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WO2021171594A1
WO2021171594A1 PCT/JP2020/008459 JP2020008459W WO2021171594A1 WO 2021171594 A1 WO2021171594 A1 WO 2021171594A1 JP 2020008459 W JP2020008459 W JP 2020008459W WO 2021171594 A1 WO2021171594 A1 WO 2021171594A1
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大輔 栗田
浩樹 原田
翔平 吉岡
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  • the present disclosure relates to a terminal that executes wireless communication, particularly a terminal that transmits an uplink control channel.
  • the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a specification of the 5th generation mobile communication system (also called 5G, New Radio (NR) or Next Generation (NG)), and is also advancing the specification of the next generation called Beyond 5G or 6G. Has been done.
  • 5G New Radio
  • NG Next Generation
  • the uplink data channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) and the uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel) are listed as performance improvement target channels.
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • a radio base station can sequentially transmit a plurality of antenna beams having different radiation directions while switching in a time domain.
  • the following disclosure has been made in view of such a situation, and realizes more efficient repeated transmission (repetition) of the uplink control channel when a plurality of antenna beams from a radio base station are used.
  • the purpose is to provide a possible terminal.
  • One aspect of the present disclosure is a transmission unit (control signal / reference signal processing unit 240) that transmits an uplink control channel corresponding to an antenna beam (beam BM) transmitted from a radio base station (gNB100), and the uplink control channel.
  • the control unit includes a control unit (control unit 270) that controls the repeated transmission of the above, and the control unit is a terminal (UE200) that assumes the symbol position of the repeated transmission based on an explicit or implicit notification.
  • FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of the wireless communication system 10.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a frequency range used in the wireless communication system 10.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a wireless frame, a subframe, and a slot used in the wireless communication system 10.
  • FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of the UE 200.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of PUCCH repetition according to Release-15, 16 of 3GPP.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example (No. 1) of repetition mapping to a plurality of antenna beams according to operation example 1.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example (No. 2) of repetition mapping to a plurality of antenna beams according to operation example 1.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example (No.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a defined example of the slot difference between the repetition start symbol and the repetition according to the operation example 1.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of PUCCH-Config according to the operation example 1.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating that the UE 200 according to the operation example 1 assumes the mapping position of the repetition with reference to the number of beam BMs.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the antenna beam and the petition of PUCCH according to the operation example 2.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a dynamic notification example of PUCCH repetition using DCI format 1_0 or 1_1 according to the operation example 3.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a dynamic notification example of PUCCH repetition using MAC-CE according to operation example 3.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the UE 200.
  • FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of the wireless communication system 10 according to the present embodiment.
  • the wireless communication system 10 is a wireless communication system according to 5G New Radio (NR), and includes Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20 (hereinafter, NG-RAN20, and terminal 200 (hereinafter, UE200, User Equipment, UE)).
  • NG-RAN20 Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20
  • UE200 User Equipment
  • the wireless communication system 10 may be a wireless communication system according to a method called Beyond 5G or 6G.
  • NG-RAN20 includes a radio base station 100 (hereinafter, gNB100).
  • gNB100 radio base station 100
  • the specific configuration of the wireless communication system 10 including the number of gNBs and UEs is not limited to the example shown in FIG.
  • the NG-RAN20 actually includes multiple NG-RANNodes, specifically gNB (or ng-eNB), and is connected to a core network (5GC, not shown) according to 5G.
  • NG-RAN20 and 5GC may be simply expressed as "network”.
  • GNB100 is a wireless base station that complies with 5G, and executes wireless communication according to UE200 and 5G.
  • the gNB100 and UE200 are Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output), which generates a more directional antenna beam (hereinafter referred to as beam BM) by controlling radio signals transmitted from a plurality of antenna elements. It can support carrier aggregation (CA), which uses component carriers (CC) in a bundle, and dual connectivity (DC), which communicates simultaneously between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes.
  • Massive MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
  • beam BM more directional antenna beam
  • CA carrier aggregation
  • DC dual connectivity
  • the gNB100 can transmit a plurality of beam BMs having different transmission directions (simply called a direction, a radial direction, coverage, etc.) in space and time division.
  • the gNB100 may transmit a plurality of beam BMs at the same time.
  • the wireless communication system 10 may support a plurality of frequency ranges (FR).
  • FIG. 2 shows the frequency range used in the wireless communication system 10.
  • the wireless communication system 10 corresponds to FR1 and FR2.
  • the frequency bands of each FR are as follows.
  • FR1 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz
  • FR2 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz
  • FR1 uses 15, 30 or 60kHz
  • SCS Sub-Carrier Spacing
  • BW bandwidth
  • FR2 has a higher frequency than FR1, uses SCS of 60, or 120kHz (240kHz may be included), and uses a bandwidth (BW) of 50 to 400MHz.
  • SCS may be interpreted as numerology. Numerology is defined in 3GPP TS38.300 and corresponds to one subcarrier spacing in the frequency domain.
  • the wireless communication system 10 may support a higher frequency band than the FR2 frequency band. Specifically, the wireless communication system 10 can support a frequency band exceeding 52.6 GHz and up to 114.25 GHz.
  • Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing CP-OFDM
  • DFT-S-OFDM Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread
  • SCS Sub-Carrier Spacing
  • DFT-S-OFDM may be applied not only to uplink (UL) but also to downlink (DL).
  • FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of a wireless frame, a subframe, and a slot used in the wireless communication system 10.
  • one slot is composed of 14 symbols (which may be called an OFDM symbol), and the larger (wider) the SCS, the shorter the symbol period (and slot period).
  • the number of symbols constituting one slot does not necessarily have to be 14 symbols (for example, 28, 56 symbols). Further, the number of slots per subframe may differ depending on the SCS.
  • the time direction (t) shown in FIG. 3 may be referred to as a time domain, a symbol period, a symbol time, or the like.
  • the frequency direction may be referred to as a frequency domain, a resource block, a subcarrier, a BWP (Bandwidth part), or the like.
  • the wireless communication system 10 supports Coverage Enhancement (CE), which extends the coverage of cells formed by gNB100.
  • CE Coverage Enhancement
  • One means of CE is to improve the reception success probability by repeating transmission (repetition) of various channels (control channel or data channel).
  • the repetition of the uplink (UL) channel specifically, the uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel) and the uplink data channel (PUSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel) is executed.
  • the uplink control channel PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • PUSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of the UE 200.
  • the UE 200 includes a radio signal transmission / reception unit 210, an amplifier unit 220, a modulation / demodulation unit 230, a control signal / reference signal processing unit 240, an encoding / decoding unit 250, a data transmission / reception unit 260, and a control unit 270. ..
  • the wireless signal transmitter / receiver 210 transmits / receives a wireless signal according to NR.
  • the radio signal transmitter / receiver 210 corresponds to Massive MIMO, a CA that bundles a plurality of CCs, and a DC that simultaneously communicates between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes.
  • the radio signal transmission / reception unit 210 can receive SSB (SS / PBCH Block), which is a block of a synchronization signal / broadcast channel composed of SS (Synchronization Signal) and PBCH (Physical Broadcast Channel).
  • SSB SS / PBCH Block
  • the SSB is mainly transmitted periodically so that the UE 200 executes cell ID and reception timing detection at the start of communication.
  • the SSB is also used to measure the reception quality of each cell.
  • the initial access UE200 may be assumed to have a transmission cycle of 20 milliseconds.
  • the network can notify the UE200 of the actually transmitted SSB index display (ssb-PositionsInBurst) by signaling system information (SIB1) or radio resource control layer (RRC).
  • SIB1 signaling system information
  • RRC radio resource control layer
  • the maximum number of beam BMs used for SSB transmission may be 64, but the maximum number may be expanded (for example, 256) in order to cover a certain geographical area with a narrow beam.
  • the number of SSBs is also 256, and the index (SSB index) for identifying the SSB may be a value of # 64 or later.
  • PSS Primary SS
  • SSS Secondary SS
  • PSS is a known signal that UE200 first attempts to detect in the cell search procedure.
  • the SSS is a known signal transmitted to detect the physical cell ID in the cell search procedure.
  • the PBCH is UE200 after detecting the SS / PBCH Block, such as the radio frame number (SFN: SystemFrameNumber) and the index for identifying the symbol positions of multiple SS / PBCH Blocks in the half frame (5 milliseconds). However, it contains the information necessary to establish frame synchronization with the NR cell formed by gNB100.
  • SFN SystemFrameNumber
  • the PBCH can also include system parameters required to receive system information (SIB). Further, the SSB also includes a reference signal for demodulation of the broadcast channel (DMRS for PBCH).
  • DMRS for PBCH is a known signal transmitted to measure the radio channel state for PBCH demodulation.
  • each SSB is associated with a beam BM having a different transmission direction (coverage).
  • the UE 200 located in the NR cell can receive any beam BM, acquire the SSB, and start the initial access and SSB detection / measurement.
  • the SSB transmission pattern varies depending on the SCS, frequency range (FR) or other parameters.
  • the SSB transmission pattern is notified to UE200 by RRC IE (Information Element) called ssb-PositionsInBurst described above.
  • the amplifier unit 220 is composed of PA (Power Amplifier) / LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) and the like.
  • the amplifier unit 220 amplifies the signal output from the modulation / demodulation unit 230 to a predetermined power level. Further, the amplifier unit 220 amplifies the RF signal output from the radio signal transmission / reception unit 210.
  • the modulation / demodulation unit 230 executes data modulation / demodulation, transmission power setting, resource block allocation, etc. for each predetermined communication destination (gNB100 or other gNB).
  • CP-OFDM and DFT-S-OFDM can be applied in this embodiment.
  • the control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 executes processing related to various control signals transmitted / received by the UE 200 and processing related to various reference signals transmitted / received by the UE 200.
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 receives various control signals transmitted from the gNB 100 via a predetermined control channel, for example, control signals of the radio resource control layer (RRC). Further, the control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 transmits various control signals to the gNB 100 via a predetermined control channel.
  • a predetermined control channel for example, control signals of the radio resource control layer (RRC).
  • RRC radio resource control layer
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 executes processing using a reference signal (RS) such as Demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS).
  • RS reference signal
  • DMRS Demodulation reference signal
  • PTRS Phase Tracking Reference Signal
  • DMRS is a known reference signal (pilot signal) between the base station and the terminal of each terminal for estimating the fading channel used for data demodulation.
  • PTRS is a terminal-specific reference signal for the purpose of estimating phase noise, which is a problem in high frequency bands.
