Terminal, base station and communication method

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives control information indicating switching between bandwidth parts through a downlink; and a control unit that assumes that the control information has a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong.

Description

[Technical Field]

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

[0002] For NR (New Radio) (also known as "5G"), the successor system to LTE (Long Term Evolution), technologies that satisfy requirements such as a large-capacity system, high-speed data transmission speed, low latency, simultaneous connection of a large number of terminals, low cost, and low power consumption are being considered (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

[0003] NR Release 18 considers energy saving specifications for base stations, with details being left for further study. [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] 3GPP TS 38.300 V16.6.0(2021-06) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] To achieve carbon neutrality and the SDGs, it is becoming increasingly important to reduce the power consumption of base stations. However, there has been a lack of standardized methods for reducing power consumption at base stations.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to realize a reduction in power consumption of a base station. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] According to the disclosed technology, a transmitting unit that transmits, to a base station, terminal capability information indicating that the terminal capability information supports dynamic bandwidth portion switching using a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong;a receiver that receives control information instructing a switching of the bandwidth portion via a downlink; a control unit that switches the bandwidth portion according to the control information, The control information is in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong. and when the receiving unit receives base station capability information indicating that the base station supports a function of instructing switching of a bandwidth portion in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong, the control unit executes switching of the bandwidth portion. A terminal is provided. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] The disclosed technology provides a technology that makes it possible to achieve savings in power consumption of a base station. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional method for setting a BWP. [Figure 3] 10A and 10B are diagrams for explaining a method of specifying BWP switching according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a base station or a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[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 operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, existing technologies may be used as appropriate. The existing technologies include, but are not limited to, existing NR or LTE. Furthermore, the term "LTE" used in this specification has a broad meaning including LTE-Advanced and systems subsequent to LTE-Advanced (e.g., NR) unless otherwise specified.

[0012] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present invention described below, terms used in existing LTE, such as SS (Synchronization signal), PSS (Primary SS), SSS (Secondary SS), PBCH (Physical broadcast channel), PRACH (Physical random access channel), PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), are used. This is for convenience of description, and similar signals, functions, etc. may be referred to by other names. Furthermore, the above-mentioned terms in NR correspond to NR-SS, NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, NR-PRACH, etc. However, even signals used in NR are not necessarily designated as "NR-".

[0013] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present invention, the duplex method may be a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method, an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) method, or other methods (for example, Flexible Duplex, etc.).

[0014] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present invention, "configuring" radio parameters and the like may mean that predetermined values ​​are pre-configured, or that radio parameters notified from a base station or a terminal are set.

[0015] (System Configuration) FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, a wireless communication system according to an 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.

[0016] 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 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or the number of resource blocks. Furthermore, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot, or a TTI may be a subframe.

[0017] The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal and system information to the terminal 20. The synchronization signal is, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. The system information is transmitted, for example, via the NR-PBCH and is also referred to as broadcast information. The synchronization signal and system information may be referred to as an SSB (SS / PBCH block). As shown in FIG. 1 , the base station 10 transmits control signals or data to the terminal 20 via DL (Downlink) and receives control signals or data from the terminal 20 via UL (Uplink). Both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 are capable of transmitting and receiving signals by performing beamforming. Furthermore, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 are capable of applying MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) communication to DL or UL. Furthermore, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may communicate via a secondary cell (SCell) and a primary cell (PCell) using Carrier Aggregation (CA). Furthermore, the terminal 20 may perform communication via a primary cell of the base station 10 and a primary secondary cell group cell (PSCell: Primary SCG Cell) of another base station 10 using DC (Dual Connectivity).

[0018] The terminal 20 is a communication device equipped with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or an M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communication module. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 20 receives control signals or data from the base station 10 via DL and transmits control signals or data to the base station 10 via UL, thereby utilizing various communication services provided by the wireless communication system. The terminal 20 also receives various reference signals transmitted from the base station 10 and measures the propagation path quality based on the reception results of the reference signals. The terminal 20 may also be referred to as a UE, and the base station 10 may also be referred to as a gNB.

[0019] Next, we will discuss the status of discussions on base station power saving in NR Release 18. Base station and terminal methods for improving network energy savings from both the base station transmission and reception perspectives are being considered. For example, methods are being considered for base stations to more efficiently achieve dynamic and / or semi-static finer-granularity adaptation of transmission and / or reception using network energy saving techniques in one or more of the time, frequency, space, and power domains using potential support / feedback from terminals and potential assistance information.

