WO2023276010A1 - Terminal and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

This terminal has: a reception unit for receiving, from a base station, an instruction for idle-mode measurement in which a carrier that is incapable of carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC) with an in-range carrier is employed as a subject; a control unit for executing the idle-mode measurement in the carrier that is incapable of CA or DC with the in-range carrier on the basis of the instruction; and a transmission unit for transmitting, to the base station, the result of the idle-mode measurement.

Description

Terminal and communication method

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

In the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), 5G or NR (New Radio) and NR (New Radio) are being used in order to further increase the system capacity, further increase the data transmission speed, and further reduce the delay in the wireless section. A radio communication system called "NR" (the radio communication system is hereinafter referred to as "NR") is under study. In 5G, various radio technologies and network architectures are being studied in order to meet the requirements of realizing a throughput of 10 Gbps or more and keeping the delay in the radio section to 1 ms or less (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

　Long Term Evolution (LTE) and NR are considering load distribution. When the network performs load distribution based on the radio wave quality of each distribution destination candidate cell, it needs to obtain the measurement result from the terminal. Also, in LTE and NR, a function called early measurement report is defined in order to reduce the delay when starting CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity).

For early measurement reporting, the target of idle mode measurement performed by the terminal is limited to UE capability serving carriers and carriers capable of CA or DC. Therefore, if an attempt is made to shorten the control delay by using the early measurement report for load distribution, the carriers from which measurement results can be obtained are limited to some carriers capable of CA or DC.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and aims to expand the carriers targeted for load distribution in a wireless communication system.

According to the disclosed technique, a receiving unit that receives an idle mode measurement instruction from a base station for a carrier that is in service and a carrier that cannot perform CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity), and based on the instruction , a terminal having a control unit that performs the idle mode measurement and a transmission unit that transmits the result of the idle mode measurement to the base station in the serving carrier and the carrier incapable of CA or DC.

According to the disclosed technology, a technology is provided that enables expansion of carriers targeted for load distribution in a wireless communication system.

1 is a diagram for explaining an example (1) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining example (2) of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example (1) of executing load distribution according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing an example (2) of executing load distribution according to the embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows the example (1) of the setting regarding the measurement in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (2) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (3) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (4) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (5) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (6) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (7) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (8) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (9) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (10) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example (11) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (12) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example (13) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example of UE capability reporting according to the embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows the example (1) of the UE capability report in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example (2) of the UE capability report in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (3) of UE capability report in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example (4) of a UE capability report according to an embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of base station 10 in an embodiment of the invention. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of hardware configuration of base station 10 or terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

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

For the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, existing technology may be used as appropriate. The existing technology is, for example, existing NR or LTE, but is not limited to existing NR or LTE.

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

The base station 10 is a communication device that provides one or more cells and performs wireless communication with the terminal 20. A physical resource of a radio signal is defined in the time domain and the frequency domain. The time domain may be defined by the number of OFDM symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or resource blocks. Also, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot, a TTI may be a subframe, or may be another name unit (for example, subslot).

The base station 10 can perform carrier aggregation in which multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) are bundled and communicated with the terminal 20 . In carrier aggregation, one PCell (primary cell) and one or more SCells (secondary cells) are used.

The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal, system information, etc. to the terminal 20. Synchronization signals are, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. System information is transmitted, for example, on NR-PBCH or PDSCH, and is also called broadcast information. As shown in FIG. 1, the base station 10 transmits control signals or data to the terminal 20 on DL (Downlink) and receives control signals or data from the terminal 20 on UL (Uplink). In addition, here, what is transmitted in a control channel such as PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) and PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) is called a control signal, and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) , etc. is called data, but such a way of calling is only an example.

The terminal 20 is a communication device with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, mobile phone, tablet, wearable terminal, or M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communication module. As shown in FIG. 1 , the terminal 20 receives control signals or data from the base station 10 on the DL and transmits control signals or data to the base station 10 on the UL, thereby performing various functions provided by the wireless communication system. Use communication services. Note that the terminal 20 may be called UE, and the base station 10 may be called gNB.

