Terminal, wireless communication method, base station and system

Abstract

A terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a receiving unit for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for a plurality of types of channels and / or signals; and a control unit for specifying a specific time period on the basis of at least one of a first parameter reported by a terminal, a second parameter prescribed by a specification, and a third parameter for a first cell in which the DCI format is received or a second cell to which the TCI state is to be applied, and for starting the application of the TCI state from a first slot at least the specific time period after an acknowledgment (ACK) corresponding to the DCI format. According to this embodiment of the present disclosure, the TCI state can be appropriately applied.

Description

Terminal, wireless communication method and base station

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a terminal, a wireless communication method, and a base station in a next-generation mobile communication system.

[0002] Long Term Evolution (LTE) has been specified for the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network with the aim of achieving higher data rates and lower latency (Non-Patent Document 1). Also, LTE-Advanced (3GPP Rel. 10-14) has been specified with the aim of achieving higher capacity and more advanced features than LTE (Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release (Rel.) 8, 9).

[0003] Successor systems to LTE (e.g., 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G+ (plus), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), New Radio (NR), 3GPP Rel. 15 or later, etc.) are also being considered.

[0004] 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2 (Release 8)”, April 2010

[0005] It is considered that in future wireless communication systems, the transmission configuration indication (TCI) status for one or more channels / signals will be indicated by one piece of downlink control information.

[0006] However, the operation / time required to apply the instructed TCI state is not clear. If the operation required to apply the instructed TCI state is not clear, communication throughput may decrease.

[0007] Therefore, one of the objects of the present disclosure is to provide a terminal, a wireless communication method, and a base station that appropriately apply the TCI state.

[0008] A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving unit that receives a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for at least one of a plurality of types of channels and signals; and a control unit that determines a specific time based on at least one of a first parameter reported by the terminal, a second parameter defined in a specification, and a third parameter for a first cell in which the DCI format is received or a second cell to which the TCI state applies, and starts applying the TCI state from at least the first slot after the specific time of an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to the DCI format.

[0009] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, TCI conditions can be appropriately applied.

[0010] Figures 1A and 1B show an example of a unified TCI state. Figure 2 shows an example of a beam application time. Figure 3 shows an example of a first embodiment. Figure 4 shows an example of a second embodiment. Figures 5A and 5B show an example of a third embodiment. Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment. Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a base station according to an embodiment. Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment. Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment. Figure 10 is a diagram showing an example of a vehicle according to an embodiment.

[0011] (TCI, spatial relationship, QCL) In NR, it is considered to control the reception processing (e.g., at least one of reception, demapping, demodulation, and decoding) and transmission processing (e.g., at least one of transmission, mapping, precoding, modulation, and encoding) in a UE of at least one of a signal and a channel (referred to as a signal / channel) based on a transmission configuration indication state (TCI state).

[0012] The TCI state may represent that which is applied to a downlink signal / channel, and the equivalent of the TCI state that is applied to an uplink signal / channel may be expressed as a spatial relation.

[0013] The TCI state is information about the Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) of signals / channels, and may also be called spatial reception parameters, spatial relation information, etc. The TCI state may be configured in the UE for each channel or signal.

[0014] The QCL is an index indicating the statistical properties of signals / channels. For example, if a signal / channel has a QCL relationship with another signal / channel, it may mean that it can be assumed that at least one of a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, an average delay, a delay spread, and a spatial parameter (e.g., a spatial Rx parameter) is the same between these different signals / channels (i.e., the signals / channels have a QCL with respect to at least one of these).

[0015] The spatial reception parameters may correspond to a reception beam (e.g., a reception analog beam) of the UE, and the beam may be identified based on a spatial QCL. The QCL (or at least one element of the QCL) in the present disclosure may be replaced with sQCL (spatial QCL).

[0016] A plurality of types (QCL types) of QCL may be defined. For example, four QCL types A to D may be provided, each having different parameters (or parameter sets) that can be assumed to be the same. The parameters (which may be referred to as QCL parameters) are as follows: QCL type A (QCL-A): Doppler shift, Doppler spread, mean delay, and delay spread QCL type B (QCL-B): Doppler shift and Doppler spread QCL type C (QCL-C): Doppler shift and mean delay QCL type D (QCL-D): Spatial reception parameters.

[0017] The UE's assumption that a Control Resource Set (CORESET), channel, or reference signal has a specific QCL (e.g., QCL type D) relationship with another CORESET, channel, or reference signal may be referred to as a QCL assumption.

[0018] The UE may determine at least one of a transmit beam (Tx beam) and a receive beam (Rx beam) for a signal / channel based on the TCI condition or QCL assumption of the signal / channel.

[0019] The TCI state may be, for example, information about the QCL between the channel of interest (in other words, the Reference Signal (RS) for that channel) and another signal (e.g., another RS). The TCI state may be set (indicated) by higher layer signaling, physical layer signaling, or a combination thereof.

[0020] The channel for which the TCI state or spatial relationship is set (specified) may be, for example, at least one of a downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)), a downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)), an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)), and an uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)).

[0021] Furthermore, the RS that has a QCL relationship with the channel may be, for example, at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a tracking CSI-RS (also called a tracking reference signal (TRS)), and a QCL detection reference signal (also called a QRS).

[0022] An SSB is a signal block including at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH). An SSB may also be referred to as an SS / PBCH block.

[0023] An RS of QCL type X in a TCI state may refer to an RS that has a QCL type X relationship with a certain channel / signal (DMRS), and this RS may be called a QCL source of QCL type X in the TCI state.

[0024] (Unified / Common TCI Framework) The unified TCI framework allows UL and DL channels to be controlled by a common framework. Instead of specifying TCI states or spatial relationships for each channel as in Rel. 15, the unified TCI framework may specify a common beam (common TCI state) and apply it to all UL and DL channels, or a common beam for UL may apply to all UL channels and a common beam for DL ​​may apply to all DL channels.

[0025] One common beam for both DL and UL, or one common beam for DL ​​and one common beam for UL (two common beams overall) are considered.

[0026] The UE may assume the same TCI state for UL and DL (joint TCI state, joint TCI pool, joint common TCI pool, joint TCI state set). The UE may assume different TCI states for UL and DL (separate TCI state, separate TCI pool, UL separate TCI pool and DL separate TCI pool, separate common TCI pool, UL common TCI pool and DL common TCI pool).

[0027] The default beams for UL and DL may be aligned via MAC CE based beam management (MAC CE level beam indication). The default TCI state of the PDSCH may be updated to align with the default UL beam (spatial relationship).

[0028] DCI-based beam management (DCI-level beam indication) may indicate a common beam / unified TCI state from the same TCI pool for both UL and DL (joint common TCI pool, joint TCI pool, set). X (>1) TCI states may be activated by the MAC CE. The UL / DL DCI may select one from the X active TCI states. The selected TCI state may apply to both UL and DL channels / RS.

[0029] The TCI pool (set) may be multiple TCI states configured by RRC parameters, or multiple TCI states (active TCI states, active TCI pools, sets) activated by MAC CE among the multiple TCI states configured by RRC parameters. Each TCI state may be a QCL type A / D RS. SSB, CSI-RS, or SRS may be configured as the QCL type A / D RS.

[0030] The number of TCI states corresponding to each of one or more TRPs may be specified. For example, the number N (≧1) of TCI states applied to UL channels / RSs (UL TCI states) and the number M (≧1) of TCI states applied to DL channels / RSs (DL TCI states) may be specified. At least one of N and M may be notified / configured / instructed to the UE via higher layer signaling / physical layer signaling.

[0031] In the present disclosure, when N=M=X (X is any integer), it may mean that X TCI states (joint TCI states) common to UL and DL (corresponding to X TRPs) are notified / configured / indicated to the UE. Also, when N=X (X is any integer) and M=Y (Y may be any integer, Y=X), it may mean that X UL TCI states (corresponding to X TRPs) and Y DL TCI states (i.e., separate TCI states) (corresponding to Y TRPs) are notified / configured / indicated to the UE.

[0032] For example, when N=M=1 is written, this may mean that a TCI state common to one UL and DL for a single TRP is notified / configured / indicated to the UE (joint TCI state for a single TRP).

[0033] Also, for example, when N=1 and M=1 are written, this may mean that one UL TCI state and one DL TCI state for a single TRP are separately notified / configured / instructed to the UE (separate TCI states for a single TRP).

[0034] Also, for example, when N=M=2 is written, this may mean that a TCI state common to multiple (two) ULs and DLs for multiple (two) TRPs is notified / configured / instructed to the UE (joint TCI state for multiple TRPs).

