WO2024069901A1 - Terminal, base station, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are anticipated; and a control unit that executes reporting of specific capability information relating to beamforming for the first frequency range.

Description

Terminal, base station, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method

This disclosure relates to a terminal, base station, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method related to reporting UE Capability in the case of UAVs, etc.

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is developing specifications for the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G, also known as New Radio (NR) or Next Generation (NG)) and is also developing specifications for the next generation, known as Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G.

In Release 18, in order to reduce interference of uplink signals from small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs; Unmanned/Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles) in FR (Frequency Range) 1, it is being considered to make the beam of UAVs directional (see Non-Patent Document 1). Note that UAVs are equipped with wireless communication modules similar to UEs (User Equipment), and can be considered a type of UE.

Under the above background, the inventors, after careful consideration, have found that because UE beamforming capability information (UE Capability) is not specified for FR1, the network cannot determine whether the UE is capable of performing beamforming, and therefore, in the case of UAVs, etc., it is not possible to appropriately reduce interference with uplink signals.

The present disclosure has been made in light of these circumstances, and aims to provide a terminal, base station, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method that can appropriately reduce interference with uplink signals when UAVs and the like are used.

One aspect of the disclosure is a terminal that includes a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, and a controller that executes reporting of specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

One aspect of the disclosure is a base station in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, the base station comprising a receiver that receives an uplink signal, and a controller that assumes reporting specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

One aspect of the disclosure is a wireless communication system comprising a terminal and a base station, the terminal comprising a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, and a controller that executes reporting of specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

One aspect of the disclosure is a wireless communication method comprising the steps of transmitting an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, and executing a report of specific capability information regarding beamforming for the first frequency range.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a wireless communication system 10. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the frequency ranges used in the wireless communication system 10. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a radio frame, a subframe, and a slot used in the radio communication system 10. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the UE 200. Figure 5 is a functional block diagram of gNB100. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation example. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of gNB100 and UE200. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a vehicle 2001.

The following describes the embodiments with reference to the drawings. Note that identical or similar symbols are used for identical functions and configurations, and descriptions thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

[Embodiment]
(1) Overall Schematic Configuration of Wireless Communication System Fig. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a wireless communication system 10 according to an embodiment. The wireless communication system 10 is a wireless communication system conforming to 5G New Radio (NR) and includes a Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20 (hereinafter, NG-RAN 20) and a terminal 200 (hereinafter, UE 200).

The wireless communication system 10 may be a wireless communication system conforming to a method called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution, or 6G.

NG-RAN 20 includes radio base station 100A (hereinafter, gNB100A) to radio base station 100D (hereinafter, gNB100D). gNB100A to gNB100D have cells C1 to C4, respectively. Note that the specific configuration of wireless communication system 10, including the number of gNBs and UEs, is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 1.

NG-RAN20 actually includes multiple NG-RAN Nodes, specifically gNBs (or ng-eNBs), and is connected to a 5G-compliant core network (5GC, not shown). Note that NG-RAN20 and 5GC may also be simply referred to as a "network."

gNB100A to gNB100D are 5G-compliant radio base stations, and perform 5G-compliant radio communication with UE200. gNB100A to gNB100D and UE200 are capable of supporting Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output), which generates a more directional beam BM by controlling radio signals transmitted from multiple antenna elements, Carrier Aggregation (CA), which uses multiple component carriers (CC) by bundling them together, and Dual Connectivity (DC), which communicates simultaneously on two or more transport blocks between the UE and each of two NG-RAN Nodes.

UE200 may be a UE mounted on a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). UE200 mounted on a UAV or a UAV may be referred to as an NR drone. UE200 may be referred to as a normal UE, vehicle UE, IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul) UE (including airborne IAB UE), HAPS (High Altitude Platform Station) UE, NTN (Non Terrestrial Network) UE, etc.

Furthermore, the wireless communication system 10 supports multiple frequency ranges (FR). Figure 2 shows the frequency ranges used in the wireless communication system 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication system 10 supports FR1 and FR2. The frequency bands of each FR are as follows:

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

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

Furthermore, the wireless communication system 10 also supports higher frequency bands than the FR2 frequency band. Specifically, the wireless communication system 10 supports frequency bands above 52.6 GHz up to 71 GHz or 114.25 GHz. For convenience, such high frequency bands may be referred to as "FR2x."

