Terminal, base station, communication system, and communication method

Abstract

This terminal includes: a receiver that receives a single piece of downlink control information including scheduling information of multiple downlink shared channels and an offset value between a resource location of one downlink shared channel among the multiple downlink shared channels and a resource location of an uplink control channel and receives the multiple downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a controller that determines the resource location of the uplink control channel for transmitting feedback information in response to the reception of the multiple downlink shared channels on the basis of the resource location of the one downlink shared channel and the offset value; and a transmitter that transmits the feedback information in response to the reception of the multiple downlink shared channels in the determined resource location of the uplink control channel.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system. [Background technology]

[0002] 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 realize 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 in order 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.

[0003] The 3GPP New Radio (NR) specifications of Release 15 and Release 16 assume that a frequency band with an upper limit of 52.6 GHz will be used for wireless communication. As shown in Fig. 3, the frequency bands used for wireless communication are specified as frequency bands from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz (Frequency Range 1 (FR1)) and frequency bands from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz (Frequency Range (FR2)). Currently, 3GPP is considering using a frequency band from 52.6 GHz to 71 GHz for wireless communication as a frequency band other than FR1 and FR2 (Non-Patent Document 1, Non-Patent Document 2). [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] 3GPP TSG RAN Meeting #82, RP-182861, Sorrento, Italy, December 10-13, 2018 [Non-Patent Document 2] 3GPP TR 38.807 V16.0.0 (2019-12) [Non-Patent Document 3] 3GPP TR 38.808 V1.0.0 (2020-12) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Considerations are being made to reduce the PDCCH monitoring capability of a terminal by using a large-sized monitoring unit (monitoring unit) that is a unit of multiple slots, etc. When a large-sized PDCCH monitoring unit is supported, it is conceivable that flexibility in data scheduling can be ensured by scheduling multiple PDSCHs or multiple PUSCHs in one PDCCH.

[0006] There is a need for an extension technique of HARQ when multiple PDSCHs are scheduled by one DCI. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] According to the disclosed technique, a mobile station includes a receiver that receives single downlink control information from a base station, the single downlink control information including scheduling information for a plurality of downlink shared channels and information indicating an offset value between a resource position of a last downlink shared channel in a time direction among the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and receives the plurality of downlink shared channels in accordance with the scheduling information; a controller that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel for transmitting feedback information for reception of the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the offset value; and a transmitter that transmits the feedback information to the base station at the determined resource position of the uplink control channel, the receiving unit receives, from the base station, configuration information including a number of groups of feedback information obtained by bundling feedback information for the plurality of downlink shared channels, and the transmitting unit transmits, to the base station, the feedback information including bits related to each group of the feedback information bundled based on the number of groups. A terminal is provided. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the disclosed technology, an extension technique of HARQ is provided when multiple PDSCHs are scheduled by one DCI. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of frequency bands used for wireless communication. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of subcarrier spacing. [Diagram 5] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for generating a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook. [Figure 6] 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for generating a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook. [Figure 7] A figure showing an example of e-Type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback. [Figure 8] A figure showing an example of Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback. [Figure 9] FIG. 1 is a table summarizing the features of Proposals 1 to 3. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a case where multiple HARQ-ACKs for all of multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI are fed back in one PUCCH. [Figure 11] A figure showing an example of type 1 HARQ-ACK feedback for joint feedback. [Figure 12] A figure showing an example in which the size of the HARQ-ACK window is extended. [Figure 13] A figure showing an example of Option1-2-1. [Figure 14] A figure showing an example of Option1-2-2. [Figure 15]A figure showing an example of Option1-2-3. [Figure 16] A figure showing an example of Option1-3-1. [Figure 17] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of feeding back multiple HARQ-ACKs in corresponding separate PUCCHs. [Figure 18] A figure showing an example where a scheduling DCI indicates one common K1 value for multiple PDSCHs. [Figure 19] A figure showing an example where scheduling DCI indicates a different K1 value for each PDSCH. [Figure 20] A figure showing an example of Option2-1. [Figure 21] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the order of HARQ-ACK bits in a type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook. [Figure 22] A diagram showing details of an example of Option2-1. [Figure 23] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook. [Figure 24] A figure showing an example of Option2-2. [Diagram 25] A diagram showing details of an example of Option2-2. [Figure 26] A figure showing an example of a method for configuring a type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook for Option2-2. [Figure 27] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of Proposal 3. [Figure 28] 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 29] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 30] 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 PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] 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.

[0011] In the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, an existing technology may be used as appropriate. The existing technology may be, for example, the existing NR or LTE, but is not limited to the existing NR or LTE.

[0012] (System Configuration) Fig. 1 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the wireless communication system in 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.

[0013] 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. In addition, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot, or the TTI may be a subframe.

[0014] The base station 10 is capable of performing carrier aggregation, which aggregates multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) to communicate with the terminal 20. In carrier aggregation, one PCell (primary cell) and one or more SCells (secondary cells) are used.

[0015] 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, for example, transmitted by NR-PBCH or PDSCH, and is also called broadcast information. As shown in FIG. 1, the base station 10 transmits a control signal or data to the terminal 20 in DL (Downlink), and receives a control signal or data from the terminal 20 in UL (Uplink). Note that, here, what is transmitted by a control channel such as PUCCH or PDCCH is called a control signal, and what is transmitted by a shared channel such as PUSCH or PDSCH is called data, but these names are merely examples.

[0016] 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, a communication module for M2M (Machine-to-Machine), etc. As shown in Fig. 1, the terminal 20 receives a control signal or data from the base station 10 in DL and transmits a control signal or data to the base station 10 in UL, thereby using various communication services provided by the wireless communication system. The terminal 20 may be called a UE, and the base station 10 may be called a gNB.

[0017] The terminal 20 is capable of performing carrier aggregation, which aggregates multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) to communicate with the base station 10. In the 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.

[0018] 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.

[0019] 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 SCell) and one or more SCells.

[0020] The processing operations in this embodiment may be executed in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1, in the system configuration shown in FIG. 2, or in other system configurations.

[0021] The 3GPP New Radio (NR) specifications of Release 15 and Release 16 assume that frequency bands with an upper limit of 52.6 GHz will be used for wireless communication. As shown in Figure 3, the frequency bands used for wireless communication are specified as frequency bands from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz (Frequency Range 1 (FR1)) and from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz (Frequency Range (FR2)).

[0022] Currently, 3GPP is considering using a frequency band from 52.6 GHz to 71 GHz for wireless communication as a frequency band other than FR1 and FR2 (Non-Patent Document 1, Non-Patent Document 2).

[0023] The 52.6 GHz to 71 GHz frequency band is a very high frequency band for use in wireless communication, so when used for wireless communication, problems such as phase noise, high propagation loss, increased Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR), and nonlinearity of the power amplifier may occur.

