SN, is called an SCG (Secondary Cell Group). In addition, in a DC, an MCG is composed of one PCell and one or more SCells, and an SCG is composed of one PSCell (Primary SCG Cell) and one or more SCells.

[0021] DC may be a communication method using two communication standards, and any combination of communication standards may be used. For example, the combination may be NR and 6G standards, or LTE and 6G standards. DC may also be a communication method using three or more communication standards, and may be called by a name other than DC.

[0022] The processing operations in this embodiment may be performed in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1, in the system configuration shown in FIG. 2, or in a system configuration other than these.

[0023] 6G is expected to use even higher frequencies than conventional ones in order to further improve communication speed, capacity, reliability, and latency performance. When using such high frequencies, a wide bandwidth is available, and radio waves have the characteristics of high directivity and low frequency selectivity. In addition, 6G is characterized by large Doppler shift and path loss.

[0024] Due to the characteristics of the frequency bands using these higher frequencies, control rules different from conventional cell design or base station scheduling techniques may be more desirable from the perspective of network performance. For example, it is assumed that collision avoidance and inter-cell interference reduction between DL-DL, DL-UL, and UL-UL are less necessary than in conventional lower frequencies.

[0025] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of scheduling. In the example shown in Fig. 3, beamforming by base station 10 is realized in analog, and scheduling is performed for each beam using TDM (Time Division Multiplexing). As shown in Fig. 3, beam #1 and beam #2 are multiplexed using TDM. In the example shown in Fig. 3, base station 10 performs scheduling using TDM for terminals 20A and 20B that use beam #1, and terminal 20C that uses beam #2.

[0026] As control rules that do not depend on scheduling, for example, the following control rules A) and B) can be considered.

[0027] Control rule A) The transmitting device transmits signals at any timing free from both the base station 10 and the terminal 20. The receiving device must detect signals at all timings at which both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can receive the signals. If a collision of resources used for transmission occurs, the collision is treated as equivalent to a decoding error, and retransmission by feedback may be performed. In frequency bands that use higher frequencies than conventional, the beams are very narrow and the area is small, so the number of terminals 20 present within a certain beam is very small, and even if scheduling is not performed by the base station 10, the probability of collision of resources used for transmission is expected to be low.

[0028] Control rule B) The transmitting device acquires the right to transmit from both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 and transmits a signal. That is, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 transmit a signal after performing intra-system LBT (Listen before talk). The receiving device must detect signals at all times when they can be received by both the base station 10 and the terminal 20. Collisions of resources used for transmission are avoided by intra-system LBT. In frequency bands that use higher frequencies than conventional ones, the probability of resource collisions is low. In addition, control rule B can detect resource collisions that rarely occur within the same beam or due to inter-cell interference in advance and operate to avoid collisions.

[0029] Both control rule A and control rule B can be considered with or without frame synchronization. Hereinafter, the control rule with frame synchronization will be referred to as control rule A1 or control rule B1, and the control rule without frame synchronization will be referred to as control rule A2 or control rule B2. Note that control rule A2 or control rule B2 may be a control rule that performs frame synchronization but allows transmission to start at any timing.

[0030] For the above control rules A1, A2, B1, and B2, it is necessary to consider the transmission procedures and signal detection procedures. Also, for the above control rules B1 and B2, it is necessary to consider intra-system LBT. As elements of intra-system LBT, it is necessary to consider the transmittable time, semi-static transmission without LBT, and frequency resource collision avoidance. Also, for the above control rules A2 and B2, it is necessary to consider the preamble. Also, for the above control rules A1 and B1, it is necessary to consider blind detection of control signals.

[0031] In the following description, a transmitting node or a receiving node corresponds to either the base station 10 or the terminal 20.

[0032] Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example (1) of transmission and reception in an embodiment of the present invention. The procedure according to the control rule A1 will be described with reference to Fig. 4. In the control rule A1, the following operations 1)-4) may be executed.

[0033] 1) A transmitting node may transmit a signal at a predetermined transmission timing. The transmission signal may be composed of at least one of a data signal, a control signal, and a reference signal. The predetermined transmission timing may be determined based on a frame synchronized between the transmitting and receiving nodes.

[0034] 2) When a transmitting node continuously transmits multiple signals, the timing of transmissions other than the first transmission may be determined based on the signal transmitted immediately before. For example, the transmission timing and transmission time length of transmissions other than the first transmission may be instructed to the transmitting node or may be set in advance, or may be notified to the receiving node or may be set in advance. For example, the transmission timing of transmissions other than the first transmission may be x symbols after the end of the immediately previous transmitted signal, y slots after the end of the immediately previous transmitted signal, z frames after the end of the immediately previous transmitted signal, or a combination of x, y, and z. For example, the transmission time length of transmissions other than the first transmission may be L symbols long from the xth symbol per slot.

[0035] In Figure 4, assuming that the first transmission is performed in slot #0, the transmission in slot #1 is performed one symbol after the end of the signal transmitted immediately before, and the transmission timing and transmission time length are 7 symbols long from the 0th symbol of the slot.

[0036] 3) The receiving node may perform blind detection of the control signal. The resources or detection opportunities of the control signal (e.g., CORESET (Control resource set) or search space) may be specified in the specifications, or may be set or notified by the transmitting node. For example, in FIG. 4, the receiving node performs blind detection on the control signal transmitted in the first two symbols of the slot.

[0037] 4) When the receiving node detects a control signal, the receiving node may demodulate the data signal. The receiving node may identify resources for the data and / or reference signal based on the detection result of the control signal. For example, in FIG. 4, when the receiving node detects a control signal transmitted in the first two symbols of a slot, the receiving node may demodulate the subsequent data signal and / or reference signal.

[0038] The correspondence between transmitting and receiving nodes is as follows: In the downlink, the transmitting node is the base station 10 and the receiving node is the terminal 20. In the uplink, the transmitting node is the terminal 20 and the receiving node is the base station 10. In the sidelink, the transmitting node is the terminal 20 and the receiving node is the terminal 20.

[0039] Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example (2) of transmission and reception in an embodiment of the present invention. The procedure according to the control rule A2 will be described with reference to Fig. 5. In the control rule A2, the following operations 1)-4) may be executed.

[0040] 1) As shown in Fig. 5, a transmitting node may add a preamble signal to a transmission signal and transmit the signal. The transmission signal may be composed of at least one of a data signal, a control signal, and a reference signal. The transmitting node may start transmission at any timing.

[0041] 2) When a transmitting node transmits multiple signals consecutively, if the gap between the transmitted signals is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the transmitting node may not add a preamble signal to the signals other than the first transmission. The predetermined value may be a threshold value. The timing of transmitting a signal other than the first transmission may be determined based on the immediately preceding transmitted signal. For example, the transmission of the next signal may start X milliseconds after the end of the immediately preceding transmitted signal.

[0042] 3) The receiving node may perform detection of the preamble signal, and may determine that the preamble has been detected when the received power of the preamble signal is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value.

[0043] 4) When the receiving node detects the preamble signal, it may perform demodulation of the transmitted signal. The receiving node may identify resources for the transmitted signal based on the detection result of the preamble signal. The receiving node may identify resources or detection opportunities (e.g., CORESET or search space) for the control signal based on the detection result of the preamble signal, and perform blind detection of the control signal. Furthermore, when the receiving node detects the control signal, it may perform demodulation of the data signal. The receiving node may identify resources for the data and / or reference signals from the detection result of the control signal.

[0044] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example (3) of transmission and reception in an embodiment of the present invention. The procedure according to the control rule B1 will be described with reference to Fig. 6. In the control rule B1, the following operations 1)-4) may be executed.

[0045] 1) A transmitting node may transmit a transmission signal when the LBT is successful at a predetermined transmission timing. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the LBT may be performed immediately before the slot in which the signal is transmitted. The transmission signal may consist of at least one of a data signal, a control signal, and a reference signal. The predetermined transmission timing may be determined based on a frame synchronized between the transmitting and receiving nodes. The LBT may perform power detection in a predetermined time interval immediately before transmitting the transmission signal, and determine that the LBT is successful when the received power is equal to or less than a predetermined value. The predetermined value may be a threshold value. If the LBT fails, the LBT may be performed again immediately before the predetermined transmission timing. Alternatively, the timing for repeatedly performing the LBT until the LBT is successful may be specified in the specifications, or may be set or notified in advance by the receiving node. Note that if the transmitting node performs the LBT again and is successful, it may transmit the same transmission signal as when the LBT failed, or it may transmit a transmission signal different from the transmission signal when the LBT failed.