[0020] (Previous BWP setting method) This section explains how to set up a conventional BWP.

[0021] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of parameters for a conventional BWP configuration. Conventionally, a terminal is provided with the following parameters of a serving cell for each downlink BWP or uplink BWP in a set of downlink BWPs or uplink BWPs: - Parameter "subcarrierSpacing" that indicates the subcarrier spacing - Parameter "CyclicPrefix" indicating the cyclic prefix The setting value N provided by the parameter "offsetToCarrier" for the parameter "subcarrierSpacing" BWP size = 275 and value O carrier According to the offset RB start and length L RB The number of common RBs (N) is given by the parameter “locationAndBandwidth” which indicates the RIV. BWP start =O carrier +RB start ) and the number of consecutive RBs (N BWP size =L RB ) Index within the set of downlink or uplink BWPs by their respective BWP-Ids Set of BWP-common and BWP-dedicated parameters with the parameters "BWP-DownlinkCommon" and "BWP-DownlinkDedicated" for downlink BWPs, or with the parameters "BWP-UplinkCommon" and "BWP-UplinkDedicated" for uplink BWPs.

[0022] In addition, RIV is determined by the following formula:

[0023]

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[0024] Next, we will explain BWP switching in NR Release 15-17. The terminal is instructed to perform BWP switching by RRC, MAC-CE, DCI, or a timer. DCI formats 0_1 / 0_2 / 1_1 / 1_2 can be used for BWP switching.

[0025] The inactivity timer is used by the terminal to fall back to the default downlink BWP to allow false detection of DCI indicating a BWP switch. The timer is configured by RRC in milliseconds. The timer starts or restarts if there is a downlink or uplink grant or a configured downlink or uplink channel. Otherwise, the terminal decrements the remaining duration of the timer at the end of a subframe for FR1 frequency bands or at the end of half a subframe for FR2 frequency bands. When the timer expires, the terminal falls back to the default downlink BWP.

[0026] Here, the default downlink BWP is the BWP set by "defaultDownlinkBWP-Id" (if set), otherwise it is the first BWP. Also, in the case of TDD, the downlink BWP and the uplink BWP are related, so BWP switching is performed on both the downlink and uplink.

[0027] (Previous problems) Next, we will explain the problems with the conventional method. BWP is supported for the flexibility of the bandwidth monitored by the terminal. A terminal-specific DCI format is used for BWP switching. However, in the past, when the base station limited the bandwidth for power saving, the base station had to instruct each terminal in all cells to switch BWPs, which resulted in DCI overhead.

[0028] (Outline of this embodiment) Therefore, in this embodiment, an example will be described in which a reduction in power consumption of a base station is achieved in BWP switching.

[0029] The terminal 20 is instructed to perform BWP switching using the newly introduced group-common DCI format for the group to which the terminal 20 belongs. Hereinafter, BWP switching using the group-common DCI format is also referred to as group BWP switching. Specifically, the operation may be one of the following options.

[0030] <Option 1> It may be assumed that the terminal 20 is instructed to switch the downlink BWP and the uplink BWP individually for the group to which the terminal 20 belongs.

[0031] <Option 1-1: Individual DCI format> The terminal 20 may assume that separate DCI formats are introduced for downlink and uplink group BWP switching, i.e., the terminal 20 may assume that the group BWP switching for the downlink and the uplink is instructed separately by the introduced separate DCI formats.

[0032] The DCI format may be configured to include one or two bits for identifying the BWP-ID that the terminal 20 switches to.

[0033] <Option 1-2: Common DCI format> The terminal 20 may assume that a common DCI format is introduced for downlink BWP switching and uplink BWP switching, i.e., the terminal 20 may assume that the introduced common DCI format instructs downlink and uplink group BWP switching separately.

[0034] The DCI format may be configured to include one bit for identifying whether it is for downlink or uplink, and one or two bits for identifying the BWP-ID that the terminal 20 switches.

[0035] <Option 2> It may be assumed that the terminal 20 receives a common instruction for downlink BWP switching and uplink BWP switching for the group to which the terminal 20 belongs.

[0036] The terminal 20 may assume that a new DCI format is introduced for group BWP switching for the downlink and uplink, i.e., the terminal 20 may assume that group BWP switching for the downlink and uplink is commonly indicated in the introduced DCI format.