The terminal 20 can perform carrier aggregation in which multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) are bundled and communicated with the base station 10 . In carrier aggregation, one PCell (primary cell) and one or more SCells (secondary cells) are used. A PUCCH-SCell with PUCCH may also be used.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining example (2) of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of a wireless communication system when DC (Dual connectivity) is performed. As shown in FIG. 2, a base station 10A serving as MN (Master Node) and a base station 10B serving as SN (Secondary Node) are provided. The base station 10A and base station 10B are each connected to a core network. Terminal 20 can communicate with both base station 10A and base station 10B.

A cell group provided by the MN base station 10A is called MCG (Master Cell Group), and a cell group provided by the SN base station 10B is called SCG (Secondary Cell Group). In DC, MCG is composed of one PCell and one or more SCells, and SCG is composed of one PSCell (Primary SCG Cell) and one or more SCells.

The processing operations in the present embodiment may be executed in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1, may be executed in the system configuration shown in FIG. 2, or may be executed in a system configuration other than these. .

Here, methods for the terminal 20 to perform load distribution at the time of RRC_IDLE transition or during the RRC_IDLE state include, for example, methods 1) to 3) shown below.

1) Load distribution based on common and/or individual priority 2) Method of redirecting when releasing RRC connection (RRC Connection Release with Redirection)
3) Load balancing in RRC_IDLE state

On the other hand, when load balancing is performed in the RRC_CONNECTED state, the optimum transition destination can be selected by considering the information shown in 1)-4) below, for example.

1) Latest status of resources 2) Capabilities of terminals (corresponding combinations of CAs, etc.)
3) Service to be used 4) Latest radio wave quality of each distribution destination candidate cell (for example, RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, etc., quality may differ for each frequency depending on station placement status and load status)

In order for the network to grasp the radio wave quality of 4) above, it is necessary to receive a measurement report from the terminal 20, which causes a delay in the cell or carrier transition instruction and the start of data communication.

Here, an early measurement report is defined in order to reduce the delay when starting CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity). Early measurement reporting in LTE may be done by performing idle mode measurements.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an example (1) of executing load distribution according to the embodiment of the present invention. In step S<b>11 , the base station 10 transmits an idle mode measurement instruction to the terminal 20 .

For example, in LTE, the base station 10 may transmit an idle mode measurement instruction to the terminal 20 by measIdleConfigSIB included in SIB5. Also, for example, in LTE, an idle mode measurement instruction may be transmitted to the terminal 20 by measIdleConfig included in RRCConnectionRelease. The idle mode measurement instruction by measIdleConfig included in RRCConnectionRelease may take precedence over the idle mode measurement instruction by measIdleConfigSIB included in SIB5. The idle mode measurement indication may include a measurement period, which may be indicated by enumerated information, for example, from 10 seconds to 300 seconds.

For example, in NR, the base station 10 may transmit an idle mode measurement instruction to the terminal 20 by measIdleConfigSIB included in SIB5. Also, for example, in NR, an idle mode measurement instruction may be transmitted to terminal 20 by measIdleConfig included in RRCRelease. The idle mode measurement indication by measIdleConfig included in RRCRelease may take precedence over the idle mode measurement indication by measIdleConfigSIB included in SIB11. The idle mode measurement indication may include a measurement period, which may be indicated by enumerated information, for example, from 10 seconds to 300 seconds.

In step S12, the terminal 20 performs idle mode measurement.

For example, in LTE, when idleModeMeasurements included in SIB2 is notified, the terminal 20 measures a serving carrier and a carrier capable of CA among carriers included in measIdleConfig or measIdleCarrierListEUTRA and/or measIdleCarrierListNR notified in measIdleConfigSIB. Alternatively, in the case of NR, serving carriers and (NG)EN-DC capable carriers may be measured. For example, when the terminal 20 is instructed to measure more carriers than the number of measurable carriers, which carrier should be preferentially measured may be determined based on the UE implementation. The terminal 20 may continue idle mode measurement until the measurement period (which may be measured by timer T331) notified by measIdleConfig expires.