[0024] Here, phase noise is the phase fluctuation caused by frequency components other than the carrier frequency in the local oscillation signal. PAPR is an index that indicates the magnitude of the peak of the transmission waveform, and is the ratio of maximum power to average power. If the PAPR is large, it is necessary to increase the back-off of the power amplifier on the transmitting side to avoid signal distortion.

[0025] To address the phase noise issue, it may be necessary to use wider than normal subcarrier spacing (SCS), or to use a single carrier waveform.

[0026] To address the problem of high propagation loss, it may become necessary to use multiple narrow beams.

[0027] Therefore, as a digital signal modulation method for use in the 52.6 GHz to 71 GHz frequency band, there is a possibility that Cyclic Prefix (CP)-OFDM with a large subcarrier spacing or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) with a large subcarrier spacing will be used.

[0028] The 3GPP specification specifies that one slot consists of 14 symbols. Therefore, as shown in Figure 4, as the subcarrier spacing (SCS) increases, the symbol length / CP length decreases and the slot length decreases.

[0029] Subcarrier spacing between 120 kHz and 960 kHz may be supported for wireless communication between 52.6 GHz and 71 GHz. For data communication, subcarrier spacing of 120 kHz, subcarrier spacing of 480 kHz, and subcarrier spacing of 960 kHz are expected to be used. For example, subcarrier spacing of 240 kHz may be used for transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) used for initial access.

[0030] (HARQ-ACK codebook) An overview of the HARQ-ACK codebook for DL ​​transmission will be given below.

[0031] The HARQ-ACK codebook specifies how to group multiple HARQ-ACKs when they are multiplexed together and transmitted. The HARQ-ACK codebook may be configured to include bits for HARQ-ACK in at least one unit of a time domain (e.g., slot), a frequency domain (e.g., component carrier (CC)), a spatial domain (e.g., layer), a transport block (TB), and a group of code blocks (code block group (CBG)) constituting a TB. Note that CC is also called a cell, a serving cell, a carrier, etc. Also, the bit is also called a HARQ-ACK bit, HARQ-ACK information, or a HARQ-ACK information bit, etc. The HARQ-ACK codebook is also called a PDSCH-HARQ-ACK codebook, a codebook, a HARQ codebook, a HARQ-ACK size, etc.

[0032] The number of bits (size) included in the HARQ-ACK codebook, etc. may be determined semi-statically or dynamically. A semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook is also called a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, a semi-static codebook, etc. A dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook is also called a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook, a dynamic codebook, etc.

[0033] Whether to use the Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook or the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook may be configured in terminal 20 by a higher layer parameter (eg, pdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook).

[0034] In the case of a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, terminal 20 may feed back HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to a predetermined range (e.g., a range set based on higher layer parameters) regardless of whether PDSCH is scheduled or not.

[0035] The predetermined range may be determined based on at least one of a predetermined period (e.g., a set of a predetermined number of candidate occasions for receiving a PDSCH, or a predetermined number of monitoring occasions m of a PDCCH), the number of CCs configured or activated in the terminal 20, the number of TBs (number of layers or ranks), the number of CBGs per 1 TB, and whether spatial bundling is applied. The predetermined range is also called a HARQ-ACK bundling window, a HARQ-ACK feedback window, a bundling window, a feedback window, etc.

[0036] In the Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, within a predetermined range, terminal 20 feeds back a NACK bit even if there is no PDSCH scheduled for terminal 20. For this reason, when the Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook is used, it is expected that the number of HARQ-ACK bits to be fed back will increase.

[0037] In the case of a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook, the terminal 20 may feed back a HARQ-ACK bit for a scheduled PDSCH within the above-mentioned predetermined range.

[0038] Specifically, the terminal 20 may determine the number of bits of the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook based on a predetermined field in the DCI (for example, a Downlink Assignment Indicator (Index) (DAI) field). The DAI field may be split into a counter DAI (cDAI) and a total DAI (tDAI).

[0039] The counter DAI may indicate a counter value of downlink transmissions (PDSCH, data, TB) scheduled within a predetermined period. For example, the counter DAI in a DCI that schedules data within the predetermined period may indicate the number counted in the frequency domain (e.g., CC) first and then in the time domain within the predetermined period.

[0040] The total DAI may indicate the sum (total number) of data scheduled within a given period. For example, the total DAI in a DCI that schedules data at a given time unit (e.g., PDCCH monitoring opportunity) within the given period may indicate the total number of data scheduled up to the given time unit (also called a point, timing, etc.) within the given period.

[0041] The terminal 20 may transmit one or more HARQ-ACK bits determined (generated) based on the above Type 1 or Type 1I HARQ-ACK codebook, using at least one of an uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)) and an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)).

[0042] In the case of the Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, the terminal 20 generates a number of HARQ-ACK bits according to the number of candidates for PDCCH / PDSCH transmission that may be transmitted from the base station 10, instead of the actual PDCCH / PDSCH transmission from the base station 10. That is, the terminal 20 transmits the HARQ-ACK bits for a PDCCH / PDSCH transmission opportunity for which the base station 10 may transmit the PDCCH / PDSCH, regardless of whether the base station 10 actually transmits the PDCCH / PDSCH or not. For example, when the base station 10 does not transmit the PDCCH for an opportunity for the PDCCH transmission from the base station 10, the terminal 20 may transmit a NACK.

[0043] In the case of the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook, the terminal 20 generates a number of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to the number of PDCCH / PDSCH signals expected to be actually transmitted from the base station 10. Note that since there is a possibility that the terminal 20 cannot receive the PDCCH signal from the base station 10, it is possible to include a DAI in the DCI to notify the number of PDCCH signals to be transmitted from the base station 10 to the terminal 20.

[0044] (Generation of Release 16 Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook) As described above, in the case of a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, the number of bits (size) included in the HARQ-ACK codebook, etc. are determined semi-statically. In the case of a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, terminal 20 feeds back HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to all PDSCH reception candidate positions included in an HARQ-ACK window (for example, a range set based on higher layer parameters), regardless of whether or not PDSCH is scheduled.

[0045] Fig. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a method for generating a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook. As shown in Fig. 5, the size of the HARQ-ACK codebook is determined by the size of the HARQ-ACK window (window shown by dotted lines in the example of Fig. 5) determined by the value of K1 (multiple K1 values) and the number of PDSCH receiving candidate positions included in the HARQ-ACK window. In the example of Fig. 5, the value of K1 for the PDSCH receiving candidate position of slot n+2 is 7, the value of K1 for the PDSCH receiving candidate position of slot n+3 is 6, and the value of K1 for the PDSCH receiving candidate position of slot n+4 is 5, so that the HARQ-ACKs for the PDSCH receiving candidate position of slot n+2, the PDSCH receiving candidate position of slot n+3, and the PDSCH receiving candidate position of slot n+4 are transmitted together in slot n+9.