To solve the problem of phase noise becoming more significant at higher frequencies, Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM)/Discrete Fourier Transform - Spread (DFT-S-OFDM) with larger Sub-Carrier Spacing (SCS) may be applied when using bands above 52.6 GHz.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of a radio frame, subframe, and slot used in the wireless communication system 10.

As shown in Figure 3, one slot is made up of 14 symbols, and the larger (wider) the SCS, the shorter the symbol period (and slot period). The SCS is not limited to the interval (frequency) shown in Figure 3. For example, 480 kHz, 960 kHz, etc. may be used.

Also, the number of symbols that make up one slot does not necessarily have to be 14 symbols (e.g., 28 or 56 symbols). Furthermore, the number of slots per subframe may differ depending on the SCS.

Note that the time direction (t) shown in FIG. 3 may be called the time domain, the symbol period, or the symbol time. The frequency direction may be called the frequency domain, the resource block, the subcarrier, the bandwidth part (BWP), etc.

DMRS is a type of reference signal and is prepared for various channels. Unless otherwise specified, the term may refer to a downlink data channel, specifically, a DMRS for a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel). However, a DMRS for an uplink data channel, specifically, a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), may be interpreted as being the same as a DMRS for a PDSCH.

DMRS may be used for channel estimation in a device, e.g., UE 200, as part of coherent demodulation. DMRS may only be present in resource blocks (RBs) used for PDSCH transmission.

DMRS may have multiple mapping types. Specifically, DMRS has mapping type A and mapping type B. In mapping type A, the first DMRS is placed in the second or third symbol of a slot. In mapping type A, the DMRS may be mapped relative to the slot boundary, regardless of where in the slot the actual data transmission starts. The reason for placing the first DMRS in the second or third symbol of a slot may be interpreted as being to place the first DMRS after the control resource sets (CORESET).

In mapping type B, the first DMRS may be placed in the first symbol of the data allocation, i.e., the position of the DMRS may be given relative to where the data is placed, rather than relative to a slot boundary.

DMRS may have multiple types. Specifically, DMRS has Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 and Type 2 differ in mapping in the frequency domain and the maximum number of orthogonal reference signals. Type 1 is a single-symbol DMRS that can output up to four orthogonal signals, and Type 2 is a double-symbol DMRS that can output up to eight orthogonal signals.

(2) Functional Block Configuration of Wireless Communication System The functional block configuration of the wireless communication system 10 will be described below.

First, we will explain the functional block configuration of UE200.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of UE 200. As shown in FIG. 4, UE 200 includes a radio signal transmitting/receiving unit 210, an amplifier unit 220, a modulation/demodulation unit 230, a control signal/reference signal processing unit 240, an encoding/decoding unit 250, a data transmitting/receiving unit 260, and a control unit 270.

The radio signal transmission/reception unit 210 transmits and receives radio signals conforming to NR. The radio signal transmission/reception unit 210 supports Massive MIMO, CA that uses a bundle of multiple CCs, and DC that simultaneously communicates between a UE and each of two NG-RAN nodes.

Here, the wireless signal transceiver 210 may transmit an uplink channel (hereinafter, UL channel).

Specifically, the radio signal transceiver 210 may transmit a PUSCH to the network (gNB100). The radio signal transceiver 210 may support repeated transmission (Repetition) of the PUSCH. The UL channel may include a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The shared channel may be referred to as a data channel.

Multiple types of repeated transmission of PUSCH may be specified. Specifically, Repetition type A and Repetition type B may be specified. Repetition type A may be interpreted as a form in which the PUSCH allocated within a slot is repeatedly transmitted. In other words, the PUSCH is 14 symbols or less and cannot be allocated across multiple slots (adjacent slots).

On the other hand, Repetition type B may be interpreted as repeated transmission of PUSCH where 15 or more PUSCH symbols may be assigned.

The specific period including two or more slots may be interpreted as a period related to the repetition of the PUSCH (or PUCCH). For example, the specific period may be indicated by the number of repetitions, or may be the time during which a specified number of repetitions are performed.

Alternatively, the radio signal transceiver 210 may repeatedly transmit the UL channel a specific number of times. Specifically, the radio signal transceiver 210 may repeatedly transmit the PUSCH (or PUCCH) multiple times.