For example, in NR, when idleModeMeasurementsNR and/or idleModeMeasurementsEUTRA included in SIB1 are notified, the terminal 20 is included in measIdleConfig or measIdleCarrierListNR and/or measIdleCarrierListNR notified in measIdleConfig or measIdleConfigSIB, among the carriers in the area of CA or EUTRA. - DC-capable carriers may be measured, and in case of EUTRA, serving carriers and NE-DC-capable carriers may be measured. For example, when the terminal 20 is instructed to measure more carriers than the number of measurable carriers, which carrier should be preferentially measured may be determined based on the UE implementation. The terminal 20 may continue idle mode measurement until the measurement period (which may be measured by timer T331) notified by measIdleConfig expires.

In step S13, the terminal 20 transmits an idle mode measurement result report to the base station 10.

For example, in LTE, when idleModeMeasurements is included in SIB2, terminal 20 may notify idleMeasAvailable by RRCConnectionSetupComplete. The base station 10 may request the measurement results from the terminal 20 by setting idleModeMeasurementReq in UEInformationRequest. The terminal 20 may report the result to the base station 10 in measResultListIdle of UEInformationResponse.

For example, in NR, the terminal 20 may notify idleMeasAvailable by RRCSetupComplete when idleModeMeasurementsNR and/or idleModeMeasurementsEUTRA are included in SIB1. The base station 10 may request the measurement results from the terminal 20 by setting idleModeMeasurementReq in UEInformationRequest. The terminal 20 may report the result to the base station 10 in measResultListIdle of UEInformationResponse.

In step S14, the base station 10 may perform load balancing based on the idle mode measurement result report. The base station 10 may obtain idle mode measurement result reports from a plurality of terminals 20 and may perform load distribution based on the idle mode measurement result reports from a plurality of terminals 20 . The terminal 20 may receive and execute a load distribution instruction from the base station 10 .

Here, the target of idle mode measurement performed by the terminal 20 for early measurement reporting is limited to the serving carrier and the carrier for which CA or DC is possible due to the UE capability. Therefore, when an attempt is made to reduce the control delay by applying early measurement reporting to load distribution, the carriers from which measurement results can be obtained are limited to serving carriers and carriers capable of CA or DC.

Therefore, the network may transmit to the terminal 20 an instruction to target the idle mode measurement even for a carrier that cannot perform CA or DC with a serving carrier. Terminals 20 that support performing such instructions may be identifiable with UE capabilities. As a result, the idle mode measurement results can be used to perform load distribution early and based on radio quality information of more carriers.

For example, the instructions from the network to the terminal 20 may be executed in RRC messages, SIBs, etc., and may be executed as shown in 1)-4) below.

1) Notify, on a per-UE basis, that carriers that cannot be CA and/or DC are also measurement targets.
2) Notify that carriers that are not capable of CA and/or DC are also subject to measurement on a RAT (Radio Access Technology) basis.
3) Notify, on a carrier-by-carrier basis, that carriers incapable of CA and/or DC are also to be measured.
4) Set measIdleConfig for carriers that cannot be CA and/or DC separately from the existing measIdleConfig. For example, an IE such as measIdleConfigSIB-EUTRA-NonCA-r17 may be added to SIB, and an IE such as measIdleConfigSIB-EUTRA-NonCA-r17 may be added to RRCRelease or RRCConnectionRelease. Also, an IE such as measIdleCarrierListEUTRA-NonCA-r17 may be added to the existing measIdleConfig or the existing measIdleConfigSIB. For example measIdleCarrierListEUTRA-NonCA-r17 may be a list of EUTRA carriers for which CA is not possible.

Further, for example, the terminal 20 may report the UE capability specified in UE units to the base station 10, may report the UE capabilities specified in RAT units to the base station 10, or may report the UE capabilities specified in FR units. may report to the base station 10 the UE capabilities defined in .

