WO2022029981A1 - Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

This terminal transmits and receives wireless signals in which a first subcarrier interval or a second subcarrier interval that is wider than the first subcarrier interval is employed. If the second subcarrier interval is employed, the terminal assumes that the number of employable slot formats is less than the number of employable slot formats when the first subcarrier interval is employed.

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This disclosure relates to a terminal that executes wireless communication, and particularly to a terminal that supports a wide subcarrier interval such as 960 kHz.

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifies the 5th generation mobile communication system (also called 5G, New Radio (NR) or Next Generation (NG)), and next-generation specifications called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G. We are also proceeding with the conversion.

In 3GPP Release 15 and Release 16 (NR), the operation of multiple frequency ranges, specifically, the band including FR1 (410MHz-7.125GHz) and FR2 (24.25GHz-52.6GHz) is specified. ..

In 3GPP Release-17, NR that supports up to 71GHz, which exceeds 52.6GHz, is also under consideration (Non-Patent Document 1). In addition, Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G (Release-18 and above) aim to support frequency bands above 71GHz.

In the frequency band of 52.6 to 71 GHz, PTRS (PTRS) that contributes to efficient coexistence and reduction of phase noise by setting the channel bandwidth (about 2 GHz) equivalent to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11ad / ay. In consideration of the overhead reduction of Phase Tracking Reference Signal), support for a wider subcarrier interval (SCS), for example, 960 kHz has been studied (Non-Patent Document 2).

While wide SCS such as 960kHz is expected to have the above-mentioned effects, it is desirable to minimize the number of SCS supported for the frequency band of 52.6 to 71GHz in consideration of implementation.

However, if a wide SCS such as 960kHz is supported in the high frequency band such as 52.6 to 71GHz, the current 3GPP specifications may not always be appropriate.

For example, when a wide SCS such as 960kHz is supported, the particle size of the current slot format may not always be appropriate considering that the symbol length and slot length will be short.

Therefore, the following disclosure was made in view of such a situation, and a terminal that can apply an appropriate slot format even when a wide SCS such as 960 kHz is supported in a high frequency band such as 52.6 to 71 GHz. The purpose is to provide.

One aspect of the present disclosure is a transmission / reception unit (radio signal transmission / reception unit 210) for transmitting / receiving a radio signal to which a first subcarrier interval or a second subcarrier interval wider than the first subcarrier interval is applied, and the first. A terminal (UE200) provided with a control unit (control unit 270) that assumes that the number of applicable slot formats is smaller when the two subcarrier intervals are applied than when the first subcarrier interval is applied. be.

One aspect of the present disclosure is a transmission / reception unit (radio signal transmission / reception unit 210) for transmitting / receiving a radio signal to which a first subcarrier interval or a second subcarrier interval wider than the first subcarrier interval is applied, and the first. The terminal (UE200) is provided with a control unit (control unit 270) that assumes that the grain size of the slot format is coarser when the two subcarrier intervals are applied than when the first subcarrier interval is applied.

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 slot format support by the UE 200 (No. 1). FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of slot format support by UE200 (No. 2). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of slot format support by the UE 200 (No. 3). FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of slot format support by the UE 200 (No. 4). FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of support for slot format by IAB. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the UE 200.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described based on the drawings. The same functions and configurations are designated by the same or similar reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

(1) Overall Schematic Configuration of Wireless Communication System 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)). The wireless communication system 10 may be a wireless communication system according to a method called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G.

NG-RAN20 includes a wireless base station 100 (hereinafter, gNB100). 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 contains multiple NG-RANNodes, specifically gNB (or ng-eNB), and is connected to a core network (5GC, not shown) according to 5G. In addition, 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) that uses component carriers (CC) in a bundle, and dual connectivity (DC) that communicates simultaneously between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes.

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.

Further, 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.

・ FR1: 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz
・ FR2: 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz
FR1 uses a Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) of 15, 30 or 60 kHz and may use a bandwidth (BW) of 5-100 MHz. FR2 has a higher frequency than FR1, and SCS of 60 or 120 kHz (240 kHz may be included) is used, and a bandwidth (BW) of 50 to 400 MHz may be used.

