WO2022185498A1 - 端末、基地局、無線通信システム及び無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to terminals, base stations, wireless communication systems, and wireless communication methods that perform wireless communication, and particularly to terminals, base stations, wireless communication systems, and wireless communication methods that apply SCS (Subcarrier Spacing).
- SCS Subcarrier Spacing
- the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has specified the 5th generation mobile communication system (also called 5G, New Radio (NR) or Next Generation (NG)), and the next generation specification called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G
- FR Frequency Range
- 60kHz and 120kHz SCS are assumed in FR2 (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and aims to provide a terminal, a base station, a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method that can improve frequency utilization efficiency.
- the present disclosure is a terminal, in a target frequency band including at least a part of a specific frequency range in which a specific subcarrier spacing is defined as a minimum subcarrier spacing or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range, the specific subcarrier A control unit that applies a target subcarrier spacing that is lower than the spacing, wherein the control unit applies a method different from the initial access method regarding the specific subcarrier spacing as at least part of the initial access method regarding the target subcarrier spacing.
- the gist is to do.
- the present disclosure is a base station, in a target frequency band including at least part of a specific frequency range in which a specific subcarrier spacing is defined as a minimum subcarrier spacing or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range, the specific sub A control unit that applies a target subcarrier spacing that is lower than a carrier spacing, wherein the control unit uses a different initial access method for the specific subcarrier spacing as at least part of the initial access method for the target subcarrier spacing.
- the present disclosure is a wireless communication system, comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein the terminal and the base station are at least part of a specific frequency range in which a specific subcarrier spacing is defined as a minimum subcarrier spacing, or the A control unit that applies a target subcarrier spacing that is lower than the specific subcarrier spacing in a target frequency band that includes a frequency band that is lower than a specific frequency range, and the control unit determines an initial access method for the target subcarrier spacing.
- the gist is that, at least in part, a method different from the initial access method for the specific subcarrier spacing is applied.
- the present disclosure is a wireless communication method, in a target frequency band including at least part of a specific frequency range in which a specific subcarrier spacing is defined as a minimum subcarrier spacing or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range, the specific applying a target subcarrier spacing that is lower than the subcarrier spacing; and applying, as at least part of an initial access method for the target subcarrier spacing, a method different from the initial access method for the specific subcarrier spacing.
- the gist of it is to prepare.
- FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system 10.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating frequency ranges used in wireless communication system 10.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of radio frames, subframes and slots used in the radio communication system 10.
- FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of UE200.
- FIG. 5 is a functional block configuration diagram of gNB100.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the background.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining symbol boundaries.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining symbol boundaries.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of gNB100 and UE200.
- FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system 10 according to an embodiment.
- the radio communication system 10 is a radio communication system according to 5G New Radio (NR), and includes a Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20 (hereinafter NG-RAN 20 and a terminal 200 (hereinafter UE 200).
- NR 5G New Radio
- NG-RAN 20 Next Generation-Radio Access Network
- UE 200 terminal 200
- the wireless communication system 10 may be a wireless communication system according to a system called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution, or 6G.
- NG-RAN 20 includes a radio base station 100A (hereinafter gNB100A) and a radio base station 100B (hereinafter gNB100B).
- gNB100A radio base station 100A
- gNB100B radio base station 100B
- the specific configuration of the radio communication system 10 including the number of gNBs and UEs is not limited to the example shown in FIG.
- NG-RAN 20 actually includes multiple NG-RAN Nodes, specifically gNBs (or ng-eNBs), and is connected to a 5G-compliant core network (5GC, not shown). Note that NG-RAN 20 and 5GC may simply be referred to as a "network”.
- gNBs or ng-eNBs
- 5GC 5G-compliant core network
- gNB100A and gNB100B are 5G-compliant radio base stations and perform 5G-compliant radio communication with UE200.
- gNB100A, gNB100B and UE200 generate BM beams with higher directivity by controlling radio signals transmitted from multiple antenna elements Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output), multiple component carriers (CC ), and dual connectivity (DC) that simultaneously communicates with two or more transport blocks between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes.
- Massive MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
- CC multiple component carriers
- DC dual connectivity
- the wireless communication system 10 supports multiple frequency ranges (FR).
- FIG. 2 shows the frequency ranges used in wireless communication system 10. As shown in FIG.
- the wireless communication system 10 supports FR1 and FR2.
- the frequency bands of each FR are as follows.
- FR1 410MHz to 7.125GHz
- FR2 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz
- SCS Sub-Carrier Spacing
- BW bandwidth
- FR2 is higher frequency than FR1 and may use an SCS of 60 or 120 kHz (240 kHz may be included) and a bandwidth (BW) of 50-400 MHz.
- SCS may be interpreted as numerology.
- numerology is defined in 3GPP TS38.300 and corresponds to one subcarrier spacing in the frequency domain.
- the wireless communication system 10 also supports frequency bands higher than the FR2 frequency band. Specifically, the wireless communication system 10 supports frequency bands above 52.6 GHz and up to 71 GHz or 114.25 GHz. Such high frequency bands may be conveniently referred to as "FR2x".
- Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM)/Discrete Fourier Transform - with larger Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) when using a band above 52.6 GHz because phase noise becomes more influential in high frequency bands Spread (DFT-S-OFDM) may be applied.
- CP-OFDM Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- SCS Sub-Carrier Spacing
- DFT-S-OFDM Discrete Fourier Transform - with larger Sub-Carrier Spacing
- FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of radio frames, subframes and slots used in the radio communication system 10.
- one slot consists of 14 symbols, and the larger (wider) the SCS, the shorter the symbol period (and slot period).
- the SCS is not limited to the intervals (frequencies) shown in FIG. For example, 480 kHz, 960 kHz, etc. may be used.
- the number of symbols forming one slot does not necessarily have to be 14 symbols (for example, 28 or 56 symbols). Furthermore, the number of slots per subframe may vary between SCSs.
- time direction (t) shown in FIG. 3 may be called the time domain, symbol period, symbol time, or the like.
- the frequency direction may be called a frequency domain, resource block, subcarrier, bandwidth part (BWP), or the like.
- DMRS is a type of reference signal and is prepared for various channels.
- it may mean a downlink data channel, specifically DMRS for PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel).
- DMRS for PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- an uplink data channel specifically, a DMRS for PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) may be interpreted in the same way as a DMRS for PDSCH.
