Terminal, wireless communication method, base station and system

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that receives downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a downlink shared channel; and a control unit that, on the basis of a field which pertains to an antenna port included in the DCI, determines a combination of more than two DMRS ports in a single code division multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the downlink shared channel.

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 (registered trademark)) 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] For future wireless communication systems (e.g., Rel. 18 NR), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port for an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) that can support a number of layers greater than four is under consideration. Also, for Rel. 18 NR, increasing the number of orthogonal DMRS ports for the PUSCH / downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)) is under consideration. Such new DMRS ports, which are different from existing DMRS ports (also referred to as Rel. 15 DMRS ports), are also referred to as Rel. 18 DMRS ports.

[0006] However, when the number of DMRS ports is increased, how to control (e.g., configure / instruct) the DMRS ports becomes an issue.

[0007] Therefore, one of the objects of the present disclosure is to provide a terminal, a wireless communication method, and a base station that can appropriately perform communication even when the number of DMRS ports is increased.

[0008] A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving unit that receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling a downlink shared channel; and a control unit that determines a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for the downlink shared channel based on a field related to an antenna port included in the DCI.

[0009] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, communication can be performed appropriately even when the number of DMRS ports is increased.

[0010] Figure 1 shows an example of parameters for PDSCH DMRS. Figure 2 shows an example of parameters for PUSCH DMRS. Figures 3A-3D show an example of a table of referenced antenna ports when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 1 in Rel. 15. Figures 4A-4D show an example of a table of referenced antenna ports when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 in Rel. 15. Figures 5A-5D show an example of a table of referenced antenna ports when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 1 in Rel. 15. Figures 6A and 6B show an example of a table of referenced antenna ports when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 in Rel. 15. Figures 7A and 7B show an example of a table of referenced antenna ports when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 in Rel. 15. 15, when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2. Figures 8A-8D are diagrams showing examples of tables of antenna ports to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 2. Figures 9A and 9B are diagrams showing examples of tables of antenna ports to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 1. Figures 10A-10D are diagrams showing examples of tables of antenna ports to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2. Figure 11 is a diagram showing example parameters for DMRS configuration type 1 for Rel. 18 DMRS. Figure 12 is a diagram showing example parameters for DMRS configuration type 2 for Rel. 18 DMRS. FIG. 13 shows an example in which three or four DMRS ports are indicated in a CDM group when FDD-OCC of length four is supported.Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 1, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 5 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 1, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 6 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 1, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 7 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 1, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 8 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 2, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 5 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 19 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 2, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 6 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 20 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 2, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 7 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 21 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a transform precoder is disabled, a DMRS type is 2, a maximum DMRS length is 1, and a rank is 8 according to embodiment #0A. Fig. 22 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a DMRS type is 1 and a maximum DMRS length is 1 according to embodiment #0B. Fig. 23 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when a DMRS type is 1 and a maximum DMRS length is 1 according to embodiment #0B. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type=2 and maximum DMRS length=1 according to embodiment #0B.Fig. 25 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 1 according to embodiment #0B. Fig. 26 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 1 according to embodiment #1. Fig. 27 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 1 according to embodiment #1. Fig. 28 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 1 according to embodiment #2. Fig. 29 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 1 according to embodiment #2. Fig. 30 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 2 according to embodiment #3. FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 2 according to embodiment #3. FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 2 according to embodiment #4. FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 2 according to embodiment #4. FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a base station according to an embodiment. FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment. FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an example of hardware configurations of a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment. FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an example of a vehicle according to an embodiment.

[0011] (Control of Transmission of SRS and PUSCH) In Rel. 15 NR, a terminal (user terminal, User Equipment (UE)) may receive information (SRS configuration information, for example, parameters in the RRC control element "SRS-Config") used for transmitting a measurement reference signal (for example, a sounding reference signal (SRS)).

[0012] Specifically, the UE may receive at least one of information regarding one or more SRS resource sets (SRS resource set information, e.g., the RRC control element "SRS-ResourceSet") and information regarding one or more SRS resources (SRS resource information, e.g., the RRC control element "SRS-Resource").

[0013] An SRS resource set may be associated with (or group together) a predetermined number of SRS resources, each of which may be identified by an SRS Resource Indicator (SRI) or SRS Resource Identifier (ID).

[0014] The SRS resource set information may include an SRS resource set ID (SRS-ResourceSetId), a list of SRS resource IDs (SRS-ResourceId) used in the resource set, an SRS resource type, and information on SRS usage.

[0015] Here, the SRS resource type may indicate any one of periodic SRS (P-SRS), semi-persistent SRS (SP-SRS), and aperiodic CSI (Aperiodic SRS (A-SRS)). Note that the UE may transmit the P-SRS and SP-SRS periodically (or periodically after activation), and transmit the A-SRS based on an SRS request in the downlink control information (Downlink Control Information (DCI)).

[0016] Furthermore, the use ("usage" of the RRC parameter, "SRS-SetUse" of the L1 (Layer-1) parameter) may be, for example, beam management, codebook (CB), non-codebook (NCB), antenna switching, etc. The SRS for codebook or non-codebook use may be used to determine a precoder for codebook-based or non-codebook-based uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) transmission based on the SRI.

[0017] For example, in the case of codebook-based transmission, the UE may determine a precoder (precoding matrix) for PUSCH transmission based on the SRI, transmission rank (which may simply be referred to as rank), and a Transmitted Precoding Matrix Indicator (TPMI). In the case of non-codebook-based transmission, the UE may determine a precoder for PUSCH transmission based on the SRI.

[0018] The SRS resource information may include an SRS resource ID (SRS-ResourceId), the number of SRS ports, the SRS port number, a transmission comb, an SRS resource mapping (e.g., time and / or frequency resource position, resource offset, resource period, number of repetitions, number of SRS symbols, SRS bandwidth, etc.), hopping-related information, an SRS resource type, a sequence ID, spatial relationship information of the SRS, etc.

[0019] The spatial relationship information of the SRS (e.g., the RRC information element "spatialRelationInfo") may indicate spatial relationship information between a predetermined reference signal and the SRS. The predetermined reference signal may be at least one of a Synchronization Signal / Physical Broadcast Channel (SS / PBCH) block, a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), and an SRS (e.g., another SRS). The SS / PBCH block may be referred to as a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB).

[0020] The spatial relationship information of the SRS may include at least one of an SSB index, a CSI-RS resource ID, and an SRS resource ID as an index of the predetermined reference signal.

[0021] In the present disclosure, the SSB index, SSB resource ID, and SSB Resource Indicator (SSBRI) may be interchangeable. Furthermore, the CSI-RS index, CSI-RS resource ID, and CSI-RS Resource Indicator (CRI) may be interchangeable. Furthermore, the SRS index, SRS resource ID, and SRI may be interchangeable.

[0022] The spatial relationship information of the SRS may include a serving cell index, a BWP index (BWP ID), etc. corresponding to the predetermined reference signal.

[0023] When the UE is configured with spatial relationship information regarding the SRS and an SSB or CSI-RS for a certain SRS resource, the UE may transmit the SRS resource using the same spatial domain filter (spatial domain transmit filter) as the spatial domain filter for receiving the SSB or CSI-RS (spatial domain receive filter). In this case, the UE may assume that the UE receive beam for the SSB or CSI-RS and the UE transmit beam for the SRS are the same.

[0024] When the UE is configured with spatial relationship information between another SRS (reference SRS) and the target SRS for a certain SRS (target SRS), the UE may transmit the target SRS resource using the same spatial domain filter (spatial domain transmit filter) as the spatial domain filter (spatial domain transmit filter) for transmitting the reference SRS. That is, in this case, the UE may assume that the UE transmit beam of the reference SRS and the UE transmit beam of the target SRS are the same.

[0025] The UE may determine the spatial relationship of the PUSCH scheduled by the DCI (e.g., DCI format 0_1) based on the value of a predetermined field (e.g., an SRS resource identifier (SRI) field) in the DCI. Specifically, the UE may use spatial relationship information of the SRS resources (e.g., the RRC information element "spatialRelationInfo") determined based on the value of the predetermined field (e.g., the SRI) for PUSCH transmission.

[0026] In Rel. 15 / 16 NR, when codebook-based transmission is used for PUSCH, the UE is configured by RRC with an SRS resource set of a codebook usage having up to two SRS resources, and one of the up to two SRS resources may be indicated by DCI (a 1-bit SRI field). The transmission beam for PUSCH is specified by the SRI field.

[0027] The UE may determine the TPMI and the number of layers (transmission rank) for the PUSCH based on the precoding information and number of layers field (hereinafter also referred to as the precoding information field). The UE may select a precoder from an uplink codebook for the same number of SRS ports as the number of SRS ports indicated by the upper layer parameter "nrofSRS-Ports" configured for the SRS resource specified by the SRI field based on the TPMI, the number of layers, etc.

[0028] In Rel. 15 / 16 NR, when non-codebook-based transmission is used for PUSCH, a non-codebook-used SRS resource set having up to four SRS resources may be configured for the UE by RRC, and one or more of the up to four SRS resources may be indicated by DCI (a 2-bit SRI field).

[0029] The UE may determine the number of layers (transmission rank) for the PUSCH based on the SRI field. For example, the UE may determine that the number of SRS resources specified by the SRI field is the same as the number of layers for the PUSCH. The UE may also calculate a precoder for the SRS resources.

[0030] If a CSI-RS (which may be referred to as an associated CSI-RS) associated with the SRS resource (or an SRS resource set to which the SRS resource belongs) is configured by a higher layer, the transmission beam for the PUSCH may be calculated based on (measurements of) the configured associated CSI-RS. Otherwise, the transmission beam for the PUSCH may be specified by the SRI.

[0031] The UE may be configured to use codebook-based PUSCH transmission or non-codebook-based PUSCH transmission by a higher layer parameter "txConfig" indicating a transmission scheme. The parameter may indicate a value of "codebook" or "non-codebook."

[0032] In the present disclosure, a codebook-based PUSCH (codebook-based PUSCH transmission, codebook-based transmission) may refer to a PUSCH when a UE is configured with "codebook" as a transmission scheme. In the present disclosure, a non-codebook-based PUSCH (non-codebook-based PUSCH transmission, non-codebook-based transmission) may refer to a PUSCH when a UE is configured with "non-codebook" as a transmission scheme.

[0033] (DMRS) The front-loaded DMRS is the first DMRS (at or near the first symbol) for faster demodulation. An additional DMRS can be configured by RRC for fast-moving UEs or high modulation and coding scheme (MCS) / rank. The frequency location of the additional DMRS is the same as that of the front-loaded DMRS.

[0034] For the time domain, DMRS mapping type A or B is configured. In DMRS mapping type A, DMRS position l_0 is counted by the symbol index within the slot. l_0 is configured by the parameter (dmrs-TypeA-Position) in the MIB or common serving cell configuration (ServingCellConfigCommon). DMRS position 0 (reference point l) refers to the first symbol of the slot or each frequency hop. In DMRS mapping type B, DMRS position l_0 is counted by the symbol index within the PDSCH / PUSCH. l_0 is always 0. DMRS position 0 (reference point l) refers to the first symbol of the PDSCH / PUSCH or each frequency hop.