The specific period and/or the specific number of times may be indicated by signaling from the network (which may be a higher layer than RRC or a lower layer such as DCI, same below), or may be preset in UE 200.

In the embodiment, the wireless signal transceiver 210 constitutes a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal (hereinafter, UL signal) in a network in which a first frequency range (hereinafter, FR1) and a second frequency range (hereinafter, FR2) higher than the FR1 are assumed. The UL signal may include a signal transmitted via a PUCCH or a PUSCH.

The amplifier section 220 is composed of a PA (Power Amplifier)/LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) etc. The amplifier section 220 amplifies the signal output from the modem section 230 to a predetermined power level. The amplifier section 220 also amplifies the RF signal output from the wireless signal transmission/reception section 210.

The modem unit 230 performs data modulation/demodulation, transmission power setting, resource block allocation, etc. for each predetermined communication destination (gNB100 or other gNB). The modem unit 230 may apply Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM)/Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread (DFT-S-OFDM). Furthermore, DFT-S-OFDM may be used not only for the uplink (UL) but also for the downlink (DL).

The control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 performs processing related to various control signals transmitted and received by the UE 200, and processing related to various reference signals transmitted and received by the UE 200.

Specifically, the control signal/reference signal processor 240 receives various control signals, such as radio resource control layer (RRC) control signals, transmitted from the gNB 100 via a predetermined control channel. The control signal/reference signal processor 240 also transmits various control signals to the gNB 100 via a predetermined control channel.

The control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 performs processing using reference signals (RS) such as the Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and the Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS).

DMRS is a known reference signal (pilot signal) between the base station and the terminal for each terminal, used to estimate the fading channel used for data demodulation. PTRS is a terminal-specific reference signal intended to estimate phase noise, which is an issue in high frequency bands.

In addition to DMRS and PTRS, reference signals may also include Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) for location information.

Channels also include control channels and data channels. Control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), RACH (Random Access Channel), Downlink Control Information (DCI) including Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI), and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH).

In addition, data channels include PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel). Data refers to data transmitted via a data channel. A data channel may also be read as a shared channel.

Here, the control signal/reference signal processing unit 240 may receive downlink control information (DCI). The DCI includes fields that store existing fields such as DCI Formats, Carrier indicator (CI), BWP indicator, FDRA (Frequency Domain Resource Assignment), TDRA (Time Domain Resource Assignment), MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme), HPN (HARQ Process Number), NDI (New Data Indicator), and RV (Redundancy Version).

The value stored in the DCI Format field is an information element that specifies the format of the DCI. The value stored in the CI field is an information element that specifies the CC to which the DCI applies. The value stored in the BWP indicator field is an information element that specifies the BWP to which the DCI applies. The BWP that can be specified by the BWP indicator is set by an information element (BandwidthPart-Config) included in the RRC message. The value stored in the FDRA field is an information element that specifies the frequency domain resource to which the DCI applies. The frequency domain resource is identified by the value stored in the FDRA field and the information element (RA Type) included in the RRC message. The value stored in the TDRA field is an information element that specifies the time domain resource to which the DCI applies. The time domain resource is identified by the value stored in the TDRA field and the information elements (pdsch-TimeDomainAllocationList, pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList) included in the RRC message. The time domain resource may be identified by the value stored in the TDRA field and the default table. The value stored in the MCS field is an information element that specifies the MCS to which the DCI applies. The MCS is specified by the value stored in the MCS and the MCS table. The MCS table may be specified by an RRC message or may be specified by RNTI scrambling. The value stored in the HPN field is an information element that specifies the HARQ Process to which the DCI is applied. The value stored in the NDI is an information element that specifies whether the data to which the DCI is applied is initial transmission data or not. The value stored in the RV field is an information element that specifies the redundancy of the data to which the DCI is applied.

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

Specifically, the encoding/decoding unit 250 divides the data output from the data transmission/reception unit 260 into pieces of a predetermined size, and performs channel coding on the divided data. The encoding/decoding unit 250 also decodes the data output from the modem unit 230, and concatenates the decoded data.

The data transmission/reception unit 260 transmits and receives Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and Service Data Units (SDUs). Specifically, the data transmission/reception unit 260 performs assembly/disassembly of PDUs/SDUs in multiple layers (such as the Medium Access Control layer (MAC), Radio Link Control layer (RLC), and Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer (PDCP)). The data transmission/reception unit 260 also performs data error correction and retransmission control based on HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request).