[0046] 2) When continuously transmitting multiple transmission signals, the transmitting node may not perform LBT on transmissions other than the initial transmission if the gap between the transmission signals is equal to or less than a predetermined value. In other words, if the gap between a transmitted signal and a next transmitted signal is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the transmitting node may transmit the next transmitted signal without performing LBT. The predetermined value may be a threshold. When continuously transmitting multiple transmission signals, if the LBT is successful, the transmitting node may transmit the next transmitted signal without performing LBT for a predetermined period. When continuously transmitting multiple transmission signals, the transmission timing of signals other than the initial transmission may be determined based on the immediately preceding transmission signal. When continuously transmitting multiple transmission signals, the transmission timing and transmission time of signals other than the initial transmission may be instructed to the transmitting node or may be set in advance, or may be notified to the receiving node or may be set in advance. For example, the transmission timing of transmissions other than the initial transmission may be x symbols after the end of the immediately preceding transmission signal, y slots after the end of the immediately preceding transmission signal, z frames after the end of the immediately preceding transmission signal, or a combination of x, y, and z. For example, the transmission time length of a transmission other than the initial transmission may be L symbol lengths from the xth symbol per slot.

[0047] 3) The receiving node may perform blind detection of the control signal. The resource or detection opportunity (e.g., CORESET or search space) of the control signal may be specified in the specification, or may be set or notified by the transmitting node. For example, in FIG. 6, the receiving node performs blind detection on the control signal transmitted in the first two symbols of the slot.

[0048] 4) When the receiving node detects a control signal, the receiving node may demodulate the data signal. The receiving node may identify resources for the data and / or reference signal based on the detection result of the control signal. For example, in FIG. 6, when the receiving node detects a control signal transmitted in the first two symbols of a slot, the receiving node may demodulate the subsequent data signal and / or reference signal.

[0049] Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example (4) of transmission and reception in an embodiment of the present invention. The procedure according to the control rule B2 will be described with reference to Fig. 7. In the control rule B2, the following operations 1)-4) may be executed.

[0050] 1) When the LBT is successful, the transmitting node may add a preamble signal to the transmission signal and perform transmission. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the LBT may be performed immediately before transmitting the preamble signal. The transmission signal may consist of at least one of a data signal, a control signal, and a reference signal. The transmitting node may start the LBT and transmission at any timing. The LBT may perform power detection in a predetermined time interval immediately before transmitting the preamble signal and determine that the LBT is successful when the received power is equal to or less than a predetermined value. The predetermined value may be a threshold value. If the LBT fails, the LBT may be performed again immediately before any transmission timing. Alternatively, the timing for repeatedly performing the LBT until the LBT is successful may be specified in the specifications, or may be set or notified in advance by the receiving node. Note that, if the transmitting node performs the LBT again and is successful, it may transmit the same transmission signal as when the LBT failed, or it may transmit a transmission signal different from the transmission signal when the LBT failed.

[0051] 2) When continuously transmitting multiple signals, if the gap between the transmission signals is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the transmitting node may not add a preamble signal to transmissions other than the first transmission. The predetermined value may be a threshold. When continuously transmitting multiple signals, if the gap between the transmission signals is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the transmitting node may not perform LBT on transmissions other than the first transmission. The predetermined value may be a threshold. When continuously transmitting multiple transmission signals, if the LBT is successful, the transmitting node may continue transmission without performing LBT for a predetermined period. When continuously transmitting multiple transmission signals, the transmission timing of signals other than the first transmission may be determined based on the immediately preceding transmission signal. For example, transmission of the next signal may start X milliseconds after the end of the immediately preceding transmission signal.

[0052] 3) The receiving node may perform detection of the preamble signal, and may determine that the preamble has been detected when the received power of the preamble signal is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value.

[0053] 4) When the receiving node detects the preamble signal, it may perform demodulation of the transmitted signal. The receiving node may identify resources for the transmitted signal based on the detection result of the preamble signal. The receiving node may identify resources or detection opportunities (e.g., CORESET or search space) for the control signal based on the detection result of the preamble signal, and perform blind detection of the control signal. Furthermore, when the receiving node detects the control signal, it may perform demodulation of the data signal. The receiving node may identify resources for the data and / or reference signals from the detection result of the control signal.

[0054] In the above control rules A1, A2, B1, and B2, feedback needs to be considered. For example, a transmission procedure for HARQ (Hybrid automatic repeat request) feedback needs to be considered.

[0055] In a system in which a transmitting communication device autonomously determines resources for transmitting data to a receiving communication device, such as a base station 10 or a terminal 20, for example, a system in which the above control rules A1, A2, B1, and B2 are applied, we propose either a communication device shown in 1) or 2) below.

[0056] 1) Transmitting data to a communication device and receiving a predetermined signal related to the transmitted data 2) Receive data from a communication device and transmit a predetermined signal related to the received data.

[0057] The above-described communication device clarifies the operation of acknowledgment responses to data reception in a system in which the base station 10 or the terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission. That is, it becomes possible to perform appropriate retransmission, thereby improving transmission quality.

[0058] The predetermined signal related to the transmission data may be a response indicating whether reception or decoding corresponding to the transmission data has been successful. Success or failure may be expressed by a binary number of 0 or 1, or may be other information indicating success or failure. Hereinafter, the information in the predetermined signal will be referred to as HARQ-ACK, and the operation of transmitting the predetermined signal will be referred to as HARQ feedback, but is not limited to these.

[0059] The predetermined signal related to the received data may be a response indicating whether reception or decoding corresponding to the received data was successful or not. Success or failure may be expressed as a binary number of 0 or 1, or may be other information indicating success or failure. Different information may be used for success and failure, and the information regarding failure may be information related to a request or instruction for retransmission. Hereinafter, the information in the predetermined signal is referred to as HARQ-ACK, and the operation of transmitting the predetermined signal is referred to as HARQ feedback, but is not limited to these.

[0060] Furthermore, in the control rules A1, A2, B1, and B2, feedback needs to be considered. For example, procedures need to be considered regarding CSI (Channel State Information) reporting and SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) requests.

[0061] In a system in which a transmitting communication device autonomously determines resources for transmitting data to a receiving communication device, such as a base station 10 or a terminal 20, for example, a system in which the above control rules A1, A2, B1, and B2 are applied, we propose any of the communication devices shown in 1)-4) below.

[0062] 1) Measuring predetermined information based on a signal received from a communication device, and transmitting the information related to the measurement to the communication device. 2) transmitting a signal to a communication device and receiving information related to measurements based on the transmitted signal from the communication device; 3) transmitting a signal related to the measurement of predetermined information to the communication device based on the signal received from the communication device; 4) transmitting a signal to a communication device and receiving a signal related to measurement of predetermined information from the communication device in response to the transmitted signal;

[0063] The methods described in 1) and 2) above may be called CSI measurement and reporting, and the signal used may be called CSI-RS. The communication device that receives the information related to the measurement may be a communication device that transmits data, but is not limited to this, and a communication device that receives data may also receive the information related to the measurement.

[0064] The methods described in 3) and 4) above may be called a signal request for CSI, and the signal used may be called an SRS. The communication device that receives the signal related to the measurement of the predetermined information may be a communication device that transmits data, but is not limited to this, and a communication device that receives data may also receive the signal related to the measurement of the predetermined information.

[0065] The above-described communication device can acquire information related to channel conditions necessary for determining parameters to be used for transmission in a system in which the base station 10 or the terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission. In other words, it becomes possible to select appropriate transmission parameters, thereby improving frequency utilization efficiency and transmission quality.

[0066] The information to be measured and the information related to the measurement may be any of the following 1) to 3).

[0067] 1) Channel state: The channel state may be information related to a target frequency, a channel usage status, an interference power value or level, other detectable communication devices, or propagation characteristic measurement values, such as a CQI (Channel quality indicator), an RI (Rank indicator), a PMI (Precoding matrix indicator), an LI (Layer indicator), an RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power), an RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality), or an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator), or may be information related to a LOS (Line of sight) or a NLOS (Non-line of sight).

[0068] 2) Information relating to location: The information relating to location may be, for example, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) information, latitude and longitude, altitude, an area formation angle, information indicating which zone a plane is divided into when a plane is divided into predetermined zones, and a signal arrival angle.

[0069] 3) Measurement target: The measurement target may be, for example, a signal type, a sequence, an ID, or a resource, or may be information indicating which measurement target is used to measure the corresponding CSI.

[0070] Hereinafter, the measured information or the measurement-related information will be referred to as, but not limited to, "CSI." A CSI report may include the measured information or the measurement-related information.