[0035] The DMRS location is defined by a table in the specification and depends on the duration of the PDSCH / PUSCH. The location of the additional DMRS is fixed.

[0036] For the frequency domain, (PDSCH / PUSCH) DMRS configuration type 1 or type 2 is configured. DMRS configuration type 1 has a comb structure and is applicable to both Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) and Discrete Fourier Transform Spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM). DMRS configuration type 2 is applicable only to CP-OFDM.

[0037] Note that CP-OFDM may be used when transform precoding (which may also be referred to as a transform precoder) is disabled (the parameter of the transform precoder (e.g., transformPrecoder) = "disabled"), and DFT-S-OFDM may be used when the parameter of the transform precoder (e.g., transformPrecoder) = "enabled").

[0038] Single symbol DMRS or double symbol DMRS may be configured in the UE.

[0039] Single-symbol DMRS is normally used (it is a mandatory feature in Rel. 15). In single-symbol DMRS, the number of additional DMRS (symbols) is {0, 1, 2, 3}. Single-symbol DMRS supports both frequency hopping enabled and disabled. If the maxLength in the uplink DMRS configuration (DMRS-UplinkConfig) is not configured, single-symbol DMRS is used.

[0040] Double-symbol DMRS is used for more DMRS ports (especially MU-MIMO). In double-symbol DMRS, the number of additional DMRS (symbols) is {0, 1}. Double-symbol DMRS is supported when frequency hopping is disabled. If the maximum length (maxLength) in the uplink DMRS configuration (DMRS-UplinkConfig) is 2 (len2), whether it is single-symbol DMRS or double-symbol DMRS is determined by the DCI or configured grant.

[0041] From the above, the possible DMRS configuration patterns are the following combinations: DMRS configuration type 1, DMRS mapping type A, single symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 1, DMRS mapping type A, double symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 1, DMRS mapping type B, single symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 1, DMRS mapping type B, double symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 2, DMRS mapping type A, single symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 2, DMRS mapping type A, double symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 2, DMRS mapping type B, single symbol DMRS DMRS configuration type 2, DMRS mapping type B, double symbol DMRS

[0042] Multiple DMRS ports that are mapped to the same RE (Time and Frequency Resource) may be referred to as a DMRS Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group.

[0043] For DMRS configuration type 1 and single-symbol DMRS, four DMRS ports can be used. Within each DMRS CDM group, two DMRS ports are multiplexed using FD OCC of length 2. Between multiple DMRS CDM groups (two DMRS CDM groups), two DMRS ports are multiplexed using FDM.

[0044] For DMRS configuration type 1 and double-symbol DMRS, eight DMRS ports can be used. Within each DMRS CDM group, two DMRS ports are multiplexed by an FD OCC of length 2, and two DMRS ports are multiplexed by a TD OCC. Between multiple DMRS CDM groups (two DMRS CDM groups), two DMRS ports are multiplexed by FDM.

[0045] For DMRS configuration type 2 and single-symbol DMRS, six DMRS ports can be used. Within each DMRS CDM group, two DMRS ports are multiplexed using an FD OCC of length 2. Between multiple DMRS CDM groups (three DMRS CDM groups), three DMRS ports are multiplexed using FDM.

[0046] For DMRS configuration type 2 and double-symbol DMRS, 12 DMRS ports can be used. Within each DMRS CDM group, two DMRS ports are multiplexed by an FD OCC of length 2, and two DMRS ports are multiplexed by a TD OCC. Between multiple DMRS CDM groups (three DMRS CDM groups), three DMRS ports are multiplexed by FDM.

[0047] Here, an example of DMRS mapping type B is shown, but DMRS mapping type A is also similar.

[0048] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of parameters for PDSCH DMRS. For DMRS configuration type 1, DMRS ports 1000-1008 can be used, and for DMRS configuration type 2, DMRS ports 1000-1011 can be used.

[0049] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of parameters for PUSCH DMRS. For DMRS configuration type 1, DMRS ports 0-7 can be used, and for DMRS configuration type 2, DMRS ports 0-11 can be used.

[0050] (Ports of Reference Signals) For orthogonalization of MIMO layers, reference signals of multiple ports (for example, demodulation reference signals (DMRS) and CSI-RS) are used.

[0051] For example, for single user MIMO (SU-MIMO), a different DMRS port / CSI-RS port may be set for each layer. For multi user MIMO (MU-MIMO), a different DMRS port / CSI-RS port may be set for each layer within one UE and for each UE.

[0052] In addition, if the number of CSI-RS ports is greater than the number of layers used for data, it is possible to measure the channel state more accurately based on this CSI-RS, which is expected to contribute to improving throughput.

[0053] In Rel. 15 NR, multiple-port DMRS is supported using frequency division multiplexing (FDM), frequency domain orthogonal cover code (FD-OCC), time domain OCC (TD-OCC), etc., with up to eight ports for Type 1 DMRS (i.e., DMRS configuration type 1) and up to 12 ports for Type 2 DMRS (i.e., DMRS configuration type 2).

[0054] In Rel. 15 NR, a comb-like transmission frequency pattern (comb-like resource set) is used for the FDM. Cyclic Shift (CS) is used for the FD-OCC. Furthermore, the TD-OCC can only be applied to double-symbol DMRS.

[0055] The OCC in the present disclosure may be interchangeably read as orthogonal code, orthogonalization, cyclic shift, and the like.

[0056] The type of DMRS may be referred to as a DMRS configuration type.

[0057] Among DMRSs, DMRSs that are resource mapped in units of two consecutive (adjacent) symbols may be called double-symbol DMRSs, and DMRSs that are resource mapped in units of one symbol may be called single-symbol DMRSs.

[0058] Either DMRS may be mapped to one or more symbols per slot depending on the length of the data channel. A DMRS mapped to the beginning of a data symbol may be called a front-loaded DMRS, and a DMRS additionally mapped to other positions may be called an additional DMRS.

[0059] In the case of DMRS configuration type 1 and single-symbol DMRS, Comb and CS may be used for orthogonalization. For example, up to four antenna ports (APs) may be supported by using two types of Comb and two types of CS (Comb2+2CS).

[0060] In the case of DMRS configuration type 1 and double-symbol DMRS, the comb, CS, and TD-OCC may be used for orthogonalization. For example, up to eight APs may be supported using two types of comb, two types of CS, and TD-OCC ({1,1} and {1,-1}).

[0061] In the case of DMRS configuration type 2 and single-symbol DMRS, FD-OCC may be used for orthogonalization. For example, up to six APs may be supported by applying an orthogonal code (2-FD-OCC) to two adjacent resource elements (REs) in the frequency direction.

[0062] In the case of DMRS configuration type 2 and double-symbol DMRS, FD-OCC and TD-OCC may be used for orthogonalization. For example, up to 12 APs may be supported by applying an orthogonal code (2-FD-OCC) to two adjacent REs in the frequency direction and a TD-OCC ({1,1} and {1,-1}) to two adjacent REs in the time direction.

[0063] In addition, in Rel. 15 NR, a maximum of 32 ports of the multi-port CSI-RS are supported by using FDM, time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency domain OCC, time domain OCC, etc. The same method as that for the above-mentioned DMRS may also be applied to orthogonalization of the CSI-RS.

[0064] Now, a group of DMRS ports orthogonalized by the FD-OCC / TD-OCC as described above is also called a Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group.

[0065] Different CDM groups are orthogonal because they are FDM-encoded. However, within the same CDM group, the orthogonality of the applied OCC may be lost due to channel fluctuations, etc. In this case, if signals within the same CDM group are received with different reception powers, a near-far problem may occur, and orthogonality may not be guaranteed.

[0066] Here, we will explain the TD-OCC / FD-OCC of DMRS in Rel. 15 NR. The DMRS mapped to a resource element (RE) is a DMRS sequence with FD-OCC parameters (which may also be called sequence elements) w ｆ (k') and the TD-OCC parameters (which may also be called sequence elements) w ｔ (l') and may correspond to a sequence obtained by multiplying (l') and (l').

[0067] The TD-OCC and FD-OCC of the DMRS of Rel. 15 NR both correspond to OCCs with a sequence length (which may also be referred to as the OCC length) of 2. Therefore, the possible values ​​of k' and l' above are both 0 and 1. By multiplying this FD-OCC in RE units, two-port DMRS can be multiplexed using the same time and frequency resources (2 RE). When both the FD-OCC and TD-OCC are applied, four-port DMRS can be multiplexed using the same time and frequency resources (4 RE).

[0068] The two existing DMRS port tables for PDSCH shown in Fig. 1 correspond to DMRS configuration type 1 and type 2, respectively. Note that p indicates the antenna port number, and Δ indicates a parameter for shifting (offsetting) the frequency resource.

[0069] For example, for antenna ports 1000 and 1001, {w ｆ (0), w ｆ (1)} = {+1, +1} and {w ｆ (0), w ｆ (1)}={+1, -1} is applied to the vectors, and the vectors are orthogonalized using FD-OCC.

[0070] FDM is applied to antenna ports 1000-1001 and antenna ports 1002-1003 (and also antenna ports 1004-1005 in the case of Type 2) by applying different values ​​of Δ. Thus, antenna ports 1000-1003 (or 1000-1005) corresponding to single-symbol DMRS are orthogonalized using FD-OCC and FDM.

[0071] For the antenna ports 1000-1003 and the antenna ports 1004-1007 of type 1, {w ｔ (0), w ｔ (1)} = {+1, +1} and {w ｔ (0), w ｔ (1)}={+1, −1} is applied, and thus the antenna ports 1000-1007 (or 1000-1011) corresponding to the double-symbol DMRS are orthogonalized using FD-OCC, TD-OCC, and FDM.

[0072] For CP-OFDM only, it is considered to specify a larger number of orthogonal DMRS ports for DL / UL MU-MIMO (without increasing DMRS overhead), a common design between DL and UL DMRS, up to 24 orthogonal DMRS ports, and doubling the maximum number of orthogonal DMRS ports for both single-symbol DMRS and double-symbol DMRS for each applicable DMRS configuration type.

[0073] In Rel. 15, the following Cases 1 to 4 can be configured. [Case 1] The total number of single-symbol DMRS ports in DMRS configuration type 1 is 2 (by comb / FDM) × (by FD OCC) 2 = 4 ports. [Case 2] The total number of double-symbol DMRS ports in DMRS configuration type 1 is 2 (by comb / FDM) × (by FD OCC) 2 × (by TD OCC) 2 = 8 ports. [Case 3] The total number of single-symbol DMRS ports in DMRS configuration type 2 is 3 (by FDM) × (by FD OCC) 2 = 6 ports. [Case 4] The total number of double-symbol DMRS ports in DMRS configuration type 2 is 3 (by comb) × (by FD OCC) 2 × (by TD OCC) 2 = 12 ports.

[0074] Furthermore, in Cases 1 to 4 of Rel. 15, the mapping of CDM groups and DMRS port indices is as follows:

[0075] [Case 1] Four ports and two CDM groups may be available. For the PUSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port indices {0,1}, and CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port indices {2,3}. For the PDSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1000,1001}, and CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1002,1003}.