[0035] Also, for example, when N=2 and M=2, it may mean that multiple (two) UL TCI states and multiple (two) DL TCI states for multiple (two) TRPs are notified / configured / instructed to the UE (separate TCI states for multiple TRPs).

[0036] In the above example, the values ​​of N and M are 1 or 2, but the values ​​of N and M may be 3 or more, and N and M may be different.

[0037] In the example of Figure 1A, RRC parameters (information elements) configure multiple TCI states for both DL and UL. The MAC CE may activate multiple TCI states from the configured multiple TCI states. A DCI may indicate one of the activated multiple TCI states. The DCI may be a UL / DL DCI. The indicated TCI state may apply to at least one (or all) of the UL / DL channels / RS. One DCI may indicate both UL TCI and DL TCI.

[0038] In the example of this figure, a point may be one TCI state that applies to both UL and DL, or two TCI states that apply to UL and DL respectively.

[0039] At least one of the multiple TCI states configured by the RRC parameters and the multiple TCI states activated by the MAC CE may be referred to as a TCI pool (common TCI pool, joint TCI pool, TCI state pool). The multiple TCI states activated by the MAC CE may be referred to as an active TCI pool (active common TCI pool).

[0040] In the present disclosure, higher layer parameters (RRC parameters) for setting multiple TCI states may be referred to as configuration information for setting multiple TCI states, or simply as "configuration information." Also, in the present disclosure, being instructed to set one of multiple TCI states using DCI may mean receiving indication information instructing one of the multiple TCI states included in DCI, or may simply mean receiving "instruction information."

[0041] In the example of Figure 1B, the RRC parameters configure multiple TCI states (joint common TCI pools) for both DL and UL. The MAC CE may activate multiple TCI states (active TCI pools) from the configured multiple TCI states. Separate active TCI pools for each of the UL and DL may be configured / activated.

[0042] The DL DCI or a new DCI format may select (indicate) one or more (e.g., one) TCI states. The selected TCI state may apply to one or more (or all) DL channels / RSs. The DL channels may be PDCCH / PDSCH / CSI-RS. The UE may determine the TCI state of each DL channel / RS using the TCI state behavior (TCI framework) of Rel. 16. The UL DCI or a new DCI format may select (indicate) one or more (e.g., one) TCI states. The selected TCI state may apply to one or more (or all) UL channels / RSs. The UL channels may be PUSCH / SRS / PUCCH. In this way, different DCIs may indicate UL TCI and DL DCI separately.

[0043] The existing DCI formats 1_1 / 1_2 may be used to indicate the common TCI state.

[0044] A common TCI framework may have separate TCI states for DL ​​and UL.

[0045] For M=N=1 in the separate DL / UL TCI of the Rel. 17 unified TCI framework, one instance of beam indication using DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 (with / without DL assignment) is considered to follow at least one of the following beam indications 1 to 3: [Beam indication 1] One TCI field codepoint represents a pair of DL TCI state and UL TCI state. If the DCI indicates such a TCI field codepoint, the UE applies the corresponding DL TCI state and UL TCI state. [Beam indication 2] One TCI field codepoint represents only the DL TCI state. If the DCI indicates such a TCI field codepoint, the UE applies the corresponding DL TCI state and maintains the UL TCI state. [Beam indication 3] One TCI field codepoint represents only the UL TCI state. If the DCI indicates such a TCI field codepoint, the UE applies the corresponding UL TCI state and maintains the DL TCI state.

[0046] In the present disclosure, the terms TCI status pool, TCI status list, unified TCI status pool, joint TCI, joint TCI status pool, separate TCI status pool, separate DL / UL TCI status pool, DL TCI status pool, UL TCI status pool, separate DL TCI status pool, separate UL TCI status pool, and separate UL TCI may be read interchangeably.

[0047] (Beam Indication DCI for Unified TCI) For beam indication using the unified TCI of Rel. 17, it is being considered that the UE will support DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 (beam indication DCI) without DL assignment. The ACK / NACK mechanism for the beam indication may be similar to the ACK / NACK mechanism for SPS PDSCH release using Type 1 and Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebooks.

[0048] In response to successful reception of the beam indication DCI, the UE may report an ACK. In response to unsuccessful reception of the beam indication DCI, the UE may report a NACK.

[0049] For a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook, the location of the ACK information in the HARQ-ACK codebook may be determined based on the virtual PDSCH indicated by the TDRA field in the beam indication DCI, based on the time domain configuration list configured for the PDSCH. For a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook, the location of the ACK information in the HARQ-ACK codebook may be determined according to the same rules as those for SPS release.

[0050] The ACK may be reported in the PUCCH k slots after the end of the PDCCH reception, where k may be indicated by the PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indication field in the DCI format, or if there is no PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indication field in the DCI, k may be provided by dl-DataToUL-ACK or dl-DataToUL-ACK-ForDCIFormat1-2-r16.

[0051] If a DCI is used for beam direction, the CS-RNTI is used to scramble the CRC for that DCI, and the DCI fields may have the following values: RV = all '1' MCS = all '1' NDI = 0 All '0' for FDRA type 0, or all '1' for FDRA type 1, or all '0' for dynamicSwitch.

[0052] The DCI may use an existing TCI field, or a TCI field may always be present in the DCI, which may indicate at least one of a joint DL and UL TCI state, a DL-only TCI state in a separate DL / UL TCI state, or a UL-only TCI state in a separate DL / UL TCI state.

[0053] The following DCI fields may be used as in Rel. 16: Identifier for DCI formats, Carrier indicator, Bandwidth part indicator, TDRA, Downlink assignment index (if configured), TPC command for scheduled PUCCH, PUCCH resource indicator, and PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator (if present).

[0054] The remaining unused DCI fields and codepoints may be reserved in Rel. 17.

[0055] The UE may report whether it supports TCI updating via DCI format 1_1 / 1_2. A UE that supports TCI updating via DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 may be required to support TCI updating via DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 without DL assignment.

[0056] It is assumed that in Rel. 17 NR and later, the MAC CE / DCI supports beam activation / indication to a TCI state associated with a different physical cell identifier (PCI), and in Rel. 18 NR and later, the MAC CE / DCI supports indicating a serving cell change to a cell with a different PCI.

[0057] (Beam Application Time (BAT)) In DCI-based beam indication in Rel. 17, the following considerations 1 and 2 are considered regarding the application time of the indication of the beam / unified TCI status.

[0058] [Consideration 1] It is considered that the first slot to apply the indicated TCI is at least Y symbols after the last symbol of the acknowledgement (ACK) for the joint or separate DL / UL beam indication. It is considered that the first slot to apply the indicated TCI is at least Y symbols after the last symbol of the ACK / negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the joint or separate DL / UL beam indication. Y symbols may be set by the base station based on the UE capabilities reported by the UE. The UE capabilities may be reported in symbol units.

[0059] In the example of Fig. 2, the ACK may be an ACK for the PDSCH scheduled by the beam instruction DCI. In the example of Fig. 2, the PDSCH may not be transmitted. In this case, the ACK may be an ACK for the beam instruction DCI.

[0060] For DCI-based beam direction in Rel. 17, it is considered that at least one Y symbol per BWP / CC is configured in the UE.

[0061] If the SCS differs between multiple CCs, the value of the Y symbol also differs, and therefore the application time may differ between multiple CCs.

[0062] [Consideration 2] For the CA case, the application time of the beam instruction may follow any of the following options 1 to 3: [Option 1] Both the first slot and Y symbol are determined on the carrier with the smallest SCS among the one or more carriers to which the beam instruction is applied. [Option 2] Both the first slot and Y symbol are determined on the carrier with the smallest SCS among the one or more carriers to which the beam instruction is applied and the UL carrier carrying the ACK. [Option 3] Both the first slot and Y symbol are determined on the UL carrier carrying the ACK.

[0063] As part of the CC simultaneous beam update function of Rel. 17, the sharing of beams among multiple CCs in CA is being considered. According to Study 2, the application time will be shared among multiple CCs.

[0064] The application time (Y symbols) of beam direction for CA may be determined on the carrier with the smallest SCS among the carriers to which beam direction applies. Rel. 17 MAC CE-based beam direction (when only a single TCI codepoint is activated) may follow the Rel. 16 application timeline for MAC CE activation.