SCS may be interpreted as numerology. Numerology is defined in 3GPP TS38.300 and corresponds to one subcarrier interval in the frequency domain.

Furthermore, the wireless communication system 10 also supports a higher frequency band than the frequency band of FR2. Specifically, the wireless communication system 10 supports a frequency band exceeding 52.6 GHz and up to 71 GHz. Such a high frequency band may be referred to as "FR2x" for convenience.

To solve this problem, when using a band exceeding 52.6 GHz, Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) / Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread (DFT-) with a larger Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS). S-OFDM) may be applied.

Further, in a high frequency band such as FR2x, as described above, an increase in phase noise between carriers becomes a problem. Therefore, it may be necessary to apply a larger (wider) SCS or single carrier waveform.

The larger the SCS, the shorter the symbol / CP (Cyclic Prefix) period and slot period (when the 14 symbol / slot configuration is maintained). FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of a wireless frame, a subframe, and a slot used in the wireless communication system 10. Table 1 shows the relationship between the SCS and the symbol period.

As shown in Table 1, when the 14-symbol / slot configuration is maintained, the larger (wider) the SCS, the shorter the symbol period (and slot period). The symbol period may be referred to as a symbol length, a time direction, a time domain, or the like. Further, the frequency direction may be referred to as a frequency domain, a resource block, a subcarrier, a BWP (Bandwidth part), or the like.

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.

Further, in the wireless communication system 10, an SSB (SS / PBCH Block) composed of a synchronization signal (SS: Synchronization Signal) and a downlink physical broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast CHannel) may be used.

SSB is mainly transmitted from the network periodically in order for UE200 to execute cell ID and reception timing detection at the start of communication. In NR, SSB is also used to measure the reception quality of each cell. As the transmission cycle (periodicity) of SSB, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 milliseconds and the like may be specified. The initial access UE200 may be assumed to have a transmission cycle of 20 milliseconds.

The network (NG-RAN20) can notify the UE200 of the actually transmitted SSB index display (ssb-PositionsInBurst) by signaling system information (SIB1) or radio resource control layer (RRC).

SS is composed of a primary synchronization signal (PSS: Primary SS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS: Secondary SS).

PSS is a known signal that the 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.

After detecting an SS / PBCH Block, PBCH has a radio frame number (SFN: SystemFrameNumber) and an index for identifying the symbol positions of multiple SS / PBCH Blocks in a half frame (5 milliseconds). The UE200 contains the information needed to establish frame synchronization with the NR cell formed by the gNB100.

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.

(2) Functional block configuration of the wireless communication system Next, the functional block configuration of the wireless communication system 10 will be described. Specifically, the functional block configuration of UE200 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of UE200. As shown in FIG. 4, 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, a coding / decoding unit 250, a data transmission / reception unit 260, and a control unit 270. ..

The radio signal transmission / reception unit 210 transmits / receives a radio signal according to NR. The radio signal transmission / reception unit 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.

Further, in the present embodiment, the radio signal transmission / reception unit 210 is applied with a second subcarrier interval wider than the first subcarrier interval, for example, 120 kHz or 240 kHz SCS (first subcarrier interval) or 960 kHz SCS. Can send and receive wireless signals. In the present embodiment, the wireless signal transmission / reception unit 210 constitutes a transmission / reception unit.

Specifically, for the radio signal transmitter / receiver 210, 120 kHz or 240 kHz SCS (first subcarrier interval) is applied to FR1 and / or FR2, and 960 kHz SCS (second subcarrier interval) is applied to FR2x. You may send and receive the radio signal to be received.

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, etc.). Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) / Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread (DFT-S-OFDM) may be applied to the modulation / demodulation unit 230. Further, the DFT-S-OFDM may be used not only for the uplink (UL) but also for the downlink (DL).

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.

Specifically, the 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.

The 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).

DMRS is a reference signal (pilot signal) known 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.

In addition to DMRS and PTRS, the reference signal may include ChannelStateInformation-ReferenceSignal (CSI-RS), SoundingReferenceSignal (SRS), and PositioningReferenceSignal (PRS) for location information.