The control unit 270 controls each functional block constituting the UE 200. In the embodiment, the control unit 270 constitutes a control unit that executes reporting of specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range (FR1). The specific capability information is an example of UE Capability related to the functions or capabilities supported by the UE 200. Details of the specific capability information will be described later.

Secondly, we will explain the functional block configuration of the gNB100.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the gNB100. As shown in FIG. 5, the gNB100 has a receiving unit 110, a transmitting unit 120, and a control unit 130.

The receiving unit 110 receives various signals from the UE 200. The receiving unit 110 may receive a UL signal via a UL channel such as a PUCCH or a PUSCH. In the embodiment, the receiving unit 110 constitutes a receiving unit that receives a UL signal in a network in which FR1 and FR2, which is higher than FR1, are assumed.

The transmitter 120 transmits various signals to the UE 200. The transmitter 120 may transmit DL signals via a DL channel such as a PDCCH or a PDSCH.

The control unit 130 controls the gNB 100. In the embodiment, the control unit 130 constitutes a control unit that assumes reporting of specific capability information related to beamforming for FR1. Details of the specific capability information will be described later.

(3) Issues The issues are described below. As shown in Fig. 1, it is assumed that the UE 200 mounted on the UAV is in the air, and when the beam of the UE 200 is omnidirectional, the UL signal of the UE 200 has good visibility. For example, when the UE 200 is connected to the gNB 100B (cell C2), the UL signal of the UE 200 causes interference to the gNB 100A (cell C1), the gNB 100C (cell C3), and the gNB 100D (cell C4).

Accordingly, Release 18 considers reducing interference with neighboring cells (nearby sites) in FR1 by making the UAV's beam directional. Such consideration may be referred to as FR1 with directional antenna.

Under the above background, the inventors, after careful consideration, have found that because the UE Capability for UE200's beamforming is not specified for FR1, the network cannot determine whether UE200 is capable of performing beamforming, and therefore, in the case of UAVs or the like, it is not possible to appropriately reduce interference with UL signals.

(4) Operation Example In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the UE 200 executes reporting of specific capability information related to beamforming for the FR 1. The specific capability information is an example of UE Capability related to a function or capability supported by the UE 200.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, in step S11, UE 200 transmits specific capability information (UE Capability) regarding beamforming for FR1 to gNB 100.

Although not particularly limited, in step S12, the gNB100 may determine the cell to which the UE200 will connect based on the specific capability information. In step S13, the gNB100 may transmit to the UE100 an RRC Reconfiguration regarding the cell determined in step S12.

Here, the following are some examples of operations that can be considered for reporting specific capability information.

(4.1) Operation example 1
In the first operation example, the UE 200 may report, as the specific capability information, parameters corresponding to at least a portion of parameters of the capability information regarding beamforming defined for FR2.

At least some of the parameters of the beamforming capability information specified for FR2 may include beam correspondence, UL beam management, beam switch timing, etc.

The beam correspondence may include beamCorrespondenceCSI-RS indicating whether the UE200 supports beam correspondence based on CSI-RS. The beam correspondence may include beamCorrespondenceSSB indicating whether the UE200 supports beam correspondence based on SSB. The beam correspondence may include beamCorrespondenceWithoutUL-BeamSweeping indicating whether the UE200 supports beam correspondence that does not require UL beam sweeping.

UL beam management may include uplinkBeamManagement which defines support for beam management for UL signals (SRS).

The beam switch timing may include beamSwitchTiming, which indicates the minimum number of OFDM symbols between DCI and CSI-RS transmissions that will trigger aperiodic CSI-RS.

beam correspondence, UL beam management, and beam switch timing may be parameters specified in 3GPP TS38.306 V17.1.0 §4.2.7.1 “BandCombinationList parameters”. It should be noted that in 3GPP TS38.306 V17.1.0, beam correspondence, UL beam management, and beam switch timing are parameters specified only for FR2.

Here, the following options are possible as parameter aspects corresponding to at least some of the parameters of the capability information regarding beamforming defined for FR2. In the following, in order to distinguish between the parameters defined for FR1 and the parameters defined for FR2, the parameters defined for FR1 may be referred to as first parameters, and the parameters defined for FR2 may be referred to as second parameters. Note that the definitions of the first and second parameters themselves may be the same.

