Terminal, base station, and communication method

Abstract

This terminal sets a band resource which is narrower than an ordinary minimum unit, if a specific condition is satisfied or if a specific notification is received. The terminal uses the set band resource to perform reception operations, including monitoring.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a terminal, a base station, and a communication method for performing wireless communication. [Background technology]

[0002] The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has developed specifications for the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G, also known as New Radio (NR) or Next Generation (NG)), and is also developing specifications for the next generation, known as Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution, or 6G.

[0003] Possible issues to be considered for Beyond 5G and 6G include the development of new frequency bands (frequency bands above 100 GHz, terahertz bands, etc.), further increasing speeds in existing 5G frequency bands (below 100 GHz) (e.g. narrower beams, coordinated transmission and reception between base stations, coordinated transmission and reception between terminals, etc.), and reducing power consumption of mobile terminals and mobile base stations, and enabling them to be used for long periods without charging.

[0004] Furthermore, if the achievable data rate can be improved by using higher frequency bands, broadband, and multiple streams, communications could be completed in a shorter time, and there could be no communication for much of the rest of the time, which is expected to contribute to reducing the power consumption of terminals.

[0005] Meanwhile, the 3GPP Release 15 (NR) specifications prescribe radio frames, subframes, slots, etc. (Non-Patent Document 1), but even when data is not being transmitted or received, PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) monitoring, time-frequency tracking, AGC (Automatic Gain Control), CSI (Channel-state Control) measurement reporting (Connected mode only), etc. are performed using DRX (Discontinuous Reception). The wider the bandwidth for monitoring the PDCCH and RS (Reference Signal) and the shorter the monitoring time interval (cycle), the more power consumption increases. [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0006] [Non-Patent Document 1] 3GPP TS 38.211 V15.8.0, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Physical channels and modulation(Release 15), 3GPP, December 2019 Summary of the Invention

[0007] However, in 5G NR, the resources for monitoring the PDCCH are set as CORESET, and narrowing this bandwidth will reduce the PDCCH capacity.

[0008] In Release 16 (NR), the power saving WI (Work Item) allows the UE to be instructed to skip PDCCH monitoring during DRX on-duration by using the wake-up function using the group common PDCCH (DCI format 2_6). However, in NR, the PDCCH has a minimum bandwidth of 1 CCE (Control Channel Element) = 6 REG (Resource Element Group) = 72 subcarriers, so there is still room for improvement.

[0009] Therefore, the following disclosure has been made in consideration of this situation, and aims to provide a terminal, base station, and communication method that can reduce terminal power consumption and achieve long standby times by enabling monitoring operations, etc. with much lower power consumption than conventional methods.

[0010] One aspect of the present disclosure is a terminal (UE 200) that includes a control unit (control unit 240) that sets bandwidth resources narrower than the normal minimum unit when certain conditions are met or a certain notification is received, and a receiving unit (wireless communication unit 210) that performs receiving operations including monitoring using the set bandwidth resources.

[0011] One aspect of the present disclosure is a base station (base station 100) that includes a control unit (control unit 140) that allocates bandwidth resources narrower than a normal minimum unit to a terminal, and a transmission unit (wireless communication unit 110) that transmits a notification regarding the narrow bandwidth resource allocation to the terminal.

[0012] Moreover, one aspect of the present disclosure is a communication method in a terminal (UE200), which includes a step of setting a bandwidth resource narrower than a normal minimum unit when a specific condition is satisfied or a specific notification is received, and a step of performing a receiving operation including monitoring using the set bandwidth resource.

[0013] Also, one aspect of the present disclosure is a communication method in a base station (base station 100), including a step of allocating bandwidth resources narrower than a normal minimum unit to a terminal (UE 200), and a step of transmitting a notification regarding the narrow bandwidth resource allocation to the terminal (UE 200). [Brief description of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a wireless communication system 10. As shown in FIG. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic functional block diagram of the gNB100. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of the UE 200. As shown in FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the difference between conventional communication and B5G (Beyond 5G) / 6G communication. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the DRX state / Active state and monitoring in Release-16 NR. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of base station 100 and UE 200 in this embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the UE 200. As shown in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0015] Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the same or similar reference numerals are used to designate the same functions or configurations, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

[0016] (1) Overall configuration of wireless communication system 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall configuration of a wireless communication system 10 according to the present embodiment. The wireless communication system 10 is a wireless communication system conforming to 5G New Radio (NR) or 6G (which may be called Beyond 5G), and includes a Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20 (hereinafter, NG-RAN 20) and a terminal 200 (hereinafter, UE 200, User Equipment).

[0017] The NG-RAN 20 includes a radio base station 100 (hereinafter, gNB 100 or base station 100). Note that the specific configuration of the radio communication system 10, including the number of gNBs and UEs, is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

[0018] The NG-RAN 20 actually includes a plurality of NG-RAN nodes, specifically, gNBs (or ng-eNBs), and is connected to a core network (5GC or 6GC not shown) conforming to 5G or 6G. The NG-RAN 20 and the 5GC or 6GC may be simply expressed as a "network."

