CN114503727A

CN114503727A - Terminal and communication method

Info

Publication number: CN114503727A
Application number: CN201980101085.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 小原知也
Original assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
Current assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
Priority date: 2019-10-11
Filing date: 2019-10-11
Publication date: 2022-05-13
Also published as: WO2021070396A1

Abstract

The terminal has: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a position in a time domain of a physical random access channel that transmits a message used in a 2-step random access procedure and information indicating a time offset from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel; a control unit that determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of a time domain used in an uplink from a position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel; and a transmitting unit that transmits the message to the base station at a position in a time domain of the physical random access channel and a position in a time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

Description

Terminal and communication method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a terminal and a communication method in a wireless communication system.

Background

In nr (new radio) (also referred to as "5G") which is a successor of LTE (Long Term Evolution), a technology that satisfies a large-capacity system, high data transmission speed, low delay, simultaneous connection of a plurality of terminals, low cost, power consumption saving, and the like has been studied as a requirement (for example, non-patent document 1).

In NR, as in LTE, random access is performed for synchronization establishment between a terminal and a base station or for a scheduling request. The random access procedure has two types, namely, a Contention Based Random Access (CBRA) procedure and a non-Contention Free Random Access (CFRA) (for example, non-patent document 2).

Documents of the prior art

Non-patent document

Non-patent document 1: 3GPP TS 38.300 V15.7.0(2019-09)

Non-patent document 2: 3GPP TS 38.321 V15.7.0(2019-09)

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In the contention-based random access procedure of the NR wireless communication system, a 2-step random access procedure using MsgA and MsgB is being studied in addition to the conventional 4-step random access procedure. In the 2-step random access procedure, the terminal and the base station need to determine the time domain position of a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) configured with a data portion of the MsgA that is transmitted except for the random access preamble. However, when a radio frame structure having many slots in which the PUSCH cannot be allocated is used, a parameter indicating the time domain position becomes redundant.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to efficiently notify a location of a resource related to a random access procedure in a wireless communication system.

Means for solving the problems

According to the disclosed technology, there is provided a terminal having: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a position in a time domain of a physical random access channel that transmits a message used in a 2-step random access procedure and information indicating a time offset from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel; a control unit that determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of a time domain used in an uplink from a position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel; and a transmitting unit that transmits the message to the base station at a position in a time domain of the physical random access channel and a position in a time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

Effects of the invention

According to the disclosed technology, the location of resources related to a random access procedure can be efficiently notified in a wireless communication system.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a wireless communication system in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a timing diagram for explaining an example of a 4-step random access procedure.

Fig. 3 is a timing diagram for explaining an example of a 2-step random access procedure.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of resource configuration of a 2-step random access procedure.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example (1) of resource allocation in a 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (2) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (3) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (4) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (5) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (6) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the base station 10 or the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are merely examples, and embodiments to which the present invention is applied are not limited to the embodiments described below.

In the operation of the radio communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the conventional technique is suitably used. However, the existing technology is, for example, existing LTE, but is not limited to existing LTE. In addition, unless otherwise specified, the term "LTE" used in the present specification has a broad meaning including LTE-Advanced and means after LTE-Advanced (e.g., NR).

In the embodiments of the present invention described below, terms such as SS (Synchronization Signal), PSS (Primary SS), SSs (Secondary SS), PBCH (Physical broadcast Channel), PRACH (Physical random access Channel), PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) used in the conventional LTE are used. For convenience of description, the same signals, functions, and the like as those described above may be referred to by other names. Further, the above-mentioned term in NR corresponds to NR-SS, NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, NR-PRACH, etc. However, even a signal used in NR is not necessarily designated as "NR-".

In the embodiment of the present invention, the Duplex (Duplex) mode may be a TDD (Time Division Duplex) mode, an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) mode, or other modes (for example, a Flexible Duplex (Flexible Duplex) mode).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the "configuration" radio parameter or the like may be a predetermined value (Pre-configuration), or may be a radio parameter notified by the base station 10 or the terminal 20.

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 10 and a terminal 20. In fig. 1, 1 base station 10 and 1 terminal 20 are shown, but this is merely an example and there may be a plurality of base stations and terminals.

The base station 10 is a communication device that provides 1 or more cells and performs wireless communication with the terminal 20. Physical resources of a wireless signal are defined in a time domain, which may be defined by the number of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, and a Frequency domain, which may be defined by the number of subcarriers or the number of resource blocks. The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal and system information to the terminal 20. The synchronization signals are for example NR-PSS and NR-SSS. The system information is transmitted, for example, over the NR-PBCH, also referred to as broadcast information. As shown in fig. 1, the base station 10 transmits a control signal or data to the terminal 20 through DL (Downlink) and receives a control signal or data from the terminal 20 through UL (Uplink). Both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform beamforming to transmit and receive signals. In addition, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can apply communication by MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) to DL or UL. In addition, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can communicate via a Secondary Cell (SCell: Secondary Cell) and a Primary Cell (PCell: Primary Cell) based on CA (Carrier Aggregation). The terminal 20 can communicate with the Primary Cell of the base station 10 and the Primary and Secondary cells (PSCell: Primary Secondary Cell) of the other base stations 10 via DC (Dual Connectivity).

