US20190268946A1 - User terminal and radio communication method - Google Patents

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US20190268946A1
US20190268946A1 US16/347,750 US201716347750A US2019268946A1 US 20190268946 A1 US20190268946 A1 US 20190268946A1 US 201716347750 A US201716347750 A US 201716347750A US 2019268946 A1 US2019268946 A1 US 2019268946A1
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  • the present invention relates to a user terminal and a radio communication method of a next-generation mobile communication system.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • NX New Radio access
  • FX Future generation radio access
  • LTE Rel. 10/11 have introduced Carrier Aggregation (CA) that aggregates a plurality of component carriers (CC) to obtain a wider band.
  • CA Carrier Aggregation
  • Each CC is composed by a system band of LTE Rel. 8 as one unit.
  • a plurality of CCs of the same radio base station eNB: eNodeB
  • UE User Equipment
  • LTE Rel. 12 has introduced Dual Connectivity (DC), too, that configures a plurality of Cell Groups (CG) of different radio base stations to UEs.
  • Each cell group includes at least one cell (CC).
  • DC aggregates a plurality of CCs of the different radio base stations. Therefore, DC is also referred to as inter-base station CA (Inter-eNB CA).
  • a user terminal can transmit UL data when UL synchronization is established between a radio base station and the user terminal.
  • the existing LTE systems support a random access procedure (RACH procedure: Random Access Channel Procedure) for establishing UL synchronization.
  • RACH procedure Random Access Channel Procedure
  • the user terminal obtains information (Timing Advance (TA)) related to a transmission timing on UL according to a response (random access response) from a radio base station to a randomly selected preamble (random access preamble), and establishes UL synchronization based on the TA.
  • TA Timing Advance
  • the user terminal After the UL synchronization is established, the user terminal receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) (UL grant) from the radio base station, and then transmits UL data by using UL resources allocated by the UL grant.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • Non-Patent Literature 1 3GPP TS 36.300 “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2”
  • Future radio communication systems e.g., 5G and NR are requested to accommodate various types of service such as high-speed and large-volume communication (eMBB: enhanced Mobile Broad Band), massive connection (massive MTC) from Internet of Things (IoT) devices or Machine-to-Machine communication (M2M) devices such as Machine Type Communication (MTC), or low-latency and ultra-reliable communication (URLLC: Ultra-reliable and Low Latency Communication) in a single framework.
  • eMBB enhanced Mobile Broad Band
  • massive connection massive connection
  • IoT Internet of Things
  • M2M Machine-to-Machine communication
  • URLLC Ultra-reliable and Low Latency Communication
  • the future radio communication systems are assumed to include a plurality of services having different requests for latency reduction in a mixed manner.
  • the future radio communication systems are demanded to accommodate a plurality of user terminals of different numerologies (that are also referred to as multiple numerologies).
  • the numerology refers to a communication parameter (e.g., at least one of a subcarrier interval, a bandwidth, a symbol length, a Cyclic Prefix (CP) length, a TTI length, the number of symbols per TTI, a radio frame configuration, filtering processing and windowing processing) in both or one of a frequency direction and a time direction.
  • a communication parameter e.g., at least one of a subcarrier interval, a bandwidth, a symbol length, a Cyclic Prefix (CP) length, a TTI length, the number of symbols per TTI, a radio frame configuration, filtering processing and windowing processing
  • the future radio communication systems are assumed to support a flexible transmission/reception bandwidth according to capability of a user terminal (UE capability).
  • UE capability capability of a user terminal
  • the future radio communication systems have a different design principal of a control channel on uplink and/or downlink from those of the existing LTE systems. For example, it is thought that a configuration of an uplink control channel used to transmit uplink control information is configured differently.
  • the present invention has been made in light of this problem.
  • One of objects of the present invention to provide a user terminal and a radio communication method that can suitably carry out a random access procedure in future radio communication systems.
  • a user terminal is a user terminal that uses a random access procedure, and includes: a reception section that receives a contention resolution message during a random access; and a control section that controls transmission of a transmission acknowledgement signal for the contention resolution message, and the control section performs control to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal by using a resource of a predetermined uplink control channel based on at least a response signal for the random access or configuration information of an uplink control channel included in the contention resolution message.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating one example of a contention-based random access procedure.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating one example of an uplink control channel configuration and/or resources.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating one example of a communication method including a random access procedure according to a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating one example of a communication method including a random access procedure according to a second embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating one example of a communication method including a random access procedure according to a third embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of the communication method including the random access procedure according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating one example of contents of uplink control channel configuration information.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating one example of a schematic configuration of a radio communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating one example of an entire configuration of a radio base station according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating one example of a function configuration of the radio base station according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating one example of an entire configuration of a user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating one example of a function configuration of the user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating one example of hardware configurations of the radio base station and the user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • LTE Rel. 8 to 13 support a random access procedure for establishing UL synchronization.
  • the random access procedure includes a Contention-Based Random Access (CBRA), and a Non-Contention-Based Random Access (Non-CBRA that is also referred to as Contention-Free Random Access (CFRA)).
  • CBRA Contention-Based Random Access
  • Non-CBRA Non-Contention-Based Random Access
  • CFRA Contention-Free Random Access
  • a user terminal transmits a preamble selected at random from a plurality of preambles (also referred to as a random access preamble, a random access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel), and an RACH preamble)) determined for each cell.
  • the contention-based random access is a random access procedure led by the user terminal, and can be used at, for example, a time of an initial access, or start or resumption of UL transmission.
  • Non-Contention-Based Random Access (Non-CBRA or CFRA: Contention-Free Random Access)
  • a radio base station allocates a preamble specifically to the user terminal on a DownLink (DL) control channel (PDCCH: Physical Downlink Control Channel) or an EPDCCH: Enhanced PDCCH), and the user terminal transmits the preamble allocated from the radio base station.
  • the non-contention-based random access is a random access procedure led by a network, and can be used at, for example, a time of handover, or start or resumption of DL transmission (start or resumption of transmission of DL retransmission instruction information on UL).
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating one example of a contention-based random access.
  • the user terminal receives information (PRACH configuration information) indicating a random access channel (PRACH) configuration (a PRACH configuration or an RACH configuration) in advance by system information (e.g., a Master Information Block (MIB) and/or a System Information Block (SIB)) or higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling).
  • PRACH configuration information indicating a random access channel (PRACH) configuration (a PRACH configuration or an RACH configuration) in advance by system information (e.g., a Master Information Block (MIB) and/or a System Information Block (SIB)) or higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling).
  • MIB Master Information Block
  • SIB System Information Block
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • the PRACH configuration information can indicate, for example, a plurality of preambles (e.g., preamble format) determined for each cell, and a time resource (e.g., a system frame number and a subframe number) and a frequency resource (e.g., an offset (prach-FrequencyOffset) indicating a start position of six resource blocks (PRB: Physical Resource Blocks)) used to transmit the PRACH.
  • a time resource e.g., a system frame number and a subframe number
  • a frequency resource e.g., an offset (prach-FrequencyOffset) indicating a start position of six resource blocks (PRB: Physical Resource Blocks)
  • the user terminal selects one of a plurality of preambles indicated by the PRACH configuration information at random, and transmits the selected preamble on the PRACH (message 1 ).
  • the radio base station When detecting the preamble, the radio base station transmits a Random Access Response (RAR) as a response to the detection (message 2 ).
  • RAR Random Access Response
  • the user terminal When failing receiving the RAR within a predetermined period (RAR window) after transmitting the preamble, the user terminal increases PRACH transmission power and transmits (retransmits) the preamble again.
  • increasing transmission power during retransmission is also referred to as power ramping.
  • the user terminal that has received the RAR adjusts a UL transmission timing based on a timing advance (TA) included in the RAR, and establishes UL synchronization. Furthermore, the user terminal transmits a control message of a higher layer (L 2 /L 3 : Layer 2 /Layer 3 ) by using a UL resource indicated by a UL grant included in the RAR (message 3 ).
  • the control message includes an identifier (UE-ID) of the user terminal.
  • the identifier of the user terminal may be, for example, a UE-ID of a higher layer such as a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) in the RRC connected state or a System Architecture Evolution-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (S-TMSI) in the idle state.
  • C-RNTI Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier
  • S-TMSI System Architecture Evolution-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
  • the radio base station transmits a contention resolution message according to a control message of the higher layer (message 4 ).
  • the contention resolution message is transmitted addressed to the identifier of the user terminal included in the above control message.
