WO2022024380A1 - Terminal, wireless communication method, and base station - Google Patents

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit which receives information on periodic channel occupancy that is started every predetermined period (Tx); and a control unit which controls, on the basis of the information, communication in the periodic channel occupancy, wherein as an idle period set at the end of a period of the periodic channel occupancy, the setting of a period shorter than at least one among 0.05 Tx and 100 μs is supported.

Description

Terminals, wireless communication methods and base stations

This disclosure relates to terminals, wireless communication methods and base stations in next-generation mobile communication systems.

Long Term Evolution (LTE) has been specified for the purpose of higher data rate, lower latency, etc. in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network (Non-Patent Document 1). In addition, LTE-Advanced (3GPP Rel.10-14) has been specified for the purpose of further increasing the capacity and sophistication of LTE (Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release (Rel.) 8, 9).

A successor system to LTE (for example, 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G + (plus), New Radio (NR), 3GPP Rel.15 or later, etc.) is also being considered.

In future wireless communication systems (for example, 5G, 5G +, New Radio (NR), 3GPP Rel.17 or later, etc.), the same unlicensed band (NR) as existing wireless communication systems (for example, 3GPP Rel.16 or earlier). -The use of (may be called Unlicensed (U) system) is being considered.

In addition, in future wireless communication systems, downlink control information (Downlink Control Information (DCI)) format for traffic types such as high-reliability and low-latency communication (for example, Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC)). (For example, DCI format 0_2, 1_2) is being considered for introduction.

However, in communication in a traffic type such as URLLC, a channel access procedure (for example, FBE (frame-based equipment)) is performed by using a quasi-statically set channel occupancy / channel occupancy period (semi-static channel occupation). If this is done, there is a possibility that the transmission delay cannot be sufficiently reduced even if the same mechanism / mechanism as that of the existing system (for example, Rel.16 or earlier) is applied.

Therefore, one of the purposes of the present disclosure is to provide a terminal, a wireless communication method, and a base station capable of suppressing delays in the NR-U system.

The terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a receiving unit that receives information on periodic channel occupancy started every predetermined period (Tx), and a control that controls communication in the periodic channel occupancy based on the information. It is characterized in that the idle period set at the end of the periodic channel occupancy period is supported to be shorter than at least one of 0.05 Tx and 100 μs.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, delays in the NR-U system can be suppressed.

FIG. 1 shows Rel. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a base station-led COT in 16. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing an example of an idle period included in FFP. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of an idle period included in FFP. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of an idle period included in FFP. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the base station according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the base station and the user terminal according to the embodiment.

(Service (traffic type))
In future wireless communication systems (eg, NR), further advancement of mobile broadband (eg enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB)), machine type communication that realizes multiple simultaneous connections (eg massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC), Internet) Traffic types (also referred to as types, services, service types, communication types, use cases, etc.) such as of Things (IoT)), high-reliability and low-latency communications (eg, Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC)). Is assumed. For example, URLLC requires less delay and higher reliability than eMBB.

The traffic type may be identified at the physical layer based on at least one of the following:
-Logical channels with different priorities-Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) table (MCS index table)
-Channel Quality Indication (CQI) table-DCI format-Used for scramble (mask) of Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits included (added) in the DCI (DCI format). (RNTI: System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier)
-RRC (Radio Resource Control) parameters-Specific RNTI (for example, RNTI for URLLC, MCS-C-RNTI, etc.)
-Search space-A predetermined field in DCI (for example, reuse of a newly added field or an existing field)

Specifically, the HARQ-ACK (or PUCCH) traffic type for PDSCH may be determined based on at least one of the following:
An MCS index table (eg, MCS index table 3) used to determine at least one of the PDSCH modulation order, target code rate, and transport block size (TBS). Whether or not to use)
RNTI used for CRC scrambling of DCI used for scheduling the PDSCH (for example, whether CRC scrambled by C-RNTI or MCS-C-RNTI).
-Priority set by higher layer signaling

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

For MAC signaling, for example, a MAC control element (MAC Control Element (MAC CE)), a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU), or the like may be used. The broadcast information includes, for example, a master information block (Master Information Block (MIB)), a system information block (System Information Block (SIB)), a minimum system information (Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI)), and other system information ( Other System Information (OSI)) may be used.

The physical layer signaling may be, for example, downlink control information (DCI).

The traffic type may be associated with communication requirements (requirements such as delay and error rate, requirement conditions), data type (voice, data, etc.) and the like.

The difference between the URLLC requirement and the eMBB requirement may be that the URLLC latency is smaller than the eMBB delay, or the URLLC requirement may include a reliability requirement.

For example, the eMBB user (U) plane delay requirement may include that the downlink U-plane delay is 4 ms and the uplink U-plane delay is 4 ms. On the other hand, the URLLC U-plane delay requirement may include that the downlink U-plane delay is 0.5 ms and the uplink U-plane delay is 0.5 ms. The reliability requirement of URLLC may also include a 32-byte error rate of 10-5 at a U-plane delay of 1 ms.

Also, as enhanced Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communications (eURLLC), the improvement of traffic reliability mainly for unicast data is being considered. In the following, when URLLC and eURLLC are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as URLLC.

(Unlicensed band)
In the unlicensed band (for example, 2.4 GHz band, 5 GHz band, 6 GHz band, etc.), a plurality of systems such as a Wi-Fi system and a system supporting Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) (LAA system) coexist. Therefore, it is considered that collision avoidance and / or interference control of transmission between the plurality of systems is required.

In the LAA of an existing LTE system (eg, Rel.13), the data transmission device is a device of another device (eg, base station, user terminal, Wi-Fi device, etc.) before transmitting the data in the unlicensed band. Listen to confirm the presence or absence of transmission. The listening includes Listen Before Talk (LBT), Clear Channel Assessment (CCA), carrier sense, channel sensing, sensing, channel access procedure, shared spectrum channel access procedure, and energy. It may be called detection (Energy Detection (ED)) or the like.

The transmitting device may be, for example, a base station (for example, gNodeB (gNB) or network (NW)) in the downlink (DL) and a user terminal (UE) in the uplink (UL). good. Further, the receiving device that receives the data from the transmitting device may be, for example, a user terminal in DL and a base station (NW) in UL.

In the LAA of an existing LTE system, the transmitting device starts data transmission after a predetermined period (for example, immediately after or during a backoff period) after the LBT detects that there is no transmission of another device (idle state). ..

The use of unlicensed bands is also being considered for future wireless communication systems (for example, 5G, 5G +, New Radio (NR), 3GPP Rel.15 or later, etc.). The NR system using the unlicensed band may be called an NR-Unlicensed (U) system, an NR LAA system, or the like.

NR-U may also include dual connectivity (DC) between licensed bands and unlicensed bands, and stand-alone (Stand-Alone (SA)) unlicensed bands.

The node (for example, base station, UE) in NR-U confirms that the channel is free (idle) by LBT for coexistence with other systems or other operators, and then starts transmission.