[0037] The DCI format may consist of any of the following schemes:

[0038] <Plan 1> The DCI format may be configured to include one or two bits for identifying the BWP-ID that the terminal 20 switches to, in common for both the downlink and the uplink.

[0039] <Plan 2> The DCI format may be configured to include one or two bits for identifying the BWP-ID for the downlink that the terminal 20 switches to, and one or two bits for identifying the BWP-ID for the uplink that the terminal 20 switches to.

[0040] 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of specifying BWP switching according to an embodiment of the present invention. The bit width for identifying the BWP-ID is set to the same as the BWPn set by the upper layer except for the first uplink BWP. BWP,RRC The bit width of this field can be determined by the number of BWP ) bits, where n BWP,RRC If ≦X, then n BWP =n BWP,RRC +1. Note that the BWP indicator is equivalent to the ascending order of the upper layer parameter "BWP-Id", and may be, for example, X=3. In other cases, n BWP =n BWP,RRC and the BWP indicator is defined as shown in the table in Figure 3.

[0041] Next, we will explain the fallback of BWP.

[0042] The terminal 20 may assume that a timer is introduced to fall back to the default BWP and that a false detection of a DCI indicating a BWP switch is made. Specifically, one of the following optional behaviors may be specified:

[0043] <Option 1> The same timers are used for terminal-specific DCI formats (i.e., 1_1 / 1_2).

[0044] The terminal 20 may assume that a timer is configured for the terminal 20 by an RRC setting such as "bwp-InactivityTimer." The terminal 20 may assume that the timer starts or restarts if there is a downlink or uplink grant or a configured downlink or uplink channel. Otherwise, the terminal 20 may decrement the remaining duration of the timer at the end of a subframe in the FR1 frequency band or at the end of half a subframe in the FR2 frequency band. Then, when the timer expires, the terminal 20 may fall back to the default downlink BWP.

[0045] The default downlink BWP may be one of the following options:

[0046] <Plan 1> The default downlink BWP may be the first BWP.

[0047] <Plan 2> The default downlink BWP may be the BWP configured by the RRC.

[0048] The terminal 20 may also assume that the timer is used for either only downlink or only uplink BWP switching, or for both downlink and uplink BWP switching.

[0049] <Option 2> The terminal 20 may assume that a different timer is used or implemented than the terminal-specific DCI format.

[0050] The terminal 20 may assume that the timer is used for either only the downlink or only the uplink BWP switching, or for both the downlink and the uplink BWP switching.

[0051] The terminal 20 may assume that separate or joint timers are implemented for BWP switching for the downlink and the uplink, and that the implemented timers are configured by the RRC.

[0052] The terminal 20 may assume that the timer starts or restarts if there is a downlink or uplink grant or a configured downlink or uplink channel. Otherwise, the terminal 20 may decrement the remaining duration of the timer at the end of a subframe in the FR1 frequency band or at the end of half a subframe in the FR2 frequency band. Then, when the timer expires, the terminal 20 may fall back to the default downlink BWP.

[0053] The default downlink BWP may be one of the following options:

[0054] <Plan 1> The default downlink BWP may be the first BWP.

[0055] <Plan 2> The default downlink BWP may be the BWP configured by the RRC.

[0056] Each of the above options or schemes may differ depending on the RRC configuration, MAC-CE activation, DCI or UCI indication, or terminal capability.

[0057] The terminal 20 may report to the base station 10 the terminal capability indicating whether or not the terminal 20 supports dynamic BWP switching using a group-common DCI format.

[0058] The terminal 20 may report to the base station 10 its terminal capability indicating whether or not it supports timer-based uplink BWP switching.

[0059] The base station 10 may report to the terminal 20 or other network nodes the base station capability indicating whether or not it supports dynamic BWP switching using a group-common DCI format.

[0060] The uplink channel according to this embodiment may be a PUCCH, a PUSCH, an SRS, etc. The downlink channel according to this embodiment may be a PDCCH, a PDSCH, a DM-RS, a P-RS, a CSI-RS, etc.

[0061] In the above-described embodiment, an example has been shown in which it is assumed that terminal 20 is instructed to perform BWP switching using a newly introduced group-common DCI format for the group to which terminal 20 belongs. It may also be assumed that terminal 20 is instructed to perform BWP switching using a conventional group-common DCI format (2_0, 2_1, 2_2, 2_3, 2_4, 2_5, 2_6, etc.).