[0065] Based on these considerations, the following behavior is considered to be specified in the specification: [Behavior] When a UE transmits the last symbol of a PUCCH with HARQ-ACK information corresponding to a DCI carrying a TCI state indication, the indicated TCI state with a Rel. 17 TCI state may start to apply from the first slot that is at least Y symbols after the last symbol of the PUCCH. Y may be a higher layer parameter (e.g., BeamAppTime_r17[symbols]). Both the first slot and Y symbols may be determined on the carrier with the smallest SCS among the carriers to which the beam indication applies. At a given time, the UE may assume one indicated TCI state with a Rel. 17 TCI state for both DL and UL, or one indicated TCI state with a Rel. 17 TCI state for UL (separate from DL).

[0066] X [ms] may be used instead of Y [symbols].

[0067] Regarding the application time, it is considered that the UE reports at least one of the following UE capabilities 1 and 2: [UE capability 1] Minimum application time per SCS (minimum of Y symbols between the last symbol of the PUCCH carrying ACK and the first slot in which the beam is applied). [UE capability 2] Minimum time gap between the last symbol of the beam indication PDCCH (DCI) and the first slot in which the beam is applied. The gap between the last symbol of the beam indication PDCCH (DCI) and the first slot in which the beam is applied may satisfy the UE capability (minimum time gap).

[0068] UE capability 2 may be an existing UE capability (eg, timeDurationForQCL).

[0069] The relationship between the beam indication and the channel / RS to which the beam is applied may satisfy at least one of UE capabilities 1 and 2.

[0070] Regarding the application time, the parameter set by the base station (eg, BeamAppTime_r17) may be an optional field.

[0071] However, the operation / time until the instructed TCI state is applied is unclear. For example, the operation when a parameter related to the application time is not set is unclear. For example, the operation when a cross-carrier instruction of a unified TCI state is performed is unclear. For example, the operation when a repeated ACK is transmitted in response to a beam instruction is unclear. If such operations are unclear, communication throughput may decrease.

[0072] Therefore, the present inventors have conceived a method for appropriately determining the indicated TCI state.

[0073] Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Wireless communication methods according to the embodiments may be applied independently or in combination.

[0074] In the present disclosure, "A / B" and "at least one of A and B" may be interpreted interchangeably. Also, in the present disclosure, "A / B / C" may mean "at least one of A, B, and C."

[0075] In the present disclosure, terms such as activate, deactivate, indicate (or indicate), select, configure, update, and determine may be read interchangeably. In the present disclosure, terms such as support, control, controllable, operate, and operate may be read interchangeably.

[0076] In the present disclosure, Radio Resource Control (RRC), RRC parameters, RRC messages, higher layer parameters, information elements (IEs), settings, etc. may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, Medium Access Control (MAC) control elements (CEs), update commands, activation / deactivation commands, etc. may be interchangeable.

[0077] In the present disclosure, higher layer signaling may be, for example, any one of Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information, etc., or a combination thereof.

[0078] In the present disclosure, MAC signaling may use, for example, a MAC Control Element (MAC CE), a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU), etc. Broadcast information may be, for example, a Master Information Block (MIB), a System Information Block (SIB), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), Other System Information (OSI), etc.

[0079] In the present disclosure, physical layer signaling may be, for example, Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI), and the like.

[0080] In the present disclosure, the terms index, identifier (ID), indicator, resource ID, etc. may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, the terms sequence, list, set, group, cluster, subset, etc. may be interchangeable.

[0081] In the present disclosure, the terms panel, UE panel, panel group, beam, beam group, precoder, Uplink (UL) transmitting entity, Transmission / Reception Point (TRP), base station, Spatial Relation Information (SRI), spatial relation, SRS Resource Indicator (SRI), Control Resource Set (CORESET), Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), Codeword (CW), Transport Block (TB), Reference Signal (RS), antenna port (e.g., Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port), antenna port group (e.g., DMRS port group), group (e.g., spatial relation group, Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group, reference signal group, CORESET group, Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) group, PUCCH resource group), resource (e.g., reference signal resource, SRS resource), resource set (e.g., reference signal resource set), CORESET pool, downlink Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state) (DL TCI state), uplink TCI state (UL TCI state), unified TCI state, common TCI state, Quasi-Co-Location (QCL), QCL assumption, etc. may be read as interchangeable.

[0082] In the present disclosure, the terms TCI state, common TCI state, unified TCI state, TCI state applicable to DL and UL, TCI state applicable to multiple (multiple types) channels / RS, TCI state applicable to multiple types of channels / RS, joint TCI state for DL ​​and UL, TCI state for UL and DL for joint TCI indication, separate TCI state for DL / UL, UL-only TCI state for separate TCI indication, and DL-only TCI state for separate TCI indication may be interpreted as interchangeable.

[0083] In the present disclosure, multiple TCI states configured by RRC, multiple TCI states activated by MAC CE, pool, TCI state pool, active TCI state pool, common TCI state pool, joint TCI state pool, separate TCI state pool, common TCI state pool for UL, common TCI state pool for DL, common TCI state pool configured / activated by RRC / MAC CE, and TCI state information may be read interchangeably.

[0084] In the present disclosure, the channels / RS to which the unified TCI is applied may be PDCCH / PDSCH / HARQ-ACK information / PUCCH / PUSCH / CSI-RS / SRS.

[0085] (Wireless Communication Method) In each embodiment, the Rel. 17 TCI state and the unified TCI may be simply referred to as the TCI state. The TCI state in each embodiment may be applied to multiple types of channels / RSs.

[0086] In each embodiment, HARQ-ACK information corresponding to a DCI, an ACK corresponding to a DCI, an UL transmission scheduled / triggered by a DCI, HARQ-ACK information corresponding to a PDSCH scheduled by a DCI, and an UL transmission at an UL transmission timing indicated by a DCI may be interchangeable. In each embodiment, UL transmission, HARQ-ACK information, ACK, PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS may be interchangeable.

[0087] In each embodiment, beam indication, beam indication DCI, TCI (status) indication DCI, DCI with TCI indication (field), DCI format indicating TCI status, and beam indication DCI may be read interchangeably.

[0088] In each embodiment, the DCI format with a TCI field (specific DCI) may be a DCI format in which a TCI field is present (configured) among the designated DCI formats. In each embodiment, the DCI format without a TCI field may be a DCI format other than the designated DCI format with a TCI field, may include DCI format 1_0, or may include a designated DCI format without a TCI field. The designated DCI format may include DCI format 1_1 / 1_2, a group-common DCI format (e.g., DCI format 2_x), or an UL grant DCI format (e.g., DCI format 0_x). The designated DCI format may be at least one of a DCI format with a DL assignment and a DCI format without a DL assignment.

[0089] In each embodiment, the TCI state indicated by the beam direction DCI may start to apply from the first slot after at least a specific time of the acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to that DCI. In each embodiment, ACK, ACK transmission, PUCCH / PUSCH carrying ACK, ACK / NACK, last symbol of ACK, repetition of ACK, and multiple repetitions of ACK may be read as interchangeable terms.

[0090] In each embodiment, specific time, application time, processing time, BAT, beam application timing delay, Y symbol, X ms, and time greater than or equal to the UE capability value for BAT may be interpreted interchangeably.

[0091] First Embodiment This embodiment relates to determining the application time when the application time is not set.

[0092] <<Aspect 1-1>> If the application time is not set (if no application time applicable to the indicated Rel. 17 TCI state is provided), the application time (default application time) may follow at least one of the following application time determination methods 1 and 2.

[0093] [Application Time Determination Method 1] If the application time is not set, the UE may use the application time value reported by the UE (UE capability value, minimum application time value, minimum application time, first parameter) as the application time (default application time). In the example of FIG. 3, an application time equal to or greater than the UE capability value T_c may be set. If the application time is not set, the application time may be the UE capability value T_c ((1) in FIG. 3). If the application time is not set, the indicated TCI state may be applied from the last symbol of the ACK transmission corresponding to the DCI indicating the Rel. 17 TCI state, at least from the first slot after the UE capability value T_c.

[0094] The UE may report a UE capability value of the application time for each band / SCS. If the UE reports a UE capability value of the application time for each band and the application time (for a band corresponding to a CC to which the Rel. 17 TCI state applies) is not configured, the UE may use the UE capability value reported for the band corresponding to the CC to which the Rel. 17 TCI state applies as the application time. If the UE reports a UE capability value of the application time for each SCS and the application time (for an SCS corresponding to a CC to which the Rel. 17 TCI state applies) is not configured, the UE may use the UE capability value reported for the SCS corresponding to the CC to which the Rel. 17 TCI state applies as the application time.