[0071] A node transmits a CSI request, and a node receiving the CSI request reports the CSI to the node that transmitted the CSI request. The method for requesting CSI may be any of 1) to 3) shown below.

[0072] 1) A CSI request may be transmitted in a signal related to a certain data transmission. The CSI request may be included in any of a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, or a preamble signal. For example, information corresponding to the CSI request may be included in a control signal. For example, the CSI request may be transmitted by a reference signal sequence or a preamble signal sequence.

[0073] 2) Transmission of a CSI request without data transmission may be defined. A control signal, reference signal, or preamble signal including a CSI request may be transmitted. The CSI request may be transmitted using the same transmission procedure as that for data transmission to which the above control rule A1, A2, B1, or B2 applies. In the case of the above control rule B1 or B2, an LBT may be performed before transmission of a signal including a CSI request.

[0074] 3) A CSI report may be triggered when a predetermined condition is satisfied. For example, when a node X transmits data to another node Y and a CSI request is received by node Y during the data transmission, node Y may trigger a CSI report to node X and transmit the CSI report to node X. For example, when a node X transmits data to another node Y and there is no explicit CSI request, node Y may trigger a CSI report to node X and transmit the CSI report to node X.

[0075] For example, when data transmission is performed from a node X to another node Y and any one of the following conditions a), b), or c) is satisfied, the node Y may trigger a CSI report to the node X and transmit the CSI report to the node X. a) When data reception or decoding fails a specified number of times or for a specified period of time b) When the amount of data transmission resources, MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) or TBS (Transport block size) exceeds or falls below a predetermined value. c) When data transmission in a given time resource is notified in advance.

[0076] Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example (1) of resources for CSI reporting in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 8, a node requesting CSI may specify resources for CSI reporting to a node reporting the CSI. The specified resources may be indicated in a predetermined time unit (e.g., slot), or in a predetermined time, frequency, or code unit (e.g., symbol, PRB, cyclic shift, or OCC (Orthogonal Cover Code) index).

[0077] A node requesting CSI may designate at least one of predetermined resources, such as time, frequency, code, and space, as a resource for CSI reporting based on a predetermined timing. For example, the predetermined timing may be the synchronization timing and / or the transmission timing of a CSI request in the above control rules A1 and B1, or the transmission timing of a CSI request in the above control rules A2 and B2.

[0078] The information indicating the resources for CSI reporting may be shared with other nodes, or the other nodes may use resources other than the resources. The information may be shared only between terminals 20 associated with the beam of the same base station 10, or information related to the beam may also be shared between the terminals 20. The information indicating the resources for CSI reporting may be shared with multiple nodes by one signal.

[0079] Based on the beam timing of the node reporting the CSI, the node requesting the CSI may specify certain resources.

[0080] The resource specification for CSI reporting may be performed by any of a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, or a preamble signal (when the above control rules A2 and B2 are applied). The resource specification for CSI reporting may be performed by any of a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, or a preamble signal (when the above control rules A2 and B2 are applied) corresponding to the CSI report.

[0081] 9 is a diagram illustrating an example (2) of resources for CSI reporting in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, a node reporting CSI may transmit a CSI report to a node requesting CSI using resources specified by the node requesting CSI. A node reporting CSI may transmit a CSI report to a node requesting CSI always using resources specified by the node requesting CSI.

[0082] Furthermore, if a node reporting CSI cannot use resources specified by a node requesting CSI, the node may transmit a CSI report to the node requesting CSI using other resources. For example, if there is another transmission or reception schedule in the same time resource as the resource specified by the node requesting CSI, the node reporting CSI may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. For example, in the above control rule A2 or B2, if it detects that at least a part of the resources specified by the node requesting CSI is used by another node through preamble signal detection and associated signal decoding, the node reporting CSI may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. For example, in the above control rule A2 or B2, if it determines that a reception operation will be performed on at least a part of the resources specified by the node requesting CSI through preamble signal detection and associated signal decoding, and if simultaneous reception and transmission are not possible, the node reporting CSI may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. For example, if it detects a signal from another node requesting CSI through LBT and is unable to transmit on the resource specified by the node requesting CSI, the node reporting CSI may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. Furthermore, a node that reports CSI may operate to transmit a CSI report until a predetermined timing, and may cancel the CSI report if it is unable to transmit the CSI report until the predetermined timing.

[0083] Furthermore, if the notified resource is unavailable, the node reporting the CSI may not use any resource and may not report the CSI.

[0084] A node that reports CSI may autonomously determine the resource for CSI reporting. For example, the resource for CSI reporting may be any resource. That is, there may be no constraint on the timing of CSI reporting.

[0085] Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a CSI reporting operation in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 10, when a data receiving node autonomously determines resources for CSI reporting, the CSI reporting may be performed by a predetermined timing Tmax. Tmax may be defined by a specification, may be determined by a higher layer parameter, may be determined by a Media Access Control - Control Element (MAC-CE), or may be determined by a control signal (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Uplink Control Information (UCI)) or a preamble signal.

[0086] Tmax may be a different value depending on the situation. For example, Tmax may be a different value for each data receiving node, may be a different value depending on the frequency (e.g., band, carrier, cell), may be a different value depending on the service type or request (e.g., enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC)), or may be a different value depending on the priority (e.g., an index indicating a priority, a value indicating a priority, a priority in a PHY layer, a priority in a MAC layer). Furthermore, Tmax may be applied based on the timing of requesting CSI or the timing of triggering CSI.

[0087] Furthermore, Tmax may be determined based on a parameter related to LBT. That is, Tmax may be determined based on how much timing there is for starting transmission after receiving a CSI request. The parameter related to LBT may be the duration of LBT or the capability related to LBT.

[0088] A resource group for CSI reporting resources may be predefined, and a node that reports CSI may determine the CSI reporting resource from the resource group. The resource group may be TDM or FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexing) with a resource group for data transmission.

[0089] A node transmits a signal request, and a node that receives the signal request transmits a corresponding signal to the node that transmitted the signal request. A signal transmitted in response to a signal request is referred to as an SRS, but is not limited to this. A method for requesting SRS transmission (hereinafter also referred to as an "SRS request") may be any of the following methods 1)-3).

[0090] 1) An SRS request may be transmitted in a signal related to a certain data transmission. The SRS request may be included in any of a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, and a preamble signal. For example, information corresponding to the SRS request may be included in a control signal. For example, the SRS request may be transmitted by a reference signal sequence or a preamble signal sequence.

[0091] 2) Transmission of an SRS request without data transmission may be defined. A control signal, reference signal, or preamble signal including an SRS request may be transmitted. A CSI request may be transmitted using the same transmission procedure as that for data transmission to which control rule A1, A2, B1, or B2 applies. In the case of control rule B1 or B2, LBT may be performed before transmitting a signal including an SRS request.

[0092] 3) When a predetermined condition is satisfied, SRS transmission may be triggered. For example, when data transmission is performed from a node X to another node Y and an SRS request is received by node Y during the data transmission, node Y may trigger SRS transmission to node X and transmit the SRS to node X. For example, when data transmission is performed from node X to another node Y and there is no explicit SRS request, node Y may trigger SRS transmission to node X and transmit the SRS to node X.

[0093] For example, when data is transmitted from one node X to another node Y and any one of the following conditions a), b), or c) is satisfied, node Y may trigger an SRS transmission to node X and transmit an SRS to node X. a) When data reception or decoding fails a specified number of times or for a specified period of time b) When the amount of data transmission resources, MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) or TBS (Transport block size) exceeds or falls below a predetermined value. c) When data transmission in a given time resource is notified in advance.

[0094] A node requesting SRS transmission may specify resources for SRS transmission to a node transmitting the SRS. The specified resources may be indicated in a predetermined time unit (e.g., slot), or in a predetermined time, frequency, or code unit (e.g., symbol, PRB, cyclic shift, or OCC index).

[0095] A node requesting SRS transmission may specify SRS transmission resources to a node transmitting the SRS. Regarding the periodicity of SRS, SRS may be transmitted aperiodically in response to a certain SRS request.

[0096] Alternatively, the SRS may be transmitted semi-persistently using a signal that activates the SRS transmission as a trigger. An SRS request may be the activation signal, or the SRS may be periodically transmitted for a predetermined number of times or for a predetermined period of time, or the SRS may be periodically transmitted until a deactivation signal is transmitted.

[0097] A node requesting SRS transmission may designate predetermined resources, i.e., at least one of time, frequency, code, and space, as SRS resources based on predetermined timing. For example, the predetermined timing may be the synchronization timing and / or the SRS request transmission timing in the above control rules A1 and B1, or the SRS request transmission timing in the above control rules A2 and B2.