  • the user terminal that has succeeded detecting the contention resolution message transmits an acknowledgement response (ACK: Acknowledgement) of Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) to the radio base station.
  • ACK Acknowledgement
  • HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat request
  • the user terminal that has failed detecting the contention resolution message decides that contention has occurred, selects a preamble again and repeats the random access procedure of the messages 1 to 4 .
  • the radio base station transmits a UL grant to the user terminal.
  • the user terminal transmits UL data by using the UL resource allocated by the UL grant.
  • the existing LTE systems apply HARQ subsequently to the message 3 .
  • the user terminal determines a PUCCH resource based on uplink control channel resource information commonly notified to the user terminals by system information, and a Control Channel Element (CCE) index included in the downlink control channel (PDCCH).
  • CCE Control Channel Element
  • the user terminal when desiring transmission of UL data, the user terminal can start the random access procedure autonomously. Furthermore, after UL synchronization is established, UL data is transmitted by using the UL resource allocated specifically to the user terminal by the UL grant, so that it is possible to perform reliable UL transmission.
  • 5G and/or NR 5G/NR
  • 5G/NR 5G and/or NR
  • a transmission/reception method e.g., HARQ
  • HARQ transmission/reception method
  • 5G/NR a transmission/reception method of the existing LTE systems
  • a problem of a case where the method of the existing LTE systems is applied to the random access procedure of 5G/NR will be described below.
  • Future radio communication systems are expected to realize various radio communication services while satisfying respectively different request conditions (e.g., an ultra-high speed, a large volume and ultra low latency).
  • future radio communication systems to introduce time units (e.g., a frame, a subframe, a slot, a mini slot, a subslot or a Transmission Time Interval (TTI)) of different configurations from those of the existing LTE systems (prior to LTE Rel. 13).
  • the subframe is a time unit of a predetermined time duration (e.g., 1 ms) irrespectively of the numerology.
  • the slot is a time unit based on the numerology (e.g., a subcarrier interval and/or the symbol length) and the number of symbols.
  • the numerology e.g., a subcarrier interval and/or the symbol length
  • the number of symbols per slot may be seven or 14 symbols.
  • the subcarrier interval is 60 kHz or more
  • the number of symbols per slot may be 14 symbols.
  • the slot may include a plurality of mini (sub) slots.
  • the transmission and/or reception bandwidths are configured to each user terminal to control communication. That is, 5G/NR assume that a design principle of a downlink control channel and/or an uplink control channel is defined differently from those of the existing LTE systems.
  • the existing LTE systems transmit downlink control channels (or downlink control information) by using an entire system bandwidth.
  • it is considered for 5G/NR to configure a predetermined frequency domain and control transmission of the downlink control information without necessarily allocating downlink control information for a certain UE to the entire system band and transmitting the downlink control information.
  • the predetermined frequency domain configured to the UE is also referred to as a control subband.
  • the existing LTE systems transmit uplink control channels (or uplink control information) by using both ends of a system band.
  • uplink control channels or uplink control information
  • 5G/NR it is considered for 5G/NR to perform communication by using a configuration where a channel used for DL transmission and a channel used for UL transmission are arranged in a certain time unit (e.g., slot).
  • the channel used for DL transmission corresponds to a downlink control channel and/or a downlink data channel
  • the channel used for UL transmission corresponds to an uplink control channel and/or an uplink data channel.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates one example of a configuration of an uplink control channel configured in a predetermined time unit (also referred to as, for example, a frame, a subframe, a slot, a mini slot or a subslot) used by future radio communication systems.
  • a slot on which a UL data channel is arranged is mainly used for UL communication, and therefore may be referred to as a UL centric slot.
  • a time domain to which the uplink control channel is allocated there are considered a configuration where the uplink control channel is arranged in one symbol at a tail (or one symbol to several symbols at the tail) of a slot, a configuration where the uplink control channel is arranged on all slots, and a configuration where the uplink control channel is arranged in a domain except several symbols at a head (e.g., a downlink control channel and a gap period). Furthermore, there is considered a configuration where the uplink control channel is allocated to one or a plurality of domains in a slot.
  • uplink control channel configuration e.g., HARQ-ACK
  • the transmission acknowledgement signal also referred to as HARQ-ACK or A/N
  • a problem is how to determine the uplink control channel configuration and/or resources to be applied.
  • the radio base station can notify each user terminal of information related to the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources by using RRC signaling. Consequently, the user terminal can select an appropriate uplink control channel configuration and/or resources.
  • the radio base station and the user terminal are not RRC-connected (e.g., when the user terminal makes an initial access or when the idle state transitions to the RRC connected state), the radio base station cannot notify the user terminal of the information by using RRC signaling.
  • RRC signaling Similar to the existing LTE systems, it is considered to apply a method for determining resources of the uplink control channel based on a Control Channel Element (CCE) index for configuring a downlink control channel.
  • CCE Control Channel Element
  • the inventors have focused on that it is possible to use DL transmission supported before the message 4 of the random access procedure even before the RRC connected state, and notify the user terminal of information (also referred to as the uplink control channel configuration and/or resource information) related to the uplink control channel by using at least the message 2 or the message 4 .
  • information also referred to as the uplink control channel configuration and/or resource information
  • the message 2 can be used as a response signal for a random access preamble from a base station
  • the message 4 can be used as a setup information broadcast signal for RRC connection.
  • an uplink control channel (e.g., PUCCH) configured to a transmission acknowledgement signal corresponding to a message 4 is included in the message 4 , and is notified to a user terminal.
  • the configuration information of the uplink control channel may be information used to transmit an uplink control channel, and is also referred to as uplink control channel configuration information and/or resource information.
  • a radio base station includes the configuration information of the uplink control channel in the message 4 (e.g., downlink control information (DL grant)) to notify each user terminal.
  • the radio base station can notify each user terminal of UE specific uplink control channel configuration information.
  • the user terminal can determine the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources based on the uplink control channel configuration information notified from the radio base station.
  • the user terminal performs control to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 at a predetermined timing.
  • the predetermining timing may be configured to come after a timing (e.g., 4 ms after the message 4 is received) of existing LTE systems. Consequently, it is possible to secure a certain period of time to some degree until the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information are determined after the uplink control channel configuration information included in the message 4 is received, so that it is possible to reduce a processing load of the user terminal.
  • the predetermined timing may be defined in advance by the specification, or may be notified by using a message 2 and/or system information in advance from the radio base station to the user terminal.
  • the user terminal when the user terminal decides that the transmission acknowledgement signal for the received message 4 is NACK, it is highly probable that the uplink control channel configuration information included in the message 4 cannot be completely received. Hence, the user terminal may perform control not to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal when the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 is NACK. Consequently, the user terminal can avoid transmitting the transmission acknowledgement signal by using a wrong uplink control channel configuration and/or resources. As a result, it is possible to prevent contention with an uplink control channel of another user terminal.
  • the radio base station waits for feedback of the transmission acknowledgement signal from the user terminal that has transmitted the message 4 in a predetermined period. Furthermore, when the radio base station cannot detect ACK fed back from the user terminal, the radio base station decides that transmission of the message 4 is NACK (the user terminal has made a mistake of detection of the message 4 ), and transmits (retransmits) the message 4 again.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates one example of a radio communication method including a random access procedure according to the first embodiment.
  • the user terminal receives a broadcast signal and/or a broadcast channel (system information) transmitted from the radio base station (ST 01 ).
  • the system information includes a Master Information Block (MIB) and/or a System Information Block (SIB).
  • MIB Master Information Block
  • SIB System Information Block
  • the user terminal obtains information indicating a PRACH configuration based on the system information, selects a predetermined preamble, and transmits a random access preamble (PRACH) (ST 02 ). Furthermore, when the user terminal does not succeed receiving an RAR within a predetermined (RAR window) after transmitting the PRACH (when, for example, the user terminal fails receiving the RAR), the user terminal increases PRACH transmission power and retransmits the PRACH (ST 03 ). Increasing the transmission power at a time of retransmission of the PRACH is also referred to as power ramping.
  • the radio base station When detecting the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits a random access response (an RAR that is also referred to as a message 2 ) as a response to the detection (ST 04 ).
  • a random access response an RAR that is also referred to as a message 2
  • the user terminal that has received the RAR adjusts a UL transmission timing based on a timing advance (TA) included in the RAR, and establishes UL synchronization. Furthermore, the user terminal transmits a control message (message 3 ) of a higher layer (L 2 /L 3 : Layer 2 /Layer 3 ) by using an uplink data channel (e.g., PUSCH) by a UL resource indicated by a UL grant included in the RAR (ST 05 ).