[0019] The gNB 100 is a radio base station conforming to 5G or 6G, and executes radio communication conforming to 5G / 6G with the UE 200. The gNB 100 and the UE 200 can support Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output), which generates a more directional beam by controlling radio signals transmitted from multiple antenna elements, Carrier Aggregation (CA), which uses a bundle of multiple component carriers (CCs), Dual Connectivity (DC), which simultaneously communicates between the UE and each of two NG-RAN nodes, and Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB), which integrates the radio backhaul between radio communication nodes such as gNBs and the radio access to the UE.

[0020] The wireless communication system 10 supports FR1 and FR2. The frequency bands of each FR are as follows. FR1: 410MHz~7.125GHz FR2: 24.25GHz~52.6GHz FR1 may use a Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) of 15, 30 or 60 kHz and a bandwidth (BW) of 5 to 100 MHz. FR2 is a higher frequency than FR1, and may use an SCS of 60 or 120 kHz (240 kHz may be included) and a bandwidth (BW) of 50 to 400 MHz.

[0021] Also, new frequency bands for 6G (e.g., frequency bands of 100 GHz or more, terahertz bands) may be used. Specifically, the wireless communication system 10 may support a frequency band exceeding 52.6 GHz and up to 114.25 GHz. The SCS may be interpreted as numerology. The numerology is defined in 3GPP TS38.300 and corresponds to one subcarrier spacing in the frequency domain. The high frequency band may be further divided. For example, it may be divided into a frequency range of 71 GHz or less and a frequency range of 71 GHz or more. In particular, in such a high frequency band, an increase in phase noise between carriers becomes a problem. For this reason, it may be necessary to apply a larger (wider) SCS or a single carrier waveform.

[0022] The type of DC may be Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) that uses multiple radio access technologies, or NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NR-DC) that uses only NR. In addition, MR-DC may be E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) in which the eNB constitutes the master node (MN) and the gNB constitutes the secondary node (SN), or NR-E-UTRA Dual Connectivity (NE-DC) in which the eNB constitutes the secondary node (SN).

[0023] In the DC, a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) may be configured. The MCG may include a primary cell (PCell), and the SCG may include a secondary cell (SCell).

[0024] In addition, the SCell may include a primary / secondary cell (PSCell). The PSCell is a type of SCell, but may be interpreted as a special SCell having the same functions as the PCell. The PSCell may perform functions such as transmitting the PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), performing a contention-based random access procedure (CBRA), and monitoring the radio link quality of the downlink, just like the PCell.

[0025] (2) Functional block configuration of wireless communication system Next, a functional block configuration of the wireless communication system 10 will be described. Specifically, a functional block configuration of the gNB 100 and the UE 200 will be described. Fig. 2 is a schematic functional block configuration diagram of the gNB 100, and Fig. 3 is a schematic functional block configuration diagram of the UE 200.

[0026] (2.1) Wireless base station 100 Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of the radio base station 100. As shown in Fig. 3, the radio base station 100 includes a radio communication unit 110, a measurement report processing unit 120, a control signal / reference signal processing unit 130, and a control unit 140.

[0027] The wireless communication unit 110 transmits and receives wireless signals conforming to 5G or 6G. Specifically, the wireless communication unit 110 transmits downlink signals (DL signals) conforming to 5G / 6G and receives uplink signals (UL signals) conforming to 5G / 6G.

[0028] Particularly, in this embodiment, the wireless communication unit 110 may configure a transmission unit that transmits a notification regarding the allocation of band resources to the UE 200 terminal. Also, the wireless communication unit 110 may transmit a reference signal or the like to the UE 200 in the allocated band. Also, the wireless communication unit 110 may receive a measurement report of the wireless quality or the like based on the reference signal or the like from the UE 200.

[0029] Note that the wireless communication unit 110 may transmit and receive wireless signals via cells included in a cell group, specifically, an MCG (master cell group) and / or an SCG (secondary cell group), in support of dual connectivity.

[0030] The measurement report processing unit 120 executes processing related to a measurement report transmitted from the UE 200. As a specific example, the measurement report processing unit 120 may execute processing related to a measurement report including reception quality of a reference signal or the like in a band narrower than a normal minimum unit (hereinafter referred to as an "ultra-narrow band") by the UE 200. Note that in this embodiment, the wireless communication unit 110 may constitute a receiving unit that receives a measurement report from a terminal.

[0031] The reception quality may include at least one of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), and Signal-to-Interference plus Noise power Ratio (SINR).

[0032] The control signal / reference signal processing unit 130 performs processing related to various control signals transmitted and received by the wireless communication unit 110, and processing related to various reference signals transmitted and received by the wireless communication unit 110.