Further, 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, Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI), Downlink Control Information (DCI)), and Physical. Broadcast Channel (PBCH) etc. may be included.

The data channels include PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel). Data may mean data transmitted over a data channel.

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. The downlink control information (DCI) may always be transmitted by PDCCH and may not be transmitted via PDSCH.

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).

Also, the timing and radio resources for transmitting PUCCH may be controlled by DCI as in the data channel.

The coding / decoding unit 250 executes data division / concatenation and channel coding / decoding for each predetermined communication destination (gNB100 or other gNB).

Specifically, the coding / decoding unit 250 divides the data output from the data transmission / reception unit 260 into predetermined sizes, 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). Specifically, the data transmitter / receiver 260 is a PDU / SDU in a plurality of layers (such as a medium access control layer (MAC), a radio link control layer (RLC), and a packet data convergence protocol layer (PDCP)). Assemble / disassemble the. Further, the data transmission / reception unit 260 executes data error correction and retransmission control based on the hybrid ARQ (Hybrid automatic repeat request).

The control unit 270 controls each functional block constituting the UE 200. In particular, in the present embodiment, the control unit 270 executes control regarding the setting of the slot format instructed by the downlink control information (DCI).

Specifically, the control unit 270 can execute control related to DCI format 2_0, which is for slot format notification for a plurality of UE200 groups.

The control unit 270 has more applicable slot formats when a wide SCS (second subcarrier spacing) such as 960kHz is applied than when an SCS (first subcarrier spacing) such as 120kHz or 240kHz is applied. Can be assumed to be small.

The slot format may be interpreted as a format indicating whether each symbol in the slot is a downlink (DL), an uplink (UL), or a Flexible (F) available for either DL or UL. ..

The slot format is specified in 3GPP TS38.213 Chapter 11 (and Chapter 14). The details of the slot format will be described later.

The control unit 270 may assume that when the SCS (second subcarrier interval) of 960 kHz is applied, the slot format in which the number of symbols of a specific type contained in the slot is less than the specified number is not supported.

The specific type of symbol may be a symbol specified in any of DL (D), UL (U) or Flexible (F). As mentioned above, one slot may contain 14 symbols (and may be more), but it is assumed that, for example, slot formats with DL (D) of 2 symbols (specified number) or less are not supported. good.

Further, the control unit 270 may assume that, when SCS (second subcarrier interval) of 960 kHz is applied, at least a slot format in which all the types of symbols included in the slots are the same is supported.

For example, if all 14 symbols contained in one slot are DL (D), the slot format may be supported.

Alternatively, the control unit 270 has a coarser slot format particle size when an SCS (second subcarrier interval) of 960 kHz is applied than when an SCS (first subcarrier interval) such as 120 kHz or 240 kHz is applied. You may assume.

Here, the particle size may be expressed by the number of symbols or directly by the time (for example, μ seconds). For example, the particle size of the slot format may be a plurality of symbols such as two symbols instead of one symbol.

Further, the particle size of the slot format may be read as the particle size of the symbol or the particle size of the slot.

(3) Operation of wireless communication system Next, the operation of the wireless communication system 10 will be described. Specifically, the operation of the UE200 regarding slot format support when a wide SCS such as 960 kHz is applied will be described.

(3.1) Assumption As mentioned above, a wide SCS such as 960kHz has a channel bandwidth equivalent to that of IEEE802.11ad / ay (about 2GHz) when NR-U is applied in the frequency band of 52.6 to 71GHz. There are advantages such as efficient coexistence and reduction of PTRS overhead.

On the other hand, it is desirable to minimize the number of SCSs supported for the 52.6 to 71 GHz frequency band in consideration of implementation.

For example, if NR-U is applied in the frequency band 52.6-71 GHz, another numerology based on a simple extension of FR2 (eg, 960 kHz SCS) and another numerology to support one 2 GHz bandwidth (eg, 960 kHz SCS). 120kHz SCS) is sufficient, and other numerologies may not be supported.