- DMRS can be used for channel estimation in devices, eg, UE 200, as part of coherent demodulation.
- DMRS may reside only in resource blocks (RBs) used for PDSCH transmission.
- a DMRS may have multiple mapping types. Specifically, the DMRS has mapping type A and mapping type B. For mapping type A, the first DMRS is placed in the 2nd or 3rd symbol of the slot. In mapping type A, the DMRS may be mapped relative to slot boundaries, regardless of where in the slot the actual data transmission begins. The reason the first DMRS is placed in the second or third symbol of the slot may be interpreted as to place the first DMRS after the control resource sets (CORESET).
- CORESET control resource sets
- mapping type B the first DMRS may be placed in the first symbol of data allocation. That is, the position of the DMRS may be given relative to where the data is located rather than relative to slot boundaries.
- DMRS may have multiple types (Type). Specifically, DMRS has Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 and Type 2 differ in mapping in the frequency domain and the maximum number of orthogonal reference signals. Type 1 can output up to 4 orthogonal signals with single-symbol DMRS, and Type 2 can output up to 8 orthogonal signals with double-symbol DMRS.
- FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the UE200.
- the UE 200 includes a radio signal transmission/reception unit 210, an amplifier unit 220, a modem unit 230, a control signal/reference signal processing unit 240, an encoding/decoding unit 250, a data transmission/reception unit 260, and a control unit 270. .
- the radio signal transmitting/receiving unit 210 transmits/receives radio signals according to NR.
- the radio signal transmitting/receiving unit 210 supports Massive MIMO, CA that bundles multiple CCs, and DC that simultaneously communicates between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes.
- the amplifier section 220 is configured by a PA (Power Amplifier)/LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) and the like. Amplifier section 220 amplifies the signal output from modem section 230 to a predetermined power level. In addition, amplifier section 220 amplifies the RF signal output from radio signal transmission/reception section 210 .
- PA Power Amplifier
- LNA Low Noise Amplifier
- the modulation/demodulation unit 230 executes data modulation/demodulation, transmission power setting, resource block allocation, etc. for each predetermined communication destination (gNB 100 or other gNB).
- the modem unit 230 may apply Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM)/Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread (DFT-S-OFDM). Also, DFT-S-OFDM may be used not only for uplink (UL) but also for downlink (DL).
- the control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 executes processing related to various control signals transmitted and received by the UE 200 and processing related to various reference signals transmitted and received by the UE 200.
- control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 receives various control signals transmitted from the gNB 100 via a predetermined control channel, for example, radio resource control layer (RRC) control signals. Also, the control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 transmits various control signals to the gNB 100 via a predetermined control channel.
- RRC radio resource control layer
- the control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 executes processing using reference signals (RS) such as Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS).
- RS reference signals
- DMRS Demodulation Reference Signal
- PTRS Phase Tracking Reference Signal
- a DMRS is a known reference signal (pilot signal) between a terminal-specific base station and a terminal for estimating the fading channel used for data demodulation.
- PTRS is a terminal-specific reference signal for estimating phase noise, which is a problem in high frequency bands.
- reference signals may include Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) for position information.
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- SRS Sounding Reference Signal
- PRS Positioning Reference Signal
- control channels include Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), Random Access Channel (RACH), Downlink Control Information (DCI) including Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI), and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) etc. are included.
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- RACH Random Access Channel
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- RA-RNTI Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- data channels include PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel).
- Data means data transmitted over a data channel.
- a data channel may be read as a shared channel.
- control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 may receive downlink control information (DCI).
- DCI has existing fields such as DCI Formats, Carrier indicator (CI), BWP indicator, FDRA (Frequency Domain Resource Allocation), TDRA (Time Domain Resource Allocation), MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme), HPN (HARQ Process Number) , NDI (New Data Indicator), RV (Redundancy Version), etc.
- the value stored in the DCI Format field is an information element that specifies the DCI format.
- the value stored in the CI field is an information element that specifies the CC to which DCI is applied.
- the value stored in the BWP indicator field is an information element that specifies the BWP to which DCI applies.
- the BWP that can be specified by the BWP indicator is configured by an information element (BandwidthPart-Config) included in the RRC message.
- the value stored in the FDRA field is an information element that specifies the frequency domain resource to which DCI is applied.
- a frequency domain resource is identified by a value stored in the FDRA field and an information element (RA Type) included in the RRC message.
- the value stored in the TDRA field is an information element that specifies the time domain resource to which DCI applies.
- the time domain resource is specified by the value stored in the TDRA field and information elements (pdsch-TimeDomainAllocationList, pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList) included in the RRC message.
- a time-domain resource may be identified by a value stored in the TDRA field and a default table.
- the value stored in the MCS field is an information element that specifies the MCS to which DCI applies.
- the MCS is specified by the values stored in the MCS and the MCS table.
- the MCS table may be specified by RRC messages or identified by RNTI scrambling.
- the value stored in the HPN field is an information element that specifies the HARQ Process to which DCI is applied.
- the value stored in NDI is an information element for specifying whether data to which DCI is applied is initial transmission data.
- the value stored in the RV field is an information element that specifies the data redundancy
- the encoding/decoding unit 250 performs data segmentation/concatenation, channel coding/decoding, etc. for each predetermined communication destination (gNB 100 or other gNB).
- the encoding/decoding unit 250 divides the data output from the data transmission/reception unit 260 into pieces of a predetermined size, and performs channel coding on the divided data. Also, encoding/decoding section 250 decodes the data output from modem section 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 transmitting/receiving unit 260 performs PDU/SDU in multiple layers (medium access control layer (MAC), radio link control layer (RLC), packet data convergence protocol layer (PDCP), etc.). Assemble/disassemble etc. The data transmission/reception unit 260 also performs data error correction and retransmission control based on HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request).
- MAC medium access control layer
- RLC radio link control layer
- PDCP packet data convergence protocol layer
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
- the control unit 270 controls each functional block that configures the UE200.
- the control unit 270 controls at least part of a specific frequency range in which a specific subcarrier spacing (hereinafter, specific SCS) is defined as the minimum subcarrier spacing (hereinafter, minimum SCS), or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range.
- specific SCS a specific subcarrier spacing
- minimum SCS minimum subcarrier spacing
- the control unit 270 applies a method different from the initial access method for the specific SCS as at least part of the initial access method for the target SCS.
- the frequency utilization efficiency of the target SCS may be higher than the frequency utilization efficiency of the specific SCS.