[0033] Specifically, the control signal and reference signal processing unit 130 receives various control signals, for example, a control signal of a radio resource control layer (RRC), transmitted from the wireless communication unit 110 via a predetermined control channel. Furthermore, the control signal and reference signal processing unit 130 transmits various control signals to the wireless communication unit 110 via a predetermined control channel. In particular, in this embodiment, the control signal and reference signal processing unit 130 can receive capability information of the UE 200 (UE Capability Information) from the UE 200. In this embodiment, the control signal and reference signal processing unit 130 may constitute a receiving unit that receives the capability information from the UE 200.

[0034] The capability information may include at least a capability related to a band, for example, a frequency band to which the UE 200 can connect, and information on a capability of setting a band resource (for example, a capability of supporting an ultra-narrow band). Note that the capability information is not limited to such a capability related to the band of the UE 200, and may include, for example, capabilities related to a transmission power, a transmission beam, an antenna, and the like.

[0035] The channels may include a control channel and a data channel. The control channels may include a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), a PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), a RACH (Random Access Channel, Downlink Control Information (DCI) including a Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI)), and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH).

[0036] Moreover, the data channel includes a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), etc. Data may refer to data transmitted via a data channel.

[0037] The control signal / reference signal processor 130 executes processing using reference signals (RS) such as a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0038] The DMRS is a reference signal (pilot signal) known between a base station and a terminal for estimating a fading channel used for data demodulation, and the CSI-RS is a downlink reference signal for measuring the channel state.

[0039] In addition to the DMRS and the CSI-RS, the reference signal may include a Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) for location information, etc. In other words, the reference signal may include a reference signal transmitted by the radio base station 100 and a reference signal transmitted by the UE 200 (received by the radio base station 100).

[0040] In this manner, the control signal and reference signal processor 130 can transmit and receive the reference signal to and from the UE 200. In this embodiment, the control signal and reference signal processor 130 may configure a transceiver that transmits and receives the reference signal.

[0041] The control unit 140 controls each functional block constituting the radio base station 100. In particular, in this embodiment, the control unit 140 allocates resources related to bands and time including a band narrower than a normal minimum unit (ultra-narrow band) to the UE 200. For example, the control unit 140 determines the number of resource blocks (RBs) (usually one or several resource blocks, whereas in this embodiment, the number may be less than one resource block or may be one or several subcarrier resources) to be allocated to the user equipment 300, the transport block size (TBS), the modulation scheme, and the like.

[0042] Note that the control unit 140 is not limited to allocating one ultra narrow band resource for each UE 200, and may allocate resources for each cell, each beam, each cell group (CG), or for each specific cell.

[0043] Furthermore, control unit 140 may allocate resources in the time direction that are greater than a normal minimum resource allocation unit (e.g., one symbol). For example, a symbol length different from the symbol length of the SCS supported by UE 200 (e.g., a longer symbol length) may be allocated, or a number of symbols greater than one may be set as the minimum resource allocation unit in the time direction.

[0044] The control unit 140 may allocate the ultra-narrowband resource when a specific condition is satisfied, such as for a specific use (such as monitoring), in a DRX state, in an IDLE state, etc. Conversely, the control unit 140 may allocate a bandwidth resource wider than the ultra-narrowband resource when another specific condition is satisfied, such as for a specific use (such as data communication), in a non-DRX state, in a non-IDLE state, etc. The control unit 140 may allocate the ultra-narrowband resource only when it has received capability information from the UE 200 or the like indicating that the ultra-narrowband resource is available.

[0045] Furthermore, the control unit 140 may allocate resources to each of the multiple UEs 200 by any one or a combination of TDM (time division multiplexing), FDM (frequency division multiplexing), CDM (code division multiplexing), and SDM (spatial division multiplexing), or may allocate resources so that they can be shared by the multiple UEs 200. For example, resources may be allocated commonly to UEs in a cell, commonly to UEs in the same base station beam, or commonly to UEs in a UE group set by the base station.

[0046] The control unit 140 may estimate the position, direction, and the like of the UE 200 based on the measurement report received from the UE 200. This allows the control unit 140 to select and transmit a beam with better reception quality for the UE 200, for example.

[0047] (2.2)UE200 Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram of the UE 200. As shown in Fig. 4, the UE 200 includes a radio communication unit 210, a control signal / reference signal processing unit 220, a quality measurement unit 230, and a control unit 240.

[0048] The wireless communication unit 210 transmits and receives wireless signals conforming to 5G or 6G. Specifically, the wireless communication unit 210 transmits uplink signals (UL signals) conforming to 5G / 6G and receives downlink signals (DL signals) conforming to 5G / 6G.