  • the reference signals also include Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) and Sounding Reference Signal (SRS).
  • CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
  • SRS Sounding Reference Signal
  • the channel includes a control channel and a data channel.
  • Control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), RACH (Random Access Channel, Downlink Control Information (DCI) including Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI)), and Physical. Broadcast Channel (PBCH) etc. are included.
  • the data channels include PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and PUSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel).
  • Data means data transmitted over a data channel.
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 supports CE, so that PUCCH and PUSCH can be repeatedly transmitted (repetition).
  • PUCCH may be interpreted as a UL physical channel used for UCI (Uplink Control Information) transmission.
  • UCI can be transmitted by either PUCCH or PUSCH depending on the situation.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • PDCCH Downlink Control Information
  • UCI may include at least one of hybrid ARQ (HARQ: Hybrid automatic repeat request) ACK / NACK, scheduling request (SR) from UE200, and Channel State Information (CSI).
  • HARQ Hybrid automatic repeat request
  • SR scheduling request
  • CSI Channel State Information
  • timing and radio resources for transmitting PUCCH may be controlled by DCI as well as the data channel.
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • OFDM symbols the number of symbols assigned to PUCCH
  • PUCCH Format (hereinafter, PF) 1, 3, and 4 are called long formats, and the number of symbols is 4 to 14.
  • PF0, 2 is called a short format and has 1 or 2 symbols.
  • the number of information bits of PF0,1 is 2 bits or less ( ⁇ 2), and the number of information bits of PF2 to 4 is larger than 2 bits (> 2).
  • the gNB100 can transmit a plurality of antenna beams, specifically, a beam BM.
  • the control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 can transmit the PUCCH corresponding to the beam BM transmitted from the gNB 100.
  • the control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 constitutes a transmission unit.
  • the PUCCH corresponding to the beam BM is the time resource corresponding to the beam BM selected when the gNB100 transmits a signal because the time and frequency resources to which the PUCCH is allocated to each of the plurality of antenna beams are determined. It may mean PUCCH transmitted using. That is, the control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 can transmit PUCCH (including repetition) using the time resource corresponding to the beam BM selected when the gNB 100 transmits the signal.
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 receives from the gNB 100 repetitive transmission information indicating whether or not PUCCH repetition is necessary and at least one of the symbol positions of the repetitive transmission. Can be done.
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 constitutes a receiving unit.
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 can receive PUCCH-Config included in the system information (specifically, SIB1) transmitted from the gNB 100.
  • PUCCH-Config may be included in BWP-UplinkDedicated and BWP-UplinkDedicated may be included in ServingCellConfig.
  • ServingCellConfig may be included in SIB1.
  • PUCCH-Config may include the starting symbol position of repetition (startingSymbolIndexforRepetition) and the difference (slotOffset) between adjacent repetitions (repetition n and repetition n + 1) in the time direction.
  • startingSymbolIndexforRepetition the starting symbol position of repetition
  • slotOffset the difference between adjacent repetitions
  • the control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 can also receive information that dynamically notifies the content of the PUCCH repetition.
  • control signal / reference signal processing unit 240 can receive DCI or MAC-CE (Control Element) that notifies the resource position of the repetition, the absence and / or the number of repetitions, and the like.
  • DCI or MAC-CE Control Element
  • a configuration example of the DCI and MAC-CE will be described later.
  • the coding / decoding unit 250 executes data division / concatenation and channel coding / decoding for each predetermined communication destination (gNB100 or other gNB).
  • the coding / decoding unit 250 divides the data output from the data transmitting / receiving unit 260 into a predetermined size, and executes channel coding for the divided data. Further, the coding / decoding unit 250 decodes the data output from the modulation / demodulation unit 230 and concatenates the decoded data.
  • the data transmission / reception unit 260 executes transmission / reception of Protocol Data Unit (PDU) and Service Data Unit (SDU).
  • the data transmitter / receiver 260 is a PDU / SDU in a plurality of layers (such as a medium access control layer (MAC), a wireless link control layer (RLC), and a packet data convergence protocol layer (PDCP)). Assemble / disassemble. Further, the data transmission / reception unit 260 executes data error correction and retransmission control based on HARQ.
  • MAC medium access control layer
  • RLC wireless link control layer
  • PDCP packet data convergence protocol layer
  • the control unit 270 controls each functional block constituting the UE 200. In particular, in the present embodiment, the control unit 270 controls the repetition of PUCCH.
  • control unit 270 can assume the symbol position of the PUCCH repetition based on an explicit or implicit notification. More specifically, the control unit 270 can assume the symbol position on the slot (see FIG. 3) (or on the radio frame or subframe) used for the repetition of PUCCH.
  • the symbol position may be the start symbol position of the repetition or a specific symbol used for the repetition (for example, the final symbol position).
  • control unit 270 may assume the symbol position of the PUCCH repetition based on the PUCCH-Config. Alternatively, as described above, the control unit 270 may assume the symbol position of the PUCCH repetition based on DCI or MAC-CE.
  • control unit 270 may assume the symbol position of the PUCCH repetition based on the number of beam BMs transmitted by the gNB 100 (which can be determined from ssb-PositionsInBurst).
  • control unit 270 can assume that PUCCHs corresponding to the number of beam BMs transmitted by the gNB 100 are continuously arranged on the slots.