In the NR-U, the base station (for example, gNB) or the UE acquires a transmission opportunity (Transmission Opportunity (TxOP)) when the LBT result is idle and performs transmission. The base station or UE does not transmit when the LBT result is busy (LBT-busy). The time of the transmission opportunity may be referred to as channel occupation time (Channel Occupancy Time (COT)).

LBT-idle may be read as the success of LBT (LBT success). LBT-busy may be read as LBT failure.

(FBE / LBE)
In future wireless communication systems, it is considered that the UE performs LBT based on a plurality of LBT types. As the LBT mechanism, FBE (frame-based equipment) or LBE (load-based equipment) may be used.

FBE has a fixed frame period, senses with some resources, sends if the channel is available, and does not send until the next sensing timing if the channel is unavailable. The LBT mechanism that waits for may be shown.

Rel. In NR 16 and above, a specific upper layer parameter (eg ChannelAccessMode-r16) is provided to the UE, and the specific upper layer parameter meets certain conditions (eg, set to ChannelAccessMode-r16 = semistatic). When NW and UE may perform LBT based on FBE. The FBE-based LBT may be referred to as a quasi-static LBT or a channel access procedure for quasi-static channel occupancy (Channel access procedures for semi-static channel).

On the other hand, LBE may indicate an LBT mechanism that extends the sensing period when the channel cannot be used as a result of sensing and continuously performs sensing until the channel becomes available.

Rel. In NRs 16 and above, the UE is provided with specific upper layer parameters (eg ChannelAccessMode-r16) and the specific upper layer parameters are set to meet certain conditions (eg ChannelAccessMode-r16 = dynamic). Alternatively, when ChannelAccessMode-r16 is not specified), the NW and UE may perform LBT based on LBE.

LBT based on LBE may be called dynamic LBT. LBT based on LBE may be distinguished by the type of LBT. The type of LBT may be referred to as a channel access type, a channel access mode, a shared channel access type, or the like.

Rel. In the NR after 16, the channel access type may be classified into any one of type 1, type 2A, type 2B, and type 2C.

The name of the channel access type is not limited to these. The name of the channel access type is, for example, "channel access type X", and X may be represented by an arbitrary number, an alphabetic character, or a combination of a number and an alphabetic character, or may be another name.

The type 1 channel access may be a channel access having a variable transmission waiting time (contention window size (CWS)) accompanied by a random back-off. Type 1 channel access may be a channel access type used in a coexistence environment with other unlicensed bands (eg Wi-fi).

In type 1 channel access, terminals (including terminals in other wireless communication standards) / gNB may perform sensing in a specific period before transmitting a signal. The specific period may be composed of at least an extension period (may be referred to as Defer duration, for example, 43 μs) and a sensing slot (for example, 9 μs).

In type 1 channel access, a specific counter (timer) may be set for the terminal / gNB, and when the counter expires (counter value = 0), signal transmission may be permitted.

The counter may be decremented every time one sensing slot (for example, 9 μs) elapses. The counter set in the terminal / gNB is set in a specific period (period in which the signal is transmitted) when the transmission of a signal by a terminal / gNB other than the terminal / gNB is detected (LBT busy). You may stop. The counter may be restarted after a specific period (the period during which the signal is transmitted).

When the value of the counter set in the plurality of terminals / gNB becomes 0 at a certain moment and the transmission of the signals of the plurality of terminals / gNB is duplicated, the CWS of the terminal may be expanded.

Type 2A channel access may be channel access without random backoff. In Type 2A channel access, the UE is set to a first period (eg, a period of 25 μs (may be referred to as an interval, a gap, etc.)) that includes a period of sensing, and sensing in that period. May be done. When the UE is LBT idle in the sensing, the UE may transmit a signal immediately after the elapse of the period.

Type 2B channel access may be channel access without random backoff. In the type 2B channel access, the UE may set a second period (for example, a period of 16 μs) including a period for performing sensing, and perform sensing in the period. When the UE is LBT idle in the sensing, the UE may transmit a signal immediately after the elapse of the period.

The type 2C channel access may be a channel access in which a period of a first period or a second period (for example, 16 μs) or less is set for the UE, but sensing is not performed in the period. The UE may transmit a signal in a predetermined period immediately after the lapse of the period (for example, a period of up to 584 μs).

Cyclic prefix (CP) extensions may be configured to control the duration of sensing for each type of channel access. The CP extension may be indicated at a specific time corresponding to the CP extension index. The specific time may be at least one of 25 μs, 16 + T _TA μs, and 25 + T _TA μs, where T _TA is the timing advance.

The UE may receive information regarding the above channel access type and CP extension instructions based on at least one of the upper layer signaling and the physical layer signaling.

Rel. In the FBE-based LBT before 16, the base station and the UE use the base station-led (gNB-iniciated) COT to transmit and receive uplink (UL) / downlink (DL) signals / channels. The base station-led COT may be a COT obtained as a result of sensing by a certain base station (NW). In the base station-led COT, the DL transmission period may be set first.

The base station-led COT may be included in a fixed frame period (Fixed Frame Period (FFP)). The FFP may be referred to as periodic channel occupancy (PCO). The FFP start position for each of two consecutive radio frames may be aligned with the start position of a particular radio frame (eg, with an even index).

The period of periodic channel occupation (hereinafter referred to as FFP) is started every predetermined period (Tx). The predetermined period (Tx) may be read as a period / cycle of FFP.

The period / cycle of the FFP may be set / notified to the UE by higher layer signaling. The upper layer signaling may be System Information Block 1 (SIB1) signaling / RRC signaling. The upper layer parameter set / notified by the upper layer signaling may be SemiStaticChannelAccessConfig. The period may be determined from, for example, 1 ms, 2 ms, 2.5 ms, 4 ms, 5 ms, and 10 ms.

FIG. 1 shows Rel. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a base station-led COT in 16. The base station (gNB) performs sensing in a specific period immediately before the start of FFP (for example, which may be referred to as a sensing slot). The FFP may be composed of a COT, a specific period during which signal / channel transmission / reception is not performed (for example, an idle period), and a period during which sensing is performed (sensing slot). The idle period may be read as a gap or a transmission pause. The period for sensing may be set within the range of the idle period.

If LBT is successful as a result of the sensing, gNB acquires COT (COT led by gNB). The COT is included in FFP (here, a period of 10 ms), and the start position of the COT is aligned with the start position of the FFP. Here, the case where the start position of FFP coincides with the start position of each radio frame (here, frame # 0 and frame # 1) is shown. The gNB transmits the DL signal / channel and schedules / receives the UL signal / channel in the acquired COT.

In the gNB-led COT, the gNB may first transmit the DL signal / channel. In other words, in a gNB-led COT, the UE may first receive the DL signal / channel.