[0049] In this embodiment, the wireless communication unit 210 may be configured as a receiver that receives a notification from the base station 100, or may be configured as a transmitter that transmits capability information regarding the capability of setting bandwidth resources such as an ultra-narrow band to the base station. Note that the wireless communication unit 210 may be configured as a transceiver that performs a receiving operation and / or a transmitting operation for purposes including monitoring, using the bandwidth resources set by the control unit 240.

[0050] The wireless communication unit 210 can support Massive MIMO, CA that uses a bundle of multiple CCs, and DC that simultaneously communicates between a UE and each of two RAN nodes.

[0051] The control signal and reference signal processing unit 220 executes processing related to various control signals transmitted and received by the UE 200, and processing related to various reference signals transmitted and received by the UE 200. The control signal and reference signal processing unit 220 processes is transmitted and received via the wireless communication unit 210. Therefore, the control signal and reference signal processing unit 220 can monitor the reference signal and the like in the band resource set by the control unit 240.

[0052] As a specific example, the control signal / reference signal processor 220 receives various control signals, such as radio resource control layer (RRC) control signals, transmitted from the radio base station 100 via a predetermined control channel. In addition, the control signal / reference signal processor 220 transmits various control signals to the radio base station 100 via a predetermined control channel.

[0053] The control signal / reference signal processor 220 executes processing using reference signals (RS) such as DMRS and PTRS. The DMRS is a reference signal (pilot signal) known between a base station and a terminal for estimating a fading channel used for data demodulation. The PTRS is a terminal-specific reference signal intended to estimate phase noise, which is an issue in high frequency bands.

[0054] In addition to the DMRS and PTRS, the reference signals may include a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) for position information.

[0055] Furthermore, the control signal and reference signal processor 220 can execute processing related to capability information (UE Capability Information) of the UE 200. For example, the control signal and reference signal processor 220 can transmit the capability information (UE Capability Information) in response to a capability information inquiry (UE Capability Enquiry) from the radio base station 100.

[0056] The quality measurement unit 230 measures wireless quality and the like based on a reference signal and the like from the base station 200. As described above, since the reference signal and the like are obtained in the band resource set by the control unit 240, the quality measurement unit 230 can perform monitoring in the set band.

[0057] As a specific example, the quality measurement unit 230 can measure the reception quality using a synchronization signal block (SSB: SS / PBCH Block) or CSI-RS. As described above, the reception quality may include at least one of RSRP, RSRQ, and SINR. The quality measurement unit 230 may measure the reception quality of the serving cell of the UE 200 or a neighboring cell.

[0058] RSRP is the reception level of the reference signal measured at UE 200, and RSRQ is the reception quality of the reference signal measured at UE 200 (which may be interpreted as the ratio of the power of the cell-specific reference signal to the total power within the reception bandwidth).

[0059] In the SSB measurement, a measurement window that can be set for each carrier (or subcarrier) called SSB based RRM Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC) may be used. Specifically, the SMTC window may be interpreted as a measurement window that is set for the UE 200 and allocated as a resource by the network (radio base station 100) so that the UE 200 recognizes the measurement start timing, measurement period, and measurement cycle for each cell to be measured when the UE 200 performs reception quality measurement using SSB.

[0060] The control unit 240 controls each functional block constituting the UE 200. In particular, in this embodiment, more specifically, the control unit 240 sets resources such as ultra-narrowband resources when a specific condition is satisfied or a specific notification is received. For example, the specific notification is a notification regarding resource allocation such as ultra-narrowband resources received from the base station 100. Note that the control unit 240 may reset resources by switching from the set ultra-narrowband resources to wideband resources when another condition is satisfied or another specific notification is received. Note that specific examples of the specific conditions will be described later.

[0061] In addition, the control unit 240 may perform control related to the transmission of capability information (UE Capability Information) by the control signal / reference signal processing unit 220, the transmission and reception of reference signals, and the measurement of reception quality (RSRP, RSRQ, and SINR) by the quality measurement unit 230.

[0062] (3) Operation of wireless communication system Next, a description will be given of the operation of the wireless communication system 10. Specifically, the operation of the base station 100 and the UE 200 will be described.

[0063] (3.1) Premise In 5G Evolution or 6G, it is expected that a wide bandwidth and multiple streams will be used in a high frequency band. Here, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the difference between conventional communication and B5G (Beyond 5G) / 6G communication.

[0064] As shown in Figure 4, in B5G (Beyond 5G) / 6G, when data rates improve through the use of high frequency bands, wide bandwidth, and multiple streams, communication may be completed in a short time and most of the time may be inactive (OFF) and no communication. Therefore, power consumption during long periods of standby becomes an issue.

[0065] In addition, the wider the bandwidth for monitoring reference signals such as PDCCH and RS, and the shorter the monitoring time interval, the more power consumption increases. Here, Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the DRX state / Active state and monitoring in Release-16 NR.

