WO2023203732A1

WO2023203732A1 - Terminal, base station, and communication method

Info

Publication number: WO2023203732A1
Application number: PCT/JP2022/018490
Authority: WO
Inventors: 拓真中村; 知也小原; 浩樹原田
Original assignee: 株式会社Ｎｔｔドコモ
Priority date: 2022-04-21
Filing date: 2022-04-21
Publication date: 2023-10-26

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits an uplink signal by use of a switching system capable of switching the bands of a plurality of transmission chains; a reception unit that receives control information designating a switching destination of band that is of any one of the plurality of transmission chains and by which the uplink signal is to be transmitted; and a control unit that switches to the designated band of the transmission chain on the basis of the control information.

Description

Terminal, base station and communication method

The present invention relates to a terminal, a base station, and a communication method in a wireless communication system.

The requirements for NR (New Radio) (also referred to as "5G"), which is the successor system to LTE (Long Term Evolution), are a large capacity system, high data transmission speed, low latency, and the simultaneous use of a large number of terminals. Techniques that satisfy connectivity, low cost, power saving, etc. are being considered (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

Furthermore, studies have begun on 6G as the next generation wireless communication system for 5G, and it is expected that wireless quality will exceed that of 5G. For example, 6G will further increase capacity, use new frequency bands, lower latency, higher reliability, further reduce power consumption, and expand into new areas (high altitude, sea, etc.) with non-terrestrial networks. Studies are underway to expand coverage in space (space).

Studies are being conducted to strengthen uplink transmission on multi-carriers. For example, an operation is being considered in which a terminal that supports up to two transmissions at the same time dynamically switches over three or four bands for uplink transmission. However, conventionally, when a terminal is scheduled to perform uplink transmission, it is not clear to which band the transmission chain should be connected to transmit the uplink signal, making it impossible to appropriately switch the band for uplink transmission. there is a possibility.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to appropriately switch the band used for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system.

According to the disclosed technology, a transmitter transmits an uplink signal using a switching method capable of switching bands of a plurality of transmission chains, and a transmission unit that transmits an uplink signal from any one of the plurality of transmission chains. A terminal is provided that includes a receiving section that receives control information instructing a switching destination of a band of a chain, and a control section that switches the instructed band of the transmission chain based on the control information.

According to the disclosed technology, a technology is provided that enables appropriate switching of bands used for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system.

1 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-16. FIG. 2 is a first diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-17. FIG. 2 is a second diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-17. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-18. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between transmission chains and antenna ports in Rel-18. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a method for determining a transmission chain according to Example 1 of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a method for determining a transmission chain according to option 2-2 of Example 2 of the embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a base station or a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment described below is an example, and the embodiment to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the following embodiment.

Existing technologies are used as appropriate for the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. However, the existing technology is, for example, existing LTE, but is not limited to existing LTE. Further, the term "LTE" used in this specification has a broad meaning including LTE-Advanced and a system after LTE-Advanced (eg, NR) unless otherwise specified.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention described below, SS (Synchronization signal), PSS (Primary SS), SSS (Secondary SS), PBCH (Physical broadcast channel), PRACH (Physical Terms such as random access channel), PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) are used. This is for convenience of description, and signals, functions, etc. similar to these may be referred to by other names. Also, the above terms in NR correspond to NR-SS, NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, NR-PRACH, etc. However, even if the signal is used for NR, it is not necessarily specified as "NR-".

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the duplex method may be a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method, an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) method, or another method (for example, Flexible Duplex, etc.). This method may also be used.

Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, "configure" the wireless parameters etc. may mean pre-configuring a predetermined value, or may mean that the base station 10 or Wireless parameters notified from the terminal 20 may also be set.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 10 and a terminal 20, as shown in FIG. Although one base station 10 and one terminal 20 are shown in FIG. 1, this is just an example, and there may be a plurality of each.

The base station 10 is a communication device that provides one or more cells and performs wireless communication with the terminal 20. The physical resources of a radio signal are defined in the time domain and the frequency domain, and the time domain may be defined by the number of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or resource blocks. Good too. Furthermore, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot, or a TTI may be a subframe.

The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal and system information to the terminal 20. The synchronization signals are, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. System information is transmitted, for example, on NR-PBCH, and is also referred to as broadcast information. The synchronization signal and system information may be called SSB (SS/PBCH block). As shown in FIG. 1, the base station 10 transmits a control signal or data to the terminal 20 on the DL (Downlink), and receives the control signal or data from the terminal 20 on the UL (Uplink). Both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform beamforming to transmit and receive signals. Further, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can apply MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) communication to DL or UL. Further, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may communicate via a secondary cell (SCell) and a primary cell (PCell) using CA (Carrier Aggregation). Furthermore, the terminal 20 may communicate via a primary cell of the base station 10 and a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of another base station 10 using DC (Dual Connectivity).

The terminal 20 is a communication device equipped with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or a communication module for M2M (Machine-to-Machine). As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 20 receives control signals or data from the base station 10 via DL, and transmits control signals or data to the base station 10 via UL, thereby receiving various types of information provided by the wireless communication system. Use communication services. Furthermore, the terminal 20 receives various reference signals transmitted from the base station 10, and measures the channel quality based on the reception results of the reference signals. Note that the terminal 20 may be called a UE, and the base station 10 may be called a gNB.

In 3GPP, studies are being conducted to strengthen multi-carrier operations. Specifically, an operation is being considered in which a terminal that supports up to two transmissions at the same time in Frequency Range 1 (FR1) dynamically switches the band in which it transmits UL over three or four bands. Note that in the following description, "carrier", "CC", and "cell" may be used interchangeably.

