WO2024100696A1 - Terminal, procédé de communication sans fil et station de base - Google Patents

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WO2024100696A1
WO2024100696A1 PCT/JP2022/041308 JP2022041308W WO2024100696A1 WO 2024100696 A1 WO2024100696 A1 WO 2024100696A1 JP 2022041308 W JP2022041308 W JP 2022041308W WO 2024100696 A1 WO2024100696 A1 WO 2024100696A1
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  • This disclosure relates to terminals, wireless communication methods, and base stations in next-generation mobile communication systems.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • Non-Patent Document 1 LTE-Advanced (3GPP Rel. 10-14) was specified for the purpose of achieving higher capacity and greater sophistication over LTE (Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP (registered trademark)) Release (Rel.) 8, 9).
  • LTE 5th generation mobile communication system
  • 5G+ 5th generation mobile communication system
  • 6G 6th generation mobile communication system
  • NR New Radio
  • E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
  • E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • Improvements to coverage are being considered for future wireless communication systems (e.g., NR).
  • one of the objectives of this disclosure is to provide a terminal, a wireless communication method, and a base station that improve the coverage of the random access procedure.
  • a terminal has a receiver that receives information regarding multiple repetitions of a physical random access channel (PRACH) and a controller that maps the multiple repetitions to multiple hops of frequency hopping based on the information.
  • PRACH physical random access channel
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a RACH configuration information element.
  • 2A and 2B show an example of PRACH occasion and beam association.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 1-1 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 4 shows another example of frequency hopping according to option 1-1 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 1-2 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 6 shows another example of frequency hopping according to option 1-2 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 2 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 8 shows another example of frequency hopping according to option 2 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 9 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 3 of embodiment #1.
  • FIG. 10 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 1 of embodiment #2.
  • FIG. 11 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 2 of embodiment #2.
  • FIG. 12 shows an example of frequency hopping according to option 3 of embodiment #2.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a base station according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
  • TCI transmission configuration indication state
  • the TCI state may represent that which applies to the downlink signal/channel.
  • the equivalent of the TCI state which applies to the uplink signal/channel may be expressed as a spatial relation.
  • TCI state is information about the Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) of signals/channels and may also be called spatial reception parameters, spatial relation information, etc. TCI state may be set in the UE on a per channel or per signal basis.
  • QCL Quasi-Co-Location
  • QCL is an index that indicates the statistical properties of a signal/channel. For example, if a signal/channel has a QCL relationship with another signal/channel, it may mean that it can be assumed that at least one of the Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, and spatial parameters (e.g., spatial Rx parameters) is identical between these different signals/channels (i.e., it is QCL with respect to at least one of these).
  • spatial parameters e.g., spatial Rx parameters
  • the spatial reception parameters may correspond to a reception beam (e.g., a reception analog beam) of the UE, and the beam may be identified based on a spatial QCL.
  • the QCL (or at least one element of the QCL) in this disclosure may be interpreted as sQCL (spatial QCL).
  • QCL types QCL types
  • QCL types A to D QCL types A to D
  • the parameters (which may be called QCL parameters) are as follows: QCL Type A (QCL-A): Doppler shift, Doppler spread, mean delay and delay spread, QCL type B (QCL-B): Doppler shift and Doppler spread, QCL type C (QCL-C): Doppler shift and mean delay; QCL Type D (QCL-D): Spatial reception parameters.
  • QCL Type A QCL-A
  • QCL-B Doppler shift and Doppler spread
  • QCL type C QCL type C
  • QCL Type D QCL Type D
  • the UE's assumption that a Control Resource Set (CORESET), channel or reference signal is in a particular QCL (e.g., QCL type D) relationship with another CORESET, channel or reference signal may be referred to as a QCL assumption.
  • CORESET Control Resource Set
  • QCL QCL type D
  • the UE may determine at least one of a transmit beam (Tx beam) and a receive beam (Rx beam) for a signal/channel based on the TCI condition or QCL assumption of the signal/channel.
  • Tx beam transmit beam
  • Rx beam receive beam
  • the TCI state may be, for example, information regarding the QCL between the target channel (in other words, the reference signal (RS) for that channel) and another signal (e.g., another RS).
  • the TCI state may be set (indicated) by higher layer signaling, physical layer signaling, or a combination of these.
  • the physical layer signaling may be, for example, Downlink Control Information (DCI).
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • the channel for which the TCI state or spatial relationship is set (specified) may be, for example, at least one of the following: a downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)), a downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)), an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)), and an uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)).
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • the RS that has a QCL relationship with the channel may be, for example, at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a tracking CSI-RS (also called a tracking reference signal (TRS)), and a QCL detection reference signal (also called a QRS).
  • SSB synchronization signal block
  • CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
  • SRS sounding reference signal
  • TRS tracking CSI-RS
  • QRS QCL detection reference signal
  • An SSB is a signal block that includes at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH).
  • PSS Primary Synchronization Signal
  • SSS Secondary Synchronization Signal
  • PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
  • An SSB may also be referred to as an SS/PBCH block.
  • An RS of QCL type X in a TCI state may refer to an RS that has a QCL type X relationship with a certain channel/signal (DMRS), and this RS may be called a QCL source of QCL type X in that TCI state.
  • DMRS channel/signal
  • the UE receives the SS/PBCH block (SSB), transmits Msg. 1 (PRACH/random access preamble/preamble), receives Msg. 2 (PDCCH, PDSCH including random access response (RAR)), transmits Msg. 3 (PUSCH scheduled by RAR UL grant), and receives Msg. 4 (PDCCH, PDSCH including UE contention resolution identity).
  • Msg. 1 PRACH/random access preamble/preamble
  • RAR random access response
  • Msg. 3 PUSCH scheduled by RAR UL grant
  • Msg. 4 PDCCH, PDSCH including UE contention resolution identity
  • SSB reception includes PSS detection, SSS detection, PBCH-DMRS detection, and PBCH reception.
  • PSS detection includes detection of part of the physical cell ID (PCI), detection (synchronization) of the OFDM symbol timing, and (coarse) frequency synchronization.
  • SSS detection includes detection of the physical cell ID.
  • PBCH-DMRS detection includes detection of (part of) the SSB index within a half radio frame (5 ms).
  • PBCH reception includes detection of the system frame number (SFN) and radio frame timing (SSB index), reception of configuration information for remaining minimum system information (RMSI, SIB1) reception, and recognition of whether the UE can camp on that cell (carrier).
  • SFN system frame number
  • SSB index radio frame timing
  • SSB has a bandwidth of 20RB and a time of 4 symbols.
  • the transmission period of SSB can be set from ⁇ 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 ⁇ ms.
  • multiple symbol positions of SSB are specified based on the frequency range (FR1, FR2).
  • the PBCH has a payload of 56 bits. N repetitions of the PBCH are transmitted within a period of 80 ms, where N depends on the SSB transmission period.
  • the system information consists of the MIB, RMSI (SIB1), and other system information (OSI) carried by the PBCH.
  • SIB1 contains information for RACH configuration and RACH procedures.
  • the time/frequency resource relationship between the SSB and the PDCCH monitoring resources for SIB1 is set by the PBCH.
  • a base station using beam correspondence transmits multiple SSBs using multiple beams for each SSB transmission period.
  • the multiple SSBs each have multiple SSB indices.
  • a UE that detects an SSB transmits a PRACH in the RACH occasion associated with that SSB index and receives an RAR in the RAR window.
  • Beam and Coverage In high frequency bands, if beamforming is not applied to the synchronization signal/reference signal, the coverage will be narrow and it will be difficult for the UE to find the base station. On the other hand, if beamforming is applied to the synchronization signal/reference signal to ensure coverage, a strong signal will reach a specific direction, but the signal will be even more difficult to reach in other directions. If the direction in which the UE exists is unknown in the base station before the UE is connected, it is impossible to transmit the synchronization signal/reference signal using a beam only in the appropriate direction. A method is considered in which the base station transmits multiple synchronization signals/reference signals each having a beam in a different direction, and the UE recognizes which beam it has found. If a thin (narrow) beam is used for coverage, it is necessary to transmit many synchronization signals/reference signals, which may increase overhead and reduce frequency utilization efficiency.
  • Coverage extensions are being considered, including PRACH extensions for frequency range (FR) 2. For example, PRACH repetition using the same beam or different beams is being considered. This PRACH extension may be applied to the 4-step RACH procedure or to FR1.
  • PRACH extensions may be applied to short PRACH formats or other formats.
  • the common RACH configuration may include a generic RACH configuration (rach-ConfigGeneric), a total number of RA preambles (totalNumberOfRA-Preambles), and a combination of the number of SSBs per RACH occasion (PRACH occasion) and the number of contention-based (CB) preambles per SSB (ssb-perRACH-OccasionAndCB-PreamblesPerSSB).
  • the rach-ConfigGeneric may include a PRACH configuration index (prach-ConfigurationIndex) and a message 1 FDM (msg1-FDM, the number of PRACH occasions FDMed in one time instance).
  • ssb-perRACH-OccasionAndCB-PreamblesPerSSB may include the number of CB preambles per SSB for oneEighth (one SSB associated with eight RACH occasions) of SSBs per RACH occasion.