[0066] As shown in Figure 5, in Release 16 NR, in the power saving WI, the wake-up function using group common PDCCH (DCI format 2_6) makes it possible to instruct the UE to skip PDCCH monitoring during DRX on-duration. However, in the past, in NR, the PDCCH had a minimum bandwidth of 1 CCE (6 REG = 72 subcarriers).

[0067] An example of a monitoring operation in a band (ultra-narrow band) smaller than a normal minimum unit according to this embodiment will be described below.

[0068] (3.2) Operation overview FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of base station 100 and UE 200 in this embodiment.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 6, (1) first, the UE 200 transmits capability information to the base station 100 to report on the terminal's capability regarding monitoring of the ultra narrow band resource.

[0070] (2) Then, when base station 100 receives capability information from UE 200 indicating that ultra-narrow band resources are capable of being monitored, base station 100 allocates ultra-narrow band resources to UE 200 and transmits a notification to UE 200 instructing it to perform monitoring using the allocated ultra-narrow band resources.

[0071] (3) When a specific condition is satisfied, such as when the UE 200 receives the above notification from the base station 100, the UE 200 sets up ultra-narrow band resources and starts monitoring.

[0072] (4) Then, when the base station 100 is in a non-DRX state, a non-IDLE state, an Active state, or the like, the base station 100 transmits a notification to the UE 200 instructing the UE 200 to perform communication such as monitoring in a band wider than the ultra-narrow band resource. Note that when the base station 100 receives the notification, or when a specific condition is satisfied, the UE 200 switches the band from the ultra-narrow band to perform communication such as monitoring.

[0073] The above is an example of the operations of the base station 100 and the UE 200 in this embodiment. Note that the base station 100 and the UE 200 may perform the following operations in addition to or instead of the above operations.

[0074] (3.3) Example 1 (Operation Example 1) For example, it may be possible to allocate an ultra-narrowband resource of less than one RB (for example, one subcarrier) from the base station 100 to the UE 200 terminal.

[0075] (Operation Example 1-1) It may be possible to limit resource allocation to a specific application, narrower than the minimum resource allocation unit (1RB or 1CCE) for normal data channels and control channels.

[0076] (Operation Example 1-2) Allocation of ultra-narrow band resources may be set for each UE by RRC signaling, may be set commonly for the cell by SIB or the like, or may be set for each beam (SSB index or CSI-RS resource index). (Operation Example 1-2-1) The ultra narrow band resource setting information may include at least one of a frequency start position, a frequency resource amount (bandwidth), a time resource start position (cycle / timing), and a time resource amount (number of symbols or slots). (Operation Example 1-2-2) The resources monitored by the terminal (UE200) may be derived based only on explicit configuration information, as described above, or may be derived based on a combination of the above-mentioned explicit configuration information and content specified in the specifications (implicit information).

[0077] (Operation Example 1-3) It may be assumed that the ultra narrow band resource is allocated in the time direction with resources that are greater than the minimum resource allocation unit (one symbol) of a data channel or a control channel.

[0078] (Operation Example 1-4) Only one ultra-narrowband resource may be configured for a UE (for example, only the Pcell, only the PSCell, only a specific SCell, or only one independent of the settings for each cell), or multiple ultra-narrowband resources may be configured for a UE, such as for each CG or for (some) cells. (3.4) Example 2 (Operation Example 2) When a terminal (UE 200) configured with ultra-narrowband resources receives a specific notification #1 from base station 100 or satisfies specific conditions, it sets the monitoring band to only ultra-narrowband resources and monitors the presence or absence of a specific notification #2 from base station 100 in that band.

[0079] (Operation Example 2-1) The terminal 200 may assume at least one of the following as the "specific notification #2" from the base station 100 and perform monitoring. (Operation example 2-1-1) Presence or absence of transmission of a specific pattern of known modulation symbol sequence (known sequence) on ultra-narrowband resources (Operation example 2-1-2) Presence and content of information symbol sequence of a given size transmitted by differential modulation on ultra-narrowband resources (Operation example 2-1-3) Presence and content of information symbol sequence of a given size transmitted on ultra-narrow bandwidth resources

[0080] (Operation Example 2-2) Terminal 200 may assume a synchronization reference signal other than the “specific notification #2” from base station 100.

[0081] (Operation Example 2-3) At least one of the following may be assumed as the "specific notification #1" or the "specific condition". (Example 2-3-1) When conditions stipulated in the specifications are met, such as when no data transmission or reception instruction is received for a certain period of time (Example of operation 2-3-2) When the specified conditions set by the base station are met (Example 2-3-3) When an instruction to enter DRX state is received or when the conditions are met (Example 2-3-4) When a specific instruction is received after entering DRX state, or when a specific condition is met (Example 2-3-5) When it becomes IDLE state

[0082] (3.5) Example 3 (Operation Example 3) A terminal (UE 200) that detects a specific notification #2 ((3) in FIG. 6) switches the monitoring band to a band wider than the ultra-narrow band, and performs monitoring operation of at least one of another notification and reference signal.