- the specific frequency range may be FR1 as described above.
- the specific SCS may be 15 kHz.
- the frequency band of interest may include at least part of FR1.
- the frequency band of interest may include frequency bands lower than FR1.
- the target SCS may be an SCS (e.g., 7.5 kHz, 3.75 kHz, 1.875 kHz, etc.) that satisfies the condition of 1/2 n (n is a positive integer) of a specific SCS (e.g., 15 kHz).
- An SCS that does not satisfy the 1/2 n condition may also be used.
- FIG. 5 is a functional block configuration diagram of gNB100. As shown in FIG. 5, the gNB 100 has a receiver 110, a transmitter 120 and a controller .
- the receiving unit 110 receives various signals from the UE200.
- the receiver 110 may receive the UL signal via PUCCH or PUSCH.
- the transmission unit 120 transmits various signals to the UE200.
- Transmitting section 120 may transmit the DL signal via PDCCH or PDSCH.
- the control unit 130 controls the gNB100.
- the control unit 130 applies a target SCS that is lower than the specific SCS in at least a part of the specific frequency range in which the specific SCS is defined as the minimum SCS or in a target frequency band that includes a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range.
- the frequency utilization efficiency of the target SCS may be higher than the frequency utilization efficiency of the specific SCS.
- a GB Guard Band
- the band within the CBW excluding the GB is a band that can be used for transmission.
- Such a band is set by the number of RBs (Resource Blocks) (Transmission Bandwidth Configuration N RB in FIG. 6).
- Active RBs Transmission Bandwidths
- Transmission Bandwidth may be called BWP (Bandwidth Part).
- CP Ratio the cyclic prefix (CP: Cyclic Prefix) length ratio (hereinafter referred to as CP Ratio) is the same regardless of the SCS.
- CP Ratio of Normal CP hereafter, NCP
- NCP normal CP
- Extended CP has a CP Ratio of 512/2048 (20%).
- the upper limit of CBW is set for each SCS. For example, for a 15kHz SCS, the upper limit of CBW is 50MHz.
- the inventors found that the target frequency band including at least a part of a specific frequency range (e.g., FR1) or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range, We have found that the frequency utilization efficiency can be improved by introducing an SCS lower than a specific SCS (eg, 15 kHz).
- a specific frequency range e.g., FR1
- SCS lower than a specific SCS
- the target SCS may be an SCS (eg, 7.5 kHz, 3.75 kHz, 1.875 kHz, etc.) that satisfies the condition of 1/ 2n (n is a positive integer) of the specified SCS (eg, 15 kHz).
- SCS eg, 7.5 kHz, 3.75 kHz, 1.875 kHz, etc.
- An SCS that does not satisfy the condition of 1/ 2n of the SCS may also be used.
- CP Ratio The cyclic prefix length ratio (CP Ratio) used in the target SCS (7.5 kHz) may be lower than the cyclic prefix length ratio (NCP CP Ratio) used in the specific SCS (15 kHz).
- the delay spread resolved by CP is determined by the frequency band and station placement scenario, not depending on the SCS. Therefore, even if the CP Ratio applied to the target SCS is lower than the CP Ratio of the existing NCP, the delay spread can be appropriately resolved and the frequency utilization efficiency can be improved.
- the number of FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) points used in the target SCS may be larger than the number of FFT points used in the specific SCS.
- the specific SCS may use 4096 FFT points, while the target SCS may use 8192 FFT points.
- a value larger than the maximum number of RBs (eg, 273) in a specific SCS may be supported as the number of RBs per BW.
- a new FDRA field may be defined that contains a larger number of bits than the existing number of bits.
- the bits included in the FDRA field may be interpreted such that the granularity of the frequency resource represented by the bits is smaller than the existing granularity.
- the radio communication system 10 may predefine a table and/or a frequency resource allocation method for determining frequency resource allocation applied to the target SCS.
- the gNB100 does not have to support FFT points greater than the number of FFT points used in the specific SCS, and UE200 does not support the number of FFT points greater than the number of FFT points used in the specific SCS. In such a case, the UE 200 does not have to assume that the BWP of the target SCS is allocated over the entire CBW supported by the gNB 100. Also, if the UE 200 supports a larger number of FFT points than the number of FFT points used in a specific SCS, that information may be reported to the gNB 100.
- the application conditions may include conditions such as a band, frequency range, duplex mode, and serving cell type to which the target subcarrier spacing is applied.
- the application condition may include a condition that the target subcarrier spacing is applied to the BWP of SCell (Secondary Cell).
- UE Capabilities may be defined that implicitly or explicitly indicates whether the UE 200 supports the target subcarrier spacing. For example, depending on the terminal type, such as IoT terminal (reduced capability), IAB (IAB-MT)-MT (Mobile Termination), FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) terminal, it is implicit whether the UE 200 supports the target subcarrier spacing. may be explicitly indicated. Other information elements included in the UE Capability may implicitly indicate whether the UE 200 supports the target subcarrier spacing.
- the symbol boundary of a particular SCS may coincide with the symbol boundary of the target SCS at a particular time interval.
- the specific time interval may be 0.5ms or 1.0ms.
- 8 symbols are included as symbols of the target SCS in a time interval corresponding to 1 slot (14-symbols) of a specific SCS.
- a symbol of 8 is achieved by having a lower CP Ratio than the NPC's CP Ratio.
- the CP Ratio is the same as the CP Ratio of the NPC
- 7 symbols are included as symbols of the target SCS in a time interval corresponding to 1 Slot (14-Symbol) of the specific SCS.
- symbol boundaries may be defined as follows.
- the symbol boundaries of the specific SCS (15 kHz) and the target SCS (7.5 kHz) may coincide every 0.5 ms (ie, 4 symbols of the target SCS). That is, even if the start position of symbol #0 of the specific SCS and the start position of symbol #0 of the target SCS are aligned, and the start position of symbol #7 of the specific SCS and the start position of symbol #4 of the target SCS are aligned good.
- the number of symbols of the target SCS included in the time interval corresponding to 1 slot (14-Symbol) of the specific SCS must be even, so the CP Ratio is set lower than the CP Ratio of the NPC. There is a need.
