Terminal and communication method

Abstract

This terminal includes: a transmission unit that transmits, to a base station, a capability pertaining to a switching period for a band of a transmission chain; a reception unit that receives, from the base station, a notification pertaining to the switching period; and a control unit that determines a transmission antenna port corresponding to the transmission chain. The control unit uses the transmission chain and the transmission antenna port to transmit an uplink. When switching the transmission chain band, the control unit executes band switching on the basis of the notification pertaining to the switching period.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a terminal 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] Furthermore, studies on 6G have begun as the next-generation wireless communication system after 5G, and it is expected to achieve wireless quality that exceeds that of 5G. For example, studies are underway for 6G to achieve even higher capacity, the use of new frequency bands, even lower latency, even higher reliability, even lower power consumption, and the expansion of coverage to new areas (high altitude, sea, and space) using non-terrestrial networks (e.g., Non-Patent Document 2). [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] 3GPP TS 38.300 V16.8.0 (2021-12) [Non-patent document 2] 3GPP TR 38.821 V16.1.0 (2021-05) [Non-patent document 3] 3GPP TS 38.101-1 V16.10.0 (2021-12) [Non-patent document 4] 3GPP TS 38.331 V16.7.0 (2021-12) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Studies are being conducted to enhance uplink transmission in multi-carrier systems. For example, a mobile terminal that supports up to two simultaneous transmissions can dynamically switch between three or four bands for uplink transmission. However, it was unclear how long the uplink transmission switching period would be if the number of transmission ports and the number of connected carriers increased.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and has as its object to suitably switch the band for transmitting uplink in a wireless communication system. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] According to the disclosed technology, a mobile station includes a transmitter that transmits capabilities related to a band switching period of a transmission chain to a base station, a receiver that receives a notification related to the switching period from the base station, and a controller that determines a transmission antenna port corresponding to the transmission chain, and the controller transmits an uplink using the transmission chain and the transmission antenna port, and the controller: The aforementioned When switching the band of the transmission chain, the notification regarding the switching period is The information indicating the position of the carrier in which the switching period is set and the length of the switching period is Based on this, band switching is performed. The capability related to the switching period is a capability to support a separate switching period for a set of bands to be switched. A terminal is provided. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the disclosed technique, it is possible to suitably switch the band for transmitting uplink signals in a wireless communication system. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example (1) of a wireless communication system. [Figure 2] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example (2) of a wireless communication system. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example (1) of transmission switching. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example (2) of transmission switching. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example (3) of transmission switching. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example (4) of transmission switching. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission switching period. [Figure 8] FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of UL transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a mapping example (1) of Tx chains and UL transmit antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a mapping example (2) of Tx chains and UL transmit antenna ports according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 11] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a mapping example (3) of Tx chains and UL transmit antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 12] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a mapping example (4) of Tx chains and UL transmit antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 13] 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 14] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 15] 1 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. [Figure 16] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a vehicle 2001 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 the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, existing technologies are used as appropriate. However, the existing technologies are, for example, but not limited to, the existing 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, when radio parameters and the like are "configured," it may mean that predetermined values ​​are pre-configured, or that radio parameters notified from the base station 10 or the terminal 20 are set.

[0015] Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example (1) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 10 and a terminal 20. Although Fig. 1 shows one base station 10 and one terminal 20, this is an example, and there may be a plurality of each.

[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. 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. 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, for example, transmitted via NR-PBCH and is also referred to as broadcast information. The synchronization signal and system information may be referred to as SSB (SS / PBCH block). As shown in FIG. 1 , the base station 10 transmits control signals or data to the terminal 20 in the downlink (DL) and receives control signals or data from the terminal 20 in the uplink (UL). 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 the DL or UL. In addition, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may communicate via a secondary cell (SCell: Secondary Cell) and a primary cell (PCell: Primary Cell) using CA (Carrier Aggregation). Furthermore, the terminal 20 may communicate 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).

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

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

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

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

[0021] 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 any other system configuration.