[0083] (Operation Example 3-1) At least one of the minimum delay time and the maximum delay time required for switching the monitoring band (until at least one of another notification and reference signal can be monitored in the band after switching) may be specified. (Operation Example 3-1-1) The delay time may include at least one of a frequency retuning time and a BWP (Bandwidth Part) switching time. (Operation example 3-1-2) Furthermore, time for performing tracking, AGC, etc. may be included.

[0084] (Operation Example 3-2) "At least one of another notification and reference signal" may be any of the following. (Operation Example 3-2-1) Downlink control channel such as PDCCH (Operation example 3-2-2) Downlink synchronization signal and broadcast channel such as SSB (Operation example 3-2-3) Downlink reference signals such as CSI-RS and TRS

[0085] (3.6) Example 4 (Operation Example 4) The terminal may report, as capability information, capability information regarding at least one of whether or not the monitoring operation in the ultra narrow band resource is supported and whether or not each of the related parameters is supported.

[0086] (Example 4-1) Support for monitoring operations on ultra-narrow bandwidth resources may be reported in any one or combination of the following: (Operation example 4-1-1) Per UE, Per band, Per FR, Per Duplex mode

[0087] (Operation Example 4-2) The following capability information regarding monitoring operations in ultra-narrow bandwidth resources may be reported (Example of operation 4-2-1) Monitoring cycle (interval) - period (Example 4-2-2) Number of monitoring resources (or number of simultaneous monitoring carriers in ultra-narrowband resources)

[0088] (3.7) Example 5 (Example 5) Multiplexing of ultra-narrowband resources between users The very narrowband resources monitored by different users may be TDM, FDM, CDM, SDM or any combination thereof, or may be shared by multiple users.

[0089] (3.8) Example 6 (Example 6) Symbol duration on very narrow bandwidth resources The symbol length may be the same as any of the symbol lengths of the SCSs supported by terminal 200, or a different symbol length (eg, a longer symbol length) may be used than the symbol lengths of the SCSs supported by the terminal.

[0090] (4) Actions and Effects According to the above-described embodiment, the following advantageous effects can be obtained. Specifically, the terminal (UE 200) includes a control unit (control unit 240) that sets a bandwidth resource narrower than a normal minimum unit when a specific condition is satisfied or a specific notification is received, and a receiving unit (wireless communication unit 210) that performs a receiving operation including monitoring using the set bandwidth resource.

[0091] For this reason, in B5G / 6G, where the inactive times are expected to be very long, by making the bandwidth narrower than the minimum unit, it is possible to reduce power consumption and achieve a long standby time.

[0092] In this embodiment, the specific notification is a notification regarding narrowband resource allocation from the base station (gNB100).

[0093] This allows the device to enter standby mode for a long period of time at the appropriate timing and frequency range assigned by the base station (gNB100).

[0094] In this embodiment, a band narrower than a normal minimum unit (ultra-narrow band) is less than one resource block, or one or several subcarriers.

[0095] Therefore, by performing reception operations in a band smaller than the normal minimum unit (one resource block), it is possible to further reduce power consumption.

[0096] In this embodiment, when other conditions are satisfied or other specific notifications are received, the control unit (control unit 240) switches from the narrowband resources that have been set to broadband resources and sets them.

[0097] This allows the normal mode to be restored at an appropriate time.

[0098] In this embodiment, a transmitting unit (wireless communication unit 210) is further provided for transmitting to base station 100 capability information relating to the capability of setting bandwidth resources narrower than the normal minimum unit.

[0099] Therefore, the base station 100 can know whether the terminal supports an ultra-narrow band or the like.

[0100] The base station (gNB100) also includes a control unit (140) that allocates bandwidth resources narrower than the normal minimum unit to the terminal (UE200), and a transmission unit (wireless communication unit 110) that transmits a notification regarding the narrow bandwidth resource allocation to the terminal (UE200).

[0101] For this reason, in B5G / 6G, where the inactive time is expected to be very long, it is possible for UE200 to narrow the bandwidth at an appropriate time to reduce power consumption and achieve a long standby time.

[0102] (5) Other embodiments Although the embodiment has been described above, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the description of the embodiment and that various modifications and improvements are possible.

[0103] In the above-described embodiment, an example of performing a receiving operation for monitoring purposes has been described, but this is not limited to this, and data receiving operations for low-volume data communication for IoT (Internet of Things) and the like may also be performed.

[0104] Moreover, the block diagrams (FIGS. 2 and 3) used in the description of the above-mentioned embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized by using one device that is physically or logically combined, or may be realized by using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and directly or indirectly connected (for example, by using wires, wirelessly, etc.). The functional block may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

[0105] Functions include, but are not limited to, judgment, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs the function of transmission is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. As described above, there is no particular limitation on the method of realization of any of these.