  • TA timing advance
  • the user terminal includes an identifier of the user terminal (UE-ID) in the message 3 to notify the radio base station.
  • the identifier of the user terminal may be, for example, the UE-ID of the higher layer such as a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) in an RRC connected state, and a System Architecture Evolution-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (S-TMSI) in an idle state.
  • C-RNTI Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier
  • S-TMSI System Architecture Evolution-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
  • the user terminal may include information related to the operating bandwidth (a bandwidth to support) of the user terminal in the message 3 to transmit to the radio base station. Consequently, the radio base station that has received the message 3 can flexibly determine the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources configured to the user terminal.
  • the radio base station When the radio base station cannot appropriately receive the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits a UL grant for instructing transmission of the message 3 to the user terminal again (ST 06 ).
  • the user terminal that has received the UL grant for retransmission of the message 3 retransmits the message 3 (ST 07 ).
  • the radio base station transmits a contention resolution message (message 4 ) according to the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal (ST 08 ).
  • the message 4 can be transmitted addressed to the identifier of the user terminal included in the above message 3 .
  • the radio base station includes in the message 4 (e.g., in a DL grant) the configuration information of the uplink control channel used by the user terminal to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 to notify the user terminal.
  • the radio base station waits for the transmission acknowledgement signal fed back from the user terminal that has received the message 4 within a range of a predetermined period.
  • the radio base station decides that the user terminal has made a mistake of detection of the message 4 (NACK), and retransmits the message 4 (ST 09 ).
  • the radio base station can include the configuration information of the uplink control channel used by each user terminal in the message 4 , too that is retransmitted, too, to notify the user terminal.
  • the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the message 4 that is transmitted first to the user terminal, and the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the message 4 to be retransmitted may have the same contents or may have different contents.
  • transmission of different contents by the message 4 is enabled, it is possible to flexibly control the uplink control channel configured to each user terminal.
  • the user terminal that has appropriately received the message 4 feeds back ACK by using the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information included in the message 4 (ST 10 ).
  • the user terminal can select an appropriate uplink control channel configuration and/or resources even when there are pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resources supported by communication.
  • the user terminal when deciding that the transmission acknowledgement signal for the received message 4 is NACK, the user terminal performs control not to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal (NACK). Consequently, it is possible to prevent a problem that the user terminal transmits a transmission acknowledgment signal by using a wrong uplink control channel configuration and/or resources, and causes contention with an uplink control channel of another user terminal.
  • configuration information of an uplink control channel configured to a transmission acknowledgement signal for a message 4 is included in a message 2 and is notified to a user terminal.
  • the configuration information of the uplink control channel may be information used to transmit the uplink control channel, and is also referred to as uplink control channel configuration information and/or resource information.
  • a radio base station includes the configuration information of the uplink control channel in the message 2 (e.g., in downlink control information (UL grant)) to notify each user terminal.
  • the radio base station can notify each user terminal of individual uplink control channel configuration information of each user terminal.
  • HARQ-ACK transmission acknowledgement signal
  • the user terminal can determine an uplink control channel configuration and/or resources based on the uplink control channel configuration information notified from the radio base station.
  • the user terminal performs control to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 at a predetermined timing.
  • the predetermined timing may be defined in advance by a specification or may be notified from the radio base station to the user terminal by using the message 2 and/or system information.
  • the predetermined timing may be configured similar to timings (e.g., 4 ms after the message 4 is received) of existing LTE systems.
  • the uplink control information is obtained by the message 2
  • the user terminal may feed back NACK to the radio base station by using a predetermined uplink control channel similar to ACK. Consequently, even when the user terminal fails receiving the message 4 , the radio base station can make decision based on the notification from the user terminal.
  • the radio base station may use part of resource information (allocation field) for the message 3 as uplink control channel configuration information (e.g., resource information) in a UL grant included in an RAR (message 2 ). That is, the radio base station may use part of a bit field of the UL grant indicating the resource (e.g., uplink data channel) used to transmit the message 3 to indicate the resource of the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 . Consequently, it is possible to suppress an increase in bits accompanying the configuration of the uplink control channel configuration information.
  • resource information allocation field
  • the user terminal decides the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources based on a predetermined bit field included in the UL grant of the message 2 . Furthermore, when the radio base station transmits the UL grant for instructing retransmission of the message 3 to the user terminal, the user terminal controls transmission of the uplink control channel by using information included in the latest UL grant (by updating the uplink control channel configuration information).
  • FIG. 4 illustrates one example of a radio communication method including a random access procedure according to the second embodiment.
  • description of the same points as those of the first embodiment will be omitted.
  • the user terminal receives a broadcast signal and/or a broadcast channel transmitted from the radio base station (ST 01 ).
  • the user terminal selects the predetermined preamble, and transmits a PRACH (ST 02 ).
  • the user terminal increases PRACH transmission power and retransmits the PRACH (ST 03 ).
  • ST 01 to ST 03 can be performed similar to the above first embodiment.
  • the radio base station When detecting the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits a random access response (the RAR that is also referred to as the message 2 ) as a response to the detection (ST 04 ).
  • the radio base station includes in the message 2 the configuration information of the uplink control channel used by the user terminal to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 to notify the user terminal.
  • the configuration information of the uplink control channel may use part of resource information indicating transmission of the message 3 in the existing LTE systems.
  • the user terminal that has received the RAR adjusts a UL transmission timing based on a timing advance (TA) included in the RAR, and establishes UL synchronization. Furthermore, the user terminal transmits the message 3 by using the uplink data channel (e.g., PUSCH) by a UL resource indicated by a UL grant included in the RAR (ST 05 ).
  • TA timing advance
  • the radio base station When the radio base station cannot appropriately receive the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits the UL grant for instructing transmission of the message 3 to the user terminal again (ST 06 ).
  • the user terminal that has received the UL grant for retransmission of the message 3 retransmits the message 3 (ST 07 ).
  • the user terminal updates the configuration information of the uplink control channel to contents of the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the most recently received UL grant.
  • the radio base station transmits the message 4 according to the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal (ST 08 ).
  • the message 4 can be transmitted addressed to an identifier of the user terminal included in the above message 3 .
  • the user terminal transmits the transmission acknowledgement signal (ACK or NACK) to the radio base station according to a reception status of the message 4 (ST 11 ).
  • the user terminal feeds back the transmission acknowledgement signal by using the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information included in the message 2 .
  • ST 11 indicates that the user terminal feeds back NACK in response to the message 4 .
  • the user terminal Even in a case where the user terminal has decided that the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 is NACK, it is highly probable that the user terminal can appropriately receive the uplink control channel configuration information included in the message 2 . Consequently, when the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 is NACK, the user terminal can feed back NACK to the radio base station by using a predetermined uplink control channel similar to ACK.
  • the radio base station When receiving NACK from the user terminal, the radio base station retransmits the message 4 based on this NACK (ST 09 ).
  • the user terminal that has appropriately received the message 4 feeds back ACK by using the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information included in the message 2 (or the UL grant for retransmission) (ST 10 ).
  • the user terminal can select an appropriate uplink control channel configuration and/or resources even when there are pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resources supported by communication.
  • the radio base station may include the configuration information of the uplink control channel in the message 4 to be retransmitted to notify the user terminal as described in the first embodiment. Consequently, it is possible to flexibly control the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources.
  • part of configuration information of an uplink control channel configured to a transmission acknowledgement signal corresponding to a message 4 is included in system information (e.g., SIB), and the rest of the configuration information of the uplink control channel is included in a message 2 and/or the message 4 to notify the user terminal.
  • system information e.g., SIB
  • a radio base station includes part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel (e.g., uplink control channel configuration information that is common between user terminals) in the system information to notify (broadcast to) a plurality of user terminals. Furthermore, the radio base station includes the other part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel (e.g., uplink control channel configuration information specific to a user terminal) in the message 2 and/or the message 4 to notify each user terminal. For example, PUCCH-ConfigCommon included in an SIB 2 can be used as the system information.
  • the uplink control channel configuration information is notified commonly to the user terminals in advance, and the uplink control channel configuration information specific to the user terminal is additionally notified by using the message 2 (e.g., in downlink control information (UL grant)) and/or the message 4 (e.g., in downlink control information (DL grant)). Consequently, it is possible to suppress an increase in an information amount (the number of bits) to be added to the message 2 and/or the message 4 .