[0098] The information indicating the SRS transmission resources may be shared with other nodes, or the other nodes may use resources other than the resources. The information may be shared only between terminals 20 associated with the beam of the same base station 10, or information related to the beam may also be shared between the terminals 20. The information indicating the SRS transmission resources may be shared with multiple nodes by one signal.

[0099] A node requesting an SRS may specify a predetermined resource based on the timing of the beam of the node transmitting the SRS. In addition, the SRS request and information indicating the SRS transmission resource may be notified to multiple nodes collectively, and orthogonal resources may be specified between the notified nodes.

[0100] A usage may be associated with the SRS transmission resource, and parameters, resources, operations, etc. may differ based on the associated usage. For example, a usage may be defined for each CSI type, and may be CSI measurement, beam control for a node requesting SRS, beam control for a node transmitting SRS, etc.

[0101] The resource for SRS transmission may be designated by any of a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, or a preamble signal (when the above control rules A2 and B2 are applied). The resource for SRS transmission may be designated by any of a data signal, a control signal, a reference signal, or a preamble signal (when the above control rules A2 and B2 are applied) corresponding to the SRS request.

[0102] A node transmitting an SRS may transmit the SRS to a node requesting the SRS using resources specified by the node requesting the SRS.A node transmitting an SRS may transmit the SRS to a node requesting the SRS always using resources specified by the node requesting the SRS.

[0103] Furthermore, if a node transmitting an SRS cannot use resources specified by a node requesting an SRS, the node may use other resources to transmit the SRS to the node requesting the SRS. For example, if there is another transmission or reception scheduled in the same time resource as the resource specified by the node requesting the SRS, the node transmitting the SRS may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. For example, under the above control rule A2 or B2, if the node detects, by preamble signal detection and decoding of related signals, that at least some of the resources specified by the node requesting the SRS are used by other nodes, the node transmitting the SRS may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. For example, under the above control rule A2 or B2, if the node determines, by preamble signal detection and decoding of related signals, that a reception operation will be performed on at least some of the resources specified by the node requesting the SRS, and if simultaneous reception and transmission are not possible, the node transmitting the SRS may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. For example, if the node detects signals from other nodes using LBT and is unable to transmit on the resource specified by the node requesting the SRS, the node transmitting the SRS may determine that the specified resource is unavailable. Furthermore, a node that transmits an SRS may operate to transmit the SRS until a predetermined timing, and may cancel the SRS transmission if it is unable to transmit the SRS until the predetermined timing.

[0104] Furthermore, if the notified resource is unavailable, the node transmitting the SRS may not use any resource and may not transmit the SRS.

[0105] A node transmitting an SRS may autonomously determine the resource for transmitting the SRS. For example, the resource for transmitting the SRS may be any resource. That is, there may be no constraint on the timing of transmitting the SRS.

[0106] When a node that transmits an SRS autonomously determines resources for SRS transmission, the SRS transmission may be performed by a predetermined timing Tmax. Tmax may be defined by a specification, may be determined by a higher layer parameter, may be determined by MAC-CE, or may be determined by a control signal (e.g., DCI, UCI, or preamble signal).

[0107] Tmax may be a different value depending on the situation. For example, Tmax may be a different value for each node transmitting SRS, may be a different value depending on the frequency (e.g., band, carrier, cell), may be a different value depending on the service type or request (e.g., eMBB, URLLC), or may be a different value depending on the priority (e.g., index indicating priority, value indicating priority, priority in the PHY layer, priority in the MAC layer). Furthermore, Tmax may be applied based on the timing of requesting SRS or the timing when SRS is triggered.

[0108] Furthermore, Tmax may be determined based on a parameter related to LBT. That is, Tmax may be determined based on how much timing there is for starting transmission after receiving an SRS request. The parameter related to LBT may be the duration of LBT or the capability related to LBT.

[0109] A resource group for SRS transmission resources may be predefined, and a node transmitting an SRS may determine the SRS transmission resource from the resource group, which may be time-division multiplexed or frequency-division multiplexed with a data transmission resource group.

[0110] In the above control rules A1, A2, B1, and B2, it is necessary to consider a solution method when transmission signals collide at a certain terminal 20. For example, the case when transmission signals collide at a certain terminal 20 may be any of the cases shown in A) to H) below. Note that it may also be a case when at least two of A) to H) below occur in combination.

[0111] A) HARQ feedback and CSI report conflict B) HARQ feedback and SRS transmission collide C) CSI reporting and SRS transmission conflict D) CSI reports conflict with each other E) SRS transmissions collide with each other F) HARQ feedback and data transmission collide G) CSI reporting and data transmission conflict H) SRS transmission and data transmission collide

[0112] For communication between communication device A and communication device B (e.g., communication between base station 10 and terminal 20), we propose the following communication device in a system in which communication device A autonomously determines resources for transmitting data to communication device B.

[0113] In the above cases A) to E), the communication device may receive multiple signal transmission requests from other communication devices and control the transmission of signals corresponding to the multiple requests based on predetermined conditions. For example, multiplex and transmit signals under condition X, and drop one of the signals under condition Y. Alternatively, the communication device may transmit multiple signal transmission requests to other communication devices and perform operations related to receiving signals corresponding to the multiple requests based on predetermined conditions.

[0114] In the above cases F) to H), at least one signal transmission request may be received from another communication device, a data signal to be transmitted may be generated, and control may be performed regarding the transmission of the signal corresponding to the request and the data signal based on a predetermined condition.Alternatively, at least one signal transmission request may be sent to another communication device, and control may be performed regarding the reception of the signal corresponding to the request and the data signal from the other communication device based on a predetermined condition.

[0115] By executing the above control, in a system that autonomously selects resources for data transmission (e.g., DL, UL, or SL), the behavior of a communication device and the receiving side when multiple information transmissions occur in a communication device becomes clear. By collectively transmitting information, frequency utilization efficiency improves. Furthermore, by transmitting only one of the information, the reliability and low latency of information associated with high requirements are improved.

[0116] The signal corresponding to the signal request may be a HARQ-ACK, i.e., a predetermined signal related to transmitted or received data. For example, the signal may be a response indicating whether reception or decoding corresponding to transmitted data was successful or not. Success or failure may be represented by a binary number of 0 or 1, or other information indicating success or failure may be used. Different information may be used for success and failure, or the information regarding failure may be information related to a request or instruction for retransmission. Hereinafter, the signal will be referred to as HARQ-ACK, and the operation of returning the signal will be referred to as HARQ feedback, but this is not limited to these terms.

[0117] The signal corresponding to the signal request may be a signal containing CSI, i.e., information to be measured or information related to the measurement. For example, CSI may indicate a channel state, information related to a target frequency, channel usage status, interference power value, interference power level, information related to other detectable communication devices, or propagation characteristic measurements, or information related to CQI, RI, PMI, LI, RSRP, RSRQ, USSI, LOS, or NLOS. Furthermore, CSI may be information related to a location, such as GNSS information, latitude and longitude, altitude, an area formation angle, information indicating a zone in which a plane is divided into predetermined zones (zones) in which the device is located, or information indicating a signal arrival angle. Furthermore, CSI may be information indicating a measurement target, information indicating a signal type, a signal sequence, a signal ID, or a signal resource, or information indicating which signal the CSI was measured based on. This information and the operation of sending back this information are referred to as CSI and CSI reporting, respectively, but are not limited to these terms.

[0118] The signal corresponding to the signal request may be an SRS, i.e., a signal or sequence signal used for CSI measurement. Hereinafter, the operation of transmitting the signal will be referred to as SRS transmission, but is not limited to this.

[0119] The data signal may be a data signal coming from a higher layer, or may be a MAC-PDU (Protocol Data Unit) or MAC-SDU (Service Data Unit). The data signal may also be a transport block, or may be a signal making some kind of request, instruction, notification, or recommendation to another communication device. The data signal may also be a signal that is not originating from a signal from the destination communication device.

[0120] The following proposal can be applied to communications associated with any of UL data, DL data, SL data, and other data, and a communication device will also be referred to as a node. Either of the communication devices or nodes may be a base station 10 or a terminal 20.

[0121] The resource, time interval, or window may or may not include the LBT interval.

[0122] The signal corresponding to the signal request and the data signal may be described as a signal transmitted together. The signal corresponding to the signal request and the data signal may be any of A)-H) above, or a combination of A)-H). In addition, any proposal may be applied to the combination of A)-H) above, or multiple proposals may be applied in combination.

[0123] The terms "signal" and "information" may be interchangeable.