[0106] Furthermore, the above-mentioned base station 100 or UE 200 may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the base station 100 or UE 200. As shown in Fig. 7, the base station 100 or UE 200 may be configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, and a bus 1007.

[0107] In the following description, the term "apparatus" may be interpreted as a circuit, a device, a unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the apparatus 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.

[0108] Each functional block of the UE 200 (see FIG. 3) is realized by any hardware element of the computer device, or a combination of the hardware elements.

[0109] In addition, each function in UE200 is realized by loading a specific software (program) onto hardware such as processor 1001, memory 1002, etc., so that processor 1001 performs calculations, controls communication by communication device 1004, and controls at least one of reading and writing of data in memory 1002 and storage 1003.

[0110] The processor 1001 controls the entire computer by running, for example, an operating system, and may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control unit, an arithmetic unit, a register, and the like.

[0111] Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads out programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these. As the programs, programs that cause a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-mentioned embodiments are used. Furthermore, the above-mentioned various processes may be executed by one processor 1001, or may 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.

[0112] The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be configured by at least one of, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), an Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), etc. The memory 1002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory (primary storage device), etc. The memory 1002 can store a program (program code), a software module, etc., capable of executing a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0113] Storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of, for example, an optical disk such as a Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, and the like. Storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device. The above-mentioned recording medium may be, for example, a database, a server, or other suitable medium including at least one of memory 1002 and storage 1003.

[0114] The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for performing communication between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, or a communication module.

[0115] The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, and the like to realize, for example, at least one of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD).

[0116] The input device 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. The input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one device (e.g., a touch panel).

[0117] In addition, each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 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.

[0118] Furthermore, the device 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), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc., and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

[0119] 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., RRC signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB)), other signals, or a combination of these. Furthermore, the RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

[0120] Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to at least one of Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), Future Radio Access (FRA), New Radio (NR), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other suitable systems, and next-generation systems (such as B5G / 6G) that are extended based on these. In addition, a combination of multiple systems (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G) may be applied.

[0121] The order of the steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be changed unless inconsistent. 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.

[0122] In the present disclosure, a specific operation performed by a base station may be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes having a base station, it is clear that various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by at least one of the base station and other network nodes other than the base station (e.g., MME or S-GW, etc., but are not limited to these). Although the above example illustrates a case in which there is one other network node other than the base station, it may also be a combination of multiple other network nodes (e.g., MME and S-GW).

[0123] Information, signals (information, etc.) may be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer), and may be input and output via multiple network nodes.

[0124] The input / output information may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input / output information may be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be transmitted to another device.

[0125] The determination may be based on a value represented by a single bit (0 or 1), a Boolean (true or false) value, or a numerical comparison (e.g., comparison with a predetermined value).

[0126] Each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched according to execution. In addition, notification of specific information (e.g., notification that "X is the case") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may be done implicitly (e.g., not notifying the specific information).

[0127] 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.

[0128] Additionally, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted or received over a transmission medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired and / or wireless technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and / or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave, etc.), then these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.

[0129] The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, the 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.

[0130] In addition, the terms described in this disclosure and the 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). Also, a signal may be a message. Also, a component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, etc.

[0131] As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[0132] In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be represented using absolute values, may be represented using relative values ​​from a predetermined value, or may be represented using other corresponding information. For example, a radio resource may be indicated by an index.

[0133] The names used for the above-mentioned parameters are not limiting in any way. Furthermore, the formulas 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 limiting in any way.

[0134] In this disclosure, terms such as "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", "NodeB", "eNodeB (eNB)", "gNodeB (gNB)", "access point", "transmission point", "reception point", "transmission / reception point", "cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier", etc. may be used interchangeably. A base station may also be referred to by terms such as a macro cell, a small cell, a femto cell, a pico cell, etc.

[0135] A base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., three) cells (also called sectors). When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire coverage area of ​​the base station can be divided into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area can also be provided with communication services by a base station subsystem (e.g., a small indoor base station (Remote Radio Head: RRH)).

[0136] The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of ​​a base station and / or a base station subsystem that provides communication services within that coverage.

[0137] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)", "user terminal", "User Equipment (UE)", "terminal", etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0138] 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.

[0139] 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 moving body, the moving body itself, etc. The moving body may be a vehicle (e.g., a car, an airplane, etc.), an unmanned moving 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 include a device that does not necessarily move during communication operation. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.

[0140] Furthermore, a base station in the present disclosure may be read as a mobile station (user terminal, the same applies below). For example, each aspect / embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a mobile station is replaced with communication between multiple mobile stations (which may be called, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D) or Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X)). In this case, the mobile station may be configured to have the functions of a base station. Furthermore, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" may be read as terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, an uplink channel, a downlink channel, etc. may be read as a side channel.