[0046] That is, in the case of a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, a set of K1 values ​​is configured in a higher layer, and the HARQ-ACK window is set within a range that can cover the set of K1 values.

[0047] (Generation of Release 16 Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook) In the case of a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook, terminal 20 determines the number of bits of the HARQ-ACK codebook based on the number of PDSCHs actually transmitted in the HARQ-ACK window determined by the set of values ​​of K1.

[0048] Specifically, the terminal 20 determines the number of bits of the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook based on a predetermined field in the DCI (for example, a Downlink Assignment Indicator (Index) (DAI) field). The DAI field is split into a counter DAI (cDAI) and a total DAI (tDAI).

[0049] The counter DAI indicates the counter value of downlink transmissions (PDSCH, data, TB) scheduled within the HARQ-ACK window. For example, the counter DAI in a DCI that schedules data within the HARQ-ACK window indicates the number of counts in the HARQ-ACK window first in the frequency domain (e.g., CC) and then in the time domain.

[0050] The total DAI may indicate the sum (total number) of data scheduled in the HARQ-ACK window. For example, the total DAI in a DCI that schedules data in a given time unit (e.g., a PDCCH monitoring occasion) in the HARQ-ACK window may indicate the total number of data scheduled up to the given time unit in the HARQ-ACK window.

[0051] Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for generating a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook. In the example of Fig. 6, terminal 20 receives DCI in cell #0 and cell #2 in PDCCH occasion #1. Terminal 20 receives DCI in cell #1 in PDCCH occasion #2. Terminal 20 receives DCI in cell #2 in PDCCH occasion #3. Terminal 20 receives DCI in cell #1 and cell #2 in PDCCH occasion #4.

[0052] In the example of FIG. 6, the value on the left side of the brackets indicates the value of the counter DAI, and the value on the right side of the brackets indicates the value of the total DAI. In PDCCH occasion #1, the DAI included in the DCI received in cell #0 is (0, 2), and the DAI included in the DCI received in cell #2 is (1, 2). In PDCCH occasion #2, the DAI included in the DCI received in cell #1 is (2, 3). In PDCCH occasion #3, the DAI included in the DCI received in cell #2 is (3, 4). In PDCCH occasion #4, the DAI included in the DCI received in cell #1 is (4, 6), and the DAI included in the DCI received in cell #2 is (5, 6). In the case of Fig. 6, since the total value (total number) of data scheduled in the HARQ-ACK window is 6, terminal 20 determines the number of bits of HARQ-ACK to be 6 bits, and transmits 6-bit HARQ-ACK using an uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)) determined by the value of K1, for example. Terminal 20 determines how to arrange HARQ-ACK bits within PUCCH resources based on the DAI.

[0053] (e-Type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback in Release 16) In Release 16 NR, e-Type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback is introduced. This is a mechanism introduced for NR-U. DCI format1_1 indicates HARQ feedback for one scheduled PDSCH group or two groups. For example, if the number of groups is two, the two groups may be group 0 for HARQ feedback in COT (Channel Occupancy Time) #0 and group 1 for HARQ feedback in COT #1. In this way, when scheduling PDSCH, it is possible to pre-assign an index indicating a group number. The number of groups may be two, in which case the index is 0 or 1.

[0054] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of e-Type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, in COT#0, feedback (HARQ-ACK1, 2) for group 0 was scheduled, but since Listen Before Talk (LBT) failed, feedback (HARQ ACK1, 2) for group 0 could not be transmitted. In such a case, feedback for PDSCH group 0 can be performed again at another timing. In the example of FIG. 7, terminal 20 transmits HARQ-ACK1, 2 that could not be transmitted in COT#0 by including it in HARQ-ACK3, 4 for PDSCH3 and PDSCH4 of COT#1. In FIG. 7, GI is Group Indicator. Also, NFI is new feedback indicator, and when the bit of NFI is toggled, the bit of HARQ-ACK that terminal 20 has held until then is erased. In the example of Figure 7, terminal 20 transmits HARQ-ACK1, 2, 3, and 4 in COT#1, and therefore in COT#2, DCI notifies terminal 20 of an NFI value of 1. Therefore, terminal 20 deletes HARQ-ACK1, 2, 3, and 4 that it had been holding, and newly stores HARQ-ACK bits for PDSCH5 and PDSCH6.

[0055] (Type 3 HARQ-ACK feedback in Release 16) Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback is sometimes called One-shot HARQ feedback. In Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback, the terminal 20 feeds back all HARQ-ACK bits currently held by the terminal 20. Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback is also introduced in NR-U as a measure for when the terminal 20 cannot transmit HARQ-ACK due to failure of LBT.

[0056] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback. For example, assume that the terminal 20 attempts to transmit HARQ-ACK for PDSCH1 and PDSCH2, but fails to transmit HARQ-ACK because the LBT fails. Then, the terminal 20 receives PDCCH3, and assumes that PDCCH3 contains a request for Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback. In this case, the terminal 20 transmits to the base station 10 not only the HARQ-ACK for PDSCH3, but also all HARQ-ACK bits currently held by the terminal 20. In the example of FIG. 8, the terminal 20 transmits HARQ-ACK1, 2, and 3.

[0057] (About the assignment) It is being considered to reduce the PDCCH monitoring capability of terminal 20 by using a large-sized monitoring unit (monitoring unit) that is a unit of multiple slots, etc. When a large-sized PDCCH monitoring unit is supported, it is conceivable to ensure flexibility in data scheduling by scheduling multiple PDSCHs or multiple PUSCHs in one PDCCH.

[0058] In the following, an extension of HARQ to the case where multiple PDSCHs are scheduled by one PDCCH is considered.

[0059] Regarding the reporting of HARQ-ACK by terminal 20, a method for determining the timing of HARQ-ACK, a PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) for selecting a PUCCH resource, and a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command for PUCCH transmission will be considered.

[0060] Regarding the generation of HARQ-ACK codebooks by terminal 20, the generation and reporting of a type 1 HARQ-ACK CB, the generation and reporting of a type 2 HARQ-ACK CB, and the generation and reporting of an e-type 2 HARQ-ACK CB will be considered.

[0061] In the following, Proposal 1, Proposal 2, and Proposal 3 regarding HARQ-ACK feedback will be described.

[0062] Proposal 1 is a method of transmitting a plurality of feedbacks for a plurality of PDSCHs together in one PUCCH.

[0063] Proposal 2 is a method of individually transmitting multiple feedbacks for multiple PDSCHs in different corresponding PUCCHs.

[0064] Proposal 3 is a method of dividing a plurality of feedbacks for a plurality of PDSCHs into several groups and transmitting each group on a corresponding PUCCH.