  • the control unit 270 When PUCCH repetition is set (nrofSlots in PUCCH-Config: n2, n4, n8), the control unit 270 has PUCCH of the number of beam BMs x the number of repetitions continuously arranged on the slot. It may be assumed that the PUCCH repetition timing of the UE 200 exists at the timing after the number of the beam BMs. nrofSlots indicates the number of PUCCH slots for PF1, 3, and 4. A more specific example of assuming the positions of PUCCH and repetition will be described later.
  • control unit 270 may assume information indicating the interval between repetitions of a plurality of PUCCHs based on an explicit or implicit notification.
  • control unit 270 may assume a slot difference (difference between repetition n and repetition n + 1) between repetitions that is common to each repetition or for a plurality of repetitions.
  • the slot difference may be explicitly notified by PUCCH-Config, or may be implicitly assumed based on a predetermined slot difference.
  • control unit 270 uses at least one of PUCCH and repetition as an uplink resource corresponding to another beam BM (proximity antenna beam) whose transmission direction is close to that of the beam BM. May be assumed to be assigned.
  • BM proximity antenna beam
  • the control unit 270 may assume that at least one of PUCCH and repetition is assigned to the uplink resource corresponding to the proximity antenna beam, for example, according to the bitmap information transmitted from the gNB 100.
  • the information of the bitmap may be included in PUCCH-Config, or may be notified to UE200 by other information elements.
  • the control unit 270 may assume an uplink resource corresponding to the proximity antenna beam based on the initial setting or the like without depending on the bitmap information.
  • the plurality of beam BMs transmitted by the gNB100 are transmitted (radiated) in different directions in at least one of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and the proximity antenna beam is the beam BM received by the UE200 and the radiation direction is horizontal. It may be interpreted as an adjacent antenna beam in at least either the directional direction or the vertical direction.
  • the proximity antenna beam is not necessarily limited to the antenna beam adjacent to the beam BM received by the UE 200, and may be, for example, an antenna beam further adjacent to the adjacent antenna beam.
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of PUCCH repetition according to Release-15, 16 of 3GPP.
  • PUCCH repetition is supported.
  • the repetition is assigned to consecutive slots and can be composed of a plurality of consecutive symbols, but the PUCCH symbol assigned to each slot is the same.
  • frequency hopping for each slot is supported (the vertical direction of the border corresponds to the frequency direction).
  • FIG. 5 corresponds to one symbol (the same applies hereinafter).
  • FIG. 5 an example of 4 symbols is shown for PF1, 3, 4 (long format) and 2 symbols are shown for PF0, 2 (short format).
  • CE Coverage Enhancement
  • PUCCH repetition in the time direction can be considered as a method to realize CE.
  • gNB100 supports multiple antenna beams while complying with the PUCCH regulations of Release-15, 16 of 3GPP, there are restrictions on the PUCCH repetition configuration as shown in the example shown below in FIG. 5, which is more efficient. It is difficult to realize the PUCCH repetition configuration.
  • the resource allocation method in the time direction and the frequency direction may be as follows.
  • (Time direction) (I): Set PUCCH and repetition resources by the same method as in operation example 1 (ii): Correspond to SSB index for repetition (frequency direction) (I): Set the frequency hopping between repetitions instead of the frequency hopping between slots (ii): Set an arbitrary resource block (RB) for each repetition (Operation example 3): Dynamically set the repetition method Set to.
  • FIG. 6 shows a configuration example (No. 1) of repetition mapping to a plurality of antenna beams according to operation example 1.
  • FIG. 7 shows a configuration example (No. 2) of repetition mapping to a plurality of antenna beams according to operation example 1.
  • FIG. 8 shows a configuration example (No. 3) of repetition mapping to a plurality of antenna beams according to operation example 1.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 correspond to the beam BM (# 0 to 7) shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, such mapping may be supported in PF1, 3, 4 (long format) and PF 0, 2 (short format).
  • PUCCH (including repetition) is repeatedly mapped to the continuous beam BM of # 0 to 7.
  • PUCCH (including repetition) is repeatedly mapped to the continuous beam BM of # 0 to 7, and PUCCH that needs to be repeated is mapped to the vacant symbol.
  • PUCCH that needs to be repeated is mapped to the vacant symbol.
  • the last (rightmost) PUCCH (4 symbols) in the time direction is mapped to the beam BM of # 3.
  • the last 6 PUCCHs (2 symbols) are mapped to the beam BM of # 3,6.
  • PUCCH (including repetition) is repeatedly mapped to the continuous beam BM of # 0 to 7 as in No. 1, but a slot for downlink (DL) is inserted in the middle. Is assigned.
  • the UE 200 may assume a repetition as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8.
  • the symbol (start symbol) at which repetition is started may be specified.
  • the starting symbol that is common to each repetition or for a plurality of repetitions may be indicated by the symbol number or the difference between the symbols among the repetitions.
  • the contents related to the slot of the repetition symbol may be specified.
  • a slot difference may be specified for each repetition or between adjacent repetitions that are common to the repetition.
  • the difference (slot difference) between repetition n and repetition n + 1 may be specified.
  • FIG. 9 shows a specified example of the slot difference between the repetition start symbol and the repetition according to the operation example 1.