[0062] According to this embodiment, by instructing the group to which the terminal 20 belongs to switch the BWP, it is possible to reduce the overhead of the DCI.

[0063] (Device configuration) Next, a description will be given of an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 that execute the processes and operations described above. The base station 10 and the terminal 20 include functions for executing the above-described embodiments. However, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may each include only the functions proposed in any of the embodiments.

[0064] <Base station 10> Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a base station. As shown in Fig. 4, 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. 4 is merely an example. The names of the functional divisions and functional units may be any as long as they can perform the operations related to the embodiment of the present invention. The transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a communication unit.

[0065] The transmitter 110 has a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 and transmitting the signal wirelessly. The receiver 120 has a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, information of a higher layer from the received signal. The transmitter 110 also has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL / UL control signals, DL data, etc. to the terminal 20. The transmitter 110 also transmits the setting information, etc., described in the embodiments.

[0066] The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be transmitted to the terminal 20 in a storage device, and reads out the information from the storage device as needed. The control unit 140 performs, for example, overall control of the base station 10, including control related to signal transmission and reception. 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.

[0067] <Terminal 20> Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a terminal. As shown in Fig. 5, 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. 5 is merely an example. As long as the operations related to the embodiment of the present invention can be performed, the names of the functional divisions and functional units may be any. The transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may be called a communication unit.

[0068] The transmitter 210 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and transmits the transmission signal wirelessly. The receiver 220 receives various signals wirelessly and acquires higher layer signals from the received physical layer signals. The transmitter 210 also transmits HARQ-ACK, and the receiver 220 receives the setting information and the like described in the embodiments.

[0069] The setting unit 230 stores various setting information received from the base station 10 by the receiving unit 220 in a storage device, and reads it out from the storage device as needed. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance. The control unit 240 performs overall control of the terminal 20, including control related to signal transmission and reception. Note that the functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 240 may be included in the transmitting unit 210, and the functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 240 may be included in the receiving unit 220. The transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may also be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

[0070] The terminal or base station of this embodiment may be configured as a terminal or base station shown in each of the following items. Also, the following communication method may be implemented.

[0071] <Configuration of this embodiment> (Section 1) a receiver that receives control information instructing a switching of the bandwidth portion via a downlink; a control unit that assumes that the control information is in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong; Terminal. (Section 2) The control unit assumes that switching of the downlink bandwidth portion and switching of the uplink bandwidth portion are notified separately or commonly. 1. The terminal described in paragraph 1. (Section 3) The control unit assumes that the switching of the downlink bandwidth portion and the switching of the uplink bandwidth portion are notified in separate or common formats. A terminal according to paragraph 1 or 2. (Section 4) a transmitter that transmits control information instructing a terminal to switch the bandwidth portion; a control unit that assumes that the control information is in a format common to a group to which the terminal belongs, Base station. (Section 5) The transmitter transmits base station capability information indicating whether a function of instructing switching of bandwidth portions in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong is supported to the terminal or another network node. 5. The base station according to claim 4. (Section 6) receiving control information on the downlink instructing a bandwidth portion switch; and assuming that the control information is in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong. The communication method implemented by the device.

[0072] Any of the above configurations provides a technology that enables saving of power consumption of a base station. According to clause 2, it can be assumed that switching of the downlink bandwidth portion and switching of the uplink bandwidth portion are notified separately or in a common format. According to clause 3, it can be assumed that switching of the downlink bandwidth portion and switching of the uplink bandwidth portion are notified separately or in a common format. According to clause 4, it is possible for a base station to realize a function of instructing switching of the bandwidth portion using a group common format. According to clause 5, it is possible for the base station capability information regarding the base station's function of instructing switching of the bandwidth portion using a group common format to be transmitted to a terminal or another network node.

[0073] (Hardware configuration) The block diagrams (FIGS. 4 and 5) used to explain the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using a single device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more physically or logically separated devices that are directly or indirectly connected (for example, using wires, wirelessly, etc.) and these multiple devices. The functional block may be realized by combining the single device or the multiple devices with software.

[0074] Functions include, but are not limited to, judgment, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, election, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocation, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. As mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on how these functions are implemented.

[0075] For example, the base station 10, the terminal 20, etc. according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The base station 10 and the terminal 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, etc.