  • the meaning of the ssb-perRACH-OccasionAndCB-PreamblesPerSSB field is twofold.
  • the CHOICE of the value of N conveys information about the number of SSBs.
  • the value 1/8 of N corresponds to one SSB being associated with 8 RACH occasions.
  • the value 1/4 of N corresponds to one SSB being associated with 4 RACH occasions.
  • the ENUMERATED part of the value of R indicates the number of CB preambles per SSB.
  • the value 4 of R corresponds to 4 CB preambles per SSB.
  • the value 8 of R corresponds to 8 CB preambles per SSB.
  • the total number of CB preambles in one RACH occasion is given by CB-preambles-per-SSB * *max(1,SSB-per-rach-occasion).
  • the UE may apply the number N of SS/PBCH blocks associated with one PRACH occasion and the number R of CB preambles per SS/PBCH block per valid PRACH occasion via ssb-perRACH-OccasionAndCB-PreamblesPerSSB.
  • N_preamble ⁇ total is given by totalNumberOfRA-Preambles for type 1 random access procedures, and by msgA-TotalNumberOfRA-Preambles for type 2 random access procedures involving the configuration of a PRACH occasion independent of the type 1 random access procedure.
  • N_preamble ⁇ total is a multiple of N.
  • the association period (RA association period) for mapping SS/PBCH blocks to PRACH occasions is the minimum value in the set determined by the PRACH configuration period according to the relationship (relationship defined in the specification) between the PRACH configuration period and the association period (number of PRACH configuration periods) such that N Tx SSB SS/PBCH block indices are mapped to a PRACH occasion at least once in the association period, where the UE derives N Tx SSB from the value of ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1 or in the common serving cell configuration (ServingCellConfigCommon).
  • An association pattern period includes one or more association periods and is determined such that the pattern between PRACH occasions and SS/PBCH block indices repeats at most every 160 ms. If there is a PRACH occasion that is not associated to a SS/PBCH block index after an integer number of association periods, then that PRACH occasion is not used for PRACH.
  • the PRACH mask index is indicated by ra-ssb-OccasionMaskIndex, which indicates the PRACH occasion for which the PRACH occasion is associated with the selected SS/PBCH block index.
  • the dedicated RACH configuration may include a CFRA configuration (CFRA) or a two-step CFRA configuration (CFRA-TwoStep).
  • CFRA indicates parameters for CFRA to a given target cell. In the absence of this field and CFRA-TwoStep, the UE performs CBRA.
  • CFRA-TwoStep indicates parameters for a contention-free two-step random access type to a given target cell.
  • CFRA and CFRA-TwoStep may include an SSB resource list (ssb-ResourceList) and a PRACH mask index configuration (ra-SSB-OccasionMaskIndex).
  • ra-SSB-OccasionMaskIndex indicates a PRACH mask index that is explicitly signaled for RA resource selection. The mask is valid for all SSB resources signaled in the SSB-ResourceList.
  • the PRACH occasions are mapped consecutively for each corresponding SS/PBCH block index.
  • the indexing of the PRACH occasions indicated by the PRACH mask index value is reset for each SS/PBCH block index and for each successive PRACH occasion mapping cycle.
  • the UE selects for PRACH transmission the PRACH occasion indicated by the PRACH mask index value for the indicated SS/PBCH block index in the first available mapping cycle.
  • the order of the PRACH occasions is as follows: First, in increasing order of frequency resource index for frequency multiplexed PRACH occasions. Second, in increasing order of time resource index for time multiplexed PRACH occasions within a PRACH slot. - Third, ascending order of PRACH slot index.
  • the value of ra-OccasionList indicates the list of PRACH occasions for the PRACH transmission, where the PRACH occasions are associated with the selected CSI-RS index indicated by csi-RS.
  • the indexing of the PRACH occasions indicated by ra-OccasionList is reset every association pattern period.
  • the association periods are ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 ⁇ , ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8 ⁇ , ⁇ 1, 2, 4 ⁇ , ⁇ 1, 2 ⁇ , and ⁇ 1 ⁇ , respectively.
  • Feature Combination Preambles associates a set of preambles with a feature combination.
  • the UE applies the fields in FeatureCombinationPreambles.
  • FeatureCombinationPreambles includes a feature combination setting and a shared RO subset setting.
  • FeatureCombination indicates the feature or combination of features associated with the set of random access resources.
  • ssb-SharedRO-MaskIndex indicates the subset of ROs to which a preamble is assigned for that feature combination. This field is set when there is more than one RO per SSB.
  • Preamble indexes 0 to 15 are associated with SSB0
  • preamble indexes 15 to 31 are associated with SSB1
  • preamble indexes 32 to 47 are associated with SSB2
  • preamble indexes 48 to 63 are associated with SSB3.
  • the same RO is associated with different SS/PBCH block indices
  • different preambles use different SS/PBCH block indices.
  • the base station can distinguish the associated SS/PBCH block indexes by the received PRACH.
  • the random access preamble can only be transmitted in time resources specified in the random access configuration of the specification, depending on FR1 or FR2 and spectrum type (paired spectrum/supplementary uplink (SUL)/unpaired spectrum).
  • the PRACH configuration index is given by the higher layer parameter prach-ConfigurationIndex or, if configured, by msgA-PRACH-ConfigurationIndex.
  • the type of RACH procedure triggered by different purposes is different.
  • the type of RACH procedure may be at least one of the following: - contention-free random access (CFRA), PDCCH ordered RA (PDCCH ordered RA, RA initiated by a PDCCH order), CFRA for beam failure recovery (BFR), CFRA for system information (SI) request, CFRA for reconfiguration with sync, etc.
  • CFRA contention-free random access
  • PDCCH ordered RA PDCCH ordered RA
  • CFRA for beam failure recovery
  • SI system information
  • CFRA for reconfiguration with sync
  • CBRA contention-based random access
  • RA triggered by MAC entity RA triggered by RRC with event
  • CBRA for BFR etc.
  • - 4 step RACH - Two-step RACH.
  • DCI format 1_0 includes a DCI format identifier field, a bit field that is always set to 1, and a frequency domain resource assignment field. If the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of DCI format 1_0 is scrambled by the C-RNTI and the frequency domain resource assignment field is all 1, then the DCI format 1_0 is for a random access procedure initiated by a PDCCH order, and the remaining fields are a random access preamble, a UL/supplementary uplink (SUL) indicator, a SS/PBCH index (SSB index), a PRACH mask index, and reserved bits (12 bits).
  • CRC cyclic redundancy check
  • the PRACH mask index field indicates the PRACH occasion of the PRACH transmission that is associated with the SS/PBCH block index indicated by the SS/PBCH block index field of the PDCCH order if the value of the random access preamble index field is not zero.
  • the random access procedure is initiated by a PDCCH order, by the MAC entity itself, or by RRC for specification compliant events. Within a MAC entity, there can only be one random access procedure in progress at any time.
  • the random access procedure for an SCell is only initiated by a PDCCH order with ra-PreambleIndex different from 0b000000.
  • the MAC entity When a random access procedure is initiated on the serving cell, the MAC entity does the following: - If the random access procedure is initiated by a PDCCH order and the ra-PreambleIndex explicitly provided by the PDCCH is not 0b000000, or if the random access procedure is initiated for a reconfiguration with synchronization and a 4-step RA type contention-free random access resource is explicitly provided by rach-ConfigDedicated for the BWP selected for the random access procedure, set RA_TYPE to 4-stepRA.
  • the MAC entity shall do the following: - If ra-PreambleIndex is explicitly provided by the PDCCH and ra-PreambleIndex is not 0b000000, set PREAMBLE_INDEX to the notified ra-PreambleIndex and select the SSB notified by the PDCCH. - If an SSB is selected as above, determine the next available PRACH occasion from the PRACH occasions allowed by the restrictions given by ra-ssb-OccasionMaskIndex and corresponding to the selected SSB (the MAC entity selects a PRACH occasion randomly with equal probability from among consecutive PRACH occasions corresponding to the selected SSB according to the specifications. The MAC entity may take into account possible occurrence of measurement gaps when determining the next available PRACH occasion corresponding to the selected SSB).
  • the UE if requested by higher layers, transmits PRACH within the selected PRACH occasion if the time between the last symbol of the PDCCH order reception and the first symbol of the PRACH transmission is greater than or equal to N_(T,2)+ ⁇ _BWPSwitching+ ⁇ _Delay+T_switch [msec] (time condition), as described in the specification, where N_(T,2) is the duration of N_2 symbols corresponding to the PUSCH preparation time for UE processing capability 1.
  • ⁇ corresponds to the minimum subcarrier spacing (SCS) setting between the SCS setting of the PDCCH order and the SCS setting of the corresponding PRACH transmission.
  • SCS subcarrier spacing
  • ⁇ _BWPSwitching 0, otherwise ⁇ _BWPSwitching is defined in the specification.
  • ⁇ _delay 0.5 msec
  • ⁇ _delay 0.25 msec.
  • T_switch is the switching gap duration defined in the specification.