- the symbol boundaries of the specific SCS (15 kHz) and the target SCS (7.5 kHz) may coincide every 1.0 ms (ie, 8 symbols of the target SCS). That is, the start position of symbol #0 of the specific SCS and the start position of symbol #0 of the target SCS are aligned, but the start position of symbol #7 of the specific SCS and the start position of symbol #4 of the target SCS are not aligned.
- the number of symbols of the target SCS included in the time interval corresponding to 1 slot (14-Symbol) of the specific SCS does not need to be even, so the CP Ratio is set lower than the CP Ratio of the NPC. It doesn't have to be.
- the symbol boundary of the specific SCS and the symbol boundary of the target SCS match in a time interval of 1 slot or less of the specific SCS was exemplified, but the embodiment is not limited to this.
- the symbol boundary of the specific SCS and the symbol boundary of the target SCS may coincide in a time interval longer than 1 slot of the specific SCS.
- UE Processing timeline A new time may be defined as the UE Processing timeline when the target SCS is applied. Alternatively, when the target SCS is applied, the UE Processing timeline used in the specific SCS may be used as the UE Processing timeline.
- UE Processing timeline is PDSCH processing timeline (N1), PUSCH processing timeline (N2), HARQ-ACK multiplexing timeline (N3), CSI processing time (Z1, Z2, Z3), BWP switching delay, Beam switching delay, minimum gap for It may include one or more Processing timelines selected from scheduling and minimum gap for triggering.
- the lower the SCS the longer the absolute time is defined as the Processing timeline.
- the target SCS when the target SCS is applied, attention is paid to the possibility that it is not necessary to define the processing timeline with a long absolute time. Such a possibility is a possibility considering the evolution of device performance and the like.
- New resource locations, densities and configuration parameters may be defined as the resource location, density and configuration parameters of the RS when the target SCS is applied.
- the frequency direction RS insertion density for the target SCS may be lower than the frequency direction RS insertion density for the specific SCS.
- the time direction RS insertion density for the target SCS may be higher than the time direction RS insertion density for the specific SCS.
- a new type with a lower DMRS insertion density in the frequency direction than the existing technology may be defined.
- a PTRS having a lower insertion density in the frequency direction than existing technology may be defined as a PTRS set when the target SCS is applied.
- the number of symbols included in one slot of the target SCS may differ from the number of symbols included in one slot of the specific SCS (eg, 14). This is because, by lowering the CP Ratio applied to the target SCS, it is necessary to newly define the definition of one slot of the target SCS and the number of symbols included in one slot of the target SCS.
- 1 Slot For example, if 1 Slot is defined to be 2ms, 16 or 15 symbols may be included in 2ms. If 1 Slot is defined to be 1ms, 8 symbols may be included in 1ms. If 1 Slot is defined to be 0.5ms, 4 symbols may be included in 0.5ms.
- a new TDRA field containing a larger number of bits than the existing number of bits may be defined.
- the bits included in the TDRA field may be interpreted as if the granularity of the frequency resource represented by the bits is smaller than the existing granularity.
- the radio communication system 10 may predefine a table and/or a time resource allocation method that defines the time resource allocation applied to the target SCS.
- DL, FL, and UL may be settable for symbols included in the target SCS.
- DL means a symbol used for DL
- UL means a symbol used for UL
- FL means a symbol used for either DL or UL.
- DL, FL and UL may be set by RRC parameters, and part of them (eg, symbols designated as FL by RRC) may be updated by DCI or MAC CE.
- a new slot format may be defined as the slot format used in the target SCS.
- the slot format used in the target SCS may be specified by changing the interpretation of the existing slot format.
- the existing slot format the slot format defined in Table 11.1.1-1 of 3GPP TS38.213 V16.4.0 may be used. For example, when the number of symbols included in one slot of the target SCS is less than 14, part of the existing slot format may be extracted. When the number of symbols included in one slot of the target SCS is more than 14, additional symbols may be inserted into the existing slot format.
- the additional symbol types (DL, FL, UL) may be specified by parameters notified separately from the existing slot format, or may be specified by the symbol types included in the existing slot format.
- the initial access method for the target SCS will be described below. As described above, at least part of the initial access method for the target SCS is different from the initial access method for the target SCS.
- SSB Synchronization Signal/PBCH Block
- MIB Master Information Block
- the target SCS is not supported as the SCS of CORESET#0.
- CORESET#0 is an example of a control resource set and is used for scheduling SIB (System Information Block) 1.
- UE 200 performs initial access using SSB/CORESET#0 of an existing SCS (eg, a specific SCS).
- the UE 200 may use SSB/CORESET#0 of the existing SCS to perform Measurement, ANR (Automatic Neighbor Relation), and the like.
- the UE 200 is not expected to perform operations such as initial access using the target SCS.
- the target SCS is supported as the SCS of CORESET#0.
- the UE 200 detects the SSB of an existing SCS (for example, a specific SCS), it recognizes that the target SCS is supported as the SCS of CORESET#0 based on the information elements included in the MIB. You may In such cases, the specific information elements included in the MIB may be replaced. Rereading may be performed in a specific frequency band or a specific band.
- the specific information element may be one or more information elements selected from systemFrameNumber, subCarrierSpacingCommon, pdcch-ConfigSIB1, cellBarred, and spare, or other information elements.
- the UE 200 assumes that part of the SFN of the radio frame is not used, and CORESET# It may be recognized that the target SCS is supported as an SCS of 0. In other words, part of systemFrameNumber is read as an information element indicating whether or not the target SCS is supported as the SCS of CORESET#0.
- the UE 200 assumes that cellBarred does not indicate whether or not the use of the cell is prohibited. You may recognize that In other words, cellBarred is read as an information element indicating whether or not the target SCS is supported as the SCS of CORESET#0. In such a case, UE200 may determine whether the use of the cell is prohibited based on information elements included in SIB1.
- the target SCS is not supported as the SCS of CORESET#0, but SIB1 may contain an information element indicating whether the target SCS is supported as the SCS of initial DL/UL BWP.
- SIB1 may contain an information element indicating whether the target SCS is supported as the SCS of initial DL/UL BWP.
- an information element indicating that the initial DL/UL BWP SCS is an existing SCS e.g., a specific SCS
- An information element indicating that the SCS of the initial DL/UL BWP is an existing SCS may be considered an information element used by UE 200 that does not support the target SCS.
- the UE 200 that does not support the target SCS may select another cell or another frequency when notified of an information element indicating that the SCS of the initial DL/UL BWP is the target SCS.