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example (2) of executing load distribution according to the embodiment of the present invention. In step S21, the base station 10 transmits, to the terminal 20, an idle mode measurement instruction and a notification that idle mode measurement is also performed on carriers that are not capable of CA and/or DC. In subsequent step S22, the terminal 20 performs idle mode measurement for carriers that do not allow CA and/or DC as well. In subsequent step S23, the terminal 20 reports the result of the idle mode measurement to the base station 10. FIG. In a subsequent step S24, the base station 10 may perform load balancing based on idle mode measurement results obtained from one or more terminals 20. FIG. The terminal 20 may receive and execute a load distribution instruction from the base station 10 .

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example (1) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 5, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 in MeasIdleConfigSIB-r15, CA and/or DC-impossible carriers can also be subject to idle mode measurement on a per-UE or per-RAT basis. The terminal 20 may be notified from the base station 10 .

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example (2) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 6, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 in MeasIdleConfigSIB-NR-r16, CA and/or DC-impossible carriers can also be subject to idle mode measurement for each UE or RAT. It may be notified from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 in units.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example (3) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 7, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 in MeasIdleConfigDedicated-r15, the base station 10 can make idle mode measurement targets for CA and/or DC incapable carriers as well. may be notified to the terminal 20 from.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example (4) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 8, applicableToNonCA-EUTRA-r17 and / or applicableToNonDC-NR-r17 are set in MeasIdleConfigDedicated-r15, respectively, so that CA and / or DC impossible carriers are also idle mode measurement The target may be notified from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 in RAT units.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example (5) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 9, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 in MeasIdleCarrierEUTRA-r15, the base station 10 can make even CA and/or DC unavailable carriers subject to idle mode measurement for each carrier. may be notified to the terminal 20 from. By instructing the target of idle mode measurement for each carrier, for example, it is possible to exclude a carrier for which only secondary cells are configured from the target of idle mode measurement.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example (6) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 10, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 in MeasIdleCarrierNR-r16, the base station 10 can make even CA and/or DC incapable carriers subject to idle mode measurement for each carrier. may be notified to the terminal 20 from.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example (7) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 11, idleModeMeasurementsNonCA-r17 is set in SystemInformationBlockType2, so that even carriers that do not allow CA and/or DC are subject to idle mode measurement. 20 may be notified.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example (8) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 12, by setting idleModeMeasurementsEUTRA-NonCA-r17 and/or idleModeMeasurementsNR-SA-r17 in SystemInformationBlockType2, CA and/or DC-impossible carriers are also subject to idle mode measurement. may be notified from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 in RAT units.

Note that in LTE, the measurement report from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 may be performed in the same manner as in the past.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example (9) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In NR, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 in MeasIdleConfigSIB-r16 as shown in FIG. may be notified to the terminal 20 from.

Also, by replacing applicableToNonCA-r17 shown in FIG. 13 with applicableToNonCA-EUTRA-r17 and/or applicableToNonDC-NR-r17, CA and/or DC-impossible carriers can also be subject to idle mode measurement. The information may be notified from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 in RAT units.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example (10) of settings related to measurement according to the embodiment of the present invention. In NR, as shown in FIG. 14, by replacing MeasIdleConfigDedicated-r16 with applicableToNonCA-EUTRA-r17 and/or applicableToNonDC-NR-r17, CA and/or DC unavailable carriers are also subject to idle mode measurement. The terminal 20 may be notified from the base station 10 in units of RATs.

Also, by replacing applicableToNonCA-EUTRA-r17 and/or applicableToNonDC-NR-r17 shown in FIG. The information may be notified from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 on a UE basis.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example (11) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In NR, as shown in FIG. 15, by setting applicableToNonCA-r17 to MeasIdleCarrierNR-r16, the base station 10 can make even CA and/or DC unavailable carriers subject to idle mode measurement for each carrier. may be notified to the terminal 20 from.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example (12) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In NR, by setting applicableToNonDC-r17 in MeasIdleCarrierEUTRA-r16, as shown in FIG. may be notified to the terminal 20 from.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example (13) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In NR, as shown in FIG. 17, idleModeMeasurementsNonCA-r17 is set in SIB1, so that CA and/or DC-impossible carriers are also targets of idle mode measurement. 20 may be notified.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example (8) of settings related to measurement in the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 12, by setting idleModeMeasurementsEUTRA-SA-r17 and/or idleModeMeasurementsNR-NonCA-r17 in SystemInformationBlockType2, CA and/or DC-impossible carriers are also subject to idle mode measurement. may be notified from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 in RAT units.