[0065] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a table summarizing the features of Proposal 1 to Proposal 3. As shown in FIG. 9, Proposal 1 can reduce the payload of DCI and the number of PUCCHs used for feedback. However, the latency of HARQ-ACK feedback increases. Proposal 2 can reduce the latency of HARQ-ACK feedback and can perform HARQ-ACK feedback more flexibly. However, the payload of scheduling DCI increases and the number of PUCCHs used for feedback increases. Proposal 3 has characteristics between Proposal 1 and Proposal 2.

[0066] (Proposal 1: Joint HARQ-ACK feedback) Terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in one PUCCH.

[0067] When terminal 20 feeds back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in one PUCCH, terminal 20 may determine the timing of transmitting the HARQ-ACK based on the slot of the latest PDSCH in time among the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by the single DCI and the K1 value. The K1 value may be an offset value from the slot position of the latest PDSCH in time among the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by the single DCI to the slot position of the PUCCH in which the corresponding HARQ-ACK is transmitted.

[0068] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a case where multiple HARQ-ACKs for all of multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI are fed back in one PUCCH.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 10, terminal 20 may transmit HARQ-ACK feedback for PDSCH#0, PDSCH#1, PDSCH#2, and PDSCH#3 scheduled by a single DCI at the resource position of PDSCH#3 that was last received in the time direction among PDSCH#0, PDSCH#1, PDSCH#2, and PDSCH#3, and at the resource position of the PUCCH determined by the value of K1.

[0070] As a PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field, the scheduling DCI may indicate one K1 value for all the multiple scheduled PDSCHs. As a PUCCH resource indicator field, the scheduling DCI may indicate one PUCCH Resource Indicator (PRI) value for all the multiple scheduled PDSCHs. The PUCCH resource may be determined by the PRI of the last DCI associated with the PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK. As a PUCCH power control field, the scheduling DCI may indicate one TPC command value for the PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK for all the scheduled PDSCHs.

[0071] (Type 1 HARQ-ACK feedback for joint feedback) Terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all of the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in one PUCCH by applying a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook.

[0072] Fig. 11 is a diagram showing an example of type 1 HARQ-ACK feedback for joint feedback. As shown in Fig. 11, when PDSCH#3 corresponds to HARQ-ACK transmission candidate position #k, terminal 20 may map HARQ-ACK for PDSCH#0, PDSCH#1, PDSCH#2, and PDSCH#3 to one transmission candidate position (HARQ-ACK transmission candidate position #k). In this case, terminal 20 may or may not apply bundling.

[0073] (Option1-1-1) Terminal 20 may map HARQ-ACK information for all of a plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI to a transmission candidate position of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH that is scheduled last in time among the plurality of scheduled PDSCHs.

[0074] (Alt1) Terminal 20 may not apply bundling to multiple HARQ-ACKs corresponding to multiple PDSCHs. For example, in the case of Fig. 11, terminal 20 may transmit HARQ-ACKs for PDSCH#0, PDSCH#1, PDSCH#2, and PDSCH#3 at transmission candidate position #k, which is the HARQ-ACK transmission candidate position for PDSCH#3. In this case, terminal 20 does not apply bundling to multiple HARQ-ACKs for PDSCH#0, PDSCH#1, PDSCH#2, and PDSCH#3, so the number of bits required for transmitting HARQ-ACK is 4 bits.

[0075] (Alt2) The terminal 20 may apply bundling to multiple HARQ-ACKs corresponding to multiple PDSCHs. The terminal 20 may bundle multiple HARQ-ACKs corresponding to multiple PDSCHs into M HARQ-ACK bits.

[0076] (Alt2-1) The above M may be defined in the specification. For example, it may be a fixed 1 bit.

[0077] (Alt2-2) The above M may be set by RRC signaling.

[0078] (Alt2-2A) The unit of HARQ bundling may be set to N1 by RRC signaling. That is, HARQ-ACKs for N1 scheduled PDSCHs may be bundled into one HARQ-ACK bit. In this case, the number of HARQ-ACK bits fed back for N scheduled PDSCHs may be ceil(N / N1).

[0079] (Alt2-2B) The number of HARQ-ACK bits fed back for N scheduled PDSCHs by RRC signaling may be set to M. That is, HARQ-ACKs for ceil(N / M) scheduled PDSCHs may be aggregated into one HARQ-ACK bit.

[0080] (Case 1) Alt1 may be applied when the higher layer parameter harq-ACK-SpatialBundlingPUCCH is not set and two-layer transmission (transmitting two transport blocks in the same slot) is set in MIMO transmission for terminal 20. Terminal 20 does not need to apply bundling to multiple HARQ-ACKs corresponding to multiple PDSCHs.

[0081] (Case 2) Alt1 and / or Alt2 may be applied when the higher layer parameter harq-ACK-SpatialBundlingPUCCH is configured or when two-layer transmission (transmitting two transport blocks in the same slot) is not configured for terminal 20. Terminal 20 may or may not apply bundling to multiple HARQ-ACKs corresponding to multiple PDSCHs.

[0082] (Option1-1-2) The size of the HARQ-ACK window may be extended.

[0083] To determine the extended HARQ-ACK window, the K1 set may be extended to include, for example, {K1}, {K1+1}, {K1+2}, ..., {K1+Nmax}, where Nmax is the maximum number of scheduled slots for multiple PDSCH scheduling. Nmax may be specified in the specification or configured by RRC signaling.

[0084] Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example in which the size of the HARQ-ACK window is extended. In the example of Figure 12, multiple PDSCHs are scheduled in slot n+3, slot n+5, and slot n+6 by a single DCI, and K1 = 4. Multiple HARQ-ACKs for the scheduled multiple PDSCHs are fed back in slot n+10 (the slot of the last PDSCH + K1).

[0085] As shown in FIG. 12, it is assumed that the K1 set before being extended is {3, 4, 5}. The HARQ-ACK window before being extended includes slot n+5 to slot n+7. In this case, it is assumed that Nmax is set to 4. The K1 set is extended to include {3, 4, 5}, {4, 5, 6}, {5, 6, 7}, and {6, 7, 8}. That is, the K1 set is extended to {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}. Therefore, the HARQ-ACK window is extended to include slot n+1 to slot n+7.

[0086] (Type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback for joint feedback) Terminal 20 may feed back, in one PUCCH, a plurality of HARQ-ACKs for all of a plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI by applying a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook.

[0087] (Option1-2-1) Only one C-DAI and one T-DAI (if present) may be included in the DCI that schedules the PDSCH. In this case, the C-DAI and the T-DAI (if present) may be counted based on the DCI. The C-DAI may indicate the number of cumulative {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combinations up to the current {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combination. The T-DAI may indicate the total number of {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} up to the current PDCCH monitoring opportunity.

[0088] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of Option1-2-1.

