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- the present disclosure relates to a communication device, base station and communication method used in a mobile communication system.
- a first cell that is a serving cell and a second cell that belongs to the same frequency (intra frequency) as the first cell are configured in a communication device, and the communication device maintains the first cell as a serving cell, A model of performing data communication with the second cell is assumed (see Non-Patent Documents 1 to 3).
- the second cell is a cell (cell having TRP with different PCI) configured by a TRP different from that of the first cell and having a physical cell identifier (PCI) different from that of the first cell.
- PCI physical cell identifier
- a communication device located far from a cell transmits an uplink signal at an earlier timing than a communication device located close to the cell. Specifically, the communication device adjusts the transmission timing of the uplink signal based on the timing advance from the base station.
- a communication device is a communication device in which the first cell and the second cell are configured by a base station that manages a first cell that is a serving cell and a second cell that belongs to the same frequency as the first cell. is.
- the communication device includes a receiving unit that receives from the first cell RA resource information indicating a random access resource to be used in random access to the second cell, and a receiver that uses the RA resource information to transmit in the random access.
- a control unit that determines a random access preamble, and a transmission unit that transmits the determined random access preamble to the second cell.
- the receiving unit receives from the base station a response to the random access preamble including a timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the second cell.
- a base station is a base station that configures a first cell, which is a serving cell, and a second cell belonging to the same frequency as the first cell in a communication device.
- the base station comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit RA resource information indicating random access resources used in random access to the second cell to the communication device in the first cell, and a random access transmitted using the random access resource.
- a receiver that receives a preamble from the communication device in the second cell.
- the transmitting unit transmits to the communication device a response to the random access preamble including a timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the second cell.
- a communication method is a communication device in which the first cell and the second cell are configured by a base station that manages a first cell that is a serving cell and a second cell that belongs to the same frequency as the first cell. It is a communication method executed in The communication method comprises the steps of: receiving from the first cell (C1) RA resource information indicating random access resources to be used in random access to the second cell; and transmitting in the random access using the RA resource information. determining a random access preamble to be performed; transmitting the determined random access preamble to the second cell; and timing advance for adjusting transmission timing of an uplink signal to the second cell. receiving from the base station a response to a random access preamble.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a protocol stack in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment
- FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the relationship between uplink frames and downlink frames in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment
- 1 is a diagram showing an assumed scenario in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows a basic procedure in an assumed scenario according to an embodiment
- It is a figure which shows the structure of UE which concerns on embodiment.
- It is a figure which shows the structure of the base station which concerns on embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a sequence of a first operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a first operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a sequence of a second operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a second operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a sequence of a third operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a sequence (part 1) of a fourth operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a sequence (part 2) of a fourth operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a sequence of a fifth operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a sequence of a sixth operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a sequence of a seventh operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a sequence of an eighth operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating MAC CE of an eighth operation example in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment;
- the communication device In the multiple TRP transmission scenario described above, it is considered necessary for the communication device to adjust the transmission timing of the uplink signals for each of the first cell and the second cell.
- a method of adjusting the uplink transmission timing for the second cell has not been realized, and there is a concern that the transmission timing of the uplink signal for the second cell cannot be controlled appropriately. Therefore, in the present disclosure, when the first cell that is the serving cell and the second cell belonging to the same frequency as the first cell are set, communication that can appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for the second cell
- One object is to provide an apparatus, a base station, and a communication method.
- the mobile communication system 1 is, for example, a system conforming to 3GPP Technical Specifications (TS).
- TS Technical Specifications
- a mobile communication system based on the 3GPP standard 5th Generation System (5GS), that is, NR (New Radio) will be described as an example.
- the mobile communication system 1 has a network 10 and user equipment (UE) 100 communicating with the network 10 .
- the network 10 includes an NG-RAN (Next Generation Radio Access Network) 20, which is a 5G radio access network, and a 5GC (5G Core Network) 30, which is a 5G core network.
- NG-RAN Next Generation Radio Access Network
- 5G Core Network 5G Core Network
- the UE 100 is an example of a communication device.
- UE 100 may be a device used by a user.
- the UE 100 may be, for example, a portable device such as a mobile phone terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet terminal, a notebook PC, a communication module, or a communication card.
- the UE 100 may be a vehicle (eg, car, train, etc.) or a device provided therein.
- the UE 100 may be a transport body other than a vehicle (for example, a ship, an airplane, etc.) or a device provided thereon.
- the UE 100 may be a sensor or a device attached thereto.
- the UE 100 includes a mobile station, a mobile terminal, a mobile device, a mobile unit, a subscriber station, a subscriber terminal, a subscriber device, a subscriber unit, a wireless station, a wireless terminal, a wireless device, a wireless unit, a remote station, and a remote terminal. , remote device, or remote unit.
- NG-RAN 20 includes multiple base stations 200 .
- Each base station 200 manages at least one cell.
- a cell constitutes the minimum unit of a communication area. For example, one cell belongs to one frequency (carrier frequency) and is configured by one component carrier.
- the term “cell” may represent a radio communication resource and may also represent a communication target of UE 100 .
- Each base station 200 can perform radio communication with the UE 100 residing in its own cell.
- the base station 200 communicates with the UE 100 using the RAN protocol stack.
- Base station 200 provides NR user plane and control plane protocol termination towards UE 100 and is connected to 5GC 30 via NG interface.
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- the 5GC 30 includes a core network device 300.
- the core network device 300 includes, for example, AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) and/or UPF (User Plane Function).
- AMF Access and Mobility Management Function
- UPF User Plane Function
- AMF performs mobility management of UE100.
- UPF provides functions specialized for user plane processing.
- the AMF and UPF are connected with the base station 200 via the NG interface.
- the protocol of the radio section between the UE 100 and the base station 200 includes a physical (PHY) layer, a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, an RLC (Radio Link Control) layer, a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer, It has an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer.
- PHY physical
- MAC Medium Access Control
- RLC Radio Link Control
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the PHY layer performs encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, antenna mapping/demapping, and resource mapping/demapping. Data and control information are transmitted between the PHY layer of the UE 100 and the PHY layer of the base station 200 via physical channels.
- a physical channel is composed of multiple OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols in the time domain and multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain.
- One subframe consists of a plurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain.
- a resource block is a resource allocation unit, and is composed of a plurality of OFDM symbols and a plurality of subcarriers.
- a frame may consist of 10 ms and may include 10 subframes of 1 ms.
- a subframe can include a number of slots corresponding to the subcarrier spacing.
- the physical downlink control channel plays a central role, for example, for purposes such as downlink scheduling assignments, uplink scheduling grants, and transmission power control.
- the UE 100 can use a narrower bandwidth than the system bandwidth (that is, the cell bandwidth).
- the base station 200 configures the UE 100 with a bandwidth part (BWP) made up of consecutive PRBs.
- UE 100 transmits and receives data and control signals on the active BWP.
- BWP bandwidth part
- Up to four BWPs can be set in the UE 100, for example.
- Each BWP may have different subcarrier spacing and may overlap each other in frequency. If multiple BWPs are configured for the UE 100, the base station 200 can specify which BWP to activate through downlink control. This allows the base station 200 to dynamically adjust the UE bandwidth according to the amount of data traffic of the UE 100, etc., and reduce UE power consumption.
- the base station 200 can configure up to 3 control resource sets (CORESET) for each of up to 4 BWPs on the serving cell.
- CORESET is a radio resource for control information that the UE 100 should receive.
- UE 100 may be configured with up to 12 CORESETs on the serving cell.
- Each CORESET has an index from 0 to 11.
- a CORESET consists of 6 resource blocks (PRBs) and 1, 2 or 3 consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain.
- the MAC layer performs data priority control, hybrid ARQ (HARQ) retransmission processing, random access procedures, and so on. Data and control information are transmitted between the MAC layer of the UE 100 and the MAC layer of the base station 200 via transport channels.
- the MAC layer of base station 200 includes a scheduler. The scheduler determines uplink and downlink transport formats (transport block size, modulation and coding scheme (MCS)) and allocation resources to the UE 100 .
- MCS modulation and coding scheme
- the RLC layer uses the functions of the MAC layer and PHY layer to transmit data to the RLC layer on the receiving side. Data and control information are transmitted between the RLC layer of the UE 100 and the RLC layer of the base station 200 via logical channels.
- the PDCP layer performs header compression/decompression and encryption/decryption.
- An SDAP (Service Data Adaptation Protocol) layer may be provided as an upper layer of the PDCP layer.
- the SDAP (Service Data Adaptation Protocol) layer performs mapping between an IP flow, which is the unit of QoS (Quality of Service) control performed by the core network, and a radio bearer, which is the unit of AS (Access Stratum) QoS control.