  • the message 2 e.g., in downlink control information (UL grant)
  • the message 4 e.g., in downlink control information (DL grant)
  • the radio base station notifies a plurality of user terminals of pluralities of uplink control channel configuration and/or resource candidates by using system information (e.g., SIB). Subsequently, the radio base station includes in the message 2 and/or the message 4 information (bit value) indicating a predetermined candidate (index) from pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resource candidates (indexes) configured to the user terminal to transmit.
  • system information e.g., SIB
  • the radio base station includes in the message 2 and/or the message 4 information (bit value) indicating a predetermined candidate (index) from pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resource candidates (indexes) configured to the user terminal to transmit.
  • the radio base station notifies a plurality of user terminals of the basic uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources (also referred to as a basic configuration or a default configuration) by using the system information (e.g., SIB). Subsequently, the radio base station includes in the message 2 and/or the message 4 an offset value for part or all of parameters of the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources (default configuration) configured to the user terminal to transmit.
  • SIB system information
  • the user terminal determines the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources used for transmission based on the uplink control channel configuration information notified by the system information and the additional uplink control channel configuration information (indication information) notified by the message 2 and/or the message 4 .
  • FIG. 5 illustrates one example of a radio communication method including a random access procedure according to the third embodiment.
  • the same points as those of the above first embodiment or second embodiment will be omitted.
  • the user terminal receives a broadcast signal and/or a broadcast channel (system information) transmitted from the radio base station (ST 01 ).
  • the system information includes part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel (e.g., the uplink control channel configuration information that is common between the user terminals).
  • the user terminal obtains, from the system information, pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resource candidates configured to a plurality of user terminals.
  • the user terminal obtains from the system information the basic configuration (or the default configuration) of the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources configured to a plurality of user terminals.
  • the user terminal selects a predetermined preamble, and transmits a PRACH (ST 02 ). Furthermore, when the user terminal does not succeed receiving an RAR within a predetermined period after transmitting the PRACH, the user terminal increases PRACH transmission power, and retransmits the PRACH (ST 03 ).
  • the radio base station When detecting the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits a random access response (the RAR that is also referred to as the message 2 ) as a response to the detection (ST 04 ).
  • the radio base station can include in the message 2 part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel used by the user terminal to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 to notify the user terminal.
  • the part of the uplink control channel configuration information can be information for specifying the uplink control channel configuration information notified by the system information per user (e.g., information indicating a predetermined candidate from a plurality of candidates or information for notifying an offset from the basic configuration).
  • the part of the uplink control channel configuration information may use part of resource information indicating transmission of the message 3 in existing LTE systems.
  • the user terminal that has received the RAR adjusts a UL transmission timing based on a timing advance (TA) included in the RAR, and establishes UL synchronization. Furthermore, the user terminal transmits the message 3 by using an uplink data channel (e.g., PUSCH) by a UL resource indicated by a UL grant included in the RAR (ST 05 ).
  • TA timing advance
  • the radio base station When the radio base station cannot appropriately receive the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits the UL grant indicating transmission of the message 3 to the user terminal again (ST 06 ).
  • the user terminal that has received the UL grant for retransmission of the message 3 retransmits the message 3 (ST 07 ).
  • the retransmitted UL grant includes part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel (e.g., indication information)
  • the user terminal updates the configuration information of the uplink control channel to contents of the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the most recently received UL grant.
  • the radio base station transmits the message 4 according to the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal (ST 08 ).
  • the user terminal transmits the transmission acknowledgement signal (ACK or NACK) to the radio base station according to a reception status of the message 4 (ST 11 ).
  • the user terminal feeds back the transmission acknowledgement signal by using the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information included respectively in the system information and the message 2 .
  • ST 11 indicates that the user terminal feeds back NACK in response to the message 4 .
  • the user terminal Even in a case where the user terminal has decided that the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 is NACK, it is highly probable that the user terminal can appropriately receive the uplink control channel configuration information included in the system information and the message 2 . Consequently, even when the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 is NACK, the user terminal can feed back NACK to the radio base station by using the predetermined uplink control channel similar to ACK.
  • the radio base station When receiving NACK from the user terminal, the radio base station retransmits the message 4 based on this NACK (ST 09 ).
  • the user terminal that has appropriately received the message 4 feeds back ACK by using the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information included in the system information and the message 2 (or a UL grant for retransmission).
  • the user terminal can select an appropriate uplink control channel configuration and/or resources even when there are pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resources supported by communication.
  • the radio base station may include the configuration information of the uplink control channel (additional information) in the message 4 to be retransmitted to notify the user terminal. Consequently, it is possible to flexibly control the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates another example of the radio communication method including the random access procedure according to the third embodiment.
  • description of the same points as those of the above first embodiment or second embodiment will be omitted.
  • the user terminal receives a broadcast signal and/or a broadcast channel (system information) transmitted from the radio base station (ST 01 ).
  • the system information includes part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel (e.g., uplink control channel configuration information that is common between the user terminals).
  • the user terminal obtains, from the system information, pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resource candidates configured to a plurality of user terminals.
  • the user terminal obtains from the system information the basic configuration (or the default configuration) of the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources configured to a plurality of user terminals.
  • the user terminal selects a predetermined preamble, and transmits a PRACH (ST 02 ). Furthermore, when the user terminal does not succeed receiving an RAR within a predetermined period after transmitting the PRACH, the user terminal increases PRACH transmission power, and retransmits the PRACH (ST 03 ).
  • the radio base station When detecting the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits the message 2 as a response to the detection (ST 04 ).
  • the user terminal that has received the RAR adjusts a UL transmission timing based on a timing advance (TA) included in the RAR, and establishes UL synchronization. Furthermore, the user terminal transmits the message 3 by using an uplink data channel (e.g., PUSCH) by a UL resource indicated by a UL grant included in the RAR (ST 05 ).
  • TA timing advance
  • the radio base station transmits the UL grant for instructing transmission of the message 3 to the user terminal again (ST 06 ).
  • the user terminal that has received the UL grant for retransmission of the message 3 retransmits the message 3 (ST 07 ).
  • the radio base station transmits the message 4 according to the message 3 transmitted from the user terminal (ST 08 ). Furthermore, the radio base station includes in the message 4 (e.g. in a DL grant) part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel used by the user terminal to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 to notify the user terminal.
  • the part of the uplink control channel configuration information can be information for specifying the uplink control channel configuration information notified by the system information per user (e.g., information indicating a predetermined candidate from a plurality of candidates or information for notifying an offset from the basic configuration).
  • the radio base station waits for the transmission acknowledgement signal fed back from the user terminal that has transmitted the message 4 within a range of a predetermined period.
  • the radio base station decides that the user terminal has made a mistake of detection of the message 4 (NACK), and retransmits the message 4 (ST 09 ).
  • the radio base station can include the configuration information of the uplink control channel used by each user terminal in the message 4 , too, that is retransmitted to notify the user terminal.
  • part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the message 4 transmitted first to the user terminal, and part of the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the message 4 to be retransmitted may have the same contents, or may have different contents.
  • the user terminal that has appropriately received the message 4 feeds back ACK by using the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources indicated by the uplink control channel configuration information included in the system information and the message 4 (ST 10 ). Consequently, by controlling transmission of the uplink control channel based on the uplink control channel configuration information included in the system information and the message 4 , the user terminal can select an appropriate uplink control channel configuration and/or resources even when there are pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resources supported by communication.
  • the fourth embodiment will describe one example of uplink control channel configuration information (an uplink control channel configuration and/or resources). Although uplink control channels of UL centric and UL only will be described below, the present embodiment is applicable to an uplink control channel of DL centric, too.
  • Uplink control channel configuration information includes information related to whether or not frequency hopping of the uplink control channel is applied and/or an arrangement position.
  • the information related to the arrangement position includes an RB index (an uplink control channel start position and/or the number of RBs to be arranged), and/or an arrangement position (e.g., an intra-slot start symbol index) in a time domain.
  • an RB hopping interval may be included in the uplink control channel configuration information instead of the number of RBs to be arranged.
  • the uplink control channel configuration information may include an index of a combination of a Cyclic Shift (CS) to be applied to the uplink control channel, and an orthogonal code.
  • CS Cyclic Shift
  • an orthogonal code For example, a table that defines a plurality of combination candidates of the cyclic shift and the orthogonal code can be defined in advance, and information (index) indicating a predetermined candidate from a plurality of combination candidates can be included in the uplink control channel configuration information.
  • the uplink control channel configuration information may include information indicating a transmission timing (predetermined slot) of the uplink control channel from DL reception (e.g., a symbol from which the downlink control channel has been received), and/or the number of slots to use for transmission.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates that, as information for specifying pluralities of uplink control channel configurations and/or resources, whether or not frequency hopping is applied, an RB start index, an RB hopping interval (or the number of RBs) and a start symbol index are included in the uplink control channel configuration information.