In the conventional technology (Rel-16, Rel-17), the terminal 20 supports the UL Tx switching function (uplink transmission switching function), which is a function that can switch UL transmission between two bands (two carriers). There is. Even if the terminal 20 has only two transmission chains (Tx Chains), by using the UL Tx switching function, you can transmit using two antenna ports on one carrier, or use one antenna port on one carrier. Operations such as performing transmission using another antenna port for another carrier can be performed by switching over time.

Note that the transmission chain (Tx Chain) is a physical function for transmission in the terminal 20, regardless of whether actual transmission is performed or not. One transmission chain can perform transmission on one carrier. By switching the carrier (transmission function unit corresponding to the carrier) used by the transmission chain, it is possible to switch the carrier that can be transmitted by the transmission chain.

The antenna port is an antenna that can actually perform transmission using a transmission chain (Tx Chain). The terms transmission chain and antenna port are sometimes used interchangeably. Furthermore, the "antenna port" may also be referred to as a "port." Furthermore, the "number of antenna ports" may also be referred to as the "number of antennas."

In the following description, unless otherwise specified, one band has one carrier. Therefore, in this specification and claims, "band" may be replaced with "carrier", and "carrier" may be replaced with "band". However, one band having one carrier is just an example, and one band may have multiple carriers. When there are multiple carriers in one band, their number and relationship may be limited, for example, up to two carriers that are consecutive in frequency. Multiple carriers within one band may be treated similarly to one UL band (carrier) in the following description.

In 3GPP, a function is being considered for a terminal that supports up to two transmissions at the same time in FR1 to dynamically switch the band in which it transmits UL over three or four bands. For convenience, this function may be referred to as "Rel-18 UL Tx switching."

The above function sets 3 or 4 UL bands (carriers) for terminals that cannot perform UL CA (Carrier Aggregation), or can only do up to 2 UL CAs, and dynamically selects one from among them. This function allows the base station 10 to instruct transmission on one or two UL bands (carriers).

With such a function, it is possible to instruct the terminal 20 to perform UL transmission using a UL band (carrier) suitable for use with each time resource, taking into account the traffic situation and TDD configuration among multiple UL bands (carriers). become. This improves frequency usage efficiency and UL throughput.

In Rel-16 and Rel-17, UL Tx switching between two bands is specified. However, in Rel-18 UL Tx switching, it is not clear how to set a UL band (carrier) that is a candidate for switching in the terminal 20.

Conventionally, a terminal 20 that supports UL CA is configured with multiple DL/UL carriers as serving cells with a number less than or equal to the number of UL CA CCs supported by the terminal 20, and dynamically selects the UL CC used for transmission among them. can be given instructions. However, in Rel-18 UL Tx switching, it is necessary to set a greater number of UL carriers than the number of UL CA CCs supported by UL CA. However, in the conventional technology, it is not assumed that the number of UL CCs will be set higher than the number supported.

Another existing technology is SUL (supplemental uplink). The SUL framework supports linking with NUL (normal uplink) and dynamic switching, but it is not intended to extend the SUL framework.

Below, we will first explain UL Tx switching for Rel-16 and Rel-17. The operations of power boosting, switching period, DL interruption, etc. are basically the same in Rel-18 UL Tx switching as in Rel-16 and Rel-17. is the same as

(UL Tx switching for Rel-16)
In Rel-16, the terminal 20 supports two carriers and has two transmission chains. One transmission chain is fixed to one carrier, but the other transmission chain can be associated with either of the two carriers by a switch.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in NR Release 16. In this case, for example, it is possible to perform simultaneous transmission using two antenna ports on one carrier. It is also possible for each antenna port to perform transmission using one carrier and one antenna port. These methods can be dynamically switched. Rel-16 UL Tx switching is called Rel-16 1Tx-2Tx switching. In addition, in the following, "XTx-YTx switching" means that out of two bands, the maximum number of antenna ports that can be set for the first band is X, and the maximum number of antenna ports that can be set for the second band. It shows that the number of antenna ports is Y. For example, "1Tx-2Tx switching" means that out of two bands, the maximum number of antenna ports that can be set for the first band is 1, and the maximum number of antenna ports that can be set for the second band is 1. This method is 2.

A summary of Rel-16 UL Tx switching is as follows. Based on the PUSCH scheduling (scheduling command, rank adaptation) from the base station 10, the terminal 20 performs "1 port transmission on carrier 1", "1 port transmission on carrier 2", "1 port transmission on carrier 1 + It is possible to dynamically switch between "1 port transmission on carrier 2" (applicable only if option 2 is supported by inter-band CA) and "2 port transmission on carrier 2 (with or without 3dB power boosting)" It is. Rel-16 allows switching between 2CCs.

(UL Tx switching for Rel-17)
Next, we will explain Rel-17 UL Tx switching. Rel-17 uses "2Tx-2Tx UL Tx switching", which allows switching between two bands using two antenna ports each.

FIG. 3 is a first diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-17. The number of antenna ports that can be switched is two, and even with carrier 1, 2-port transmission is possible. Switching between 2CCs or 3CCs (2CCs are the same band among 3CCs) is possible.

FIG. 4 is a second diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-17. FIG. 4 shows an example of switching bands instead of carriers. As in the case of FIG. 3, the number of switchable antenna ports is two. In the example of FIG. 4, two-port transmission is possible for both band A and band B.