  • the candidate SS/PBCH block index of the SS/PBCH block corresponds to the SS/PBCH block index provided by ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1 or in ServingCellConfigCommon.
  • a PRACH occasion within a PRACH slot is valid if: The PRACH occasion is within a UL symbol, or The PRACH occasion does not precede an SS/PBCH block in the PRACH slot and starts at least N_gap symbols after the last DL symbol and at least N_gap symbols after the last SS/PBCH block symbol, where N_gap is defined in the specification.
  • the PRACH occasion does not overlap with the set of consecutive symbols before the start of the next channel occupancy period during which there should not be any transmission, as described in the specification.
  • the candidate SS/PBCH block index of the SS/PBCH block corresponds to the SS/PBCH block index provided by ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1 or in ServingCellConfigCommon, as described in the specification.
  • the inventors therefore came up with the idea of frequency hopping operation in PRACH repetition.
  • A/B and “at least one of A and B” may be interpreted as interchangeable. Also, in this disclosure, “A/B/C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C.”
  • Radio Resource Control RRC
  • RRC parameters RRC parameters
  • RRC messages higher layer parameters
  • information elements IEs
  • settings etc.
  • MAC Control Element CE
  • update commands activation/deactivation commands, etc.
  • higher layer signaling may be, for example, Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information, or any combination thereof.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • MAC Medium Access Control
  • the MAC signaling may use, for example, a MAC Control Element (MAC CE), a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU), etc.
  • the broadcast information may be, for example, a Master Information Block (MIB), a System Information Block (SIB), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), Other System Information (OSI), etc.
  • MIB Master Information Block
  • SIB System Information Block
  • RMSI Remaining Minimum System Information
  • OSI System Information
  • the physical layer signaling may be, for example, Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI), etc.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • UCI Uplink Control Information
  • index identifier
  • indicator indicator
  • resource ID etc.
  • sequence list, set, group, cluster, subset, etc.
  • SSB/CSI-RS index/indicator the terms SSB/CSI-RS index/indicator, beam index, TCI state, spatial domain transmit filter, and spatial domain receive filter may be interchangeable.
  • RAR window ra-ResponseWindow
  • time window RAR timer
  • timer operation period contention resolution window, contention window, contention resolution timer, ra-ContentionResolutionTimer, and contention resolution timer operation period
  • contention resolution identity contention resolution identity, contention resolution ID, and UE contention resolution identity may be read as interchangeable.
  • port antenna port, DMRS port, and DMRS antenna port may be interchangeable.
  • port being QCLed with RS reception, and port using the same spatial domain (transmit/receive) filter as RS reception may be interchangeable.
  • DCI (format)/PDCCH (candidate) with CRC scrambled by a specific RNTI, DCI (format)/PDCCH (candidate) using a specific RNTI, and DCI (format)/PDCCH (candidate) monitored using a specific RNTI may be interpreted as interchangeable.
  • PDCCH order PDCCH order DCI, DCI format 1_0, and message (Msg) 0 may be interchangeable.
  • PRACH, preamble, PRACH preamble, sequence, preamble format, and Msg1 may be interchangeable.
  • beam, SSB, SSB index, CSI-RS, CSI-RS resource, CSI-RS resource index, and RS may be interpreted as interchangeable.
  • RACH resource RA resource
  • PRACH preamble occasion, RACH occasion (RO), PRACH occasion, repetition resource, repetition configuration resource, RO/repetition configured resource, time instance and frequency instance, time resource and frequency resource, RO/preamble resource, repetition, hop, and frequency hop
  • period, cycle, frame, subframe, slot, symbol, occasion, and RO may be interchanged.
  • bundle, group, set, and combination may be interpreted as interchangeable.
  • the RAR, the DCI (PDCCH) that schedules the RAR, the PDSCH with the UE contention resolution ID, and the DCI that schedules the PDSCH with the UE contention resolution ID may be interpreted as interchangeable.
  • random access (RA) procedure CFRA/CBRA, 4-step RACH/2-step RACH, a specific type of random access procedure, a random access procedure using a specific PRACH format, a random access procedure initiated by a PDCCH order, a random access procedure not initiated by a PDCCH order, and a random access procedure initiated by a higher layer may be interchangeable.
  • This embodiment relates to frequency hopping of PRACH repetition.
  • Multiple repetitions corresponding to one SSB index may be mapped to multiple time occasions, respectively.
  • Multiple repetitions corresponding to one group of multiple SSB indexes (SSB group) may be mapped to multiple time occasions, respectively.
  • the multiple time occasions may each correspond to multiple hops.
  • Each repetition may correspond to one or more time occasions/ROs.
  • Frequency hopping of the PRACH repetition may be achieved by frequency hopping of the RO, for which multiple frequency resources may be configured/mapped.
  • a frequency hopping offset may be used to indicate an offset of the starting RB for at least some of the ROs corresponding to the multiple hops, respectively.
  • a frequency hopping offset may be used to indicate an offset of the starting RB for the multiple frequency division multiplexed (FDM) ROs corresponding to one hop.
  • the starting RB of FDMed ROs in even or odd numbered hops is set/indicated by PRB#i, and the actual starting RB of the ROs may be PRB#(i+frequency hopping offset) or PRB# ⁇ (i+frequency hopping offset) mod (UL BWP size) ⁇ .
  • the starting PRB of the first frequency RO of FDMed ROs in even or odd numbered hops may be set by Msg1-FrequencyStart information element (e.g. msg1-FrequencyStart).
  • the starting RB of an FDMed multiple RO in even or odd numbered hops is configured/pointed to by PRB#i
  • one RO in the multiple ROs is configured/pointed to by PRB#(i+j)
  • the actual RB of that RO may be PRB#(i+j+frequency hopping offset) or PRB# ⁇ (i+j+frequency hopping offset) mod (UL BWP size) ⁇ .
  • the four repetitions of PRACH correspond to two repetitions of two hops.
  • the UE selects SSB0 and performs four repetitions using the four ROs corresponding to SSB0.
  • No frequency hopping offset is applied to the ROs in the odd-numbered (even-numbered) hop (first hop, time index 0), and a frequency hopping offset is applied to the ROs in the even-numbered (odd-numbered) hop (second hop, time index 1).
  • the four repetitions of PRACH correspond to two repetitions of two hops.
  • the UE selects SSB0 and performs four repetitions with four ROs corresponding to SSB0.
  • No frequency hopping offset is applied to ROs in odd-numbered (even-numbered) hops (1st, 3rd hops), and frequency hopping offset is applied to ROs in even-numbered (odd-numbered) hops (2nd, 4th hops).
  • the actual RB index of an RO is (i+j+frequency hopping offset) mod (UL BWP size), so that the RO is mapped within the UL BWP even if (i+j+frequency hopping offset)>(UL BWP size).
  • the start RB of FDMed multiple ROs in the first hop is set/indicated by PRB#i, and the start RB of FDMed multiple ROs in the nth hop may be PRB#(i+(n-1)*frequency hopping offset) or PRB# ⁇ (i+(n-1)*frequency hopping offset) mod (UL BWP size) ⁇ .
  • the UL BWP size may be the number of RBs in the ULBWP.
  • the start PRB of the first frequency RO of FDMed multiple ROs in the first hop may be set by Msg1 Frequency Start information element (e.g., msg1-FrequencyStart).
  • the UL BWP size may be the number of RBs in the UL BWP.
  • the pattern/offset of frequency shift in RO frequency hopping may be specified/indicated/configured for SSB-RO mapping.
  • Different time occasions may be respectively mapped to different hops. If there are FDMed ROs corresponding to different SSBs in the same time occasion, the frequency domain index for the ROs for an SSB may be hop dependent. If there are FDMed ROs corresponding to different SSB groups in the same time occasion, the frequency domain index for the ROs for an SSB group may be hop dependent. There may be N FDMed ROs corresponding to M SSBs, and the frequency domain index for each SSB may be hop dependent according to the pattern/offset. There may be N FDMed ROs corresponding to M SSB groups, and the frequency domain index for each SSB group may be hop dependent according to the pattern/offset.
  • four repetitions of PRACH correspond to four hops.
  • the UE selects SSB0 and performs four repetitions using the four ROs corresponding to SSB0.
  • a pattern of adding a frequency domain index offset [0, 1, 2, 3] to the four hops may be specified/set, or an offset of one RO added per hop may be specified/set.
  • four repetitions of PRACH correspond to two repetitions of two hops.
  • the UE selects SSB0 and performs four repetitions using four ROs corresponding to SSB0.
  • a pattern of adding a frequency domain index offset [0, 2] for two hops may be specified/set, or an offset of 2 ROs added per hop may be specified/set.
  • Frequency hopping of PRACH repetitions may be realized without frequency hopping of RO.
  • the UE may determine/select the RO frequency resource for each hop/repetition.
  • the UE may select the RO frequency index depending on the hop. This option may be applicable if there are multiple ROs FDMed for each SSB, or multiple ROs FDMed for each SSB group, or multiple ROs FDMed for the selected SSB, or multiple ROs FDMed for the SSB group that includes the selected SSB, or if the number of SSBs per RO N set by ssb-perRACH-OccasionAndCB-PreamblesPerSSB is less than 1.