Note that in NR, the measurement report from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 may be performed in the same manner as in the past.

FIG. 18 is a sequence diagram showing an example of UE capability reporting according to the embodiment of the present invention. In step S<b>31 , the base station 10 transmits a UE capability inquiry to the terminal 20 . In subsequent step S<b>32 , the terminal 20 transmits the UE capability report to the base station 10 .

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example (1) of a UE capability report according to the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 19, nonCA-DC-IdleInactiveMeasurements-r17 is set in MeasParameters-v17xy, so that CA and / or DC-impossible carriers are also subject to idle mode measurement. Support in units may be reported from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 .

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example (2) of a UE capability report according to the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 20, nonCA-DC-IdleInactiveMeasurementsEUTRA-r17 is set in MeasParameters-v17xy, so that CA and/or DC-impossible carriers are also subject to idle mode measurement. LTE may be reported from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 .

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example (3) of a UE capability report according to the embodiment of the present invention. In LTE, as shown in FIG. 21, nr-SA-IdleInactiveMeasurements-r17 is set in MeasParameters-v17xy, so that even carriers that are not capable of CA and/or DC are subject to idle mode measurement. is NR, the terminal 20 may report to the base station 10 that it is supported.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 21, by setting nr-SA-IdleInactiveMeasurementsFR1-r17 and/or nr-SA-IdleInactiveMeasurementsFR2-r17 in MeasParameters-v17xy, CA and/or DC-impossible carriers are also idle mode. The terminal 20 may report to the base station 10 that the function to be measured is supported for each FR when the RAT is NR.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example (4) of a UE capability report according to the embodiment of the present invention. In NR, as shown in FIG. 22, nonCA-DC-IdleInactiveMeasurements-r17 is set in MeasAndMobParameters, so that CA and / or DC disabled carriers are also subject to idle mode measurement for each UE. Support may be reported from terminal 20 to base station 10 . Note that different settings may be possible for FR1 and FR2.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 22, by setting nonCA-DC-IdleInactiveMeasurementsEUTRA-r17 and/or nonCA-DC-IdleInactiveMeasurementsNR-r17 in MeasAndMobParameters, CA and/or DC-disabled carriers are also measured in idle mode. may be reported from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 to support the features targeted for each RAT and UE. Note that different settings may be possible for FR1 and FR2.

According to the above-described embodiment, the base station 10 uses the results of the idle mode measurement by transmitting an indication to the terminal 20 that even carriers that are not allowed to carry out CA and/or DC are subject to idle mode measurement. And load distribution can be performed based on the radio wave quality information of more carriers.

That is, in a wireless communication system, it is possible to expand the carriers targeted for load distribution.

(Device configuration)
Next, functional configuration examples of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 that execute the processes and operations described above will be described. The base stations 10 and terminals 20 contain the functionality to implement the embodiments described above. However, each of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may have only the functions proposed in any of the embodiments.

<Base station 10>
FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 23, the base station 10 has a transmitting section 110, a receiving section 120, a setting section 130, and a control section 140. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 23 is merely an example. As long as the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed, the functional division and the names of the functional units may be arbitrary. The transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a communication unit.

The transmission unit 110 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 side and wirelessly transmitting the signal. The receiving unit 120 includes a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, higher layer information from the received signals. Also, the transmitting unit 110 has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL control signals, DL data, etc. to the terminal 20 . Also, the transmission unit 110 transmits the setting information and the like described in the embodiment.

The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be transmitted to the terminal 20 in the storage device, and reads them from the storage device as necessary. The control unit 140 performs, for example, resource allocation, overall control of the base station 10, and the like. It should be noted that the functional unit related to signal transmission in control unit 140 may be included in transmitting unit 110 , and the functional unit related to signal reception in control unit 140 may be included in receiving unit 120 . Also, the transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

<Terminal 20>
FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the terminal 20. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 24 , the terminal 20 has a transmitter 210 , a receiver 220 , a setter 230 and a controller 240 . The functional configuration shown in FIG. 24 is merely an example. As long as the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed, the functional division and the names of the functional units may be arbitrary. The transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 may be called a communication unit.