(UL Tx switching for Rel-18)
Next, Rel-18 UL Tx switching will be explained. Rel-18 uses "2Tx-2Tx-2Tx UL Tx switching" and "2Tx-2Tx-2Tx-2Tx UL Tx switching," which allows switching between three or four bands with two antenna ports. There is.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining uplink transmission switching in Rel-18. In Rel-18, Tx switching between CCs within three or four bands is being discussed. In the example of FIG. 5, the two antenna ports are capable of transmitting in band A, band B, band C, or band D, respectively. As mentioned above, the band may also be read as a carrier here.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the transmission chain and antenna ports in Rel-18. Assuming that one carrier can be used in each band, the maximum number of cases is 10, as shown in Figure 6 (assuming CA option 2).

Here, for example, the state of transmission chain 1T+1T+0T+0T in case 1-1 indicates that band A (or carrier 1) and band B (carrier 2) are each connected to one transmission chain. On the other hand, antenna port 1P+0P+0P+0P corresponds to band A (or carrier 1) of band A (or carrier 1), band B (or carrier 2), band C (or carrier 3), and band D (or carrier 4). In band B (or carrier 2), band C (carrier 3) and band D (or carrier 4), the antenna port does not transmit.

(Conventional problems)
As explained above, by expanding the number of bands for Tx switching to 3 or 4 in Rel-18, when a terminal is scheduled for uplink transmission, which band should the transmission chain be connected to for uplink transmission? The problem is that there may be cases where it is unclear whether or not this should be done.

For example, when the terminal receives the instruction "1P+0P+0P+0P" in the state of the antenna port "0P+2P+0P+0P", the terminal selects case 1-1, case 1- 2. It is not clear which of cases 1-3 and case 3 to select.

This is because the specifications at the time of Rel-17 assume switching between two bands, and cannot support expansion to three or four bands.

(Summary of this embodiment)
Therefore, in this embodiment, a method of explicitly instructing band switching will be described. Specifically, it is assumed that the terminal 20 is notified of the band assigned to the transmission chain using the DCI. This allows dynamic band switching. Examples 1 and 2 will be described below.

Note that in this embodiment, a specific example is described assuming a case of 2Tx-2Tx-2Tx-2Tx Tx switching. The number of bands may be 3 or 5 or more. That is, this embodiment may be applied to a case where two or more antenna ports can be switched from each of three or more bands. Furthermore, this embodiment may be applicable to scenarios other than CA option 2. For example, the function according to this embodiment may be applied to CA option1, SUL, etc.

It may be assumed that the terminal 20 receives an instruction for uplink transmission switching based on the bit value in the dedicated DCI field "Identifier for state of Tx chain".

For example, it may be assumed that the terminal 20 is explicitly instructed by the base station 10 to switch antennas as described below using the value of 1 bit in the DCI field. The terminal 20 may assume that the target DCI format is the conventional DCI format 0_x, 1_x, or 2_x series, or may assume a new DCI format.

Furthermore, the terminal 20 may assume that the bit length of the DCI field is specified in the specifications, or may assume that it is set by the base station 10 (RRC/SIB/MAC-CE, etc.). good.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a method for determining a transmission chain according to Example 1 of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 shows an example of determining a switching destination band in 1Tx-2Tx switching using 1-bit information.

Furthermore, the terminal 20 may assume that the bit length is implicitly determined according to the following settings. Specific examples will be illustrated in Example 1 and Example 2, which will be described later.
・Number of antennas/Number of bands

Furthermore, the terminal 20 may assume that the number of bands that can be switched is different for each antenna port. For example, Tx#1 may be capable of switching between four bands, and Tx#2 may be capable of switching between three bands. The terminal 20 may report the number of bands that can be switched for each antenna to the base station 10 as the terminal capability. The base station 10 may notify the terminal 20 of the number of bands to be switched via RRC, MAC-CE, DCI, etc. Alternatively, the base station 10 may indirectly notify the number of bands to be switched by notifying the bands to be switched.

Hereinafter, as a specific example of this embodiment, an example will be described in which the bit length of the DCI field is determined in accordance with the number of bands to be switched and the number of switchable antennas.

(Example 1)
In this embodiment, an example in which the DCI field is a bitmap will be described.

<Option 1>
The terminal 20 may assume the bit length of the DCI field "Identifier for state of Tx chain" as described below.

(Bit length) = (Number of bands to be switched) × (Number of antennas that can be switched)

The terminal 20 may assume that the band and antenna corresponding to each bit are defined in the specifications. A specific example of option 1 will be described below.

<Example 1>
When (number of bands to be switched) = 2 and (number of antennas that can be switched) = 1 (in other words, in the case of 1Tx-2Tx switching), the bit length of the DCI field is 2, and the bit length of each bit is A band corresponding to each transmission chain is determined according to the value.

For example, it may be stipulated that the first bit indicates whether transmission is in band 1 or not, and the second bit indicates whether transmission is in bend 2. In that case, the bit string '10' is an instruction to transmit transmission chain Tx#1 in band 1, and the bit string '01' is an instruction to transmit transmission chain Tx#1 in band 2.

<Example 2>
When (number of bands to be switched) = 2 and (number of switchable antennas) = 2 (in other words, in the case of 2Tx-2Tx switching), the bit length of the DCI field is 4, and the bit length of each bit is A band corresponding to each transmission chain is determined according to the value.

For example, the first bit indicates whether the transmission of transmission chain Tx#1 is transmission of band 1, the second bit indicates whether the transmission of transmission chain Tx#1 is transmission of band 2, It is specified that the third bit indicates whether the transmission of transmission chain Tx#2 is transmission of band 1 or not, and the fourth bit indicates whether the transmission of transmission chain Tx#2 is transmission of band 2. may have been done.