The terminal 20 is a communication device having a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable terminal, or a communication module for M2M (Machine-to-Machine), and as shown in fig. 1, the terminal 20 receives a control signal or data from the base station 10 through DL and transmits a control signal or data to the base station 10 through UL, thereby utilizing various communication services provided by a wireless communication system.

Here, in the random access procedure performed for synchronization establishment or a scheduling request between the terminal 20 and the base station 10, for example, the terminal 20 transmits a random access preamble or a UE (User Equipment) identifier to the base station 10 as an UL signal, and the base station 10 transmits information for performing a random access response and contention resolution to the User Equipment 20 as a DL signal.

Fig. 2 is a timing diagram for explaining an example of a 4-step random access procedure. An example of the random access procedure shown in fig. 2 is a contention-based (4-step) random access procedure. In step S11, the user device 20 transmits the random access preamble to the base station 10 as Msg 1. Next, the base station 10 transmits a random access response as Msg2 to the terminal 20 (S12). Next, the terminal 20 transmits the UE identifier as Msg3 to the base station 10 (S13). Next, the base station 10 transmits information for performing contention resolution to the terminal 20 as Msg 4. When contention resolution is successful, the random access procedure is successfully completed.

Fig. 3 is a timing diagram for explaining an example of a 2-step random access procedure. The example of the random access procedure shown in fig. 3 is a 2-step random access procedure of a contention type. The 2-step random access procedure is studied in order to complete the random access procedure in a short period of time. In step S21, the terminal 20 transmits the random access preamble via the PRACH and the data via the PUSCH to the base station 10 as MsgA. For example, the contents corresponding to Msg1 and Msg3 in the 4-step random access procedure may be transmitted via the PUSCH. Next, the base station 10 transmits the random access response and the information for contention resolution to the user equipment 20 as MsgB (S22). For example, MsgB may contain content equivalent to Msg2 and Msg4 in a 4-step random access procedure. When contention resolution is successful, the random access procedure is successfully completed. By adopting the 2-step random access procedure, effects such as low delay and reduction in power consumption can be expected.

In addition, the 4-step random access procedure and the 2-step random access procedure can also perform non-contention type (contention free) random access by allocating a random access preamble from the base station 10 to the terminal 20, for example.

The details of MsgA in a 2-step random access procedure are being studied. For example, MsgA is composed of a random access preamble and PUSCH. It is assumed that the random access preamble and PUSCH are not unitary resources at least in the physical layer. For example, it is assumed that a random access preamble and a PUSCH, which are separated as physical resources, are defined as MsgA.

That is, the MsgA-PUSCH transmission opportunity (MsgA PUSCH occasting) may be defined as 1 MsgA-PUSCH resource. Likewise, the MsgA-PRACH transmission occasion (MsgA-PRACH occasion) may be defined as a resource that transmits 1 MsgA-preamble.

As a method for notifying the resource location of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing in the time domain, the following methods are being studied: when the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing is the same as a setting period (configuration periodicity) of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, a resource position in the time domain of the MsgA-PUSCH slot is notified by a time offset from the MsgA-PRACH slot start position. The MsgA-PRACH slot is a slot that contains the MsgA-PRACH transmission opportunity. The MsgA-PUSCH slot is a slot containing the MsgA-PUSCH transmission opportunity. The base station 10 notifies the terminal 20 of information indicating the position in the time domain of the MsgA-PRACH slot and information indicating the position in the time domain of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of resource configuration of a 2-step random access procedure. In case the MsgA-PUSCH slot is informed by a time offset relative to the MsgA-PRACH slot start position, e.g. in case there are only 1 consecutive UL slots as shown in fig. 4, the specifiable time offset is very limited. In the case of the example shown in fig. 4, 10 slots are designated as the time offset. In addition, the specifiable time offsets are 10 time slots, 20 time slots, 30 time slots, … ….

In addition, "D" shown in fig. 4 indicates a DL slot. "U" denotes an UL slot. "S" denotes a special slot or X slot, and refers to a slot not composed of only DL symbols or only UL symbols, and may include DL symbols, UL symbols, and other symbols. Hereinafter, "S" is described as a special slot, but may be replaced with an X slot.

Here, for example, in the case where the time offsets specifiable in the signaling are 1 slot, 2 slot, 3 slot, … …, since only the time offsets of multiples of 10 in the case of the example shown in fig. 4 are used, the parameters of the time offsets which are not actually used increase, and it is necessary to increase the range of the time offset values specifiable in the signaling.

Therefore, when the position of the time domain of the MsgA-PUSCH slot is notified with an offset from the MsgA-PRACH slot start position, the slot counted as the time offset may be limited to only the UL slot. That is, DL slots as well as special slots may not be counted. By not counting DL slots and special slots as time offsets, signaling to notify of time offsets can be simplified.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example (1) of resource allocation in a 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, when counting only UL slots from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, the MsgA-PUSCH slot is arranged 1 slot later, and therefore the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 that the time offset is 1 slot. As shown in fig. 5, only UL slots are counted as time offsets, DL slots as well as special slots may not be counted.