[0076] In the following description, the term "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of the apparatuses shown in the drawings, or may be configured to exclude some of the apparatuses.

[0077] Each function in the base station 10 and the terminal 20 is realized by loading predetermined software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001, the memory device 1002, etc., so that the processor 1001 performs calculations, controls communication by the communication device 1004, and controls at least one of reading and writing data in the memory device 1002 and the auxiliary memory device 1003.

[0078] 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.

[0079] Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the storage device 1002, and executes various processes in accordance with the programs. The programs used are those that cause a computer to execute at least some of the operations described in the above-described embodiments. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station 10 shown in FIG. 4 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and executed by the processor 1001. Furthermore, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 5 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and executed by the processor 1001. While the above-described various processes have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may also be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The programs may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunications line.

[0080] The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be configured, for example, by at least one of a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc. The storage device 1002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory, etc. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc. for implementing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0081] The secondary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be, for example, at least one of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray disc), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy disk, a magnetic strip, etc. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database, a server, or other suitable medium including at least one of the storage device 1002 and the secondary storage device 1003.

[0082] The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, or a communication module. The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). For example, a transmission / reception antenna, an amplifier unit, a transmission / reception unit, a transmission path interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission / reception unit may be implemented as a transmission unit and a reception unit that are physically or logically separated.

[0083] The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside. The input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one device (for example, a touch panel).

[0084] Furthermore, each device such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

[0085] Furthermore, base station 10 and terminal 20 may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

[0086] Fig. 7 shows an example configuration of a vehicle 2001. As shown in Fig. 7, the vehicle 2001 includes a drive unit 2002, a steering unit 2003, an accelerator pedal 2004, a brake pedal 2005, a shift lever 2006, front wheels 2007, rear wheels 2008, an axle 2009, an electronic control unit 2010, various sensors 2021 to 2029, an information service unit 2012, and a communication module 2013. Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to a communication device mounted on the vehicle 2001, and may be applied to the communication module 2013, for example.

[0087] The drive unit 2002 is configured, for example, by an engine, a motor, or a hybrid of an engine and a motor. The steering unit 2003 includes at least a steering wheel (also called a handle), and is configured to steer at least one of the front wheels and the rear wheels based on the operation of the steering wheel operated by the user.

[0088] The electronic control unit 2010 is composed of a microprocessor 2031, a memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and a communication port (IO port) 2033. Signals are input to the electronic control unit 2010 from various sensors 2021 to 2029 provided in the vehicle 2001. The electronic control unit 2010 may also be called an ECU (Electronic Control Unit).

[0089] The signals from the various sensors 2021 to 2029 include a current signal from a current sensor 2021 that senses the current of the motor, a rotation speed signal of the front and rear wheels obtained by a rotation speed sensor 2022, an air pressure signal of the front and rear wheels obtained by an air pressure sensor 2023, a vehicle speed signal obtained by a vehicle speed sensor 2024, an acceleration signal obtained by an acceleration sensor 2025, an accelerator pedal depression amount signal obtained by an accelerator pedal sensor 2029, a brake pedal depression amount signal obtained by a brake pedal sensor 2026, a shift lever operation signal obtained by a shift lever sensor 2027, and a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. obtained by an object detection sensor 2028.

[0090] The information service unit 2012 is composed of various devices, such as a car navigation system, an audio system, speakers, a television, and a radio, for providing various types of information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and one or more ECUs for controlling these devices. The information service unit 2012 uses information obtained from external devices via the communication module 2013, etc., to provide various types of multimedia information and multimedia services to the occupants of the vehicle 2001.

[0091] The driving assistance system unit 2030 is composed of various devices that provide functions for preventing accidents and reducing the driver's driving burden, such as a millimeter-wave radar, a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a camera, a positioning locator (e.g., GNSS, etc.), map information (e.g., high-definition (HD) map, autonomous vehicle (AV) map, etc.), a gyro system (e.g., an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), an INS (Inertial Navigation System), etc.), an AI (Artificial Intelligence) chip, and an AI processor, as well as one or more ECUs that control these devices. The driving assistance system unit 2030 also transmits and receives various information via the communication module 2013 to realize the driving assistance function or the autonomous driving function.