- the RRC layer controls logical channels, transport channels and physical channels according to radio bearer establishment, re-establishment and release.
- RRC signaling for various settings is transmitted between the RRC layer of UE 100 and the RRC layer of base station 200 .
- UE 100 When there is an RRC connection between the RRC of UE 100 and the RRC of base station 200, UE 100 is in the RRC connected state. If there is no RRC connection between the RRC of the UE 100 and the RRC of the base station 200, the UE 100 is in RRC idle state. When the RRC connection between the RRC of UE 100 and the RRC of base station 200 is suspended, UE 100 is in RRC inactive state.
- the NAS layer located above the RRC layer performs session management and mobility management for UE100.
- NAS signaling is transmitted between the NAS layer of the UE 100 and the NAS layer of the core network device 300 (AMF).
- AMF core network device 300
- the UE 100 has an application layer and the like in addition to the radio interface protocol.
- Method for adjusting uplink transmission timing An example of a method for adjusting uplink transmission timing in the mobile communication system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. That is, a method for synchronizing uplink transmission timing will be described.
- the base station 200 controls the transmission timing of the uplink signal of each UE 100 in order to keep the reception timing of the uplink signal from each UE 100 within the managed cell within a predetermined time range.
- the base station 200 determines a timing advance (hereinafter referred to as TA) for the UE 100 to adjust the transmission timing of the uplink signal.
- TA timing advance
- the UE 100 adjusts the timing of uplink transmission based on the downlink frame timing.
- the UE 100 uses TAs to adjust uplink frame timing for downlink frames. As shown in FIG. 4, the UE 100 shifts the i-th uplink frame forward with respect to the i-th downlink frame by a time of (N TA +N TA,offset )Tc.
- the UE 100 calculates an adjustment value (T TA ) for shifting the downlink frame, for example, using the following formula.
- N TA is a value (hereinafter referred to as a TA value) calculated based on the TA (T A ) notified from the base station 200 (cell). NTA can be calculated by Equations 2 and 3.
- TA (T A ) in Equation 2 is the value of the timing advance command (TA command) contained in the medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).
- MAC medium access control
- the UE 100 calculates a new TA value (N TA — NEW ) from the retained TA value (N TA — old ).
- TA(T A ) in Equation 3 is the timing advance value included in the random access response. Note that ⁇ is the subcarrier interval setting.
- N TA,offset is a fixed offset value used to calculate the adjustment value (T TA ).
- N TA,offset may be notified from the base station 200 (cell). If the UE 100 is not notified of the N TA, offset from the base station 200, the UE 100 may determine the N TA, offset as a default value.
- UE 100, the frequency band, the presence or absence of MR-DC (Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity), the presence or absence of coexistence of NR NB-IoT (Narrow Band-IoT (Internet of Things)) offset value (N TA, offset ) may be determined.
- the UE 100 may, for example, determine the offset value (N TA,offset ) using Table 1 below.
- Tc is the basic time unit. Tc is a predetermined fixed value. The UE 100 holds information on Tc in advance. Tc is, for example, 0.509 ns.
- the downlink frame timing which is the reference for adjusting the timing of uplink transmission, is the timing at the beginning of the downlink frame. Specifically, the downlink frame timing is defined as the time at which the first detected path (in time) of the downlink frame is received from the base station 200 (specifically, the reference cell).
- a radio frame constituting an uplink frame and a downlink frame is composed of ten subframes of 1 ms. Each frame is divided into two equally sized half-frames of 5 sub-frames.
- the UE 100 synchronizes the downlink timing using the synchronization signal included in the reference signal (SSB: SS/PBCH Block) transmitted in the BWP, thereby grasping the downlink frame timing in the BWP that received the SSB. can.
- SSB SS/PBCH Block
- the SSB includes a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a PBCH (Physical Broadcast Channel), and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).
- PSS primary synchronization signal
- SSS secondary synchronization signal
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- an SSB may consist of four consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain.
- the SSB may consist of 240 consecutive subcarriers (ie, 20 resource blocks) in the frequency domain.
- PBCH is a physical channel that carries a Master Information Block (MIB).
- MIB Master Information Block
- the base station 200 has a TRP 201 # 1 , a TRP 201 # 2 , a DU (Distributed Unit) 202 and a CU (Central Unit) 203 .
- FIG. 4 shows an example in which base station 200 is separated into DU202 and CU203, base station 200 may not be separated into DU202 and CU203.
- the number of TRPs 201 in base station 200 is two is shown, the number of TRPs 201 in base station 200 may be three or more.
- TRPs 201#1 and TRPs 201#2 are distributed and constitute different cells. Specifically, TRP 201#1 forms cell C1 and TRP 201#2 forms cell C2.
- Cell C1 and cell C2 belong to the same frequency.
- Cell C1 and cell C2 have different physical cell identifiers (PCI). That is, the cell C2 is a cell (cell having TRP with different PCI) configured by a TRP #2 different from the TRP 201 #1 corresponding to the cell C1 and having a PCI different from that of the cell C1.
- FIG. 4 shows an example in which the coverage of cell C2 is within the coverage of cell C1, the coverage of cell C2 may at least partially overlap the coverage of cell C1.
- the DU202 controls TRP201#1 and TRP201#2. In other words, TRP201#1 and TRP201#2 are under the same DU202.
- the DU 202 is a unit that includes lower layers included in the protocol stack described above, such as the RLC layer, the MAC layer and the PHY layer.
- DU202 is connected with CU203 via F1 interface which is a fronthaul interface.
- the CU203 controls DU202.
- the CU 203 is a unit including upper layers included in the protocol stack described above, such as the RRC layer, the SDAP layer and the PDCP layer.
- the CU 203 is connected to the core network (5GC 30) via the NG interface, which is a backhaul interface.
- the UE 100 is in the RRC connected state and performs wireless communication with the base station 200.
- NR is capable of wideband transmission in a high frequency band such as a millimeter wave band. It has high beam gain.
- Base station 200 and UE 100 establish a beam pair.
- the UE 100 performs data communication with the serving cell C1 (TRP201#1). Specifically, the UE 100 performs data communication with the cell C1 using a beam corresponding to transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state #1.
- UE 100 is configured with cell 2, which is a non-serving cell, in addition to cell C1.
- an SSB SS/PBCH Block
- a radio resource for performing data communication with cell 2 are configured from cell C1.
- the UE 100 reports the beam measurement results for the cell C2 to the cell C1.
- Base station 200 (DU 202) receives beam measurements from UE 100 in cell C1 and activates TCI state #2 corresponding to beams in cell C2 based on the beam measurements.
- cell C1 which is a serving cell
- cell C2 belonging to the same frequency (intra frequency) as cell C1
- UE 100 maintains cell C1 as a serving cell.
- a model in which data communication is performed with the cell C2 is assumed.
- the UE 100 receives configuration information from the cell C1 (TRP201#1) by, for example, RRC signaling.
- the setting information includes SSB settings used for beam measurement for cell C2 (TRP201#2) and settings necessary for using radio resources for data transmission/reception (including data transmission/reception with cell C2).
- Configuration information may be transmitted from CU 203 to UE 100 via DU 202 and cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- step S2 UE 100 performs beam measurement for cell C2 (TRP201#2) using the setting information (in particular, SSB setting) received in step S1 (step S2a), and sends a report including the measurement result to cell C1 (TRP201 #1) (step S2b).
- DU 202 receives beam measurement results via cell C1 (TRP 201#1).
- step S3 DU 202 sends an instruction to activate the TCI state associated with cell C2 (TRP201 #2) based on the beam measurement results received in step S2 via cell C1 (TRP201 #1) It transmits to UE100.
- Such an activation indication is performed by layer 1 (PHY layer) and layer 2 (MAC layer, etc.) signaling.
- the UE 100 activates the TCI state associated with the cell C2 (TRP201#2) in response to receiving the activation instruction from the cell C1. As a result, a beam pair is established between the UE 100 and the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- step S4 the UE 100 transmits and receives data to and from the cell C2 (TRP201#2) using the UE dedicated channel on the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- DU 202 transmits and receives data to and from UE 100 via cell C2 (TRP 201 #2).
- the UE 100 is within the coverage of the cell C1 (TRP201#1) and receives the broadcast channel (BCCH) and paging channel (PCH), which are common channels, from the cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- BCCH broadcast channel
- PCH paging channel
- the UE 100 can switch from cell C1 (TRP201 #1) to cell C2 (TRP201 #2) without depending on a switching instruction from a higher layer (in particular, the RRC layer).
- Data communication can be switched from cell C1 (TRP201#1) to cell C2 (TRP201#2) by beam management in layer 1 (PHY layer) and layer 2 (MAC layer, etc.) without handover. That is, a cell for data communication can be realized by beam switching between layer 1 (PHY layer) and layer 2 (MAC layer, etc.).