[0089] For example, as shown in the left diagram of Figure 13, DCI#0 is received in the first slot of CC0, and DCI#1 is received in the first slot of CC1. C-DAI counts the number of these DCIs. Corresponding to DCI#0 of CC0, C-DAI is 1, and corresponding to DCI#1 of CC1, C-DAI is 2. Furthermore, DCI#2 is received in the next slot of CC2. Corresponding to DCI#2 of CC2, C-DAI is 3, and T-DAI is 3.

[0090] Note that there are conditions for the applicability of Option 1-2-1. The conditions for the applicability of Option 1-2-1 are that HARQ-ACK bundling is applied to multiple PDSCHs scheduled by one DCI, and one HARQ-ACK is returned for multiple PDSCHs.

[0091] (Option1-2-2) Only one C-DAI and one T-DAI (if present) may be included in the DCI that schedules the PDSCH, in which case the C-DAI and the T-DAI (if present) may be counted based on the number of scheduled PDSCHs.

[0092] FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of Option1-2-2. On the left side of FIG. 14, three consecutive PDSCHs are scheduled in the first slot of CC0. A single PDSCH is scheduled in the first slot of CC1. In DCI#0 of CC0, C-DAI is 1 corresponding to the first PDSCH. T-DAI is 4 since it reflects the total number of PDSCHs scheduled at the timing of the DCI. In DCI#1 of CC1, C-DAI is 4 since it reflects the three PDSCHs scheduled in CC0 and one PDSCH scheduled in CC1. In this example, there is no T-DAI in DCI#1 of CC1.

[0093] In the second slot from the top in Figure 14, three consecutive PDSCHs are scheduled in CC2. In DCI#2 of CC2, the C-DAI is 5 corresponding to the first PDSCH. The T-DAI reflects the total number of PDSCHs scheduled at the timing of the DCI, and is therefore 7.

[0094] (Option1-2-3) In the example of Option1-2-2, an explicit DAI is signaled by DCI only for the first PDSCH of each CC. In contrast, in Option1-2-3, an explicit DAI may be signaled by DCI for each PDSCH of each CC.

[0095] FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of Option1-2-3. On the left side of FIG. 15, three consecutive PDSCHs are scheduled in the first slot of CC0. A single PDSCH is scheduled in the first slot of CC1. In DCI#0 of CC0, C-DAI is 1 corresponding to the first PDSCH, 2 corresponding to the second PDSCH from the top, and 3 corresponding to the third PDSCH from the top. T-DAI is 4 since it reflects the total number of PDSCHs scheduled at the timing of the DCI. In DCI#1 of CC1, C-DAI is 4 since it reflects the three PDSCHs scheduled in CC0 and one PDSCH scheduled in CC1. In this example, there is no T-DAI in DCI#1 of CC1.

[0096] Three consecutive PDSCHs are scheduled in CC2 in the second slot from the top in Figure 15. In DCI#2 of CC2, the C-DAI is 5 for the first PDSCH, 6 for the second PDSCH from the top, and 7 for the third PDSCH from the top. The T-DAI is 7, since it reflects the total number of PDSCHs scheduled at the timing of the DCI.

[0097] In the above-mentioned Option 1-2-2 and Option 1-2-3, since the DAI included in the DCI reflects the number of PDSCHs to be scheduled, it is not necessary to apply the HARQ-ACK band link.

[0098] (e-type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback for joint feedback) Terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in one PUCCH by applying e-type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback. In this case, one PDSCH group index may be assigned to all the scheduled PDSCHs. The number of PDSCH groups may be increased. The NFI may be the same as the NFI in Release 16. The C-DAI / T-DAI may be the same as in the case of type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0099] (Option1-3-1) One C-DAI and one T-DAI may be included in the DCI that schedules the PDSCH. In this case, the C-DAI and the T-DAI may be counted based on the PDCCH. The HARQ-ACK codebook of each group may be configured similarly to Option 1-2-1 of the type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0100] 16 is a diagram showing an example of Option1-3-1. The transmission of HARQ-ACK may be the same as that of e-type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback in Release 16.

[0101] (Option1-3-2) Only one C-DAI and one T-DAI may be included in the DCI that schedules the PDSCH. In this case, the C-DAI and the T-DAI may be counted based on the number of scheduled PDSCHs. The HARQ-ACK codebook for each group may be configured similarly to Option 1-2-2 of type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0102] (Option1-3-3) In Option1-3-2, an explicit DAI is indicated by DCI only for the first PDSCH of each CC. In contrast, as Option1-3-3, an explicit DAI may be indicated by DCI for each PDSCH of each CC. The HARQ-ACK codebook of each group may be configured in the same way as Option1-2-3 of type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0103] (Proposal 2: Individual HARQ-ACK feedback) The terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in separate corresponding PUCCHs. Therefore, the base station 10 may assign multiple PUCCHs in one DCI. Therefore, the method of reporting K1 may be extended.

[0104] 17 is a diagram showing an example in which terminal 20 feeds back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in separate corresponding PUCCHs. As shown in FIG. 17, the HARQ-ACK for PDSCH#0, the HARQ-ACK for PDSCH#1, and the HARQ-ACK for PDSCH#3 are transmitted in different corresponding resources.

[0105] For the PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field, the following Alt1 and Alt2 are possible:

[0106] (Alt1) The scheduling DCI may indicate one K1 value for multiple scheduled PDSCHs.

[0107] FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example in which a scheduling DCI indicates one common K1 value for multiple PDSCHs.

[0108] (Alt 2) The scheduling DCI may indicate a corresponding K1 value for each PDSCH among a plurality of PDSCHs to be scheduled (a different K1 value may be indicated for each PDSCH).

[0109] FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example in which the scheduling DCI indicates a different K1 value for each PDSCH.

[0110] For the PUCCH resource indicator field, the following Alt1 and Alt2 are possible:

[0111] (Alt1) The scheduling DCI may indicate one PRI value commonly applied to each PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs. The PUCCH resource may be determined by the PRI of the last DCI associated with the PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK.

[0112] (Alt2) The scheduling DCI may indicate a corresponding PRI value for each PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs (a different PRI value may be indicated for each PDSCH). The PUCCH resource may be determined by the PRI of the last DCI associated with the PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK.

[0113] For the PUCCH power control field, the following Alt1 and Alt2 are considered.

[0114] (Alt 1) The scheduling DCI may indicate one TPC command value for the PUCCH for transmitting HARQ-ACKs for all scheduled PDSCHs.

[0115] (Alt 2) The scheduling DCI may indicate one TPC command value for a PUCCH for transmitting an HARQ-ACK for each PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs (a different TPC command value may be indicated for each PUCCH for transmitting an ARQ-ACK).

[0116] (Type 1 HARQ-ACK feedback for individual HARQ-ACK feedback) The type 1 HARQ-ACK feedback for the dedicated HARQ-ACK feedback may be the same as the normal type 1 HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0117] (Type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback for individual HARQ-ACK feedback) For dedicated HARQ-ACK feedback, type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback may be applied.