  • the symbol (start symbol) at which repetition is started is specified by the combination of the symbol number and the slot (for example, Start symbol # 0, Slot # n + 3). However, it is not always necessary to specify the slot.
  • the difference in time resources between repetitions may be specified.
  • the difference in time resources may be specified with reference to a slot or a symbol as long as it is information indicating an interval between adjacent repetitions in the time direction.
  • Example of explicit notification UE200 may assume the mapping of repetition as described above, but the assumption may follow the explicit notification from the network.
  • NG-RAN20 (specifically, gNB100) can explicitly notify information about repetition mapping using PUCCH-Config.
  • FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of PUCCH-Config according to operation example 1.
  • information regarding repetition mapping may be added to the PUCCH-Resource field included in PUCCH-Config, or the PUCCH-format1, PUCCH-format2, PUCCHformat3, and PUCCH-format4 fields.
  • the PUCCH-Resource field or PUCCH-format field may contain a starting symbol (startingSymbolIndexforRepetition) common to a plurality of repetitions and a slot difference (slotOffset) between repetitions (see the solid line frame portion). ..
  • start symbol StartingSymbolIndexforRepetition1 to 3
  • slotOffset1 to 3 the start symbol and the slot difference between the repetitions
  • Implicit notification example In addition, UE200 assumes the mapping of repetition as described above according to the implicit notification, not the explicit notification by PUCCH-Config etc. as described above. You may.
  • UE200 may assume the mapping position of repetition with reference to the number of beam BMs transmitted by gNB100.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining that the UE 200 according to the operation example 1 assumes the mapping position of the repetition with reference to the number of beam BMs.
  • the UE 200 may assume that PUCCHs are continuously arranged according to the number of beam BMs (8) based on the number of beam BMs (which can be determined from ssb-PositionsInBurst).
  • the UE200 when the PUCCH repetition is set (in the case of nrofSlots: n2, n4, n8 in PUCCH-Config), the UE200 will have the number of beam BMs x the number of repetitions of PUCCH arranged continuously on the slot. It may be assumed that the repetition timing of the PUCCH to which the beam BM received by the UE 200 is mapped exists at the timing after the number of the beam BMs.
  • the repetition timing may be derived from the PUCCH start symbol (startingSymbolIndex), the number of symbols (noofSymbols), etc. included in PUCCH-Config.
  • Start symbol index can be derived by startingSymbolIndex + ⁇ A mod 14 ⁇ .
  • A is the number of symbols between repetitions (# n to # n + 1). Further, as shown in FIG. 11, A may be derived using the values B to F.
  • the DL slot may be considered.
  • the number of DL slots may be added to Slot # n + C.
  • PUCCH and repetition are assigned to PUCCH resources that use different antenna beams that are close to a particular antenna beam (eg, the antenna beam used to transmit the SSB received by the UE 200).
  • the PUCCH and repetition resources are set by the same method as in operation example 1, and the repetition may be associated (linked) with the SSB index.
  • FIG. 12 shows an example of the relationship between the antenna beam and the petition of PUCCH according to the operation example 2.
  • the UE200 may determine that PUCCHs are continuously arranged on the slots by the number of beam BMs transmitted by the gNB100 (which can be determined from ssb-PositionsInBurst).
  • gNB100 specifies, for example, # 1, 3, and 6 as the target antenna beam for repetition using a bitmap. be able to.
  • the UE200 receives the # 2 antenna beam based on the bitmap, it sends a repetition at the position (slot or symbol) of the PUCCH resource mapped to the # 1, 3, and 6 antenna beams. You can.
  • the UE200 uses a PUCCH that uses a different antenna beam that is close to the antenna beam used to transmit the SSB, based on the SSB measurement result, based on the upper SSB (s) with high measurement quality. You may send a repetition at the location of the resource.
  • an SSB having a measurement quality exceeding a predetermined threshold value may be used as a reference.
  • frequency hopping between repetitions may be set instead of frequency hopping between slots in the frequency direction.
  • inter-repetition frequency hopping may be set. Similar to interslotFrequencyHopping, inter-repetition frequency hopping changes the frequency position at even or odd numbers.
  • the odd-numbered RB position may be set by an offset from the PRB-ID or starting PRB, as in the secondHopPRB.
  • the secondHopPRB is also included in PUCCH-Config, which means the index of the first PRB (Physical Resource Block) after the frequency hopping (second hop) of PUCCH.
  • an arbitrary RB may be set for each repetition.
  • the position of RB for each repetition may be set as the content of UCCH-Resource included in PUCCH-Config.
  • the UE200 may report, for example, the following Capability to the network regarding the repetition setting.
  • UE200 reports the frequencies supported by UE200 to the network by one of the following methods. May be good.
  • the UE200 may report the duplex method supported by the UE200 to the network by any of the following methods.
  • Operation example 3 In operation example 1 and operation example 2, the PUCCH repetition was determined by a quasi-static notification, but the method and / or content of the repetition may be set to dynamic. good.
  • repetition may be set dynamically by the following method.
  • repetition may be dynamically set by the following method.
  • ⁇ UE200 assumes that PUCCH is continuously arranged for the number of antenna beams (which can be determined from ssb-PositionsInBurst) ⁇ gNB100 is associated with the necessity of repetition and / or the position of repetition (SSB index). The position) is dynamically notified to the UE200.