Also, in future wireless communication systems (eg, NR after Rel.17), UE-led (eg, UE-driven) for FBE to further advance high-reliability and low-latency communication (eg, traffic types such as URLLC). The introduction of UE-initiated) COT is being considered. The UE-led COT may be a COT obtained as a result of sensing by a certain UE. In the UE-led COT, the UL transmission period may be set first.

The UE-led COT may be contained within FFP (or PCO). The period / cycle of the FFP may be set / notified to the UE by higher layer signaling. At least one of the start positions and periods of the FFP corresponding to the UE-led COT may be set in the same manner as the FFP corresponding to the base station-led COT. Alternatively, at least one of the start positions and periods of the FFP corresponding to the UE-led COT may be set separately (or independently) from the FFP corresponding to the base station-led COT.

By the way, Rel. In FBE before 16, the idle period (eg, Tz) set in the last period of FFP is 5% or 100 μs of the FFP period (eg, Tx), whichever is larger (Tz = max (0.05Tx, 100 μs). ) Is required at least.

In this case, it is necessary to set the idle period longer as the FFP period becomes longer. For example, when FFP = 1 ms, it is necessary to set the idle period longer than 0.1 ms. Similarly, when FFP = 2 ms, the idle period is longer than 0.1 ms, when FFP = 2.5 ms, the idle period is longer than 0.125 ms, and when FFP = 4 ms, the idle period is 0.2 ms. It is necessary to set the idle period longer than 0.25 ms when FFP = 5 ms, and set the idle period longer than 0.5 ms when FFP = 10 ms. 0.5 ms corresponds to one slot when the subcarrier interval is 30 kHz.

Therefore, if a long FFP period is set / applied, transmission delay may occur. This problem may occur both when using a base station-led COT and when using a UE-led COT.

When the present inventors perform a channel access procedure (for example, FBE) using a channel occupancy / channel occupancy period set quasi-statically, a transmission delay occurs if the same mechanism / mechanism as the existing system is applied. Focusing on, the configuration / method capable of suppressing the transmission delay was examined, and the present embodiment was conceived.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The wireless communication methods according to each embodiment may be applied individually or in combination.

In the present disclosure, "A / B" may be read as at least one of A and B, and "A / B / C" may be read as at least one of A, B and C.

In the present disclosure, the gNB-led COT may be referred to as a first COT, a quasi-static COT in FBE, and the like. Further, in the present disclosure, the FFP for a gNB-driven COT is an FFP for a first COT, an FFP contained in the first COT, a first FFP, and an FFP for a quasi-static COT in FBE. , Etc. may be called.

In the present disclosure, the UE-led COT may be referred to as a second COT, a dynamic COT in the FBE, and the like. Further, in the present disclosure, the FFP for a UE-led COT includes an FFP for a second COT, an FFP contained in the second COT, a second FFP, and an FFP for a dynamic COT in FBE. It may be called.

This embodiment can be applied to at least one of a base station-led COT and a UE-led COT.

(First aspect)
In the first aspect, a case where a period shorter than a predetermined value is allowed / supported as an idle period set in FFP will be described. The idle period set in FFP may be determined based on at least one of the following aspects 1-1 and 1-2.

<Aspect 1-1>
As the idle period set at the end of FFP, setting of a period shorter than (or less than or equal to) a predetermined value may be allowed / supported (see FIG. 2A). The predetermined value may be at least one of 5 percent (eg, 0.05 Tx) and 100 μs of the FFP period. Alternatively, the predetermined value may be a larger value among 0.05 Tx and 100 μs.

The idle period, which allows a period shorter than a predetermined value to be set, may be set to be at least larger than a specific value (see FIG. 2B). The particular value may be the minimum period required for LBT (or channel sensing). For example, the particular value may be a sensing slot (eg, 9 μs). In this case, the idle period (Tz) may be set in the range longer than 9 μs and shorter than 0.05 Tx or 100 μs (9 μs <Tz <max (0.05 Tx, 100 μs)).

As a result, the sensing period for obtaining COT can be secured and the transmission delay can be reduced.

When communicating using a base station-led COT, the base station has an idle period with at least a sensing slot period (eg, 9 μs) secured / secured for the last period of FFP (or the next FFP). It may be set to the period before the start of.

Information regarding the idle period may be notified from the base station to the UE using at least one of higher layer signaling (SIB1 / RRC) and DCI. The information regarding the idle period may be a value of the idle period or information indicating whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value can be set.

If the UE cannot detect / receive information about the idle period, it may be assumed that the UE is set to an idle period of a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100 μs)) or a predetermined value or more.

When communicating using a UE-led COT, the UE has an idle period with at least a sensing slot period (eg, 9 μs) secured / guaranteed for the last period of the FFP (or the start of the next FFP). It may be set to the previous period).

Information regarding the idle period may be notified from the base station to the UE using at least one of higher layer signaling (SIB1 / RRC) and DCI. The information regarding the idle period may be a value of the idle period or information indicating whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value can be set.

If the UE cannot detect / receive information about the idle period, it may be assumed that the UE needs to set an idle period of a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100 μs)) or a predetermined value or more. ..

<Aspect 1-2>
Multiple idle period settings may be allowed / supported in FFP. In this case, the plurality of idle periods may be determined based on at least one of the following options 1 and 2.

[Option 1]
The UE / base station sets (or is assumed to be set) each idle period (for example, the length of the idle period or the position of the time domain) so as to satisfy at least one of the following conditions 1 and 2. ) May.

Condition 1: The total value (for example, total duration) of a plurality of idle periods included in the FFP period is set to a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100 μs)) or a predetermined value or more. Condition 2: Sensing slot period (for example) For example, set an idle period of at least 9 μs) to the last period of the FFP (or the period before the start of the next FFP).

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the idle period included in the FFP including the base station-led COT and the idle period included in the FFP including the UE-led COT are set to satisfy the conditions 1 and 2, respectively. ing. The length of each idle period may be freely set as long as the conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied. Further, the lengths of the plurality of idle periods included in the same FFP may be set separately or may be set in common.

Information regarding a plurality of idle periods may be notified from the base station to the UE using at least one of higher layer signaling (SIB1 / RRC) and DCI. The information regarding the plurality of idle periods may be information regarding whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value is set, the value of each idle period, and at least one of the positions of each idle period.

Information on the idle period in the UE-led COT (or FFP including the COT) (for example, information on the length of the idle period / information on the position of the idle period) may be notified from the UE to the base station. The notification from the UE to the base station may be performed using the uplink control information (UCI) transmitted using the PUCCH / PUSCH or the UCI transmitted using the setting grant-based PUSCH.

In this way, by configuring the FFP to allow / support the setting of a plurality of idle periods, it is possible to flexibly control the scheduling (or transmission timing) in the FFP (or COT).

[Option 2]
Each idle period included in FFP may be set (or assumed to be set) to be longer than a specific value. The specific value may be the sensing period applied in the LBE (eg, 25 μs). The idle period set longer than a specific value may be an idle period other than the idle period set in the last period of FFP.