  • four repetitions of PRACH correspond to four hops respectively.
  • the UE selects SSB0 and performs four repetitions using four ROs corresponding to SSB0.
  • the four ROs correspond to frequency indexes 0 to 3 respectively.
  • the UE selects one frequency index from 0 to 3 for each hop. In this example, the UE selects frequency indexes 0, 1, 2, and 3 for the four hops respectively.
  • four repetitions of PRACH correspond to two repetitions of two hops.
  • the UE selects SSB0 and performs four repetitions using four ROs corresponding to SSB0.
  • the four ROs correspond to frequency indexes 0 to 3, respectively.
  • the UE selects one frequency index of 0 and 2 for each hop.
  • the UE selects frequency indexes 0 and 2 for two hops, respectively.
  • the RO frequency resource may be determined/selected by the UE (which may depend on the UE implementation).
  • the RO frequency resource may be selected randomly with equal probability.
  • the RO frequency resource may be selected based on a pattern, which may be defined in the specification, configured or indicated.
  • the RO frequency resource may be determined/selected by a formula defined in the specification.
  • Frequency hopping of PRACH repetitions may be realized without frequency hopping of RO.
  • the UE may determine/calculate the RO frequency resource for each hop/repetition.
  • the UE may determine/calculate the RO frequency resource based on the frequency resource of the selected RO in the first hop and the frequency hopping offset, regardless of the configured RO resource.
  • four repetitions of PRACH correspond to two repetitions of two hops.
  • the UE selects SSB1 and performs four repetitions using four ROs corresponding to SSB1.
  • the UE uses the RO corresponding to SSB1 in the first hop.
  • the UE determines the frequency index of the RO of the second hop by adding the frequency hopping offset to the frequency index of the RO of the first hop.
  • the UE can appropriately perform frequency hopping in multiple PRACH repetitions.
  • This embodiment relates to a frequency hopping pattern for PRACH repetition.
  • the maximum number of hops in frequency hopping of PRACH repetition may be 2 or more than 2. For example, up to 2/4/8 hops may be supported in the frequency domain for frequency hopping of PRACH repetition. If more than 2 hops are supported, the number of frequency hops of PRACH may be indicated/configured by SIB/RRC IE/PDCCH order.
  • the frequency hopping pattern for PRACH repetition may follow at least one of the following options:
  • the PRACH repetition may use inter-slot/inter-subframe/inter-frame/inter-subslot/inter-time-interval frequency hopping.
  • the RO of the PRACH repetition in the i-th slot/subframe/frame/subslot may be the 1-th hop
  • the RO of the PRACH repetition in the (i+n)-th slot/subframe/frame/subslot/time interval may be the ⁇ (1+n) mod M ⁇ -th hop, where M may be the number of frequency hops.
  • the PRACH repetition may use inter-repetition/inter-RO frequency hopping.
  • the RO of the ith PRACH repetition may be the first hop and the RO of the (i+n)th PRACH repetition may be the ⁇ (1+n) mod M ⁇ th hop, where M may be the number of frequency hops.
  • the time interval of one repetition/RO may correspond to an association period.
  • the PRACH repetition may use inter-repetition-bundle/inter-RO-bundle frequency hopping.
  • the RO of the i-th PRACH repetition bundle may be the 1-th hop
  • the RO of the (i+n)-th PRACH repetition bundle may be the ⁇ (1+n) mod M ⁇ -th hop, where M may be the number of frequency hops.
  • the repetition bundle may be L consecutive repetitions in the time domain.
  • the RO bundle may be L consecutive repetitions in the time domain.
  • the time interval of one repetition bundle/RO bundle may correspond to an association period.
  • the UE performs frequency hopping between the repetition bundles.
  • the UE can appropriately perform frequency hopping in multiple PRACH repetitions.
  • This embodiment relates to a frequency hopping offset in frequency hopping of PRACH repetitions.
  • the value of the frequency hopping offset may be at least one of the following: a definition in the specification, an indication by the SIB, a setting by the RRC IE, and an indication by the PDCCH order.
  • the unit of the frequency hopping offset may be RB or RB group (RBG).
  • the frequency hopping offset value may be defined/indicated/set commonly for multiple values of different repetition levels (number of PRACH repetitions).
  • the frequency hopping offset value may be defined/indicated/set individually for each value of the repetition level (number of PRACH repetitions).
  • the frequency hopping offset value may be defined/indicated/set separately for each subcarrier spacing value.
  • a frequency hopping offset for each hop may be defined/indicated/set. If there are more than two frequency hops, the frequency hopping offset may be different between two adjacent hops. Multiple frequency hopping offsets may be defined/indicated/set individually.
  • the frequency hopping offset may be determined/selected by the UE (which may depend on the UE implementation).
  • the frequency hopping offset may be selected randomly with equal probability.
  • the frequency hopping offset may be selected based on a pattern, which may be defined, configured or indicated in a specification.
  • the UE can appropriately determine the frequency hopping offset for frequency hopping of multiple PRACH repetitions.
  • Enabling/disabling frequency hopping may follow at least one of several options:
  • Enabling/disabling of frequency hopping may be explicitly set/indicated by an RRC IE or DCI, or may be explicitly indicated by a PDCCH order.
  • An explicit parameter in the PRACH configuration for PRACH with multiple repetitions may be used to enable/disable frequency hopping of PRACH repetitions. In the absence of the parameter, frequency hopping may be disabled.
  • An explicit DCI field may be used to indicate whether frequency hopping of PRACH repetition is enabled or not.
  • the field may be a new field, a reserved bit field, or a reuse/replacement of an existing field.
  • Enabling/disabling of frequency hopping may be indicated implicitly by whether or not at least one of the frequency hopping offset and the number of frequency hops is set/indicated/defined.
  • frequency hopping for the PRACH repeat may be enabled. Otherwise, frequency hopping for the PRACH repeat may be disabled.
  • the conditions may be for at least one of the following parameters: PRACH configuration index, configured preamble format, number of RBs per RO/repetition, PRACH time domain length.
  • the conditions may be that the parameter is a specific value/range, or that an equation using the parameter (e.g. parameter mod a specific number) is a specific value.
  • the specific number may be the number of repetitions or the UL BWP bandwidth (number of RBs).
  • the UE can appropriately determine whether frequency hopping for multiple PRACH repetitions is enabled or disabled.
  • the UE may use the same beam/TCI state/spatial relationship for multiple PRACH repetitions.
  • the UE may detect the SSB with the highest received power and select the RO corresponding to that SSB for multiple PRACH repetitions.
  • the base station may receive a corresponding PRACH repetition using at least one of the multiple resources (RO/preamble).
  • the base station may perform soft combining using at least two of the multiple PRACH repetitions.
  • any information may be notified to the UE (from a network (NW) (e.g., a base station (BS))) (in other words, any information is received from the BS by the UE) using physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE), a specific signal/channel (e.g., PDCCH, PDSCH, reference signal), or a combination thereof.
  • NW network
  • BS base station
  • any information is received from the BS by the UE
  • physical layer signaling e.g., DCI
  • higher layer signaling e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • PDSCH reference signal
  • the MAC CE may be identified by including a new Logical Channel ID (LCID) in the MAC subheader that is not specified in existing standards.
  • LCID Logical Channel ID
  • the notification When the notification is made by a DCI, the notification may be made by a specific field of the DCI, a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) used to scramble Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits assigned to the DCI, the format of the DCI, etc.
  • RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier
  • CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
  • notification of any information to the UE in the above-mentioned embodiments may be performed periodically, semi-persistently, or aperiodically.
  • notification of any information from the UE (to the NW) may be performed using physical layer signaling (e.g., UCI), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE), a specific signal/channel (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, reference signal), or a combination thereof.
  • physical layer signaling e.g., UCI
  • higher layer signaling e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE
  • a specific signal/channel e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, reference signal
  • the MAC CE may be identified by including a new LCID in the MAC subheader that is not specified in existing standards.
  • the notification may be transmitted using PUCCH or PUSCH.
  • notification of any information from the UE may be performed periodically, semi-persistently, or aperiodically.
  • At least one of the above-mentioned embodiments may be applied when a specific condition is satisfied, which may be specified in a standard or may be notified to a UE/BS using higher layer signaling/physical layer signaling.
  • At least one of the above-described embodiments may be applied only to UEs that have reported or support a particular UE capability.
  • the specific UE capabilities may indicate at least one of the following: Support for frequency hopping of PRACH repetition.
  • the UE capability may indicate support per UE.
  • the UE capability may indicate support per repetition level.
  • the UE capability may indicate support per RACH type. • Support for frequency hopping for RO. Support for frequency hopping between time intervals (slots/subframes/frames/subslots) in PRACH repetitions. Support for inter-repetition/inter-RO frequency hopping in PRACH repetitions. Support for frequency hopping between repetition bundles/RO bundles in PRACH repetitions.