- the UE 200 that does not support the target SCS may select another cell or another frequency when the information element indicating that the SCS of the initial DL/UL BWP is the existing SCS is not notified. .
- SSB Synchronization Signal/PBCH Block
- MIB MIB
- SSB mapping pattern used in the target SCS a mapping pattern obtained by scaling the SSB mapping pattern used in the existing SCS (for example, a specific SCS) so as to be used in the target SCS is used.
- the existing SCS Case A or Case B defined in ⁇ 4.1 of 3GPP TS38.213 V16.4.0 may be used.
- a new mapping pattern may be defined as the SSB mapping pattern used in the target SCS.
- the SSB used by the target SCS does not have to be multiplexed with CORESET#0 of the existing SCS (for example, a specific SCS).
- the SSB used by the target SCS may be multiplexed with CORESET#0 of the target SCS.
- at least part of the SSB used in the target SCS may be multiplexed with at least part of CORESET#0 of the existing SCS. If multiplexing of the SSB used by the target SCS and CORESET#0 of the existing SCS is allowed, only multiplexing of CORESET#0 of the existing SCS closest to the target SCS may be allowed.
- the SSB used by the target SCS is not assumed to be used in the initial access for the target SCS.
- the UE 200 may perform monitoring of SSBs used in the target SCS when explicitly instructed to search for SSBs used in the target SCS.
- the information element that instructs the search for the SSB used in the target SCS may be MeasObjectNR.
- the UE 200 may perform monitoring of SSBs used by the target SCS in a specific frequency band or specific band.
- the interval of frequency rasters (synchronization raster) for searching SSBs used in the target SCS may be wider than the interval of frequency rasters for searching SSBs used in existing SCSs (for example, specific SCSs).
- the UE 200 and the gNB 100 have a specific SCS (minimum SCS) defined at least part of FR1 or a target frequency band including a frequency band lower than FR1, the target lower than the specific SCS Apply SCS.
- the UE 200 and gNB 100 apply a method different from the initial access method for the specific SCS as at least part of the initial access method for the target SCS. According to such a configuration, when a target SCS is newly introduced in order to improve frequency utilization efficiency, initial access to the target SCS can be properly performed.
- the specific frequency range is FR1
- the specific SCS is 15 kHz
- the target frequency band includes at least part of FR1 or a frequency band lower than FR1.
- Modification 1 describes a case where the specific frequency range is FR2, the specific SCS is 60 kHz, and the target frequency band includes at least part of FR2 or a frequency band lower than FR2.
- the target SCS may be an SCS (e.g., 30 kHz, 15 kHz, etc.) that satisfies the condition of 1/ 2n (n is a positive integer) of the specific SCS (e.g., 60 kHz).
- An SCS that does not satisfy the 1/2 n condition may also be used. Even in such a case, at least one of the above-described first method and second method may be applied.
- the existing SSB mapping pattern for example, 3GPP TS38.213 V16.4.0 ⁇ 4.1
- the specified Case A to Case C may be used as is, and the existing SSB mapping pattern (for example, Case D to Case E specified in ⁇ 4.1 of 3GPP TS38.213 V16.4.0) in the target SCS
- a mapping pattern obtained by scaling to use may be used.
- a new mapping pattern may be defined as the SSB mapping pattern used in the target SCS.
- the maximum number of SSBs of the target SCS may be less than the maximum number of SSBs of the existing SCS (eg, 64). In such cases, all SSB candidate positions for SSBs of the target SCS may be defined to fall within the SSB transmission period (eg, 5 ms). Alternatively, the maximum number of SSBs of the target SCS may be the same as the maximum number of SSBs of the existing SCS (eg, 64). In such cases, all SSB candidate positions for SSBs of the target SCS may be defined to fall within a period longer than the existing SSB transmission period (eg, 5 ms). That is, the SSB transmission cycle of 5 ms is not supported, and a longer time than the existing SSB transmission cycle (eg, 5 ms) may be supported as the SMTC window duration.
- the same configuration as the SCS applicable to FR1 may be applied.
- a configuration different from the SCS applicable to FR1 ((4.1) to (4.8) described above) at least one of them) may be applied.
- a new CORESET#0 configuration may be defined.
- the first CORESET#0 configuration may be newly defined when the target SCS is supported as both SSB and PDSCH SCS.
- a second CORESET#0 configuration may be newly defined when the target SCS is supported as one of SSB and PDSCH. Both the first CORESET#0 configuration and the second CORESET#0 configuration may be defined.
- the first CORESET#0 configuration or the second CORESET#0 configuration may differ in the following parameters compared to the existing SCS CORESET#0 configuration used in the same frequency band as the target SCS.
- the parameter may be one or more parameters selected from multiplexing pattern, CORESET#0 RB count, and RB Offset.
- the multiplexing pattern of the first CORESET#0 configuration or the second CORESET#0 configuration may contain a larger value than the existing value (eg, 2/3).
- the number of CORESET#0 RBs in the first CORESET#0 configuration or the second CORESET#0 configuration may include a larger value than the existing value (eg, 96).
- a new Search Space Zero configuration may be defined.
- a first Search Space Zero configuration may be newly defined when the target SCS is supported as the SCS of both SSB and PDSCH.
- a second Search Space Zero configuration may be newly defined when the target SCS is supported as one of SSB and PDSCH. Both a first Search Space Zero configuration and a second Search Space Zero configuration may be defined.
- the first Search Space Zero configuration or the second Search Space Zero configuration may differ in the following parameters from the existing SCS Search Space Zero configuration used in the same frequency band as the target SCS.
- the parameters may be one or more parameters selected from Number of search space sets per slot, M, O.
- the Number of search space sets per slot and M of the first Search Space Zero configuration or the second Search Space Zero configuration may be limited to one.
- O in the first Search Space Zero configuration or the second Search Space Zero configuration may contain new values (values other than 0, 2, 5, 7).
- the initial access method for the target SCS differs from the initial access method for the specific SCS in at least one of SSB support and CORESET#0 support.
- the aspect in which the initial access method for the target SCS is different from the initial access method for the specific SCS may include an aspect in which the configuration of the SSB is different, or an aspect in which the configuration of CORESET#0 is different.
- each functional block may be implemented using one device that is physically or logically coupled, or directly or indirectly using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be implemented using these multiple devices.
- a functional block may be implemented by combining software in the one device or the plurality of devices.