Therefore, when the time offset notified by the base station 10 is 1 slot, the terminal 20 determines the slot position in which 1 UL slot is counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot as the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (2) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, when only the UL slot is counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, the MsgA-PUSCH slot is arranged 3 slots later, and therefore, the notification time offset can be 3 slots. As shown in fig. 6, only UL slots are counted as time offsets, DL slots as well as special slots may not be counted.

Therefore, when the time offset notified by the base station 10 is 3 slots, the terminal 20 determines the slot position in which 3 UL slots are counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot as the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

As another example, when the time domain position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot is notified with an offset from the MsgA-PRACH slot start position, the slots counted as the time offset may be limited to the UL slot and the special slot. That is, the DL slots may not be counted. By not counting DL slots as time offsets, signaling when notifying time offsets can be simplified.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (3) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, when the UL slot and the special slot are counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, the total 2 slots of 1 slot of the UL slot and 1 slot of the special slot are counted. That is, when the UL slot and the special slot are counted, the MsgA-PUSCH slot is arranged 2 slots later, and therefore the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 that the time offset is 2 slots. As shown in fig. 7, UL slots as well as special slots are counted as time offsets, and DL slots may not be counted.

Therefore, when the time offset notified from the base station 10 is 2 slots, the terminal 20 determines the slot position counted by 2 UL slots or special slots from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot as the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (4) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, when the UL slot and the special slot are counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, the total of 4 slots of 3 slots of the UL slot and 1 slot of the special slot is counted. That is, when the UL slot and the special slot are counted, the MsgA-PUSCH slot is arranged 4 slots later, and therefore the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 that the time offset is 4 slots. As shown in fig. 8, UL slots as well as special slots are counted as time offsets, and DL slots may not be counted.

Therefore, when the time offset notified by the base station 10 is 4 slots, the terminal 20 determines the slot position counted by 4 UL slots or special slots from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot as the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

Note that the special slots described in fig. 7 and 8 may be unconditionally counted as the time offset, or the special slots may be counted as the time offset when a certain condition is satisfied. For example, the certain condition may be a case where the ratio of UL symbols of the special slot is x or more. x may be 50%, for example. For example, the certain condition may be a case where the number of UL symbols in which one or more MsgA-PUSCH transmission opportunities can be mapped is present in the special slot.

As another example, when the time domain position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot is notified by an offset from the MsgA-PRACH slot start position, the slot and symbol counted as the time offset may be limited to the UL slot and the UL symbol of the special slot. That is, DL slots and DL symbols of a particular slot may not be counted. By not counting the DL symbols of the DL slot and the special slot as the time offset, signaling for notifying the time offset can be simplified.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (5) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, when the UL symbols of the UL slot and the special slot are counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, the total of 1 slot and 4 symbols of 1 slot of the UL slot and 4 symbols of the UL symbol of the special slot are counted. That is, when the UL symbols of the UL slot and the special slot are counted, the MsgA-PUSCH slot is arranged after 1 slot and 4 symbols, and therefore, the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 of the time offset as 1 slot and 4 symbols. As shown in fig. 9, UL symbols of the UL slot and the special slot are counted as a time offset, and DL symbols of the DL slot and the special slot may not be counted.

Therefore, when the time offset notified from the base station 10 is 1 slot and 4 symbols, the terminal 20 determines the slot position of the UL symbol in which 1 UL slot is counted and 4 special slots are counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot as the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of resource allocation (6) in the 2-step random access procedure in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 10, when the UL symbols of the UL slot and the special slot are counted from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, the total of 3 slots and 4 symbols of the 3 slots of the UL slot and the 4 symbols of the UL symbol of the special slot are counted. That is, when the UL symbols of the UL slot and the special slot are counted, the MsgA-PUSCH slot is arranged after 3 slots and 4 symbols, and therefore, the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 of the time offset as 3 slots and 4 symbols. As shown in fig. 10, UL symbols of the UL slot and the special slot are counted as a time offset, and DL symbols of the DL slot and the special slot may not be counted.

Therefore, when the time offset notified from the base station 10 is 3 slots and 4 symbols, the terminal 20 determines the slot position of the UL symbol counting 3 UL slots and 4 special slots from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot as the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

Note that the UL symbols of the special slot described in fig. 9 and 10 may be counted as the time offset unconditionally, or may be counted as the time offset when a certain condition is satisfied. For example, the certain condition may be a case where the ratio of UL symbols of the special slot is x or more. x may be 50%, for example. For example, the certain condition may be that the number of UL symbols in which one or more MsgA-PUSCH transmission opportunities can be mapped is present in the special slot.

In addition, when the time domain position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot is notified by a time offset with respect to the MsgA-PRACH slot, a value that can be notified as the time offset may be limited to a value that matches an assumed TDD setting (configuration).

For example, the time offset may be limited to several of the number of slots that becomes a multiple of 10. That is, the time offset may be limited to {10 slots, 20 slots, 30 slots }, etc. The time offset may be limited to some number of slots that is a multiple of another number. For example, the number of slots may be a multiple of 5, or may be a multiple of 2. For example, the time offset may be limited to a time slot in which the case of arranging consecutive UL time slots is assumed. For example, the number of slots may be limited to {1 slot, 2 slot }.