Further, the UE / base station may set each idle period (for example, the length of the idle period or the position of the time domain) so as to satisfy at least one of the above-mentioned conditions 1 and 2.

In FIG. 4, the idle period included in the FFP including the base station-led COT and the idle period included in the FFP containing the UE-led COT (for example, the idle period set other than the last period) are set from specific values. An example of a case where the setting is long and the condition 1 and the condition 2 are satisfied is shown. Further, the lengths of the plurality of idle periods included in the same FFP may be set separately or may be set in common.

Information regarding a plurality of idle periods may be notified from the base station to the UE using at least one of higher layer signaling (SIB1 / RRC) and DCI. The information regarding the plurality of idle periods may be information regarding whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value is set, the value of each idle period, and at least one of the positions of each idle period.

Information on the idle period in the UE-led COT (or FFP including the COT) (for example, information on the length of the idle period / information on the position of the idle period) may be notified from the UE to the base station. The notification from the UE to the base station may be performed using the uplink control information (UCI) transmitted using the PUCCH / PUSCH or the UCI transmitted using the setting grant-based PUSCH.

The base station can appropriately control the DL / UL schedule in the COT by grasping the information regarding the idle period in the UE-led COT (or the FFP including the COT).

(Second aspect)
In the second aspect, a method of setting an idle period for a plurality of FFPs (or FFP candidates that can be set) will be described. The idle period set for each FFP may be determined based on at least one of the following options 2-1 and 2-2. The idle period may include any of the configurations shown in the first aspect.

<Option 2-1>
The configuration of the first aspect (eg, aspect 1-1 / aspect 1-2) may be applied to all FFPs (eg, all possible FFP candidates). That is, regardless of the value of FFP, an idle period shorter than a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100μs)) may be set in the FFP. The FFP candidate may be {1, 2, 2.5, 4, 5, 10} ms. For example, a first upper layer signaling for notifying FFP and a second upper layer signaling for notifying whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value is set may be supported.

The base station may set information about an idle period (for example, information indicating whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value can be set) in common for a plurality of FFP values. When the UE receives information indicating whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value can be set, the UE may apply the information to a plurality of FFPs.

According to option 2-1 it is possible to set an idle period shorter than a predetermined value in common for a plurality of FFPs, and it is possible to suppress an increase in signaling overhead.

<Option 2-2>
The configuration of the first aspect (eg, aspect 1-1 / aspect 1-2) may be applied separately to a plurality of FFPs (eg, a plurality of possible FFP candidates). For example, whether or not the configuration of the first aspect (for example, Aspect 1-1 / Aspect 1-2) is applied to the FFP included in the first group and the FFP included in the second group is set separately. May be done. That is, based on the value of FFP, an idle period shorter than a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100μs)) may be set in the FFP.

An idle period shorter than a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100 μs)) is set for a predetermined FFP (for example, {5, 10} ms), and an idle period shorter than a predetermined value is set for other FFPs. It may be controlled so that it is not set.

The base station separately sets information about the idle period (for example, information indicating whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value can be set) for each FFP (or for each FFP group including one or more FFPs). You may. The UE may determine whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value is set for each FFP (or for each FFP group including one or more FFPs).

According to option 2-1 an idle period shorter than a predetermined value can be set separately for each FFP, and the idle period can be flexibly set according to the FFP value.

<Variations>
In the above description, the case where the idle period shorter than the predetermined value is set in common / separately for a plurality of FFPs has been described, but the idle period shorter than the predetermined value is set in common / separately for a plurality of subcarrier intervals. You may.

For example, the configuration of the first aspect (eg, aspect 1-1 / aspect 1-2) may be applied to all subcarrier intervals (eg, all possible subcarrier interval candidates). That is, regardless of the value of the subcarrier interval, an idle period shorter than a predetermined value may be set in FFP. Candidates for the subcarrier interval may be {15, 30, 60.120, 240} kHz. For example, a first upper layer signaling that notifies the subcarrier interval and a second upper layer signaling that notifies whether or not an idle period shorter than a predetermined value is set may be supported.

Alternatively, the configuration of the first aspect (eg, aspects 1-1 / 1-2) may be applied separately for a plurality of subcarrier spacings (eg, a plurality of possible subcarrier spacing candidates). good. For example, whether or not the configuration of the first aspect (for example, Aspect 1-1 / Aspect 1-2) is applied to the subcarrier interval included in the first group and the subcarrier interval included in the second group. May be set separately. That is, an idle period shorter than a predetermined value (for example, max (0.05Tx, 100μs)) may be set in FFP based on the value of the subcarrier interval.

An idle period shorter than a predetermined value (eg, max (0.05Tx, 100 μs)) is set for a predetermined subcarrier interval (eg, {240, 120, 60} kHz), and a predetermined idle period is set for other subcarrier intervals. It may be controlled so that an idle period shorter than the value is not set.

The referenced subcarrier interval (or reference subcarrier interval) may be a large or small subcarrier interval set for each of the valid (or active) DL BWP and UL BWP of the UE. good. Further, in the case of a base station-led COT, the subcarrier interval set in the valid DL BWP of the UE is referred to, and in the case of the UE-led COT, the subcarrier interval set in the valid UL BWP of the UE is referred to. You may refer to it.

(Third aspect)
In the third aspect, the configuration / setting of the idle period in FFP in a plurality of UEs included in a certain serving cell will be described.

The UE may determine the idle period included in FFP according to at least one of option 3-1 and option 3-2 shown below. The idle period may include any of the configurations shown in the first aspect.

<Option 3-1>
The UE / base station may set (or assume that an idle period is set) an idle period included in each FFP in common to a plurality of (for example, all) UEs contained in a serving cell. .. In other words, the UE may assume that a plurality of UEs in the serving cell are notified of common information (or the same information) regarding the idle period.

At this time, the information regarding the idle period set / notified to the UE may be notified to the UE by higher layer signaling (for example, SIB1 signaling / RRC signaling).

Further, the information regarding the idle period set / notified to the UE may be instructed to the UE by physical layer signaling (for example, PDCCH (group-common PDCCH) common to the group).

According to option 3-1 it is possible to set an idle period in common for a plurality of UEs included in the serving cell, and it is possible to suppress an increase in signaling overhead.

<Option 3-2>
The UE / base station may independently set the idle period included in each FFP (or assume that the idle period is set) for each UE included in a certain serving cell. In other words, the UE may assume that information about the idle period is notified independently for each UE in the serving cell.

At this time, the information regarding the idle period set / notified to the UE may be instructed to the UE by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling) and physical layer signaling (for example, DCI).

According to option 3-2, the idle period included in FFP can be determined for each UE included in the serving cell, and more flexible communication control becomes possible.

(Wireless communication system)
Hereinafter, the configuration of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described. In this wireless communication system, communication is performed using any one of the wireless communication methods according to each of the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure or a combination thereof.