In that case, the bit string '1000' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to "no band connection." Note that the operation in the case of "no band connection" may depend on the terminal implementation, and the transmission chain marked as "no band connection" may be connected to any band.

Further, the bit string '0100' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to "no band connection." Further, the bit string '1010' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Furthermore, the bit string '1001' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2. Further, the bit string '0001' is an instruction to set the transmission chain Tx#1 to "no band connection" and to set the transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

<Option 2>
The terminal 20 may assume the bit length of the DCI field "Identifier for state of Tx chain" as described below.

(Bit length) = (Number of bands that can be switched for each antenna) Total number of switchable antennas

The terminal 20 may assume that the band corresponding to each bit is defined in the specifications. A specific example of option 2 will be described below.

<Example>
If (number of switchable antennas) = 2, (number of bands to which Tx#1 switches) = 3, (number of bands to which Tx#2 switches) = 2 (in other words, 2Tx-2Tx-1Tx switching case), the bit length of the DCI field is 5, which is the sum of 3 and 2.

For example, the bit string '10010' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. The bit string '01010' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Furthermore, the bit string '00110' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 3 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1.

Further, the bit string '10001' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2. Furthermore, the bit string '01001' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

(Example 2)
In this embodiment, an example in which the DCI field is a code point will be described.

If the number of bands is even, (bit length) = log ₂ (number of bands to be switched) × (number of antennas that can be switched)

If the number of bands is odd, (bit length) = log ₂ (number of bands to be switched + 1) × (number of antennas that can be switched)

The terminal 20 may assume that the band and antenna corresponding to each code point are defined in the specifications. A specific example of option 1 will be described below.

<Example 1>
When (number of bands to be switched) = 2 and (number of antennas that can be switched) = 1 (in other words, in the case of 1Tx-2Tx switching), the bit length of the DCI field is 1, and depending on the bit value The band corresponding to each transmission chain is determined.

For example, a bit value '0' is an instruction to transmit transmission chain Tx#1 in band 1, and a bit value '1' is an instruction to transmit transmission chain Tx#1 in band 2.

<Example 2>
When (number of bands to be switched) = 2 and (number of switchable antennas) = 2 (in other words, in the case of 2Tx-2Tx switching), the bit length of the DCI field is 2, and the bit string value is A band corresponding to each transmission chain is determined accordingly.

For example, the bit string '00' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1, and does not include an instruction to transmission chain Tx#2. Further, the bit string '01' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2, and does not include an instruction to transmission chain Tx#2. Further, the bit string '10' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1, and does not include an instruction to transmission chain Tx#1. Further, the bit string '11' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2, and does not include an instruction to transmission chain Tx#1.

Furthermore, for example, the bit string '00' may be an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Further, the bit string '01' may be an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2. Furthermore, the bit string '10' may be an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Further, the bit string '11' may be an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

<Example 3>
When (number of bands to be switched) = 3 and (number of antennas that can be switched) = 1 (in other words, in the case of 1Tx-2Tx switching), the bit length of the DCI field is 2, and the bit string value is A band corresponding to each transmission chain is determined accordingly.

For example, the bit string '00' is an instruction to set the transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1. Further, the bit string '01' is an instruction to set the transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2. Furthermore, the bit string '10' is an instruction to set the transmission chain Tx#1 to band 3. Further, the bit string '11' may be a reserved bit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a method for determining a transmission chain according to option 2-2 of Example 2 of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 shows the operation when the bit string of the DCI field is '01' in Example 3.

<Example 4>
When (number of bands to be switched) = 3 and (number of antennas that can be switched) = 2 (in other words, in the case of 2Tx-2Tx switching), the bit length of the DCI field is 4, and the bit string value is A band corresponding to each transmission chain is determined accordingly.

For example, the bit string '0000' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Further, the bit string '0001' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

Further, the bit string '0100' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Furthermore, the bit string '0101' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

Furthermore, the bit string '1000' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 3 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. Furthermore, the bit string '1001' is an instruction to set the transmission chain Tx#1 to band 3 and to set the transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

(Bit length) = (Bit length for each antenna) Total number of switchable antennas

If the number of bands is even, (bit length for each antenna) = log ₂ (number of bands to be switched)

If the number of bands is odd, (bit length for each antenna) = log ₂ (number of bands to be switched + 1)

The terminal 20 may assume that the band and antenna corresponding to each code point are defined in the specifications. A specific example of option 2 will be described below.

<Example>
(Number of switchable antennas) = 2, (Number of bands to which Tx#1 switches) = 4, (Number of bands to which Tx#2 switches) = 2 (i.e., 2Tx-2Tx-1Tx-1Tx switching), the bit length of Tx#1=2 and the bit length of Tx#2=1, so the bit length of the DCI field is 3, which is the sum of 2 and 1.

For example, the bit string '000' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. The bit string '010' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. The bit string '100' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 3 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1. The bit string '110' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 4 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 1.

Further, the bit string '001' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 1 and set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2. The bit string '011' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 2 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2. The bit string '101' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 3 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2. The bit string '111' is an instruction to set transmission chain Tx#1 to band 4 and to set transmission chain Tx#2 to band 2.

According to this embodiment, a DCI field with an appropriate bit length can be used in accordance with the number of bands to be switched and the number of switchable antennas.