The transmission unit 210 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and wirelessly transmits the transmission signal. The receiving unit 220 wirelessly receives various signals and acquires a higher layer signal from the received physical layer signal. Also, the transmitting unit 210 transmits HARQ-ACK, and the receiving unit 220 receives the setting information and the like described in the embodiment.

The setting unit 230 stores various types of setting information received from the base station 10 by the receiving unit 220 in the storage device, and reads them from the storage device as necessary. The setting unit 230 also stores preset setting information. The control unit 240 controls the terminal 20 as a whole. It should be noted that the functional unit related to signal transmission in control unit 240 may be included in transmitting unit 210 , and the functional unit related to signal reception in control unit 240 may be included in receiving unit 220 . Also, the transmitting section 210 and the receiving section 220 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

(Hardware configuration)
The block diagrams (FIGS. 23 and 24) used to describe 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. Also, the method of implementing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be implemented using one device that is physically or logically coupled, or directly or indirectly using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be implemented using these multiple devices. A functional block may be implemented by combining software in the one device or the plurality of devices.

Functions include judging, determining, determining, calculating, calculating, processing, deriving, investigating, searching, checking, receiving, transmitting, outputting, accessing, resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, assuming, expecting, assuming, Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc. can't For example, a functional block (component) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

For example, the base station 10, the terminal 20, etc. according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of base station 10 and 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, and the like. good too.

In the following explanation, the term "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without some devices.

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

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system and controls 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 device, registers, and the like. For example, the control unit 140 , the control unit 240 and the like described above may be implemented by the processor 1001 .

In addition, 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 according to them. 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, control unit 140 of base station 10 shown in FIG. 23 may be implemented by a control program stored in storage device 1002 and operated by processor 1001 . Further, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 24 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001. Although it has been described that the above-described various processes are executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. FIG. Processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. Note that the program may be transmitted from a network via an electric communication line.

The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, 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 also be called a register, cache, main memory (main storage device), or the like. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program code), software modules, etc. for implementing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, 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), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, and/or the like. The storage medium described above may be, for example, a database, server, or other suitable medium including at least one of storage device 1002 and secondary storage device 1003 .

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like. The communication device 1004 includes a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., in order to realize at least one of, for example, frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). may consist of For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifier section, a transmitting/receiving section, a transmission line interface, etc. may be implemented by the communication device 1004 . The transceiver may be physically or logically separate implementations for the transmitter and receiver.

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

Each device such as the processor 1001 and the 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 between devices.

In addition, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 include hardware such as microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices), and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). , and part or all of each functional block may be implemented by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

(Summary of embodiment)
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, an idle mode measurement instruction for a carrier that is in service and a carrier that cannot perform CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity) is received from the base station a control unit that performs the idle mode measurement in a carrier that cannot perform CA or DC with the serving carrier based on the instruction; and a transmission that transmits the result of the idle mode measurement to the base station. A terminal is provided having a unit.

With the above configuration, the base station 10 uses the results of the idle mode measurement by transmitting an instruction to the terminal 20 that even carriers that are not allowed to carry out CA and/or DC are subject to idle mode measurement, and early and Load balancing can be performed based on the air quality information of more carriers. That is, in a radio communication system, it is possible to expand the carriers targeted for load distribution.

The instruction may be an instruction for each terminal, for each RAT (Radio Access Technology), or for each carrier. With this configuration, the base station 10 transmits to the terminal 20 an instruction to target idle mode measurement for CA and/or DC incapable carriers, so that the result of the idle mode measurement can be used early and more Load balancing can be performed based on the air quality information of many carriers.

The receiving unit may receive from the base station an instruction regarding load distribution based on the result of the idle mode measurement, and the control unit may execute the instruction regarding load distribution. With this configuration, the base station 10 transmits to the terminal 20 an instruction to target idle mode measurement for CA and/or DC incapable carriers, so that the result of the idle mode measurement can be used early and more Load balancing can be performed based on the air quality information of many carriers.