In option 1, the first parameter may be a separate parameter from the second parameter. For example, beam correspondence for FR1 may be a separate parameter from beam correspondence for FR2. UL beam management for FR1 may be a separate parameter from UL beam management for FR2. Beam switch timing for FR1 may be a separate parameter from beam switch timing for FR2. That is, reporting of UE capability for FR1 may be performed separately from reporting of UE capability for FR2.

In option 2, the first parameter may be the same as the second parameter. For example, beam correspondence for FR2 may be applied to FR1 and specified as beam correspondence (FR1 and FR2). UL beam management for FR2 may be applied to FR1 and specified as UL beam management (FR1 and FR2). Beam switch timing for FR2 may be applied to FR1 and specified as beam switch timing (FR1 and FR2). That is, reporting of UE capability for FR1 may be performed together with reporting of UE capability for FR2.

In the above-mentioned Option 1 or Option 2, when one or more candidate values can be reported for the first parameter and the second parameter, the candidate value of the first parameter may be the same as the candidate value of the second parameter, or the candidate value of the first parameter may be different from the candidate value of the second parameter. The candidate value of the first parameter may be a candidate value in which some candidate values are added to the candidate value of the second parameter, or a candidate value in which some candidate values are deleted from the candidate value of the second parameter.

In the above-mentioned option 1 or option 2, the first parameter may be considered to be a parameter that implicitly indicates whether or not the UE 200 has a directional antenna. The first parameter may be considered to be a parameter that implicitly indicates whether or not the UE 200 is capable of forming a directional beam.

(4.2) Operation example 2
In the second operation example, the UE 200 may report capability information newly defined as capability information related to beamforming as specific capability information.

The specific capability information may include one or more parameters selected from whether UE200 has a directional antenna, whether UE200 is capable of forming a directional beam, the width (half width) of the antenna or beam of UE200, the gain of the antenna or beam of UE200, and the number of antenna elements of UE200.

Here, the width (half width) of the antenna or beam of UE200 may include the maximum value of the beam width and may include the minimum value of the beam width, and the gain of the antenna or beam of UE200 may include the maximum value of the gain and may include the minimum value of the gain.

Specific capability information is reported for at least FR1. Specific capability information may also be reported for FR2.

(4.3) Operation example 3
The type (granularity) of the specific capability information described in the operation example 1 or operation example 2 may be any of the following. Specifically, the specific capability information may be reported for each UE 200. The specific capability information may be reported for each FR. The specific capability information may be reported for each band. The specific capability information may be reported for each band combination. The specific capability information may be reported for each band and band combination. The specific capability information may be reported for each FCPC (Frequency Set Per Cell).

(4.4) Operation example 4
The reporting of the specific capability information described in the operation example 1 or operation example 2 may be performed as follows.

In option 1, UE 200 may always report UE Capability (specific capability information) related to beamforming.

In option 2, the UE 200 may report UE Capability (specific capability information) regarding beamforming in bands that support UAV functionality.

In option 3, when UE200 reports UE capability related to UAV function, it may also report UE capability related to beamforming (specific capability information). In other words, when UE200 supports UAV function in FR1, it may report UE capability related to UAV function and UE capability related to beamforming (specific capability information).

In option 4, UE200 may report UE capability related to UAV functionality when reporting UE capability (specific capability information) related to beamforming. In other words, UE200 may report UE capability related to UAV functionality and UE capability related to beamforming (specific capability information) when supporting the formation of directional beams.

Although not particularly limited, UE capability relating to UAV functions may include whether UE200 is a UAV, the altitude supported by UE200, whether UAV-specific functions (e.g., the ability to report altitude, flight path, etc., the ability to transmit notifications for UAV identification, etc.) are supported, etc.

(5) Actions and Effects In the embodiment, the UE 200 transmits specific capability information (UE Capability) related to beamforming for FR1 to the gNB 100. According to such a configuration, in the case where a UAV is assumed in FR1, it is possible for the network side to grasp whether the UE 200 is capable of performing beamforming, and it is possible to appropriately reduce interference with neighboring cells (neighboring sites) caused by UL signals.

(6) Other Embodiments The contents of the present invention have been described above in accordance with the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these descriptions, and it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements are possible.