  • the above-mentioned specific UE capabilities may be capabilities that are applied across all frequencies (commonly regardless of frequency), capabilities per frequency (e.g., one or a combination of a cell, band, band combination, BWP, component carrier, etc.), capabilities per frequency range (e.g., Frequency Range 1 (FR1), FR2, FR3, FR4, FR5, FR2-1, FR2-2), capabilities per subcarrier spacing (SubCarrier Spacing (SCS)), or capabilities per Feature Set (FS) or Feature Set Per Component-carrier (FSPC).
  • FR1 Frequency Range 1
  • FR2 FR2, FR3, FR4, FR5, FR2-1, FR2-2
  • SCS subcarrier Spacing
  • FS Feature Set
  • FSPC Feature Set Per Component-carrier
  • the specific UE capabilities may be capabilities that are applied across all duplexing methods (commonly regardless of the duplexing method), or may be capabilities for each duplexing method (e.g., Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)).
  • TDD Time Division Duplex
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplex
  • the above-mentioned embodiments may be applied when the UE configures/activates/triggers specific information related to the above-mentioned embodiments (or performs the operations of the above-mentioned embodiments) by higher layer signaling/physical layer signaling.
  • the specific information may be information indicating that the functions of each embodiment are enabled, any RRC parameters for a specific release (e.g., Rel. 18/19), etc.
  • the UE may, for example, apply Rel. 15/16 operations.
  • Appendix 1 A receiving unit for receiving information regarding multiple repetitions of a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH); and a control unit for mapping the multiple repetitions to multiple hops of frequency hopping based on the information.
  • Appendix 2 The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit provides an offset to a frequency resource of a random access occasion corresponding to a specific hop among the multiple hops.
  • Appendix 3 The terminal of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit uses one random access occasion among a plurality of random access occasions corresponding to one hop among the plurality of hops and each of the random access occasions involving a plurality of frequency resources for transmission of the one hop.
  • Wired communication system A configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described below.
  • communication is performed using any one of the wireless communication methods according to the above embodiments of the present disclosure or a combination of these.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment.
  • the wireless communication system 1 (which may simply be referred to as system 1) may be a system that realizes communication using Long Term Evolution (LTE) specified by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 5th generation mobile communication system New Radio (5G NR), or the like.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
  • 5G NR 5th generation mobile communication system New Radio
  • the wireless communication system 1 may also support dual connectivity between multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) (Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC)).
  • MR-DC may include dual connectivity between LTE (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)) and NR (E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC)), dual connectivity between NR and LTE (NR-E-UTRA Dual Connectivity (NE-DC)), etc.
  • RATs Radio Access Technologies
  • MR-DC may include dual connectivity between LTE (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)) and NR (E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC)), dual connectivity between NR and LTE (NR-E-UTRA Dual Connectivity (NE-DC)), etc.
  • E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
  • EN-DC E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity
  • NE-DC NR-E-UTRA Dual Connectivity
  • the LTE (E-UTRA) base station (eNB) is the master node (MN), and the NR base station (gNB) is the secondary node (SN).
  • the NR base station (gNB) is the MN, and the LTE (E-UTRA) base station (eNB) is the SN.
  • the wireless communication system 1 may support dual connectivity between multiple base stations within the same RAT (e.g., dual connectivity in which both the MN and SN are NR base stations (gNBs) (NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NN-DC))).
  • dual connectivity in which both the MN and SN are NR base stations (gNBs) (NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NN-DC))).
  • gNBs NR base stations
  • N-DC Dual Connectivity
  • the wireless communication system 1 may include a base station 11 that forms a macrocell C1 with a relatively wide coverage, and base stations 12 (12a-12c) that are arranged within the macrocell C1 and form a small cell C2 that is narrower than the macrocell C1.
  • a user terminal 20 may be located within at least one of the cells. The arrangement and number of each cell and user terminal 20 are not limited to the embodiment shown in the figure. Hereinafter, when there is no need to distinguish between the base stations 11 and 12, they will be collectively referred to as base station 10.
  • the user terminal 20 may be connected to at least one of the multiple base stations 10.
  • the user terminal 20 may utilize at least one of carrier aggregation (CA) using multiple component carriers (CC) and dual connectivity (DC).
  • CA carrier aggregation
  • CC component carriers
  • DC dual connectivity
  • Each CC may be included in at least one of a first frequency band (Frequency Range 1 (FR1)) and a second frequency band (Frequency Range 2 (FR2)).
  • Macro cell C1 may be included in FR1
  • small cell C2 may be included in FR2.
  • FR1 may be a frequency band below 6 GHz (sub-6 GHz)
  • FR2 may be a frequency band above 24 GHz (above-24 GHz). Note that the frequency bands and definitions of FR1 and FR2 are not limited to these, and for example, FR1 may correspond to a higher frequency band than FR2.
  • the user terminal 20 may communicate using at least one of Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) in each CC.
  • TDD Time Division Duplex
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplex
  • the multiple base stations 10 may be connected by wire (e.g., optical fiber conforming to the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), X2 interface, etc.) or wirelessly (e.g., NR communication).
  • wire e.g., optical fiber conforming to the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), X2 interface, etc.
  • NR communication e.g., NR communication
  • base station 11 which corresponds to the upper station
  • IAB Integrated Access Backhaul
  • base station 12 which corresponds to a relay station
  • the base station 10 may be connected to the core network 30 directly or via another base station 10.
  • the core network 30 may include at least one of, for example, an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), a Next Generation Core (NGC), etc.
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • 5GCN 5G Core Network
  • NGC Next Generation Core
  • the core network 30 may include network functions (Network Functions (NF)) such as, for example, a User Plane Function (UPF), an Access and Mobility management Function (AMF), a Session Management Function (SMF), a Unified Data Management (UDM), an Application Function (AF), a Data Network (DN), a Location Management Function (LMF), and Operation, Administration and Maintenance (Management) (OAM).
  • NF Network Functions
  • UPF User Plane Function
  • AMF Access and Mobility management Function
  • SMF Session Management Function
  • UDM Unified Data Management
  • AF Application Function
  • DN Data Network
  • LMF Location Management Function
  • OAM Operation, Administration and Maintenance
  • the user terminal 20 may be a terminal that supports at least one of the communication methods such as LTE, LTE-A, and 5G.
  • a wireless access method based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing may be used.
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • CP-OFDM Cyclic Prefix OFDM
  • DFT-s-OFDM Discrete Fourier Transform Spread OFDM
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • the radio access method may also be called a waveform.
  • other radio access methods e.g., other single-carrier transmission methods, other multi-carrier transmission methods
  • a downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH)), a downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)), etc. may be used as the downlink channel.
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) shared by each user terminal 20, an uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)), a random access channel (Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH)), etc. may be used as an uplink channel.
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
  • SIB System Information Block
  • PDSCH User data, upper layer control information, System Information Block (SIB), etc.
  • SIB System Information Block
  • PUSCH User data, upper layer control information, etc.
  • MIB Master Information Block
  • PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
  • Lower layer control information may be transmitted by the PDCCH.
  • the lower layer control information may include, for example, downlink control information (Downlink Control Information (DCI)) including scheduling information for at least one of the PDSCH and the PUSCH.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • the DCI for scheduling the PDSCH may be called a DL assignment or DL DCI
  • the DCI for scheduling the PUSCH may be called a UL grant or UL DCI.
  • the PDSCH may be interpreted as DL data
  • the PUSCH may be interpreted as UL data.
  • a control resource set (COntrol REsource SET (CORESET)) and a search space may be used to detect the PDCCH.
  • the CORESET corresponds to the resources to search for DCI.
  • the search space corresponds to the search region and search method of PDCCH candidates.
  • One CORESET may be associated with one or multiple search spaces. The UE may monitor the CORESET associated with a search space based on the search space configuration.
  • a search space may correspond to PDCCH candidates corresponding to one or more aggregation levels.
  • One or more search spaces may be referred to as a search space set. Note that the terms “search space,” “search space set,” “search space setting,” “search space set setting,” “CORESET,” “CORESET setting,” etc. in this disclosure may be read as interchangeable.
  • the PUCCH may transmit uplink control information (UCI) including at least one of channel state information (CSI), delivery confirmation information (which may be called, for example, Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK), ACK/NACK, etc.), and a scheduling request (SR).
  • UCI uplink control information
  • CSI channel state information
  • HARQ-ACK Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement
  • ACK/NACK ACK/NACK
  • SR scheduling request
  • the PRACH may transmit a random access preamble for establishing a connection with a cell.
  • downlink, uplink, etc. may be expressed without adding "link.”
  • various channels may be expressed without adding "Physical” to the beginning.
  • a synchronization signal (SS), a downlink reference signal (DL-RS), etc. may be transmitted.
  • a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), etc. may be transmitted.
  • the synchronization signal may be, for example, at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS).
  • a signal block including an SS (PSS, SSS) and a PBCH (and a DMRS for PBCH) may be called an SS/PBCH block, an SS Block (SSB), etc.
  • the SS, SSB, etc. may also be called a reference signal.
  • a measurement reference signal Sounding Reference Signal (SRS)
  • a demodulation reference signal DMRS
  • UL-RS uplink reference signal
  • DMRS may also be called a user equipment-specific reference signal (UE-specific Reference Signal).
  • the base station 14 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a base station according to an embodiment.