[0092] The communication module 2013 can communicate with the microprocessor 2031 and components of the vehicle 2001 via the communication port. For example, the communication module 2013 transmits and receives data via the communication port 2033 to and from the drive unit 2002, steering unit 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheels 2007, rear wheels 2008, axle 2009, microprocessor 2031 and memory (ROM, RAM) 2032 in the electronic control unit 2010, and sensors 2021 to 29, which are provided in the vehicle 2001.

[0093] The communication module 2013 is a communication device that can be controlled by the microprocessor 2031 of the electronic control unit 2010 and can communicate with an external device. For example, it transmits and receives various information to and from the external device via wireless communication. The communication module 2013 may be located either inside or outside the electronic control unit 2010. The external device may be, for example, a base station, a mobile station, or the like.

[0094] The communication module 2013 transmits, via wireless communication to an external device, a current signal from the current sensor that is input to the electronic control unit 2010. The communication module 2013 also transmits, via wireless communication to an external device, the rotation speed signals of the front and rear wheels acquired by a rotation speed sensor 2022, the air pressure signals of the front and rear wheels acquired by an air pressure sensor 2023, the vehicle speed signal acquired by a vehicle speed sensor 2024, the acceleration signal acquired by an acceleration sensor 2025, the accelerator pedal depression amount signal acquired by an accelerator pedal sensor 2029, the brake pedal depression amount signal acquired by a brake pedal sensor 2026, the shift lever operation signal acquired by a shift lever sensor 2027, and the detection signals for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. acquired by an object detection sensor 2028, which are input to the electronic control unit 2010.

[0095] The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, traffic signal information, inter-vehicle information, etc.) transmitted from external devices and displays it on an information service unit 2012 provided in the vehicle 2001. The communication module 2013 also stores the various information received from the external devices in a memory 2032 that can be used by the microprocessor 2031. Based on the information stored in the memory 2032, the microprocessor 2031 may control the drive unit 2002, steering unit 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheels 2007, rear wheels 2008, axle 2009, sensors 2021 to 2029, etc. provided in the vehicle 2001.

[0096] (Supplementary explanation of the embodiment) Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the disclosed invention is not limited to such embodiments, and those skilled in the art will understand various modifications, alterations, alternatives, and substitutions. While specific numerical examples have been used to facilitate understanding of the invention, unless otherwise specified, these numerical values ​​are merely examples, and any appropriate values ​​may be used. The division of items in the above description is not essential to the present invention; two or more items may be combined as needed, and items described in one item may apply to items described in another item (unless inconsistent). The boundaries between functional units or processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries between physical components. The operations of multiple functional units may be performed by a single physical component, or the operations of a single functional unit may be performed by multiple physical components. The order of the processing steps described in the embodiments may be reversed as long as there is no contradiction. For convenience of processing description, the base station 10 and terminal 20 have been described using functional block diagrams. However, such devices may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. The software operated by the processor of the base station 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention and the software operated by the processor of the terminal 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may each be stored in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, registers, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server or any other suitable storage medium.

[0097] Furthermore, the notification of information is not limited to the aspects / embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI)), higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling), broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

[0098] Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be any of the following: LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), xth generation mobile communication system (xG) (xG (x is, for example, an integer or decimal number)), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), 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 The present invention may be applied to at least one of systems using 802.20, UWB (Ultra-Wideband), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or other appropriate systems, and next-generation systems that are extended, modified, created, or defined based on these systems. The present invention may also be applied to a combination of multiple systems (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G).

[0099] The order of the procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described herein may be changed unless it is consistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order and are not limited to the particular order presented.

[0100] In this specification, a specific operation that is described as being performed by the base station 10 may also be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes having the base station 10, it is clear that various operations performed for communication with the terminal 20 may be performed by at least one of the base station 10 and another network node other than the base station 10 (such as, but not limited to, an MME or an S-GW). Although the above example illustrates a case where there is one other network node other than the base station 10, the other network node may be a combination of multiple other network nodes (such as an MME and an S-GW).

[0101] 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.

[0102] Input and output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or added to. Output information may be deleted. Input information may be sent to another device.

[0103] 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).

[0104] 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.

[0105] Software, instructions, information, etc. may also be transmitted or received over a transmission medium. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and / or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave), then these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.

[0106] The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.

[0107] Note that terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of a channel and a symbol may be a signal (signaling). Furthermore, a signal may be a message. Furthermore, a component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, etc.

[0108] As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[0109] Furthermore, the information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values ​​from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information. For example, a radio resource may be indicated by an index.