Furthermore, the above-described time offset limitations may also be combined. For example, the time offset may be {1 slot, 2 slot, 10 slot, 20 slot }, may be {1 slot, 2 slot, 10 slot, 11 slot, 20 slot, 21 slot }, may be {1 slot, 2 slot, 9 slot, 10 slot, 11 slot, 19 slot, 20 slot, 21 slot }, or the like. These time offsets may be notified to the terminal 20 by the base station 10 as one of the enumerated data.

In the above-described embodiment, the time offset is set to be a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, but may be a time offset defined at another position.

For example, the time offset may be a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, or a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

For example, the time offset may be a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot, or a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH slot.

For example, the time offset may be a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, or a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH slot to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing.

For example, the time offset may be a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, a time offset from the start position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the start position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing, or a time offset from the end position of the MsgA-PRACH transmission timing to the end position of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing.

The unit for specifying the time offset may be a symbol, a system frame, a symbol and a slot, a system frame and a slot, or a symbol, a slot and a system frame. The unit of the designated time offset may be the width of the time domain of the MsgA-PUSCH transmission timing.

According to the above-described embodiment, the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 of the position of the time domain of the PUSCH corresponding to the PRACH that transmits the MsgA by counting the time offsets of the UL slots and UL symbols in the 2-step random access procedure.

That is, in the wireless communication system, the location of the resource related to the random access procedure can be efficiently notified.

(device construction)

Next, a functional configuration example of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 that execute the above-described processing and operation will be described. The base station 10 and the terminal 20 include functions to implement the above-described embodiments. However, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may have only a part of the functions in the embodiments, respectively.

< base station 10>

Fig. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 11, the base station 10 includes a transmission unit 110, a reception unit 120, a setting unit 130, and a control unit 140. The functional configuration shown in fig. 11 is merely an example. The names of the function segments and the function units may be arbitrary as long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be performed.

The transmission unit 110 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 and transmitting the signal wirelessly. Further, the transmission unit 110 transmits an inter-network-node message to another network node. The receiving unit 120 includes a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, higher layer information from the received signals. The transmitter 110 has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL control signals, and the like to the terminal 20. Further, the receiving unit 120 receives an inter-network node message from another network node.

The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various kinds of setting information transmitted to the terminal 20. The content of the setting information is, for example, information related to setting of 2-step random access.

As described in the embodiment, the control unit 140 performs control related to 2-step random access. The transmission unit 110 may include a function unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 140, and the reception unit 120 may include a function unit related to signal reception in the control unit 140.

< terminal 20>

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 12, the terminal 20 includes a transmission unit 210, a reception unit 220, a setting unit 230, and a control unit 240. The functional configuration shown in fig. 12 is merely an example. The names of the function segments and the function units may be arbitrary as long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be performed.

The transmission unit 210 generates a transmission signal from the transmission data and wirelessly transmits the transmission signal. The receiving unit 220 receives various signals wirelessly and acquires a signal of a higher layer from the received signal of the physical layer. The reception unit 220 has a function of receiving NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL/SL control signals, and the like transmitted from the base station 10. For example, as D2D communication, the transmitter 210 transmits PSCCH (Physical downlink Control Channel), PSCCH (Physical downlink Shared Channel), PSDCH (Physical downlink Discovery Channel), PSBCH (Physical downlink Broadcast Channel), etc. to another terminal 20, and the receiver 220 receives PSCCH, PSDCH, PSBCH, etc. from another terminal 20.

The setting unit 230 stores various kinds of setting information received by the receiving unit 220 from the base station 10. The setting unit 230 also stores preset setting information. The content of the setting information is, for example, setting of 2-step random access.

As described in the embodiment, the control unit 240 performs control related to 2-step random access. The transmission unit 210 may include a function unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 240, and the reception unit 220 may include a function unit related to signal reception in the control unit 240.

(hardware construction)

The block diagrams (fig. 11 and 12) used in the description of the above embodiments show blocks in units of functions. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. The method of implementing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be implemented by one device that is physically or logically combined, or may be implemented by two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and that are directly or indirectly (for example, wired or wireless) connected and implemented by these plural devices. The functional blocks may also be implemented by a combination of software and one or more of the above-described devices.

The functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, viewing, broadcasting (broadcasting), notification (notification), communication (communicating), forwarding (forwarding), configuration (configuring), reconfiguration (reconfiguring), allocation (allocating, mapping), assignment (assigning), and the like, but are not limited thereto. For example, a function block (a configuration unit) that functions transmission is referred to as a transmission unit (transmitter) or a transmitter (transmitter). In short, as described above, the method of implementation is not particularly limited.

For example, the base station 10, the terminal 20, and the like in one embodiment of the present disclosure may also function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. Fig. 13 is a diagram showing an example of hardware configurations of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. The base station 10 and the terminal 20 may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like.

In the following description, the term "device" may be replaced with "circuit", "device", "unit", and the like. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may include one or more of each illustrated device, or may be configured to include no part of each device.