[0118] (Option2-1) Terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in separate PUCCHs by applying type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback, in which the DCI includes one C-DAI and one T-DAI (if present), and may be counted based on the PDCCH.

[0119] The C-DAI and T-DAI counts may be associated with the first scheduled PDSCH or the last scheduled PDSCH.

[0120] FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of Option2-1.

[0121] FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the order of HARQ-ACK bits in the type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook.

[0122] FIG. 22 is a diagram showing details of an example of Option2-1.

[0123] FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook.

[0124] (Option2-2) The terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in separate PUCCHs by applying type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback. In this case, a C-DAI and a T-DAI (if present) may be included in the scheduling DCI for each scheduled PDSCH. The C-DAI may indicate the cumulative number of scheduled PDSCHs associated with the HARQ-ACK codebook up to the current PDSCH. The T-DAI may indicate the total number of PDSCHs associated with the HARQ-ACK codebook up to the current PDCCH monitoring occasion.

[0125] As a method for constructing the type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook for Option 2-2, the method for ordering HARQ-ACK bits in Release 16 based on C-DAI / T-DAI may be reused.

[0126] 24 is a diagram showing an example of Option2-2, in which it is assumed that a different value is set as the value of K1 for each PDSCU.

[0127] 25 is a diagram showing details of an example of Option2-2. It is assumed that a different value is set as the value of K1 for each PDSCU.

[0128] 26 is a diagram showing an example of a method of configuring a type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook for Option2-2. It is assumed that a different value is set as the value of K1 for each PDSCU.

[0129] (Option2-3) Terminal 20 may feed back multiple HARQ-ACKs for all of the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by a single DCI in separate PUCCHs by applying e-type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0130] (Option2-3-1) In the case of Option 2-3, one PDSCH group index may be assigned to all scheduled PDSCHs. HARQ-ACKs for all PDSCHs scheduled by one DCI may be fed back in one group. The NFI may be the same as the NFI of Release 16. Depending on the parameters of the higher layer, one bit may be set for each scheduled group, multiple bits may be set for each group, or 0 bit may be set. The C-DAI / T-DAI may be the same as the case of type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback. The configuration of the HARQ-ACK codebook may be the same as any of Option 1-3-1 to Option 1-3-3.

[0131] (Option2-3-2) In the Option 2-3 case, a separate group index may be assigned to each scheduled PDSCH. HARQ-ACKs for all PDSCHs scheduled by one DCI may be fed back in the same group or in different groups. If the NFI field exists, it may be a 1-bit field for each PDSCH group.

[0132] (Option2-3-2-1) In the case of Option 2-3, the DCI may include C-DAI / T-DAI for each group.

[0133] (Alt1) The C-DAI may indicate the number of cumulative {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combinations up to the current {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combination. The T-DAI may indicate the total number of {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} up to the current PDCCH monitoring opportunity. In this case, the terminal 20 may configure a HARQ-ACK codebook for each group based on, for example, the method shown in FIG. 13.

[0134] (Alt2) The C-DAI and the T-DAI may be counted based on the number of scheduled PDSCHs. In this case, the terminal 20 may configure a HARQ-ACK codebook for each group based on, for example, the method shown in FIG.

[0135] (Option2-3-2-2) In the case of Option 2-3, the DCI may include a C-DAI / T-DAI for each scheduled PDSCH. The C-DAI may indicate the number of cumulative {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combinations up to the current {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combination. The T-DAI may indicate the total number of {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} up to the current PDCCH monitoring opportunity. The T-DAI may be set for each PDSCH. Alternatively, the T-DAI may be set for each group. In this case, the terminal 20 may configure a HARQ-ACK codebook for each group based on, for example, the method shown in FIG. 15.

[0136] (Proposal 3: Partial joint HARQ-ACK feedback) In the above-mentioned Proposal 1, PUCCHs for transmitting HARQ-ACKs are consolidated into one. In addition, in the above-mentioned Proposal 2, PUCCH resources are allocated to each HARQ-ACK among a plurality of HARQ-ACKs. Proposal 3 may be a combination of Proposal 1 and Proposal 2.

[0137] Fig. 27 is a diagram showing an example of Proposal 3. As shown in Fig. 27, a PUCCH for transmitting HARQ-ACK for PDSCH #0 and PDSCH #1 may be configured, and another PUCCH for transmitting HARQ-ACK for PDSCH #2 and PDSCH #3 may be configured.

[0138] For the PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field, the following Alt1 and Alt2 are possible:

[0139] (Alt1) The scheduling DCI may indicate one K1 value that is common among the set of PDSCHs.

[0140] (Alt2) The scheduling DCI may indicate a corresponding K1 value for each PDSCH set (a different K1 value may be indicated for each PDSCH set).

[0141] For the PUCCH resource indicator field, the following Alt1 and Alt2 are possible:

[0142] (Alt 1) Scheduling DCI may indicate one PRI value that is commonly applied among the set of PDSCHs. PUCCH resources may be determined by the PRI of the last DCI associated with the PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK.

[0143] (Alt2) The scheduling DCI may indicate a corresponding PRI value for each set of PDSCHs (a PRI value may be indicated for each PDSCH set). The PUCCH resource may be determined by the PRI of the last DCI associated with the PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK.

[0144] For the PUCCH power control field, the following Alt1 and Alt2 are considered.

[0145] (Alt1) The scheduling DCI may indicate one common TP command value for the PUCCH for transmitting HARQ-ACK for each PDSCH set.

[0146] (Alt 2) The scheduling DCI may indicate one TPC command value for each PUCCH for transmitting a HARQ-ACK for the set of PDSCHs (a different TPC command value may be indicated for each PUCCH for transmitting a HARQ-ACK for the set of PDSCHs).

[0147] In the case of Proposal 3, when applying HARQ-ACK feedback of type 1, an HARQ-ACK codebook may be configured for each PDSCH set by the method shown in the example of FIG.

[0148] In the case of Proposal 3, when applying HARQ-ACK feedback of type 2, the following options are considered.

[0149] (Option3-1-1) Only one C-DAI and one T-DAI (if present) may be included in the DCI that schedules the PDSCH. In this case, the C-DAI and the T-DAI (if present) may be counted based on the DCI. The C-DAI may indicate the number of cumulative {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combinations up to the current {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} combination. The T-DAI may indicate the total number of {CC, PDCCH monitoring opportunities} up to the current PDCCH monitoring opportunity.

[0150] A set of HARQ-ACKs for a PDSCH may include one bundled HARQ-ACK bit. Alternatively, a set of HARQ-ACKs for a PDSCH may include multiple unbundled HARQ-ACK bits. The order of the HARQ-ACK bits may be determined in a manner as shown in FIG. 24.

[0151] (Option3-1-2) C-DAI / T-DAI may be configured for each PDSCH set. In this case, a HARQ-ACK feedback method in which the group is replaced with a set in the method of Option 2-3-2-1 may be applied.