According to this embodiment, the terminal 20 receives an instruction for uplink transmission switching based on the bit value in the dedicated DCI field "Identifier for state of Tx chain". This allows dynamic band switching.

(Device configuration)
Next, an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10 and terminal 20 that execute the processes and operations described above will be described.

<Base station 10>
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, base station 10 includes a transmitting section 110, a receiving section 120, a setting section 130, and a control section 140. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 9 is only an example. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. Furthermore, the transmitting section 110 and the receiving section 120 may be collectively referred to as a communication section.

The transmitting unit 110 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 side and transmitting the signal wirelessly. The receiving unit 120 includes a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, information on a higher layer from the received signals. Further, the transmitter 110 has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL control signals, DCI using PDCCH, data using PDSCH, etc. to the terminal 20.

The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be sent to the terminal 20 in a storage device included in the setting unit 130, and reads them from the storage device as necessary.

The control unit 140 schedules DL reception or UL transmission of the terminal 20 via the transmission unit 110. Further, the control unit 140 includes a function to perform LBT. A functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 140 may be included in the transmitting unit 110, and a functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 140 may be included in the receiving unit 120. Further, the transmitting section 110 may be called a transmitter, and the receiving section 120 may be called a receiver.

<Terminal 20>
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the functional configuration of the terminal 20. As shown in FIG. 10, the terminal 20 includes a transmitting section 210, a receiving section 220, a setting section 230, and a control section 240. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 10 is only an example. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. The transmitting section 210 and the receiving section 220 may be collectively referred to as a communication section.

The transmitter 210 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and wirelessly transmits the transmission signal. The receiving unit 220 wirelessly receives various signals and obtains higher layer signals from the received physical layer signals. Further, the receiving unit 220 has a function of receiving NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL/SL control signals, DCI by PDCCH, data by PDSCH, etc. transmitted from the base station 10. For example, the transmitting unit 210 transmits a PSCCH (Physical Sidelink Control Channel), a PSSCH (Physical Sidelink Shared Channel), a PSDCH to another terminal 20 as D2D communication. (Physical Sidelink Discovery Channel), PSBCH (Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel) etc., and the receiving unit 120 may receive the PSCCH, PSSCH, PSDCH, PSBCH, etc. from the other terminal 20.

The setting unit 230 stores various types of setting information received from the base station 10 or other terminals by the receiving unit 220 in a storage device included in the setting unit 230, and reads the information from the storage device as necessary. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance. The control unit 240 controls the terminal 20. Further, the control unit 240 includes a function to perform LBT.

The terminal of this embodiment may be configured as a terminal shown in each section below. Additionally, the following communication method may be implemented.

<Configuration related to this embodiment>
(Section 1)
a transmitting unit that transmits uplink signals in a switching method that allows switching between bands of multiple transmission chains;
a receiving unit that receives control information instructing a band switching destination of one of the plurality of transmission chains that transmits the uplink signal;
a control unit that switches the band of the transmitted chain that receives the instruction based on the control information;
terminal.
(Section 2)
The control information includes a field indicating a band switching destination of one of the plurality of transmission chains.
The terminal described in paragraph 1.
(Section 3)
The control unit assumes that the bit length of the field included in the control information is determined based on the number of switching target bands and the number of switchable antennas.
The terminal described in Section 2.
(Section 4)
Instructing a terminal that transmits an uplink signal using a switching method that allows switching of bands of a plurality of transmission chains to switch the band of one of the transmission chains among the plurality of transmission chains transmitting the uplink signal. a transmitter that transmits control information to
a control unit that assumes that the terminal switches the band of the transmission chain for which the terminal has received an instruction, based on the control information;
base station.
(Section 5)
transmitting the uplink signal in a switching manner capable of switching between bands of multiple transmission chains;
receiving control information instructing a switching destination of a band of one of the plurality of transmission chains that transmits the uplink signal;
switching the band of the instructed transmission chain based on the control information;
The communication method that the terminal performs.

Any of the above configurations provides a technology that enables appropriate switching of the band used for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. According to the first item, the band of the instructed transmission chain can be switched based on the control information. According to the second item, the band of the instructed transmission chain can be switched based on the control information including the field indicating the switching destination of the band of one of the plurality of transmission chains. According to the third clause, it is possible to switch the band of the instructed transmission chain based on the control information including the appropriate bit length field.

(Hardware configuration)
The block diagrams (FIGS. 9 and 10) used to explain the above embodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one physically or logically coupled device, or may be realized using two or more physically or logically separated devices directly or indirectly (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be realized using a plurality of these devices. The functional block may be realized by combining software with the one device or the plurality of devices.

Functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, exploration, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, These include, but are not limited to, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assigning. I can't do it. For example, a functional block (configuration unit) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

For example, the base station 10, terminal 20, etc. in an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The base station 10 and terminal 20 described above are physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, etc. Good too.

Note that in the following description, the word "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured not to include some of the devices.

Each function in the base station 10 and the terminal 20 is performed by loading predetermined software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002, so that the processor 1001 performs calculations and controls communication by the communication device 1004. This is realized by controlling at least one of reading and writing data in the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003.

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, registers, and the like. For example, the above-described control unit 140, control unit 240, etc. may be implemented by the processor 1001.

Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the storage device 1002, and executes various processes in accordance with these. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least part of the operations described in the above embodiments is used. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station 10 shown in FIG. 9 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated on the processor 1001. Further, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 10 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated on the processor 1001. Although the various processes described above have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they 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 a telecommunications line.