[0095] When the Rel. 17 TCI state is indicated as a cross-carrier state, the UE may use the UE capability value corresponding to the band (scheduling band) / SCS (scheduling SCS) of the scheduling CC (the CC on which the DCI is received) as the application time, or may use the UE capability value corresponding to the band (scheduled band) / SCS (scheduled SCS) of the scheduled CC (the CC to which the indicated TCI state applies, the CC of the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI, or the CC indicated by the carrier indicator field (CIF) in the DCI) as the application time.

[0096] [Applicable Time Determination Method 2] When the applicable time is not set, the UE may determine the applicable time (default applicable time) based on a determination rule.

[0097] The decision rule may determine a specific value as the application time. The specific value (second parameter) may be defined in the specification. The decision rule may determine a time T_c+T_a obtained by adding a specific value T_a to a UE capability value T_c of the application time as the application time ((2) in FIG. 3).

[0098] The unit of the specific value may be a symbol or ms. The specific value may be defined in a specification. The specific value may be defined according to an SCS or independently of an SCS.

[0099] <<Aspect 1-2>> The UE capability value of the application time (value reported by the UE) may be common to all of the following cases 1 to 4, or may be common to at least two of the following cases 1 to 4, or may be individual to the following cases 1 to 4. The setting value of the application time (value set by the base station) may be common to all of the following cases 1 to 4, or may be common to at least two of the following cases 1 to 4, or may be individual to the following cases 1 to 4. [Case 1] Joint TCI state for intra-cell beam direction (beam direction to TCI states associated with the same PCI). [Case 2] Joint TCI state for inter-cell beam direction (beam direction to TCI states associated with different PCIs, L1 / L2 inter-cell mobility). [Case 3] Separate TCI state for intra-cell beam direction. The UE capability value of the application time for DL ​​and the UE capability value of the application time for UL may be common or individual. The set value of the application time for DL ​​and the set value of the application time for UL may be the same or may be separate. [Case 4] Separate TCI state for inter-cell beam instruction. The UE capability value of the application time for DL ​​and the UE capability value of the application time for UL may be the same or may be separate. The set value of the application time for DL ​​and the set value of the application time for UL may be the same or may be separate.

[0100] According to this embodiment, even if the application time is not set, the UE can appropriately determine the application start timing of the Rel. 17 TCI state.

[0101] Second Embodiment This embodiment relates to cross-carrier indication in the Rel. 17 TCI state.

[0102] Cross-carrier indication of Rel. 17 TCI status may be performed. The Rel. 17 TCI status for one CC may be indicated by a DCI on another CC (Figure 4). The CC on which the DCI indicating the TCI status is received may be different from the CC to which the indicated TCI status applies.

[0103] <<Aspect 2-1>> The UE may determine whether or not a TCI field is present in DCI on a scheduling CC, depending on the configuration / state of the scheduling CC (whether or not TCI presence information in DCI (tciPresentInDCI) is set by an RRC IE). The UE may determine whether or not a TCI field is present in DCI on a scheduling CC, depending on the configuration / state of the scheduled CC (whether or not TCI presence information in DCI (tciPresentInDCI) is set by an RRC IE).

[0104] In existing specifications, the size of each DCI format is determined by the setting of the corresponding active BWP of the scheduled cell and is adjusted if necessary.

[0105] It may be specified that the TCI presence information in DCI must have the same configuration / state in the scheduling CC and the scheduled CC, thereby preventing an increase in the number of blind detections of DCI.

[0106] When the setting / state of the TCI presence information in the DCI is different between the scheduling CC and the scheduled CC, the size of the DCI on the scheduling CC and the size of the DCI on the scheduled CC may be adjusted by padding / puncturing at least one of the DCI on the scheduling CC and the DCI on the scheduled CC, etc. This can prevent an increase in the number of blind detections of the DCI.

[0107] The TCI field in the DCI on a scheduling CC may indicate the following TCI states 1 or 2: [TCI state 1] A TCI state in the pool / list of TCI states configured / activated by higher layer signaling (RRC IE / MAC CE) for the scheduling CC. [TCI state 2] A TCI state in the pool / list of TCI states configured / activated by higher layer signaling (RRC IE / MAC CE) for the scheduled CC.

[0108] Aspect 2-2 The UE may determine the application time based on at least one parameter (third parameter) of the following parameters 1 to 6:

[0109] [Parameter 1] A parameter (e.g., Y, BeamAppTime_r17) set / activated by higher layer signaling (RRC IE / MAC CE) for a scheduling CC / scheduling band (or SCS of a scheduling CC / scheduling band).

[0110] [Parameter 2] A parameter (e.g., Y, BeamAppTime_r17) set / activated by higher layer signaling (RRC IE / MAC CE) for a scheduled CC / scheduled band (or SCS of a scheduled CC / scheduled band).

[0111] [Parameter 3] A parameter reported by the UE capabilities for the scheduling CC / scheduling band (or SCS of the scheduling CC / scheduling band) (e.g., at least one of UE capabilities 1 and 2 above, the minimum value of Y, and the minimum time gap).

[0112] [Parameter 4] A parameter reported by the UE capabilities for the scheduled CC / scheduled band (or SCS of the scheduled CC / scheduled band) (e.g., at least one of UE capabilities 1 and 2 above, the minimum value of Y, and the minimum time gap).

[0113] [Parameter 5] The larger value of parameters 1 and 2, or the larger value of parameters 3 and 4.

[0114] [Parameter 6] The smaller of parameters 1 and 2, or the smaller of parameters 3 and 4.

[0115] The application time when parameter 1 is set may be parameter 1, and the application time when parameter 1 is not set may be parameter 3. The application time when parameter 2 is set may be parameter 2, and the application time when parameter 2 is not set may be parameter 4.

[0116] The application time may be the value of one of parameters 1 to 6, or may be the value of at least one of parameters 1 to 6 or more.

[0117] <<Aspect 2-3>> The scheduling CC and the scheduled CC in the beam instruction may be specified to be in the same band (limited to be in the same band).

[0118] It may be specified that the scheduling CC and scheduled CC in a beam indication share the same TCI state pool (list) (beam indication is limited to cases where the scheduling CC and scheduled CC share the same TCI state pool).

[0119] This embodiment allows DCI on one CC to properly indicate the Rel. 17 TCI status that applies to another CC.

[0120] Third Embodiment This embodiment relates to repetition of ACK (HARQ-ACK information) in response to a beam instruction.

[0121] The UE may transmit a repetition of the ACK corresponding to the beam instruction, which may be a repetition over multiple slots (multi-slot repetition) or a repetition over multiple sub-slots (multi-sub-slot repetition).

[0122] For repetitions of an ACK corresponding to a beam instruction, application of the indicated TCI state may be started according to the following application timing determination method 1 or 2. [Application Timing Determination Method 1] Application of the indicated TCI state may be started from the first slot after at least Y symbols of the last repetition (the last symbol of the last repetition) of multiple repetitions of an ACK for a beam instruction (FIG. 5A). [Application Timing Determination Method 2] Application of the indicated TCI state may be started from the first slot after at least Y symbols of the first repetition (the last symbol of the first repetition) of multiple repetitions of an ACK for a beam instruction (FIG. 5B).

[0123] According to this embodiment, even if the UE transmits multiple repetitions of the ACK, the UE can appropriately determine the timing to start applying the Rel. 17 TCI state.

[0124] <Other Embodiments> <UE Capability Information / Higher Layer Parameter> Higher layer parameters (RRC IEs) / UE capabilities corresponding to the functions (features) in each of the above embodiments may be defined. The higher layer parameters may indicate whether the functions are enabled. The UE capabilities may indicate whether the UE supports the functions.

[0125] A UE configured with higher layer parameters corresponding to the function may perform the function. It may also be specified that "a UE not configured with higher layer parameters corresponding to the function shall not perform the function (for example, in accordance with Rel. 15 / 16)."

[0126] A UE that has reported / transmitted a UE capability indicating that it supports the feature may perform the feature. It may also be specified that "a UE that has not reported a UE capability indicating that it supports the feature shall not perform the feature (e.g., in accordance with Rel. 15 / 16)."

[0127] If the UE reports / transmits a UE capability indicating that it supports the function and the corresponding higher layer parameters are configured, the UE may perform the function. It may also be specified that "if the UE does not report / transmit a UE capability indicating that it supports the function or if the corresponding higher layer parameters are not configured, the UE shall not perform the function (e.g., in accordance with Rel. 15 / 16)."

[0128] Which embodiment / option / choice / function is used among the above multiple embodiments may be configured by higher layer parameters, may be reported by the UE as a UE capability, may be specified in a specification, or may be determined by the reported UE capability and the configuration of higher layer parameters.