  • the radio base station notifies the user terminal of these parameters, and the user terminal specifies the uplink control channel configuration and/or the resources based on the notified parameters.
  • the RB hopping interval is included in the uplink control channel configuration information.
  • the number of RBs used for the uplink control channel is included in the uplink control channel configuration information.
  • the RB hopping interval and the number of RBs may be configured to the same bit field, and the user terminal side may read and decide a bit value of the bit field according to whether or not frequency hopping is applied. Consequently, when the uplink control channel configuration for applying frequency hopping and the uplink control channel configuration for not applying frequency hopping are supported, it is possible to suppress an increase in the information amount (bits) included in the uplink control channel configuration information.
  • the configuration information of the uplink control channel is not limited to the example illustrated in FIG. 7 , and contents thereof can be optionally changed.
  • This radio communication system uses one or a combination of the radio communication methods according to the above embodiments of the present invention to perform communication.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating one example of a schematic configuration of the radio communication system according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • a radio communication system 1 can apply Carrier Aggregation (CA) that aggregates a plurality of base frequency blocks (component carriers) whose one unit is a system bandwidth (e.g., 20 MHz) of the LTE system, and/or Dual Connectivity (DC).
  • CA Carrier Aggregation
  • DC Dual Connectivity
  • the radio communication system 1 may be referred to as Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, the 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), Future Radio Access (FRA) and a New Radio Access Technology (New-RAT), or a system that realizes these techniques.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • LTE-B LTE-Beyond
  • SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
  • 4G 4th generation mobile communication system
  • 5G 5th generation mobile communication system
  • FAA Future Radio Access
  • New-RAT New Radio Access Technology
  • the radio communication system 1 includes a radio base station 11 that forms a macro cell C 1 of a relatively wide coverage, and radio base stations 12 ( 12 a to 12 c ) that are located in the macro cell C 1 and form small cells C 2 narrower than the macro cell C 1 . Furthermore, a user terminal 20 is located in the macro cell C 1 and each small cell C 2 .
  • the user terminal 20 can connect with both of the radio base station 11 and the radio base stations 12 .
  • the user terminal 20 is assumed to concurrently use the macro cell C 1 and the small cells C 2 by CA or DC.
  • the user terminal 20 can apply CA or DC by using a plurality of cells (CCs) (e.g., five CCs or less or six CCs or more).
  • CCs cells
  • the user terminal 20 and the radio base station 11 can communicate by using a carrier (referred to as an existing carrier or a Legacy carrier) of a narrow bandwidth in a relatively low frequency band (e.g., 2 GHz). Meanwhile, the user terminal 20 and each radio base station 12 may use a carrier of a wide bandwidth in a relatively high frequency band (e.g., 3.5 GHz or 5 GHz) or may use the same carrier as that used by the radio base station 11 . In this regard, a configuration of the frequency band used by each radio base station is not limited to this.
  • the radio base station 11 and each radio base station 12 can be configured to be connected by way of wired connection (e.g., optical fibers compliant with a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) or an X2 interface) or by way of radio connection.
  • wired connection e.g., optical fibers compliant with a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) or an X2 interface
  • radio connection e.g., optical fibers compliant with a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) or an X2 interface
  • the radio base station 11 and each radio base station 12 are respectively connected with a higher station apparatus 30 and are connected with a core network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30 .
  • the higher station apparatus 30 includes, for example, an access gateway apparatus, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) and a Mobility Management Entity (MME), yet is not limited to these.
  • RNC Radio Network Controller
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • each radio base station 12 may be connected with the higher station apparatus 30 via the radio base station 11 .
  • the radio base station 11 is a radio base station that has a relatively wide coverage, and may be referred to as a macro base station, an aggregate node, an eNodeB (eNB) or a transmission/reception point.
  • each radio base station 12 is a radio base station that has a local coverage, and may be referred to as a small base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, a femto base station, a Home eNodeB (HeNB), a Remote Radio Head (RRH) or a transmission/reception point.
  • the radio base stations 11 and 12 will be collectively referred to as a radio base station 10 below when not distinguished.
  • Each user terminal 20 is a terminal that supports various communication schemes such as LTE and LTE-A, and may include not only a mobile communication terminal (mobile station) but also a fixed communication terminal (fixed station).
  • the radio communication system 1 applies Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) to downlink and Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) to uplink as radio access schemes.
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access
  • SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • OFDMA is a multicarrier transmission scheme that divides a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and maps data on each subcarrier to perform communication.
  • SC-FDMA is a single carrier transmission scheme that divides a system bandwidth into a band including one or contiguous resource blocks per terminal and causes a plurality of terminals to use different bands to reduce an interference between the terminals.
  • uplink and downlink radio access schemes are not limited to a combination of these and may be other radio access schemes.
  • the radio communication system 1 uses as downlink channels a downlink shared channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20 , a broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel) and a downlink L 1 /L 2 control channel.
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
  • SIB System Information Blocks
  • MIB Master Information Blocks
  • the downlink L 1 /L 2 control channel includes a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH), and a Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH).
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH is transmitted on the PCFICH.
  • Transmission acknowledgement information also referred to as, for example, retransmission control information, HARQ-ACK or ACK/NACK
  • HARD Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
  • the EPDCCH is subjected to frequency division multiplexing with the PDSCH (downlink shared data channel) and is used to transmit DCI similar to the PDCCH.
  • the radio communication system 1 uses as uplink channels an uplink shared channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20 , an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel), and a random access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel). User data and higher layer control information are transmitted on the PUSCH. Furthermore, downlink radio quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator) and transmission acknowledgement information are transmitted on the PUCCH. A random access preamble for establishing connection with cells is transmitted on the PRACH.
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
  • the radio communication system 1 transmits as downlink reference signals a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS), a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS). Furthermore, the radio communication system 1 transmits a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) and a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) as uplink reference signals.
  • the DMRS may be referred to as a user terminal specific reference signal (UE-specific Reference Signal).
  • a reference signal to be transmitted is not limited to these.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating one example of an entire configuration of the radio base station according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the radio base station 10 includes pluralities of transmission/reception antennas 101 , amplifying sections 102 and transmission/reception sections 103 , a baseband signal processing section 104 , a call processing section 105 and a channel interface 106 .
  • the radio base station 10 only needs to be configured to include one or more of each of the transmission/reception antennas 101 , the amplifying sections 102 and the transmission/reception sections 103 .
  • User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the user terminal 20 on downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing section 104 via the channel interface 106 .
  • the baseband signal processing section 104 performs processing of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, segmentation and concatenation of the user data, transmission processing of an RLC layer such as Radio Link Control (RLC) retransmission control, Medium Access Control (MAC) retransmission control (such as HARQ transmission processing), and transmission processing such as scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing on the user data, and transfers the user data to each transmission/reception section 103 . Furthermore, the baseband signal processing section 104 performs transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform on a downlink control signal, too, and transfers the downlink control signal to each transmission/reception section 103 .
  • PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
  • RLC Radio Link Control
  • MAC Medium Access Control
  • IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
  • precoding processing precoding processing
  • Each transmission/reception section 103 converts a baseband signal precoded and output per antenna from the baseband signal processing section 104 into a radio frequency band and transmits a radio frequency signal.
  • the radio frequency signal subjected to frequency conversion by each transmission/reception section 103 is amplified by each amplifying section 102 , and is transmitted from each transmission/reception antenna 101 .
  • the transmission/reception sections 103 can be composed of transmitters/receivers, transmission/reception circuits or transmission/reception apparatuses described based on a common knowledge in a technical field according to the present invention.
  • the transmission/reception sections 103 may be composed as an integrated transmission/reception section or may be composed of transmission sections and reception sections.
  • each amplifying section 102 amplifies a radio frequency signal as an uplink signal received by each transmission/reception antenna 101 .
  • Each transmission/reception section 103 receives the uplink signal amplified by each amplifying section 102 .
  • Each transmission/reception section 103 performs frequency conversion on the received signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the baseband signal processing section 104 .
  • the baseband signal processing section 104 performs Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing, Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) processing, error correcting decoding, reception processing of MAC retransmission control, and reception processing of an RLC layer and a PDCP layer on user data included in the input uplink signal, and transfers the user data to the higher station apparatus 30 via the channel interface 106 .
  • the call processing section 105 performs call processing such as configuration and release of a communication channel, state management of the radio base station 10 , and radio resource management.