The functions in the base station 10 and the terminal 20 are realized by the following methods: when predetermined software (program) is read into hardware such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002, the processor 1001 performs an operation to control communication of the communication device 1004 or at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003.

The processor 1001 operates, for example, an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU) including an interface with a peripheral device, a control device, an arithmetic device, a register, and the like. For example, the control unit 140, the control unit 240, and the like may be implemented by the processor 1001.

Further, the processor 1001 reads out a program (program code), a software module, data, or the like from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the storage device 1002, and executes various processes in accordance with the read program. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-described embodiments is used. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station 10 shown in fig. 11 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001. For example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in fig. 12 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001. While the various processes described above have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, the various processes described above may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may also be mounted by more than one chip. In addition, the program may also be transmitted from the network via a telecommunication line.

The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be configured by at least one of a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The storage 1002 may also be referred to as a register, cache, main memory (primary storage), or the like. The storage device 1002 can store a program (program code), a software module, and the like that can be executed to implement the communication method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be constituted by at least one of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a Compact Disc, a digital versatile Disc, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc, a smart card, a flash memory (for example, a card, a stick, a Key drive), a Floppy (registered trademark) Disc, a magnetic stripe, and the like.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (a transmitting/receiving device) for performing communication between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and may be referred to as a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like. Communication apparatus 1004 may be configured to include a high-Frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a Frequency synthesizer, and the like, for example, in order to realize at least one of Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) and Time Division Duplexing (TDD). For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifying unit, a transmitting/receiving unit, a transmission line interface, and the like may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmitter and receiver may be physically or logically separated from each other.

The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a key, a sensor, and the like) that receives an input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, or the like) that outputs to the outside. The input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrally configured (for example, a touch panel).

Further, the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002 are connected to each other via a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured by using a single bus, or may be configured by using different buses for each device.

The base station 10 and the terminal 20 may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or the like, and a part or all of the functional blocks may be implemented by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may also be installed using at least one of these hardware.

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As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a terminal including: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a position in a time domain of a physical random access channel that transmits a message used in a 2-step random access procedure and information indicating a time offset from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel; a control unit that determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of a time domain used in an uplink from a position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel; and a transmitting unit that transmits the message to the base station at a position in a time domain of the physical random access channel and a position in a time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

According to the above configuration, the base station 10 can notify the terminal 20 of the time domain position of the PUSCH corresponding to the PRACH that transmits the MsgA by counting the time offsets of the UL slot and the UL symbol in the 2-step random access procedure. That is, in the wireless communication system, the location of the resource related to the random access procedure can be efficiently notified.

The control unit may determine the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on lengths of a 1 st slot used in the uplink and a 2 nd slot in which an uplink symbol and a downlink symbol are arranged, the lengths being from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel. With this configuration, the terminal 20 can determine the time domain position of the PUSCH corresponding to the PRACH for transmitting the MsgA, based on the time offsets in which the UL slot and the special slot are counted, in the 2-step random access procedure.

The control unit may determine a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the lengths of the 2 nd slot and the 1 st slot when the ratio of the uplink symbol in the 2 nd slot is equal to or greater than a certain value, and the control unit may determine the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the length of the 1 st slot when the ratio of the uplink symbol in the 2 nd slot is less than the certain value. With this configuration, the terminal 20 can determine the time domain position of the PUSCH corresponding to the PRACH for transmitting the MsgA, based on the time offset of the UL symbol in which the UL slot and the special slot are counted, in the 2-step random access procedure.

The control unit may determine a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on lengths of the 2 nd slot and the 1 st slot when the physical uplink shared channel can be mapped in the uplink symbol, and may determine the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the length of the 1 st slot when the physical uplink shared channel cannot be mapped in the uplink symbol. According to this configuration, the terminal 20 can specify the time domain position of the PUSCH corresponding to the PRACH that transmits MsgA, based on the time offset in which the UL slot and the special slot including the UL symbol equal to or more than the predetermined number are counted, in the 2-step random access procedure.

The control unit may determine the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of the uplink symbol in a 1 st slot used in the uplink and a 2 nd slot in which an uplink symbol and a downlink symbol are arranged, the length being from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel. According to this configuration, the terminal 20 can determine the position of the time domain of the PUSCH corresponding to the PRACH that transmits the MsgA, based on the time offset of the UL symbol in which the UL slot and the special slot including the UL symbol equal to or more than the predetermined number are counted, in the 2-step random access procedure.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication method in which the following steps are performed by a terminal: a reception step of receiving, from a base station, a position in a time domain of a physical random access channel that transmits a message used in the 2-step random access procedure and information indicating a time offset with respect to the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel; a control step of determining a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of a time domain used in an uplink from a position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel; and a transmission step of transmitting the message to the base station at a position in a time domain of the physical random access channel and a position in a time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

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The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the disclosed invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various modifications, alternatives, and alternatives will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Although specific numerical examples are used to facilitate understanding of the present invention, these numerical values are merely examples and any appropriate values may be used unless otherwise specified. The distinction of items in the above description is not essential to the present invention, and items described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, or items described in one item may be applied to items described in another item (as long as there is no contradiction). The boundaries of the functional units or the processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries of the physical components. The operation of the plurality of functional units may be performed by one physical component, or the operation of one functional unit may be performed by a plurality of physical components. As for the processing procedure described in the embodiment, the order of processing may be changed without contradiction. For convenience of explanation of the process, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 have been explained using functional block diagrams, but such means may also be implemented in hardware, in software, or in a combination thereof. Software that operates by a processor included in the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and software that operates by a processor included in the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be stored in a Random Access Memory (RAM), a flash memory, a Read Only Memory (ROM), an EPROM, an EEPROM, a register, a hard disk (HDD), a removable disk, a CD-ROM, a database, a server, and any other suitable storage medium.