[0022] Here, in 3GPP Releases 16 and 17, Tx switching has been considered.

[0023] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example (1) of transmission switching. Fig. 3 shows an example of transmission switching in SUL (Supplementary uplink) and CA in 3GPP Release 16. As shown in Fig. 3, there is one antenna to be switched, and switching between 2CCs is specified.

[0024] Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example (2) of transmission switching. Fig. 4 shows an example of transmission switching in SUL and CA in 3GPP Release 17. As shown in Fig. 4, there are two antennas to be switched, and switching between 2CC or 3CC (of which 2CC are the same band) is specified.

[0025] Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example (3) of transmission switching. Figure 5 shows an example of transmission switching between bands in 3GPP Release 17. As shown in Figure 5, there are two antennas to switch between, and switching between two bands is specified.

[0026] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example (4) of transmission switching. Fig. 6 shows an example of transmission switching between CCs of three or four bands, with two antennas to be switched, which will be considered in 3GPP Release 18.

[0027] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a transmission switching period (see Non-Patent Document 3). A switching period occurs within a specified period because the carrier connected to the transmission port is switched. During the switching period, UL transmission is not performed on the source carrier or the destination carrier. When switching the carrier connected to the transmission port, the location from which the switching period starts is determined by an RRC parameter (uplinkTxSwitchingPeriodLocation) (see Non-Patent Document 4). For example, if either Carrier 1 or Carrier 2 in FIG. 7 is configured by RRC signaling and the RRC parameter for Carrier 1 is set to true, as shown in FIG. 7, a switching period occurs before the timing of switching from Carrier 1 to Carrier 2. Also, as shown in FIG. 7, a switching period occurs after the timing of switching from Carrier 2 to Carrier 1.

[0028] In 3GPP Release 18, the number of carriers connected to a transmission port increases, so new combinations of antennas and band connections are assumed when a UL transmission command is received. It is expected that there will be many new combinations. It was not specified which position of the switching period corresponding to the new combination should be assumed, or whether it should even be assumed at all.

[0029] Therefore, in terminal 20 that performs transmission switching, UL transmission may be performed by assuming the switching position to be the position notified by base station 10 according to the mapping of UL transmission port and Tx chain. In the following example, the number of CCs per band is assumed to be 1 CC, but this is not limited to this. For example, when four bands are used, examples such as 1)-4) shown below may be assumed. Note that UL transmission port and UL transmission antenna port may be interchangeable.

[0030] 1) If 1 CC is used for each band, a total of 4 CCs 2) When there are 2 CCs (intraband) per band, if all bands are 2 CCs, the total is 8 CCs 3) When there are 2 CCs (intraband) per band, if some bands are counted as 1 CC, the total is 5 CCs, 6 CCs, or 7 CCs 4) It may be assumed that there is an XCC (intraband) for each band, where X may be greater than 2.

[0031] 8 is a sequence diagram for explaining an example of UL transmission in the embodiment of the present invention. In step S11, the terminal 20 may transmit to the base station 10 a report of UE capabilities related to the switching period.

[0032] The UE capability related to the switching period may be, for example, any of 1) to 3) shown below.

[0033] 1) The UE may be capable of a common switching period for all band pairs that switch. For example, the terminal 20 may report to the base station 10 that it supports the same switching period position and length for the band pairs of bands 1 and 3, bands 2 and 4, and bands 5 and 6.

[0034] 2) The UE may report to the base station 10 the UE's capabilities related to the switching period for each band pair for which switching is performed. For example, the terminal 20 may report to the base station 10 that it supports the positions and lengths of the switching periods for each of the band pairs, i.e., band 1 and band 3, band 2 and band 4, and band 5 and band 6, respectively.