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

Further, the wireless communication system 1 may support dual connectivity (Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC)) between a plurality of Radio Access Technologies (RATs). MR-DC is a dual connectivity (E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC)) between LTE (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)) and NR, and a dual connectivity (NR-E) between NR and LTE. -UTRA Dual Connectivity (NE-DC)) may be included.

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

The wireless communication system 1 has dual connectivity between a plurality of base stations in the same RAT (for example, dual connectivity (NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NN-DC)) in which both MN and SN are NR base stations (gNB). )) May be supported.

The wireless communication system 1 includes a base station 11 that forms a macrocell C1 having a relatively wide coverage, and a base station 12 (12a-12c) that is arranged in the macrocell C1 and forms a small cell C2 that is narrower than the macrocell C1. You may prepare. The user terminal 20 may be located in at least one cell. The arrangement, number, and the like of each cell and the user terminal 20 are not limited to the mode shown in the figure. Hereinafter, when the base stations 11 and 12 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as the base station 10.

The user terminal 20 may be connected to at least one of a plurality of base stations 10. The user terminal 20 may use at least one of carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation (CA)) and dual connectivity (DC) using a plurality of component carriers (Component Carrier (CC)).

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

Further, the user terminal 20 may perform communication using at least one of Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) in each CC.

The plurality of base stations (for example, RRH) 10 may be connected by wire (for example, optical fiber compliant with Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), X2 interface, etc.) or wirelessly (for example, NR communication). For example, when NR communication is used as a backhaul between base stations 11 and 12, the base station 11 corresponding to the higher-level station is an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) donor, and the base station 12 corresponding to a relay station (relay) is IAB. It may be called a node.

The base station 10 may be connected to the core network 30 via another base station 10 or directly. The core network 30 may include at least one such as Evolved Packet Core (EPC), 5G Core Network (5GCN), and Next Generation Core (NGC).

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

In the wireless communication system 1, a wireless access method based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) may be used. For example, at least one of the downlink (Downlink (DL)) and the uplink (Uplink (UL)), Cyclic Prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM), Discrete Fourier Transform Spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple. Access (OFDMA), Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), etc. may be used.

The wireless access method may be called a waveform. In the wireless communication system 1, another wireless access system (for example, another single carrier transmission system, another multi-carrier transmission system) may be used as the UL and DL wireless access systems.

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

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

User data, upper layer control information, System Information Block (SIB), etc. are transmitted by PDSCH. User data, upper layer control information, and the like may be transmitted by the PUSCH. Further, the Master Information Block (MIB) may be transmitted by the PBCH.

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

The DCI that schedules PDSCH may be called DL assignment, DL DCI, or the like, and the DCI that schedules PUSCH may be called UL grant, UL DCI, or the like. The PDSCH may be read as DL data, and the PUSCH may be read as UL data.

A control resource set (COntrol REsource SET (CORESET)) and a search space (search space) may be used for PDCCH detection. CORESET corresponds to a resource for searching DCI. The search space corresponds to the search area and search method of PDCCH candidates (PDCCH candidates). One CORESET may be associated with one or more search spaces. The UE may monitor the CORESET associated with a search space based on the search space settings.

One search space may correspond to PDCCH candidates corresponding to one or more aggregation levels. One or more search spaces may be referred to as a search space set. The "search space", "search space set", "search space setting", "search space set setting", "CORESET", "CORESET setting", etc. of the present disclosure may be read as each other.

Depending on the PUCCH, channel state information (Channel State Information (CSI)), delivery confirmation information (for example, it may be called Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK), ACK / NACK, etc.) and scheduling request (Scheduling Request (for example). Uplink Control Information (UCI) including at least one of SR)) may be transmitted. The PRACH may transmit a random access preamble to establish a connection with the cell.

In this disclosure, downlinks, uplinks, etc. may be expressed without "links". Further, it may be expressed without adding "Physical" to the beginning of various channels.

In the wireless communication system 1, a synchronization signal (Synchronization Signal (SS)), a downlink reference signal (Downlink Reference Signal (DL-RS)), and the like may be transmitted. In the wireless communication system 1, the DL-RS includes a cell-specific reference signal (Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS)), a channel state information reference signal (Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS)), and a reference signal for demodulation (DeModulation). Reference Signal (DMRS)), positioning reference signal (Positioning Reference Signal (PRS)), phase tracking reference signal (Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS)), and the like may be transmitted.

The synchronization signal may be, for example, at least one of a primary synchronization signal (Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS)) and a secondary synchronization signal (Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS)). The signal block including SS (PSS, SSS) and PBCH (and DMRS for PBCH) may be referred to as SS / PBCH block, SS Block (SSB) and the like. In addition, SS, SSB and the like may also be called a reference signal.

Further, in the wireless communication system 1, even if a measurement reference signal (Sounding Reference Signal (SRS)), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or the like is transmitted as an uplink reference signal (Uplink Reference Signal (UL-RS)). good. The DMRS may be called a user terminal specific reference signal (UE-specific Reference Signal).

(base station)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the base station according to the embodiment. The base station 10 includes a control unit 110, a transmission / reception unit 120, a transmission / reception antenna 130, and a transmission line interface 140. The control unit 110, the transmission / reception unit 120, the transmission / reception antenna 130, and the transmission line interface 140 may each be provided with one or more.

In this example, the functional block of the characteristic portion in the present embodiment is mainly shown, and it may be assumed that the base station 10 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. A part of the processing of each part described below may be omitted.

The control unit 110 controls the entire base station 10. The control unit 110 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit, and the like described based on the common recognition in the technical field according to the present disclosure.

The control unit 110 may control signal generation, scheduling (for example, resource allocation, mapping) and the like. The control unit 110 may control transmission / reception, measurement, and the like using the transmission / reception unit 120, the transmission / reception antenna 130, and the transmission line interface 140. The control unit 110 may generate data to be transmitted as a signal, control information, a sequence, and the like, and transfer the data to the transmission / reception unit 120. The control unit 110 may perform call processing (setting, release, etc.) of the communication channel, state management of the base station 10, management of radio resources, and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 120 may include a baseband unit 121, a Radio Frequency (RF) unit 122, and a measurement unit 123. The baseband unit 121 may include a transmission processing unit 1211 and a reception processing unit 1212. The transmitter / receiver 120 includes a transmitter / receiver, an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, a filter, a phase shifter, a measurement circuit, a transmitter / receiver circuit, and the like, which are described based on the common recognition in the technical field according to the present disclosure. be able to.

The transmission / reception unit 120 may be configured as an integrated transmission / reception unit, or may be composed of a transmission unit and a reception unit. The transmission unit may be composed of a transmission processing unit 1211 and an RF unit 122. The receiving unit may be composed of a receiving processing unit 1212, an RF unit 122, and a measuring unit 123.