Note that the information is not limited to the form and embodiment described in the present disclosure, and may be notified by other methods. For example, the notification of the Information may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling, broadcast Information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof).

The forms/embodiments described in the present disclosure may also be applied to LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-a (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system: fourth generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system: fifth generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio: new air interface), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA 2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband: Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16(WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-wide band), Bluetooth (registered trademark), a system using other appropriate systems, and a next generation system extended accordingly. Furthermore, a plurality of systems (for example, a combination of 5G and at least one of LTE and LTE-a) may be combined and applied.

The order of the processes, sequences, flows, and the like in the respective forms and embodiments described in this specification may be changed without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, for the methods described in this disclosure, elements of the various steps are suggested using an illustrative sequence, but are not limited to the particular sequence suggested.

In the present specification, the specific operation performed by the base station 10 may be performed by an upper node (upper node) thereof in some cases. In a network including one or more network nodes (network nodes) having the base station 10, it is obvious that various operations to be performed for communication with the terminal 20 may be performed by at least one of the base station 10 and a network node other than the base station 10 (for example, MME, S-GW, or the like is considered, but not limited thereto). In the above, the case where there are 1 network node other than the base station 10 is exemplified, but the other network node may be a combination of a plurality of other network nodes (e.g., MME and S-GW).

Information, signals, and the like described in the present disclosure can be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer). Or may be input or output via a plurality of network nodes.

The input or output information and the like may be stored in a specific location (for example, a memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input or output information and the like may be rewritten, updated, or appended. The output information and the like may also be deleted. The inputted information and the like may also be transmitted to other apparatuses.

The determination in the present disclosure may be made by a value (0 or 1) represented by 1 bit, may be made by a Boolean value (Boolean: true or false), and may be made by comparison of values (for example, comparison with a predetermined value).

Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, or by other names, should be construed broadly to mean commands, command sets, code segments, program code, programs (routines), subroutines, software modules, applications, software packages, routines, subroutines (subroutines), objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, and the like.

Further, software, commands, information, and the like may be transmitted or received via a transmission medium. For example, where software is transmitted from a web page, server, or other remote source using at least one of wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.) and wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.), at least one of these is included within the definition of transmission medium.

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

Further, 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, at least one of the channel and the symbol may be a signal (signaling). Further, the signal may also be a message. Further, a Component Carrier (CC) may also be referred to as a Carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency Carrier, and the like.

The terms "system" and "network" as used in this disclosure are used interchangeably.

Further, information, parameters, and the like described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values to predetermined values, and may be expressed using other corresponding information. For example, the radio resource may also be indicated by an index.

The names used for the above parameters are in no way limiting. Further, the numerical expressions and the like using these parameters may be different from those explicitly disclosed in the present disclosure. Since various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements can be identified by all appropriate names, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are non-limiting in any respect.

In the present disclosure, terms such as "Base Station (BS)", "wireless Base Station", "Base Station apparatus", "fixed Station (fixed Station)", "NodeB", "enodeb (enb)", "gbnodeb (gnb)", "access point (access point)", "transmission point)", "reception point (reception point)", "reception point (transmission/reception point)", "cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier" may be used interchangeably. A base station may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, smallcell, femtocell, picocell, and the like.

A base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., 3) cells. When a base station accommodates a plurality of cells, the entire coverage area of the base station can be divided into a plurality of smaller areas, and each smaller area can also be provided with a communication service by a base station subsystem (e.g., an indoor small Radio Head (RRH) — "cell" or "sector"), which is a term indicating a part or the entire coverage area of at least one of the base station and the base station subsystem that performs a communication service within the coverage area.

In the present disclosure, terms such as "Mobile Station (MS)", "User terminal (User terminal)", "User Equipment (UE)", "terminal" and the like may be used interchangeably.

For a mobile station, those skilled in the art will sometimes refer to it by the following terms: a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent (user agent), a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology.

At least one of the base station and the mobile station may also be referred to as a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, a communication apparatus, or the like. At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile body, the mobile body itself, or the like. The moving body may be a vehicle (e.g., an automobile, an airplane, etc.), may be a moving body that moves in an unmanned manner (e.g., an unmanned aerial vehicle, an autonomous automobile, etc.), or may be a robot (manned or unmanned). At least one of the base station and the mobile station includes a device that does not necessarily move during a communication operation. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

In addition, the base station in the present disclosure may also be replaced with a user terminal. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals 20 (for example, communication may also be referred to as D2D (Device-to-Device), V2X (Vehicle-to-all system), or the like). In this case, the terminal 20 may have the function of the base station 10. Terms such as "upstream" and "downstream" may be replaced with terms (for example, "side") corresponding to inter-terminal communication. For example, the uplink channel, the downlink channel, and the like may be replaced with the side channel.