[0129] The UE capabilities may indicate whether it supports at least one of the following features: Unified TCI framework; Joint TCI and / or Separate TCI; Dynamic unified TCI status indication by DCI, which may include DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 with or without DL assignment; Determination / derivation / use of application time (default application time) when application time is not configured.

[0130] The UE capability may indicate at least one of the following values: - Number of configured TCI states per BWP / per CC / per band / per UE (maximum number); - Number of active TCI states per BWP / per CC / per band / per UE (maximum number); - Value / minimum / maximum / range / candidates for application time (Y [symbols], X [ms]).

[0131] The above UE capabilities / higher layer parameters allow the UE to achieve the above functions while maintaining compatibility with existing specifications.

[0132] (Wireless Communication System) The configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described below. In this wireless communication system, communication is performed using any one of the wireless communication methods according to the above embodiments of the present disclosure or a combination thereof.

[0133] 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment. The wireless communication system 1 may be a system that realizes communication using Long Term Evolution (LTE) or 5th generation mobile communication system New Radio (5G NR) specified by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0134] The wireless communication system 1 may also support dual connectivity between multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) (Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC)). MR-DC may include dual connectivity between LTE (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)) and NR (E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC)), dual connectivity between NR and LTE (NR-E-UTRA Dual Connectivity (NE-DC)), etc.

[0135] In EN-DC, the LTE (E-UTRA) base station (eNB) is the master node (Master Node (MN)), and the NR base station (gNB) is the secondary node (Secondary Node (SN)). In NE-DC, the NR base station (gNB) is the MN, and the LTE (E-UTRA) base station (eNB) is the SN.

[0136] The wireless communication system 1 may support dual connectivity between multiple base stations within the same RAT (for example, dual connectivity in which both the MN and SN are NR base stations (gNBs) (NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NN-DC))).

[0137] The wireless communication system 1 may include a base station 11 that forms a macrocell C1 with a relatively wide coverage, and base stations 12 (12a-12c) that are located within the macrocell C1 and form small cells C2 that are smaller than the macrocell C1. A user terminal 20 may be located within at least one of the cells. The locations and numbers of the cells and user terminals 20 are not limited to the embodiment shown in the figure. Hereinafter, when there is no need to distinguish between the base stations 11 and 12, they will be collectively referred to as base station 10.

[0138] The user terminal 20 may be connected to at least one of the multiple base stations 10. The user terminal 20 may utilize at least one of carrier aggregation (CA) using multiple component carriers (CCs) and dual connectivity (DC).

[0139] Each CC may be included in at least one of a first frequency band (Frequency Range 1 (FR1)) and a second frequency band (Frequency Range 2 (FR2)). The macro cell C1 may be included in FR1, and the small cell C2 may be included in FR2. For example, FR1 may be a frequency band of 6 GHz or less (sub-6 GHz), and FR2 may be a frequency band higher than 24 GHz (above-24 GHz). Note that the frequency bands and definitions of FR1 and FR2 are not limited to these, and for example, FR1 may correspond to a higher frequency band than FR2.

[0140] Furthermore, the user terminal 20 may perform communication using at least one of time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) in each CC.

[0141] The multiple base stations 10 may be connected by wire (e.g., optical fiber compliant with the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), an X2 interface, etc.) or wirelessly (e.g., NR communication). For example, when NR communication is used as a backhaul between the base stations 11 and 12, the base station 11 corresponding to the upper station may be called an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) donor, and the base station 12 corresponding to the relay station (relay) may be called an IAB node.

[0142] The base station 10 may be connected to the core network 30 directly or via another base station 10. The core network 30 may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), a Next Generation Core (NGC), and the like.

[0143] The user terminal 20 may be a terminal that supports at least one of communication methods such as LTE, LTE-A, and 5G.

[0144] An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based radio access scheme may be used in the wireless communication system 1. For example, Cyclic Prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM), Discrete Fourier Transform Spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), or the like may be used in at least one of the downlink (DL) and uplink (UL).

[0145] The radio access scheme may also be called a waveform. Note that in the wireless communication system 1, other radio access schemes (e.g., other single-carrier transmission schemes, other multi-carrier transmission schemes) may be used as the UL and DL radio access schemes.

[0146] In the wireless communication system 1, a downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH)), a downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)), etc. may be used as the downlink channel.

[0147] Furthermore, in the wireless communication system 1, an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) shared by each user terminal 20, an uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)), a random access channel (Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH)), or the like may be used as an uplink channel.

[0148] The PDSCH transmits user data, higher layer control information, a System Information Block (SIB), etc. The PUSCH may transmit user data, higher layer control information, etc. Furthermore, the PBCH may transmit a Master Information Block (MIB).

[0149] Lower layer control information may be transmitted by the PDCCH. The lower layer control information may include, for example, Downlink Control Information (DCI) including scheduling information for at least one of the PDSCH and the PUSCH.

[0150] Note that the DCI for scheduling the PDSCH may be referred to as a DL assignment, a DL DCI, etc., and the DCI for scheduling the PUSCH may be referred to as a UL grant, a UL DCI, etc. Note that the PDSCH may be replaced with DL data, and the PUSCH may be replaced with UL data.

[0151] A control resource set (CORESET) and a search space may be used to detect the PDCCH. The CORESET corresponds to resources for searching for DCI. The search space corresponds to a search region and a search method for PDCCH candidates. One CORESET may be associated with one or more search spaces. The UE may monitor the CORESET associated with a certain search space based on the search space configuration.

[0152] One search space may correspond to PDCCH candidates corresponding to one or more aggregation levels. One or more search spaces may be referred to as a search space set. Note that the terms "search space," "search space set," "search space configuration," "search space set configuration," "CORESET," "CORESET configuration," and the like in the present disclosure may be read interchangeably.

[0153] The PUCCH may transmit uplink control information (UCI) including at least one of channel state information (CSI), delivery confirmation information (which may be called, for example, Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK), ACK / NACK, etc.), and scheduling request (SR). The PRACH may transmit a random access preamble for establishing a connection with a cell.

[0154] In the present disclosure, downlink, uplink, etc. may be expressed without adding "link." Also, various channels may be expressed without adding "Physical" to the beginning.

[0155] In the wireless communication system 1, a synchronization signal (SS), a downlink reference signal (DL-RS), etc. may be transmitted. In the wireless communication system 1, as the DL-RS, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), etc. may be transmitted.

[0156] The synchronization signal may be, for example, at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS). A signal block including an SS (PSS, SSS) and a PBCH (and a DMRS for the PBCH) may be referred to as an SS / PBCH block, an SS Block (SSB), or the like. Note that the SS, SSB, and the like may also be referred to as a reference signal.

[0157] Furthermore, in the wireless communication system 1, a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or the like may be transmitted as an uplink reference signal (UL-RS). Note that the DMRS may also be called a user equipment-specific reference signal (UE-specific reference signal).

[0158] 7 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a base station according to an embodiment. The base station 10 includes a control unit 110, a transceiver unit 120, a transceiver antenna 130, and a transmission line interface 140. Note that the base station may include one or more of each of the control unit 110, the transceiver unit 120, the transceiver antenna 130, and the transmission line interface 140.

[0159] In this example, the functional blocks of the characteristic parts of the present embodiment are mainly shown, and it may be assumed that the base station 10 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. Some of the processing of each unit described below may be omitted.

[0160] The control unit 110 performs overall control of the base station 10. The control unit 110 can be configured from a controller, a control circuit, and the like that are explained based on common understanding in the technical field to which the present disclosure relates.

[0161] The control unit 110 may control signal generation, scheduling (e.g., resource allocation, mapping), etc. The control unit 110 may control transmission and reception using the transceiver unit 120, the transceiver antenna 130, and the transmission path interface 140, measurement, etc. The control unit 110 may generate data, control information, sequences, etc. to be transmitted as signals, and transfer them to the transceiver unit 120. The control unit 110 may perform call processing (setting up, releasing, etc.) of communication channels, status management of the base station 10, management of radio resources, etc.

[0162] The transceiver unit 120 may include a baseband unit 121, a radio frequency (RF) unit 122, and a measurement unit 123. The baseband unit 121 may include a transmission processing unit 1211 and a reception processing unit 1212. The transceiver unit 120 may be configured with a transmitter / receiver, an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, a filter, a phase shifter, a measurement circuit, a transceiver circuit, etc., which are described based on common understanding in the technical field related to the present disclosure.

[0163] The transmitting / receiving unit 120 may be configured as an integrated transmitting / receiving unit, or may be configured from a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit may be configured from a transmission processing unit 1211 and an RF unit 122. The receiving unit may be configured from a reception processing unit 1212, the RF unit 122, and a measurement unit 123.