The transmitting / receiving antenna 130 can be composed of an antenna described based on the common recognition in the technical field according to the present disclosure, for example, an array antenna.

The transmission / reception unit 120 may transmit the above-mentioned downlink channel, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, and the like. The transmission / reception unit 120 may receive the above-mentioned uplink channel, uplink reference signal, and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 120 may form at least one of a transmission beam and a reception beam by using digital beamforming (for example, precoding), analog beamforming (for example, phase rotation), and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 120 (transmission processing unit 1211) processes, for example, Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer processing and Radio Link Control (RLC) layer processing (for example, RLC) for data, control information, etc. acquired from control unit 110. RLC retransmission control), Medium Access Control (MAC) layer processing (for example, HARQ retransmission control), etc. may be performed to generate a bit string to be transmitted.

The transmission / reception unit 120 (transmission processing unit 1211) performs channel coding (may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, and discrete Fourier transform (Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)) for the bit string to be transmitted. Processing (if necessary), inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, precoding, transmission processing such as digital-analog transformation may be performed, and the baseband signal may be output.

The transmission / reception unit 120 (RF unit 122) may perform modulation, filtering, amplification, etc. on the baseband signal to the radio frequency band, and transmit the signal in the radio frequency band via the transmission / reception antenna 130. ..

On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 120 (RF unit 122) may perform amplification, filtering, demodulation to a baseband signal, or the like on the signal in the radio frequency band received by the transmission / reception antenna 130.

The transmission / reception unit 120 (reception processing unit 1212) performs analog-digital conversion, fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing, and inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) for the acquired baseband signal. )) Processing (if necessary), filtering, decoding, demodulation, decoding (may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, PDCP layer processing, and other reception processing are applied. User data and the like may be acquired.

The transmission / reception unit 120 (measurement unit 123) may perform measurement on the received signal. For example, the measurement unit 123 may perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, Channel State Information (CSI) measurement, or the like based on the received signal. The measuring unit 123 has received power (for example, Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)) and reception quality (for example, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)). , Signal strength (for example, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)), propagation path information (for example, CSI), and the like may be measured. The measurement result may be output to the control unit 110.

The transmission line interface 140 transmits / receives signals (backhaul signaling) to / from a device included in the core network 30, another base station 10, etc., and user data (user plane data) for the user terminal 20 and a control plane. Data or the like may be acquired or transmitted.

The transmission unit and the reception unit of the base station 10 in the present disclosure may be composed of at least one of the transmission / reception unit 120, the transmission / reception antenna 130, and the transmission path interface 140.

The transmission / reception unit 120 may transmit information regarding the channel occupancy time (COT) in the quasi-static channel access procedure. The control unit 110 may control the reception of the uplink channel in the COT, which is led based on the information about the COT (first embodiment).

(User terminal)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user terminal according to the embodiment. The user terminal 20 includes a control unit 210, a transmission / reception unit 220, and a transmission / reception antenna 230. The control unit 210, the transmission / reception unit 220, and the transmission / reception antenna 230 may each be provided with one or more.

In this example, the functional block of the feature portion in the present embodiment is mainly shown, and it may be assumed that the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. A part of the processing of each part described below may be omitted.

The control unit 210 controls the entire user terminal 20. The control unit 210 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit, and the like described based on the common recognition in the technical field according to the present disclosure.

The control unit 210 may control signal generation, mapping, and the like. The control unit 210 may control transmission / reception, measurement, and the like using the transmission / reception unit 220 and the transmission / reception antenna 230. The control unit 210 may generate data to be transmitted as a signal, control information, a sequence, and the like, and transfer the data to the transmission / reception unit 220.

The transmission / reception unit 220 may include a baseband unit 221, an RF unit 222, and a measurement unit 223. The baseband unit 221 may include a transmission processing unit 2211 and a reception processing unit 2212. The transmitter / receiver 220 can be composed of a transmitter / receiver, an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, a filter, a phase shifter, a measurement circuit, a transmitter / receiver circuit, and the like, which are described based on the common recognition in the technical field according to the present disclosure.

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

The transmitting / receiving antenna 230 can be composed of an antenna described based on the common recognition in the technical field according to the present disclosure, for example, an array antenna.

The transmission / reception unit 220 may receive the above-mentioned downlink channel, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, and the like. The transmission / reception unit 220 may transmit the above-mentioned uplink channel, uplink reference signal, and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 220 may form at least one of a transmission beam and a reception beam by using digital beamforming (for example, precoding), analog beamforming (for example, phase rotation), and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 220 (transmission processing unit 2211) processes, for example, PDCP layer processing, RLC layer processing (for example, RLC retransmission control), and MAC layer processing (for example, for data, control information, etc. acquired from the control unit 210). , HARQ retransmission control), etc., to generate a bit string to be transmitted.

The transmission / reception unit 220 (transmission processing unit 2211) performs channel coding (may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering processing, DFT processing (if necessary), and IFFT processing for the bit string to be transmitted. , Precoding, digital-to-analog conversion, and other transmission processing may be performed, and the baseband signal may be output.

Whether or not to apply the DFT process may be based on the transform precoding setting. When the transform precoding is enabled for a channel (for example, PUSCH), the transmission / reception unit 220 (transmission processing unit 2211) transmits the channel using the DFT-s-OFDM waveform. The DFT process may be performed as the transmission process, and if not, the DFT process may not be performed as the transmission process.

The transmission / reception unit 220 (RF unit 222) may perform modulation, filtering, amplification, etc. on the baseband signal to the radio frequency band, and transmit the signal in the radio frequency band via the transmission / reception antenna 230. ..

On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 220 (RF unit 222) may perform amplification, filtering, demodulation to a baseband signal, or the like on the signal in the radio frequency band received by the transmission / reception antenna 230.

The transmission / reception unit 220 (reception processing unit 2212) performs analog-to-digital conversion, FFT processing, IDFT processing (if necessary), filtering processing, demapping, demodulation, and decoding (error correction) for the acquired baseband signal. Decoding may be included), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, PDCP layer processing, and other reception processing may be applied to acquire user data and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 220 (measurement unit 223) may perform measurement on the received signal. For example, the measuring unit 223 may perform RRM measurement, CSI measurement, or the like based on the received signal. The measuring unit 223 may measure received power (for example, RSRP), reception quality (for example, RSRQ, SINR, SNR), signal strength (for example, RSSI), propagation path information (for example, CSI), and the like. The measurement result may be output to the control unit 210.

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

The transmission / reception unit 220 may receive information regarding the channel occupancy time (COT) in the quasi-static channel access procedure. The control unit 210 may control the initiative of the COT based on the information about the COT (first embodiment).

The information regarding the COT may be at least one of the information regarding the start position of the periodic channel occupancy (PCO) including the COT and the information regarding the period of the PCO including the COT (first embodiment).

The control unit 210 may control the initiative of the COT in common with a plurality of uplink (UL) channels or independently for each UL channel (second embodiment).