The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, such as at least one of ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. may be configured. The storage device 1002 may be called a register, cache, main memory, or the like. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, and the like to implement a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, such as an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray disk, etc.). -ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, etc. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database including at least one of the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003, a server, or other suitable medium.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission/reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as a network device, network controller, network card, communication module, etc., for example. The communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. in order to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). It may be composed of. For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifier section, a transmitting/receiving section, a transmission line interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmitting and receiving unit may be physically or logically separated into a transmitting unit and a receiving unit.

The input device 1005 is an input device (eg, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).

Further, each device such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 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 for each device.

The base station 10 and the terminal 20 also include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), and a field programmable gate array (FPGA). A part or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardwares.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the configuration of the vehicle 2001. As shown in FIG. 12, a vehicle 2001 includes a drive unit 2002, a steering unit 2003, an accelerator pedal 2004, a brake pedal 2005, a shift lever 2006, a front wheel 2007, a rear wheel 2008, an axle 2009, an electronic control unit 2010, and various sensors 2021 to 2029. , an information service section 2012 and a communication module 2013. Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be applied to a communication device mounted on vehicle 2001, for example, may be applied to communication module 2013.

The drive unit 2002 is composed of, for example, an engine, a motor, or a hybrid of an engine and a motor. The steering unit 2003 includes at least a steering wheel (also referred to as a steering wheel), and is configured to steer at least one of the front wheels and the rear wheels based on the operation of the steering wheel operated by the user.

The electronic control unit 2010 is composed of a microprocessor 2031, memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and communication port (IO port) 2033. Signals from various sensors 2021 to 2029 provided in the vehicle 2001 are input to the electronic control unit 2010. The electronic control unit 2010 may also be called an ECU (Electronic Control Unit).

Signals from various sensors 2021 to 2029 include a current signal from a current sensor 2021 that senses the motor current, a front wheel and rear wheel rotation speed signal obtained by a rotation speed sensor 2022, and a front wheel rotation speed signal obtained by an air pressure sensor 2023. and rear wheel air pressure signals, vehicle speed signals acquired by vehicle speed sensor 2024, acceleration signals acquired by acceleration sensor 2025, accelerator pedal depression amount signals acquired by accelerator pedal sensor 2029, and brake pedal sensor 2026. These include a brake pedal depression amount signal, a shift lever operation signal acquired by the shift lever sensor 2027, a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. acquired by the object detection sensor 2028, and the like.

The information service department 2012 controls various devices such as car navigation systems, audio systems, speakers, televisions, and radios that provide (output) various information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and these devices. It is composed of one or more ECUs. The information service unit 2012 provides various multimedia information and multimedia services to the occupants of the vehicle 2001 using information acquired from an external device via the communication module 2013 and the like.

The information service department 2012 may include an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a touch panel, etc.) that accepts input from the outside, and an output device that performs output to the outside (for example, display, speaker, LED lamp, touch panel, etc.).

The driving support system unit 2030 includes a millimeter wave radar, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a camera, a positioning locator (for example, GNSS, etc.), map information (for example, a high-definition (HD) map, an autonomous vehicle (AV) map, etc.) ), gyro systems (e.g., IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), INS (Inertial Navigation System), etc.), AI (Artificial Intelligence) chips, and AI processors that prevent accidents and reduce the driver's driving burden. The system is comprised of various devices that provide functions for the purpose and one or more ECUs that control these devices. Further, the driving support system unit 2030 transmits and receives various information via the communication module 2013, and realizes a driving support function or an automatic driving function.

Communication module 2013 can communicate with microprocessor 2031 and components of vehicle 2001 via a communication port. For example, the communication module 2013 communicates with the drive unit 2002, steering unit 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheels 2007, rear wheels 2008, axle 2009, electronic Data is transmitted and received between the microprocessor 2031, memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and sensors 2021 to 29 in the control unit 2010.

The communication module 2013 is a communication device that can be controlled by the microprocessor 2031 of the electronic control unit 2010 and can communicate with external devices. For example, various information is transmitted and received with an external device via wireless communication. The communication module 2013 may be located either inside or outside the electronic control unit 2010. The external device may be, for example, a base station, a mobile station, or the like.

The communication module 2013 receives signals from the various sensors 2021 to 2029 described above that are input to the electronic control unit 2010, information obtained based on the signals, and input from the outside (user) obtained via the information service unit 2012. At least one of the information based on the information may be transmitted to an external device via wireless communication. The electronic control unit 2010, various sensors 2021-2029, information service unit 2012, etc. may be called an input unit that receives input. For example, the PUSCH transmitted by the communication module 2013 may include information based on the above input.

The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, signal information, inter-vehicle information, etc.) transmitted from an external device, and displays it on the information service section 2012 provided in the vehicle 2001. The information service unit 2012 is an output unit that outputs information (for example, outputs information to devices such as a display and a speaker based on the PDSCH (or data/information decoded from the PDSCH) received by the communication module 2013). may be called.

The communication module 2013 also stores various information received from external devices into a memory 2032 that can be used by the microprocessor 2031. Based on the information stored in the memory 2032, the microprocessor 2031 controls the drive section 2002, steering section 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheel 2007, rear wheel 2008, and axle 2009 provided in the vehicle 2001. , sensors 2021 to 2029, etc. may be controlled.