[0164] The transmitting and receiving antenna 130 can be configured from an antenna described based on common understanding in the technical field to which the present disclosure relates, such as an array antenna.

[0165] The transceiver 120 may transmit the above-mentioned downlink channel, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, etc. The transceiver 120 may receive the above-mentioned uplink channel, uplink reference signal, etc.

[0166] The transceiver 120 may form at least one of the transmit beam and the receive beam using digital beamforming (e.g., precoding), analog beamforming (e.g., phase rotation), or the like.

[0167] The transmitter / receiver unit 120 (transmission processing unit 1211) may perform Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer processing, Radio Link Control (RLC) layer processing (e.g., RLC retransmission control), Medium Access Control (MAC) layer processing (e.g., HARQ retransmission control), etc. on data, control information, etc. obtained from the control unit 110, and generate a bit string to be transmitted.

[0168] The transmitter / receiver unit 120 (transmission processing unit 1211) may perform transmission processing such as channel coding (which may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) processing (if necessary), Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, precoding, and digital-to-analog conversion on the bit string to be transmitted, and output a baseband signal.

[0169] The transceiver unit 120 (RF unit 122) may perform modulation, filtering, amplification, etc. on the baseband signal to a radio frequency band, and transmit the radio frequency band signal via the transceiver antenna 130.

[0170] On the other hand, the transceiver unit 120 (RF unit 122) may perform amplification, filtering, demodulation to a baseband signal, etc. on the radio frequency band signal received by the transceiver antenna 130.

[0171] The transceiver 120 (reception processing unit 1212) may apply reception processing such as analog-to-digital conversion, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing, Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) processing (if necessary), filtering, demapping, demodulation, decoding (which may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, and PDCP layer processing to the acquired baseband signal, thereby acquiring user data, etc.

[0172] The transceiver 120 (measurement unit 123) may perform measurements on the received signal. For example, the measurement unit 123 may perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements, Channel State Information (CSI) measurements, etc. based on the received signal. The measurement unit 123 may measure received power (e.g., Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)), received quality (e.g., Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)), signal strength (e.g., Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)), propagation path information (e.g., CSI), etc. The measurement results may be output to the control unit 110.

[0173] The transmission path interface 140 may transmit and receive signals (backhaul signaling) between devices included in the core network 30, other base stations 10, etc., and may acquire and transmit user data (user plane data), control plane data, etc. for the user terminal 20.

[0174] The transmitting section and receiving section of the base station 10 in the present disclosure may be configured by at least one of the transmitting / receiving section 120, the transmitting / receiving antenna 130, and the transmission path interface 140.

[0175] The transceiver 120 may transmit a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for at least one of a channel and a signal. The controller 110 may determine a specific time based on at least one of a first parameter reported by the terminal, a second parameter defined in a specification, and a third parameter for a first cell to which the DCI format is transmitted or a second cell to which the TCI state is applied, and may start applying the TCI state from at least a first slot after the specific time of an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to the DCI format.

[0176] (User Terminal) Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a user terminal according to one embodiment. The user terminal 20 includes a control unit 210, a transceiver unit 220, and a transceiver antenna 230. Note that the user terminal may include one or more of each of the control unit 210, the transceiver unit 220, and the transceiver antenna 230.

[0177] In this example, the functional blocks of the characteristic parts of the present embodiment are mainly shown, and it may be assumed that the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. Some of the processing of each unit described below may be omitted.

[0178] The control unit 210 performs overall control of the user terminal 20. The control unit 210 can be configured from a controller, a control circuit, etc., which are described based on common understanding in the technical field to which the present disclosure relates.

[0179] The control unit 210 may control signal generation, mapping, etc. The control unit 210 may control transmission and reception, measurement, etc. using the transceiver unit 220 and the transceiver antenna 230. The control unit 210 may generate data, control information, sequences, etc. to be transmitted as signals and transfer them to the transceiver unit 220.

[0180] The transceiver unit 220 may include a baseband unit 221, an RF unit 222, and a measurement unit 223. The baseband unit 221 may include a transmission processing unit 2211 and a reception processing unit 2212. The transceiver unit 220 may be configured with a transmitter / receiver, an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, a filter, a phase shifter, a measurement circuit, a transceiver circuit, etc., which are described based on common understanding in the technical field related to the present disclosure.

[0181] The transmitting / receiving unit 220 may be configured as an integrated transmitting / receiving unit, or may be composed of a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit may be composed of a transmission processing unit 2211 and an RF unit 222. The receiving unit may be composed of a reception processing unit 2212, an RF unit 222, and a measurement unit 223.

[0182] The transmitting / receiving antenna 230 can be configured from an antenna described based on common understanding in the technical field to which the present disclosure relates, such as an array antenna.

[0183] The transceiver 220 may receive the above-mentioned downlink channel, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, etc. The transceiver 220 may transmit the above-mentioned uplink channel, uplink reference signal, etc.

[0184] The transceiver unit 220 may form at least one of the transmit beam and the receive beam using digital beamforming (e.g., precoding), analog beamforming (e.g., phase rotation), or the like.

[0185] The transceiver unit 220 (transmission processing unit 2211) may perform PDCP layer processing, RLC layer processing (e.g., RLC retransmission control), MAC layer processing (e.g., HARQ retransmission control), etc. on data, control information, etc. obtained from the control unit 210, and generate a bit string to be transmitted.

[0186] The transmitter / receiver unit 220 (transmission processing unit 2211) may perform transmission processing such as channel coding (which may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, DFT processing (if necessary), IFFT processing, precoding, and digital-to-analog conversion on the bit string to be transmitted, and output a baseband signal.

[0187] Whether or not to apply DFT processing may be based on the setting of transform precoding. When transform precoding is enabled for a certain channel (e.g., PUSCH), the transceiver unit 220 (transmission processing unit 2211) may perform DFT processing as the transmission processing to transmit the channel using a DFT-s-OFDM waveform, and if not, it may not be necessary to perform DFT processing as the transmission processing.

[0188] The transceiver unit 220 (RF unit 222) may perform modulation, filtering, amplification, etc. on the baseband signal to a radio frequency band, and transmit the radio frequency band signal via the transceiver antenna 230.

[0189] On the other hand, the transceiver unit 220 (RF unit 222) may perform amplification, filtering, demodulation to a baseband signal, etc. on the radio frequency band signal received by the transceiver antenna 230.

[0190] The transceiver unit 220 (reception processing unit 2212) may apply reception processing such as analog-to-digital conversion, FFT processing, IDFT processing (if necessary), filtering, demapping, demodulation, decoding (which may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, and PDCP layer processing to the acquired baseband signal, and acquire user data, etc.

[0191] The transceiver 220 (measurement unit 223) may perform measurements on the received signal. For example, the measurement unit 223 may perform RRM measurements, CSI measurements, etc. based on the received signal. The measurement unit 223 may measure received power (e.g., RSRP), received quality (e.g., RSRQ, SINR, SNR), signal strength (e.g., RSSI), propagation path information (e.g., CSI), etc. The measurement results may be output to the control unit 210.

[0192] The transmitting unit and receiving unit of the user terminal 20 in the present disclosure may be configured by at least one of the transmitting / receiving unit 220 and the transmitting / receiving antenna 230.

[0193] The transceiver 220 may receive a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for at least one of a channel and a signal. The controller 210 may determine a specific time based on at least one of a first parameter reported by the terminal, a second parameter defined in a specification, and a third parameter for a first cell in which the DCI format is received or a second cell to which the TCI state applies, and start applying the TCI state from at least a first slot after the specific time of an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to the DCI format.

[0194] If the specific time is not set, the control unit 210 may determine the specific time based on at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter.

[0195] If the second cell is different from the first cell, the control unit 210 may determine the specific time based on at least one of the first parameter and the third parameter.

[0196] If multiple repetitions of the ACK are transmitted, the controller 210 may start applying the TCI state from the first slot after at least the specified time of the first or last repetition of the multiple repetitions.

[0197] (Hardware Configuration) Note that the block diagrams 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 software with the single device or the multiple devices.

[0198] Here, the 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, deeming, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs transmission may be called a transmitting unit, transmitter, etc. As described above, the implementation method of each is not particularly limited.

[0199] For example, a base station, a user terminal, 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. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment. The above-described base station 10 and user terminal 20 may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, etc.

[0200] In the present disclosure, the terms apparatus, circuit, device, section, unit, etc. may be used interchangeably. The hardware configurations of the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the drawings, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.