The control unit 210 may assume that information about the COT is notified in common to a plurality of terminals in the serving cell or independently for each terminal in the serving cell (third embodiment).

(Hardware configuration)
The block diagram used in the description of the above embodiment shows a block of functional units. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Further, 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.

Here, the functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, solution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, and deemed. , Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc. Not limited. For example, a functional block (configuration unit) for functioning transmission may be referred to as a transmitting unit (transmitting unit), a transmitter (transmitter), or the like. In each case, as described above, the realization method is not particularly limited.

For example, the base station, user terminal, and the like in one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that processes the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the base station and the user terminal according to the embodiment. The base station 10 and the user terminal 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like. ..

In this disclosure, the terms of devices, circuits, devices, sections, units, etc. can be read as each other. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 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.

For example, although only one processor 1001 is shown, there may be a plurality of processors. Further, the processing may be executed by one processor, or the processing may be executed simultaneously, sequentially, or by using other methods by two or more processors. The processor 1001 may be mounted by one or more chips.

For each function in the base station 10 and the user terminal 20, for example, by loading predetermined software (program) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, the processor 1001 performs an operation and communicates via the communication device 1004. It is realized by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003.

The processor 1001 operates, for example, an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, and the like. For example, at least a part of the above-mentioned control unit 110 (210), transmission / reception unit 120 (220), and the like may be realized by the processor 1001.

Further, 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. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-described embodiment is used. For example, the control unit 110 (210) may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operating in the processor 1001, and may be realized in the same manner for other functional blocks.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, at least a Read Only Memory (ROM), an Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or any other suitable storage medium. It may be composed of one. 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 be executed to implement the wireless communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is, for example, a flexible disk, a floppy disk (registered trademark) disk, an optical magnetic disk (for example, a compact disc (Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM), etc.), a digital versatile disk, etc.). At least one of Blu-ray® discs), removable discs, optical disc drives, smart cards, flash memory devices (eg cards, sticks, key drives), magnetic stripes, databases, servers and other suitable storage media. May be configured by. The storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.

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 has, 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 (Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)) and time division duplex (Time Division Duplex (TDD)). May be configured to include. For example, the transmission / reception unit 120 (220), the transmission / reception antenna 130 (230), and the like described above may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission / reception unit 120 (220) may be physically or logically separated by the transmission unit 120a (220a) and the reception unit 120b (220b).

The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts an input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, a Light Emitting Diode (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).

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

Further, the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 include a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor (DSP)), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and the like. It may be configured to include hardware, and a part or all of each functional block may be realized by using the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardware.

(Modification example)
The terms described in the present disclosure and the terms necessary for understanding the present disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, channels, symbols and signals (signals or signaling) may be read interchangeably. Also, the signal may be a message. The reference signal may be abbreviated as RS, and may be referred to as a pilot, a pilot signal, or the like depending on the applied standard. Further, the component carrier (CC) may be referred to as a cell, a frequency carrier, a carrier frequency, or the like.

The wireless frame may be configured by one or more periods (frames) in the time domain. Each of the one or more periods (frames) constituting the radio frame may be referred to as a subframe. Further, the subframe may be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. The subframe may have a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) that does not depend on numerology.

Here, the numerology may be a communication parameter applied to at least one of transmission and reception of a signal or channel. Numerology is, for example, subcarrier interval (SubCarrier Spacing (SCS)), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (Transmission Time Interval (TTI)), number of symbols per TTI, wireless frame configuration. , A specific filtering process performed by the transmitter / receiver 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 in the time area (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol, etc.). Further, the slot may be a time unit based on numerology.

The slot may include a plurality of mini slots. Each minislot may be composed of one or more symbols in the time domain. Further, the mini slot may be referred to as a sub slot. The minislot may consist of a smaller number of symbols than the slot. The PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in time units larger than the minislot may be referred to as PDSCH (PUSCH) mapping type A. The PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using the minislot may be referred to as PDSCH (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 use different names corresponding to each. The time units such as frames, subframes, slots, mini-slots, and symbols in the present disclosure may be read as each other.

For example, one subframe may be called TTI, a plurality of consecutive subframes may be called TTI, and one slot or one minislot may be called TTI. That is, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (eg, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms. May be. The unit representing TTI may be called a slot, a mini slot, or the like instead of a subframe.

Here, TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit of scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in the LTE system, the 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.

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. When a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) to which the transport block, code block, code word, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

When one slot or one mini slot is called TTI, one or more TTIs (that is, one or more slots or one or more mini slots) 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 referred to as a normal TTI (TTI in 3GPP Rel. 8-12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a normal subframe, a normal subframe, a long subframe, a slot, or the like. A TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be referred to as a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a partial TTI (partial or fractional TTI), a shortened subframe, a short subframe, a minislot, a subslot, a slot, and the like.

The long TTI (eg, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as a TTI having a time length of more than 1 ms, and the short TTI (eg, shortened TTI, etc.) may be read as a TTI less than the TTI length of the long TTI and 1 ms. It may be read as TTI having the above TTI length.

A resource block (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 the RB may be the same regardless of the numerology, and may be, for example, 12. The number of subcarriers contained in the RB may be determined based on numerology.

Further, the RB may include one or more symbols in the time domain, 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.

In addition, one or more RBs are 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, and an RB. It may be called a pair or the like.

Further, the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of resource elements (Resource Element (RE)). For example, 1RE may be a radio resource area of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.

Bandwidth Part (BWP) (which may also be called partial bandwidth) represents a subset of consecutive common resource blocks (RBs) for a neurology in a carrier. May be good. Here, 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.

The BWP may include UL BWP (BWP for UL) and 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. In addition, "cell", "carrier" and the like in this disclosure may be read as "BWP".

Note that the above-mentioned structures such as wireless frames, subframes, slots, mini-slots, and symbols are merely examples. For example, the number of subframes contained in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radioframe, the number of minislots contained within a slot, the number of symbols and RBs contained in a slot or minislot, included in the RB. The number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, and other configurations can be changed in various ways.

Further, 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. For example, the radio resource may be indicated by a given index.

The names used for parameters, etc. in this disclosure are not limited in any respect. Further, mathematical formulas and the like using these parameters may differ from those expressly disclosed in the present disclosure. Since the various channels (PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements can be identified by any suitable name, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are not limiting in any way. ..

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different techniques. For example, 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.

In addition, information, signals, etc. can be output from the upper layer to the lower layer and from the lower layer to at least one of the upper layers. Information, signals, etc. may be input / output via a plurality of network nodes.

Input / output information, signals, etc. may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Input / output information, signals, etc. can be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information, signals, etc. may be deleted. The input information, signals, etc. may be transmitted to other devices.

The notification of information is not limited to the embodiment / embodiment described in the present disclosure, and may be performed by using another method. For example, the notification of information in the present disclosure includes physical layer signaling (for example, downlink control information (DCI)), uplink control information (Uplink Control Information (UCI))), and higher layer signaling (for example, Radio Resource Control). (RRC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB), etc.), Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling), other signals or combinations thereof. May be carried out by.