Likewise, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be replaced with a base station. In this case, the base station may have a configuration having the functions of the user terminal described above.

Terms such as "determining" and "determining" used in the present disclosure may include various operations. The terms "determination" and "decision" may include, for example, determining that a determination (judging), calculation (calculating), processing (processing), derivation (deriving), investigation (investigating), search (looking up, search, inquiry) (for example, searching in a table, a database, or another data structure), or confirmation (ascertaining) has been made as a term indicating that a determination (judging) or a decision) has been made. The "determination" and "decision" may include an event in which reception (e.g., reception), transmission (e.g., transmission), input (input), output (output), and access (e.g., access to data in the memory) are regarded as the "determination" and the like. The "determination" and "decision" may include a case where the "determination" and "decision" are performed, for example, considering that the "determination" and "decision" are performed, such as the solution (resolving), the selection (selecting), the selection (breathing), the establishment (evaluating), and the comparison (comparing). That is, the terms "judgment" and "determination" may include any items that are regarded as "judgment" and "determination" in any operation. The "determination (decision)" may be replaced by "assumption", "expectation", "consideration", and the like.

The terms "connected" and "coupled" or any variation thereof are intended to mean that two or more elements are directly or indirectly connected or coupled to each other, and may include one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled" to each other. The combination or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination of these. For example, "connect" may be replaced with "Access". As used in this disclosure, two elements may be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other by using at least one of one or more wires, cables, and printed electrical connections, and by using electromagnetic energy having a wavelength in the radio frequency domain, the microwave domain, and the optical (both visible and invisible) domain, or the like, as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples.

The reference signal may be referred to as rs (reference signal) for short, or may be referred to as Pilot (Pilot) according to the applied standard.

As used in this disclosure, a statement "according to" is not intended to mean "solely according to" unless explicitly stated otherwise. In other words, the expression "according to" means both "according to" and "at least according to".

Any reference to an element using the designations "first," "second," etc. used in this disclosure is not intended to limit the number or order of such elements in any way. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, references to a first element and a second element do not imply that only two elements can be taken or that the first element must precede the second element in any manner.

The "unit" in the configuration of each device described above may be replaced with a "section", "circuit", "device", or the like.

Where the disclosure uses the terms "including", "comprising" and variations thereof, these terms are meant to be inclusive in the same way as the term "comprising". Also, the term "or" used in the present disclosure means not exclusive or.

A radio frame may consist of one or more frames in the time domain. In the time domain, one or more individual frames may be referred to as subframes. A subframe may be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. The subframe may be a fixed time length (e.g., 1ms) independent of a parameter set (numerology).

The parameter set may be a communication parameter applied to at least one of transmission and reception of a certain signal or channel. The parameter set may represent, for example, at least one of SubCarrier Spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, Transmission Time Interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, specific filtering processing performed by the transceiver in the frequency domain, specific windowing processing performed by the transceiver in the Time domain, and the like.

A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols, etc.) in the time domain. The time slot may be a time unit based on a parameter set.

A timeslot may contain multiple mini-slots. Each mini-slot may be composed of one or more symbols in the time domain. In addition, a mini-slot may also be referred to as a sub-slot. A mini-slot may be composed of a smaller number of symbols than a slot. The PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in a unit of time greater than the mini slot may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type (type) a. The PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using the mini-slot may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type (type) B.

The radio frame, subframe, slot, mini-slot, and symbol all represent a unit of time when a signal is transmitted. The radio frame, subframe, slot, mini-slot, and symbol may each be referred to by corresponding other terms.

For example, 1 subframe may be referred to as a Transmission Time Interval (TTI), a plurality of consecutive subframes may be referred to as TTIs, and 1 slot or 1 mini-slot may be referred to as a TTI. That is, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in the conventional LTE, may be a period shorter than 1ms (for example, 1 to 13 symbols), or may be a period longer than 1 ms. The unit indicating TTI may be referred to as a slot, a mini slot, or the like, instead of a subframe.

Here, the TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit of scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in the LTE system, the base station performs scheduling for allocating radio resources (frequency bandwidths, transmission powers, and the like that can be used by each terminal 20) to each terminal 20 in units of TTIs. In addition, the definition of TTI is not limited thereto.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-coded data packet (transport block), code block, code word, or the like, or may be a processing unit of scheduling, link adaptation, or the like. When a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) to which the transport block, code word, and the like are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

In addition, in a case where a 1-slot or a 1-mini-slot is referred to as a TTI, one or more TTIs (i.e., one or more slots or one or more mini-slots) may constitute a minimum time unit for scheduling. Further, the number of slots (mini-slot number) constituting the minimum time unit of the schedule may be controlled.

TTIs having a time length of 1ms are also referred to as normal TTIs (TTIs in LTE rel.8-12), normal TTIs (normal TTIs), long TTIs (long TTIs), normal subframes (normal subframes), long (long) subframes, slots, etc. A TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be referred to as a shortened TTI, a short TTI (short TTI), a partial TTI, a shortened subframe, a short (short) subframe, a mini-slot, a sub-slot, a slot, etc.