[0152] (Option3-2-3) C-DAI may be configured for each PDSCH.

[0153] In the case of Proposal 3, when applying e-type 2 HARQ-ACK feedback, the following options are considered.

[0154] (Option3-2-1) One PDSCH group index may be applied to all scheduled PDSCHs. In this case, the C-DAI / T-DAI may be the same as Option 1-3-1.

[0155] (Option3-2-2) For each PDSCH set, a group index may be assigned.

[0156] (Option3-2-2-1) When a group index is assigned for each PDSCH set, the C-DAI / T-DAI may be configured for each PDSCH group.

[0157] (Option3-2-2-2) When a group index is assigned for each PDSCH set, the C-DAI may be configured for each PDSCH set.

[0158] (Option3-2-2-3) When a group index is assigned for each PDSCH set, the C-DAI / T-DAI may be configured for each PDSCH set.

[0159] Which of the above-mentioned multiple Proposals / Options is used may be set by a parameter of a higher layer, may be notified by the terminal 20 as a terminal capability (UE capability), may be defined by a specification, or may be set by a parameter of a higher layer and may be notified by the terminal 20 as a terminal capability (UE capability).

[0160] As the terminal capability (UE capability), information indicating whether the terminal 20 supports scheduling of multiple PDSCHs based on a single DCI may be defined. Also, as the terminal capability (UE capability), information indicating whether the terminal 20 supports joint HARQ-ACK feedback for multiple PDSCHs scheduled in a single DCI (function of collectively notifying multiple HARQ-ACKs for multiple PDSCHs) may be defined. Also, as the terminal capability (UE capability), information indicating whether an individual HARQ-ACK feedback function for multiple PDSCHs scheduled in a single DCI may be defined. Also, as the terminal capability (UE capability), information indicating whether the terminal 20 supports partial joint HARQ-ACK feedback for multiple PDSCHs scheduled in a single DCI (function of partially collectively notifying multiple HARQ-ACKs for multiple PDSCHs) may be defined.

[0161] (Device configuration) Next, a description will be given of a functional configuration example 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 to implement the above-mentioned Proposals 1 to 3. However, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may each be provided with only the functions proposed by any one of Proposals 1 to 3.

[0162] <Base station 10> Fig. 28 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10. As shown in Fig. 28, 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. 28 is merely an example. As long as the operation related to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed, the functional divisions and the names of the functional units may be any. The transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a communication unit.

[0163] The transmitting unit 110 has a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 side and transmitting the signal wirelessly. The receiving unit 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 signals. The transmitting unit 110 also has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL / UL control signals, DL data, and the like to the terminal 20. The transmitting unit 110 also transmits the setting information and the like described in Proposals 1 and 2.

[0164] The setting unit 130 stores in a storage device setting information that is set in advance and various setting information to be transmitted to the terminal 20, and reads out the information from the storage device as necessary. The control unit 140 performs, for example, resource allocation and overall control of the base station 10. 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.

[0165] <Terminal 20> Fig. 29 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the terminal 20. As shown in Fig. 29, 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. 29 is merely an example. As long as the operation related to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed, the names of the functional divisions and the functional units may be any. The transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may be called a communication unit.

[0166] 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 obtains a higher layer signal from the received physical layer signal.

[0167] 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 necessary. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance. The control unit 240 performs control of the entire terminal 20, etc. Note that a functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 240 may be included in the transmitting unit 210, and a functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 240 may be included in the receiving unit 220. Also, the transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

[0168] In the embodiments, at least the following terminal, communication method, and base station are described. (Section 1) a receiving unit that receives single downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and an offset value between a resource position of any one of the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and receives the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a control unit that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel that transmits feedback information for reception of the plurality of downlink shared channels, based on the resource position of the one downlink shared channel and the offset value; a transmitter configured to transmit feedback information for reception of the plurality of downlink shared channels at the determined resource positions of the uplink control channel; A terminal comprising: (Section 2) The resource position of the one downlink shared channel is located at the rear end in a time direction among the multiple resource positions of the multiple downlink shared channels. 2. The terminal described in paragraph 1. (Section 3) the feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels includes a bit indicating feedback information of each downlink shared channel among the plurality of downlink shared channels; 3. A terminal as described in paragraph 2. (Section 4) The feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels includes one bit bundling the feedback information of the plurality of downlink shared channels. 3. A terminal as described in paragraph 2. (Section 5) receiving single downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and an offset value between a resource position of any one of the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; determining a resource position of an uplink control channel for transmitting feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the resource position of the one downlink shared channel and the offset value; transmitting feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels at the determined resource positions of the uplink control channel; A communication method using a terminal comprising: (Section 6) a transmitter that transmits single downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and an offset value between a resource position of any one of the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and transmits the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a control unit that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel that receives feedback information regarding reception by a terminal of the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the resource position of the one downlink shared channel and the offset value; a receiving unit that receives feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels at the determined resource positions of the uplink control channel; A base station comprising:

[0169] The configurations described in any of the above sections provide an extension technique for HARQ when multiple PDSCHs are scheduled by one DCI.

[0170] (Hardware configuration) The block diagrams (FIGS. 28 and 29) 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 of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one device that is physically or logically combined, or may be realized using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and directly or indirectly connected (e.g., using wires, wirelessly, etc.). The functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

[0171] 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. In either case, as described above, there is no particular limitation on the method of realization.

[0172] For example, the base station 10, the terminal 20, etc. in an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. Fig. 30 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The above-mentioned base station 10 and the terminal 20 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.

[0173] In the following description, the term "apparatus" can be interpreted 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 devices shown in the figure, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.

[0174] Each function in the base station 10 and the terminal 20 is realized by loading a specific software (program) onto hardware such as a processor 1001, a memory device 1002, etc., so that the processor 1001 performs calculations, controls communications by the communication device 1004, and controls at least one of reading and writing of data in the memory device 1002 and the auxiliary memory device 1003.

[0175] 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.

[0176] Moreover, the processor 1001 reads out a program (program code), a software module, data, or the like from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the storage device 1002, and executes various processes according to the program. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-mentioned embodiment is used. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station 10 shown in FIG. 28 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001. Also, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 29 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001. Although the above-mentioned various processes have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed by two or more processors 1001 simultaneously or sequentially. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The program may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunication line.

[0177] The storage device 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 storage device 1002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory (primary storage device), etc. The storage device 1002 can store a program (program code), software modules, etc. that are executable to implement a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0178] The auxiliary 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 (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. The auxiliary storage device 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device. 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 auxiliary storage device 1003.

[0179] The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission and 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, a communication module, etc. The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., in order to realize at least one of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). For example, a transmission and reception antenna, an amplifier unit, a transmission and reception unit, a transmission line interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission and reception unit may be implemented as a transmission unit and a reception unit that are physically or logically separated from each other.