  • the channel interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface. Furthermore, the channel interface 106 may transmit and receive (backhaul signaling) signals to and from the another radio base station 10 via an inter-base station interface (e.g., optical fibers compliant with the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) or the X2 interface).
  • an inter-base station interface e.g., optical fibers compliant with the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) or the X2 interface.
  • Each transmission/reception section 103 transmits a broadcast signal and/or a broadcast channel (e.g., system information), an RAR (e.g., message 2 ) of a random access and a contention resolution message (e.g., message 4 ). Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 103 transmits configuration information of an uplink control channel. Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 103 receives a PRACH (message 1 ) of the random access and a message 3 . Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 103 receives a transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 .
  • a broadcast signal and/or a broadcast channel e.g., system information
  • an RAR e.g., message 2
  • a contention resolution message e.g., message 4
  • each transmission/reception section 103 transmits configuration information of an uplink control channel. Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 103 receives a PRACH (message 1 ) of the random access and a message 3 . Furthermore, each transmission/reception
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating one example of a function configuration of the radio base station according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • this example mainly illustrates function blocks of characteristic portions according to the present embodiment, and assumes that the radio base station 10 includes other function blocks, too, that are necessary for radio communication.
  • the baseband signal processing section 104 includes at least a control section (scheduler) 301 , a transmission signal generating section 302 , a mapping section 303 , a received signal processing section 304 and a measurement section 305 .
  • these components only need to be included in the radio base station 10 , and part or all of the components do not necessarily need to be included in the baseband signal processing section 104 .
  • the control section (scheduler) 301 controls the entire radio base station 10 .
  • the control section 301 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit or a control apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the control section 301 controls, for example, signal generation of the transmission signal generating section 302 and signal allocation of the mapping section 303 . Furthermore, the control section 301 controls signal reception processing of the received signal processing section 304 and signal measurement of the measurement section 305 .
  • the control section 301 controls scheduling (e.g., resource allocation) of system information, a downlink data signal transmitted on the PDSCH, and a downlink control signal transmitted on the PDCCH and/or the EPDCCH. Furthermore, the control section 301 controls generation of a downlink control signal (e.g., transmission acknowledgement information) and a downlink data signal based on a result obtained by deciding whether or not it is necessary to perform retransmission control on an uplink data signal. Furthermore, the control section 301 controls scheduling of synchronization signals (e.g., a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS)/a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS)) and downlink reference signals such as a CRS, a CSI-RS and a DMRS.
  • PSS Primary Synchronization Signal
  • SSS Secondary Synchronization Signal
  • control section 301 controls scheduling of an uplink data signal transmitted on the PUSCH, an uplink control signal (e.g., transmission acknowledgement information) transmitted on the PUCCH and/or the PUSCH, an RACH preamble transmitted on the PRACH and an uplink reference signal.
  • an uplink control signal e.g., transmission acknowledgement information
  • the control section 301 controls the random access procedure described in the above first embodiment to fourth embodiment.
  • the control section 301 controls notification of configuration information of the uplink control channel used by the user terminal by, for example, using the message 2 or the message 4 .
  • the transmission signal generating section 302 generates downlink signals (such as a downlink control signal, a downlink data signal and a downlink reference signal) based on an instruction from the control section 301 , and outputs the downlink signals to the mapping section 303 .
  • the transmission signal generating section 302 can be composed of a signal generator, a signal generating circuit and a signal generating apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the transmission signal generating section 302 generates, for example, a DL assignment for notifying downlink signal allocation information, and a UL grant for notifying uplink signal allocation information based on the instruction from the control section 301 . Furthermore, the transmission signal generating section 302 performs encoding processing and modulation processing on a downlink data signal according to a code rate and a modulation scheme determined based on Channel State Information (CSI) from each user terminal 20 .
  • CSI Channel State Information
  • the mapping section 303 maps the downlink signal generated by the transmission signal generating section 302 , on a predetermined radio resource based on the instruction from the control section 301 , and outputs the downlink signal to each transmission/reception section 103 .
  • the mapping section 303 can be composed of a mapper, a mapping circuit or a mapping apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the received signal processing section 304 performs reception processing (e.g., demapping, demodulation and decoding) on a received signal input from each transmission/reception section 103 .
  • the received signal is, for example, an uplink signal (such as an uplink control signal, an uplink data signal and an uplink reference signal) transmitted from the user terminal 20 .
  • the received signal processing section 304 can be composed of a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the received signal processing section 304 outputs information decoded by the reception processing to the control section 301 .
  • the received signal processing section 304 outputs the HARQ-ACK to the control section 301 .
  • the received signal processing section 304 outputs the received signal and the signal after the reception processing to the measurement section 305 .
  • the measurement section 305 performs measurement related to the received signal.
  • the measurement section 305 can be composed of a measurement instrument, a measurement circuit or a measurement apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the measurement section 305 may measure, for example, received power (e.g., Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)), received quality (e.g., Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ)), a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR)) or a channel state of the received signal.
  • RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
  • RSS Reference Signal Received Quality
  • SINR Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio
  • the measurement section 305 may output a measurement result to the control section 301 .
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating one example of an entire configuration of the user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the user terminal 20 includes pluralities of transmission/reception antennas 201 , amplifying sections 202 and transmission/reception sections 203 , a baseband signal processing section 204 and an application section 205 .
  • the user terminal 20 only needs to be configured to include one or more of each of the transmission/reception antennas 201 , the amplifying sections 202 and the transmission/reception sections 203 .
  • Each amplifying section 202 amplifies a radio frequency signal received at each transmission/reception antenna 201 .
  • Each transmission/reception section 203 receives a downlink signal amplified by each amplifying section 202 .
  • Each transmission/reception section 203 performs frequency conversion on the received signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the baseband signal processing section 204 .
  • the transmission/reception sections 203 can be composed of transmitters/receivers, transmission/reception circuits or transmission/reception apparatuses described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention. In this regard, the transmission/reception sections 203 may be composed as an integrated transmission/reception section or may be composed of transmission sections and reception sections.
  • the baseband signal processing section 204 performs FFT processing, error correcting decoding, and reception processing of retransmission control on the input baseband signal.
  • the baseband signal processing section 204 transfers downlink user data to the application section 205 .
  • the application section 205 performs processing related to layers higher than a physical layer and an MAC layer. Furthermore, the baseband signal processing section 204 may transfer broadcast information among the downlink data, too, to the application section 205 .
  • the application section 205 inputs uplink user data to the baseband signal processing section 204 .
  • the baseband signal processing section 204 performs transmission processing of retransmission control (e.g., HARQ transmission processing), channel coding, precoding, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) processing and IFFT processing on the uplink user data, and transfers the uplink user data to each transmission/reception section 203 .
  • Each transmission/reception section 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing section 204 into a radio frequency band, and transmits a radio frequency signal.
  • the radio frequency signal subjected to the frequency conversion by each transmission/reception section 203 is amplified by each amplifying section 202 , and is transmitted from each transmission/reception antenna 201 .
  • each transmission/reception section 203 transmits the PRACH (message 1 ) and the message 3 of a random access. Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 203 transmits the transmission acknowledgement signal for the message 4 . Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 203 receives the broadcast signal and/or the broadcast channel (e.g., system information), an RAR (message 2 ) of the random access, and the message 4 . Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 203 can receive the configuration information of the uplink control channel commonly configured to the user terminal by system information, and receive the configuration information of the uplink control channel individually configured to the user terminal by the message 2 or the message 4 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • the broadcast signal and/or the broadcast channel e.g., system information
  • RAR messagessage 2
  • each transmission/reception section 203 can receive the configuration information of the uplink control channel commonly configured to the user terminal by system information, and receive the configuration information of the uplink control channel individually configured to the user terminal by the message 2 or the message 4 (see FIG.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating one example of a function configuration of the user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • this example mainly illustrates function blocks of characteristic portions according to the present embodiment, and assumes that the user terminal 20 includes other function blocks, too, that are necessary for radio communication.
  • the baseband signal processing section 204 of the user terminal 20 includes at least a control section 401 , a transmission signal generating section 402 , a mapping section 403 , a received signal processing section 404 and a measurement section 405 .
  • these components only need to be included in the user terminal 20 , and part or all of the components do not necessarily need to be included in the baseband signal processing section 204 .
  • the control section 401 controls the entire user terminal 20 .
  • the control section 401 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit or a control apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the control section 401 controls, for example, signal generation of the transmission signal generating section 402 and signal allocation of the mapping section 403 . Furthermore, the control section 401 controls signal reception processing of the received signal processing section 404 and signal measurement of the measurement section 405 .