[0076] [Case 2] Eight ports and two CDM groups may be available. For the PUSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port indices {0, 1, 4, 5}, and CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port indices {2, 3, 6, 7}. For the PDSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1000, 1001, 1004, 1005}, and CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1002, 1003, 1006, 1007}.

[0077] [Case 3] Six ports and three CDM groups may be available. For the PUSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port index {0,1}, CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port index {2,3}, and CDM group #2 may correspond to DMRS port index {4,5}. For the PDSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port index {1000,1001}, CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port index {1002,1003}, and CDM group #2 may correspond to DMRS port index {1004,1005}.

[0078] [Case 4] 12 ports and 3 CDM groups may be available. For the PUSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port indices {0, 1, 6, 7}, CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port indices {2, 3, 8, 9}, and CDM group #2 may correspond to DMRS port indices {4, 5, 10, 11}. For the PDSCH, CDM group #0 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1000, 1001, 1006, 1007}, CDM group #1 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1002, 1003, 1008, 1009}, and CDM group #2 may correspond to DMRS port indices {1004, 1005, 1010, 1011}.

[0079] 3A-3D are diagrams illustrating examples of tables of antenna ports to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 1 in Rel. 15.

[0080] 3A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 1. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 1) are associated with the values ​​0 to 5 of the "Antenna ports" field.

[0081] 3B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 2. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 2) are associated with the values ​​0 to 3 in the antenna port field.

[0082] 3C is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 3. In this example, a value of 0 in the antenna port field is associated with a different set of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 3).

[0083] 3D is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 4. In this example, a value of 0 in the antenna port field is associated with a different set of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 4).

[0084] 4A to 4D are diagrams illustrating examples of tables of antenna ports to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 in Rel.

[0085] 4A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 1. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 1) are associated with the values ​​of the antenna port field = 0 to 13. Note that the correspondence between values ​​and entry contents is not limited to this. Other examples are similar.

[0086] 4B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 2. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 2) are associated with the values ​​0 to 9 in the antenna port field.

[0087] 4C is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 3. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 3) are associated with the values ​​0 to 2 in the antenna port field.

[0088] 4D is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 4. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 4) are associated with the values ​​0 to 3 in the antenna port field.

[0089] 5A to 5D are diagrams illustrating examples of tables of antenna ports to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 1 in Rel.

[0090] 5A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 1. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 1) are associated with the values ​​of the antenna port field = 0 to 11. Note that the correspondence between values ​​and entry contents is not limited to this. Other examples are similar.

[0091] 5B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 2. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 2) are associated with the values ​​0 to 6 in the antenna port field.

[0092] 5C is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 3. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 3) are associated with the values ​​0 to 2 in the antenna port field.

[0093] 5D is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 4. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 4) are associated with the values ​​0 to 1 in the antenna port field.

[0094] 6A, 6B, 7A, and 7B are diagrams illustrating examples of tables of antenna ports to refer to when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 in Rel.

[0095] 6A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 1. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 1) are associated with the values ​​0 to 27 in the antenna port field.

[0096] 6B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 2. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 2) are associated with the values ​​0 to 18 in the antenna port field.

[0097] 7A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 3. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 3) are associated with the values ​​0 to 5 in the antenna port field.

[0098] 7B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 4. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 4) are associated with the values ​​0 to 4 in the antenna port field.

[0099] <DMRS Ports for Layers with Number Greater Than Four Layers> An example of a table of antenna ports for DMRS port indication for layers with number greater than four when the transform precoder is disabled will be described.

[0100] For a codebook-based PUSCH, the UE determines the rank (number of layers) for PUSCH transmission based on the precoding information field of the DCI. For a non-codebook-based PUSCH, the UE determines the rank (number of layers) for PUSCH transmission based on the SRS resource indicator field of the DCI.

[0101] The UE may then determine the table of antenna ports corresponding to the determined rank based on whether the transform precoder is enabled or disabled, the DMRS type of the PUSCH set by higher layer signaling (which may be set by the RRC parameter "dmrs-Type"), and the value of the maximum length of the DMRS (which may be set by the RRC parameter "maxLength").

[0102] In addition, the value of the antenna port field of the DCI may determine the table entry to be referenced (the entry corresponds to a set such as the number of CDM groups without data, the antenna port index of the DMRS, and the number of front-load symbols).

[0103] [When DMRS type=1, max DMRS length=1] When DMRS type=1, max DMRS length=1, transmissions up to rank 4 may be supported. In other words, a UE configured with DMRS type=1 and max DMRS length=1 may not support transmissions greater than rank 4.

[0104] [When DMRS type=1, maximum DMRS length=2] When DMRS type=1, maximum DMRS length=2, transmissions up to rank 8 may be supported.

[0105] 8A-8D are diagrams showing examples of tables of antenna ports to refer to when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 2.

[0106] 8A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 5. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 5) are associated with the values ​​of the antenna port field = 0 to 3. Note that the correspondence between values ​​and entry contents is not limited to this. Other examples are similar.

[0107] In Figure 8A, 2+3 layers and 3+2 layers may be supported. Note that only some of the illustrated entries may be supported. For example, only the entries for DMRS ports 0-4 may be supported for the 2+3 layer, and only the entries for DMRS ports 0, 1, 2, 3, and 6 may be supported for the 3+2 layer.

[0108] 8B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 6. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (6 antenna ports) are associated with the values ​​0 to 2 in the antenna port field.

[0109] In Figure 8B, 4+2 layers, 2+4 layers, and 3+3 layers may be supported, although only certain X, Y combinations (e.g., 3+3) for X+Y layers may be supported.

[0110] 8C is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 7. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (7 antenna ports) are associated with the values ​​0 to 1 in the antenna port field.

[0111] In Figure 8C, 4+3 and 3+4 layers may be supported.

[0112] 8D is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 8. In this example, a set of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 8) is associated with a value of 0 in the antenna port field.

[0113] In FIG. 8D, only 4+4 layers may be supported.

[0114] [When DMRS type = 2, maximum DMRS length = 1] When DMRS type = 2, maximum DMRS length = 1, transmission up to rank 6 may be supported, or only transmission up to rank 4 may be supported, or transmission of rank 6 (e.g., 4+2 layers) may not be supported and only transmission up to rank 5 may be supported.

[0115] 9A and 9B are diagrams showing examples of tables of antenna ports to refer to when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 1.

[0116] 9A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 5. In this example, a set of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 5) is associated with a value of 0 in the antenna port field.

[0117] 9B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 6. In this example, a set of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 6) is associated with a value of 0 in the antenna port field.

[0118] [When DMRS type=2, maximum DMRS length=2] When DMRS type=2, maximum DMRS length=2, transmissions up to rank 8 may be supported.

[0119] 10A-10D are diagrams showing examples of tables of antenna ports to refer to when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2.

[0120] 10A is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 5. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 5) are associated with the values ​​0 to 2 in the antenna port field.

[0121] 10B is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 6. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (6 antenna ports) are associated with the values ​​0 to 3 in the antenna port field.

[0122] In Figure 10B, 4+2 layers, 2+4 layers, and 3+3 layers may be supported. Note that only specific X, Y combinations (e.g., 3+3) for X+Y layers may be supported. For example, only the entry corresponding to the value of the antenna port field in Figure 8B = 3 may be supported for 3+3.

[0123] 10C is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 7. In this example, different sets of DMRS ports (7 antenna ports) are associated with the values ​​0 to 2 in the antenna port field.

[0124] 10D is an example of a table of antenna ports corresponding to rank 8. In this example, a set of DMRS ports (number of antenna ports: 8) is associated with values ​​0 to 2 in the antenna port field.

[0125] For FIG. 10D, only entries corresponding to the 4+4 layer may be supported.

[0126] According to the DMRS port indication for the number of layers greater than four as described above, it is possible to appropriately specify antenna ports for a PUSCH using the number of layers greater than four when the transform precoder is disabled.

[0127] As described above, DMRS ports that can support a number of layers greater than four are being considered for Rel. 18 NR. Furthermore, increasing the number of orthogonal DMRS ports for PUSCH / PDSCH is being considered for Rel. 18 NR. Such new DMRS ports that differ from existing DMRS ports (also called Rel. 15 DMRS ports) are also called Rel. 18 DMRS ports, extended DMRS ports, etc.

[0128] The maximum number of ports for DMRS type=1 and single-symbol DMRS may increase from four in Rel. 15 DMRS to eight in Rel. 18 DMRS.

[0129] The maximum number of ports for DMRS type=1 and double-symbol DMRS may increase from 8 in Rel. 15 DMRS to 16 in Rel. 18 DMRS.

[0130] The maximum number of ports for DMRS type=2 and single-symbol DMRS may increase from 6 in Rel. 15 DMRS to 12 in Rel. 18 DMRS.

[0131] The maximum number of ports for DMRS type=2 and double-symbol DMRS may increase from 12 in Rel. 15 DMRS to 24 in Rel. 18 DMRS.

[0132] Such an increase in the number of DMRS ports may be achieved using at least one of the following: FD-OCC extension: using an OCC length (e.g., 4, 6, etc.) greater than the Rel. 15 OCC length (=2); TD-OCC extension: using a TD-OCC spanning non-contiguous DMRS symbols (e.g., TD-OCC spanning preceding / additional DMRS); Sparse frequency allocation: increasing the number of CDM groups (e.g., increasing the number of combs / FDMs); Using TDMed DMRS symbols: using / reusing additional DMRS symbols to increase the number of orthogonal DMRS ports.

[0133] <New DMRS Port Index> For PDSCH / PUSCH DMRS, the Rel. 18 DMRS port may refer to a port whose port number corresponds to at least one of the following (+1000 for PDSCH DMRS port): - Port number greater than 7 (e.g., port numbers 8-15) (for DMRS configuration type 1), - Port number greater than 11 (e.g., port numbers 12-23) (for DMRS configuration type 2).

[0134] Figure 11 is a diagram showing an example of parameters for DMRS configuration type 1 for Rel. 18 DMRS. Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of parameters for DMRS configuration type 2 for Rel. 18 DMRS. In Figures 11 and 12, the port number of the PDSCH DMRS corresponds to the port number + 1000. In Figures 11 and 12, entries (including at least one of CDM group, Δ, FD OCC, and TD OCC) corresponding to existing DMRS port indices (0-7 for DMRS configuration type 1 and 0-11 for DMRS configuration type 2) may not be changed from the existing parameter correspondence (Figures 1 and 2).

[0135] That is, Fig. 11 is a table in which entries corresponding to Rel. 18 DMRS ports (port numbers 8-15) are added to the correspondence relationship for DMRS setting type 1 in Fig. 1. Also, Fig. 12 is a table in which entries corresponding to Rel. 18 DMRS ports (port numbers 12-23) are added to the correspondence relationship for DMRS setting type 2 in Fig. 1.

[0136] In this example, port numbers 0-3, 8-11 may be used for single symbol DMRS in FIG. 11, and port numbers 0-5, 12-17 may be used in FIG.