[0110] The names used for the above-described parameters are not intended to be limiting in any way. Furthermore, the mathematical expressions using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. The various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable names, and therefore the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are not intended to be limiting in any way.

[0111] In this disclosure, terms such as "base station (BS)," "radio base station," "base station," "fixed station," "NodeB," "eNodeB (eNB)," "gNodeB (gNB)," "access point," "transmission point," "reception point," "transmission / reception point," "cell," "sector," "cell group," "carrier," and "component carrier" may be used interchangeably. Base stations may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, and picocell.

[0112] A base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., three) cells. When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of ​​the base station can be divided into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area can be provided with communication service by a base station subsystem (e.g., a small indoor base station (RRH: Remote Radio Head)). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to a part or the entire coverage area of ​​a base station and / or base station subsystem that provides communication service within this coverage.

[0113] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," "terminal," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0114] A mobile station may also be referred to by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

[0115] At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, etc. At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile body, or the mobile body itself. The mobile body may be a vehicle (e.g., a car, an airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile body (e.g., a drone, an autonomous vehicle, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). At least one of the base station and the mobile station may also include devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

[0116] Furthermore, a base station in the present disclosure may be read as a user terminal. For example, the aspects / embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals 20 (which may be called, for example, D2D (Device-to-Device) or V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything)). In this case, the terminal 20 may be configured to have the functions of the base station 10 described above. Furthermore, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" may be read as terms corresponding to terminal-to-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, terms such as an uplink channel and a downlink channel may be read as a side channel.

[0117] Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be read as a base station, in which case the base station may be configured to have the functions of the user terminal described above.

[0118] As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Determining" and "determining" may include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining, and the like. "Determining" and "determining" may also include receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in memory), and the like. Furthermore, "judgment" and "decision" can include regarding resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. as having been "judged" or "decided." In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include regarding some action as having been "judged" or "decided." Furthermore, "judgment (decision)" can be interpreted as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," etc.

[0119] The terms "connected," "coupled," or any variation thereof, refer to any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, and may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled" to each other. The coupling or connection between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connected" may be read as "access." As used in this disclosure, two elements may be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other using one or more wires, cables, and / or printed electrical connections, as well as electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the radio frequency range, microwave range, and optical (both visible and invisible) range, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples.

[0120] The reference signal may be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal) or may be called a pilot depending on the applicable standard.

[0121] 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."

[0122] As used in this disclosure, any reference to an element using a designation such as "first," "second," etc. does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, a reference to a first and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must in some way precede the second element.

[0123] The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "part," "circuit," "device," etc.

[0124] When used in this disclosure, the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Furthermore, when used in this disclosure, the term "or" is not intended to be an exclusive or.

[0125] 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.

[0126] Numerology may be communication parameters that apply to at least one of transmission and reception of a signal or channel, such as subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, specific filtering operations performed by the transceiver in the frequency domain, and specific windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain.

[0127] A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (such as an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol) in the time domain. A slot may be a time unit based on numerology.

[0128] A slot may include multiple minislots. Each minislot may consist of one or multiple symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be called a subslot. A minislot may consist of fewer symbols than a slot. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in a time unit larger than a minislot may be called PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using a minislot may be called PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.

[0129] The radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol all represent time units for transmitting signals, and may be referred to by other names corresponding to the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol.

[0130] For example, one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI), multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI, or one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. That is, at least one of the subframe and the TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms. Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc. instead of a subframe.

[0131] Here, TTI refers to, for example, the smallest time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in an LTE system, a base station performs scheduling to allocate wireless resources (such as frequency bandwidth and transmission power that can be used by each terminal 20) to each terminal 20 in TTI units. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

[0132] The TTI may be a transmission time unit for a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), a code block, a code word, etc., or may be a processing unit for scheduling, link adaptation, etc. When a TTI is given, the time interval (e.g., the number of symbols) to which a transport block, a code block, a code word, etc. is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

[0133] When one slot or one minislot is called a TTI, one or more TTIs (i.e., one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum time unit for scheduling. Also, the number of slots (minislots) constituting the minimum time unit for scheduling may be controlled.

[0134] A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a regular TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, regular subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc. A TTI shorter than a regular TTI may be called a shortened TTI, short TTI, partial or fractional TTI, shortened subframe, short subframe, minislot, subslot, slot, etc.