[0035] 3) The UE capability may be related to the switching period for each pair of bands to be switched. For example, if the band pairs are {band 1, band 3}, {band 2, band 4}, and {band 5, band 6}, the UE capability may support the same position and length of the switching period when switching between {band 1, band 3} and {band 2, band 4}, when switching between {band 2, band 4} and {band 5, band 6}, and when switching between {band 5, band 6} and {band 1, band 3}. Furthermore, if the band pairs are {band 1, band 3}, {band 2, band 4}, and {band 5, band 6}, the UE capability may support the different position and length of the switching period when switching between {band 1, band 3} and {band 2, band 4}, when switching between {band 2, band 4} and {band 5, band 6}, and when switching between {band 5, band 6} and {band 1, band 3}.

[0036] In addition, if the terminal 20 does not report the UE capabilities related to the switching period to the base station 10, the terminal 20 may assume the position and length of the switching period as specified in advance, or may assume that no switching period will be set.

[0037] In the following step S12, the base station 10 transmits a notification of the switching period to the terminal 20. The notification of the switching period may include information indicating the presence or absence, location, and length of the switching period. The notification of the switching period may be notified by any one or a combination of SIB, RRC signaling, MAC-CE, and DCI.

[0038] In the following step S13, the terminal 20 performs UL transmission according to the mapping of the UL transmission port and the transmission chain, and performs transmission switching, assuming a switching period based on notification from the base station 10 or a predetermined rule.

[0039] Here, "case" refers to a certain mapping of UL transmit ports and Tx chains. The transmit switching in step S13 may be performed as shown in 1)-3) below.

[0040] 1) When switching between the cases, a switching period may be assumed. The position of the switching period may be assumed to be set on either carrier side, or may be specified by the base station 10.

[0041] 2) When switching between each case, the presence or length of the switching period for each band combination may be determined based on the UE capabilities, may be specified in advance, or may be notified to the base station 10.

[0042] 3) When switching between each case, the presence or length of the switching period for each band may be determined based on the UE capabilities, may be specified in advance, or may be notified to the base station 10.

[0043] For example, terminal 20 may assume the presence or absence of a switching period based on the content of a certain RRC parameter. Also, for example, terminal 20 may assume the presence or absence of a switching period based on the presence or absence of a certain RRC parameter. As the RRC parameter, an existing parameter may be used, or a new parameter may be used.

[0044] It is also possible that steps S11 and S12 are not executed, and the terminal 20 executes a predefined or pre-set operation in step S13.

[0045] Fig. 9 is a diagram showing a mapping example (1) of Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a diagram showing 1Tx-2Tx-1Tx-1Tx switching, and is an example in which the number of bands is 4 and transmission #2 is fixed to band B. Terminal 20 or base station 10 may assume that Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports are mapped as shown in Fig. 9.

[0046] As shown in Figure 9, in Case 1-1, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band B, the number of UL transmit ports corresponds to 1 in Band A. In Case 1-4, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band C, the number of UL transmit ports corresponds to 1 in Band C. In Case 1-5, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band D, the number of UL transmit ports corresponds to 1 in Band D. In Case 2, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in Band B, the number of UL transmit ports corresponds to 2 or 1 in Band B.

[0047] Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a mapping example (2) of Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 10 is a diagram showing 2Tx-2Tx-2Tx-2Tx switching, and is an example in which the number of bands is 4. The terminal 20 or the base station 10 may assume that Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports are mapped as shown in Fig. 10.

[0048] As shown in Figure 10, in Case 2, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in Band B, the number of UL transmit ports in Band B is 2 or 1. In Case 3, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in Band A, the number of UL transmit ports in Band A is 2 or 1. In Case 4, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in Band C, the number of UL transmit ports in Band C is 2 or 1. In Case 5, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in Band D, the number of UL transmit ports in Band D is 2 or 1.

[0049] Fig. 11 is a diagram showing a mapping example (3) of Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 11 is a diagram showing 1Tx-2Tx-1Tx-1Tx switching, and is an example in which the number of bands is 4 and transmission #2 is fixed to band B. Terminal 20 or base station 10 may assume that Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports are mapped as shown in Fig. 11.

[0050] As shown in Figure 11, in Case 1-1, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band B, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band B, or 1 in Band A or 1 in Band B. In Case 1-4, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band C, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band C, or 1 in Band B or 1 in Band C. In Case 1-5, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band D, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band D, or 1 in Band B or 1 in Band D. In Case 2, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in Band B, the number of UL transmit ports is 2 or 1 in Band B.