[0201] For example, although only one processor 1001 is shown, there may be multiple processors. Furthermore, processing may be performed by one processor, or processing may be performed by two or more processors simultaneously, serially, or in other ways. Furthermore, processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.

[0202] Each function in the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 is realized, for example, by loading specified software (programs) onto hardware such as a processor 1001 and a memory 1002, causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, control communication via the communication device 1004, and control at least one of reading and writing data in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003.

[0203] The processor 1001, for example, runs an operating system to control the entire computer. 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, at least a part of the above-mentioned control unit 110 (210), transceiver unit 120 (220), etc. may be realized by the processor 1001.

[0204] The processor 1001 also reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002 and executes various processes in accordance with these. 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 110 (210) may be implemented by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and running on the processor 1001, and the other functional blocks may be implemented in a similar manner.

[0205] The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be configured by at least one of, for example, Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically EEPROM (EEPROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), or other suitable storage medium. The memory 1002 may also be referred to as a register, cache, main memory, etc. The memory 1002 may store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc. for implementing a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0206] Storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a flexible disk, a floppy disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disc (e.g., a Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM)), a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disc), a removable disk, a hard disk drive, a smart card, a flash memory device (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a magnetic stripe, a database, a server, or other suitable storage medium. Storage 1003 may also be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.

[0207] 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, the above-mentioned transmission / reception unit 120 (220), transmission / reception antenna 130 (230), etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission / reception unit 120 (220) may be implemented as a transmission unit 120a (220a) and a reception unit 120b (220b) that are physically or logically separated.

[0208] The input device 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (e.g., a display, a speaker, a light emitting diode (LED) lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one device (e.g., a touch panel).

[0209] Furthermore, each device, such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

[0210] Furthermore, the base station 10 and the user 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 using this hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

[0211] (Modifications) Note that terms described in the present disclosure and terms necessary for understanding the present disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, a channel, a symbol, and a signal (signal or signaling) may be interchangeable. A signal may also be a message. A reference signal may be abbreviated as RS, and may also be called a pilot, pilot signal, etc. depending on the applicable standard. A component carrier (CC) may also be called a cell, frequency carrier, carrier frequency, etc.

[0212] A radio frame may be composed of one or more periods (frames) in the time domain. Each of the one or more periods (frames) constituting a radio frame may be called a subframe. Furthermore, a subframe may be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may have a fixed time length (e.g., 1 ms) that is independent of numerology.

[0213] Here, the numerology may be a communication parameter applied to at least one of transmission and reception of a signal or channel, and may indicate at least one of, for example, Subcarrier Spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, Transmission Time Interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, specific filtering performed by a transceiver in the frequency domain, and specific windowing performed by a transceiver in the time domain.

[0214] 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 also be a time unit based on numerology.

[0215] 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 (PUSCH) mapping type A. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using a minislot may be called PDSCH (PUSCH) mapping type B.

[0216] A radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a minislot, and a symbol all represent time units for transmitting signals. The radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the minislot, and the symbol may be referred to by other names corresponding to the radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the minislot, and the symbol. Note that the time units such as a frame, a subframe, a slot, a minislot, and a symbol in the present disclosure may be interchangeable.

[0217] For example, one subframe may be referred to as a TTI, or multiple consecutive subframes may be referred to as a TTI, or one slot or one minislot may be referred to as 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.

[0218] 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 radio resources (such as frequency bandwidth and transmission power that can be used by each user terminal) to each user terminal in TTI units. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

[0219] The TTI may be a transmission time unit for a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), a code block, a code word, etc., or may be a processing unit for scheduling, link adaptation, etc. When a TTI is given, the time interval (e.g., the number of symbols) to which a transport block, a code block, a code word, etc. is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

[0220] 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.

[0221] A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a regular TTI (TTI in 3GPP 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.

[0222] 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 greater than or equal to 1 ms.

[0223] A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of numerology, for example, 12. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on numerology.

[0224] In addition, an RB may include one or more symbols in the time domain and may have a length of one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI, each of which may be composed of one or more resource blocks.

[0225] In addition, one or more RBs may be referred to as a physical resource block (PRB), a sub-carrier group (SCG), a resource element group (REG), a PRB pair, an RB pair, etc.

[0226] Furthermore, a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (REs). For example, one RE may be a radio resource region of one subcarrier and one symbol.

[0227] A Bandwidth Part (BWP), which may also be referred to as a partial 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 BWP and numbered within the BWP.

[0228] The BWP may include a UL BWP (BWP for UL) and a DL BWP (BWP for DL). One or more BWPs may be configured for a UE within one carrier.

[0229] At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the UE may not expect to transmit or receive a given signal / channel outside the active BWP. Note that the terms "cell," "carrier," etc. in this disclosure may be read as "BWP."

[0230] 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.

[0231] 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 a predetermined index.

[0232] The names used for parameters and the like in this disclosure are not intended to be limiting in any way. Furthermore, the mathematical expressions and the like using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. The various channels (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.

[0233] 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.

[0234] Furthermore, information, signals, etc. may be output from a higher layer to a lower layer and / or from a lower layer to a higher layer. Information, signals, etc. may be input / output via multiple network nodes.

[0235] Input and output information, signals, etc. may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Input and output information, signals, etc. may be overwritten, updated, or added. Output information, signals, etc. may be deleted. Input information, signals, etc. may be transmitted to another device.

[0236] 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 in the present disclosure may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI) and Uplink Control Information (UCI)), higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB) and System Information Block (SIB)), Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling), other signals, or a combination thereof.

[0237] Note that the physical layer signaling may be referred to as Layer 1 / Layer 2 (L1 / L2) control information (L1 / L2 control signal), L1 control information (L1 control signal), etc. Furthermore, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, such as an RRC Connection Setup message or an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message. Furthermore, the MAC signaling may be notified using, for example, a MAC Control Element (CE).

[0238] Furthermore, notification of specified information (e.g., notification that "it is X") is not limited to explicit notification, but may be made implicitly (e.g., by not notifying the specified information or by notifying other information).

[0239] The determination may be made by a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), by a Boolean value represented by true or false, or by a comparison of numerical values ​​(e.g., comparison with a predetermined value).

[0240] 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.

[0241] 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), these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.

[0242] As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" may be used interchangeably. A "network" may refer to devices included in the network (e.g., base stations).

[0243] In the present disclosure, terms such as "precoding," "precoder," "weight (precoding weight)," "Quasi-Co-Location (QCL)," "Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state)," "spatial relation," "spatial domain filter," "transmit power," "phase rotation," "antenna port," "antenna port group," "layer," "number of layers," "rank," "resource," "resource set," "resource group," "beam," "beam width," "beam angle," "antenna," "antenna element," "panel," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0244] In the present disclosure, terms such as "base station (BS)," "radio base station," "fixed station," "NodeB," "eNB (eNodeB)," "gNB (gNodeB)," "access point," "transmission point (TP)," "reception point (RP)," "transmission / reception point (TRP)," "panel," "cell," "sector," "cell group," "carrier," "component carrier," etc. may be used interchangeably. Base stations may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, picocell, etc.

[0245] 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 partitioned 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 (Remote Radio Head (RRH))). The terms "cell" or "sector" refer to part or all of the coverage area of ​​a base station and / or base station subsystem that provides communication service within that coverage.

[0246] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," "terminal," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0247] A mobile station may also be referred to 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.

[0248] At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a wireless communication device, etc. Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a moving object, the moving object itself, etc.

[0249] The mobile body is a movable object that can move at any speed and naturally includes cases where the mobile body is stationary. Examples of the mobile body 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, multicopters, quadcopters, balloons, and objects mounted thereon. The mobile body may also be a mobile body that moves autonomously based on an operation command.

[0250] The mobile object 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). Note that 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 Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.

[0251] 10 is a diagram showing an example of a vehicle according to an embodiment. The vehicle 40 includes a drive unit 41, a steering unit 42, an accelerator pedal 43, a brake pedal 44, a shift lever 45, left and right front wheels 46, left and right rear wheels 47, axles 48, an electronic control unit 49, various sensors (including a current sensor 50, an RPM sensor 51, an air pressure sensor 52, a vehicle speed sensor 53, an acceleration sensor 54, an accelerator pedal sensor 55, a brake pedal sensor 56, a shift lever sensor 57, and an object detection sensor 58), an information service unit 59, and a communication module 60.

[0252] The drive unit 41 is configured with at least one of an engine, a motor, and a hybrid of an engine and a motor, for example. The steering unit 42 includes at least a steering wheel (also called a handle) and is configured to steer at least one of the front wheels 46 and the rear wheels 47 based on the operation of the steering wheel operated by a user.