  • the base station 10 includes a control unit 110, a transceiver unit 120, a transceiver antenna 130, and a transmission line interface 140. Note that one or more of each of the control unit 110, the transceiver unit 120, the transceiver antenna 130, and the transmission line interface 140 may be provided.
  • this example mainly shows the functional blocks of the characteristic parts of this embodiment, and the base station 10 may also be assumed to have other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. Some of the processing of each part described below may be omitted.
  • the control unit 110 controls the entire base station 10.
  • the control unit 110 can be configured from a controller, a control circuit, etc., which are described based on a common understanding in the technical field to which this disclosure pertains.
  • the control unit 110 may control signal generation, scheduling (e.g., resource allocation, mapping), etc.
  • the control unit 110 may control transmission and reception using the transceiver unit 120, the transceiver antenna 130, and the transmission path interface 140, measurement, etc.
  • the control unit 110 may generate data, control information, sequences, etc. to be transmitted as signals, and transfer them to the transceiver unit 120.
  • the control unit 110 may perform call processing of communication channels (setting, release, etc.), status management of the base station 10, management of radio resources, etc.
  • the transceiver unit 120 may include a baseband unit 121, a radio frequency (RF) unit 122, and a measurement unit 123.
  • the baseband unit 121 may include a transmission processing unit 1211 and a reception processing unit 1212.
  • the transceiver unit 120 may be composed of a transmitter/receiver, an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, a filter, a phase shifter, a measurement circuit, a transceiver circuit, etc., which are described based on a common understanding in the technical field to which the present disclosure relates.
  • the transceiver unit 120 may be configured as an integrated transceiver unit, or may be composed of a transmission unit and a reception unit.
  • the transmission unit may be composed of a transmission processing unit 1211 and an RF unit 122.
  • the reception unit may be composed of a reception processing unit 1212, an RF unit 122, and a measurement unit 123.
  • the transmitting/receiving antenna 130 can be configured as an antenna described based on common understanding in the technical field to which this disclosure pertains, such as an array antenna.
  • the transceiver 120 may transmit the above-mentioned downlink channel, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, etc.
  • the transceiver 120 may receive the above-mentioned uplink channel, uplink reference signal, etc.
  • the transceiver 120 may form at least one of the transmit beam and the receive beam using digital beamforming (e.g., precoding), analog beamforming (e.g., phase rotation), etc.
  • digital beamforming e.g., precoding
  • analog beamforming e.g., phase rotation
  • the transceiver 120 may perform Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer processing, Radio Link Control (RLC) layer processing (e.g., RLC retransmission control), Medium Access Control (MAC) layer processing (e.g., HARQ retransmission control), etc., on data and control information obtained from the control unit 110, and generate a bit string to be transmitted.
  • PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
  • RLC Radio Link Control
  • MAC Medium Access Control
  • HARQ retransmission control HARQ retransmission control
  • the transceiver 120 may perform transmission processing such as channel coding (which may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) processing (if necessary), Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, precoding, and digital-to-analog conversion on the bit string to be transmitted, and output a baseband signal.
  • transmission processing such as channel coding (which may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) processing (if necessary), Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, precoding, and digital-to-analog conversion on the bit string to be transmitted, and output a baseband signal.
  • channel coding which may include error correction coding
  • DFT Discrete Fourier Transform
  • IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
  • the transceiver unit 120 may perform modulation, filtering, amplification, etc., on the baseband signal to a radio frequency band, and transmit the radio frequency band signal via the transceiver antenna 130.
  • the transceiver unit 120 may perform amplification, filtering, demodulation to a baseband signal, etc. on the radio frequency band signal received by the transceiver antenna 130.
  • the transceiver 120 may apply reception processing such as analog-to-digital conversion, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing, Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) processing (if necessary), filtering, demapping, demodulation, decoding (which may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, and PDCP layer processing to the acquired baseband signal, and acquire user data, etc.
  • reception processing such as analog-to-digital conversion, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing, Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) processing (if necessary), filtering, demapping, demodulation, decoding (which may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, and PDCP layer processing to the acquired baseband signal, and acquire user data, etc.
  • FFT Fast Fourier Transform
  • IDFT Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform
  • the transceiver 120 may perform measurements on the received signal.
  • the measurement unit 123 may perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements, Channel State Information (CSI) measurements, etc. based on the received signal.
  • the measurement unit 123 may measure received power (e.g., Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)), received quality (e.g., Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)), signal strength (e.g., Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)), propagation path information (e.g., CSI), etc.
  • RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
  • RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
  • the measurement results may be output to the control unit 110.
  • the transmission path interface 140 may transmit and receive signals (backhaul signaling) between devices included in the core network 30 (e.g., network nodes providing NF), other base stations 10, etc., and may acquire and transmit user data (user plane data), control plane data, etc. for the user terminal 20.
  • devices included in the core network 30 e.g., network nodes providing NF
  • other base stations 10, etc. may acquire and transmit user data (user plane data), control plane data, etc. for the user terminal 20.
  • the transmitter and receiver of the base station 10 in this disclosure may be configured with at least one of the transmitter/receiver 120, the transmitter/receiver antenna 130, and the transmission path interface 140.
  • the transceiver 120 may transmit information regarding multiple repetitions of a physical random access channel (PRACH).
  • the controller 110 may map the multiple repetitions to multiple hops of frequency hopping based on the information.
  • PRACH physical random access channel
  • the (User terminal) 15 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment.
  • the user terminal 20 includes a control unit 210, a transceiver unit 220, and a transceiver antenna 230. Note that the control unit 210, the transceiver unit 220, and the transceiver antenna 230 may each include one or more.
  • this example mainly shows the functional blocks of the characteristic parts of this embodiment, and the user terminal 20 may also be assumed to have other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. Some of the processing of each part described below may be omitted.
  • the control unit 210 controls the entire user terminal 20.
  • the control unit 210 can be configured from a controller, a control circuit, etc., which are described based on a common understanding in the technical field to which this disclosure pertains.
  • the control unit 210 may control signal generation, mapping, etc.
  • the control unit 210 may control transmission and reception using the transceiver unit 220 and the transceiver antenna 230, measurement, etc.
  • the control unit 210 may generate data, control information, sequences, etc. to be transmitted as signals, and transfer them to the transceiver unit 220.
  • the transceiver unit 220 may include a baseband unit 221, an RF unit 222, and a measurement unit 223.
  • the baseband unit 221 may include a transmission processing unit 2211 and a reception processing unit 2212.
  • the transceiver unit 220 may be composed of a transmitter/receiver, an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, a filter, a phase shifter, a measurement circuit, a transceiver circuit, etc., which are described based on a common understanding in the technical field to which the present disclosure relates.
  • the transceiver unit 220 may be configured as an integrated transceiver unit, or may be composed of a transmission unit and a reception unit.
  • the transmission unit may be composed of a transmission processing unit 2211 and an RF unit 222.
  • the reception unit may be composed of a reception processing unit 2212, an RF unit 222, and a measurement unit 223.
  • the transmitting/receiving antenna 230 can be configured as an antenna described based on common understanding in the technical field to which this disclosure pertains, such as an array antenna.
  • the transceiver 220 may receive the above-mentioned downlink channel, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, etc.
  • the transceiver 220 may transmit the above-mentioned uplink channel, uplink reference signal, etc.
  • the transceiver 220 may form at least one of the transmit beam and receive beam using digital beamforming (e.g., precoding), analog beamforming (e.g., phase rotation), etc.
  • digital beamforming e.g., precoding
  • analog beamforming e.g., phase rotation
  • the transceiver 220 may perform PDCP layer processing, RLC layer processing (e.g., RLC retransmission control), MAC layer processing (e.g., HARQ retransmission control), etc. on the data and control information acquired from the controller 210, and generate a bit string to be transmitted.
  • RLC layer processing e.g., RLC retransmission control
  • MAC layer processing e.g., HARQ retransmission control
  • the transceiver 220 may perform transmission processing such as channel coding (which may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, DFT processing (if necessary), IFFT processing, precoding, and digital-to-analog conversion on the bit string to be transmitted, and output a baseband signal.
  • transmission processing such as channel coding (which may include error correction coding), modulation, mapping, filtering, DFT processing (if necessary), IFFT processing, precoding, and digital-to-analog conversion on the bit string to be transmitted, and output a baseband signal.
  • Whether or not to apply DFT processing may be based on the settings of transform precoding.
  • the transceiver unit 220 transmission processing unit 2211
  • the transceiver unit 220 may perform DFT processing as the above-mentioned transmission processing in order to transmit the channel using a DFT-s-OFDM waveform, and when transform precoding is not enabled, it is not necessary to perform DFT processing as the above-mentioned transmission processing.
  • the transceiver unit 220 may perform modulation, filtering, amplification, etc., on the baseband signal to a radio frequency band, and transmit the radio frequency band signal via the transceiver antenna 230.
  • the transceiver unit 220 may perform amplification, filtering, demodulation to a baseband signal, etc. on the radio frequency band signal received by the transceiver antenna 230.
  • the transceiver 220 may apply reception processing such as analog-to-digital conversion, FFT processing, IDFT processing (if necessary), filtering, demapping, demodulation, decoding (which may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, and PDCP layer processing to the acquired baseband signal to acquire user data, etc.