In the above disclosure, NR has been mainly described, but the above disclosure is not limited thereto. The above disclosure may be applied to LTE. In such a case, NG-RAN may be read as E-UTRAN, and gNB may be read as eNB. The above disclosure may be applied to a case where NR and LTE are mixed.

The block diagrams (FIGS. 4 and 5) used to explain the above-mentioned embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and connected directly or indirectly (e.g., using wires, wirelessly, etc.) and these multiple devices. The functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

Functions include, but are not limited to, judgement, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, election, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, regard, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs the transmission function is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. As mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on the method of realization for any of these.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned gNB100 and UE200 (the device) may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the device. As shown in FIG. 7, the device may be configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, and a bus 1007.

In the following explanation, the term "apparatus" can be interpreted as a circuit, device, unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the apparatus may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.

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

Furthermore, each function of the device is realized by loading a specific software (program) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and memory 1002, causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, control communications by the communications device 1004, and control at least one of reading and writing data in the memory 1002 and storage 1003.

The processor 1001, for example, runs an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured as a central processing unit (CPU) that includes an interface with peripheral devices, a control unit, an arithmetic unit, registers, etc.

The processor 1001 also reads out programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these. The programs used are those that cause a computer to execute at least some of the operations described in the above-mentioned embodiments. Furthermore, the various processes described above may be executed by one processor 1001, or may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The programs may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunications line.

Memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be composed of, for example, at least one of Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), etc. Memory 1002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory, etc. Memory 1002 can store a program (program code), software module, etc. capable of executing a method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

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

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, etc.

The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., to realize, for example, at least one of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD).

The input device 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (e.g., 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 be integrated into one structure (e.g., a touch panel).

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

Furthermore, the device may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

Furthermore, the notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI)), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB)), other signals, or a combination of these. Furthermore, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, etc.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be applied to at least one of systems utilizing Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), Future Radio Access (FRA), New Radio (NR), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or other suitable systems and next generation systems enhanced therefrom. Multiple systems may also be applied in combination (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G).

The processing steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be reordered unless inconsistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order and are not limited to the particular order presented.

In this disclosure, certain operations that are described as being performed by a base station may in some cases be performed by its upper node. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes having a base station, it is clear that various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by at least one of the base station and other network nodes other than the base station (such as, but not limited to, an MME or an S-GW). Although the above example shows a case where there is one other network node other than the base station, it may also be a combination of multiple other network nodes (such as an MME and an S-GW).

Information, signals (information, etc.) can be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer). They may be input and output via multiple network nodes.

The input and output information may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be sent to another device.

The determination may be based on a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), a Boolean value (true or false), or a numerical comparison (e.g., a comparison with a predetermined value).

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched depending on the execution. In addition, notification of specific information (e.g., notification that "X is the case") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may be done implicitly (e.g., not notifying the specific information).

Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

In addition, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received over a transmission medium. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using at least one of wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and/or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave, etc.), then at least one of these wired and wireless technologies is included within the definition of a transmission medium.

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

Note that the terms explained in this disclosure and the 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 (signaling). Also, the signal may be a message. Also, the component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, etc.

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 represented using absolute values, may be represented using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be represented using other corresponding information. For example, a radio resource may be indicated by an index.

The names used for the above-mentioned parameters are not limiting in any respect. Furthermore, the formulas etc. using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. The various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable names, and therefore the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are not limiting in any respect.

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

A base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., three) cells (also called sectors). If a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be divided into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area can also provide communication services by a base station subsystem (e.g., a small indoor base station (Remote Radio Head: RRH)).

The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of a base station and/or a base station subsystem that provides communication services within that coverage.

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

A mobile station may also be referred to 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 terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, etc. At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a moving object, or the moving object itself, etc. The moving object may be a vehicle (e.g., a car, an airplane, etc.), an unmanned moving object (e.g., a drone, an autonomous vehicle, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). At least one of the base station and the mobile station may include a device that does not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.

Furthermore, the base station in the present disclosure may be interpreted as a mobile station (user terminal, the same applies below). For example, each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a mobile station is replaced with communication between multiple mobile stations (which may be called, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, the mobile station may be configured to have the functions of a base station. Furthermore, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" may be interpreted as terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, the uplink channel, downlink channel, etc. may be interpreted as a side channel.