  • the control section 401 obtains, from the received signal processing section 404 , downlink control signals (signals transmitted on the PDCCH/EPDCCH) and a downlink data signal (a signal transmitted on the PDSCH) transmitted from the radio base station 10 .
  • the control section 401 controls generation of an uplink control signal (e.g., transmission acknowledgement information) and an uplink data signal based on a result obtained by deciding whether or not it is necessary to perform retransmission control on the downlink control signal and the downlink data signal.
  • an uplink control signal e.g., transmission acknowledgement information
  • the control section 401 controls transmission of the transmission acknowledgement signal for the contention resolution message (e.g., message 4 ). For example, the control section 401 performs control to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal by using a predetermined uplink control channel resource based on at least a response signal (e.g., the message 2 ) for a random access preamble or the configuration information of the uplink control channel included in the message 4 (see FIGS. 3 and 4 ). Furthermore, when transmission of the configuration information of the uplink control channel is supported by the message 4 , the control section 401 may perform control not to transmit the transmission acknowledgement signal in a case where the transmission acknowledgement signal is NACK.
  • the control section 401 can control transmission of the transmission acknowledgement signal based on the configuration information of the uplink control channel configured to at least part of resource information of the UL grant included in the message 2 .
  • the configuration information of the uplink control channel can be configured to include information related to whether or not frequency hopping of the uplink control channel is applied and/or an allocation position (see FIG. 7 ).
  • the transmission signal generating section 402 generates an uplink signal (such as an uplink control signal, an uplink data signal and an uplink reference signal) based on an instruction from the control section 401 , and outputs the uplink signal to the mapping section 403 .
  • the transmission signal generating section 402 can be composed of a signal generator, a signal generating circuit and a signal generating apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the transmission signal generating section 402 generates an uplink control signal related to transmission acknowledgement information and Channel State Information (CSI) based on, for example, the instruction from the control section 401 . Furthermore, the transmission signal generating section 402 generates an uplink data signal based on the instruction from the control section 401 .
  • the transmission signal generating section 402 is instructed by the control section 401 to generate an uplink data signal.
  • the mapping section 403 maps the uplink signal generated by the transmission signal generating section 402 , on a radio resource based on the instruction from the control section 401 , and outputs the uplink signal to each transmission/reception section 203 .
  • the mapping section 403 can be composed of a mapper, a mapping circuit or a mapping apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the received signal processing section 404 performs reception processing (e.g., demapping, demodulation and decoding) on the received signal input from each transmission/reception section 203 .
  • the received signal is, for example, a downlink signal (a downlink control signal, a downlink data signal and a downlink reference signal) transmitted from the radio base station 10 .
  • the received signal processing section 404 can be composed of a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention. Furthermore, the received signal processing section 404 can compose the reception section according to the present invention.
  • the received signal processing section 404 outputs information decoded by the reception processing to the control section 401 .
  • the received signal processing section 404 outputs, for example, broadcast information, system information, RRC signaling and DCI to the control section 401 . Furthermore, the received signal processing section 404 outputs the received signal and the signal after the reception processing to the measurement section 405 .
  • the measurement section 405 performs measurement related to the received signal.
  • the measurement section 405 can be composed of a measurement instrument, a measurement circuit or a measurement apparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical field according to the present invention.
  • the measurement section 405 may measure, for example, received power (e.g., RSRP), received quality (e.g., RSRQ or a received SINR) or a channel state of the received signal.
  • the measurement section 405 may output a measurement result to the control section 401 .
  • each function block may be realized by one physically and/or logically coupled apparatus or may be realized by a plurality of apparatuses formed by connecting two or more physically and/or logically separate apparatuses directly and/or indirectly (by way of, for example, wired connection or radio connection).
  • the radio base station and the user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention may function as computers that perform processing of the radio communication method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating one example of hardware configurations of the radio base station and the user terminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the above radio base station 10 and user terminal 20 may be each physically configured as a computer apparatus that includes a processor 1001 , a memory 1002 , a storage 1003 , a communication apparatus 1004 , an input apparatus 1005 , an output apparatus 1006 and a bus 1007 .
  • a word “apparatus” in the following description can be read as a circuit, a device or a unit.
  • the hardware configurations of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured to include one or a plurality of apparatuses illustrated in FIG. 13 or may be configured without including part of the apparatuses.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates the only one processor 1001 .
  • processing may be executed by one processor or may be executed by one or more processors concurrently, successively or by another method.
  • the processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.
  • Each function of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 is realized by, for example, causing hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 to read predetermined software (program), and thereby causing the processor 1001 to perform an arithmetic operation, and control communication of the communication apparatus 1004 and reading and/or writing of data in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003 .
  • the processor 1001 causes an operating system to operate to control the entire computer.
  • the processor 1001 may be composed of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) including an interface for a peripheral apparatus, a control apparatus, an arithmetic operation apparatus and a register.
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • the above baseband signal processing section 104 ( 204 ) and call processing section 105 may be realized by the processor 1001 .
  • the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), a software module or data from the storage 1003 and/or the communication apparatus 1004 out to the memory 1002 , and executes various types of processing according to the programs, the software module or the data.
  • programs programs that cause the computer to execute at least part of the operations described in the above embodiments are used.
  • the control section 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operating on the processor 1001 or other function blocks may be also realized likewise.
  • the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), an Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM) and other appropriate storage media.
  • the memory 1002 may be referred to as a register, a cache or a main memory (main storage apparatus).
  • the memory 1002 can store programs (program codes) and a software module that can be executed to carry out the radio communication method according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a flexible disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetooptical disk (e.g., a compact disk (Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM)), a digital versatile disk and a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a removable disk, a hard disk drive, a smart card, a flash memory device (e.g., a card, a stick or a key drive), a magnetic stripe, a database, a server and other appropriate storage media.
  • the storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage apparatus.
  • the communication apparatus 1004 is hardware (transmission/reception device) that performs communication between computers via a wired and/or radio network, and is also referred to as, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card and a communication module.
  • the communication apparatus 1004 may be configured to include a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter and a frequency synthesizer to realize, for example, Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and/or Time Division Duplex (TDD).
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplex
  • TDD Time Division Duplex
  • the above transmission/reception antennas 101 ( 201 ), amplifying sections 102 ( 202 ), transmission/reception sections 103 ( 203 ) and channel interface 106 may be realized by the communication apparatus 1004 .
  • the input apparatus 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button or a sensor) that accepts an input from an outside.
  • the output apparatus 1006 is an output device (e.g., a display, a speaker or a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp) that sends an output to the outside.
  • the input apparatus 1005 and the output apparatus 1006 may be an integrated component (e.g., touch panel).
  • each apparatus such as the processor 1001 or the memory 1002 is connected by the bus 1007 that communicates information.
  • the bus 1007 may be composed of a single bus or may be composed of buses that are different between apparatuses.
  • the radio 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) and a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
  • the hardware may realize part or all of each function block.
  • the processor 1001 may be implemented by at least one of these types of hardware.
  • a channel and/or a symbol may be signals (signaling).
  • a signal may be a message.
  • a reference signal can be also abbreviated as an RS (Reference Signal), or may be also referred to as a pilot or a pilot signal depending on standards to be applied.
  • a Component Carrier CC may be referred to as a cell, a frequency carrier and a carrier frequency.
  • a radio frame may include one or a plurality of periods (frames) in a time domain.
  • Each of one or a plurality of periods (frames) that composes a radio frame may be referred to as a subframe.
  • the subframe may include one or a plurality of slots in the time domain.
  • the subframe may be a fixed time duration (e.g., 1 ms) that does not depend on the numerology.
  • the slot may include one or a plurality of symbols (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols or Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols) in the time domain.
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • the slot may be a time unit based on the numerology.
  • the slot may include a plurality of mini slots. Each mini slot may include one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain.
  • the mini slot may be referred to as a sub slot.
  • All of the radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the mini slot and the symbol indicate time units for transmitting signals.
  • the other corresponding names of the radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the mini slot and the symbol may be used.
  • one subframe may be referred to as a Transmission Time Interval (TTI)
  • TTIs a plurality of contiguous subframes
  • one slot or one mini slot may be referred to as a TTI.
  • the subframe and/or the TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) according to existing LTE, may be a period (e.g., 1 to 13 symbols) shorter than 1 ms or may be a period longer than 1 ms.
  • a unit that represents the TTI may be referred to as a slot or a mini slot instead of a subframe.