The transmission unit may transmit capability information indicating whether or not the instruction can be executed to the base station. With this configuration, the base station 10 transmits to the terminal 20 an instruction to target idle mode measurement for CA and/or DC incapable carriers, so that the result of the idle mode measurement can be used early and more Load balancing can be performed based on the air quality information of many carriers.

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a reception procedure for receiving from the base station an instruction for idle mode measurement targeting carriers that are in service and carriers that cannot be CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity), Based on the instruction, the terminal performs a control procedure for performing the idle mode measurement and a transmission procedure for transmitting the result of the idle mode measurement to the base station in the serving carrier and the carrier incapable of CA or DC. A communication method for performing is provided.

With the above configuration, the base station 10 uses the results of the idle mode measurement by transmitting an instruction to the terminal 20 that even carriers that are not allowed to carry out CA and/or DC are subject to idle mode measurement, and early and Load balancing can be performed based on the air quality information of more carriers. That is, in a radio communication system, it is possible to expand the carriers targeted for load distribution.

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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 can understand various modifications, modifications, alternatives, replacements, and the like. be. Although specific numerical examples have been used to facilitate understanding of the invention, these numerical values are merely examples and any appropriate values may be used unless otherwise specified. The division of items in the above description is not essential to the present invention, and the items described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, and the items described in one item may be used in another item. may apply (unless inconsistent) to the matters set forth in Boundaries of functional or processing units in functional block diagrams do not necessarily correspond to boundaries of physical components. The operations of a plurality of functional units may be physically performed by one component, or the operations of one functional unit may be physically performed by a plurality of components. As for the processing procedures described in the embodiments, the processing order 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 explanation of processing, such devices may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. The software operated by the processor of the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the software operated by the processor of the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention are stored in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory, respectively. (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, register, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server, or any other appropriate storage medium.

Also, notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, notification of information includes physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling, It may be implemented by broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof.In addition, RRC signaling may also be called an RRC message, for example, RRC It may be a connection setup (RRC Connection Setup) message, an RRC connection reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure includes 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), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark) )), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other suitable systems and extended It may be applied to at least one of the next generation systems. Also, a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G, etc.).

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 present elements of the various steps using a sample order, and are not limited to the specific order presented.

A specific operation performed by the base station 10 in this specification may be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes with base station 10, various operations performed for communication with terminal 20 may be performed by base station 10 and other network nodes other than base station 10 ( (eg, but not limited to MME or S-GW). 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 a plurality of other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW). .

Information, signals, etc. described in the present disclosure may be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer). It may be input and output via multiple network nodes.

Input/output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or managed using a management table. Input/output information and the like can be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information and the like may be deleted. The entered information and the like may be transmitted to another device.

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

Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or otherwise, includes instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, and software modules. , applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, and the like.

In addition, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, the software uses at least one of wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) to website, Wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium when sent from a server or other remote source.

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. that 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. may be represented by a combination of

The 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, the channel and/or symbols may be signaling. A signal may also be a message. A component carrier (CC) may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

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

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information. may be represented. For example, radio resources may be indexed.

The names used for the parameters described above are not restrictive names in any respect. Further, the formulas, etc., using these parameters may differ from those expressly disclosed in this disclosure. Since the various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements can be identified by any suitable name, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are in no way restrictive names. is not.

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

A base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells. When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area being associated with a base station subsystem (e.g., an indoor small base station (RRH: The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of at least one of the base stations and base station subsystems serving communication services in this coverage. point to

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

A mobile station is defined by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless It may also be called a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable term.

At least one of the base station and mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, or the like. At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile object, the mobile object itself, or the like. The mobile object may be a vehicle (e.g., car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile object (e.g., drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned ). 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 mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

Also, the base station in the present disclosure may be read as 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, 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 of the base station 10 described above. Also, 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 read as side channels.

Similarly, user terminals in the present disclosure may be read as base stations. In this case, the base station may have the functions that the above-described user terminal has.