- Functions include judging, determining, determining, calculating, calculating, processing, deriving, investigating, searching, checking, receiving, transmitting, outputting, accessing, resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, assuming, expecting, assuming, Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc. can't
- a functional block (component) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or transmitter.
- the implementation method is not particularly limited.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the device.
- the device may be configured as a computing device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like.
- the term "apparatus” can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like.
- the hardware configuration of the device may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without some of the devices.
- Each functional block of the device (see FIG. 4) is realized by any hardware element of the computer device or a combination of the hardware elements.
- each function of the device is implemented by causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, controlling communication by the communication device 1004, and controlling the It is realized by controlling at least one of data reading and writing in 1002 and storage 1003 .
- a processor 1001 operates an operating system and controls the entire computer.
- the processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including interfaces with peripheral devices, a control unit, an arithmetic unit, registers, and the like.
- CPU central processing unit
- the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to them.
- programs program codes
- software modules software modules
- data etc.
- the program a program that causes a computer to execute at least part of the operations described in the above embodiments is used.
- the above-described various processes may be executed by one processor 1001, or may be executed by two or more processors 1001 simultaneously or sequentially.
- Processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. Note that the program may be transmitted from a network via an electric communication line.
- the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one of Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), etc. may be
- ROM Read Only Memory
- EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM
- EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM
- RAM Random Access Memory
- the memory 1002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory (main storage device), or the like.
- the memory 1002 can store programs (program code), software modules, etc. capable of executing a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disc such as a Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disc, a magneto-optical disc (for example, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, and/or the like.
- Storage 1003 may also be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.
- the recording medium described above may be, for example, a database, server, or other suitable medium including at least one of memory 1002 and storage 1003 .
- the communication device 1004 is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like.
- the communication device 1004 includes a high-frequency switch, duplexer, filter, frequency synthesizer, etc., for realizing at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD).
- FDD frequency division duplex
- TDD time division duplex
- the input device 1005 is an input device (for example, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside.
- the output device 1006 is an output device (eg, display, speaker, LED lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated (for example, a touch panel).
- each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information.
- the bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between devices.
- the device includes hardware such as a microprocessor, digital signal processor (DSP), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- PLD programmable logic device
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods.
- the notification of information may include physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB), other signals, or a combination thereof
- RRC signaling may also be referred to as RRC messages, e.g., RRC Connection Setup ) message, RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A LTE-Advanced
- SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
- 4G 4th generation mobile communication system
- 5G 5th generation mobile communication system
- Future Radio Access FAA
- New Radio NR
- W-CDMA registered trademark
- GSM registered trademark
- CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access 2000
- UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
- IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi (registered trademark)
- IEEE 802.16 WiMAX®
- IEEE 802.20 Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth®, other suitable systems, and/or next-generation systems enhanced therefrom.
- a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).
- a specific operation that is performed by a base station in the present disclosure may be performed by its upper node in some cases.
- various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by the base station and other network nodes other than the base station (e.g. MME or S-GW, etc., but not limited to).
- MME or S-GW network nodes
- the case where there is one network node other than the base station is exemplified above, it may be a combination of a plurality of other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW).
- Information, signals can be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer). It may be input and output via multiple network nodes.
- Input/output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or managed using a management table. Input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or appended. 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 numerical comparison (for example, a predetermined value).
- notification of predetermined information is not limited to being performed explicitly, but may be performed implicitly (for example, not notifying the predetermined information). good too.
- Software whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or otherwise, includes instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, and software modules. , applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, and the like.
- software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium.
- the Software uses wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.) and/or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) to access websites, Wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium when sent from a server or other remote source.
- wired technology coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.
- wireless technology infrared, microwave, etc.
- data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. may refer to voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. may be represented by a combination of
- the channel and/or symbols may be signaling.
- a signal may also be a message.
- a component carrier may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.
- system and “network” used in this disclosure are used interchangeably.
- information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information.
- radio resources may be indexed.
- base station BS
- radio base station fixed station
- NodeB NodeB
- eNodeB eNodeB
- gNodeB gNodeB
- a base station may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, picocell, and the like.
- a base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells (also called sectors). When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area corresponding to a base station subsystem (e.g., a small indoor base station (Remote Radio)). Head: RRH) can also provide communication services.
- a base station subsystem e.g., a small indoor base station (Remote Radio)
- Head: RRH can also provide communication services.
- cell refers to part or all of the coverage area of at least one of a base station and base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.
- MS Mobile Station
- UE User Equipment
- a mobile station is defined by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless It may also be called a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable term.
- At least one of the base station and 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 a mobile object, the mobile object itself, or the like.
- the mobile object may be a vehicle (e.g., car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile object (e.g., drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned ).
- at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations.
- at least one of the base station and mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.
- IoT Internet of Things
- the base station in the present disclosure may be read as a mobile station (user terminal, hereinafter the same).
- communication between a base station and a mobile station is replaced with communication between multiple mobile stations (for example, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), etc.)
- the mobile station may have the functions that the base station has.
- words such as "up” and “down” may be replaced with words corresponding to inter-terminal communication (for example, "side”).
- uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be read as side channels.
- a mobile station in the present disclosure may be read as a base station.
- the base station may have the functions that the mobile station has.
- a radio frame may consist of one or more frames in the time domain. Each frame or frames in the time domain may be referred to as a subframe.
- a subframe may further consist of one or more slots in the time domain.
- a subframe may be a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) independent of numerology.
- a numerology may be a communication parameter that applies to the transmission and/or reception of a signal or channel. Numerology, for example, subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, transmission and reception specific filtering operations performed by the receiver in the frequency domain, specific windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and/or the like.
- SCS subcarrier spacing
- TTI transmission time interval
- number of symbols per TTI radio frame structure
- transmission and reception specific filtering operations performed by the receiver in the frequency domain specific windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and/or the like.
- a slot may consist of one or more symbols (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols, etc.) in the time domain.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
- a slot may be a unit of time based on numerology.
- a slot may contain multiple mini-slots. Each minislot may consist of one or more symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be referred to as a subslot. A minislot may consist of fewer symbols than a slot.
- a PDSCH (or PUSCH) that is transmitted in time units larger than a minislot may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A.
- PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using minislots may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.
- Radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols all represent time units when transmitting signals. Radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols may be referred to by other corresponding designations.