(Supplementary information on the embodiment)
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the disclosed invention is not limited to such embodiments, and those skilled in the art will understand various modifications, modifications, alternatives, replacements, etc. Probably. Although the invention has been explained using specific numerical examples to facilitate understanding of the invention, unless otherwise specified, these numerical values are merely examples, and any appropriate values may be used. The classification of items in the above explanation is not essential to the present invention, and matters described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, and matters described in one item may be used in another item. may be applied to the matters described in (unless inconsistent). The boundaries of functional units or processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries of physical components. The operations of a plurality of functional sections may be physically performed by one component, or the operations of one functional section may be physically performed by a plurality of components. Regarding the processing procedures described in the embodiments, the order of processing may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. Although the base station 10 and the terminal 20 have been described using functional block diagrams for convenience of process description, such devices may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Software operated by the processor included in the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and software operated by the processor included in the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention are respectively random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and read-only memory. (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, register, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server, or any other suitable storage medium.

Furthermore, the notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in this disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), upper layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling). , broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Further, RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure is LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system). system), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), xth generation mobile communication system (xG) (xG (x is an integer or decimal number, for example)), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), New radio access ( NX), Future generation radio access (FX), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802 Systems that utilize .16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other appropriate systems, and that are extended, modified, created, and defined based on these. The present invention may be applied to at least one of the next generation systems. Furthermore, a combination of a plurality of systems may be applied (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).

The order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this specification may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described in this disclosure use an example order to present elements of the various steps and are not limited to the particular order presented.

In this specification, specific operations performed by the base station 10 may be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes including a base station 10, various operations performed for communication with a terminal 20 are performed by the base station 10 and other network nodes other than the base station 10. It is clear that this can be done by at least one of the following: for example, MME or S-GW (possible, but not limited to). Although the case where there is one network node other than the base station 10 is illustrated above, the other network node may be a combination of multiple other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW). .

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure can be output from an upper layer (or lower layer) to a lower layer (or upper layer). It may be input/output via multiple network nodes.

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

The determination in the present disclosure may be performed based on a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), a truth value (Boolean: true or false), or a comparison of numerical values (e.g. , comparison with a predetermined value).

Software includes instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or by any other name. , should be broadly construed to mean an application, software application, software package, routine, subroutine, object, executable, thread of execution, procedure, function, etc.

Additionally, software, instructions, information, etc. may be sent and received via a transmission medium. For example, if 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 create a website, When transmitted from a server or other remote source, these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc., which may be referred to throughout the above description, may refer to voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. It may also be represented by a combination of

Note that terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of the channel and the symbol may be a signal. Also, the signal may be a message. Further, a component carrier (CC) may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, relative values from a predetermined value, or using other corresponding information. may be expressed. For example, radio resources may be indicated by an index.

The names used for the parameters mentioned above are not restrictive in any respect. Furthermore, the mathematical formulas etc. using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. Since the various channels (e.g. PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable designation, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are in no way exclusive designations. isn't it.

In this disclosure, "Base Station (BS)," "wireless base station," "base station," "fixed station," "NodeB," "eNodeB (eNB)," and "gNodeB ( gNB)”, “access point”, “transmission point”, “reception point”, “transmission/reception point”, “cell”, “sector”, Terms such as "cell group," "carrier," "component carrier," and the like may be used interchangeably. A base station is sometimes referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, and picocell.

A base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells. If a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area is divided into multiple subsystems (e.g., small indoor base stations (RRHs)). Communication services can also be provided by Remote Radio Head). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of a base station and/or base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.

In the present disclosure, the base station transmitting information to the terminal may be read as the base station instructing the terminal to control/operate based on the information.

In this disclosure, terms such as "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," and "terminal" may be used interchangeably. .

A mobile station is defined by a person 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 referred to as a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

At least one of a base station and a mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, etc. Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile body, the mobile body itself, or the like. The moving body refers to a movable object, and the moving speed is arbitrary. Naturally, this also includes cases where the moving object is stopped. The mobile objects include, for example, vehicles, transportation vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, connected cars, excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, forklifts, trains, buses, carts, rickshaws, ships and other watercraft. , including, but not limited to, airplanes, rockets, artificial satellites, drones (registered trademarks), multicopters, quadcopters, balloons, and objects mounted thereon. Furthermore, the mobile object may be a mobile object that autonomously travels based on a travel command. It may be a vehicle (e.g. car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned moving object (e.g. drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). good. Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

Additionally, the base station in the present disclosure may be replaced by a user terminal. For example, communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals 20 (for example, it may be called D2D (Device-to-Device), V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything), etc.). Regarding the configuration, each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied. In this case, the terminal 20 may have the functions that the base station 10 described above has. Further, words such as "up" and "down" may be replaced with words corresponding to inter-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side channels.

Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be replaced with a base station. In this case, the base station may have the functions that the user terminal described above has.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of operations. "Judgment" and "decision" include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, and inquiry. (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), and regarding an ascertaining as a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" and "decision" refer to receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, and access. (accessing) (e.g., accessing data in memory) may include considering something as a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" and "decision" refer to resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. as "judgment" and "decision". may be included. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" may include regarding some action as having been "judged" or "determined." Further, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", etc.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variations thereof, refer to any connection or coupling, direct or indirect, between two or more elements and to each other. It may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled." The bonds or connections between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be replaced with "access." As used in this disclosure, two elements may include one or more electrical wires, cables, and/or printed electrical connections, as well as in the radio frequency domain, as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples. , electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and optical (both visible and non-visible) ranges.

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

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

As used in this disclosure, any reference to elements using the designations "first," "second," etc. does not generally limit the amount or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, reference to a first and second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.

"Means" in the configurations of each of the above devices may be replaced with "unit", "circuit", "device", etc.