[0135] In addition, a long TTI (e.g., a normal TTI, a subframe, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a time length of more than 1 ms, and a short TTI (e.g., a shortened TTI, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a TTI length shorter than the TTI length of a long TTI and equal to or greater than 1 ms.

[0136] A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of numerology, for example, 12. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may also be determined based on numerology.

[0137] The time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols and may have a length of one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI. One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each be composed of one or more resource blocks.

[0138] Note that one or more RBs may also be called a physical resource block (PRB), a sub-carrier group (SCG), a resource element group (REG), a PRB pair, an RB pair, or the like.

[0139] 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.

[0140] A Bandwidth Part (BWP) (which may also be referred to as a fractional bandwidth) may represent a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier, where the common RBs may be identified by their index relative to a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a given BWP and numbered within the BWP.

[0141] The BWP may include a BWP for UL (UL BWP) and a BWP for DL ​​(DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be set for the terminal 20 within one carrier.

[0142] At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the terminal 20 may not expect to transmit or receive a predetermined signal / channel outside the active BWP. Note that the terms "cell," "carrier," and the like in this disclosure may be read as "BWP."

[0143] The above-described structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, symbols, etc. are merely examples. For example, the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or minislot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, etc. may be changed in various ways.

[0144] In this disclosure, where articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

[0145] 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."

[0146] Each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched depending on the implementation. Furthermore, notification of predetermined information (e.g., notification that "X is true") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may be done implicitly (e.g., by not notifying the predetermined information).

[0147] Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended to be illustrative and does not have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure. [Explanation of symbols]

[0148] 10 base station 110 Transmitter 120 Receiver 130 Setting section 140 Control Unit 20 terminals 210 Transmitter 220 Receiving unit 230 Setting Section 240 Control Unit 1001 processor 1002 Storage device 1003 Auxiliary storage device 1004 Communication equipment 1005 Input Device 1006 Output Device 2001 Vehicle 2002 Drive unit 2003 Steering section 2004 accelerator pedal 2005 brake pedal 2006 Shift Lever 2007 front wheel 2008 rear wheel 2009 Axle 2010 Electronic Control Unit 2012 Information Services Department 2013 Communication Module 2021 Current Sensor 2022 RPM Sensor 2023 Air Pressure Sensor 2024 Vehicle speed sensor 2025 Acceleration Sensor 2026 Brake pedal sensor 2027 Shift lever sensor 2028 Object Detection Sensor 2029 Accelerator pedal sensor 2030 Driving Assistance Systems Department 2031 microprocessor 2032 memory (ROM, RAM) 2033 Communication port (IO port)

Claims

1. A transmitter that transmits, to a base station, terminal capability information indicating that the terminal supports dynamic bandwidth portion switching using a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong; a receiving unit that receives control information instructing the switching of the bandwidth portion via a downlink; a control unit that executes switching of the bandwidth portion according to the control information; Equipped with the control information is in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong, When the receiving unit receives base station capability information indicating that a function of instructing switching of a bandwidth portion in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong is supported, the control unit executes switching of the bandwidth portion. Terminal.

2. The control unit assumes that switching of the downlink bandwidth portion and switching of the uplink bandwidth portion are notified separately or commonly. The terminal according to claim 1 .

3. The control unit assumes that the switching of the downlink bandwidth portion and the switching of the uplink bandwidth portion are notified in separate or common formats.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 or 2.

4. A receiving unit that receives, from one of a plurality of terminals, terminal capability information indicating that the terminal capability information supports dynamic bandwidth portion switching using a format common to a group to which the plurality of terminals belong; a transmitting unit that transmits control information instructing switching of the bandwidth portion to any one of the plurality of terminals; the control information is in a format common to a group to which the plurality of terminals belong, The transmission unit transmits base station capability information indicating whether a function of instructing switching of bandwidth portions in a format common to a group to which the plurality of terminals belong is supported to any one of the plurality of terminals. Base station.

5. A step of transmitting terminal capability information to a base station indicating that the terminal capability information supports dynamic bandwidth portion switching using a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong; receiving control information on a downlink instructing the bandwidth portion switching; performing the bandwidth portion switching according to the control information; Equipped with the control information is in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong, When receiving base station capability information indicating that a function for instructing switching of a bandwidth portion in a format common to a group to which a plurality of terminals belong is supported, the base station executes the switching of the bandwidth portion. The communication method implemented by the device.

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