Similarly, the mobile station in this disclosure may be interpreted as a base station. In this case, the base station may be configured to have the functions of the mobile station.

A radio frame may be composed of one or more frames in the time domain. Each of the one or more frames in the time domain may be called a subframe.

A subframe may further be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may have a fixed time length (e.g., 1 ms) that is independent of numerology.

Numerology may be a communication parameter that applies to at least one of the transmission and reception of a signal or channel. Numerology may indicate, for example, at least one of the following: Subcarrier Spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, Transmission Time Interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, a particular filtering operation performed by the transceiver in the frequency domain, a particular windowing operation performed by the transceiver in the time domain, etc.

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

A slot may include multiple minislots. Each minislot may consist of one or multiple symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be called a subslot. A minislot may consist of fewer symbols than a slot. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in a time unit larger than a minislot may be called PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using a minislot may be called PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.

Radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol all represent time units for transmitting signals. Radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol may each be referred to by a different name that corresponds to 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, or one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. In other words, at least one of the subframe and the TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (e.g., 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms. Note that the unit expressing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc., instead of a subframe.

Here, TTI refers to, for example, the smallest time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in an LTE system, a base station schedules each user terminal by allocating radio resources (such as frequency bandwidth and transmission power that can be used by each user terminal) in TTI units. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit for a channel-coded data packet (transport block), a code block, a code word, etc., or may be a processing unit for scheduling, link adaptation, etc. When a TTI is given, the time interval (e.g., the number of symbols) in which a transport block, a code block, a code word, etc. is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

In addition, when one slot or one minislot is called a TTI, one or more TTIs (i.e., one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum time unit of scheduling. In addition, the number of slots (minislots) that constitute the minimum time unit of scheduling may be controlled.

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

Note that a long TTI (e.g., a normal TTI, a subframe, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a time length of more than 1 ms, and a short TTI (e.g., a shortened TTI, etc.) may be interpreted as a TTI having a TTI length of 1 ms or more but less than the TTI length of a long TTI.

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

Furthermore, 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.

In addition, one or more RBs may also be referred to as a physical resource block (PRB), a sub-carrier group (SCG), a resource element group (REG), a PRB pair, an RB pair, etc.

Furthermore, a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (RE). For example, one RE may be a radio resource area of one subcarrier and one symbol.

A Bandwidth Part (BWP), which may also be referred to as a partial bandwidth, may represent a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier, where the common RBs may be identified by an index of the RB relative to a 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 a UE within one carrier.

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

The above-mentioned structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, and symbols 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 subcarriers included in an RB, as well as the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, and other configurations can be changed in various ways.

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

The reference signal may also be abbreviated as Reference Signal (RS) or referred to as a pilot depending on the applicable standard.

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

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

Any reference to an element using a designation such as "first," "second," etc., 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, a reference to a first and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed therein or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.

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

In this disclosure, where articles have been added through translation, such as a, an, and the in English, this disclosure may include that the noun following these articles is in the plural form.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Determining" and "determining" may include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, inquiry (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), and considering ascertaining as "judging" or "determining." Also, "determining" and "determining" may include receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in memory), and considering ascertaining as "judging" or "determining." Additionally, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc., to have been "judged" or "decided." In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering some action to have been "judged" or "decided." Additionally, "judgment (decision)" can be interpreted as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," etc.

In this disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." The term may also mean "A and B are each different from C." Terms such as "separate" and "combined" may also be interpreted in the same way as "different."

FIG. 8 shows an example of the configuration of a vehicle 2001. As shown in FIG. 8, the vehicle 2001 includes a drive unit 2002, a steering unit 2003, an accelerator pedal 2004, a brake pedal 2005, a shift lever 2006, left and right front wheels 2007, left and right rear wheels 2008, an axle 2009, an electronic control unit 2010, various sensors 2021-2029, an information service unit 2012, and a 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 called a handle) 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, a memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and a communication port (IO port) 2033. Signals are input to the electronic control unit 2010 from various sensors 2021 to 2027 provided in the vehicle. The electronic control unit 2010 may also be called an ECU (Electronic Control Unit).

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

The information service unit 2012 is composed of various devices, such as a car navigation system, an audio system, speakers, a television, and a radio, for providing various types of information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and one or more ECUs for controlling these devices. The information service unit 2012 uses information acquired from external devices via the communication module 2013, etc., to provide various types of multimedia information and multimedia services to the occupants of the vehicle 1.