  • reception processing such as analog-to-digital conversion, FFT processing, IDFT processing (if necessary), filtering, demapping, demodulation, decoding (which may include error correction decoding), MAC layer processing, RLC layer processing, and PDCP layer processing to the acquired baseband signal to acquire user data, etc.
  • the transceiver 220 may perform measurements on the received signal. For example, the measurement unit 223 may perform RRM measurements, CSI measurements, etc. based on the received signal.
  • the measurement unit 223 may measure received power (e.g., RSRP), received quality (e.g., RSRQ, SINR, SNR), signal strength (e.g., RSSI), propagation path information (e.g., CSI), etc.
  • the measurement results may be output to the control unit 210.
  • the transmitting unit and receiving unit of the user terminal 20 in this disclosure may be configured by at least one of the transmitting/receiving unit 220 and the transmitting/receiving antenna 230.
  • the transceiver 220 may receive information regarding multiple repetitions of a physical random access channel (PRACH).
  • the controller 210 may map the multiple repetitions to multiple hops of frequency hopping based on the information.
  • PRACH physical random access channel
  • the control unit 210 may use one of multiple random access occasions, each of which corresponds to one of the multiple hops and involves multiple frequency resources, for transmitting the one hop.
  • the control unit 210 may determine a frequency resource for a random access occasion corresponding to one hop among the multiple hops based on a frequency resource for a random access occasion corresponding to another hop among the multiple hops.
  • 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 directly or indirectly connected (for example, using wires, wirelessly, etc.).
  • the functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.
  • the 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, deeming, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment.
  • a functional block (component) that performs the transmission function may be called a transmitting unit, a transmitter, and the like. In either case, as mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on the method of realization.
  • a base station, a user terminal, etc. in one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a base station and a user terminal according to one embodiment.
  • the above-mentioned base station 10 and user terminal 20 may be physically 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, a bus 1007, etc.
  • the terms apparatus, circuit, device, section, unit, etc. may be interpreted as interchangeable.
  • the hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figures, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.
  • processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.
  • the functions of the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 are realized, for example, by loading specific software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and memory 1002, causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, control communications via the communication device 1004, and control at least one of the reading and writing of 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) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, registers, etc.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • control unit 110 210
  • transmission/reception unit 120 220
  • etc. may be realized by the processor 1001.
  • 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 embodiments.
  • the control unit 110 (210) may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and running on the processor 1001, and similar implementations may be made for other functional blocks.
  • Memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be composed of at least one of, for example, Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), and other suitable storage media. Memory 1002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory, etc. Memory 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc. for implementing a wireless communication method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM
  • EEPROM Electrically EPROM
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • Memory 1002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory, etc.
  • Memory 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc. for implementing a wireless communication method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • Storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be composed of at least one of a flexible disk, a floppy disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk (Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM)), a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray disk), a removable disk, a hard disk drive, a smart card, a flash memory device (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a magnetic stripe, a database, a server, or other suitable storage medium.
  • Storage 1003 may also be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.
  • 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, or a communication module.
  • the communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., to realize at least one of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD).
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplex
  • TDD Time Division Duplex
  • the above-mentioned transmitting/receiving unit 120 (220), transmitting/receiving antenna 130 (230), etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004.
  • the transmitting/receiving unit 120 (220) may be implemented as a transmitting unit 120a (220a) and a receiving unit 120b (220b) that are physically or logically separated.
  • 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, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside.
  • the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one structure (e.g., a touch panel).
  • each device such as the processor 1001 and 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.
  • the base station 10 and the user terminal 20 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 using the hardware.
  • the processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.
  • a channel, a symbol, and a signal may be read as mutually interchangeable.
  • a signal may also be a message.
  • a reference signal may be abbreviated as RS, and may be called a pilot, a pilot signal, or the like depending on the applied standard.
  • a component carrier may also be called a cell, a frequency carrier, a carrier frequency, or the like.
  • a radio frame may be composed of one or more periods (frames) in the time domain.
  • Each of the one or more periods (frames) constituting a radio frame may be called a subframe.
  • a subframe may 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.
  • the numerology may be a communication parameter that is applied to at least one of the transmission and reception of a signal or channel.
  • the 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 configuration, a specific filtering process performed by the transceiver in the frequency domain, a specific windowing process performed by the transceiver in the time domain, etc.
  • SCS SubCarrier Spacing
  • TTI Transmission Time Interval
  • radio frame configuration a specific filtering process performed by the transceiver in the frequency domain
  • a specific windowing process performed by the transceiver in the time domain etc.
  • a slot may consist of one or more symbols in the time domain (such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols, etc.).
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • a slot may also be a time unit based on numerology.
  • 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 (PUSCH) mapping type A.
  • a PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using a minislot may be called PDSCH (PUSCH) mapping type B.
  • a radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a minislot, and a symbol all represent time units when transmitting a signal.
  • a different name may be used for a radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a minislot, and a symbol, respectively.
  • the time units such as a frame, a subframe, a slot, a minislot, and a symbol in this disclosure may be read as interchangeable.
  • one subframe may be called a TTI
  • multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI
  • one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI.
  • 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.
  • the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc., instead of a subframe.
  • TTI refers to, for example, the smallest time unit for scheduling in wireless communication.
  • 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.
  • radio resources such as frequency bandwidth and transmission power that can be used by each user terminal
  • 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.
  • the time interval e.g., the number of symbols
  • the time interval in which a transport block, a code block, a code word, etc. is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.
  • one or more TTIs may be the minimum time unit of scheduling.
  • 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 called a normal TTI (TTI in 3GPP Rel. 8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, normal subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc.
  • a TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be called a shortened TTI, short TTI, partial or fractional TTI, shortened subframe, short subframe, minislot, subslot, slot, etc.
  • 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
  • a short TTI e.g., a shortened TTI, etc.
  • TTI length shorter than the TTI length of a long TTI and equal to or greater than 1 ms.
  • a resource block is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain.
  • the number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of numerology, and may be, for example, 12.
  • the number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on numerology.
  • an RB may include one or more symbols in the time domain 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.
  • one or more RBs may be referred to as a physical resource block (Physical RB (PRB)), a sub-carrier group (Sub-Carrier Group (SCG)), a resource element group (Resource Element Group (REG)), a PRB pair, an RB pair, etc.
  • PRB Physical RB
  • SCG sub-carrier Group
  • REG resource element group
  • PRB pair an RB pair, etc.
  • a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (REs).
  • REs resource elements
  • one RE may be a radio resource area of one subcarrier and one symbol.
  • a Bandwidth Part which may also be referred to as 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 the BWP.
  • the BWP may include a UL BWP (BWP for UL) and a DL BWP (BWP for DL).
  • BWP UL BWP
  • 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.
  • BWP bitmap
  • radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, and symbols are merely examples.
  • the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or minislot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB, as well as the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, and the cyclic prefix (CP) length can be changed in various ways.
  • 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.
  • a radio resource may be indicated by a predetermined index.
  • the names used for parameters and the like in this disclosure are not limiting in any respect. Furthermore, the formulas and the like using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure.
  • the various channels (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.
  • the information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies.
  • 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.
  • information, signals, etc. may be output from a higher layer to a lower layer and/or from a lower layer to a higher layer.
  • Information, signals, etc. may be input/output via multiple network nodes.
  • Input/output information, signals, etc. may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. Input/output information, signals, etc. may be overwritten, updated, or added to. Output information, signals, etc. may be deleted. Input information, signals, etc. may be transmitted to another device.
  • a specific location e.g., memory
  • Input/output information, signals, etc. may be overwritten, updated, or added to.
  • Output information, signals, etc. may be deleted.
  • Input information, signals, etc. may be transmitted to another device.
  • the notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in this disclosure, and may be performed using other methods.
  • the notification of information in this disclosure may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI)), higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB)), etc.), Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling), other signals, or a combination of these.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • UCI Uplink Control Information
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • MIB Master Information Block
  • SIB System Information Block
  • MAC Medium Access Control
  • the physical layer signaling may be called Layer 1/Layer 2 (L1/L2) control information (L1/L2 control signal), L1 control information (L1 control signal), etc.
  • the RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, etc.
  • the MAC signaling may be notified, for example, using a MAC Control Element (CE).
  • CE MAC Control Element
  • notification of specified information is not limited to explicit notification, but may be implicit (e.g., by not notifying the specified information or by notifying other information).
  • the determination may be based on a value represented by a single bit (0 or 1), a Boolean value represented by true or false, or a comparison of numerical values (e.g., with a predetermined value).
  • 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.
  • Software, instructions, information, etc. may also be transmitted and received via a transmission medium.
  • a transmission medium For example, if the 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.
  • wired technologies such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
  • wireless technologies such as infrared, microwave, etc.
  • Network may refer to the devices included in the network (e.g., base stations).