[0124] Below, we will explain Proposals 0 to 9 shown below.

[0125] Proposal 0) Predetermined conditions for executing the control in A)-H) above Proposal 1) Multiplexing multiple signals to be transmitted Proposal 2) Dropping at least one of the signals being transmitted and multiplexing the remaining signals for transmission. Proposal 3) A method of postponing at least one of the signals to be transmitted and multiplexing and transmitting the rest. Proposal 4) A method of transmitting multiple signals on separate channels Proposal 5) Drop at least one of the signals being transmitted and transmit the rest on a separate channel. Proposal 6) A method of postponing at least one of the signals to be transmitted and transmitting the rest on a separate channel Proposal 7) How to switch between Proposal 1) and Proposal 6) based on Proposal 0) Proposal 8) Receiver behavior Proposal 9) A method to control the transmission of signals so that multiple signals are not generated

[0126] Proposal 0) will be explained below. The predetermined conditions for executing the control in A)-H) above may be any one or a combination of 1)-9) shown below.

[0127] 1) Whether the transmission resources are the same.

[0128] 2) Whether or not at least a portion of the transmission resources overlap. The overlapping region may be at least one of time, frequency, code, and space.

[0129] 3) Whether the time to transmit falls within a predetermined time interval. For example, the time interval may be a time interval in which HARQ feedback, CSI reporting, or SRS transmission is required. For example, the predetermined condition may be satisfied when at least a portion of the time intervals of two signals overlap. For example, the time interval may be a time interval in which transmission may be performed by a predetermined timing Tmax in response to a signal request. For example, the time interval may be a time interval defined by Tmax indicating a period in which CSI reporting may be performed, as shown in FIG. 10. Alternatively, the CSI reporting in FIG. 10 may be replaced with HARQ feedback or SRS transmission, and the time interval may be a time interval defined by Tmax indicating a period in which HARQ feedback or SRS transmission may be performed. Alternatively, for example, the time interval may be a time interval required for data transmission, or may be a packet delay budget (PDB) when a delay requirement is imposed on the data signal. Also, whether the time resources (e.g., slots) in which transmission should be performed (e.g., specified) are the same.

[0130] 4) Whether the transmission trigger is in the same time interval. For example, the transmission trigger may be the timing of receiving data corresponding to HARQ feedback, the timing of receiving a CSI request, the timing of receiving an SRS request, or the timing of receiving a packet from a higher layer.

[0131] 5) Conditions related to the type and / or priority of a signal to be transmitted. For example, a priority may be defined, set, or associated with information, and the predetermined condition may be whether the priorities are the same. For example, the predetermined condition may be whether the signal to be transmitted is a signal corresponding to a signal request or a data signal.

[0132] 6) Conditions related to communication quality. For example, the predetermined conditions may be conditions based on the reception level in communication with the destination. For example, the predetermined conditions may be conditions based on the interference level or congestion level of the frequency band to be used.

[0133] 7) Conditions related to capabilities or device type. For example, the predetermined condition may be a condition related to the capabilities of the source communication device or a condition related to the type of the source communication device. For example, the predetermined condition may be a condition related to the capabilities of the destination communication device or a condition related to the type of the destination communication device.

[0134] 8) It may be a condition related to an instruction received from the destination of the signal or the source of the request.

[0135] 9) It may be a condition relating to the amount of information that can be transmitted or the amount of information contained in a signal that transmits information.

[0136] The predetermined conditions in proposal 0) may include at least a condition relating to the time domain.

[0137] Proposal 1) will be explained below. A communication device may multiplex and transmit a plurality of signals to be transmitted. The multiplexed resources may be any of 1)-6) shown below.

[0138] 1) It may be any of the resources of the original signal. Fig. 11 is a diagram showing an example (1) of signal transmission in an embodiment of the present invention. For example, as shown in Fig. 11, signals #1 and #2 may be multiplexed and the multiplexed signal may be transmitted using the resources of signal #2. Also, for example, a signal multiplexed using resources corresponding to information requested or generated later in the time domain may be transmitted.

[0139] 2) It may be a resource included in a predetermined time interval. For example, the predetermined time interval may be a time interval in which HARQ feedback, CSI report, or SRS transmission is required, or a time interval required for data transmission. Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example (2) of signal transmission in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 12 shows an example in which the predetermined time interval is a period in which the transmission interval of signal #1 and the transmission interval of signal #2 overlap.

[0140] 3) It may be a resource included in a resource group that is predefined or set for multiplexing.

[0141] 4) The resource may be selectable. That is, there may be no restriction on the resource to be multiplexed. However, certain restrictions may be imposed on the frequency resource (e.g., serving cell, bandwidth part, PRB set, sub-channel) (e.g., transmission on the same frequency resource as the request).

[0142] 5) It may be a resource designated or notified by another communication device. Fig. 13 is a diagram showing an example (3) of signal transmission in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 13 shows an example in which signals #1 and #2 are multiplexed and transmitted using resources designated by another communication device. For example, it may be a resource corresponding to a designation or notification associated with information requested or generated later in the time domain.

[0143] 6) It may be a resource determined based on the predetermined conditions described in proposal 0).

[0144] The method for multiplexing a plurality of signals may be either 1) or 2) shown below.

[0145] 1) A predetermined resource mapping may be applied. For example, mapping may be performed based on the predetermined conditions described in proposal 0). Furthermore, mapping may be performed in the order of decreasing priority: HARQ-ACK, data, and CSI.

[0146] 2) A predetermined resource amount may be determined for each piece of information. For example, the resource amount may be determined based on the predetermined conditions described in proposal 0). Furthermore, for example, the resource amount may be determined in descending order of priority, such as HARQ-ACK, data, and CSI. Furthermore, for example, parameters related to the resource amount determination may be defined, configured, or notified.

[0147] Proposal 2) will be explained below. A communication device may drop at least one of a plurality of signals to be transmitted and multiplex and transmit the remaining signals. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example (4) of signal transmission in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, when signal #1 and signal #2 overlap in the time domain, signal #1 may be dropped and signal #2 may be transmitted. The method for dropping a signal may be any of 1)-5) shown below.

[0148] 1) The decision on the information to be dropped may be made based on a predetermined condition described in Proposal 0), and the communication device may multiplex and transmit the information that was not dropped. For example, when HARQ-ACK, data, and CSI are multiple signals to be transmitted, the CSI may be dropped and the HARQ-ACK and data may be multiplexed and transmitted.

[0149] 2) The communication device may select one or one type of signal that is not dropped and drop other signals.

[0150] 3) The communication device may have multiple signals that are not dropped.

[0151] 4) If there are multiple pieces of information that are not dropped, multiplexing may be performed using proposal 1).

[0152] 5) The dropped signal may be the entire signal or a part of the signal. For example, only the overlapping section in the time domain may be dropped. Alternatively, if the information contained in the dropped signal (e.g., channel) is divided into X bits and Y bits, X bits may be dropped and Y bits may be multiplexed with the non-dropped signal and transmitted. For example, X bits may be CSI and Y bits may be HARQ-ACK.

[0153] Proposal 3) will be explained below. A communication device may postpone at least one of a plurality of signals to be transmitted and multiplex and transmit the remaining signals. The method for postponing signal transmission may be any of the following methods 1)-6).

[0154] 1) The determination of the information to be postponed may be performed based on a predetermined condition described in Proposal 0), and the communication device may multiplex and transmit the information that is not postponed. For example, when HARQ-ACK, data, and CSI are multiple signals to be transmitted, the CSI may be postponed and the HARQ-ACK and data may be multiplexed and transmitted.

[0155] 2) The communication device may select one or one type of signal that is not postponed and postpone other signals.

[0156] 3) The communication device may have multiple signals that are not postponed.

[0157] 4) In the case of multiple pieces of information that are not postponed, multiplexing may be performed by proposal 1).

[0158] 5) The resource to be deferred may be a resource included in a predetermined time interval (e.g., a time interval during which HARQ feedback, CSI reporting, SRS transmission, or data transmission is required), a resource included in a set of resources predefined or configured for deferral, a selectable resource, i.e., an unconstrained resource, a resource specified or notified by another communication device, or a resource determined based on the conditions described in proposal 0).

[0159] 6) If there are multiple pieces of information to be deferred, multiplexing may be performed using proposal 1). 7) The delayed signal may be the entire signal or a part of the signal. For example, only the overlapping section in the time domain may be delayed. Alternatively, if the information contained in the delayed signal (e.g., channel) is divided into X bits and Y bits, X bits may be delayed and Y bits may be multiplexed with the non-dropped signal and transmitted. For example, X bits may be CSI and Y bits may be HARQ-ACK.