[0051] Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a mapping example (4) of Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 12 is a diagram showing 2Tx-2Tx-2Tx-2Tx switching, and is an example in which the number of bands is 4. The terminal 20 or the base station 10 may assume that Tx chains and UL transmission antenna ports are mapped as shown in Fig. 12.

[0052] 12, in Case 1-1, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band B, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band B, or 1 in Band A, or 1 in Band B. In Case 1-2, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band C, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band C, or 1 in Band A, or 1 in Band C. In Case 1-3, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band D, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band A and 1 in Band D, or 1 in Band A, or 1 in Band D.

[0053] In Case 1-4, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band C, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band C, or 1 in Band B, or 1 in Band C. In Case 1-5, when the number of Tx chains is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band D, the number of UL transmit ports is 1 in Band B and 1 in Band D, or 1 in Band B, or 1 in Band D.

[0054] In case 2, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in band B, the number of UL transmit ports in band B corresponds to 2 or 1. In case 3, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in band A, the number of UL transmit ports in band A corresponds to 2 or 1. In case 4, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in band C, the number of UL transmit ports in band C corresponds to 2 or 1. In case 5, when the number of Tx chains is 2 in band D, the number of UL transmit ports in band D corresponds to 2 or 1.

[0055] According to the above-described embodiment, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping of Tx chains and UL transmission ports, and can switch the band for transmitting the uplink based on the setting related to the switching period.

[0056] That is, in a wireless communication system, the band for transmitting the uplink can be suitably switched.

[0057] (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 implementing the above-described embodiments. However, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may each include only a part of the functions of the embodiments.

[0058] <Base station 10> Fig. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of base station 10 in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 13, 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. 13 is merely an example. The functional divisions and names of the functional units may be any names as long as they can perform the operations related to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0059] The transmitter 110 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 side and transmitting the signal wirelessly. The transmitter 110 also transmits inter-network node messages to other network nodes. The receiver 120 includes a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, information of higher layers from the received signals. The transmitter 110 also has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL / UL control signals, etc. to the terminal 20. The receiver 120 also receives inter-network node messages from other network nodes.

[0060] The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be transmitted to the terminal 20. The content of the setting information is, for example, information related to multi-carrier scheduling.

[0061] As described in the embodiments, the control unit 140 performs control related to multi-carrier scheduling. 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.

[0062] <Terminal 20> Fig. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of terminal 20 in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 14, terminal 20 has transmitting unit 210, receiving unit 220, setting unit 230, and control unit 240. The functional configuration shown in Fig. 14 is merely an example. The names of the functional divisions and functional units may be any as long as they can execute the operations related to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0063] The transmitter 210 creates a transmission signal from 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 receiver 220 also has a function of receiving NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL / UL / SL control signals, and the like transmitted from the base station 10. For example, the transmitter 210 transmits a PSCCH (Physical Sidelink Control Channel), a PSSCH (Physical Sidelink Shared Channel), a PSDCH (Physical Sidelink Discovery Channel), a PSBCH (Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel), and the like to another terminal 20 as D2D communication, and the receiver 220 receives the PSCCH, PSSCH, PSDCH, or PSBCH, and the like, from the other terminal 20.

[0064] The setting unit 230 stores various setting information received from the base station 10 by the receiving unit 220. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance. The setting information includes, for example, information related to multicarrier scheduling.

[0065] As described in the embodiments, the control unit 240 performs control related to multi-carrier scheduling. 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.

[0066] (Hardware configuration) The block diagrams (FIGS. 13 and 14) used to explain the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using a single device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more physically or logically separated devices that are connected directly or indirectly (for example, by wire, wirelessly, etc.) and these multiple devices. The functional block may be realized by combining the single device or the multiple devices with software.

[0067] 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.

[0068] 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. 15 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.

[0069] 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.

[0070] 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.

[0071] 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.