The physical layer signaling may be referred to as Layer 1 / Layer 2 (L1 / L2) control information (L1 / L2 control signal), L1 control information (L1 control signal), and the like. Further, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like. Further, MAC signaling may be notified using, for example, a MAC control element (MAC Control Element (CE)).

In addition, the notification of predetermined information (for example, the notification of "being X") is not limited to the explicit notification, but implicitly (for example, by not notifying the predetermined information or another information). May be done (by notification of).

The determination may be made by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a boolean value represented by true or false. , May be done by numerical comparison (eg, comparison with a given value).

Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or other names, 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.

Further, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, a website where software uses at least one of wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.). When transmitted from a server, or other remote source, at least one of these wired and wireless technologies is included within the definition of transmission medium.

The terms "system" and "network" used in this disclosure may be used interchangeably. The "network" may mean a device (eg, a base station) included in the network.

In the present disclosure, "precoding", "precoder", "weight (precoding weight)", "pseudo-colocation (Quasi-Co-Location (QCL))", "Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state)", "space". "Spatial relation", "spatial domain filter", "transmission power", "phase rotation", "antenna port", "antenna port group", "layer", "number of layers", Terms such as "rank", "resource", "resource set", "resource group", "beam", "beam width", "beam angle", "antenna", "antenna element", "panel" are compatible. Can be used for

In this disclosure, "base station (BS)", "wireless base station", "fixed station", "NodeB", "eNB (eNodeB)", "gNB (gNodeB)", "Access point", "Transmission point (Transmission Point (TP))", "Reception point (Reception Point (RP))", "Transmission / reception point (Transmission / Reception Point (TRP))", "Panel" , "Cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier" and the like may be used interchangeably. Base stations are sometimes referred to by terms such as macrocells, small cells, femtocells, and picocells.

The base station can accommodate one or more (eg, 3) cells. When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire coverage area of the base station can be divided into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area is a base station subsystem (for example, a small indoor base station (Remote Radio). Communication services can also be provided by Head (RRH))). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to a portion or all of the coverage area of at least one of a base station and a base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.

In this disclosure, terms such as "mobile station (MS)", "user terminal", "user equipment (UE)", and "terminal" are used interchangeably. Can be done.

Mobile stations include 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 terminals, remote terminals. , 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 wireless 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, a 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. It should be noted that at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes a device that does not necessarily move during communication operation. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.

Further, the base station in the present disclosure may be read by the user terminal. For example, the communication between the base station and the user terminal is replaced with the communication between a plurality of user terminals (for example, it may be called Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), etc.). Each aspect / embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to the configuration. In this case, the user terminal 20 may have the function of the base station 10 described above. Further, the words such as "up" and "down" may be read as words corresponding to the communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, the upstream channel, the downstream channel, and the like may be read as a side channel.

Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be read as a base station. In this case, the base station 10 may have the functions of the user terminal 20 described above.

In the present disclosure, the operation performed by the base station may be performed by its upper node (upper node) in some cases. In a network including one or more network nodes having a base station, various operations performed for communication with a terminal are a base station, one or more network nodes other than the base station (for example,). Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving-Gateway (S-GW), etc. can be considered, but it is not limited to these), or it is clear that it can be performed by a combination thereof.

Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched and used according to the execution. Further, the order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described in the present disclosure present elements of various steps using exemplary order, and are not limited to the particular order presented.

Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure includes Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system ( 4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), LTE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), LTE 802. 20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth®, other systems utilizing appropriate wireless communication methods, next-generation systems extended based on these, and the like may be applied. Further, a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G).

The statement "based on" used in this disclosure does not mean "based on" unless otherwise stated. In other words, the statement "based on" means both "based only" and "at least based on".

Any reference to elements using designations such as "first" and "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. Thus, references to the first and second elements do not mean that only two elements can be adopted or that the first element must somehow precede the second element.

The term "determining" used in this disclosure may include a wide variety of actions. For example, "judgment (decision)" means 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, etc. may be considered to be "judgment".

Further, "judgment (decision)" includes receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), and access (for example). It may be regarded as "determining" such as accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory).

In addition, "judgment (decision)" is regarded as "judgment (decision)" of solving, selecting, selecting, establishing, comparing, and the like. May be good. That is, "judgment (decision)" may be regarded as "judgment (decision)" of some action.

Further, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering" and the like.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variation thereof, as used in the present disclosure, are any direct or indirect connections or connections between two or more elements. Means, and can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "bonded" to each other. The connection or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be read as "access".

In the present disclosure, when two elements are connected, one or more wires, cables, printed electrical connections, etc. are used, and as some non-limiting and non-comprehensive examples, the radio frequency domain, microwaves. It can be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other using frequency, electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the region, light (both visible and invisible) regions, and the like.

In the present disclosure, 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".

When "include", "including" and variations thereof are used in the present disclosure, these terms are as inclusive as the term "comprising". Is intended. Moreover, the term "or" used in the present disclosure is intended not to be an exclusive OR.

In the present disclosure, if articles are added by translation, for example, a, an and the in English, the disclosure may include the plural nouns following these articles.

Although the invention according to the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the invention according to the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The invention according to the present disclosure can be implemented as an amended or modified mode without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention determined based on the description of the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is for purposes of illustration and does not bring any limiting meaning to the invention according to the present disclosure.

Claims (6)

1. A receiver that receives information about periodic channel occupancy that is started every predetermined period (Tx),
   Based on the information, it has a control unit that controls communication in the periodic channel occupancy.
   A terminal characterized in that a setting of an idle period set at the end of the period of periodic channel occupancy, which is shorter than at least one of 0.05 Tx and 100 μs, is supported.
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of idle period settings shorter than at least one of 0.05 Tx and 100 μs are supported during the period of periodic channel occupancy.
3. The terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the idle period is set to be at least longer than the sensing slot period set for sensing.
4. The idle period shorter than at least one of 0.05 Tx and 100 μs is at least when the period of periodic channel occupancy is a specific value and when the subcarrier interval applied to UL transmission or DL transmission is a specific value. The terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the terminal is set in one.
5. The process of receiving information about periodic channel occupancy started every predetermined period (Tx), and
   It has a step of controlling communication in the periodic channel occupancy based on the information.
   A method of wireless communication of a terminal, wherein the idle period set at the end of the period of periodic channel occupancy is supported to be set to a period shorter than at least one of 0.05 Tx and 100 μs.
6. A transmitter that transmits information about periodic channel occupancy that is started every predetermined period (Tx),
   It has a control unit that controls communication in the periodic channel occupation, and has.
   A base station characterized in that an idle period set at the end of the period of periodic channel occupancy is supported to be set to a period shorter than at least one of 0.05 Tx and 100 μs.

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