- the UE 100 may obtain a timing advance (TA) through random access in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- TA timing advance
- it does not specify how to perform random access. Therefore, there is a concern that the TA cannot be appropriately obtained by random access in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- a method for properly acquiring a TA by random access in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2) will be described.
- the base station 200 may transmit a timing advance (TA) to the UE 100 by MAC CE in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- TA timing advance
- the TA command is associated with the timing advance group identifier as the timing advance. Therefore, there is a concern that the base station 200 cannot notify the UE 100 of the TA in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for the cell C2 (TRP201#2) by MAC CE.
- a method for appropriately acquiring TA by MAC CE in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2) will be described.
- UE 100 includes communication unit 110 and control unit 120 .
- the communication unit 110 performs wireless communication with the base station 200 by transmitting and receiving wireless signals to and from the base station 200 .
- the communication unit 110 has at least one transmitter 111 and at least one receiver 112 .
- the transmitter 111 and receiver 112 may be configured to include multiple antennas and RF circuits.
- the antenna converts a signal into radio waves and radiates the radio waves into space. Also, the antenna receives radio waves in space and converts the radio waves into signals.
- the RF circuitry performs analog processing of signals transmitted and received through the antenna.
- the RF circuitry may include high frequency filters, amplifiers, modulators, low pass filters, and the like.
- the control unit 120 performs various controls in the UE 100.
- Control unit 120 controls communication with base station 200 via communication unit 110 .
- the operations of the UE 100 described above and below may be operations under the control of the control unit 120 .
- the control unit 120 may include at least one processor capable of executing a program and a memory that stores the program.
- the processor may execute a program to operate the control unit 120 .
- the control unit 120 may include a digital signal processor that performs digital processing of signals transmitted and received through the antenna and RF circuitry.
- the digital processing includes processing of the protocol stack of the RAN. Note that the memory stores programs executed by the processor, parameters related to the programs, and data related to the programs.
- the memory may include at least one of ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), and flash memory. All or part of the memory may be included within the processor.
- the cell C1 ( TRP 201#1) and cell C2 (TRP 201#2) are set.
- Receiving section 112 receives RA resource information indicating random access resources to be used for random access to cell C2 (TRP201#2) from cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- Control section 120 determines a random access preamble to be transmitted in random access using RA resource information.
- Transmitting section 111 transmits the determined random access preamble to cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- the receiving unit 112 receives from the base station 200 a response to the random access preamble including the timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the UE 100 can appropriately acquire the timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2) by random access. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the cell C1 ( TRP 201#1) and cell C2 (TRP 201#2) are set.
- Receiving section 112 obtains a timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of an uplink signal to cell C2 (TRP201#2) and an identifier associated with the timing advance to uniquely identify cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- a medium access control (MAC) control element is received from the base station (200) including an identifying cell identifier.
- control section 120 Based on the cell identifier, control section 120 identifies cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) as a target cell whose transmission timing is to be adjusted by timing advance.
- MAC medium access control
- the UE 100 can identify the target cell even if the TA is transmitted by the MAC CE, and thus can appropriately acquire the timing advance for adjusting the uplink transmission timing for the cell C2 (TRP201#2) by the MAC CE. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the configuration of the base station 200 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- the base station 200 has a plurality of TRPs 201 (TRP 201 # 1 and TRP 201 # 2 in the example of FIG. 7), a communication section 210 , a network interface 220 and a control section 230 .
- Each TRP 201 includes multiple antennas and is configured to enable beamforming.
- TRP 201 may also be referred to as a panel or antenna panel.
- the antenna converts a signal into radio waves and radiates the radio waves into space. Also, the antenna receives radio waves in space and converts the radio waves into signals.
- Each TRP 201 is arranged in a distributed manner and constitutes a cell.
- the communication unit 210 receives radio signals from the UE 100 and transmits radio signals to the UE 100.
- the communication unit 210 has at least one transmitter 211 and at least one receiver 212 .
- the transmitting section 211 and the receiving section 212 may be configured including an RF circuit.
- the RF circuitry performs analog processing of signals transmitted and received through the antenna.
- the RF circuitry may include high frequency filters, amplifiers, modulators, low pass filters, and the like.
- the network interface 220 transmits and receives signals to and from the network.
- the network interface 220 receives signals from adjacent base stations connected via an Xn interface, which is an interface between base stations, and transmits signals to adjacent base stations. Also, the network interface 220 receives signals from the core network device 300 connected via the NG interface, for example, and transmits signals to the core network device 300 .
- the control unit 230 performs various controls in the base station 200.
- the control unit 230 controls communication with the UE 100 via the communication unit 210, for example.
- the control unit 230 controls communication with nodes (for example, adjacent base stations, core network device 300) via the network interface 220, for example.
- the operations of the base station 200 described above and below may be operations under the control of the control unit 230 .
- the control unit 230 may include at least one processor capable of executing programs and a memory storing the programs.
- the processor may execute a program to operate the controller 230 .
- Control unit 230 may include a digital signal processor that performs digital processing of signals transmitted and received through the antenna and RF circuitry.
- the digital processing includes processing of the protocol stack of the RAN.
- the memory stores programs executed by the processor, parameters related to the programs, and data related to the programs. All or part of the memory may be included within the processor.
- the base station 200 configures the first cell (C1), which is the serving cell, and the cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) belonging to the same frequency as the first cell (C1) in the UE 100.
- Transmitting section 211 transmits RA resource information indicating random access resources used in random access to cell C2 (TRP201#2) to UE 100 in the first cell (C1).
- Receiving section 112 receives a random access preamble transmitted using a random access resource from UE 100 in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the transmitting section 211 transmits to the UE 100 a response to the random access preamble including timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the UE 100 can appropriately acquire the timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2) by random access. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the base station 200 configures the first cell (C1), which is the serving cell, and the cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) belonging to the same frequency as the first cell (C1) in the UE 100.
- the control unit 230 sets a timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2) and an identifier associated with the timing advance to uniquely identify the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is generated that includes an identifying cell identifier.
- the transmission unit 211 transmits the MAC CE to the UE100.
- the UE 100 can identify the target cell even if the TA is transmitted by the MAC CE, and thus can appropriately acquire the timing advance for adjusting the uplink transmission timing for the cell C2 (TRP201#2) by the MAC CE. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the communication unit 210 may be provided in the DU202, and the control unit 230 may be provided in the DU202 and/or the CU203.
- FIG. 8 First Operation Example A first operation example in the mobile communication system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.
- UE 100 transmits an uplink signal to cell C2 based on group information indicating that cell C1 (TRP201 #1) and cell C2 (TRP201 #2) belong to the same timing advance group. Adjust timing.
- step S101 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) sets the first timing advance (first TA) for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C1 (TRP201#1) to the cell C1 (TRP201#1). to the UE 100 in.
- UE 100 receives the first TA from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the base station 200 may transmit the first TA by MAC CE, or in random access, by responding to the random access (RA) preamble (RA response) from the UE 100.
- RA random access
- step S102 the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines the first adjustment value (T TA1 ). A first adjustment value (T TA1 ).
- the UE 100 calculates the first TA value (N TA1 ) based on the first TA (T A1 ) using Equation 2 or Equation 3, for example. Also, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may determine the first offset value (N TA,offset ) to be given to the first TA value. The UE 100 (control unit 120) may determine the first adjustment value (T TA1 ) from the first TA value and the determined first offset value using Equation 1 above.
- the UE 100 uses the downlink timing from the cell C1 (TRP 201#1) as a timing reference for the first uplink transmission (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a first timing reference). As shown in FIG. 9, UE 100 (control section 120) determines the timing shifted by the first adjustment value (T TA1 ) determined from the first timing reference as the first transmission timing.
- step S103 the UE 100 (transmitting section 111) transmits the first uplink signal to the cell C1 (TRP201#1) at the determined first transmission timing.
- the base station 200 receives an uplink signal in cell C1 (TRP 201#1).
- the base station 200 (control unit 230) starts an operation for performing data communication with the cell C2 (TRP201#2) while the UE100 maintains the cell C1 (TRP201#1) as a serving cell.
- the base station 200 determines whether cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- the base station 200 places cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) in the same timing advance group. may be determined to belong.
- the base station 200 determines that the cell C1 (TRP201#1) and the cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to different timing advance groups. can be determined.
- first TA can be applied as (T TA2 )
- second timing reference can be used as the timing reference when adjusting the second transmission timing
- the base station 200 (control unit 230) generates group information indicating whether cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- group information for example, by setting a timing advance group identifier for each cell, it may be indicated whether cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- cell C1 (TRP201#1) is associated with timing advance group identifier #1
- cell C2 (TRP201#2) is associated with timing advance group identifier #1.