When applying a simple extension of FR2 (for example, SCS of 120kHz) to the frequency band of 52.6 to 71GHz, it is considered that the specifications of 3GPP Release-15 / 16 can be almost reused. However, it is clear that when 960kHz SCS is applied, special handling different from 3GPP Release-15 / 16 is required.

When 960kHz SCS is applied, the time (length) of symbols and slots will be shortened, so it is expected that there will be various timing-related effects. Especially when 960kHz SCS is applied, the particle size (symbol unit) of the existing slot format may be too high (too fine). In other words, when a wide SCS such as 960kHz is applied, it is not necessary to support all slot formats specified in 3GPP TS38.213.

(3.2) Operation example When a wide SCS such as 960kHz is applied, the UE200 can handle the slot format specified by DCI as follows.

Specifically, the UE200 may support a smaller number of slot formats than when a narrow SCS such as 120kHz or 240kHz is applied (see 3GPP TS38.213 Table 11.1.1-1).

FIG. 5 shows an example of slot format support by UE200 (No. 1). As shown in FIG. 5, slot formats 0, 1, 2 (within a solid frame) in which symbols 0 to 13 are all DL (D), UL (U), or Flexible (F) may be supported.

FIG. 6 shows an example of slot format support by UE200 (No. 2). As shown in FIG. 6, slot formats 3, 8, 10 (inside the dotted frame) containing only one DL (D), UL (U) or Flexible (F) in the slot need not be supported.

FIG. 7 shows an example of slot format support by UE200 (No. 3). As shown in FIG. 7, slot formats 3, 4, 8 to 11 containing X (2 in FIG. 7) or less of DL (D), UL (U) or Flexible (F) in the slot. (Inside the dotted frame) does not have to be supported. Further, the value of X may be fixed or may be appropriately set by signaling such as RRC.

Even when 960kHz SCS is applied, all slot formats specified in 3GPP TS38.213 Table 11.1.1-1 shown in Fig. 5 etc. may be supported, but in this case, 960kHz etc. The UE200's ability to support the underlying coarse-grained (large) slot format when a wide SCS is applied supports all slot formats, including other fine-grained slot formats. It may be defined separately from the UE200's ability to do or not. That is, UEs that support only some slot formats may be allowed.

In addition, the slot format support example described above may be applied to a semi-static time division duplex (TDD) configuration or a dynamic Slot Format Indication (SFI) display. May be.

Alternatively, when a wide SCS such as 960 kHz is applied, the grain size of the slot format may be coarse (large). FIG. 8 shows an example of slot format support by UE200 (No. 4).

As shown in FIG. 8, for example, the particle size is increased from one symbol to an X symbol (here, X = 2), and DL (D), UL (U) or Flexible (F) is specified for each of the two symbols. May be done. Further, the value of X may be fixed or may be appropriately set by signaling such as RRC.

(4) Action / Effect According to the above-described embodiment, the following action / effect can be obtained. Specifically, the UE200 is a slot that is more applicable when a wide SCS (second subcarrier spacing) such as 960kHz is applied than when an SCS (first subcarrier spacing) such as 120kHz or 240kHz is applied. You can assume that the number of formats is small.

This supports wide SCSs such as 960kHz in high frequency bands such as 52.6-71GHz, avoiding support and / or testing of UE200 in slot formats that are too fine (high) in grain size, even when symbol lengths are short. However, it can support a wide SCS such as 960kHz. That is, according to the wireless communication system 10, an appropriate slot format can be applied even when a wide SCS such as 960 kHz is supported in a high frequency band such as 52.6 to 71 GHz.

In the present embodiment, the UE 200 has a specified number of symbols of a specific type (for example, DL (D)) included in the slot (for example, 2 symbols) when an SCS (second subcarrier interval) of 960 kHz is applied. ) Less than slot formats may be assumed to be unsupported.

Further, the UE 200 may assume that at least a slot format in which all the types of symbols included in the slots are the same is supported when the SCS (second subcarrier interval) of 960 kHz is applied.

For this reason, the number of slot formats that should be supported is limited when a wide SCS such as 960kHz is applied, so the UE200 can operate more efficiently.