[0137] In addition, new FD OCC (w ｆ For example, for DMRS configuration type 1 / DMRS configuration type 2, a FD OCC of length 4 (k'=0-3) may be used. ｆ The column (k') may indicate an OCC index corresponding to an antenna port (#0-#3 in the figure). Each OCC index may indicate an FD OCC sequence of the same / different length.

[0138] For example, w ｆ (k') = #0 is {w ｆ (0), w ｆ (1), w ｆ (2), w ｆ (3)} = {+1, +1, +1, +1}. ｆ (k') = #1 is {w ｆ(0), w ｆ (1), w ｆ (2), w ｆ (3)} = {+1, -1, +1, +1}. ｆ (k') = #2 is {w ｆ (0), w ｆ (1), w ｆ (2), w ｆ (3)} = {+1, +1, -1, -1}. ｆ (k') = #3 is {w ｆ (0), w ｆ (1), w ｆ (2), w ｆ (3)} = {+1, -1, -1, +1}.

[0139] 11 and 12, the implementation of the UE / base station can be simplified. Note that the Rel. 18 DMRS port number, OCC index, etc. are not limited to the examples in FIGS. 11 and 12.

[0140] In Rel. 18 and later, new FD-OCC lengths greater than 2 are supported. For example, Rel. 18 eType1 / eType2 DMRS ports (e.g., Rel. 15 eType1 / eType2 DMRS ports) may be defined with DMRS ports with FD-OCC lengths greater than 2 (e.g., DMRS ports with FD-OCC length > 2). For example, the FD-OCC length of a Rel. 18 eType1 / eType2 DMRS port may be 4.

[0141] In the present disclosure, the Rel. 15 / Rel. 18 DMRS port number for PDSCH DMRS may correspond to the Rel. 15 / Rel. 18 DMRS port number for PUSCH DMRS plus 1000. In other words, the content of the Rel. 15 / Rel. 18 DMRS port number for PDSCH DMRS may be interchangeable with the content of the Rel. 15 / Rel. 18 DMRS port number for PUSCH DMRS with the port number plus 1000.

[0142] 11-12 are examples of increasing the number of DMRS ports using an extension of FD-OCC, but the increase in the number of DMRS ports in the present disclosure is not limited to this. One or a combination of the above-described methods for increasing the number of DMRS ports may be applied, and in that case, the correspondence relationship between the parameters corresponding to the antenna ports in the present disclosure may be different from that shown in FIGS.

[0143] <Using Rel. 18 DMRS Ports for MU-MIMO / SU-MIMO> MU-MIMO between Rel. 15 DMRS ports and Rel. 18 DMRS ports may be allowed.

[0144] There are no scheduling restrictions expected for MU-MIMO with different CDM groups, including MU-MIMO between Rel. 15 UEs (UEs without Rel. 18 DMRS ports available) and Rel. 18 UEs (UEs with Rel. 18 DMRS ports available).

[0145] For MU-MIMO within one CDM group, there is also no scheduling restriction on PUSCH.

[0146] On the other hand, for MU-MIMO within a single CDM group, scheduling restrictions may be required for PDSCHs to ensure orthogonality between DMRS ports. For example, PDSCH #1 for Rel. 18 UE #A using Rel. 15 DMRS port #1000 and PDSCH #2 for Rel. 18 UE #B using Rel. 18 DMRS port #1008 may be multiplexed within a single CDM group using FD-OCC and transmitted from the same base station.

[0147] Based on the UE capabilities / RRC configuration, the UE / base station may ensure that the UE decodes, for example, FD-OCC for every 4 DMRS resource elements (even if no Rel. 18 DMRS port is configured for the UE).

[0148] Note that dynamic switching between Rel. 15 DMRS ports and Rel. 18 DMRS ports based on DCI may be supported, in which case a table of antenna ports to be referenced may be specified by a new / existing field (e.g., an antenna port field) of the DCI.

[0149] Semi-static switching between Rel. 15 DMRS ports and Rel. 18 DMRS ports based on higher layer signaling may be supported.

[0150] Incidentally, when a FD OCC of length 4 is supported, a case where three or four DMRS ports in a CDM group are indicated to a UE may be assumed (see Fig. 13). Fig. 13 shows a case where FD-OCCs #0, #1, and #2 are indicated in CDM group #0 (three layers) and a case where FD-OCCs #0, #1, #2, and #3 are indicated (four layers).

[0151] If the case of indicating four DMRS ports in one CDM group to a UE is supported, for example, in the case of single-symbol Type 1 DMRS (e.g., eType1 DMRS), it is also envisioned that a DMRS port of CDM group #0 with four ranks (e.g., {0, 1, 8, 9}) may be indicated.

[0152] In such a case, the question arises as to how to control the indication of DMRS ports (e.g., DMRS ports 8 and above in the case of DMRS port type 1, and DMRS ports 12 and above in the case of DMRS port type 2) newly supported in Rel. 18.

[0153] Therefore, the present inventors have studied a method for instructing / setting the number of DMRS ports when the number of DMRS ports is expanded, and have come up with an aspect of the present embodiment.

[0154] 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.

[0155] 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."

[0156] In the present disclosure, terms such as notify, 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.

[0157] In the present disclosure, Radio Resource Control (RRC), RRC parameters, RRC messages, higher layer parameters, fields, 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.

[0158] 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.

[0159] 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.

[0160] In the present disclosure, physical layer signaling may be, for example, Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI), and the like.

[0161] 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.

[0162] 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.

[0163] In this disclosure, the notation "Rel. XX" indicates a 3GPP release. However, the release number "XX" is an example and may be replaced with another number.

[0164] In the present disclosure, DMRS, DL DMRS, UL DMRS, PDSCH DMRS, and PUSCH DMRS may be read as interchangeable terms.

[0165] In the present disclosure, orthogonal sequence, OCC, FD OCC, and TD OCC may be interpreted as interchangeable.

[0166] In the present disclosure, the terms DMRS port, antenna port, port, and DMRS port index may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, the terms DMRS CDM group, CDM group, DMRS group, DMRS CDM group(s) without data, etc. may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, the terms antenna port indication and antenna port field may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, the terms DMRS configuration type, DMRS type, and the RRC parameter "dmrs-Type" may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, the terms maximum DMRS length, maximum number of DMRS symbols, number of DMRS symbols, and the RRC parameter "maxLength" may be interchangeable.

[0167] In the present disclosure, DMRS type 1 (or DMRS type = 1) may mean that the RRC parameter "dmrs-Type" is not set (e.g., the RRC parameter "dmrs-Type" is absent in the DMRS configuration (DMRS-DownlinkConfig information element / DMRS-UplinkConfig information element)), or may mean that 1 (or type 1) is set as the RRC parameter related to the DMRS type.

[0168] In the present disclosure, the maximum length of DMRS=1 may mean that the RRC parameter "maxLength" is not set (e.g., the RRC parameter "maxLength" is absent in the DMRS configuration (DMRS-DownlinkConfig information element / DMRS-UplinkConfig information element)), or that the RRC parameter regarding the maximum length of DMRS is set to 1 (or length 1 (len1)).

[0169] In the present disclosure, the terms CDM group list, port group list, and list may be interchangeable. In the present disclosure, the terms CDM group subset, port group subset, and group subset may be interchangeable.

[0170] In the present disclosure, the terms rank, transmission rank, number of layers, and number of antenna ports may be interchangeable. Furthermore, the terms "one codeword is applied" and "the number of layers is four or less" may be interchangeable. The terms "two codewords are applied" and "the number of layers is greater than four" may be interchangeable.

[0171] In the present disclosure, "transform precoding is configured" may be read interchangeably as "transform precoding is enabled."

[0172] It should be noted that in this disclosure, "having the capability of..." may be read interchangeably as "supporting / reporting the capability of...".

[0173] In the present disclosure, a table may be read interchangeably as one or more tables.

[0174] Furthermore, DCI in the following embodiments may refer to DCI that schedules at least one of PUSCH and PDSCH (for example, DCI formats 0_x, 1_x (where x is an integer)).

[0175] In the following embodiments, an example of expressing a Rel. 18 DMRS port using a new DMRS port index is shown, but is not limited to this. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to a case where a Rel. 18 DMRS port is expressed using a port group subset.

[0176] (Wireless communication method) <Embodiment #0A> Embodiment #0A relates to PUSCH DMRS.

[0177] In embodiment #0A, the UE may use a combination of Rel. 15 DMRS ports with single-symbol DMRS and Rel. 18 DMRS ports with single-symbol DMRS for PUSCH transmissions of rank 5 or higher.

[0178] The UE may be specified the following DMRS port combinations by the antenna ports field for DMRS Type 1: - for rank 8, a combination of port indices 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 11; - for rank 7, a combination of seven indices (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10) from among port indices 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 11; - for rank 6, a combination of six indices (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9) from among port indices 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 11; - for rank 5, a combination of five indices (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 8) from among port indices 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 11;

[0179] The UE may be specified the following DMRS port combinations by the antenna ports field for DMRS Type 2: - for rank 8, a combination of eight indices (e.g., #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13) from among port indices #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, and #17; - for rank 7, a combination of seven indices (e.g., #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12) from among port indices #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, and #17; - For rank 6, a combination of six indexes (e.g., #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5) from among port indexes #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16 and #17; - For rank 5, a combination of five indexes (e.g., #0, #1, #2, #3, #4) from among port indexes #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16 and #17.

[0180] An example of a table of antenna ports for PUSCH DMRS port indication (hereinafter also referred to as an antenna port indication table, a DMRS port indication table, a DMRS port table, etc.) is shown below. Note that the UE may determine which antenna port indication table to refer to based on the rank value determined based on the precoding information field / SRI field, the DMRS type, the maximum length of the DMRS, etc.

[0181] The UE may receive DCI for a PUSCH including an antenna port field (antenna port indication), and may control the transmission (mapping, etc.) of DMRS / PUSCH based on the value of the field and the antenna port indication table that it has decided to refer to.

[0182] 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced according to embodiment #0A, in which the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 5. The values ​​(Value) of the antenna port field (Value) = 0 to 3 correspond to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {4, 1}, {3, 2}, {2, 3}, and {1, 4}, respectively.

[0183] The illustrated table may be referenced by a UE when Rel. 18 DMRS (or Rel. 18 DMRS enabled / Rel. 18 DMRS port enabled) is configured for the UE. Also, multiple entries (rows in the table) indicating the same {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} may be defined, or only some of the illustrated entries may be defined, or a port index combination different from the illustrated port index combination may be defined (the same applies to subsequent drawings related to the antenna port indication table).

[0184] 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced according to embodiment #0A, in which the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 6. The values ​​(Value) of the antenna port field (Value) = 0 to 2 correspond to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {4, 2}, {3, 3}, and {2, 4}, respectively.

[0185] 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced according to embodiment #0A, in which the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 7. The values ​​(Value) of the antenna port field (Value) = 0-1 correspond to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports} = {4, 3}, {3, 4}, respectively.

[0186] 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced according to embodiment #0A, in which the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 8. A value of 0 in the antenna port field corresponds to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports}={4, 4}.

[0187] 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced according to embodiment #0A, when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 5. The values ​​(Value) of the antenna port field = 0, 1-2, 3-4, 5-7, 7-8, and 9 correspond to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {5, 0}, {4, 1}, {3, 2}, {2, 3}, {1, 4}, and {0, 5}, respectively.