[0160] Proposal 4) will be described below. A communication device may transmit multiple signals to be transmitted on separate channels. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example (5) of signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, signals #1 and #2 may overlap in the time domain but may be transmitted on their respective channels. A communication device may simultaneously transmit multiple signals to be transmitted on separate channels. Simultaneous transmission may mean that the signals overlap at least in the time domain. Alternatively, a communication device may transmit multiple signals to be transmitted on separate channels when the multiple signals to be transmitted exist in the same time interval. Furthermore, when a communication device transmits multiple signals to be transmitted on separate channels, the communication device may transmit the multiple signals using the same resources for each of the multiple signals without changing them. Furthermore, when a communication device transmits multiple signals to be transmitted on separate channels, the communication device may determine the transmission power of each signal based on the conditions described in Proposal 0).

[0161] Proposal 5) will be explained below. A communication device may drop at least one of a plurality of signals to be transmitted and transmit the remaining signals on separate channels. The method for dropping the signal may be any of the following methods 1)-5).

[0162] 1) The decision on the information to be dropped may be performed based on a predetermined condition described in Proposal 0), and the communication device may transmit the information that is not dropped on a separate channel. For example, when HARQ-ACK, data, and CSI are multiple signals to be transmitted, the CSI may be dropped and the HARQ-ACK and data may be transmitted on separate channels.

[0163] 2) The communication device may select one or one type of signal that is not dropped and drop other signals.

[0164] 3) The communication device may have multiple signals that are not dropped.

[0165] 4) In the case where there are multiple pieces of information that are not dropped, each piece of information may be transmitted on a separate channel.

[0166] 5) The dropped signal may be the entire signal or a part of the signal. For example, only the overlapping sections in the time domain may be dropped. Alternatively, if the information contained in the dropped signal (e.g., channel) is divided into X bits and Y bits, the X bits may be dropped, and the Y bits and the non-dropped signal may be transmitted on separate channels. For example, the X bits may be CSI and the Y bits may be HARQ-ACK.

[0167] Proposal 6) will be explained below. A communication device may postpone at least one of a plurality of signals to be transmitted and transmit the remaining signals on separate channels. The method for postponing signal transmission may be any of the following methods 1)-6).

[0168] 1) The determination of the information to be deferred may be performed based on a predetermined condition described in Proposal 0), and the communication device may transmit the information that is not deferred on a separate channel. For example, when HARQ-ACK, data, and CSI are multiple signals to be transmitted, the CSI may be deferred and the HARQ-ACK and data may be transmitted on separate channels.

[0169] 2) The communication device may select one or one type of signal that is not postponed and postpone other signals.

[0170] 3) The communication device may have multiple signals that are not postponed.

[0171] 4) In the case of multiple pieces of non-deferred information, the transmission of each piece of information may be performed on a separate channel.

[0172] 5) The resource to be deferred may be a resource included in a predetermined time interval (e.g., a time interval during which HARQ feedback, CSI reporting, SRS transmission, or data transmission is required), a resource included in a set of resources predefined or configured for deferral, a selectable resource, i.e., an unconstrained resource, a resource specified or notified by another communication device, or a resource determined based on the conditions described in proposal 0).

[0173] 6) If there are multiple pieces of information to be deferred, the transmission of each piece of information may be performed on a separate channel. 7) The deferred signal may be the entire signal or a part of the signal. For example, only the overlapping sections in the time domain may be deferred. Alternatively, if the information contained in the deferred signal (e.g., a channel) is divided into X bits and Y bits, the X bits may be deferred, and the Y bits and the non-dropped signal may be transmitted on separate channels. For example, the X bits may be CSI and the Y bits may be HARQ-ACK.

[0174] Proposal 7) will be explained below. The communication device may switch among Proposal 1) to Proposal 6) based on Proposal 0) and apply them.

[0175] For example, when at least a portion of the transmission resources overlap, if the information is a HARQ-ACK and a data signal, the communication device may apply proposal 1) to multiplex and transmit the data, or if the information is a HARQ-ACK and an SRS, the communication device may apply proposal 2) to drop the SRS and transmit the HARQ-ACK.

[0176] For example, when at least a portion of the transmission resources overlap, if the information has the same priority, the communication device may apply proposal 1) to multiplex and transmit the information; if the information has different priorities, the communication device may apply proposal 2) to drop the information with a lower priority and transmit the information with a higher priority.

[0177] For example, when at least a portion of the transmission resources overlap, if the communication device has the capability of simultaneous transmission of individual channels, it may apply proposal 4) and transmit on individual channels, or if it does not have the capability of simultaneous transmission of individual channels, it may apply proposal 1) and transmit multiplexed.

[0178] Proposal 8) will be explained below. The receiving node may perform receiving operations assuming that signals are multiplexed and transmitted. For example, the transmitting node may notify the receiving node that signals are multiplexed and / or what is multiplexed, or the transmitting node may notify the receiving node in either a preamble or a control signal. The transmitting node may notify the receiving node that signals are multiplexed and / or what is multiplexed, limited to multiplexing of signals in response to signal requests and signals in response to other signal requests, or the transmitting node may notify the receiving node in either a preamble or a control signal.

[0179] The receiving node may also perform a receiving operation assuming that the signal will not be multiplexed. If the signal is not received, the receiving node may retry the signal request. The receiving node may also perform a receiving operation for the postponed signal assuming that the transmission of the signal has been postponed.

[0180] Proposal 9) will be explained below. The communication device may be controlled so that multiple transmission signals are not generated.

[0181] As an operation of the signal request side, after executing a certain signal request, the signal request may not be executed until a predetermined timing. For example, after transmitting a CSI request, the communication device may not transmit a CSI request to the node that transmitted the CSI request until a timing related to receiving the corresponding CSI report. For example, after transmitting data, the communication device may not transmit an SRS request to the node that transmitted the data until a timing related to receiving the corresponding HARQ feedback.

[0182] As a signal transmitting side action, the communication device may, after transmitting a signal request, not generate a data signal at the same timing as the corresponding transmission signal, for example, the data signal may be transmitted using resources that do not overlap with the corresponding transmission signal at least in the time domain.

[0183] The above-described embodiment clarifies the behavior of the transmitting device and the receiving device when transmission signals collide in a system in which the base station 10 or the terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL or SL transmission.

[0184] That is, in a wireless communication system that autonomously determines resources to be used, it is possible to specify the operation to be performed when signals collide.

[0185] (Device configuration) Next, a description will be given of an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 that execute the processes and operations described above. The base station 10 and the terminal 20 include functions for executing the above-described embodiments. However, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may each include only the functions proposed in any of the embodiments.

[0186] <Base station 10> Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10. As shown in Fig. 16, the base station 10 has a transmitting unit 110, a receiving unit 120, a setting unit 130, and a control unit 140. The functional configuration shown in Fig. 16 is merely an example. The names of the functional divisions and functional units may be any as long as they can perform the operations related to the embodiment of the present invention. The transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a communication unit.

[0187] The transmitter 110 has a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 and transmitting the signal wirelessly. The receiver 120 has a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, information of a higher layer from the received signal. The transmitter 110 also has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL / UL control signals, DL data, etc. to the terminal 20. The transmitter 110 also transmits the setting information, etc., described in the embodiments.

[0188] The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be transmitted to the terminal 20 in a storage device, and reads out the information from the storage device as needed. The control unit 140 controls the entire base station 10, including, for example, control related to signal transmission and reception and control related to LBT. Note that the functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 140 may be included in the transmitting unit 110, and the functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 140 may be included in the receiving unit 120. Furthermore, the transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

[0189] <Terminal 20> Fig. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the terminal 20. As shown in Fig. 17, the terminal 20 has a transmitting unit 210, a receiving unit 220, a setting unit 230, and a control unit 240. The functional configuration shown in Fig. 17 is merely an example. The names of the functional divisions and functional units may be any as long as they can execute the operations related to the embodiment of the present invention. The transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may be called a communication unit.

[0190] The transmitter 210 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and transmits the transmission signal wirelessly. The receiver 220 receives various signals wirelessly and acquires higher layer signals from the received physical layer signals. The transmitter 210 also transmits HARQ-ACK, and the receiver 220 receives the setting information and the like described in the embodiments.