In this embodiment, the UE 200 has a coarser slot format grain size when an SCS (second subcarrier interval) of 960 kHz is applied than when an SCS (first subcarrier interval) such as 120 kHz or 240 kHz is applied. You may assume that. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the slot format from becoming too fine when a wide SCS such as 960 kHz is applied, and the UE200 can operate more efficiently.

(5) Other Embodiments Although the embodiments have been described above, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements are possible without limitation to the description of the embodiments.

For example, the above-mentioned operation related to slot format support is integrated Access and Backhaul (specifically, integrated Access and Backhaul) in which wireless access with the UE 200 and a wireless backhaul between wireless communication nodes (specifically, IAB donors and IAB nodes, etc.) are integrated. It may be applied in IAB).

The slot format applied to IAB is specified in 3GPP TS38.213 Table 14.

FIG. 9 shows an example of slot format support by IAB. As shown in FIG. 9, the slot format 56, 57 (inside the dotted frame) contains X (2 in FIG. 9) or less of DL (D), UL (U) or Flexible (F) in the slot. ) Does not have to be supported.

The support example of FIG. 9 corresponds to the support example (No. 3) shown in FIG. 7, but the IAB and the above-mentioned support example (No. 1 and No. 2) may also be applied.

The names of the IAB donor and IAB node are different as long as the configuration of the wireless communication node in which the wireless backhaul between the wireless communication nodes such as gNB and the wireless access to the terminal are integrated is adopted. May be good. For example, it may be simply called a first node, a second node, or the like, or it may be called an upper node, a lower node, a relay node, an intermediate node, or the like.

Further, the wireless communication node may be simply referred to as a communication device or a communication node, or may be read as a wireless base station.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the SCS of 960 kHz is applied in FR2x has been described, but an SCS wider than the SCS applied to FR1 or FR2, for example, an SCS of 480 kHz may be applied in FR2x.

The block configuration diagram (FIG. 4) used in the description of the above-described 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.

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. For example, a functional block (configuration unit) that makes transmission function is called a transmitting unit (transmitting unit) or a transmitter (transmitter). In each case, as described above, the realization method is not particularly limited.

Further, the UE 200 described above may function as a computer that processes the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the UE 200. As shown in FIG. 10, 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.

In the following explanation, the word "device" can be read as a circuit, device, unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the UE 200 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured to include some of the devices.

Each functional block of UE200 (see FIG. 4) is realized by any hardware element of the computer device or a combination of the hardware elements.

In addition, 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.

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.

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. Further, 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 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.

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, 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).

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

Furthermore, the device includes hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor: DSP), an ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a ProgrammableLogicDevice (PLD), and a FieldProgrammableGateArray (FPGA). The hardware may implement some or all of each functional block. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardware.

Further, 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, 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 combinations thereof. RRC signaling may also be referred to as an RRC message, eg, RRC Connection Setup. ) Message, RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, etc. may be used.

Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure includes LongTermEvolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system ( 5G), FutureRadioAccess (FRA), NewRadio (NR), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UltraMobileBroadband (UMB), 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. It may be applied to one. In addition, 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 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.

In some cases, the specific operation performed by the base station in this disclosure may be performed by its upper node (upper node). In a network consisting of one or more network nodes having a base station, various operations performed for communication with the terminal are the base station and other network nodes other than the base station (eg, MME or). It is clear that it can be done by at least one of (but not limited to, S-GW, etc.). Although 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 (information, etc.) 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. The input / output information may be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information may be deleted. The entered information may be transmitted to other devices.

The determination may be made by a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), by a true / false value (Boolean: true or false), or by comparing numerical values (for example, a predetermined value). It may be done by comparison with the value).

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 notification of predetermined information (for example, the notification of "being X") is not limited to the explicit one, 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 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 the 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 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.

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, at least one of a channel and a symbol may be a signal (signaling). Also, the signal may be a message. Further, the component carrier (CC) may be referred to as a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

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

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 indexed.

The names used for the above parameters are not limited in any respect. Further, mathematical formulas and the like using these parameters may differ from those expressly disclosed in this disclosure. Since various channels (eg, 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 in any respect limited names. is not it.