[0072] 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. 13 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and running on the processor 1001. Furthermore, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 14 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and running on the processor 1001. While the above-described various processes have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may also be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The programs may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunications line.

[0073] 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.

[0074] 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.

[0075] 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.

[0076] The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one device (for example, a touch panel).

[0077] 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.

[0078] 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.

[0079] Fig. 16 shows an example configuration of a vehicle 2001. As shown in Fig. 16, 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.

[0080] 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.

[0081] 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).

[0082] 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.

[0083] 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 (outputting) 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 acquired from external devices via the communication module 2013 or the like to provide various types of multimedia information and multimedia services to the occupants of the vehicle 2001. The information service unit 2012 may include input devices (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a touch panel, etc.) that accept input from the outside, and may also include output devices (e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, a touch panel, etc.) that output information to the outside.

[0084] 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.

[0085] 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.

[0086] 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.

[0087] The communication module 2013 may transmit at least one of signals from the above-mentioned various sensors 2021-2028 input to the electronic control unit 2010, information obtained based on the signals, and information based on input from the outside (user) obtained via the information service unit 2012 to an external device via wireless communication. The electronic control unit 2010, the various sensors 2021-2028, the information service unit 2012, etc. may be referred to as input units that accept input. For example, the PUSCH transmitted by the communication module 2013 may include information based on the above-mentioned input.

[0088] The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, traffic signal information, vehicle distance information, etc.) transmitted from external devices and displays it on an information service unit 2012 provided in the vehicle 2001. The information service unit 2012 may be called an output unit that outputs information (for example, outputs information to a device such as a display or speaker based on the PDSCH (or data / information decoded from the PDSCH) received by the communication module 2013). The communication module 2013 also stores the various information received from 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, axles 2009, sensors 2021 to 2029, etc. provided in the vehicle 2001.

[0089] (Summary of the embodiment) As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a terminal having a transmitter that transmits capabilities related to a band switching period of a transmission chain to a base station, a receiver that receives a notification related to the switching period from the base station, and a controller that determines a transmit antenna port corresponding to the transmission chain, wherein the controller transmits an uplink using the transmission chain and the transmit antenna port, and the controller performs band switching based on the notification related to the switching period when switching the band of the transmission chain.

[0090] With the above configuration, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping between the Tx chain and the UL transmission port, and can switch the band for transmitting the uplink based on the setting related to the switching period. That is, in the wireless communication system, the band for transmitting the uplink can be suitably switched.

[0091] The capability related to the switching period may be a capability to support a common switching period for a set of bands to be switched. With this configuration, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping of Tx chains and UL transmission ports, and can switch the band for transmitting the uplink based on the setting related to the switching period.

[0092] The capability related to the switching period may be a capability to support a separate switching period for each set of bands to be switched. With this configuration, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping of Tx chains and UL transmit ports, and can switch the band for transmitting uplink based on the setting related to the switching period.

[0093] The controller may always assume a switching period when switching the pair of the transmit chain and the transmit antenna port. With this configuration, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping of the Tx chain and the UL transmit port, and can switch the band for uplink transmission based on the setting related to the switching period.

[0094] The controller may assume a switching period for each band combination when switching the set of the transmit chain and the transmit antenna port. With this configuration, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping of the Tx chain and the UL transmit port, and can switch the band for uplink transmission based on the setting related to the switching period.

[0095] Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication method in which a terminal executes the following procedures: a transmission procedure for transmitting capabilities related to a band switching period of a transmission chain to a base station; a reception procedure for receiving a notification related to the switching period from the base station; a control procedure for determining a transmission antenna port corresponding to the transmission chain; a procedure for transmitting an uplink using the transmission chain and the transmission antenna port; and a procedure for performing band switching based on the notification related to the switching period when switching the band of the transmission chain.

[0096] With the above configuration, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform uplink transmission based on the mapping between the Tx chain and the UL transmission port, and can switch the band for transmitting the uplink based on the setting related to the switching period. That is, in the wireless communication system, the band for transmitting the uplink can be suitably switched.