  • the TTI refers to, for example, a minimum time unit of scheduling for radio communication.
  • the radio base station performs scheduling for allocating radio resources (a frequency bandwidth or transmission power that can be used by each user terminal) in TTI units to each user terminal.
  • a definition of the TTI is not limited to this.
  • the TTI may be a transmission time unit of a data packet (transport block) subjected to channel coding, a code block and/or a code word or may be a processing unit of scheduling or link adaptation.
  • a time period e.g., the number of symbols
  • a transport block, a code block and/or a code word are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.
  • one or more TTIs may be a minimum time unit of scheduling.
  • the number of slots (the number of mini slots) that compose a minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.
  • the TTI having the time duration of 1 ms may be referred to as a general TTI (TTIs according to LTE Rel. 8 to 12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a general subframe, a normal subframe or a long subframe.
  • TTIs according to LTE Rel. 8 to 12
  • a TTI shorter than the general TTI may be referred to as a reduced TTI, a short TTI, a partial or fractional TTI, a reduced subframe, a short subframe, a mini slot or a subslot.
  • the long TTI (e.g., the general TTI or the subframe) may be read as a TTI having a time duration exceeding 1 ms
  • the short TTI (e.g., the reduced TTI) may be read as a TTI having a TTI length less than the TTI length of the long TTI and equal to or more than 1 ms.
  • Resource Blocks are resource block allocation units of the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality of contiguous subcarriers in the frequency domain. Furthermore, the RB may include one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain or may have the length of one slot, one mini slot, one subframe or one TTI. One TTI or one subframe may be composed of one or a plurality of resource blocks. In this regard, one or a plurality of RBs may be referred to as a Physical Resource Block (PRB: Physical RB), a Sub-Carrier Group (SCG), a Resource Element Group (REG), a PRB pair or an RB pair.
  • PRB Physical Resource Block
  • SCG Sub-Carrier Group
  • REG Resource Element Group
  • the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of Resource Elements (REs).
  • REs Resource Elements
  • one RE may be a radio resource domain of one subcarrier and one symbol.
  • structures of the above radio frame, subframe, slot, mini slot and symbol are only exemplary structures.
  • configurations such as the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of mini slots included in a slot, the numbers of symbols and RBs included in a slot or a mini slot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB, the number of symbols in a TTI, a symbol length and a Cyclic Prefix (CP) length can b e variously changed.
  • the information and parameters described in this description may be expressed by absolute values, may be expressed by relative values with respect to predetermined values or may be expressed by other corresponding information.
  • a radio resource may be indicated by a predetermined index.
  • numerical expressions that use these parameters may be different from those explicitly disclosed in this description.
  • Names used for parameters in this description are by no means restrictive ones.
  • various channels the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)
  • information elements can be identified based on various suitable names. Therefore, various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are by no means restrictive ones.
  • the information and the signals described in this description may be expressed by using one of various different techniques.
  • the data, the instructions, the commands, the information, the signals, the bits, the symbols and the chips mentioned in the above entire description may be expressed as voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or optional combinations of these.
  • the information and the signals can be output from a higher layer to a lower layer and/or from the lower layer to the higher layer.
  • the information and the signals may be input and output via a plurality of network nodes.
  • the input and output information and signals may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed by a management table.
  • the input and output information and signals can be overwritten, updated or additionally written.
  • the output information and signals may be deleted.
  • the input information and signals may be transmitted to other apparatuses.
  • the information may be notified 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 Blocks (MIB) and System Information Blocks (SIB)), and Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling), other signals or combinations of these.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • UCI Uplink Control Information
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • MIB Master Information Blocks
  • SIB System Information Blocks
  • MAC Medium Access Control
  • the physical layer signaling may be referred to as Layer 1 /Layer 2 (L 1 /L 2 ) control information (L 1 /L 2 control signal) or L 1 control information (L 1 control signal).
  • the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message or an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message.
  • the MAC signaling may be notified by, for example, an MAC Control Element (MAC CE).
  • MAC CE MAC Control Element
  • notification of predetermined information may be made not only explicitly but also implicitly (by, for example, not notifying this predetermined information or by notifying another information).
  • Decision may be performed based on a value (0 or 1) expressed by one bit, may be performed based on a boolean expressed by true or false or may be performed by comparing numerical values (e.g., comparison with a predetermined value).
  • the software should be widely interpreted to mean an instruction, an instruction set, a code, a code segment, a program code, a program, a subprogram, a software module, an application, a software application, a software package, a routine, a subroutine, an object, an executable file, an execution thread, a procedure or a function.
  • software, instructions and information may be transmitted and received via transmission media.
  • the software is transmitted from websites, servers or other remote sources by using wired techniques (e.g., coaxial cables, optical fiber cables, twisted pairs and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)) and/or radio techniques (e.g., infrared rays and microwaves), these wired techniques and/or radio technique are included in a definition of the transmission media.
  • wired techniques e.g., coaxial cables, optical fiber cables, twisted pairs and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)
  • radio techniques e.g., infrared rays and microwaves
  • system and “network” used in this description are compatibly used.
  • BS Base Station
  • eNB radio base station
  • gNB cell
  • cell group cell
  • carrier carrier
  • component carrier component carrier
  • the base station is also referred to as a term such as a fixed station, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB), an access point, a transmission point, a reception point, a femtocell or a small cell in some cases.
  • the base station can accommodate one or a plurality of (e.g., three) cells (also referred to as sectors). When the base station accommodates a plurality of cells, an entire coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into a plurality of smaller areas. Each smaller area can provide communication service via a base station subsystem (e.g., indoor small base station (RRH: Remote Radio Head)).
  • RRH Remote Radio Head
  • the term “cell” or “sector” indicates part or the entirety of the coverage area of the base station and/or the base station subsystem that provides communication service in this coverage.
  • the base station is also referred to as a term such as a fixed station, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB), an access point, a transmission point, a reception point, a femtocell or a small cell in some cases.
  • the mobile station is also referred to by a person skilled in the art as a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless 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, a mobile client, a client or some other appropriate terms in some cases.
  • the radio base station in this description may be read as the user terminal.
  • each aspect/embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a configuration where communication between the radio base station and the user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of user terminals (D2D: Device-to-Device).
  • the user terminal 20 may be configured to include the functions of the above radio base station 10 .
  • words such as “uplink” and “downlink” may be read as “sides”.
  • the uplink channel may be read as a side channel.
  • the user terminal in this description may be read as the radio base station.
  • the radio base station 10 may be configured to include the functions of the above user terminal 20 .
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • LTE-B LTE-Beyond
  • SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
  • 4G the 4th generation mobile communication system
  • 5G the 5th generation mobile communication system
  • Future Radio Access FAA
  • New Radio Access Technology New-RAT
  • New Radio NR
  • New radio access NX
  • Future generation radio access FX
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
  • IEEE 802.16 WiMAX (registered trademark)
  • IEEE 802.20 Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark)
  • systems that use other appropriate radio communication methods and/or next-generation systems that are expanded based on these systems.
  • Every reference to elements that use names such as “first” and “second” used in this description does not generally limit the quantity or the order of these elements. These names can be used in this description as a convenient method for distinguishing between two or more elements. Hence, the reference to the first and second elements does not mean that only two elements can be employed or the first element should precede the second element in some way.
  • deciding (determining) used in this description includes diverse operations in some cases. For example, “deciding (determining)” may be regarded to “decide (determine)” “calculating”, “computing”, “processing”, “deriving”, “investigating”, “looking up” (e.g., looking up in a table, a database or another data structure) and “ascertaining”. Furthermore, “deciding (determining)” may be regarded to “decide (determine)” “receiving” (e.g., receiving information), “transmitting” (e.g., transmitting information), “input”, “output” and “accessing” (e.g., accessing data in a memory).
  • deciding (determining) may be regarded to “decide (determine)” “resolving”, “selecting”, “choosing”, “establishing” and “comparing”. That is, “deciding (determining)” may be regarded to “decide (determine)” some operation.
  • connection and “coupled” used in this description or every modification of these words can mean every direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, and can include that one or more intermediate elements exist between the two elements “connected” or “coupled” with each other.
  • the elements may be coupled or connected physically, logically or by way of a combination of physical and logical connections. For example, “connection” may be read as “access”. It can be understood that, when used in this description, the two elements are “connected” or “coupled” with each other by using one or more electric wires, cables and/or printed electrical connection, and by using electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in radio frequency domains, microwave domains and/or (both of visible and invisible) light domains in some non-restrictive and incomprehensive examples.

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