- the group information may indicate that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- the group information For example, in the group information, cell C1 (TRP201#1) is associated with timing advance group identifier #1, and cell C2 (TRP201#2) is associated with timing advance group identifier #2.
- the group information may indicate that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to different timing advance groups.
- the base station 200 determines that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group. Therefore, the group information indicates that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- step S104 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits group information to the UE 100 in the cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- UE 100 (receiving section 112) receives group information from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the base station 200 may transmit the group information to the UE 100 in the cell C1 (TRP201#1) during steps S1 to S4 in the procedure shown in FIG.
- the base station 200 transmits, to the UE 100, configuration information including, for example, group information and beam measurement configuration information for configuring beam measurement reference signals used for beam measurement for cell C2 (TRP 201 #2).
- you can UE 100 receives group information and beam measurement configuration information from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the second transmission timing can be adjusted using the first TA as described later before the UE 100 transmits/receives data to/from the cell C2 (TRP201#2) (that is, step S4 in FIG. 5) can be determined. Also, signaling between the UE 100 and the base station 200 can be reduced compared to the case of transmitting the group information and the beam measurement configuration information separately.
- the beam measurement setting information includes reference signal information indicating the SSB or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted by cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- the base station 200 may transmit group information to the UE 100 in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- UE 100 may receive group information from cell C2 (TRP 201 #2).
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) adjusts the transmission timing of the uplink signal to cell C2 (TRP201#2) based on the group information. For example, the UE 100 performs the following operations.
- step S105 the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines whether cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group based on the group information.
- the UE 100 uses the cell C1 (TRP201 #1) because the group information indicates that the cell C1 (TRP201 #1) and the cell C2 (TRP201 #2) belong to the same timing advance group. ) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- step S106 the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines a second adjustment value (T TA2 ) for adjusting the second transmission timing.
- UE 100 uses the first TA to adjust the second transmission timing. good. That is, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may determine the second adjustment value using the first TA. The UE 100 (control unit 120) may use the first adjustment value as the second adjustment value. This eliminates the need for UE 100 to acquire a second timing advance different from the first TA (hereinafter referred to as a second TA) from base station 200, so signaling between UE 100 and base station 200 can be reduced.
- a second TA second timing advance different from the first TA
- the UE 100 uses the first offset value determined in step S102 as the second offset value (N TA, offset ) while using the first TA as the second TA. may Thereby, the UE 100 can omit the process of determining the second offset value using Table 1, for example. As a result, the processing load on the UE 100 can be reduced.
- UE 100 determines the timing of the second uplink transmission.
- the second transmission timing may be adjusted using the first timing reference as a reference (hereinafter referred to as a second timing reference). Therefore, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may have the same first transmission timing and second transmission timing.
- the UE 100 may use the downlink timing from cell C2 (TRP 201#2) as the second timing reference. Therefore, the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines the timing shifted by the determined second adjustment value (T TA2 ), that is, the first adjustment value (T TA1 ) from the second timing reference as the second transmission timing. good too.
- the UE 100 (control section 120) adjusts the second transmission timing using the first TA.
- the UE 100 may manage the first TA value and the second TA value independently. That is, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may store the first TA value and the second TA value.
- the UE 100 When the UE 100 (control unit 120) receives the first MAC CE including the first TA as the TA command from the base station 200, it may manage the first TA value based on the first MAC CE. That is, the UE 100 (control unit 120) updates the first TA value based on the first TA, and stores the updated first TA value. On the other hand, when the UE 100 (control unit 120) receives the second MAC CE including the second TA as the TA command from the base station 200, it manages the second TA value independently from the first TA value based on the first MAC CE. you can The UE 100 (control unit 120) updates the second TA value based on the second TA and stores the updated second TA value.
- the UE 100 may manage the first adjustment value and the second adjustment value independently.
- the UE 100 may independently manage the information regarding the adjustment of the transmission timing of the uplink signal for each cell.
- the UE 100 when using the first TA value as the second TA value, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may store only the first TA value and not the second TA value. Similarly, when using the first adjustment value as the second adjustment value, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may store only the first adjustment value and may not store the second adjustment value.
- step S107 the UE 100 (transmitting section 111) transmits the second uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2) at the determined second transmission timing.
- the base station 200 receives an uplink signal in cell C2 (TRP 201#2).
- the first TA can be used to adjust the second transmission timing in addition to the first transmission timing.
- Second Operation Example A second operation example in the mobile communication system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, mainly focusing on differences from the above-described operation example.
- the second operation example a case will be described where cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to different timing advance groups.
- step S111 to step S115 is the same as the operation example described above.
- the base station 200 (control unit 230) generates group information indicating whether cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- Base station 200 (control unit 230) transmits the generated group information to UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the UE 100 determines that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to different timing advance groups based on the group information.
- the UE 100 may operate to acquire the second TA.
- UE 100 may perform random access to cell C2 (TRP 201#2), for example.
- UE 100 transmitting section 111) may transmit a random access (RA) preamble to cell C2 (TRP 201 #2).
- RA random access
- step S116 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits a second timing advance (second TA) for adjusting the second transmission timing to the UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- UE 100 (receiving section 112) receives the second TA from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the base station 200 may transmit the second TA by MAC CE, or in random access, by responding to the random access (RA) preamble from the UE 100 (RA response).
- UE 100 (receiving section 112) may receive the second TA from cell C2 (TRP 201 #2).
- TRP 201 #2 By receiving the TA (second TA) used for transmission of the second uplink signal from the transmission destination cell of the second uplink signal, it is possible to easily grasp the TA to be applied.
- step S117 the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines a second adjustment value (T TA2 ) for adjusting the second transmission timing.
- the UE 100 calculates the second TA value (N TA2 ) based on the second TA (T A2 ), for example, using Equation 2 or Equation 3 above.
- the UE 100 may determine the second offset value (N TA,offset ) to be given to the second TA value.
- the UE 100 may use the first offset value determined when adjusting the first transmission timing as the second offset value.
- the UE 100 may manage the first TA value (N TA1 ) and the second TA value (N TA2 ) independently and use the first offset value as the second offset value. Thereby, the UE 100 can omit the process of determining the second offset value using Table 1, for example. As a result, the processing load on the UE 100 can be reduced.
- the UE 100 may use the first offset value as the second offset value regardless of whether (i) the first TA value and the second TA value are the same, or (ii) the first The first offset value may be used as the second offset value regardless of whether the adjustment value and the second adjustment value are the same; and (iii) the first timing reference and the second timing reference are the same.
- the first offset value may be used as the second offset value regardless of whether there is, and (iv) the second offset value regardless of whether the transmission timing of the uplink signal after adjustment is the same may be used as the first offset value. Therefore, when cell C2 (TRP201#2) is configured together with cell C1 (TRP201#1), UE 100 can apply the same offset value (N TA, offset ) to both cells.
- the UE 100 may determine the second adjustment value (T TA2 ) based on the second TA value calculated using Equation 1 above and the second offset value determined.
- UE 100 When the group information indicates that cell C1 (TRP201 #1) and cell C2 (TRP201 #2) belong to different timing advance groups, UE 100 (control section 120) performs downlink from cell C2 (TRP201 #2).
- the timing may be used as a second timing reference to adjust the second transmission timing.
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines the second transmission timing to be the timing shifted by the determined second adjustment value (T TA2 ) from the second timing reference. In this way, the UE 100 (control section 120) adjusts the second transmission timing using the second TA. This allows the network to flexibly set the second transmission timing of the UE 100 (control unit 120).
- step S118 is the same as the operation example described above.
- step S201 to step S203 is the same as the operation example described above.
- step S204 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits an activation instruction to the UE 100 in the cell C1 (TRP201#1) to activate the TCI state associated with the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- UE 100 receives the activation instruction from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the activation instruction may include group information.
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) activates the TCI state in response to receiving the activation instruction. Also, the UE 100 (control unit 120) adjusts the second transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2) in response to activating the TCI state. Therefore, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may start the following operations in response to activating the TCI state.
- step S205 UE 100 (control unit 120) determines whether cell C1 (TRP201 #1) and cell C2 (TRP201 #2) belong to the same timing advance group based on the group information, as in the above operation example. determine whether or not In this operation example, UE 100 (control unit 120) determines that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to the same timing advance group.
- the UE 100 may determine whether to adjust the second transmission timing using the first TA or adjust the second transmission timing using the second TA. In this operation example, the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines to adjust the second transmission timing using the first TA.
- the UE 100 may perform the operation of adjusting the second transmission timing using the first TA (that is, the operation of step S106 in the first operation example) without performing the above determination. .