  • Such dynamic notification can be realized by DCI or MAC-CE as described above. For example, DCI format 1_0 or 1_1, MAC-CE, or a combination thereof may be used to realize the notification.
  • FIG. 13 shows an example of dynamic notification of PUCCH repetition using DCI format 1_0 or 1_1 according to operation example 3.
  • the presence / absence and / or number of repetitions can be specified in addition to PUCCH resource indicator and PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator (k).
  • FIG. 14 shows an example of dynamic notification of PUCCH repetition using MAC-CE according to operation example 3.
  • the presence / absence and / or number of repetitions can be specified using the Reserved index of MAC-CE, PUCCHspatialrelationActivation / Deactivation, or the reserved bit (R) of SPCSIreportingonPUCCHActivation / Deactivation.
  • the UE200 can control the repetition of PUCCH and can assume the position of the start symbol of the repetition based on explicit or implicit notification.
  • the UE 200 may assume a more efficient repetition in consideration of compatibility with a plurality of beam BMs based on the notification. That is, according to UE200, more efficient PUCCH repetition can be realized when a plurality of antenna beams from gNB100 are used.
  • the UE 200 may assume information indicating an interval between a plurality of repetitions based on an explicit or implicit notification. Therefore, the UE 200 can easily estimate the position of the repetition based on the information indicating the interval between the repetitions, for example, the slot difference.
  • the UE 200 is assigned at least one of PUCCH and repetition to the uplink resource corresponding to the specific antenna beam transmitted from the gNB100 and the proximity antenna beam whose transmission direction is close to each other.
  • the UE 200 can receive repetitive transmission information indicating at least one of the necessity of repetition and the symbol position of repetition from gNB100.
  • the repetitive transmission information can be transmitted by DCI or MAC-CE.
  • the UE 200 can assume an appropriate repetition based on the received repeated transmission information.
  • CE is assumed, but the above-mentioned PUCCH repetition may be executed regardless of the provision of CE.
  • PUCCH is taken as an example, but if there is an uplink control channel for transmitting UCI or the like, repetition may be executed for the uplink control channel.
  • each functional block is realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software.
  • the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one physically or logically coupled device, or two or more physically or logically separated devices can be directly or indirectly (eg, for example). , Wired, wireless, etc.) and may be realized using these plurality of devices.
  • the functional block may be realized by combining the software with the one device or the plurality of devices.
  • Functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, solution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, and assumption. Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc., but limited to these I can't.
  • a functional block that makes transmission function is called a transmitting unit (transmitting unit) or a transmitter (transmitter).
  • transmitting unit transmitting unit
  • transmitter transmitter
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the UE 200.
  • the UE 200 may be configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like.
  • the word “device” can be read as a circuit, device, unit, etc.
  • the hardware configuration of the device may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured not to include some of the devices.
  • the functional block of UE200 (see FIG. 4) is realized by any hardware element of the computer device or a combination of the hardware elements.
  • each function in the UE 200 is such that the processor 1001 performs an operation by loading predetermined software (program) on the hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, and controls the communication by the communication device 1004, or the memory 1002. And by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage 1003.
  • predetermined software program
  • Processor 1001 operates, for example, an operating system to control the entire computer.
  • the processor 1001 may be composed of a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, and the like.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • the processor 1001 reads a program (program code), a software module, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these.
  • a program program code
  • a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-described embodiment is used.
  • the various processes described above may be executed by one processor 1001 or may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001.
  • Processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.
  • the program may be transmitted from the network via a telecommunication line.
  • the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one such as ReadOnlyMemory (ROM), ErasableProgrammableROM (EPROM), Electrically ErasableProgrammableROM (EEPROM), and RandomAccessMemory (RAM). May be done.
  • the memory 1002 may be referred to as a register, a cache, a main memory (main storage device), or the like.
  • the memory 1002 can store a program (program code), a software module, or the like that can execute the method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disk such as a Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, an optical magnetic disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, or a Blu-ray). It may consist of at least one (registered trademark) disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy (registered trademark) disk, magnetic strip, and the like.
  • Storage 1003 may be referred to as auxiliary storage.
  • the recording medium described above may be, for example, a database, server or other suitable medium containing at least one of memory 1002 and storage 1003.
  • the communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like.
  • the communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. in order to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). It may be composed of.
  • FDD frequency division duplex
  • TDD time division duplex
  • the input device 1005 is an input device (for example, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside.
  • the output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside.
  • the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).
  • Bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus or may be configured using different buses for each device.
  • the device includes hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (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 implement some or all of each functional block.
  • processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardware.
  • information notification includes physical layer signaling (eg Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI), higher layer signaling (eg RRC signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block)). (MIB), System Information Block (SIB)), other signals or a combination thereof.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • UCI Uplink Control Information
  • RRC signaling eg RRC signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block)).
  • MIB System Information Block
  • SIB System Information Block
  • RRC signaling may also be referred to as an RRC message, for example, RRC Connection Setup. ) Message, RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, etc. may be used.
  • LTE LongTermEvolution
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • SUPER3G IMT-Advanced
  • 4G 4th generation mobile communication system
  • 5G 5th generation mobile communication system
  • FutureRadioAccess FAA
  • NewRadio NR
  • W-CDMA registered trademark
  • GSM registered trademark
  • CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access 2000
  • UMB UltraMobile Broadband
  • IEEE802.11 Wi-Fi (registered trademark)
  • IEEE802.16 WiMAX®
  • IEEE802.20 Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth®, and other systems that utilize appropriate systems and at least one of the next-generation systems extended based on them.