[0188] Note that the DMRS ports corresponding to the illustrated {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {5, 0}, {0, 5} use all of CDM groups #0-#2 (as can be seen from FIG. 12 ), so the number of CDM groups is 3.

[0189] Furthermore, the DMRS ports corresponding to the illustrated {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {4, 1}, {3, 2}, {2, 3}, {1, 4} use two of CDM groups #0-#2 (as can be seen from FIG. 12 ), so the number of CDM groups is 2 or 3. When the number of CDM groups is 2, the UE can transmit PUSCH in the resource element corresponding to the remaining CDM group in the DMRS symbol (a block of complex-valued symbols (generated by encoding data, etc.) can be mapped to the designated DMRS port (port for PUSCH transmission)), which can be expected to increase communication throughput or reduce the PUSCH error rate based on a reduced coding rate.

[0190] Furthermore, when the number of CDM groups is three, other UEs can use the remaining one CDM group to perform DMRS / PUSCH transmission, which is expected to improve system utilization efficiency.

[0191] In this way, by adopting a table such as that shown in Fig. 18, it is possible to specify different numbers of CDM groups for UEs for the same set of {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} (or the same combination of DMRS ports), thereby enabling flexible control taking into account the traffic of each UE, etc.

[0192] FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 6 according to embodiment #0A.

[0193] FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced in embodiment #0A when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 7.

[0194] FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, the maximum DMRS length is 1, and the rank is 8 according to embodiment #0A.

[0195] According to the embodiment #0A described above, PUSCH transmission of rank 5 or higher can be performed based on single-symbol DMRS, thereby reducing the communication overhead associated with DMRS compared to when it is based on double-symbol DMRS. Also, by using an antenna port indication table with a maximum DMRS length of 1, the size of the antenna port field of DCI can be reduced compared to when the maximum DMRS length is 2 (for example, the tables of Figures 8A-8D), thereby reducing the communication overhead associated with the antenna port field.

[0196] <Embodiment #0B> Embodiment #0B relates to PDSCH DMRS.

[0197] In embodiment #0B, the UE may use a combination of Rel. 15 DMRS ports with single-symbol DMRS and Rel. 18 DMRS ports with single-symbol DMRS for PDSCH transmissions of rank 5 or higher.

[0198] The UE may be specified the following DMRS port combinations by the antenna ports field for DMRS Type 1: - for rank 8, a combination of port indices #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008, #1009, #1010 and #1011; - for rank 7, a combination of seven indices (e.g. #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008, #1009, #1010) from among port indices #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008, #1009, #1010 and #1011; - For rank 6, a combination of six indexes from among port indexes #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008, #1009, #1010, and #1011 (for example, #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008, #1009); - For rank 5, a combination of five indexes from among port indexes #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008, #1009, #1010, and #1011 (for example, #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1008).

[0199] The UE may be specified the following DMRS port combinations by the antenna port field for DMRS Type 2: - For rank 8, a combination of 8 indices (e.g., 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1012, 1013) from among port indices 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, and 1017; For rank 7, a combination of seven indexes from port indexes #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004, #1005, #1012, #1013, #1014, #1015, #1016, and #1017 (for example, #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004, #1005, #1012), - For rank 6, a combination of six indexes (e.g., #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004, #1005, #1012, #1013, #1014, #1015, #1016, and #1017) selected from port indexes #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004, #1005, #1012, #1013, #1014, #1015, #1016, and #1017 selected from port indexes #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004, #1005, #1012, #1013, #1014, #1015, #1016, and #1017 selected from port indexes #1000, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004,

[0200] An example of an antenna port indication table for PDSCH DMRS port indication is shown below. Note that the UE may determine which antenna port indication table to refer to based on the DMRS type, the maximum length of the DMRS, etc.

[0201] The UE may receive DCI for the PDSCH including an antenna port field (antenna port indication), and control the reception (demapping, etc.) of the DMRS / PDSCH based on the value of the field and the antenna port indication table that it has decided to refer to.

[0202] FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type=1 and maximum DMRS length=1 according to embodiment #0B.

[0203] The left side of the table corresponds to four layers or less and is referred to when a PDSCH with one codeword is scheduled. The left side of the table corresponds to five layers or more and is referred to when a PDSCH with two codewords is scheduled. The PDSCH DMRS port number actually corresponds to the value shown in the figure plus 1000 (the same applies to the subsequent drawings of the PDSCH DMRS antenna port indication table).

[0204] In the case of two codewords in the table of FIG. 22, the values ​​(Value) of the antenna port field = 0-3 correspond to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {4, 1}, {4, 2}, {4, 3}, {4, 4} (i.e., 5-8 layers, respectively).

[0205] In addition, the UE may be configured by the base station with information on the maximum number of code words that can be scheduled by DCI (e.g., RRC parameter maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI), and if the information indicates a value greater than 1 and the DCI includes multiple specific fields (e.g., MCS fields), the UE may determine to refer to the right side of the antenna port indication table.

[0206] Figure 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port indication table to be referenced when DMRS type=1 and maximum DMRS length=1 according to embodiment #0B. The antenna port indication table of Figure 23 is a table used when a UE receives an activation command that maps at least one codepoint in a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) field included in a DCI to two TCI states. In other words, Figure 23 is a table for supporting a different layer combination (e.g., one layer from TRP1# and two layers from TRP#2, corresponding to value=12) across different TRPs in a single DCI multi-TRP.

[0207] The entries for two codewords in the table of Figure 23 are the same as, but not limited to, the entries for two codewords in the table of Figure 22. For example, the value 2 for two codewords in the table of Figure 23 may correspond to four layers from TRP#1 and three layers from TRP#2, but entries indicating different layer combinations for the same total of seven layers may be specified.

[0208] Note that a port (port number) may be associated with a TRP, or a CDM group (CDM group index) may be associated with a TRP. Note that the association (correspondence) between a port number / CDM group index and a TRP may be specified in advance in a standard, or may be configured in a UE by higher layer signaling / physical layer signaling.

[0209] Assuming that ports #1000-#1003 correspond to TRP#1 and ports #1008-#1011 correspond to TRP#2, for example, entries including at least one of "0-3, 8-10" (4 layers from TRP#1 + 3 layers from TRP#2), "0-2, 8-11" (3 layers from TRP#1 + 4 layers from TRP#2), etc. may be defined as DMRS ports for 7 layers.

[0210] Also, assuming that CDM group #0 corresponds to TRP #1 and CDM group #1 corresponds to TRP #2, for example, entries may be defined as DMRS ports for 7 layers, including at least one of "0-3, 8-10" (4 layers from TRP #1 + 3 layers from TRP #2), "0-2, 8-11" (4 layers from TRP #1 + 3 layers from TRP #2), "0-3, 8, 10-11" (3 layers from TRP #1 + 4 layers from TRP #2), "0, 2-3, 8-11" (3 layers from TRP #1 + 4 layers from TRP #2), etc.

[0211] Similarly, entries indicating other layer combinations may be defined for entries with other numbers of layers.

[0212] In addition, in embodiment #0B, the maximum number of layers per TRP (or codeword) may be set / defined. For example, the maximum number of layers per TRP (or codeword) may be 4. The UE may expect that the number of layers per TRP derived from the configuration of DMRS ports included in the antenna port specification table does not exceed the maximum number of layers per TRP (or codeword).

[0213] FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when DMRS type=2 and maximum DMRS length=1 according to embodiment #0B.

[0214] In the table of FIG. 24, the values ​​(Value) = 0-3 in the antenna port field for two codewords correspond to {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} = {5, 0}, {6, 0}, {6, 1}, {6, 2} (i.e., 5-8 layers, respectively).

[0215] Fig. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna port instruction table to be referenced when the DMRS type is 2 and the maximum DMRS length is 1 according to embodiment #0B. The antenna port instruction table in Fig. 25 is a table used when the UE receives an activation command that maps at least one code point in the TCI field included in the DCI to two TCI states, similar to Fig. 23 .

[0216] The entries for two codewords in the table of Figure 25 are the same as, but not limited to, the entries for two codewords in the table of Figure 24. For example, the value = 2 for two codewords in the table of Figure 25 may correspond to five layers from TRP #1 (e.g., ports #1000-#1004) and two layers from TRP #2 (e.g., ports #1005, #1012), and entries indicating different layer combinations for the same total of seven layers may be specified.

[0217] Note that a port may be associated with a TRP, or a CDM group may be associated with a TRP.

[0218] Assuming that ports #1000-#1005 correspond to TRP#1 and ports #1012-#1017 correspond to TRP#2, for example, entries including at least one of "0-5, 12" (6 layers from TRP#1 + 1 layer from TRP#2), "0-4, 12-13" (5 layers from TRP#1 + 2 layers from TRP#2), "0-3, 12-14" (4 layers from TRP#1 + 3 layers from TRP#2), "0-2, 12-15" (3 layers from TRP#1 + 4 layers from TRP#2), "0-1, 12-16" (2 layers from TRP#1 + 5 layers from TRP#2), "0, 12-17" (1 layer from TRP#1 + 6 layers from TRP#2), etc. may be defined as DMRS ports for 7 layers.

[0219] Assuming that CDM groups #0 and #2 correspond to TRP #1 and CDM group #1 corresponds to TRP #2, for example, entries may be defined as DMRS ports including at least one of "0-5, 12" (5 layers from TRP #1 + 2 layers from TRP #2), "0-4, 12-13" (5 layers from TRP #1 + 2 layers from TRP #2), "0-3, 12-14" (4 layers from TRP #1 + 3 layers from TRP #2), "0-2, 12-15" (4 layers from TRP #1 + 3 layers from TRP #2), "0-1, 12-16" (5 layers from TRP #1 + 2 layers from TRP #2), "0-4, 12, 14-15" (3 layers from TRP #1 + 4 layers from TRP #2), etc. Assuming that CDM group #0 corresponds to TRP #1, and CDM groups #1 and #2 correspond to TRP #2, for example, an entry including at least one of "0-5, 14" (2 layers from TRP #1 + 5 layers from TRP #2) may be defined as a DMRS port. Similarly, entries indicating other layer combinations may be defined for entries with other layer numbers.

[0220] Similarly, entries indicating other layer combinations may be defined for entries with other numbers of layers.

[0221] In the case of two codewords in the table of Figure 25, only the number of CDM groups = 3 is shown, but as shown in embodiment #0A, an entry indicating the number of CDM groups = 2 may be specified. For example, for five layers, the number of CDM groups corresponding to DMRS ports "0-3, 12" may be two or three. Also, for six layers, the number of CDM groups corresponding to DMRS ports "0-3, 12-13" may be two or three.

[0222] When the number of CDM groups is two, the UE can receive the PDSCH in the resource element corresponding to the remaining CDM group in the DMRS symbol (reception processing can be performed assuming that a block of complex-valued symbols (generated by encoding data, etc.) is mapped to the specified DMRS port (port for receiving the PDSCH)), so an increase in communication throughput or a reduction in the error rate of the PDSCH due to a reduced coding rate can be expected.