[0191] The setting unit 230 stores various setting information received from the base station 10 by the receiving unit 220 in a storage device, and reads it out from the storage device as needed. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance. The control unit 240 performs overall control of the terminal 20, including control related to signal transmission and reception and control related to LBT. Note that the function unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 240 may be included in the transmitting unit 210, and the function unit related to signal reception in the control unit 240 may be included in the receiving unit 220. The transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may also be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

[0192] (Hardware configuration) The block diagrams (FIGS. 16 and 17) used to explain the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using a single device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more physically or logically separated devices that are connected directly or indirectly (for example, by wire, wirelessly, etc.) and these multiple devices. The functional block may be realized by combining the single device or the multiple devices with software.

[0193] Functions include, but are not limited to, judgment, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, election, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocation, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. As mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on how these functions are implemented.

[0194] For example, the base station 10, the terminal 20, etc. according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. Fig. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The base station 10 and the terminal 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, etc.

[0195] In the following description, the term "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of the apparatuses shown in the drawings, or may be configured to exclude some of the apparatuses.

[0196] Each function in the base station 10 and the terminal 20 is realized by loading predetermined software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001, the memory device 1002, etc., so that the processor 1001 performs calculations, controls communication by the communication device 1004, and controls at least one of reading and writing data in the memory device 1002 and the auxiliary memory device 1003.

[0197] The processor 1001 controls the entire computer by running, for example, an operating system. The processor 1001 may be configured as a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, etc. For example, the above-mentioned control unit 140, control unit 240, etc. may be realized by the processor 1001.

[0198] Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the storage device 1002, and executes various processes in accordance with the programs. The programs used are those that cause a computer to execute at least some of the operations described in the above-described embodiments. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station 10 shown in FIG. 16 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and running on the processor 1001. Furthermore, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 17 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and running on the processor 1001. While the above-described various processes have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may also be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The programs may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunications line.

[0199] The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be configured, for example, by at least one of a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc. The storage device 1002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory, etc. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc. for implementing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0200] The secondary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be, for example, at least one of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray disc), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy disk, a magnetic strip, etc. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database, a server, or other suitable medium including at least one of the storage device 1002 and the secondary storage device 1003.

[0201] The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, or a communication module. The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). For example, a transmission / reception antenna, an amplifier unit, a transmission / reception unit, a transmission path interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission / reception unit may be implemented as a transmission unit and a reception unit that are physically or logically separated.

[0202] The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one device (for example, a touch panel).

[0203] Furthermore, each device such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

[0204] Furthermore, base station 10 and terminal 20 may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

[0205] (Summary of the embodiment) As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a communication device is provided that has a receiving unit that receives multiple requests from another communication device to transmit signals on resources autonomously selected by the other communication device, a control unit that executes control related to the transmission of multiple signals corresponding to the multiple requests based on conditions, and a transmitting unit that transmits at least some of the multiple signals to the other communication device.

[0206] With the above configuration, it is possible to clarify the operation of the transmitting device and the receiving device when transmission signals collide in a system in which the base station 10 or the terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission. That is, it is possible to identify the operation when signals collide in a wireless communication system that autonomously determines resources to be used.

[0207] The control unit may multiplex the multiple signals and transmit the multiple signals when at least a part of the time intervals during which the multiple signals are requested to be transmitted overlap. With this configuration, in a system in which base station 10 or terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission, it is possible to clarify the operation of a transmitting device and a receiving device when transmission signals collide.

[0208] The transmitting unit may multiplex and transmit the plurality of signals in resources corresponding to the signal requested most recently among the plurality of signals. With this configuration, in a system in which base station 10 or terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission, it is possible to clarify the operation of a transmitting device and a receiving device when transmission signals collide.

[0209] The control unit may drop or postpone transmission of at least one of the plurality of signals, and multiplex the remaining signals of the plurality of signals and transmit them to the transmission unit. With this configuration, in a system in which base station 10 or terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission, it is possible to clarify the operation of a transmitting device and an receiving device when transmission signals collide.

[0210] When at least a part of the transmission resources of the plurality of signals overlap, if the priorities of the plurality of signals are the same, the control unit may multiplex and transmit the signals to the transmitting unit, and if the priorities of the plurality of signals are different, the control unit may drop the signal with a lower priority and transmit the signal with a higher priority to the transmitting unit. With this configuration, in a system in which base station 10 or terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission, it is possible to clarify the operation of a transmitting device and an receiving device when transmission signals collide.

[0211] Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a communication method is provided in which a communication device executes a receiving procedure for receiving multiple requests from another communication device to transmit signals on resources autonomously selected by the other communication device, a control procedure for executing control related to the transmission of multiple signals corresponding to each of the multiple requests based on conditions, and a transmitting procedure for transmitting at least some of the multiple signals to the other communication device.

[0212] With the above configuration, it is possible to clarify the operation of the transmitting device and the receiving device when transmission signals collide in a system in which the base station 10 or the terminal 20 autonomously selects resources for DL, UL, or SL transmission. That is, it is possible to identify the operation when signals collide in a wireless communication system that autonomously determines resources to be used.

[0213] (Supplementary explanation of the embodiment) Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the disclosed invention is not limited to such embodiments, and those skilled in the art will understand various modifications, alterations, alternatives, and substitutions. While specific numerical examples have been used to facilitate understanding of the invention, unless otherwise specified, these numerical values ​​are merely examples, and any appropriate values ​​may be used. The division of items in the above description is not essential to the present invention; two or more items may be combined as needed, and items described in one item may apply to items described in another item (unless inconsistent). The boundaries between functional units or processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries between physical components. The operations of multiple functional units may be performed by a single physical component, or the operations of a single functional unit may be performed by multiple physical components. The order of the processing steps described in the embodiments may be reversed as long as there is no contradiction. For convenience of processing description, the base station 10 and terminal 20 have been described using functional block diagrams. However, such devices may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. The software operated by the processor of the base station 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention and the software operated by the processor of the terminal 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may each be stored in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, registers, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server or any other suitable storage medium.

[0214] Furthermore, the notification of information is not limited to the aspects / embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI)), higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

[0215] Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to at least one of systems using LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (New Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-Wideband), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or other appropriate systems, and next-generation systems extended based on these. Furthermore, a combination of multiple systems (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G, etc.) may also be applied.

[0216] The order of the procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described herein may be changed unless it is consistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order and are not limited to the particular order presented.

[0217] In this specification, a specific operation that is described as being performed by the base station 10 may also be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes having the base station 10, it is clear that various operations performed for communication with the terminal 20 may be performed by at least one of the base station 10 and another network node other than the base station 10 (such as, but not limited to, an MME or an S-GW). Although the above example illustrates a case where there is one other network node other than the base station 10, the other network node may be a combination of multiple other network nodes (such as an MME and an S-GW).

[0218] The information or signals described in the present disclosure may be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer), or may be input / output via multiple network nodes.

[0219] Input and output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or added to. Output information may be deleted. Input information may be sent to another device.

[0220] In the present disclosure, the determination may be made based on a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), a Boolean value (true or false), or a numerical comparison (e.g., comparison with a predetermined value).

[0221] Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

[0222] Software, instructions, information, etc. may also be transmitted or received over a transmission medium. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and / or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave), then these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.

[0223] The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.

[0224] Note that terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of a channel and a symbol may be a signal (signaling). Furthermore, a signal may be a message. Furthermore, a component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, etc.

[0225] As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[0226] Furthermore, the information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values ​​from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information. For example, a radio resource may be indicated by an index.

[0227] The names used for the above-described parameters are not intended to be limiting in any way. Furthermore, the mathematical expressions using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. The various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable names, and therefore the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are not intended to be limiting in any way.

[0228] In this disclosure, terms such as "base station (BS)," "radio base station," "base station," "fixed station," "NodeB," "eNodeB (eNB)," "gNodeB (gNB)," "access point," "transmission point," "reception point," "transmission / reception point," "cell," "sector," "cell group," "carrier," and "component carrier" may be used interchangeably. Base stations may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, and picocell.

[0229] A base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., three) cells. When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of ​​the base station can be divided into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area can be provided with communication service by a base station subsystem (e.g., a small indoor base station (RRH: Remote Radio Head)). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to a part or the entire coverage area of ​​a base station and / or base station subsystem that provides communication service within this coverage.

[0230] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," "terminal," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0231] A mobile station may also be referred to by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

[0232] At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, etc. At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile body, or the mobile body itself. The mobile body may be a vehicle (e.g., a car, an airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile body (e.g., a drone, an autonomous vehicle, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). At least one of the base station and the mobile station may also include devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

[0233] Furthermore, a base station in the present disclosure may be read as a user terminal. For example, the aspects / embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals 20 (which may be called, for example, D2D (Device-to-Device) or V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything)). In this case, the terminal 20 may be configured to have the functions of the base station 10 described above. Furthermore, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" may be read as terms corresponding to terminal-to-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, terms such as an uplink channel and a downlink channel may be read as a side channel.