  • a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).
  • the specific operation performed by the base station in the present disclosure may be performed by its upper node.
  • various operations performed for communication with a terminal are performed by the base station and other network nodes other than the base station (for example, MME or). It is clear that it can be done by at least one of (but not limited to, S-GW, etc.).
  • S-GW network node
  • the case where there is one network node other than the base station is illustrated above, it may be a combination of a plurality of other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW).
  • Information and signals can be output from the upper layer (or lower layer) to the lower layer (or upper layer).
  • Input / output may be performed via a plurality of network nodes.
  • the input / output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Input / output information can be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be transmitted to another device.
  • the determination may be made by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), by a boolean value (Boolean: true or false), or by comparing numerical values (for example, a predetermined value). It may be done by comparison with the value).
  • the notification of predetermined information (for example, the notification of "being X") is not limited to the explicit notification, but is performed implicitly (for example, the notification of the predetermined information is not performed). May be good.
  • Software whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or by any other name, is an instruction, instruction set, code, code segment, program code, program, subprogram, software module.
  • Applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, execution threads, procedures, features, etc. should be broadly interpreted.
  • software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium.
  • a transmission medium For example, a website, where the software uses at least one of wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twist pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.) and wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.).
  • wired technology coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twist pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.
  • wireless technology infrared, microwave, etc.
  • the information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different techniques.
  • data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description are voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. It may be represented by a combination of.
  • a channel and a symbol may be a signal (signaling).
  • the signal may be a message.
  • the component carrier (CC) may be referred to as a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.
  • system and “network” used in this disclosure are used interchangeably.
  • the information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, relative values from predetermined values, or using other corresponding information. It may be represented.
  • the radio resource may be one indicated by an index.
  • Base Station BS
  • Wireless Base Station Wireless Base Station
  • NodeB NodeB
  • eNodeB eNodeB
  • gNodeB gNodeB
  • Base stations are sometimes referred to by terms such as macrocells, small cells, femtocells, and picocells.
  • the base station can accommodate one or more (for example, three) cells (also called sectors). When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire base station coverage area can be divided into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area being a base station subsystem (eg, a small indoor base station (Remote Radio)). Communication services can also be provided by Head: RRH).
  • a base station subsystem eg, a small indoor base station (Remote Radio)
  • Communication services can also be provided by Head: RRH).
  • cell refers to a base station that provides communication services in this coverage, and part or all of the coverage area of at least one of the base station subsystems.
  • MS mobile station
  • UE user equipment
  • terminal terminal
  • Mobile stations can be used by those skilled in the art as subscriber stations, mobile units, subscriber units, wireless units, remote units, mobile devices, wireless devices, wireless communication devices, remote devices, mobile subscriber stations, access terminals, mobile terminals, wireless. It may also be referred to as a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable term.
  • At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, or the like.
  • At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on the mobile body, the mobile body itself, or the like.
  • the moving body may be a vehicle (eg, car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned moving body (eg, drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). ) May be.
  • at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes a device that does not necessarily move during communication operation.
  • at least one of a base station and a mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.
  • IoT Internet of Things
  • the base station in the present disclosure may be read as a mobile station (user terminal, the same applies hereinafter).
  • communication between a base station and a mobile station has been replaced with communication between a plurality of mobile stations (for example, it may be called Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), etc.).
  • D2D Device-to-Device
  • V2X Vehicle-to-Everything
  • Each aspect / embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to the configuration.
  • the mobile station may have the functions of the base station.
  • words such as "up” and “down” may be read as words corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side”).
  • the upstream channel, the downstream channel, and the like may be read as a side channel.
  • the mobile station in the present disclosure may be read as a base station.
  • the base station may have the functions of the mobile station.
  • the radio frame may be composed of one or more frames in the time domain. Each one or more frames in the time domain may be referred to as a subframe. Subframes may further consist of one or more slots in the time domain.
  • the subframe may have a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) that is independent of numerology.
  • the numerology may be a communication parameter that applies to at least one of the transmission and reception of a signal or channel.
  • Numerology includes, for example, SubCarrier Spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, wireless frame configuration, transmission / reception.
  • SCS SubCarrier Spacing
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • At least one of a specific filtering process performed by the machine in the frequency domain, a specific windowing process performed by the transmitter / receiver in the time domain, and the like may be indicated.
  • the slot may be composed of one or more symbols (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDM) symbol, Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol, etc.) in the time domain. Slots may be in numerology-based time units.
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • the slot may include a plurality of mini slots. Each minislot may consist of one or more symbols in the time domain.
  • the mini-slot may also be referred to as a sub-slot.
  • a minislot may consist of a smaller number of symbols than the slot.
  • PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in time units larger than the minislot may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A.
  • the PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using the minislot may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.
  • the wireless frame, subframe, slot, minislot and symbol all represent the time unit when transmitting a signal.
  • the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot and symbol may have different names corresponding to each.
  • one subframe may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI)
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • TTI slot or one minislot
  • at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1ms (eg, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1ms. It may be.
  • the unit representing TTI may be called a slot, a mini slot, or the like instead of a subframe.
  • TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit of scheduling in wireless communication.
  • a base station schedules each user terminal to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth that can be used in each user terminal, transmission power, etc.) in TTI units.
  • the definition of TTI is not limited to this.
  • the TTI may be a transmission time unit such as a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), a code block, or a code word, or may be a processing unit such as scheduling or link adaptation.
  • the time interval for example, the number of symbols
  • the transport block, code block, code word, etc. may be shorter than the TTI.
  • one or more TTIs may be the minimum time unit for scheduling. Further, the number of slots (number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.
  • a TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel.8-12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a normal subframe, a normal subframe, a long subframe, a slot, or the like.
  • TTIs shorter than normal TTIs may also be referred to as shortened TTIs, short TTIs, partial TTIs (partial or fractional TTIs), shortened subframes, short subframes, minislots, subslots, slots, and the like.
  • the long TTI (for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as a TTI having a time length of more than 1 ms
  • the short TTI (for example, shortened TTI, etc.) may be read as less than the TTI length of the long TTI and 1 ms. It may be read as a TTI having the above TTI length.
  • the resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality of continuous subcarriers in the frequency domain.
  • the number of subcarriers contained in RB may be the same regardless of numerology, and may be, for example, 12.
  • the number of subcarriers contained in the RB may be determined based on numerology.
  • the time domain of RB may include one or more symbols, and may have a length of 1 slot, 1 mini slot, 1 subframe, or 1 TTI.
  • Each 1TTI, 1 subframe, etc. may be composed of one or a plurality of resource blocks.
  • One or more RBs include a physical resource block (Physical RB: PRB), a sub-carrier group (Sub-Carrier Group: SCG), a resource element group (Resource Element Group: REG), a PRB pair, an RB pair, and the like. May be called.
  • Physical RB Physical RB: PRB
  • SCG sub-carrier Group
  • REG resource element group
  • PRB pair an RB pair, and the like. May be called.
  • the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of resource elements (ResourceElement: RE).
  • RE resource elements
  • 1RE may be a radio resource area of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.
  • Bandwidth Part (which may also be called partial bandwidth, etc.) may represent a subset of consecutive common RBs (common resource blocks) for a neurology in a carrier. good.
  • the common RB may be specified by the index of the RB with respect to the common reference point of the carrier.
  • PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.
  • BWP may include BWP for UL (UL BWP) and BWP for DL (DL BWP).
  • BWP for UL
  • DL BWP BWP for DL
  • One or more BWPs may be set in one carrier for the UE.
  • At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the UE may not expect to send or receive a given signal / channel outside the active BWP.
  • “cell”, “carrier” and the like in this disclosure may be read as “BWP”.
  • the above-mentioned structures such as wireless frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols are merely examples.
  • the number of subframes contained in a wireless frame the number of slots per subframe or wireless frame, the number of minislots contained within a slot, the number of symbols and RBs contained in a slot or minislot, and included in RB.
  • the number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in the TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, and other configurations can be changed in various ways.
  • connection means any direct or indirect connection or connection between two or more elements, and each other. It can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two “connected” or “combined” elements.
  • the connections or connections between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof.
  • connection may be read as "access”.
  • the two elements use at least one of one or more wires, cables and printed electrical connections, and, as some non-limiting and non-comprehensive examples, the radio frequency domain.
  • Electromagnetic energies with wavelengths in the microwave and light (both visible and invisible) regions, etc. can be considered to be “connected” or “coupled” to each other.
  • the reference signal can also be abbreviated as Reference Signal (RS) and may be called a pilot (Pilot) depending on the applicable standard.
  • RS Reference Signal
  • Pilot pilot
  • each of the above devices may be replaced with a "part”, a “circuit”, a “device”, or the like.
  • references to elements using designations such as “first”, “second” as used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations can be used in the present disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Therefore, references to the first and second elements do not mean that only two elements can be adopted there, or that the first element must somehow precede the second element.
  • determining and “determining” used in this disclosure may include a wide variety of actions.
  • “Judgment” and “decision” are, for example, judgment (judging), calculation (calculating), calculation (computing), processing (processing), derivation (deriving), investigation (investigating), search (looking up, search, inquiry). (For example, searching in a table, database or another data structure), ascertaining may be regarded as “judgment” or “decision”.
  • judgment and “decision” are receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), and access.
  • Accessing (for example, accessing data in memory) may be regarded as "judgment” or “decision”.
  • judgment and “decision” mean that the things such as solving, selecting, choosing, establishing, and comparing are regarded as “judgment” and “decision”. Can include. That is, “judgment” and “decision” may include considering some action as “judgment” and “decision”. Further, “judgment (decision)” may be read as “assuming”, “expecting”, “considering” and the like.
  • the term "A and B are different” may mean “A and B are different from each other”.
  • the term may mean that "A and B are different from C”.
  • Terms such as “separate” and “combined” may be interpreted in the same way as “different”.
  • Radio communication system 20 NG-RAN 100 gNB 200 UE 210 Radio signal transmission / reception unit 220 Amplifier unit 230 Modulation / demodulation unit 240 Control signal / reference signal processing unit 250 Coding / decoding unit 260 Data transmission / reception unit 270 Control unit 1001 Processor 1002 Memory 1003 Storage 1004 Communication device 1005 Input device 1006 Output device 1007 Bus

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