[0223] Furthermore, when the number of CDM groups is three, other UEs can receive DMRS / PUSCH using the remaining one CDM group, which is expected to improve system utilization efficiency.

[0224] In this way, if different numbers of CDM groups can be assigned to UEs for the same set of {number of Rel. 15 DMRS ports, number of Rel. 18 DMRS ports} (or the same combination of DMRS ports), flexible control is possible taking into account the traffic of each UE, etc.

[0225] According to the above-described embodiment #0B, PDSCH transmission of rank 5 or higher can be performed based on single-symbol DMRS, thereby reducing the communication overhead associated with the DMRS compared to when it is based on double-symbol DMRS. Also, by using an antenna port indication table with a maximum DMRS length of 1, the size of the antenna port field of the DCI can be reduced compared to when the maximum DMRS length is 2, thereby reducing the communication overhead associated with the antenna port field.

[0226] <Embodiment #1> Embodiment #1 describes a case where indication of more than two PDSCH DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within the same CDM group is supported. Here, the case where the maximum length of DMRS for PDSCH is 1 (e.g., maxLength=1) is taken as an example. Embodiment #1 may be applied independently of or in combination with embodiment #0A / 0B.

[0227] The UE may determine the DMRS port (or a combination of DMRS ports) of the PDSCH based on a field (e.g., an antenna port field) related to an antenna port included in the DCI used for scheduling the PDSCH. An association (e.g., an antenna port indication table) between the value (or code point, bit value) of the antenna port field and one or more DMRS port numbers may be defined.

[0228] In this case, the value of the antenna port field may indicate a combination of more than two DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within one DMRS CDM group. This allows a UE to be instructed to use up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group, including DMRS ports supported in Rel. 18 and later. As a result, UE-to-UE multiplexing can be performed more efficiently with different CDM groups.

[0229] Figure 26 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table capable of indicating up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Figure 26 may also be referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 1 (+when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured). Figure 11 may be referenced for conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number. The DMRS port number of the PDSCH corresponds to the value obtained by adding +1000 to the DMRS port number shown in Figure 26.

[0230] 26 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value is 12-15). For example, using a specific value, one or more candidates / cases in which three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group may be supported.

[0231] Specifically, a value of 12 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 8 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, and a value of 13 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 8, and 9 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0. Furthermore, a value of 14 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 10 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, and a value of 15 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 10, and 11 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Of course, the specific values ​​are not limited to these.

[0232] Figure 26 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated to a UE within one CDM group by extending / utilizing the reserved bits (e.g., Reserved) in the antenna port indication table referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 1 shown in Figure 22. Note that the diagram shown in Figure 26 is an example, and the values ​​indicated for three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this.

[0233] Figure 27 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table that can indicate up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Figure 27 may also be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 1 (+ when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured). Figure 12 may be referenced for conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number. Note that the DMRS port number of the PDSCH corresponds to a value obtained by adding +1000 to the DMRS port number shown in Figure 27.

[0234] 27 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value is 24-29). For example, one or more candidates / cases where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group may be supported using a specific value.

[0235] Specifically, a value of 24 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 12 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, a value of 25 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 12, and 13 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, a value of 26 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 14 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, a value of 27 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 14, and 15 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, a value of 28 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, and 16 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2, and a value of 29 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, 16, and 17 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2.

[0236] 27, the values ​​30 and 31 indicate a different value (here, 2) as the number of DMRS CDM groups without data, but the indicated number of DMRS ports / CDM groups is not limited to this. Alternatively, the values ​​30 and 31 may be defined as reserved bits.

[0237] Figure 27 shows a case where the reserved bit (e.g., Reserved) in the antenna port indication table referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 1 shown in Figure 23 above is extended / utilized to support indicating three or four DMRS ports to a UE within one CDM group. Note that the diagram shown in Figure 27 is an example, and the values ​​indicated for three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this.

[0238] 26 and 27, the reserved bits of the antenna port indication table are used by using the same DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) as when using the antenna port indication table of an existing system (e.g., Rel. 17), which allows a UE to be instructed to use three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group without increasing the DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI).

[0239] Alternatively, the size of the DCI (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) may be increased to increase the number of values / codepoints (or rows in the antenna port indication table) that can indicate three or four DMRS ports in one CDM group, which allows for flexible indication of DMRS port combinations to the UE.

[0240] 26 and 27 show the case of four layers or less (e.g., one codeword), but this is not limiting. More than four layers (e.g., two codewords) may also be applied. For example, in the case of two codewords (rank > 4), reserved bits or rows in the antenna port indication table of the existing system may be extended / updated to support indication of three or more DMRS ports in the same CDM group.

[0241] <Embodiment #2> Embodiment #2 describes a case where indication of more than two PDSCH DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within the same CDM group is supported. Here, the case where the maximum length of DMRS for PUSCH is 1 (e.g., maxLength=1) is taken as an example. Embodiment #2 may be applied independently of or in combination with Embodiments #0A / 0B / #1.

[0242] The UE may determine the DMRS port (or a combination of DMRS ports) of the PUSCH based on a field (e.g., an antenna port field) related to an antenna port included in the DCI used for scheduling the PUSCH. An association (e.g., an antenna port indication table) between the value (or code point, bit value) of the antenna port field and one or more DMRS port numbers may be defined.

[0243] In this case, the value of the antenna port field may indicate a combination of more than two DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within one DMRS CDM group. This allows a UE to be instructed to use up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group, including DMRS ports supported in Rel. 18 and later. As a result, UE-to-UE multiplexing can be performed more efficiently with different CDM groups.

[0244] Also, when a rank greater than a specific rank is applied to the PUSCH DMRS ports, indication of more than two DMRS ports within one CDM group may be supported. The specific rank may be 2, and in this case, when the rank is greater than 2 (e.g., rank 3 or 4), indication of three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group may be supported.

[0245] Fig. 28 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port indication table capable of indicating up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Also, Fig. 28 may be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 1. A table corresponding to a specific rank (e.g., rank 3 / 4) may be referenced when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured. For conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number, Fig. 11 may be referenced.

[0246] 28 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group for a specific rank (e.g., a rank greater than two or a rank equal to or greater than three) when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value is 1-2). The rank may be indicated to the UE by the DCI, or the UE may obtain it from the value indicated by the DCI.

[0247] Specifically, for rank 3, a value of 1 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 8 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, and a value of 2 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 10 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Also, for rank 4, a value of 1 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 8, and 9 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, and a value of 2 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 10, and 11 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Of course, the specific values ​​are not limited to these.

[0248] 28 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated to a UE within one CDM group by extending / utilizing a reserved bit (e.g., Reserved) in the antenna port indication table that is referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 1. Note that the diagram shown in FIG. 28 is an example, and the values ​​indicated for three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this.

[0249] Fig. 29 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port indication table capable of indicating up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Also, Fig. 29 may be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 1. A table corresponding to a specific rank (e.g., rank 3 / 4) may be referenced when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured. For conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number, Fig. 12 may be referenced.

[0250] 29 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group for a specific rank (e.g., rank greater than 2 or rank equal to or greater than 3) when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value for rank 3 is 3-5, and the value for rank 4 is 2-4). The rank may be indicated to the UE by the DCI, or the UE may obtain it from the value indicated by the DCI.

[0251] Specifically, for rank 3, a value of 3 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 12 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, a value of 4 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 14 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, and a value of 5 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, and 16 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2. Also, for rank 4, a value of 2 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 12, and 13 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, a value of 3 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 14, and 15 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, and a value of 4 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, 16, and 17 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2. Of course, the specific values ​​are not limited to these.

[0252] 29 illustrates a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated to a UE within one CDM group by extending / utilizing a reserved bit (e.g., Reserved) in the antenna port indication table that is referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 1. Note that the diagram illustrated in FIG. 29 is an example, and the values ​​indicated for three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, and the like are not limited to this.

[0253] 28 and 29, the reserved bits of the antenna port indication table are used by using the same DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) as when using the antenna port indication table of an existing system (e.g., Rel. 17). This allows three or four DMRS ports to be indicated to a UE within one CDM group without increasing the DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI).

[0254] Alternatively, the size of the DCI (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) may be increased to increase the number of values / codepoints (or rows in the antenna port indication table) that can indicate three or four DMRS ports in one CDM group. In this case, the combination of DMRS ports can be flexibly indicated to the UE.

[0255] 28 and 29 show the case of four layers or less (e.g., one codeword), but this is not limiting. More than four layers (e.g., two codewords) may also be similarly applied. For example, in the case of two codewords (rank > 4), reserved bits or rows in the antenna port indication table of the existing system may be extended / updated to support indication of three or more DMRS ports within the same CDM group.

[0256] <Embodiment #3> Embodiment #3 describes a case where indication of more than two PDSCH DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within the same CDM group is supported. Here, the case where the maximum length of DMRS for PDSCH is 2 (e.g., maxLength=2) is taken as an example. Embodiment #3 may be applied independently of or in combination with Embodiments #0A / 0B / 1 / 2.

[0257] The UE may determine the DMRS port (or a combination of DMRS ports) of the PDSCH based on a field (e.g., an antenna port field) related to an antenna port included in the DCI used for scheduling the PDSCH. An association (e.g., an antenna port indication table) between the value (or code point, bit value) of the antenna port field and one or more DMRS port numbers may be defined.

[0258] In this case, the value of the antenna port field may indicate a combination of more than two DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within one DMRS CDM group. When the maximum length of DMRS is two (e.g., maxLength=2), indicating more than two DMRS ports within one DMRS CDM group can reduce the number of DMRS symbols actually used (e.g., the number of front-load symbols). This can reduce DMRS overhead.

[0259] Figure 30 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table capable of indicating up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Figure 30 may also be referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 2 (+when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured). Figure 11 may be referenced for conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number. Note that the DMRS port number of the PDSCH corresponds to a value obtained by adding +1000 to the DMRS port number shown in Figure 30.

[0260] 30 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value is 31). For example, one or more candidates / cases where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group may be supported using a specific value.

[0261] For example, a specific value may be used to indicate DMRS ports 0, 1, and 8 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0. Alternatively, a specific value may be used to indicate DMRS ports 0, 1, 8, and 9 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0. Alternatively, a specific value may be used to indicate DMRS ports 2, 3, and 10 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Alternatively, a specific value may be used to indicate DMRS ports 2, 3, 10, and 11 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Note that the diagram shown in FIG. 30 is an example, and the values ​​indicating three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this.

[0262] 30 shows a case where a reserved bit (e.g., Reserved) in the antenna port indication table referenced when DMRS type = 1 and maximum DMRS length = 2 is extended / utilized to support indicating three or four DMRS ports to a UE within one CDM group. When there are fewer reserved bits (here, one reserved bit), the base station may configure the UE with higher layer signaling or the like to determine which of the four candidates / cases shown in FIG. 30 to apply.

[0263] Alternatively, when supporting indication of four candidates / cases, the antenna port field included in the DCI (and the value of the antenna port indication table) may be added / extended. For example, a predetermined bit (e.g., 1 bit) may be added to the antenna port field of DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 used for scheduling the PDSCH.