- one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI)
- TTI transmission time interval
- TTI transmission time interval
- TTI transmission time interval
- one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. That is, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in existing LTE, may be a period shorter than 1ms (eg, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1ms may be Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, or the like instead of a subframe.
- TTI refers to, for example, the minimum scheduling time unit in wireless communication.
- a base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each user terminal) to each user terminal on a TTI basis.
- radio resources frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each user terminal
- the TTI may be a transmission time unit for channel-encoded data packets (transport blocks), code blocks, codewords, etc., or may be a processing unit for scheduling, link adaptation, etc. Note that when a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) in which transport blocks, code blocks, codewords, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.
- one slot or one minislot is called a TTI
- one or more TTIs may be the minimum scheduling time unit.
- the number of slots (the number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.
- a TTI with a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel.8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, normal subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc.
- TTI that is shorter than a normal TTI may also be called a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a partial or fractional TTI, a shortened subframe, a short subframe, a minislot, a subslot, a slot, and so on.
- long TTI for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.
- short TTI for example, shortened TTI, etc.
- a TTI having a TTI length greater than or equal to this value may be read as a replacement.
- a resource block is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain.
- the number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of neurology, and may be 12, for example.
- the number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on neumerology.
- the time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols and may be 1 slot, 1 minislot, 1 subframe, or 1 TTI long.
- One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each be configured with one or a plurality of resource blocks.
- One or more RBs are physical resource blocks (PRB), sub-carrier groups (SCG), resource element groups (REG), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. may be called.
- PRB physical resource blocks
- SCG sub-carrier groups
- REG resource element groups
- PRB pairs RB pairs, etc.
- a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (Resource Element: RE).
- RE resource elements
- 1 RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.
- a Bandwidth Part (which may also be called a Bandwidth Part) represents a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a neumerology in a carrier. good.
- the common RB may be identified by an RB index based on the common reference point of the carrier.
- PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.
- BWP may include BWP for UL (UL BWP) and BWP for DL (DL BWP).
- BWP may include BWP for UL (UL BWP) and BWP for DL (DL BWP).
- One or more BWPs may be configured in one carrier for the UE.
- At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the UE may not expect to transmit or receive a given signal/channel outside the active BWP.
- BWP bitmap
- radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols described above are only examples.
- the number of subframes included in a radio frame the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or minislot, the number of Configurations such as the number of subcarriers and the number of symbols in a TTI, symbol length, cyclic prefix (CP) length, etc.
- CP cyclic prefix
- connection means any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, It can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements being “connected” or “coupled.” Couplings or connections between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, “connection” may be read as "access”.
- two elements are defined using at least one of one or more wires, cables, and printed electrical connections and, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples, in the radio frequency domain. , electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and optical (both visible and invisible) regions, and the like.
- the reference signal can also be abbreviated as Reference Signal (RS), and may also be called Pilot depending on the applicable standard.
- RS Reference Signal
- any reference to elements using the "first”, “second”, etc. designations used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, references to first and second elements do not imply that only two elements may be employed therein, or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.
- determining and “determining” used in this disclosure may encompass a wide variety of actions.
- “Judgement” and “determination” are, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (eg, lookup in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining as “judged” or “determined”, and the like.
- "judgment” and “determination” are used for receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., transmitting information), input, output, access (accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory) may include deeming that a "judgment” or “decision” has been made.
- judgment and “decision” are considered to be “judgment” and “decision” by resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. can contain.