In this disclosure, "Base Station (BS)", "Wireless Base Station", "Fixed Station", "NodeB", "eNodeB (eNB)", "gNodeB (gNB)", " "Access point", "transmission point", "reception point", "transmission / reception point", "cell", "sector", "cell group", "cell group", " Terms such as "carrier" and "component carrier" may be used interchangeably. Base stations are sometimes referred to by terms such as macrocells, small cells, femtocells, and picocells.

A base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells (also called sectors). When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire coverage area of the base station can be divided into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area being a base station subsystem (eg, a remote radio for indoor use). Communication services can also be provided by Head: RRH).

The term "cell" or "sector" 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.

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

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, 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 a base station and a 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 as a mobile station (user terminal, the same shall apply hereinafter). For example, 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.). Each aspect / embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to the configuration. In this case, the mobile station may have the functions of the base station. 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 mobile station in the present disclosure may be read as a base station. In this case, 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 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.

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 (Transmission Time Interval: TTI), number of symbols per TTI, wireless frame configuration, transmission / reception. It may indicate 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.

The slot may be composed of one or more symbols (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol, etc.) in the time domain. The slot may be a unit of time 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. 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 use different names corresponding to each.

For example, one subframe may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI), a plurality of consecutive subframes may be referred to as TTI, and one slot or one minislot may be referred to as TTI. That is, 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. 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 an LTE system, 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.

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.

TTI with a time length of 1 ms may be called normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel.8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, normal subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc. 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 (for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as a TTI having a time length of more than 1 ms, and the short TTI (for example, 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 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.

Further, 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 are physical resource blocks (Physical RB: PRB), sub-carrier groups (Sub-Carrier Group: SCG), resource element groups (Resource Element Group: REG), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. May be called.

Further, the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of resource elements (ResourceElement: 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, etc.) may represent a subset of consecutive common resource blocks (RBs) for a neurology in a carrier. 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.

BWP may include BWP for UL (UL BWP) and BWP for DL (DL BWP). 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".

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 RB. The number of subcarriers, as well as the number of symbols in the TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, and other configurations can be changed in various ways.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variation thereof, mean 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 "joined" elements. The connection or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be read as "access". As used in the present disclosure, 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. Can be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other using electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and light (both visible and invisible) regions.

The reference signal can also be abbreviated as Reference Signal (RS), and may be called a pilot (Pilot) depending on the applied standard.

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".

The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with a "part", a "circuit", a "device", or the like.

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. 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.

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 to be non-exclusive.

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.

The terms "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). It may include (eg, searching in a table, database or another data structure), ascertaining as "judgment" or "decision". Also, "judgment" and "decision" are receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), and access. It may include (for example, accessing data in memory) to be regarded as "judgment" or "decision". In addition, "judgment" and "decision" are considered to be "judgment" and "decision" when 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.

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".

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure may be implemented as amendments and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as determined by the description of the scope of claims. Therefore, the description of this disclosure is for purposes of illustration and does not have any limiting meaning to this disclosure.

10 Radio communication system 20 NG-RAN
100 gNB
100A, 100B, 100C Wireless communication node 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 BM beam 1001 Processor 1002 Memory 1003 Storage 1004 Communication device 1005 Input device 1006 Output device 1007 bus

Claims (4)

1. A transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving a radio signal to which a first subcarrier interval or a second subcarrier interval wider than the first subcarrier interval is applied.
   A terminal comprising a control unit that assumes that when the second subcarrier spacing is applied, the number of applicable slot formats is smaller than when the first subcarrier spacing is applied.
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit assumes that the slot format in which the number of symbols of a specific type contained in a slot is smaller than a specified number is not supported when the second subcarrier interval is applied.
3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit assumes that, when the second subcarrier interval is applied, at least the slot format in which all the types of symbols included in the slots are the same is supported.
4. A transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving a radio signal to which a first subcarrier interval or a second subcarrier interval wider than the first subcarrier interval is applied.
   A terminal including a control unit that assumes that when the second subcarrier spacing is applied, the grain size of the slot format is coarser than when the first subcarrier spacing is applied.
   

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