- step S206 the UE 100 (control unit 120) determines a second adjustment value (T TA2 ) for adjusting the second transmission timing, as in the above operation example. That is, UE 100 (control section 120) adjusts the second transmission timing using the first TA.
- T TA2 a second adjustment value for adjusting the second transmission timing
- step S207 is the same as the operation example described above.
- the UE 100 can adjust the transmission timing of the uplink signal for the cell C2 (TRP201#2) at an appropriate opportunity. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- step S211 to step S215 the operation from step S211 to step S215 is the same as the operation example described above.
- UE 100 determines that cell C1 (TRP201#1) and cell C2 (TRP201#2) belong to different timing advance groups. Also, in this operation example, the UE 100 (the control unit 120) may determine to adjust the second transmission timing using the second TA.
- the UE 100 may perform the subsequent operations without making the above determination.
- the UE 100 may determine whether or not the second TA is held. The UE 100 (control unit 120) may execute the process of step S216 when not holding the second TA. On the other hand, when holding the second TA, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may execute the process of step S218 without executing the process of step S216.
- the UE 100 may hold a second adjustment timer (timeAlignmentTimer) that controls the time when the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C2 (TRP201#2) is considered to be adjusted.
- timeAlignmentTimer timeAlignmentTimer
- the UE 100 may start (or restart) the second adjustment timer.
- the UE 100 adjusts the second transmission timing using the second TA value within a predetermined time after receiving the second TA from the base station 200.
- the UE 100 may measure a predetermined time using the second adjustment timer.
- the UE 100 may retain the second TA value when the second adjustment timer expires.
- the UE 100 may hold a first adjustment timer (timeAlignmentTimer) that controls the time when the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C1 (TRP201 #1) is considered to be adjusted. .
- timeAlignmentTimer a first adjustment timer that controls the time when the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the cell C1 (TRP201 #1) is considered to be adjusted.
- the UE 100 does not hold the second TA value.
- UE 100 activates the TCI state and does not hold the second TA value
- UE 100 performs random access (RA) to cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) in order to acquire the second TA. you can Therefore, the UE 100 (control unit 120) may perform control to start the following operations. Thereby, the UE 100 can acquire the second TA and calculate the second TA value.
- RA random access
- step S216 the UE 100 (transmitting section 111) transmits the RA preamble to cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- Base station 200 receives the RA preamble in cell C1 (TRP 201 #1). Note that the RA preamble transmission is called Msg1 in the RA procedure.
- the base station 200 (control unit 230) generates an RA response in response to receiving the RA preamble.
- Base station 200 (control section 230) includes the second TA in the RA response.
- the base station 200 may allocate RA resources to be used for RA for cell C2 (TRP201#2) to UE100.
- Base station 200 (transmitting section 211) may transmit information indicating the RA resource allocated to UE 100 to UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP 201 #1) before step S216.
- RA resources dedicated RA preambles are allocated exclusively to the UE 100 from among the RA preambles prepared for cell C2 (TRP201#2) and compete with other UEs 100 in RA for cell C2 (TRP201#2). It may be an RA preamble that does not Alternatively, the RA resource may be one or more RA resources (CBRA preamble group) available for CBRA for cell C2 (TRP201#2). Preambles included in the CBRA preamble group are RA preambles that can compete with other UEs 100 .
- the base station 200 transmits the RA response to the UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- the base station 200 may transmit the RA response to the UE 100 in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- UE 100 receives the RA response from cell C1 (TRP201#1) or cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the RA response transmission is called Msg2 in the RA procedure.
- steps S218 and S219 are the same as the above operation example.
- step S220 base station 200 (transmitting section 211) issues a deactivation instruction to cell C1 (TRP201#2) to deactivate the TCI state associated with cell C2 (TRP201#2). 1) is transmitted to the UE 100. UE 100 (receiving section 112) receives the deactivation instruction from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the UE 100 deactivates the TCI state associated with cell C2 (TRP201#2) in response to the deactivation instruction.
- the UE 100 may consider that the second adjustment timer has expired in response to deactivating the TCI state.
- the UE 100 may discard the second TA when the second adjustment timer has expired (deemed).
- Step S221 is the same operation as step S214.
- Step S222 is the same operation as step S215.
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) may determine whether it holds the second TA value. In this operation example, the UE 100 (control unit 120) is assumed to hold the second TA value.
- the UE 100 executes the process of step S223 without executing the same process as the process of step S216.
- Steps S223 and S224 are the same as in the above operation example.
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) adjusts the second transmission timing using the second TA value. This allows the UE 100 to omit the operation for acquiring the second TA, thereby reducing signaling between the UE 100 and the base station 200 .
- the UE 100 can adjust the transmission timing of the uplink signal for the cell C2 (TRP201#2) at an appropriate opportunity. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately control the transmission timing of the uplink signal for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the UE 100 performs random access to the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the random access is contention-free random access (CFRA).
- step S301 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits cell identification information to the UE 100 in the cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- UE 100 (receiving section 112) receives the cell identification information from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the cell identification information is information for identifying the second cell.
- the cell identification information may include a cell identifier that identifies the second cell.
- a cell identifier may be used as an identifier indicating a random access (RA) preamble transmission target.
- the cell identifier may be a physical cell identifier (PCI). Also, the cell identifier may be the Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) of cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) for cell C2 (TRP201#2) may be the cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) assigned to the UE100.
- the C-RNTI of cell C2 (TRP201 #2) (hereinafter referred to as the second C-RNTI as appropriate) is, in this case, the C-RNTI of cell C1 (TRP201 #1) allocated to UE 100 (hereinafter referred to as the first C-RNTI (referred to as appropriate).
- the cell identifier may be an index assigned to cell C2 (TRP201#2) by base station 200 (control unit 230).
- the index may be indicated with fewer bits than the PCI.
- the cell identification information may be a list of cells managed by the base station 200 (control unit 230).
- the index assigned to cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) by base station 200 (control unit 230) may be implicitly notified to UE 100 by the list of the cell.
- the cells may be implicitly indexed in the order of the list of cells (eg, descending order).
- UE 100 (control unit 120) may grasp the index (ie, cell identifier) of cell C2 (TRP201#2) in the order of cell C2 (TRP201#2) listed in the cell list.
- the cell identification information may be included in the setting information regarding cell C2.
- the configuration information regarding cell C2 includes configuration of SSB used for beam measurement for cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) and configuration necessary for using radio resources for data transmission/reception (including data transmission/reception with cell C2). including. Note that the cell identification information may be transmitted separately from the configuration information regarding cell C2.
- the base station 200 may omit transmission of cell identification information when PCI is included in the PDCCH command in step S302.
- Base station 200 may transmit cell identification information (eg, C-RNTI, etc.) even when PCI is included in the PDCCH command in step S302.
- the base station 200 determines to have the UE 100 perform random access (RA) to cell C2 (TRP201#2). Also, the base station 200 (control section 230) determines random access (RA) resources to be used for RA for cell C2 (TRP201#2). In this operation example, base station 200 (control unit 230) allocates a dedicated RA preamble to UE 100 as an RA resource.
- a dedicated RA preamble is assigned exclusively to the UE 100 from among the RA preamble group prepared for the cell C2 (TRP201#2), and is an RA preamble that does not conflict with other UEs 100 in RA for the cell C2 (TRP201#2). be.
- the base station 200 transmits to the UE 100 in the cell C1 (TRP201#1) a PDCCH command instructing execution of RA for the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the base station 200 transmits DCI of downlink control information (DCI) format 1_0 as a PDCCH command to the UE 100 on the PDCCH of the cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- UE 100 receives the PDCCH command.
- the PDCCH command for causing UE 100 to perform RA for cell C2 may be transmitted to UE 100 in a manner different from the PDCCH command for causing UE 100 to perform RA for cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the UE 100 determines to perform RA based on the PDCCH command.
- UE 100 may understand that the PDCCH command instructs execution of RA for cell C2 (TRP 201 #2) by including a cell identifier described later in DCI.
- the PDCCH command may contain an index of a dedicated RA preamble to be used for RA for cell C2 (TRP201#2) as RA resource information indicating RA resources.
- the dedicated RA preamble is the RA preamble assigned to the UE 100 in step S301.
- UE 100 (receiving section 112) receives the RA resource information from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1) by receiving the PDCCH command.
- the PDCCH command includes the index of the dedicated RA preamble, so that UE 100 (control unit 120) can grasp the dedicated RA preamble together with the RA execution instruction.
- the UE 100 uses RA resource information to determine the RA preamble to be transmitted in RA.
- the UE 100 determines a dedicated RA preamble corresponding to the dedicated RA preamble index as the RA preamble to be transmitted in RA.
- a PDCCH command may include a cell identifier as an identifier indicating a target for RA preamble transmission.