The driving assistance system unit 2030 is composed of various devices that provide functions for preventing accidents and reducing the driving burden on the driver, such as a millimeter wave radar, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a camera, a positioning locator (e.g., GNSS, etc.), map information (e.g., high definition (HD) map, autonomous vehicle (AV) map, etc.), a gyro system (e.g., IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), INS (Inertial Navigation System), etc.), AI (Artificial Intelligence) chip, and an AI processor, as well as one or more ECUs that control these devices. In addition, the driving assistance system unit 2030 transmits and receives various information via the communication module 2013 to realize driving assistance functions or autonomous driving functions.

The communication module 2013 can communicate with the microprocessor 2031 and components of the vehicle 1 via the communication port. For example, the communication module 2013 transmits and receives data via the communication port 2033 between the drive unit 2002, steering unit 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, left and right front wheels 2007, left and right rear wheels 2008, axle 2009, microprocessor 2031 and memory (ROM, RAM) 2032 in electronic control unit 2010, and sensors 2021 to 2028, which are provided on the vehicle 2001.

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 an external device. For example, it transmits and receives various information to and from the 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, etc.

The communication module 2013 transmits a current signal from the current sensor input to the electronic control unit 2010 to an external device via wireless communication. The communication module 2013 also transmits to an external device via wireless communication the following signals input to the electronic control unit 2010: a front wheel or rear wheel rotation speed signal acquired by a rotation speed sensor 2022, a front wheel or rear wheel air pressure signal acquired by an air pressure sensor 2023, a vehicle speed signal acquired by a vehicle speed sensor 2024, an acceleration signal acquired by an acceleration sensor 2025, an accelerator pedal depression amount signal acquired by an accelerator pedal sensor 2029, a brake pedal depression amount signal acquired by a brake pedal sensor 2026, a shift lever operation signal acquired by a shift lever sensor 2027, and a detection signal for detecting an obstacle, a vehicle, a pedestrian, etc. acquired by an object detection sensor 2028.

The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, signal information, vehicle distance information, etc.) transmitted from an external device, and displays it on an information service unit 2012 provided in the vehicle. The communication module 2013 also stores the various information received from the external device in a memory 2032 that can be used by the microprocessor 2031. Based on the information stored in the memory 2032, the microprocessor 2031 may control the drive unit 2002, steering unit 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, left and right front wheels 2007, left and right rear wheels 2008, axles 2009, sensors 2021-2028, and the like provided in the vehicle 2001.

　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 herein. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended as an illustrative example and does not have any limiting meaning with respect to the present disclosure.

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The above disclosure may be expressed as follows:

The first feature is a terminal that includes a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, and a control unit that executes a report of specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

The second feature is that in the first feature, the control unit reports, as the specific capability information, parameters that correspond to at least a portion of the parameters of capability information related to beamforming defined for the second frequency range.

The third feature is that in the first feature, the control unit is a terminal that reports capability information newly defined as capability information related to beamforming as the specific capability information.

The fourth feature is a base station in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, the base station comprising: a receiver that receives an uplink signal; and a controller that assumes reporting specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

The fifth feature is a wireless communication system including a terminal and a base station, the terminal including a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, and a controller that executes reporting of specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

The sixth feature is a wireless communication method comprising the steps of transmitting an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed, and executing a report of specific capability information related to beamforming for the first frequency range.

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Claims (6)

1. A transmitter that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed;
   A terminal comprising: a control unit that performs reporting of specific capability information regarding beamforming for the first frequency range.
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit reports, as the specific capability information, parameters corresponding to at least some of the parameters of capability information related to beamforming defined for the second frequency range.
3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit reports capability information newly defined as capability information related to beamforming as the specific capability information.
4. A receiver that receives an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed;
   A base station comprising: a control unit that assumes reporting of specific capability information regarding beamforming for the first frequency range.
5. A terminal and a base station,
   The terminal includes:
   A transmitter that transmits an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed;
   A wireless communication system comprising: a control unit that executes reporting of specific capability information regarding beamforming for the first frequency range.
6. transmitting an uplink signal in a network in which a first frequency range and a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range are assumed;
   and performing reporting of specific capability information regarding beamforming for the first frequency range.

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