Where "include", "including" and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms, like the term "comprising," are inclusive. It is intended that Furthermore, the term "or" as used in this disclosure is not intended to be exclusive or.

A radio frame may be composed of one or more frames in the time domain. Each frame or frames in the time domain may be called a subframe. A subframe may also be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may have a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) that does not depend on numerology.

The numerology may be a communication parameter applied to the transmission and/or reception of a certain signal or channel. Numerology includes, for example, subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame configuration, and transmitter/receiver. It may also indicate at least one of a specific filtering process performed in the frequency domain, a specific windowing process performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and the like.

A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols, etc.) in the time domain. A slot may be a unit of time based on numerology.

A slot may include multiple mini-slots. Each minislot may be made up of one or more symbols in the time domain. Furthermore, a mini-slot may also be called a sub-slot. A minislot may be made up of fewer symbols than a slot. PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in time units larger than minislots 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. Other names may be used for the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol.

For example, one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI), multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI, and one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. It's okay. In other words, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1ms. It may be. Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc. instead of a subframe.

Here, TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in the LTE system, a base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each terminal 20) to each terminal 20 on a TTI basis. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-coded data packet (transport block), a code block, a codeword, etc., or may be a processing unit of scheduling, link adaptation, etc. Note that when a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) to which transport blocks, code blocks, code words, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

Note that when one slot or one minislot is called a TTI, one or more TTIs (that is, one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum time unit for scheduling. Further, the number of slots (minislot number) that constitutes the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.

A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, normal subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc. A TTI that is shorter than the normal TTI may be referred to as an abbreviated TTI, short TTI, partial or fractional TTI, shortened subframe, short subframe, minislot, subslot, slot, etc.

Note that long TTI (for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as TTI with a time length exceeding 1 ms, and short TTI (for example, short TTI, etc.) It may also be read as a TTI having the above TTI length.

A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more continuous subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of the numerology, and may be 12, for example. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on newerology.

Additionally, the time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols, and may be one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI in length. One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each be composed of one or more resource blocks.

Note that one or more RBs include physical resource blocks (PRBs), sub-carrier groups (SCGs), resource element groups (REGs), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. May be called.

Additionally, a resource block may be configured by one or more resource elements (REs). For example, 1 RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.

A bandwidth part (BWP) (which may also be called a partial bandwidth or the like) may represent a subset of consecutive common resource blocks (RBs) for a certain numerology in a certain carrier. Here, the common RB may be specified by an RB index based on a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.

The BWP may include a UL BWP (UL BWP) and a DL BWP (DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be configured for the terminal 20 within one carrier.

At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the terminal 20 does not need to assume that it transmits or receives a given signal/channel outside the active BWP. Note that "cell", "carrier", etc. in the present disclosure may be replaced with "BWP".

The structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, symbols, etc. described above are merely examples. For example, 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 symbols included in an RB, Configurations such as the number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, and the cyclic prefix (CP) length can be changed in various ways.

In this disclosure, when articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the present disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are plural.

In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." Note that the term may also mean that "A and B are each different from C". Terms such as "separate" and "coupled" may also be interpreted similarly to "different."

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched and used in accordance with execution. In addition, notification of prescribed information (for example, notification of "X") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may also be done implicitly (for example, not notifying the prescribed information). Good too.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear for those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented as modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as determined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustrative explanation and is not intended to have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

10 Base station 110 Transmitting section 120 Receiving section 130 Setting section 140 Control section 20 Terminal 210 Transmitting section 220 Receiving section 230 Setting section 240 Control section 1001 Processor 1002 Storage device 1003 Auxiliary storage device 1004 Communication device 1005 Input device 1006 Output device 2001 Vehicle 2002 Driving part 2003 Restoration Part 2004 Axel Pedal 2005 Brake Pedal 2006 Shift Lever 2007 Front wheels 2008 Bearing 2009 Axis 2010 Electronic Control Division 2012 Electronic Control Division 20133 Communication Modular 2021 Current sensor 2022 Round Sensor 2023 Air pressure sensor 2024 vehicle speed Sensen Sa 2025 acceleration sensor 2026 brake Pedal sensor 2027 Shift lever sensor 2028 Object detection sensor 2029 Accelerator pedal sensor 2030 Driving support system section 2031 Microprocessor 2032 Memory (ROM, RAM)
2033 Communication port (IO port)

Claims

a transmitting unit that transmits uplink signals in a switching method that allows switching between bands of multiple transmission chains;
a receiving unit that receives control information instructing a band switching destination of one of the plurality of transmission chains that transmits the uplink signal;
a control unit that switches the band of the transmitted chain that receives the instruction based on the control information;
terminal.
The control information includes a field indicating a band switching destination of one of the plurality of transmission chains.
The terminal according to claim 1.
The control unit assumes that the bit length of the field included in the control information is determined based on the number of switching target bands and the number of switchable antennas.
The terminal according to claim 2.
Instructing a terminal that transmits an uplink signal using a switching method that allows switching of bands of a plurality of transmission chains to switch the band of one of the transmission chains among the plurality of transmission chains transmitting the uplink signal. a transmitter that transmits control information to
a control unit that assumes that the terminal switches the band of the transmission chain for which the terminal has received an instruction, based on the control information;
base station.
transmitting the uplink signal in a switching manner capable of switching between bands of multiple transmission chains;
receiving control information instructing a switching destination of a band of one of the plurality of transmission chains that transmits the uplink signal;
switching the band of the instructed transmission chain based on the control information;
The communication method that the terminal performs.