- judgment and “decision” may include considering that some action is “judgment” and “decision”.
- judgment (decision) may be read as “assuming”, “expecting”, “considering”, or the like.
- a and B are different may mean “A and B are different from each other.”
- the term may also mean that "A and B are different from C”.
- Terms such as “separate,” “coupled,” etc. may also be interpreted in the same manner as “different.”
- Radio communication system 20 NG-RAN 100 gNB 110 receiver 120 transmitter 130 controller 200 UE 210 radio signal transmission/reception unit 220 amplifier unit 230 modulation/demodulation unit 240 control signal/reference signal processing unit 250 encoding/decoding unit 260 data transmission/reception unit 270 control unit 1001 processor 1002 memory 1003 storage 1004 communication device 1005 input device 1006 output device 1007 bus
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(1)無線通信システムの全体概略構成
図1は、実施形態に係る無線通信システム10の全体概略構成図である。無線通信システム10は、5G New Radio(NR)に従った無線通信システムであり、Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20(以下、NG-RAN20、及び端末200(以下、UE200)を含む。
・FR2:24.25 GHz~52.6 GHz
FR1では、15, 30又は60kHzのSub-Carrier Spacing(SCS)が用いられ、5~100MHzの帯域幅(BW)が用いられてもよい。FR2は、FR1よりも高周波数であり、60,又は120kHz(240kHzが含まれてもよい)のSCSが用いられ、50~400MHzの帯域幅(BW)が用いられてもよい。
次に、無線通信システム10の機能ブロック構成について説明する。
以下において、実施形態の背景について説明する。ここでは、CBW(Channel Bandwidth)について説明する。
以下において、実施形態の想定ケースについて説明する。以下においては、特定周波数レンジがFR1であり、特定SCSが15kHzであり、対象SCSが7.5kHzであるケースについて例示する。想定ケースでは、FR1の少なくとも一部又はFR1よりも低い周波数帯を含む対象周波数帯において7.5kHzのSCSが導入されるケースについて例示する。
対象SCS(7.5kHz)で用いるサイクリックプレフィックス長の比率(CP Ratio)は、特定SCS(15kHz)で用いるサイクリックプレフィックス長の比率(NCPのCP Ratio)よりも低くてもよい。
対象SCSで用いるFFT(Fast Fourier Transform)ポイント数は、特定SCSで用いるFFTポイント数よりも多くてもよい。例えば、特定SCSで用いるFFTポイント数が4096であるのに対して、対象SCSで用いるFFTポイント数は8192であってもよい。
対象サブキャリア間隔を適用する条件が定められてもよい。適用条件は、対象サブキャリア間隔を適用するバンド、周波数範囲、Duplex mode、Serving Cellタイプなどの条件を含んでもよい。例えば、適用条件は、SCell(Secondary Cell)のBWPに対象サブキャリア間隔が適用されるという条件を含んでもよい。
UE200が対象サブキャリア間隔に対応しているか否かを暗黙的に又は明示的に示すUE Capabilityが定義されてもよい。例えば、IoT端末(reduced capability)、IAB(IAB-MT)-MT(Mobile Termination)、FWA(Fixed Wireless Access)端末などの端末タイプによって、UE200が対象サブキャリア間隔に対応しているか否かが暗黙的に示されてもよい。UE Capabilityに含まれる他の情報要素によって、UE200が対象サブキャリア間隔に対応しているか否かが暗黙的に示されてもよい。
特定SCSのシンボル境界は、対象SCSのシンボル境界と特定時間間隔で合致してもよい。特定時間間隔は、0.5msであってもよく、1.0msであってもよい。例えば、特定SCSの1Slot(14-Symbol)に相当する時間区間において、対象SCSのシンボルとして8のシンボルが含まれるケースについて例示する。8のシンボルは、CP RatioがNPCのCP Ratioよりも低いことによって実現される。CP RatioがNPCのCP Ratioと同じである場合には、特定SCSの1Slot(14-Symbol)に相当する時間区間において、対象SCSのシンボルとして7のシンボルが含まれることに留意すべきである。このような前提下において、シンボル境界は以下のように定義されてもよい。
対象SCSが適用される場合に、UE Processing timelineとして新たな時間が定義されてもよい。或いは、対象SCSが適用される場合に、UE Processing timelineとして特定SCSで用いるUE Processing timelineが用いられてもよい。
対象SCSが適用される場合に、RSのリソース位置、密度及び設定パラメータとして、新たなリソース位置、密度及び設定パラメータが定義されてもよい。
対象SCSの1Slotに含まれるシンボル数は、特定SCSの1Slotに含まれるシンボル数(例えば、14)と異なってもよい。対象SCSに適用するCP Ratioを低くすることによって、対象SCSの1Slotの定義及び対象SCSの1Slotに含まれるシンボル数を新たに定義する必要があるためである。
以下において、対象SCSに関する初期アクセス方法について説明する。上述したように、対象SCSに関する初期アクセス方法の少なくとも一部は、対象SCSに関する初期アクセス方法と異なる。
第1方法では、SSB(Synchronization Signal/PBCH Block)のSCSとして対象SCSがサポートされないケースについて説明する。SSBは、同期信号の一例であり、MIB(Master Information Block)を含む。すなわち、対象SCSの初期アクセス方法では、既存のSSBが用いられる。従って、UE200は、対象SCSのBWPがactiveなBWPとして設定されている場合に、measurement gapを用いて、activeなBWP以外の帯域に存在するSSBのモニタリングを実行する。
第2方法では、SSB(Synchronization Signal/PBCH Block)のSCSとして対象SCSがサポートされるケースについて説明する。SSBは、同期信号の一例であり、MIBを含む。すなわち、対象SCSの初期アクセス方法では、対象SCSで用いるSSBが用いられる。
実施形態では、UE200及びgNB100は、特定SCS(最小SCS)が定義されたFR1の少なくとも一部又はFR1よりも低い周波数帯を含む対象周波数帯において、特定SCSよりも低い対象SCSを適用する。UE200及びgNB100は、対象SCSに関する初期アクセス方法の少なくとも一部として、特定SCSに関する初期アクセス方法と異なる方法を適用する。このような構成によれば、周波数利用効率を高めるために対象SCSを新たに導入するにあたって、対象SCSに関する初期アクセスを適切に実行することができる。
以下において、実施形態の変更例1について説明する。以下においては、実施形態に対する相違点について主として説明する。
或いは、対象SCSのSSBの最大数は、既存のSCSのSSBの最大数(例えば、64)と同じであってもよい。このようなケースにおいて、対象SCSのSSBに関する全てのSSB候補位置は、既存のSSB送信周期(例えば、5ms)よりも長い周期内に納まるように定義されてもよい。すなわち、5msのSSB送信周期がサポートされず、SMTC window durationとして既存のSSB送信周期(例えば、5ms)よりも長い時間がサポートされてもよい。
以下において、実施形態の変更例2について説明する。以下においては、実施形態に対する相違点について主として説明する。
以上、実施形態に沿って本発明の内容を説明したが、本発明はこれらの記載に限定されるものではなく、種々の変形及び改良が可能であることは、当業者には自明である。
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100 gNB
110 受信部
120 送信部
130 制御部
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210 無線信号送受信部
220 アンプ部
230 変復調部
240 制御信号・参照信号処理部
250 符号化/復号部
260 データ送受信部
270 制御部
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Claims (5)
- 最小サブキャリア間隔として特定サブキャリア間隔が定義された特定周波数レンジの少なくとも一部又は前記特定周波数レンジよりも低い周波数帯を含む対象周波数帯において、前記特定サブキャリア間隔よりも低い対象サブキャリア間隔を適用する制御部を備え、
前記制御部は、前記対象サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法の少なくとも一部として、前記特定サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法と異なる方法を適用する、端末。 - 前記対象サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法は、同期信号のサポート及び制御リソースセットのサポートの少なくともいずれか1つの点で、前記特定サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法と異なる、請求項1に記載の端末。
- 最小サブキャリア間隔として特定サブキャリア間隔が定義された特定周波数レンジの少なくとも一部又は前記特定周波数レンジよりも低い周波数帯を含む対象周波数帯において、前記特定サブキャリア間隔よりも低い対象サブキャリア間隔を適用する制御部を備え、
前記制御部は、前記対象サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法の少なくとも一部として、前記特定サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法と異なる方法を適用する、基地局。 - 端末と、基地局と、を備え、
前記端末及び基地局は、最小サブキャリア間隔として特定サブキャリア間隔が定義された特定周波数レンジの少なくとも一部又は前記特定周波数レンジよりも低い周波数帯を含む対象周波数帯において、前記特定サブキャリア間隔よりも低い対象サブキャリア間隔を適用する制御部を備え、
前記制御部は、前記対象サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法の少なくとも一部として、前記特定サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法と異なる方法を適用する、無線通信システム。 - 最小サブキャリア間隔として特定サブキャリア間隔が定義された特定周波数レンジの少なくとも一部又は前記特定周波数レンジよりも低い周波数帯を含む対象周波数帯において、前記特定サブキャリア間隔よりも低い対象サブキャリア間隔を適用するステップと、
前記対象サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法の少なくとも一部として、前記特定サブキャリア間隔に関する初期アクセス方法と異なる方法を適用するステップと、を備える、無線通信方法。
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