[0180] 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).

[0181] In addition, 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.

[0182] Furthermore, the base station 10 and the 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), 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.

[0183] (Supplementary embodiment) Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the disclosed invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and those skilled in the art will understand various modifications, modifications, alternatives, replacements, and the like. Although the description has been given using specific numerical examples to facilitate understanding of the invention, unless otherwise specified, those 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, and matters described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, and matters described in one item may be applied to matters described in another item (as long as there is no contradiction). The boundaries of functional units or processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries of physical parts. The operations of multiple functional units may be physically performed by one part, or the operations of one functional unit may be physically performed by multiple parts. The order of the processing procedures described in the embodiment may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For convenience of the processing description, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 have been described using functional block diagrams, but such devices may be realized by hardware, software, or a combination thereof. The software operated by the processor possessed by the base station 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention and the software operated by the processor possessed by the terminal 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may each be stored in a random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read only memory (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, register, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server or any other suitable storage medium.

[0184] 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 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.

[0185] Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to at least one of systems using LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), 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), and other suitable systems, and next-generation systems extended based on these. In addition, a combination of multiple systems (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

[0186] The steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described herein may be reordered 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.

[0187] In this specification, a specific operation performed by the base station 10 may 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 other network nodes other than the base station 10 (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 10, the other network node may be a combination of multiple other network nodes (e.g., MME and S-GW).

[0188] 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.

[0189] The input and output information may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or added to. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be transmitted to another device.

[0190] 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).

[0191] 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.

[0192] 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.

[0193] 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.

[0194] 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.

[0195] As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[0196] 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.

[0197] 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., PUSCH, 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.

[0198] In the present 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", "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.

[0199] A base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., three) cells. 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 (RRH: Remote Radio Head). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to a part or the entire coverage area of ​​a base station and / or a base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.

[0200] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)", "user terminal", "User Equipment (UE)", "terminal", etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0201] 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, terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

[0202] 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 IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

[0203] Furthermore, the base station in the present disclosure may be read as a terminal. For example, each aspect / embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a 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 communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, an uplink channel, a downlink channel, etc. may be read as a side channel.

[0204] Similarly, the terminal in the present disclosure may be read as a base station. In this case, the base station may be configured to have the functions of the terminal described above.

[0205] 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.

[0206] 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.

[0207] The reference signal may be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal) and may be called a pilot depending on the applicable standard.

[0208] 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."

[0209] 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 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 precede the second element in some way.

[0210] The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "part," "circuit," "device," etc.

[0211] When the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Further, when used in this disclosure, the term "or" is not intended to be an exclusive or.

[0212] 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.

[0213] The numerology may be communication parameters that apply to the transmission and / or reception of a signal or channel, such as, 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.

[0214] A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (such as an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol, etc.) in the time domain. A slot may be a time unit based on numerology.

[0215] A slot may include multiple minislots. Each minislot may be composed of one or multiple 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.

[0216] 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.

[0217] 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 expressing the TTI may be called a slot, a minislot, or the like, instead of a subframe.

[0218] 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 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.

[0219] 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.

[0220] 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.

[0221] 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.

[0222] 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.

[0223] 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.

[0224] 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.

[0225] Note that 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.

[0226] 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.

[0227] 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 an 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.

[0228] 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.

[0229] 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".

[0230] 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.

[0231] 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.

[0232] 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."

[0233] 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).

[0234] In addition, in the present disclosure, an SS block or a CSI-RS is an example of a synchronization signal or a reference signal.

[0235] 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]

[0236] 10 base station 110 Transmitter 120 Receiving unit 130 Setting section 140 Control section 20 Terminals 210 Transmitter 220 Receiving unit 230 Setting section 240 Control Unit 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 from a base station a single piece of downlink control information, the single piece of downlink control information including scheduling information for a plurality of downlink shared channels and information indicating an offset value between a resource position of a last downlink shared channel in a time direction among the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and receives the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a control unit that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel that transmits feedback information for reception of the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the offset value; a transmitter for transmitting the feedback information to the base station at the determined resource position of the uplink control channel; Equipped with The receiving unit receives, from the base station, configuration information including a number of groups of feedback information obtained by bundling feedback information for the plurality of downlink shared channels; The transmitter transmits the feedback information to the base station, the feedback information including bits related to each group of the feedback information bundled based on the number of groups. Terminal.

2. the resource location of the downlink shared channel and the resource location of the uplink control channel are resource locations in the time domain; The terminal according to claim 1.

3. a transmitter that transmits to a terminal a single piece of downlink control information, the single piece of downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and information indicating an offset value between a resource position of a last downlink shared channel in a time direction among the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and transmits the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a control unit that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel that receives feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the offset value; a receiving unit that receives the feedback information from the terminal at the determined resource position of the uplink control channel; Equipped with The transmitter transmits, to the terminal, configuration information including a number of groups of feedback information obtained by bundling feedback information for the plurality of downlink shared channels; The receiving unit receives, from the terminal, the feedback information including bits related to each group of the feedback information bundled based on the number of groups. Base station.

4. a transmitter that transmits to a terminal a single piece of downlink control information, the single piece of downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and information indicating an offset value between a resource position of a last downlink shared channel in a time direction among the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and transmits the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a control unit that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel that receives feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the offset value; a receiving unit that receives the feedback information from the terminal at the determined resource position of the uplink control channel; A base station comprising: a receiving unit that receives from the base station a single piece of downlink control information, the single piece of downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and information indicating an offset value between a resource position of a last downlink shared channel in a time direction among the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and receives the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; a control unit that determines a resource position of an uplink control channel that transmits feedback information for reception of the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the offset value; a transmitter for transmitting the feedback information to the base station at the determined resource position of the uplink control channel; A terminal comprising: Equipped with a receiving unit of the terminal receiving from the base station configuration information including a number of groups of feedback information obtained by bundling feedback information for the plurality of downlink shared channels; a transmission unit of the terminal transmitting the feedback information to the base station, the feedback information including bits related to each group of the feedback information bundled based on the number of groups; Communication systems.

5. receiving, from a base station, a single piece of downlink control information including scheduling information of a plurality of downlink shared channels and information indicating an offset value between a resource position of a last downlink shared channel in a time direction among the plurality of downlink shared channels and a resource position of an uplink control channel, and receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels according to the scheduling information; determining a resource position of an uplink control channel for transmitting feedback information for receiving the plurality of downlink shared channels based on the offset value; transmitting the feedback information to the base station at the determined resource location of the uplink control channel; Equipped with The receiving step includes receiving, from the base station, configuration information including a number of groups of feedback information obtained by bundling feedback information for the plurality of downlink shared channels; the transmitting step transmits to the base station the feedback information including bits for each group of the feedback information bundled based on the number of groups. The communication method implemented by the device.

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