[0253] The electronic control unit 49 is composed of a microprocessor 61, memory (ROM, RAM) 62, and a communication port (for example, an input / output (IO) port) 63. Signals are input to the electronic control unit 49 from various sensors 50-58 provided in the vehicle. The electronic control unit 49 may also be called an Electronic Control Unit (ECU).

[0254] The signals from the various sensors 50-58 include a current signal from a current sensor 50 that senses the current of the motor, a rotation speed signal of the front wheels 46 / rear wheels 47 obtained by a rotation speed sensor 51, an air pressure signal of the front wheels 46 / rear wheels 47 obtained by an air pressure sensor 52, a vehicle speed signal obtained by a vehicle speed sensor 53, an acceleration signal obtained by an acceleration sensor 54, a depression amount signal of the accelerator pedal 43 obtained by an accelerator pedal sensor 55, a depression amount signal of the brake pedal 44 obtained by a brake pedal sensor 56, an operation signal of the shift lever 45 obtained by a shift lever sensor 57, and a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. obtained by an object detection sensor 58.

[0255] The information service unit 59 is composed of various devices, such as a car navigation system, an audio system, speakers, a display, a television, and a radio, for providing (outputting) various information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and one or more ECUs for controlling these devices. The information service unit 59 uses information acquired from external devices via the communication module 60 or the like to provide various information / services (e.g., multimedia information / multimedia services) to the occupants of the vehicle 40.

[0256] The information service unit 59 may include input devices (e.g., keyboards, mice, microphones, switches, buttons, sensors, touch panels, etc.) that accept input from the outside, and may also include output devices (e.g., displays, speakers, LED lamps, touch panels, etc.) that output to the outside.

[0257] The driving assistance system unit 64 includes various devices for providing functions to prevent accidents and reduce the driver's driving burden, such as millimeter-wave radar, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), cameras, positioning locators (e.g., Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)), map information (e.g., High Definition (HD) maps, Autonomous Vehicle (AV) maps), gyro systems (e.g., Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), Inertial Navigation Systems (INSs)), artificial intelligence (AI) chips, and AI processors, as well as one or more ECUs that control these devices. The driving assistance system unit 64 also transmits and receives various information via the communication module 60 to realize driving assistance functions or autonomous driving functions.

[0258] The communication module 60 can communicate with the microprocessor 61 and components of the vehicle 40 via the communication port 63. For example, the communication module 60 transmits and receives data (information) via the communication port 63 to and from the drive unit 41, steering unit 42, accelerator pedal 43, brake pedal 44, shift lever 45, left and right front wheels 46, left and right rear wheels 47, axles 48, the microprocessor 61 and memory (ROM, RAM) 62 in the electronic control unit 49, and the various sensors 50-58, which are provided in the vehicle 40.

[0259] The communication module 60 is a communication device that can be controlled by the microprocessor 61 of the electronic control unit 49 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 60 may be located either inside or outside the electronic control unit 49. The external device may be, for example, the base station 10 or the user terminal 20 described above. Furthermore, the communication module 60 may be, for example, at least one of the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 described above (or may function as at least one of the base station 10 and the user terminal 20).

[0260] The communication module 60 may transmit at least one of signals from the above-mentioned various sensors 50-58 input to the electronic control unit 49, information obtained based on the signals, and information based on input from the outside (user) obtained via the information service unit 59 to an external device via wireless communication. The electronic control unit 49, the various sensors 50-58, the information service unit 59, etc. may be referred to as input units that accept input. For example, the PUSCH transmitted by the communication module 60 may include information based on the above-mentioned input.

[0261] The communication module 60 receives various information (traffic information, traffic signal information, vehicle distance information, etc.) transmitted from an external device and displays it on an information service unit 59 provided in the vehicle. The information service unit 59 may also 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 received by the communication module 60 (or data / information decoded from the PDSCH)).

[0262] Furthermore, the communication module 60 stores various information received from external devices in a memory 62 that can be used by the microprocessor 61. Based on the information stored in the memory 62, the microprocessor 61 may control the drive unit 41, steering unit 42, accelerator pedal 43, brake pedal 44, shift lever 45, left and right front wheels 46, left and right rear wheels 47, axles 48, various sensors 50-58, and the like provided in the vehicle 40.

[0263] 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 multiple user terminals (which may be called, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D) or Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X)). In this case, the user 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, "sidelink"). For example, terms such as an uplink channel and a downlink channel may be read as a sidelink channel.

[0264] Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be read as a base station, in which case the base station 10 may be configured to have the functions of the user terminal 20 described above.

[0265] In the present disclosure, an operation described as being performed by a base station may be performed by its upper node in some cases. It is apparent that in a network including one or more network nodes having a base station, various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by the base station, one or more network nodes other than the base station (such as, but not limited to, a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a Serving-Gateway (S-GW), etc.), or a combination thereof.

[0266] Each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched depending on the implementation. Furthermore, the order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be changed unless inconsistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order, and are not limited to the particular order presented.

[0267] Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be a technology other than Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), xth generation mobile communication system (xG (x is, for example, an integer or decimal number)), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.17 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.19 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.21 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.22 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.23 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.24 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.25 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.26 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.27 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.28 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.29 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.30 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.31 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.32 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.33 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802. The present invention may be applied to systems that use IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or other suitable wireless communication methods, or to next-generation systems that are expanded, modified, created, or defined based on these. Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a combination of multiple systems (e.g., a combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G).

[0268] 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."

[0269] 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.

[0270] The term "determining" as used in this disclosure may encompass a wide variety of actions. For example, "determining" may be considered to be judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, inquiry (e.g., looking up in a table, database, or another data structure), ascertaining, etc.

[0271] Additionally, "determining" may be considered to be "determining" receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in memory), etc.

[0272] Also, "determination" may be considered to be "deciding" resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. In other words, "determination" may be considered to be "deciding" some action.

[0273] Furthermore, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," or the like.

[0274] The "maximum transmit power" in this disclosure may mean the maximum value of transmit power, the nominal UE maximum transmit power, or the rated UE maximum transmit power.

[0275] As used in this disclosure, 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."

[0276] In this disclosure, when two elements are connected, they may be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to one another using one or more wires, cables, printed electrical connections, etc., as well as using electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the radio frequency range, microwave range, light (both visible and invisible) range, etc., as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples.

[0277] 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."

[0278] When the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Furthermore, when the term "or" is used in this disclosure, it is not intended to be an exclusive or.

[0279] 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.

[0280] Although the invention according to the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the invention according to the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The invention according to the present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the description of the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended to be illustrative and explanatory and does not impose any limiting meaning on the invention according to the present disclosure.

[0281] This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-187858, filed on November 18, 2021, the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.

Claims

1. a receiver for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) status for at least one of a plurality of types of channels and signals; a control unit that determines a specific time based on a value set by a base station and starts applying the TCI state from at least a first slot after the specific time of an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI format; A terminal, wherein the value when the TCI state is a different TCI state for each of an uplink and a downlink and the value when the TCI state is the same TCI state for the uplink and the downlink are the same.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the TCI states are associated with different physical cell identifiers (PCIs).

3. A terminal as described in claim 1, wherein the control unit starts applying the TCI state from the first slot after at least the specified time from the last symbol of the last repeated transmission of the ACK when the transmission of the ACK is a repeated transmission over multiple slots or a repeated transmission within one slot.

4. receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) status for at least one of a plurality of types of channels and signals; determining a specific time based on a value set by a base station, and starting application of the TCI state from at least a first slot after the specific time of an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI format; A wireless communication method for a terminal, wherein the value when the TCI state is different for each of an uplink and a downlink and the value when the TCI state is the same for the uplink and the downlink are the same.

5. A transmitter for transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) status for at least one of a plurality of types of channels and signals to a terminal; A control unit for setting a value for determining a specific time from an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI format to a first slot at which the terminal starts applying the TCI state; A base station, wherein the value when the TCI state is a different TCI state for each of an uplink and a downlink and the value when the TCI state is the same TCI state for the uplink and the downlink are the same.

6. A system including a terminal and a base station, The terminal includes: a receiver for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) status for at least one of a plurality of types of channels and signals; a control unit that determines a specific time based on a value set by a base station and starts applying the TCI state from at least a first slot after the specific time of an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI format; the value when the TCI state is different for each of the uplink and the downlink and the value when the TCI state is the same for the uplink and the downlink are the same; The base station, A transmitter for transmitting the DCI format; and a control unit that sets the value.