- the cell identifier included in the PDCCH command is, for example, (a) the index assigned to cell C2 (TRP201 #2) by the base station 200, (b) the PCI of cell C2 (TRP201 #2), and (c) the second C- It may be at least one of RNTI.
- the cell identifier may be included in DCI format 1_0.
- the UE 100 may recognize the cell C2 (TRP201#2) indicated by the cell identifier as the RA preamble transmission target.
- the PDCCH command can specify the RA transmission target by including the cell identifier, and the UE 100 (control unit 120) can grasp the RA transmission target together with the RA execution instruction.
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) uses the DCI format 1_0 from the cell C1 (TRP201#1), the target of use of the information notified by the DCI format 1_0 is the cell C2 (TRP201#2). I can understand something.
- the UE 100 (control unit 120) can grasp the transmission target of the RA preamble.
- step S303 the UE 100 (transmitting section 111) transmits the determined RA preamble (dedicated RA preamble) to the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- Base station 200 receives the dedicated RA preamble in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the base station 200 (control unit 230) generates an RA response in response to receiving the RA preamble.
- Base station 200 (control section 230) includes in the RA response a second TA for adjusting the second transmission timing to cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- step S304 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits an RA response including the second TA to the UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) may transmit the RA response to the UE 100 in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- UE 100 receives an RA response from cell C1 (TRP201#1) or cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- Step S305 is the same as the operation example described above.
- the UE 100 can appropriately acquire the second TA by CFRA in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- step S311 the base station 200 (control unit 230) sets the cell radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) of the cell C1 (TRP201#1) as the radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) of the cell C1 (TRP201#1). Assign an identifier (1C-RNTI) to the UE 100 .
- Base station 200 transmits the first C-RNTI to UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- UE 100 receives the first C-RNTI from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- step S312 the base station 200 (transmitting unit 211) allocates the second C-RNTI different from the first C-RNTI to the UE100.
- Base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits the second C-RNTI to UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP 201#1) as the cell identification information described above.
- UE 100 (receiving section 112) receives the second C-RNTI from cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the base station 200 determines to cause the UE 100 to perform random access (RA) to cell C2 (TRP201#2) in the same manner as in the operation example described above. Also, base station 200 (control section 230) determines RA resources to be used for RA for cell C2 (TRP 201#2), and includes RA resource information indicating the determined RA resources in the PDCCH command.
- RA random access
- the base station 200 (control unit 230) includes the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits scrambled by the RNTI (second C-RNTI in this operation example) of cell C2 (TRP201#2) in the PDCCH command.
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- step S313 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits a PDCCH command instructing execution of RA for cell C2 (TRP201#2) to UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1) in the same manner as in the above operation example. do.
- the PDCCH order may not contain the cell identifier mentioned above.
- UE 100 control unit 120
- the UE 100 determines whether or not the CRC bits included in the PDCCH command are scrambled with the second C-RNTI.
- the UE 100 determines that the CRC bits are scrambled with the second C-RNTI when the CRC bits can be decoded with the second C-RNTI.
- UE 100 determines that the CRC bits are not scrambled with the second C-RNTI when the CRC bits cannot be decoded with the second C-RNTI.
- the UE 100 determines that the CRC bits are scrambled with the second C-RNTI, it determines that the RA preamble transmission target is the cell C2 (TRP201#2). In this case, the UE 100 (control unit 120) performs the same operation as in the above operation example (step S302). On the other hand, when determining that the CRC bits are not scrambled with the second C-RNTI, UE 100 (control section 120) determines that the RA preamble transmission target is not cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- UE 100 (control unit 120), when a plurality of cells (a plurality of TRPs 201) belonging to the same frequency as cell C1 (TRP 201 #1), which is a serving cell, is set, the C-RNTI that can decode the CRC bits A corresponding cell is determined to be a transmission target of the RA preamble.
- steps S315 and S316 are the same as the operation example described above.
- Seventh Operation Example A seventh operation example in the mobile communication system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 17, mainly focusing on differences from the above-described operation examples.
- the UE 100 performs contention-based random access (CBRA) to the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- CBRA contention-based random access
- step S321 the base station 200 (transmitting section 211) transmits configuration information regarding cell C2 including RA resource information to UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- the UE 100 receives configuration information regarding the cell C2 from the cell C1 (TRP 201 #1).
- the RA resource information indicates one or more RA resources (CBRA preamble group) that can be used for CBRA for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- CBRA preambles included in the CBRA preamble group are RA preambles that can compete with other UEs 100 .
- the UE 100 selects an RA preamble from one or more RA resources (CBRA preamble group) indicated by the RA resource information.
- UE 100 may randomly select the RA preamble.
- UE 100 determines the selected CBRA preamble as an RA preamble to be transmitted. Thereby, the UE 100 can appropriately perform CBRA in order to acquire TA by RA.
- step S323 the UE 100 (transmitting section 111) transmits the CBRA preamble determined as the RA preamble to be transmitted to the cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- Base station 200 receives the CBRA preamble in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- Base station 200 (control section 230) generates an RA response in response to receiving the CBRA preamble.
- Steps S324 and S325 are the same as in the above operation example.
- the UE 100 can appropriately acquire the second TA by CBRA in order to adjust the uplink transmission timing for cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- MAC CE may be a TRP-specific timing advance command MAC CE (hereinafter referred to as TRP-MAC CE as appropriate) as shown in FIG.
- TRP-MAC CE is a MAC CE that differs from the conventional timing advance command MAC CE.
- a TRP-MAC CE may be identified by a MAC subheader with a Logical Channel Identifier (LCID).
- LCID Logical Channel Identifier
- TRP-MAC CE may be fixed in size.
- TRP-MAC CE may consist of a single octet.
- the TRP-MAC CE includes a TA command as a second TA for adjusting the second transmission timing to cell C2 (TRP201#2) and a cell identifier that uniquely identifies cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the cell identifier is an identifier associated with the second TA.
- the cell identifier may be called a TRP identifier (TRP ID).
- TRP ID TRP identifier
- the TRP identifier may be, for example, the identifier of an addressed TRP that has a different PCI than cell C1 (TRP201#1) and is served by a different cell than cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- the TA command may be an index used to control the amount of timing adjustment that the MAC entity should apply.
- the base station 200 may notify the UE 100 of the cell identifier using the cell identification information before transmitting the TRP-MAC CE, as in the fifth operation example described above.
- the base station 200 may include, for example, cell identification information (cell identifier) in the configuration information regarding cell C2.
- the TRP-MAC CE may contain an index for identifying cell C2 (TRP201#2) as a cell identifier.
- the index may be an index assigned to cell C2 (TRP 201#2) by base station 200 (control unit 230), as described in the fifth operation example above.
- UE 100 receives the index from base station 200 before receiving the TRP-MAC CE.
- the UE 100 may receive configuration information regarding cell C2 including the index before receiving the TRP-MAC CE.
- the TRP-MAC CE may contain the Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) of cell C2 (TRP201#2) as a cell identifier.
- the RNTI of cell C2 (TRP201#2) may be, for example, the second C-RNTI described in the fifth operation example above.
- UE 100 receiving unit 112 receives the RNTI of cell C2 (TRP201#2) (for example, the second C-RNTI ) is being received.
- the TRP-MAC CE may be a physical cell identifier (PCI) as a cell identifier.
- PCI physical cell identifier
- the conventional timing advance command MAC CE contains the timing advance group identifier (TAG ID) and does not contain the cell identifier.
- the base station 200 transmits MAC CE to the UE 100 in cell C1 (TRP201#1).
- the base station 200 may transmit MAC CE to the UE 100 in cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- UE 100 receives MAC CE from cell C1 (TRP201#1) or cell C2 (TRP201#2).
- the UE 100 selects the cell C2 (TRP201#2) as the target cell for adjusting the transmission timing by the TA indicated by the TA command (that is, the second TA). identify.
- steps S403 and S404 are the same as the above operation example.
- the operation sequences (and operation flows) in the above-described embodiments do not necessarily have to be executed in chronological order according to the order described in the flow diagrams or sequence diagrams. For example, the steps in the operations may be performed out of order or in parallel with the order illustrated in the flow diagrams or sequence diagrams. Also, some steps in the operation may be omitted and additional steps may be added to the process. Further, the operation sequences (and operation flows) in the above-described embodiments may be implemented independently, or two or more operation sequences (and operation flows) may be combined and implemented. For example, some steps of one operation flow may be added to another operation flow, or some steps of one operation flow may be replaced with some steps of another operation flow.
- the mobile communication system 1 based on NR has been described as an example.
- the mobile communication system 1 is not limited to this example.