[0234] Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be read as a base station, in which case the base station may be configured to have the functions of the user terminal described above.

[0235] As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Determining" and "determining" may include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining, and the like. "Determining" and "determining" may also include receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in memory), and the like. Furthermore, "judgment" and "decision" can include regarding resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. as having been "judged" or "decided." In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include regarding some action as having been "judged" or "decided." Furthermore, "judgment (decision)" can be interpreted as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," etc.

[0236] The terms "connected," "coupled," or any variation thereof, refer to any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, and may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled" to each other. The coupling or connection between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connected" may be read as "access." As used in this disclosure, two elements may be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other using one or more wires, cables, and / or printed electrical connections, as well as electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the radio frequency range, microwave range, and optical (both visible and invisible) range, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples.

[0237] The reference signal may be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal) or may be called a pilot depending on the applicable standard.

[0238] As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based only on," unless expressly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

[0239] As used in this disclosure, any reference to an element using a designation such as "first," "second," etc. does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, a reference to a first and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must in some way precede the second element.

[0240] The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "part," "circuit," "device," etc.

[0241] When used in this disclosure, the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Furthermore, when used in this disclosure, the term "or" is not intended to be an exclusive or.

[0242] A radio frame may be composed of one or more frames in the time domain. Each of the one or more frames in the time domain may be called a subframe. A subframe may further be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may have a fixed time length (e.g., 1 ms) that is independent of numerology.

[0243] Numerology may be communication parameters that apply to at least one of transmission and reception of a signal or channel, such as subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, specific filtering operations performed by the transceiver in the frequency domain, and specific windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain.

[0244] A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (such as an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol) in the time domain. A slot may be a time unit based on numerology.

[0245] A slot may include multiple minislots. Each minislot may consist of one or multiple symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be called a subslot. A minislot may consist of fewer symbols than a slot. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in a time unit larger than a minislot may be called PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using a minislot may be called PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.

[0246] The radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol all represent time units for transmitting signals, and may be referred to by other names corresponding to the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol.

[0247] For example, one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI), multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI, or one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. That is, at least one of the subframe and the TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms. Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc. instead of a subframe.

[0248] Here, TTI refers to, for example, the smallest time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in an LTE system, a base station performs scheduling to allocate wireless resources (such as frequency bandwidth and transmission power that can be used by each terminal 20) to each terminal 20 in TTI units. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

[0249] The TTI may be a transmission time unit for a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), a code block, a code word, etc., or may be a processing unit for scheduling, link adaptation, etc. When a TTI is given, the time interval (e.g., the number of symbols) to which a transport block, a code block, a code word, etc. is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

[0250] When one slot or one minislot is called a TTI, one or more TTIs (i.e., one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum time unit for scheduling. Also, the number of slots (minislots) constituting the minimum time unit for scheduling may be controlled.

[0251] A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a regular TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, regular subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc. A TTI shorter than a regular TTI may be called a shortened TTI, short TTI, partial or fractional TTI, shortened subframe, short subframe, minislot, subslot, slot, etc.

[0252] In addition, a long TTI (e.g., a normal TTI, a subframe, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a time length of more than 1 ms, and a short TTI (e.g., a shortened TTI, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a TTI length shorter than the TTI length of a long TTI and equal to or greater than 1 ms.

[0253] A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of numerology, for example, 12. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may also be determined based on numerology.

[0254] The time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols and may have a length of one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI. One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each be composed of one or more resource blocks.

[0255] Note that one or more RBs may also be called a physical resource block (PRB), a sub-carrier group (SCG), a resource element group (REG), a PRB pair, an RB pair, or the like.

[0256] Furthermore, a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (REs). For example, one RE may be a radio resource region of one subcarrier and one symbol.

[0257] A Bandwidth Part (BWP) (which may also be referred to as a fractional bandwidth) may represent a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier, where the common RBs may be identified by their index relative to a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a given BWP and numbered within that BWP.

[0258] The BWP may include a BWP for UL (UL BWP) and a BWP for DL ​​(DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be set for the terminal 20 within one carrier.

[0259] At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the terminal 20 may not expect to transmit or receive a predetermined signal / channel outside the active BWP. Note that the terms "cell," "carrier," and the like in this disclosure may be read as "BWP."

[0260] The above-described structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, symbols, etc. are merely examples. For example, the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or minislot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, etc. may be changed in various ways.

[0261] In this disclosure, where articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

[0262] In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." The term may also mean "A and B are each different from C." Terms such as "separate" and "coupled" may also be interpreted in the same way as "different."

[0263] Each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched depending on the implementation. Furthermore, notification of predetermined information (e.g., notification that "X is true") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may be done implicitly (e.g., by not notifying the predetermined information).

[0264] In the present disclosure, the base station 10 and the terminal 20, or the transmitting node and the receiving node, are examples of communication devices. The CSI-RS is an example of a CSI reference signal.

[0265] Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended to be illustrative and does not have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

[0266] <Additional Notes> The above-described embodiment can be further described as follows.

[0267] (Appendix 1) a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of requests from the other communication device to transmit a signal in a resource autonomously selected by the other communication device; a control unit that executes control related to transmission of a plurality of signals corresponding to the plurality of requests, respectively, based on a condition; a transmitter that transmits at least some of the plurality of signals to the other communication device.

[0268] (Appendix 2) 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit multiplexes the multiple signals and causes the transmission unit to transmit the multiple signals when at least a portion of the time intervals during which the multiple signals are requested to be transmitted overlap.

[0269] (Appendix 3) 3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting unit multiplexes and transmits the plurality of signals in a resource corresponding to a signal that is requested most recently among the plurality of signals.

[0270] (Appendix 4) 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit drops or postpones transmission of at least one of the plurality of signals, and multiplexes the remaining signals of the plurality of signals and transmits them to the transmission unit.

[0271] (Appendix 5) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein when at least a portion of the transmission resources of the plurality of signals overlap, if the priorities of the plurality of signals are the same, the control unit multiplexes the signals and transmits them to the transmitting unit, and if the priorities of the plurality of signals are different, drops the signal with a lower priority and transmits the signal with a higher priority to the transmitting unit.

[0272] (Appendix 6) a receiving step of receiving a plurality of requests from another communication device to transmit a signal on a resource autonomously selected by the other communication device; a control procedure for executing control relating to transmission of a plurality of signals corresponding to the plurality of requests, respectively, based on a condition; a transmission procedure for transmitting at least some of the plurality of signals to the other communication device; [Explanation of symbols]

[0273] 10 base station 110 Transmitter 120 Receiver 130 Setting section 140 Control Unit 20 terminals 210 Transmitter 220 Receiving unit 230 Setting Section 240 Control Unit 30 Core Network 1001 processor 1002 Storage device 1003 Auxiliary storage device 1004 Communication equipment 1005 Input Device 1006 Output Device

Claims

1. a receiving unit that receives a plurality of signals requesting at least one of CSI (Channel State Information) and HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request)-ACK from the other communication device in a resource autonomously selected by the other communication device; a control unit that executes control related to transmission of a plurality of signals corresponding to the plurality of requests, respectively, based on a condition; a transmitter that transmits at least some of the plurality of signals to the other communication device; The control unit multiplexes the multiple signals and causes the transmission unit to transmit the multiple signals when at least a portion of the time intervals during which the multiple signals are requested to be transmitted overlap.

2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting unit multiplexes and transmits the plurality of signals in a resource corresponding to a signal that is requested most recently among the plurality of signals.

3. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit drops or postpones transmission of at least one of the plurality of signals, and causes the remaining signals of the plurality of signals to be multiplexed and transmitted by the transmission unit.

4. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein when at least a portion of the transmission resources of the plurality of signals overlap, if the priorities of the plurality of signals are the same, the control unit multiplexes the signals and transmits them to the transmitting unit, and if the priorities of the plurality of signals are different, drops the lower priority signal and transmits the higher priority signal to the transmitting unit.

5. a receiving procedure for receiving a plurality of signals requesting at least one of CSI (Channel State Information) and HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request)-ACK from the other communication device in a resource autonomously selected by the other communication device; a control procedure for executing control relating to transmission of a plurality of signals corresponding to the plurality of requests, respectively, based on a condition; a transmitting step of transmitting at least some of the plurality of signals to the other communication device; and a step of multiplexing and transmitting the plurality of signals when at least a portion of the time intervals during which the plurality of signals are requested to be transmitted overlap each other.

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