[0141] Similarly, a mobile station in the present disclosure may be interpreted as a base station, in which case the base station may have the functions of a mobile station. 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.

[0142] Numerology may be a communication parameter that applies to the transmission and / or reception of a signal or channel, and may indicate, for example, at least one of a SubCarrier Spacing (SCS), a bandwidth, a symbol length, a Cyclic Prefix length, a Transmission Time Interval (TTI), a number of symbols per TTI, a radio frame structure, a particular filtering operation that the transceiver performs in the frequency domain, a particular windowing operation that the transceiver performs in the time domain, etc.

[0143] A slot may consist of one or more symbols in the time domain (such as an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol, etc.) A slot may be a numerology-based unit of time.

[0144] A slot may include multiple minislots. Each minislot may be composed of one or more symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be called a subslot. A minislot may be composed 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.

[0145] A radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a minislot, and a symbol each represent a time unit for transmitting a signal. The radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the minislot, and the symbol may each be referred to by a different name.

[0146] 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 the 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.

[0147] Here, TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in an LTE system, a base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (such as frequency bandwidth and transmission power that can be used by each user terminal) to each user terminal in TTI units. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

[0148] 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) in which a transport block, a code block, a code word, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

[0149] In addition, when one slot or one minislot is called TTI, one or more TTIs (i.e., one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum time unit of scheduling. Also, the number of slots (minislots) constituting the minimum time unit of scheduling may be controlled.

[0150] A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a normal subframe, a normal subframe, a long subframe, a slot, etc. A TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be called a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a partial or fractional TTI, a shortened subframe, a short subframe, a minislot, a subslot, a slot, etc.

[0151] In addition, a long TTI (e.g., a normal TTI, a subframe, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a time length exceeding 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.

[0152] A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the 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 the numerology, for example, 12. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on the numerology.

[0153] In addition, the time domain of the RB may include one or more symbols and may be one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI in length. Each of one TTI, one subframe, etc. may be composed of one or more resource blocks.

[0154] One or more RBs may 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.

[0155] 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.

[0156] 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 numerology on a carrier, where the common RBs may be identified by the index of the RBs relative to a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within the BWP.

[0157] The BWP may include a BWP for UL (UL BWP) and a BWP for DL ​​(DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be configured for a UE within one carrier.

[0158] At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the UE may not expect to transmit or receive a given signal / channel outside the active BWP. Note that the terms "cell", "carrier", etc. in this disclosure may be replaced with "BWP".

[0159] The above-mentioned 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.

[0160] 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 at least one of one or more wires, cables, and 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.

[0161] The reference signal may also be abbreviated as Reference Signal (RS), and may be called a pilot depending on the applicable standard.

[0162] 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."

[0163] The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "part," "circuit," "device," etc.

[0164] Any reference to an element using a designation such as "first," "second," etc., used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish 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 therein or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.

[0165] When the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are intended to be inclusive, as is the term "comprising." Further, as used in this disclosure, the term "or" is not intended to be an exclusive or.

[0166] In this disclosure, where articles have been added due to translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

[0167] 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, search, inquiry (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 a memory), and the like. In addition, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc., to be a "judgment" or "decision." In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering some action to be a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" can be interpreted as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," etc.

[0168] 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."

[0169] 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 in the present disclosure. 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. [Explanation of symbols]

[0170] 10. Wireless communication systems 20 NG-RAN 100 gNB 200UE 1001 Processor 1002 Memory 1003 Storage 1004 Communication equipment 1005 Input Device 1006 Output device 1007 Bus

Claims

1. a control unit that sets bandwidth resources narrower than a normal minimum unit when a specific condition is satisfied or a specific notification is received; a receiving unit that performs a receiving operation including monitoring using a set bandwidth resource; Equipped with The specific condition is at least one of the following: a terminal has not received an instruction to transmit or receive data for a specified period of time, a terminal has received an instruction to enter an intermittent reception state, a terminal has received a specific instruction after entering the intermittent reception state, and a terminal has entered an IDLE state.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the specific notification is a notification from a base station regarding the narrow band resource allocation.

3. 3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the band narrower than the normal minimum unit is less than one resource block, or one or several subcarriers.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit switches from the narrow bandwidth resource that has been set to a wide bandwidth resource when another condition is satisfied or another specific notification is received.

5. 5. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit that transmits capability information relating to a capability of setting a bandwidth resource narrower than a normal minimum unit to a base station.

6. setting a bandwidth resource narrower than a normal minimum unit when a specific condition is met or a specific notification is received; performing a receiving operation including monitoring in the set bandwidth resource; Including, A communication method in a terminal, wherein the specific condition is at least one of the following: when no instruction to transmit or receive data is received for a specified period of time, when an instruction to enter an intermittent reception state is received, when a specific instruction is received after entering the intermittent reception state, and when entering an IDLE state.

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