- the mobile communication system 1 may be a TS-compliant system of either LTE (Long Term Evolution) or another generation system (for example, 6th generation) of the 3GPP standards.
- Base station 200 may be an eNB that provides E-UTRA user plane and control plane protocol termination towards UE 100 in LTE.
- the mobile communication system 1 may be a system conforming to a TS of a standard other than the 3GPP standard.
- the base station 200 may be an IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul) donor or an IAB node.
- IAB Integrated Access and Backhaul
- a program that causes a computer to execute each process performed by the UE 100 or the base station 200 may be provided.
- the program may be recorded on a computer readable medium.
- a computer readable medium allows the installation of the program on the computer.
- the computer-readable medium on which the program is recorded may be a non-transitory recording medium.
- the non-transitory recording medium is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, a recording medium such as CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) or DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory). good.
- circuits that execute each process performed by the UE 100 or the base station 200 may be integrated, and at least a part of the UE 100 or the base station 200 may be configured as a semiconductor integrated circuit (chipset, SoC (System On Chip)).
- “transmit” may mean performing at least one layer of processing in the protocol stack used for transmission, or physically transmitting the signal wirelessly or by wire. It may mean sending to Alternatively, “transmitting” may mean a combination of performing the at least one layer of processing and physically transmitting the signal wirelessly or by wire.
- “receive” may mean performing processing of at least one layer in the protocol stack used for reception, or physically receiving a signal wirelessly or by wire. may mean that Alternatively, “receiving” may mean a combination of performing the at least one layer of processing and physically receiving the signal wirelessly or by wire.
- “obtain/acquire” may mean obtaining information among stored information, and may mean obtaining information among information received from other nodes.
- references to "based on” and “depending on/in response to” are used unless otherwise specified. does not mean The phrase “based on” means both “based only on” and “based at least in part on.” Similarly, the phrase “depending on” means both “only depending on” and “at least partially depending on.” Similarly, “include” and “comprise” are not meant to include only the recited items, and may include only the recited items or in addition to the recited items. Means that it may contain further items. Similarly, in the present disclosure, “or” does not mean exclusive OR, but means logical OR. Furthermore, any references to elements using the "first,” “second,” etc.
- the first cell (C1) and the second cell (C2) belonging to the same frequency as the serving cell (C1) and the first cell (C1) are managed by the base station (200) that manages the first cell (C1) and the second cell ( A communication device (100) in which C2) is set, a receiving unit (112) that receives RA resource information indicating random access resources to be used in random access to the second cell (C2) from the first cell (C1); A control unit (120) that determines a random access preamble to be transmitted in the random access using the RA resource information; A transmitting unit (111) that transmits the determined random access preamble to the second cell (C2), The receiving unit (112) receives from the base station (200) a response to the random access preamble including a timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the second cell (C2) Communication device (100).
- the receiving unit (112) includes an index of a dedicated random access preamble dedicated to the communication device (100) (100) as the random access resource, and performs the random access to the second cell (C2). receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) command from the first cell (C1) indicating The communication device (100) according to appendix 1, wherein the control unit (120) determines a dedicated random access preamble corresponding to the index as the random access preamble to be transmitted.
- PDCCH physical downlink control channel
- the receiving unit (112) receives setting information including beam measurement setting information for setting a beam measurement reference signal used for beam measurement for the second cell (C2) from the first cell (C1), The communication device (100) according to appendix 3 or 4, wherein the configuration information includes the identifier.
- the receiving unit (112) receives the radio network temporary identifier of the first cell (C1) and the radio network temporary identifier of the second cell (C2) from the base station (200), the PDCCH order includes cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits scrambled with the radio network temporary identifier of the second cell (C2);
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- the control unit (120) determines that the transmission target of the random access preamble is the second cell (C2).
- C2) The communication device (100) according to appendix 2.
- the random access is contention-based random access (CBRA);
- the RA resource information indicates one or more RA resources available for CBRA for the second cell;
- the communication device (100) according to appendix 1, wherein the control unit (120) determines a contention-based random access preamble based on the RA resource information as the random access preamble to be transmitted.
- a base station (200) that sets a first cell (C1) that is a serving cell and a second cell (C2) that belongs to the same frequency as the first cell (C1) in a communication device (100), a transmission unit (211) that transmits RA resource information indicating random access resources used in random access to the second cell (C2) to the communication device (100) in the first cell (C1); a receiving unit (212) that receives a random access preamble transmitted using the random access resource from the communication device (100) in the second cell (C2); The transmitting unit (211) transmits a response to the random access preamble including a timing advance for adjusting the transmission timing of the uplink signal to the second cell (C2) to the communication device (100).
- Base station (200) that sets a first cell (C1) that is a serving cell and a second cell (C2) that belongs to the same frequency as the first cell (C1) in a communication device (100), a transmission unit (211) that transmits RA resource information indicating random access resources used in
- the first cell (C1) and the second cell (C2) belonging to the same frequency as the serving cell (C1) and the first cell (C1) are managed by the base station (200) that manages the first cell (C1) and the second cell (
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図1を参照して、実施形態に係る移動通信システム1の構成について説明する。移動通信システム1は、例えば、3GPPの技術仕様(Technical Specification:TS)に準拠したシステムである。以下において、移動通信システム1として、3GPP規格の第5世代システム(5th Generation System:5GS)、すなわち、NR(New Radio)に基づく移動通信システムを例に挙げて説明する。
図3を参照して、実施形態に係る移動通信システム1における上りリンク送信タイミングの調整方法の例について説明する。すなわち、上りリンク送信タイミングの同期を取る方法について説明する。
図4を参照して、実施形態に係る移動通信システム1における想定シナリオについて説明する。
図6を参照して、実施形態に係るUE100の構成について説明する。UE100は、通信部110及び制御部120を備える。
図7を参照して、実施形態に係る基地局200の構成について説明する。基地局200は、複数のTRP201(図7の例では、TRP201#1及びTRP201#2)と、通信部210と、ネットワークインターフェイス220と、制御部230とを有する。