The terms "determining" and "determining" used in this disclosure may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Judgement" and "determination" are, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (eg, lookup in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining as "judged" or "determined", and the like. Also, "judgment" and "determination" are used for receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., transmitting information), input, output, access (accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory) may include deeming that a "judgment" or "decision" has been made. In addition, "judgment" and "decision" are considered to be "judgment" and "decision" by resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. can contain. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" may include considering that some action is "judgment" and "decision". Also, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", or the like.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variation thereof, mean any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, It can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements being "connected" or "coupled." Couplings or connections between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be read as "access". As used in this disclosure, two elements are defined using at least one of one or more wires, cables, and printed electrical connections and, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples, in the radio frequency domain. , electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and optical (both visible and invisible) regions, and the like.

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

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

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

"Means" in the configuration of each device described above may be replaced with "unit", "circuit", "device", or the like.

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

A radio frame may consist of one or more frames in the time domain. Each frame or frames in the time domain may be referred to as a subframe. A subframe may also consist of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may be of a fixed length of time (eg, 1 ms) independent of numerology.

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

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

A slot may contain multiple mini-slots. Each minislot may consist of one or more symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be referred to as a subslot. A minislot may consist of fewer symbols than a slot. 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. Radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols may be referred to by other corresponding designations.

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

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

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

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 scheduling time unit. Also, the number of slots (the number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.

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

Note that the long TTI (e.g., normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be replaced with a TTI having a time length exceeding 1 ms, and the short TTI (e.g., shortened TTI, etc.) is less than the TTI length of the long TTI and 1 ms A TTI having the above TTI length may be read instead.

A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in the 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 numerology.

Also, the time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols and may be 1 slot, 1 minislot, 1 subframe, or 1 TTI long. One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each consist of one or more resource blocks.

One or more RBs are physical resource blocks (PRBs), sub-carrier groups (SCGs), resource element groups (REGs), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. may be called.

Also, a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (RE: Resource Element). 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 bandwidth part) may represent a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a certain numerology on a certain carrier. Here, the common RB may be identified by an RB index based on the common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.

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

At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the terminal 20 may not expect to transmit or receive a given signal/channel outside the active BWP. Note that "cell", "carrier", etc. in the present disclosure may be read as "BWP".

The structures such as radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols described above are only examples. For example, the number of subframes contained in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots contained within a slot, the number of symbols and RBs contained in a slot or minislot, the number of Configurations such as the number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, etc. can be varied.

In this disclosure, if articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the 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." The term may also mean that "A and B are different from C". Terms such as "separate," "coupled," etc. may also be interpreted in the same manner as "different."

Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, may be used in combination, or may be used by switching along with execution. In addition, the notification of predetermined information (for example, notification of “being X”) is not limited to being performed explicitly, but may be performed implicitly (for example, not notifying the predetermined information). good too.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be practiced with modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Accordingly, the description of the present disclosure is for illustrative purposes and is not meant to be limiting in any way.

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Claims (5)

1. A receiving unit that receives an idle mode measurement instruction from a base station for a carrier that is in service and a carrier that cannot perform CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity);
   A control unit that performs the idle mode measurement in a carrier that cannot perform CA or DC with the serving carrier based on the instruction;
   a transmitting unit configured to transmit results of the idle mode measurements to the base station.
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the instruction is an instruction for each terminal, for each RAT (Radio Access Technology), or for each carrier.
3. The receiving unit receives from the base station an instruction related to load balancing based on the result of the idle mode measurement,
   2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control unit executes an instruction relating to said load distribution.
4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits capability information indicating whether or not the instruction can be executed to the base station.
5. A receiving procedure for receiving an idle mode measurement instruction from a base station for a carrier that is in service and a carrier that cannot perform CA (Carrier Aggregation) or DC (Dual Connectivity);
   Based on the instruction, a control procedure for performing the idle mode measurement in the serving carrier and the carrier incapable of CA or DC;
   and a transmission procedure for transmitting said idle mode measurement result to said base station.

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