In addition, for a long TTI (long TTI) (e.g., normal TTI, subframe, etc.), a TTI having a time length exceeding 1ms may be substituted, and for a short TTI (short TTI) (e.g., shortened TTI, etc.), a TTI having a TTI length smaller than that of the long TTI (long TTI) and having a TTI length of 1ms or more may be substituted.

A Resource Block (RB) is a resource allocation unit of time and frequency domains, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers (subcarriers) in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in the RB may be the same regardless of the parameter set, and may be 12, for example. The number of subcarriers included in the RB may also be decided according to the parameter set.

Further, the time domain of the RB may contain one or more symbols, and may be 1 slot, 1 mini-slot, 1 subframe, or 1TTI in length. The 1TTI, 1 subframe, etc. may be respectively composed of one or more resource blocks.

In addition, one or more RBs may be referred to as Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs), Sub-Carrier groups (SCGs), Resource Element Groups (REGs), PRB pairs, RB peers, and so on.

In addition, a Resource block may be composed of one or more Resource Elements (REs). For example, 1RE may be a 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol radio resource region.

The Bandwidth Part (BWP: Bandwidth Part) (which may be referred to as partial Bandwidth, etc.) may represent a subset of consecutive common rbs (common resource blocks) for a certain set of parameters in a certain carrier. Here, the common RB may be determined by an index of an RB with reference to a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a certain BWP and numbered within that BWP.

BWP may include UL BWP (UL BWP) and DL BWP (DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be set for a UE within 1 carrier.

At least one of the set BWPs may be active (active), and a case where the UE transmits and receives a predetermined signal/channel outside the active BWP may not be assumed. In addition, "cell", "carrier", and the like in the present disclosure may be replaced with "BWP".

The above-described structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, mini slots, symbols, and the like are merely examples. For example, the number of subframes included in the radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of mini-slots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or mini-slot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the Cyclic Prefix (CP) length, and other configurations may be variously changed.

In the present disclosure, where articles are added by translation, for example, as in the english language a, an, and the, the present disclosure also includes the case where nouns following the articles are plural.

In the present disclosure, the phrase "a and B are different" may also mean "a and B are different from each other". The term "A and B are different from C" may be used. The terms "separate", "join", and the like can also be interpreted in the same manner as "different".

The forms/embodiments described in the present disclosure may be used alone or in combination, and may be switched depending on the execution. Note that the notification of the predetermined information is not limited to be performed explicitly (for example, notification of "X") but may be performed implicitly (for example, notification of the predetermined information is not performed).

In the present disclosure, MsgA is an example of a message used in a 2-step random access procedure. The PRACH is an example of a physical random access channel. The PUSCH is an example of a physical uplink shared channel.

While the present disclosure has been described in detail, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented as modifications and alterations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Accordingly, the disclosure is intended to be illustrative, and not limiting.

Description of the reference symbols

10: a base station;

110: a transmission unit;

120: a receiving section;

130: a setting unit;

140: a control unit;

20: a terminal;

210: a transmission unit;

220: a receiving section;

230: a setting unit;

240: a control unit;

1001: a processor;

1002: a storage device;

1003: a secondary storage device;

1004: a communication device;

1005: an input device;

1006: and an output device.

Claims

1. A terminal, having:

a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a position in a time domain of a physical random access channel that transmits a message used in a 2-step random access procedure and information indicating a time offset from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel;

a control unit that determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of a time domain used in an uplink from a position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the message to the base station at a position in a time domain of the physical random access channel and a position in a time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein,

the control unit specifies the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the lengths of the 1 st slot used in the uplink and the 2 nd slot in which the uplink symbol and the downlink symbol are arranged, from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

3. The terminal of claim 2, wherein,

the control unit determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the lengths of the 2 nd slot and the 1 st slot when the ratio of the uplink symbols in the 2 nd slot is equal to or greater than a certain value,

the control unit determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel according to the length of the 1 st slot when the ratio of the uplink symbol in the 2 nd slot is smaller than the certain value.

4. The terminal of claim 2, wherein,

the control unit determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the lengths of the 2 nd slot and the 1 st slot when the physical uplink shared channel can be allocated in the uplink symbol,

the control unit determines a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the length of the 1 st slot when the physical uplink shared channel cannot be allocated in the uplink symbol.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein,

the control unit specifies the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on the length of the uplink symbol in a 1 st slot used in the uplink and a 2 nd slot in which an uplink symbol and a downlink symbol are arranged, the length being from the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to the position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.

6. A communication method performed by a terminal, having the steps of:

a reception step of receiving, from a base station, a position in a time domain of a physical random access channel that transmits a message used in a 2-step random access procedure, and information indicating a time offset with respect to the position in the time domain of the physical random access channel;

a control step of determining a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel based on a length of a time domain used in an uplink from a position in the time domain of the physical random access channel indicated by the time offset to a position in the time domain of the physical uplink shared channel; and

a transmission step of transmitting the message to the base station at a position in a time domain of the physical random access channel and a position in a time domain of the physical uplink shared channel.