(1)第1動作例
図8及び図9を参照して、移動通信システム1における第1動作例について説明する。第1動作例では、UE100は、セルC1(TRP201#1)とセルC2(TRP201#2)とが同じタイミングアドバンスグループに属することを示すグループ情報に基づいて、セルC2への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整する。
(b)第2送信タイミングを調整する際に、タイミング基準として第1タイミング基準を用いることができる場合
図10及び図11を参照して、移動通信システム1における第2動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。第2動作例では、セルC1(TRP201#1)とセルC2(TRP201#2)とが異なるタイミングアドバンスグループに属するケースについて説明する。
図12を参照して、移動通信システム1における第3動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。第3動作例では、UE100がTCI状態のアクティブ化したことに応じて、セルC2(TRP201#2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するケースについて説明する。本動作例では、UE100(制御部120)は、第1TAを用いて、第2送信タイミングを調整する。
図13及び図14を参照して、移動通信システム1における第4動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。第4動作例では、第3動作例と同様に、UE100がTCI状態のアクティブ化したことに応じて、セルC2(TRP201#2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整する。本動作例では、UE100(制御部120)は、第2TAを用いて、第2送信タイミングを調整する。
図15を参照して、移動通信システム1における第5動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。本動作例では、UE100は、セルC2(TRP201#2)に対するランダムアクセスを行う。当該ランダムアクセスは、非競合ランダムアクセス(CFRA)である。
図16を参照して、移動通信システム1における第6動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。本動作例では、第5動作例と異なり、PDCCH指令が、RAプリアンブルの送信対象を示す識別子としてのセル識別子を含まないケースである。
図17を参照して、移動通信システム1における第7動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。本動作例では、UE100は、セルC2(TRP201#2)に対する競合ベースランダムアクセス(CBRA)を行う。
図18及び図19を参照して、移動通信システム1における第8動作例について、上述の動作例との相違点を主として説明する。本動作例では、UE100は、第2TAをMAC CEにより取得する。
上述の実施形態における動作シーケンス(及び動作フロー)は、必ずしもフロー図又はシーケンス図に記載された順序に沿って時系列に実行されなくてよい。例えば、動作におけるステップは、フロー図又はシーケンス図として記載した順序と異なる順序で実行されても、並列的に実行されてもよい。また、動作におけるステップの一部が削除されてもよく、さらなるステップが処理に追加されてもよい。また、上述の実施形態における動作シーケンス(及び動作フロー)は、別個独立に実施してもよいし、2以上の動作シーケンス(及び動作フロー)を組み合わせて実施してもよい。例えば、1つの動作フローの一部のステップを他の動作フローに追加してもよいし、1つの動作フローの一部のステップを他の動作フローの一部のステップと置換してもよい。
上述の実施形態に関する特徴について付記する。
サービングセルである第1セル(C1)及び前記第1セル(C1)と同じ周波数に属する第2セル(C2)を管理する基地局(200)によって前記第1セル(C1)及び前記第2セル(C2)が設定される通信装置(100)であって、
前記第2セル(C2)に対するランダムアクセスにおいて用いるべきランダムアクセスリソースを示すRAリソース情報を前記第1セル(C1)から受信する受信部(112)と、
前記RAリソース情報を用いて、前記ランダムアクセスにおいて送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルを決定する制御部(120)と、
前記決定したランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記第2セル(C2)に送信する送信部(111)と、を備え、
前記受信部(112)は、前記第2セル(C2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するためのタイミングアドバンスを含む前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルに対する応答を前記基地局(200)から受信する
通信装置(100)。
前記ランダムアクセスは、非競合ランダムアクセス(CFRA)であり、
前記受信部(112)は、前記ランダムアクセスリソースとして前記通信装置(100)(100)に専用に割り当てられた専用ランダムアクセスプリアンブルのインデックスを含み、前記第2セル(C2)に対する前記ランダムアクセスの実行を指示する物理下りリンク制御チャネル(PDCCH)指令を、前記第1セル(C1)から受信し、
前記制御部(120)は、前記インデックスに対応する専用ランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルとして決定する
付記1に記載の通信装置(100)。
前記PDCCH指令は、前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルの送信対象を示す識別子として、前記第2セル(C2)を識別するための識別子を含む
付記2に記載の通信装置(100)。
前記識別子は、前記基地局(200)が前記第2セル(C2)に割り当てたインデックスである
付記3に記載の通信装置(100)。
前記受信部(112)は、前記第2セル(C2)に対するビーム測定に用いるビーム測定用参照信号を設定するビーム測定設定情報を含む設定情報を前記第1セル(C1)から受信し、
前記設定情報は、前記識別子を含む
付記3又は4に記載の通信装置(100)。
前記識別子は、前記第2セル(C2)の物理セル識別子である
付記3に記載の通信装置(100)。
前記受信部(112)は、前記第1セル(C1)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子と前記第2セル(C2)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子とを前記基地局(200)から受信し、
前記PDCCH指令は、前記第2セル(C2)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子でスクランブルされた巡回冗長チェック(CRC)ビットを含み、
前記制御部(120)は、前記PDCCH指令に含まれる前記CRCビットが前記第2セル(C2)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子でスクランブルされている場合、前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルの送信対象が前記第2セル(C2)であると判定する
付記2に記載の通信装置(100)。
前記ランダムアクセスは、競合ベースランダムアクセス(CBRA)であり、
前記RAリソース情報は、前記第2セルに対するCBRAに利用可能な1つ又は複数のRAリソースを示し、
前記制御部(120)は、前記RAリソース情報に基づく競合ベースランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルとして決定する
付記1に記載の通信装置(100)。
サービングセルである第1セル(C1)及び前記第1セル(C1)と同じ周波数に属する第2セル(C2)を通信装置(100)に設定する基地局(200)であって、
前記第2セル(C2)に対するランダムアクセスにおいて用いるランダムアクセスリソースを示すRAリソース情報を前記第1セル(C1)において前記通信装置(100)に送信する送信部(211)と、
前記ランダムアクセスリソースを用いて送信されたランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記第2セル(C2)において前記通信装置(100)から受信する受信部(212)と、を備え、
前記送信部(211)は、前記第2セル(C2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するためのタイミングアドバンスを含む前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルに対する応答を前記通信装置(100)に送信する
基地局(200)。
サービングセルである第1セル(C1)及び前記第1セル(C1)と同じ周波数に属する第2セル(C2)を管理する基地局(200)によって前記第1セル(C1)及び前記第2セル(C2)が設定される通信装置(100)で実行される通信方法であって、
前記第2セル(C2)に対するランダムアクセスにおいて用いるべきランダムアクセスリソースを示すRAリソース情報を前記第1セル(C1)から受信するステップと、
前記RAリソース情報を用いて、前記ランダムアクセスにおいて送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルを決定するステップと、
前記決定したランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記第2セル(C2)に送信するステップと、
前記第2セル(C2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するためのタイミングアドバンスを含む前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルに対する応答を前記基地局(200)から受信するステップと、を備える
通信方法。
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- サービングセルである第1セル(C1)及び前記第1セル(C1)と同じ周波数に属する第2セル(C2)を管理する基地局(200)によって前記第1セル(C1)及び前記第2セル(C2)が設定される通信装置(100)であって、
前記第2セル(C2)に対するランダムアクセスにおいて用いるべきランダムアクセスリソースを示すRAリソース情報を前記第1セル(C1)から受信する受信部(112)と、
前記RAリソース情報を用いて、前記ランダムアクセスにおいて送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルを決定する制御部(120)と、
前記決定したランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記第2セル(C2)に送信する送信部(111)と、を備え、
前記受信部(112)は、前記第2セル(C2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するためのタイミングアドバンスを含む前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルに対する応答を前記基地局(200)から受信する
通信装置(100)。 - 前記ランダムアクセスは、非競合ランダムアクセス(CFRA)であり、
前記受信部(112)は、前記ランダムアクセスリソースとして前記通信装置(100)(100)に専用に割り当てられた専用ランダムアクセスプリアンブルのインデックスを含み、前記第2セル(C2)に対する前記ランダムアクセスの実行を指示する物理下りリンク制御チャネル(PDCCH)指令を、前記第1セル(C1)から受信し、
前記制御部(120)は、前記インデックスに対応する専用ランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルとして決定する
請求項1に記載の通信装置(100)。 - 前記PDCCH指令は、前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルの送信対象を示す識別子として、前記第2セル(C2)を識別するための識別子を含む
請求項2に記載の通信装置(100)。 - 前記識別子は、前記基地局(200)が前記第2セル(C2)に割り当てたインデックスである
請求項3に記載の通信装置(100)。 - 前記受信部(112)は、前記第2セル(C2)に対するビーム測定に用いるビーム測定用参照信号を設定するビーム測定設定情報を含む設定情報を前記第1セル(C1)から受信し、
前記設定情報は、前記識別子を含む
請求項3又は4に記載の通信装置(100)。 - 前記識別子は、前記第2セル(C2)の物理セル識別子である
請求項3に記載の通信装置(100)。 - 前記受信部(112)は、前記第1セル(C1)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子と前記第2セル(C2)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子とを前記基地局(200)から受信し、
前記PDCCH指令は、前記第2セル(C2)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子でスクランブルされた巡回冗長チェック(CRC)ビットを含み、
前記制御部(120)は、前記PDCCH指令に含まれる前記CRCビットが前記第2セル(C2)の無線ネットワーク一時識別子でスクランブルされている場合、前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルの送信対象が前記第2セル(C2)であると判定する
請求項2に記載の通信装置(100)。 - 前記ランダムアクセスは、競合ベースランダムアクセス(CBRA)であり、
前記RAリソース情報は、前記第2セルに対するCBRAに利用可能な1つ又は複数のRAリソースを示し、
前記制御部(120)は、前記RAリソース情報に基づく競合ベースランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルとして決定する
請求項1に記載の通信装置(100)。 - サービングセルである第1セル(C1)及び前記第1セル(C1)と同じ周波数に属する第2セル(C2)を通信装置(100)に設定する基地局(200)であって、
前記第2セル(C2)に対するランダムアクセスにおいて用いるランダムアクセスリソースを示すRAリソース情報を前記第1セル(C1)において前記通信装置(100)に送信する送信部(211)と、
前記ランダムアクセスリソースを用いて送信されたランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記第2セル(C2)において前記通信装置(100)から受信する受信部(212)と、を備え、
前記送信部(211)は、前記第2セル(C2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するためのタイミングアドバンスを含む前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルに対する応答を前記通信装置(100)に送信する
基地局(200)。 - サービングセルである第1セル(C1)及び前記第1セル(C1)と同じ周波数に属する第2セル(C2)を管理する基地局(200)によって前記第1セル(C1)及び前記第2セル(C2)が設定される通信装置(100)で実行される通信方法であって、
前記第2セル(C2)に対するランダムアクセスにおいて用いるべきランダムアクセスリソースを示すRAリソース情報を前記第1セル(C1)から受信するステップと、
前記RAリソース情報を用いて、前記ランダムアクセスにおいて送信すべきランダムアクセスプリアンブルを決定するステップと、
前記決定したランダムアクセスプリアンブルを前記第2セル(C2)に送信するステップと、
前記第2セル(C2)への上りリンク信号の送信タイミングを調整するためのタイミングアドバンスを含む前記ランダムアクセスプリアンブルに対する応答を前記基地局(200)から受信するステップと、を備える
通信方法。
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