[0264] Figure 31 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port instruction table that can indicate up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Figure 31 may also be referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 2 (+when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured). Figure 12 may be referenced for conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number. Note that the DMRS port number of the PDSCH corresponds to a value obtained by adding +1000 to the DMRS port number shown in Figure 31.

[0265] 31 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value is 58-63). For example, one or more candidates / cases where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group may be supported using a specific value.

[0266] Specifically, a value of 58 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 12 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, and a value of 59 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 12, and 13 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0. Furthermore, a value of 60 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 14 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, and a value of 61 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 14, and 15 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Furthermore, a value of 62 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, and 16 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2, and a value of 63 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, 16, and 17 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2.

[0267] Note that the diagram shown in Fig. 31 is an example, and the values ​​indicating three or four DMRS ports in one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this. Also, some of the six candidates / cases shown in Fig. 31 may be defined / configured, or which candidate / case is applied may be configured in the UE by a higher layer parameter.

[0268] 31 shows a case where a reserved bit (e.g., Reserved) in the antenna port indication table referenced when DMRS type = 2 and maximum DMRS length = 2 is extended / utilized to support indicating three or four DMRS ports to a UE within one CDM group. Note that the diagram shown in FIG. 31 is an example, and the values ​​indicating three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this.

[0269] 30 and 31, the reserved bits of the antenna port indication table are used by using the same DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) as when using the antenna port indication table of an existing system (e.g., Rel. 17). This allows three or four DMRS ports to be indicated to a UE within one CDM group without increasing the DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI).

[0270] Alternatively, the size of the DCI (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) may be increased to increase the number of values / codepoints (or rows in the antenna port indication table) that can indicate three or four DMRS ports in one CDM group, which allows for flexible indication of DMRS port combinations to the UE.

[0271] 30 and 31 show the case of four layers or less (e.g., one codeword), but this is not limiting. More than four layers (e.g., two codewords) may also be applied. For example, in the case of two codewords (rank > 4), reserved bits or rows in the antenna port indication table of the existing system may be extended / updated to support indication of three or more DMRS ports in the same CDM group.

[0272] For example, in the case of a specified number of ports (e.g., 5 ports), in DMRS type 1 (e.g., DMRS eType1), DMRS ports {0, 1, 8, 9} may correspond to all CDM group 0 (or DMRS ports {0, 1, 8, 9} may fill all of CDM group 0), and an additional DMRS port index indicating one of the DMRS ports (e.g., 2) may be supported.

[0273] In addition, in DMRS type 2 (e.g., DMRS eType2), DMRS ports {0, 1, 12, 13} may correspond to all CDM group 0, and an additional DMRS port index may be supported to indicate one additional DMRS port (e.g., 2).

[0274] In addition, instead of using a specific DMRS port to correspond to all CDM group 0, a specific DMRS port may be used to correspond to CDM group 1 / 2, and additional DMRS ports of other CDM groups may be used to indicate the DMRS port.

[0275] In existing systems (Rel. 15-17), in the case of two codewords, only a pattern is defined in which DMRS port 0 (CDM group 0) is filled in. In the existing system, in the case of two codewords, allocating another DMRS port to another UE is prohibited. In addition, in the existing system, only a maximum of 8 / 12 ports are supported, and if one UE uses five or more layers, there is no problem even if other DMRS ports are not used. On the other hand, in Rel. 18 and later, a maximum of 16 / 24 ports are supported, so if the DMRS ports of other UEs are not multiplexed, frequency utilization efficiency will be poor.

[0276] Therefore, in Rel. 18 and later, the above-mentioned cases may be supported for two codewords. More specifically, in the case of five ports in Type 1 DMRS, a case in which "CDM group 0 is one port" and "CDM group 1 is four ports" may be supported, as in the example of {1, 2, 3, 10, 11}, or a case in which only CDM group 1 is used in double-symbol DMRS, as in the example of {2, 3, 6, 7, 10}.

[0277] <Embodiment #4> Embodiment #4 describes a case where indication of more than two PDSCH DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within the same CDM group is supported. Here, the case where the maximum length of DMRS for PUSCH is 2 (e.g., maxLength=2) is taken as an example. Embodiment #4 may be applied independently of or in combination with Embodiments #0A / 0B / #1 / #2 / #3.

[0278] The UE may determine the DMRS port (or a combination of DMRS ports) of the PUSCH based on a field (e.g., an antenna port field) related to an antenna port included in the DCI used for scheduling the PUSCH. An association (e.g., an antenna port indication table) between the value (or code point, bit value) of the antenna port field and one or more DMRS port numbers may be defined.

[0279] In this case, the value of the antenna port field may indicate a combination of more than two DMRS ports (e.g., three or four DMRS ports) within one DMRS CDM group. When the maximum length of DMRS is two (e.g., maxLength=2), indicating more than two DMRS ports within one DMRS CDM group can reduce the number of DMRS symbols actually used (e.g., the number of front-load symbols). This can reduce DMRS overhead.

[0280] Also, when a rank greater than a specific rank is applied to the PUSCH DMRS ports, indication of more than two DMRS ports within one CDM group may be supported. The specific rank may be 2, and in this case, when the rank is greater than 2 (e.g., rank 3 or 4), indication of three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group may be supported.

[0281] Figure 32 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port indication table capable of indicating up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Also, Figure 32 may be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 2. A table corresponding to a specific rank (e.g., rank 3 / 4) may be referenced when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured. For conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number, reference may be made to Figure 11.

[0282] Figure 32 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated in one CDM group for a specific rank (e.g., rank greater than 2 or rank equal to or greater than 3) when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value for rank 3 is 3-4, and the value for rank 4 is 4-5). The rank may be indicated to the UE by the DCI, or the UE may obtain it from the value indicated by the DCI.

[0283] Specifically, for rank 3, a value of 3 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 8 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, and a value of 4 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 10 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Also, for rank 4, a value of 4 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 8, and 9 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, and a value of 5 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 10, and 11 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1. Of course, the specific values ​​are not limited to these.

[0284] 32 illustrates a case where the reserved bits (e.g., Reserved) of the antenna port indication table referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 1, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 are extended / utilized to support indicating three or four DMRS ports to a UE within one CDM group. Note that the diagram illustrated in FIG. 32 is an example, and the values ​​indicating three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, and the like are not limited to this.

[0285] Figure 33 is a diagram showing an example of an antenna port indication table capable of indicating up to four DMRS ports within one CDM group (or the same CDM group). Also, Figure 33 may be referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2. A table corresponding to a specific rank (e.g., rank 3 / 4) may be referenced when DMRS of Rel. 18 or later is supported / configured. For conditions such as the CDM group number corresponding to each DMRS port number, reference may be made to Figure 12.

[0286] FIG. 33 shows a case where three or four DMRS ports are indicated within one CDM group in the case of a specific rank (e.g., a rank greater than 2 or a rank equal to or greater than 3) when the antenna port field included in the DCI has a specific value (here, the value for rank 3 / rank 4 is 6-8). The rank may be indicated to the UE by the DCI, or the UE may obtain it from the value indicated by the DCI. Note that while FIG. 33 shows a case where the specific value for rank 3 and the specific value for rank 4 are the same (e.g., 6-7), this is not limiting. For example, the specific value for rank 4 may be 5-7.

[0287] Specifically, for rank 3, a value of 6 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, and 12 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, a value of 7 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, and 14 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, and a value of 8 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, and 16 (3 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2. Also, for rank 4, a value of 6 indicates DMRS ports 0, 1, 12, and 13 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #0, a value of 7 indicates DMRS ports 2, 3, 14, and 15 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #1, and a value of 8 indicates DMRS ports 4, 5, 16, and 17 (4 layers) corresponding to CDM group #2. Of course, the specific values ​​are not limited to these.

[0288] Note that Figure 33 shows a case where the reserved bits (e.g., Reserved) of the antenna port indication table referenced when the transform precoder is disabled, the DMRS type is 2, and the maximum DMRS length is 2 are extended / utilized to support indicating three or four DMRS ports to the UE within one CDM group. Note that the diagram shown in Figure 33 is an example, and the values ​​indicated for three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group, the combination of DMRS ports, etc. are not limited to this.

[0289] 32 and 33, the reserved bits of the antenna port indication table are used by using the same DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) as when using the antenna port indication table of an existing system (e.g., Rel. 17). This allows three or four DMRS ports to be indicated to a UE within one CDM group without increasing the DCI size (or the antenna port field size of the DCI).

[0290] Alternatively, the size of the DCI (or the antenna port field size of the DCI) may be increased to increase the number of values / codepoints (or rows in the antenna port indication table) that can indicate three or four DMRS ports in one CDM group. In this case, the combination of DMRS ports can be flexibly indicated to the UE.

[0291] 32 and 33 show the case of four layers or less (e.g., one codeword), but this is not limiting. More than four layers (e.g., two codewords) may also be applied. For example, in the case of two codewords (rank > 4), reserved bits or rows in the antenna port indication table of the existing system may be extended / updated to support indication of three or more DMRS ports in the same CDM group.

[0292] <Supplementary Note> In the present disclosure, when a UE / base station uses (referring to / performing processing based on) a table, it does not necessarily mean using the table itself, but may also mean using an array, list, function, etc. that includes information that conforms to the table.

[0293] [Notification of Information to UE] In the above-described embodiments, any information may be notified to the UE (from a network (NW) (e.g., a base station (BS))) (in other words, reception of any information from the BS by the UE) using physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE), a specific signal / channel (e.g., PDCCH, PDSCH, reference signal), or a combination thereof.

[0294] When the notification is performed by a MAC CE, the MAC CE may be identified by including a new Logical Channel ID (LCID) in the MAC subheader, which is not defined in existing standards.

[0295] When the notification is made by DCI, the notification may be made by a specific field of the DCI, a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) used to scramble Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits assigned to the DCI, the format of the DCI, etc.

[0296] Furthermore, notification of any information to the UE in the above embodiments may be performed periodically, semi-persistently, or aperiodically.

[0297] [Notification of Information from UE] In the above-described embodiments, notification of any information from the UE (to the NW) (in other words, transmission / report of any information from the UE to the BS) may be performed using physical layer signaling (e.g., UCI), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE), a specific signal / channel (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, reference signal), or a combination thereof.

[0298] When the notification is performed by a MAC CE, the MAC CE may be identified by including a new LCID, which is not defined in existing standards, in the MAC subheader.

[0299] If the notification is made by UCI, the notification may be transmitted using PUCCH or PUSCH.

[0300] Furthermore, any information in the above-described embodiments may be notified from the UE periodically, semi-persistently, or aperiodically.

[0301] [Application of Each Embodiment] At least one of the above-described embodiments may be applied when a specific condition is met. The specific condition may be defined in a standard or may be notified to a UE / BS using higher layer signaling / physical layer signaling.

[0302] At least one of the above-described embodiments may be applied only to UEs that have reported or support a particular UE capability.