[0097] (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.

[0098] 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.

[0099] 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).

[0100] 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.

[0101] 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).

[0102] 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.

[0103] 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.

[0104] 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).

[0105] 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.

[0106] 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.

[0107] 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.

[0108] 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.

[0109] As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[0110] 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.

[0111] 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.

[0112] In the present disclosure, terms such as "base station (BS)," "radio base station," "base station device," "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.

[0113] 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.

[0114] In the present disclosure, the base station transmitting information to a terminal may be interpreted as the base station instructing the terminal to control or operate based on the information.

[0115] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," "terminal," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0116] 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.

[0117] At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be referred to as 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 object, the mobile object itself, etc. The mobile object refers to a movable object, and may move at any speed. Naturally, this also includes cases where the mobile object is stationary. Examples of the mobile object include, but are not limited to, vehicles, transport vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, connected cars, excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, forklifts, trains, buses, handcars, rickshaws, ships and other watercraft, airplanes, rockets, satellites, drones (registered trademark), multicopters, quadcopters, balloons, and objects mounted thereon. The mobile object may also be an autonomous mobile object operating based on an operational command. It may be a vehicle (e.g., a car, an airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile object (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 be a device that does 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.

[0118] 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.

[0119] 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.

[0120] 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.

[0121] 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.

[0122] The reference signal may be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal) or may be called a pilot depending on the applicable standard.

[0123] 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."

[0124] 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.

[0125] The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "part," "circuit," "device," etc.

[0126] 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.

[0127] 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.

[0128] 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.

[0129] 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.

[0130] 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.

[0131] 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.

[0132] 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.

[0133] 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.

[0134] 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.

[0135] 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.

[0136] 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.

[0137] 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.

[0138] 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.

[0139] 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.

[0140] 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.

[0141] 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.

[0142] A Bandwidth Part (BWP) (which may also be referred to as a fractional bandwidth) may represent a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier, where the common RBs may be identified by their index relative to a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a given BWP and numbered within that BWP.

[0143] 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.

[0144] 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 read as "BWP."

[0145] 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.

[0146] 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.

[0147] 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."

[0148] 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).

[0149] 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]

[0150] 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 for transmitting a band switching period capability of the transmit chain to a base station; a receiving unit that receives a notification regarding a switching period from the base station; a control unit that determines a transmit antenna port corresponding to the transmit chain; the controller transmits an uplink signal using the transmit chain and the transmit antenna port; When switching the band of the transmission chain, the control unit performs band switching based on information indicating a carrier position in which the switching period is set and a length of the switching period, which information is included in the notification regarding the switching period; The switching period capability is a capability to support separate switching periods for a set of bands to be switched. Terminal.

2. When switching the set of the transmit chain and the transmit antenna port, there is always a switching period. The terminal of claim 1.

3. When switching the set of the transmit chain and the transmit antenna port, a switching period exists for each band combination. The terminal of claim 1.

4. a transmitting procedure for transmitting band switching period capabilities of a transmit chain to a base station; a receiving step of receiving a notification regarding a switching period from the base station; a control procedure for determining transmit antenna ports corresponding to the transmit chains; transmitting an uplink signal using the transmit chain and the transmit antenna port; a step of switching the band based on information indicating a carrier position where the switching period is set and a length of the switching period, which is included in the notification regarding the switching period, when switching the band of the transmission chain; The terminal executes The switching period capability is a capability to support separate switching periods for a set of bands to be switched. Communication method.

5. A terminal according to claim 1; the base station receiving a capability related to a band switching period of the transmit chain and transmitting a notification related to the band switching period; Equipped with Wireless communication system.

6. A receiver that receives from a terminal a capability related to a band switching period of a transmission chain; a transmission unit that transmits a notification regarding the switching period to the terminal; a control unit including, in the notification regarding the switching period, information indicating a position of a carrier in which the switching period is set and a length of the switching period; and The switching period capability is a capability to support separate switching periods for a set of bands to be switched. Base station.

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