[0303] The specific UE capabilities may indicate at least one of the following: Supporting specific processing / operations / control / information for at least one of the above embodiments, Supporting dynamic switching of Rel. 15 DMRS ports (tables) and Rel. 18 DMRS ports (tables), Supporting PUSCH transmission / PDSCH reception with more than four layers based on single-symbol DMRS, Supporting increased DMRS ports for SU-MIMO (e.g., for more than four layers for DMRS Type 1, for more than six layers for DMRS Type 2), Supporting increased DMRS ports for MU-MIMO (e.g., for more than four layers for DMRS Type 1, for more than six layers for DMRS Type 2), Supporting indication of three or four DMRS ports within one CDM group.

[0304] Furthermore, the above-mentioned specific UE capability may be a capability that is applied across all frequencies (commonly regardless of frequency), or may be a capability for each frequency (e.g., one or a combination of a cell, a band, a band combination, a BWP, a component carrier, etc.), or may be a capability for each frequency range (e.g., Frequency Range 1 (FR1), FR2, FR3, FR4, FR5, FR2-1, FR2-2), or may be a capability for each subcarrier spacing (SubCarrier Spacing (SCS)), or may be a capability for each Feature Set (FS) or Feature Set Per Component-carrier (FSPC).

[0305] Furthermore, the specific UE capability may be a capability that is applied to all duplexing methods (commonly regardless of the duplexing method), or may be a capability for each duplexing method (e.g., Time Division Duplex (TDD) or Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)).

[0306] Furthermore, at least one of the above-described embodiments may be applied when a UE configures / activates / triggers specific information related to the above-described embodiments (or performs the operations of the above-described embodiments) through higher layer signaling / physical layer signaling. For example, the specific information may be information indicating enabling dynamic switching of DMRS ports, information indicating enabling dynamic switching of DMRS ports of a specific release (e.g., Rel. 15 DMRS ports and Rel. 18 DMRS ports), information indicating enabling dynamic switching of an antenna port indication table, information indicating enabling an increased number of DMRS ports, configuration information for DMRS type 1 (or 2) / single-symbol DMRS / max DMRS length=1, any RRC parameter for a specific release (e.g., Rel. 18 / 19), etc.

[0307] If the UE does not support at least one of the specific UE capabilities or is not configured with the specific information, the UE may apply, for example, Rel. 15 / 16 behavior.

[0308] (Supplementary Notes) The following inventions are supplementary notes regarding one embodiment of the present disclosure. [Supplementary Note 1-1] A terminal having: a receiver that receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling a downlink shared channel; and a controller that determines a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for the downlink shared channel, based on a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI. [Supplementary Note 1-2] The terminal according to Supplementary Note 1-1, wherein the field related to antenna ports included in the DCI supports indication of at least one of three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports corresponding to the one CDM group. [Supplementary Note 1-3] The terminal according to Supplementary Note 1-1 or Supplementary Note 1-2, wherein when the downlink shared channel is two codewords, two CDM groups are indicated by a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI, and at least one of the two CDM groups corresponds to three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports. [Supplementary Note 1-4] The terminal according to any of Supplementary Note 1-1 to Supplementary Note 1-3, wherein the maximum length of the DMRS is 1.

[0309] [Supplementary Note 2-1] A terminal comprising: a receiver that receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink shared channel; and a controller that determines a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for the uplink shared channel, based on a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI. [Supplementary Note 2-2] The terminal according to Supplementary Note 2-1, in which a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI supports indication of at least one of three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports corresponding to the one CDM group. [Supplementary Note 2-3] The terminal according to Supplementary Note 2-1 or Supplementary Note 2-2, in which the DCI indicates a rank of 3 or more corresponding to the uplink shared channel. [Supplementary Note 2-4] The terminal according to any of Supplements 2-1 to 2-3, in which the maximum length of the DMRS is 1.

[0310] (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.

[0311] 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment. The wireless communication system 1 (which may be simply referred to as 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).

[0312] 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.

[0313] 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.

[0314] 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))).

[0315] 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.

[0316] 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).

[0317] 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.

[0318] 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.

[0319] 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.

[0320] 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.

[0321] The core network 30 may include network functions (Network Functions (NF)) such as a User Plane Function (UPF), an Access and Mobility management Function (AMF), a Session Management Function (SMF), a Unified Data Management (UDM), an Application Function (AF), a Data Network (DN), a Location Management Function (LMF), and Operation, Administration and Maintenance (Management) (OAM). A single network node may provide multiple functions. Communication with an external network (e.g., the Internet) may also be performed via the DN.

[0322] The user terminal 20 may be a terminal that supports at least one of communication methods such as LTE, LTE-A, and 5G.

[0323] 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).

[0324] 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.

[0325] 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.

[0326] 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.

[0327] 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).

[0328] 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.

[0329] 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.

[0330] 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.

[0331] 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.

[0332] 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.

[0333] 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.

[0334] 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.

[0335] 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.

[0336] 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).

[0337] (Base Station) Fig. 35 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.

[0338] 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.

[0339] 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.

[0340] 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.

[0341] 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.

[0342] 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.

[0343] 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.

[0344] 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.

[0345] 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.

[0346] 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.

[0347] 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.

[0348] 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.

[0349] 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.

[0350] 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.

[0351] 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.

[0352] The transmission path interface 140 may transmit and receive signals (backhaul signaling) between devices included in the core network 30 (e.g., network nodes that provide NF), other base stations 10, etc., and may acquire and transmit user data (user plane data), control plane data, etc. for the user terminal 20.

[0353] 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.

[0354] The transceiver 120 may transmit Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the Downlink Shared Channel. The controller 110 may indicate a combination of more than two Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the Downlink Shared Channel, using a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI.

[0355] The transceiver 120 may also transmit Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the uplink shared channel. The controller 110 may indicate a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for the uplink shared channel, using a field related to an antenna port included in the DCI.

[0356] (User terminal) Fig. 36 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 20 may include one or more of each of the control unit 210, the transceiver unit 220, and the transceiver antenna 230.

[0357] 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.

[0358] 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.

[0359] 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.

[0360] 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.

[0361] 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.

[0362] 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.

[0363] 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.

[0364] 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.

[0365] 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.

[0366] 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.

[0367] 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.

[0368] 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.

[0369] 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.

[0370] 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.

[0371] 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.

[0372] 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.

[0373] The transceiver 220 may receive Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the Downlink Shared Channel. The controller 210 may determine a combination of more than two Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRS) ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the Downlink Shared Channel based on a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI.

[0374] The antenna port field included in the DCI may support indication of at least one of three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports corresponding to one CDM group. When the downlink shared channel has two codewords, the antenna port field included in the DCI may indicate two CDM groups, and at least one of the two CDM groups may correspond to three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports. The maximum length of the DMRS may be 1.

[0375] The transceiver 220 may receive Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the uplink shared channel. The controller 210 may determine a combination of more than two Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRS) ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the uplink shared channel based on a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI.

[0376] The antenna port field included in the DCI may support indication of at least one of three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports corresponding to one CDM group. The DCI may indicate a rank of three or more corresponding to an uplink shared channel. The maximum length of the DMRS may be 1.

[0377] (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.

[0378] 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.

[0379] 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. Figure 37 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.

[0380] 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.

[0381] 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.

[0382] 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.

[0383] 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.

[0384] 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.

[0385] 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.

[0386] 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.

[0387] 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.

[0388] 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).

[0389] 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.

[0390] 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.

[0391] (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.

[0392] 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.

[0393] 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.

[0394] 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.

[0395] 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.

[0396] 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.

[0397] 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.

[0398] 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.

[0399] 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.

[0400] 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.

[0401] 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.

[0402] 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.

[0403] 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.

[0404] 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.

[0405] 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.

[0406] 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.

[0407] 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.

[0408] 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.

[0409] 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."

[0410] 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.

[0411] 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.

[0412] 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.

[0413] 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.

[0414] 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.

[0415] 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.

[0416] 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.

[0417] 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).

[0418] 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).

[0419] 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).

[0420] 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.

[0421] 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.

[0422] 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).

[0423] 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.

[0424] 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.

[0425] 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.

[0426] In the present disclosure, a base station transmitting information to a terminal may be interpreted as the base station instructing the terminal to control / operate based on the information.

[0427] In this disclosure, the terms "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," "terminal," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0428] 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.

[0429] 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.

[0430] 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.

[0431] 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.

[0432] 38 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.

[0433] 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.

[0434] 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).

[0435] 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.

[0436] 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.

[0437] 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.

[0438] 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.

[0439] 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.

[0440] 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).

[0441] 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.

[0442] 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)).

[0443] 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.

[0444] 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.

[0445] 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.

[0446] 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.

[0447] 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.

[0448] 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).

[0449] 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."

[0450] 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.

[0451] 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.

[0452] 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.

[0453] 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.

[0454] Furthermore, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," or the like.

[0455] 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.

[0456] 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."

[0457] 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.

[0458] 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."

[0459] 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.

[0460] 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.

[0461] In the present disclosure, terms such as "less than or equal to," "less than," "greater than," "more than," "equal to," etc. may be interchangeable. Furthermore, in the present disclosure, terms meaning "good," "bad," "big," "small," "high," "low," "fast," "slow," "wide," "narrow," etc. may be interchangeable, not limited to the positive, comparative, and superlative. Furthermore, in the present disclosure, terms meaning "good," "bad," "big," "small," "high," "low," "fast," "slow," "wide," "narrow," etc. may be interchangeable, not limited to the positive, comparative, and superlative, as expressions with "i-th" (i is an arbitrary integer) attached (for example, "highest" may be interchangeable with "i-th highest").

[0462] In this disclosure, the terms "of," "for," "regarding," "related to," "associated with," etc. may be read interchangeably.

[0463] 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.

[0464] This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2022-166692, filed on October 18, 2022, the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.

Claims

1. A receiver that receives upper layer parameters for setting the enablement of an enhanced demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port and downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); a control unit that determines a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the PDSCH based on a field related to an antenna port included in the DCI; A terminal, wherein the combination of more than two DMRS ports includes one or more extended DMRS ports enabled by setting the upper layer parameters.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI supports indication of at least one of three DMRS ports and four DMRS ports corresponding to one CDM group.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the maximum length of the DMRS is 1.

4. A terminal as described in claim 1, wherein the number of CDM groups corresponding to the DMRS without data is 2 or 3.

5. A method for receiving higher layer parameters for enabling an enhanced demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port and Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH); determining a combination of more than two DMRS ports within one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the PDSCH based on a field related to antenna ports included in the DCI; The combination of more than two DMRS ports includes one or more extended DMRS ports enabled by setting the upper layer parameters.

6. A transmitter that transmits upper layer parameters that set the enablement of an enhanced demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port and downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); A control unit that indicates a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the PDSCH according to a field related to an antenna port included in the DCI, A base station, wherein the combination of more than two DMRS ports includes one or more extended DMRS ports enabled by setting the upper layer parameters.

7. A system including a terminal and a base station, The terminal includes a receiving unit that receives higher layer parameters that configure the enablement of an enhanced demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port and downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); a control unit that determines a combination of more than two DMRS ports in one Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) group corresponding to the DMRS for the PDSCH based on a field related to an antenna port included in the DCI; The combination of more than two DMRS ports includes one or more extended DMRS ports enabled by setting the upper layer parameters; The base station a transmitter that transmits the upper layer parameters and the DCI; and a controller that directs the combination of the more than two DMRS ports.