  • precoding "precoder,” “weight (precoding weight),” “Quasi-Co-Location (QCL),” “Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state),” "spatial relation,” “spatial domain filter,” “transmit power,” “phase rotation,” “antenna port,” “antenna port group,” “layer,” “number of layers,” “rank,” “resource,” “resource set,” “resource group,” “beam,” “beam width,” “beam angle,” “antenna,” “antenna element,” and “panel” may be used interchangeably.
  • Base Station may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, picocell, etc.
  • a base station can accommodate one or more (e.g., three) cells.
  • a base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire 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 base station for indoor use (Remote Radio Head (RRH))).
  • RRH Remote Radio Head
  • the term "cell” or “sector” refers to a part or the entire coverage area of at least one of the base station and base station subsystems that provide communication services in this coverage.
  • a base station transmitting information to a terminal may be interpreted as the base station instructing the terminal to control/operate based on the information.
  • MS Mobile Station
  • UE User Equipment
  • a mobile station may also be referred to 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 wireless communication device, etc.
  • at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a moving object, the moving object itself, etc.
  • the moving body in question refers to an object that can move, and the moving speed is arbitrary, and of course includes the case where the moving body is stationary.
  • the moving body in question includes, but is not limited to, vehicles, transport vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, connected cars, excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, forklifts, trains, buses, handcarts, rickshaws, ships and other watercraft, airplanes, rockets, artificial satellites, drones, multicopters, quadcopters, balloons, and objects mounted on these.
  • the moving body in question may also be a moving body that moves autonomously based on an operating command.
  • 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).
  • a vehicle e.g., a car, an airplane, etc.
  • an unmanned moving object e.g., a drone, an autonomous vehicle, etc.
  • a robot manned or unmanned
  • at least one of the base station and the mobile station may also include devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations.
  • at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.
  • IoT Internet of Things
  • FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
  • the vehicle 40 includes a drive unit 41, a steering unit 42, an accelerator pedal 43, a brake pedal 44, a shift lever 45, left and right front wheels 46, left and right rear wheels 47, an axle 48, an electronic control unit 49, various sensors (including a current sensor 50, a rotation speed sensor 51, an air pressure sensor 52, a vehicle speed sensor 53, an acceleration sensor 54, an accelerator pedal sensor 55, a brake pedal sensor 56, a shift lever sensor 57, and an object detection sensor 58), an information service unit 59, and a communication module 60.
  • various sensors including a current sensor 50, a rotation speed sensor 51, an air pressure sensor 52, a vehicle speed sensor 53, an acceleration sensor 54, an accelerator pedal sensor 55, a brake pedal sensor 56, a shift lever sensor 57, and an object detection sensor 58
  • an information service unit 59 including a communication module 60.
  • the drive unit 41 is composed of at least one of an engine, a motor, and a hybrid of an engine and a motor, for example.
  • the steering unit 42 includes at least a steering wheel (also called a handlebar), and is configured to steer at least one of the front wheels 46 and the rear wheels 47 based on the operation of the steering wheel operated by the user.
  • the electronic control unit 49 is composed of a microprocessor 61, memory (ROM, RAM) 62, and a communication port (e.g., an Input/Output (IO) port) 63. Signals are input to the electronic control unit 49 from various sensors 50-58 provided in the vehicle.
  • the electronic control unit 49 may also be called an Electronic Control Unit (ECU).
  • ECU Electronic Control Unit
  • Signals from the various sensors 50-58 include a current signal from a current sensor 50 that senses the motor current, a rotation speed signal of the front wheels 46/rear wheels 47 acquired by a rotation speed sensor 51, an air pressure signal of the front wheels 46/rear wheels 47 acquired by an air pressure sensor 52, a vehicle speed signal acquired by a vehicle speed sensor 53, an acceleration signal acquired by an acceleration sensor 54, a depression amount signal of the accelerator pedal 43 acquired by an accelerator pedal sensor 55, a depression amount signal of the brake pedal 44 acquired by a brake pedal sensor 56, an operation signal of the shift lever 45 acquired by a shift lever sensor 57, and a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. acquired by an object detection sensor 58.
  • the information service unit 59 is composed of various devices, such as a car navigation system, audio system, speakers, displays, televisions, and radios, for providing (outputting) various information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and one or more ECUs that control these devices.
  • the information service unit 59 uses information acquired from external devices via the communication module 60, etc., to provide various information/services (e.g., multimedia information/multimedia services) to the occupants of the vehicle 40.
  • various information/services e.g., multimedia information/multimedia services
  • the information service unit 59 may include input devices (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a touch panel, etc.) that accept input from the outside, and may also include output devices (e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, a touch panel, etc.) that perform output to the outside.
  • input devices e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a touch panel, etc.
  • output devices e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, a touch panel, etc.
  • the driving assistance system unit 64 is composed of various devices that provide functions for preventing accidents and reducing the driver's driving load, such as a millimeter wave radar, a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), a camera, a positioning locator (e.g., a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)), map information (e.g., a High Definition (HD) map, an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) map, etc.), a gyro system (e.g., an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), an Inertial Navigation System (INS), etc.), an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chip, and an AI processor, and one or more ECUs that control these devices.
  • the driving assistance system unit 64 also transmits and receives various information via the communication module 60 to realize a driving assistance function or an autonomous driving function.
  • the communication module 60 can communicate with the microprocessor 61 and components of the vehicle 40 via the communication port 63.
  • the communication module 60 transmits and receives data (information) via the communication port 63 between the drive unit 41, steering unit 42, accelerator pedal 43, brake pedal 44, shift lever 45, left and right front wheels 46, left and right rear wheels 47, axles 48, the microprocessor 61 and memory (ROM, RAM) 62 in the electronic control unit 49, and the various sensors 50-58 that are provided on the vehicle 40.
  • the communication module 60 is a communication device that can be controlled by the microprocessor 61 of the electronic control unit 49 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 60 may be located either inside or outside the electronic control unit 49.
  • the external device may be, for example, the above-mentioned base station 10 or user terminal 20.
  • the communication module 60 may also be, for example, at least one of the above-mentioned base station 10 and user terminal 20 (it may function as at least one of the base station 10 and user terminal 20).
  • the communication module 60 may transmit at least one of the signals from the various sensors 50-58 described above input to the electronic control unit 49, information obtained based on the signals, and information based on input from the outside (user) obtained via the information service unit 59 to an external device via wireless communication.
  • the electronic control unit 49, the various sensors 50-58, the information service unit 59, etc. may be referred to as input units that accept input.
  • the PUSCH transmitted by the communication module 60 may include information based on the above input.
  • the communication module 60 receives various information (traffic information, signal information, vehicle distance information, etc.) transmitted from an external device and displays it on an information service unit 59 provided in the vehicle.
  • the information service unit 59 may also be called an output unit that outputs information (for example, outputs information to a device such as a display or speaker based on the PDSCH (or data/information decoded from the PDSCH) received by the communication module 60).
  • the communication module 60 also stores various information received from external devices in memory 62 that can be used by the microprocessor 61. Based on the information stored in memory 62, the microprocessor 61 may control the drive unit 41, steering unit 42, accelerator pedal 43, brake pedal 44, shift lever 45, left and right front wheels 46, left and right rear wheels 47, axles 48, various sensors 50-58, and the like provided on the vehicle 40.
  • the base station in the present disclosure may be read as a user terminal.
  • each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between multiple user terminals (which may be called, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), etc.).
  • the user terminal 20 may be configured to have the functions of the base station 10 described above.
  • terms such as "uplink” and "downlink” may be read as terms corresponding to terminal-to-terminal communication (for example, "sidelink").
  • the uplink channel, downlink channel, etc. may be read as the sidelink channel.
  • the user terminal in this disclosure may be interpreted as a base station.
  • the base station 10 may be configured to have the functions of the user terminal 20 described above.
  • operations that are described as being performed by a base station may in some cases be performed by its upper node.
  • a network that includes one or more network nodes having base stations, it is clear that various operations performed for communication with terminals may be performed by the base station, one or more network nodes other than the base station (such as, but not limited to, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a Serving-Gateway (S-GW)), or a combination of these.
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • S-GW Serving-Gateway
  • each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched between depending on the implementation.
  • the processing procedures, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be rearranged as long as there is no inconsistency.
  • the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an exemplary order, and are not limited to the particular order presented.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • LTE-B LTE-Beyond
  • SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
  • 4th generation mobile communication system 4th generation mobile communication system
  • 5G 5th generation mobile communication system
  • 6G 6th generation mobile communication system
  • xG x is, for example, an integer or decimal
  • Future Radio Access FX
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
  • IEEE 802.16 WiMAX (registered trademark)
  • IEEE 802.20 Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other appropriate wireless communication methods, as well as next-generation systems that are expanded, modified, created
  • 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.”
  • any reference to elements using designations 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 second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.
  • determining may encompass a wide variety of actions. For example, “determining” may be considered to be judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, inquiry (e.g., looking in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining, etc.
  • Determining may also be considered to mean “determining” receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory), etc.
  • “Judgment” may also be considered to mean “deciding” to resolve, select, choose, establish, compare, etc.
  • judgment may also be considered to mean “deciding” to take some kind of action.
  • the "maximum transmit power" referred to in this disclosure may mean the maximum value of transmit power, may mean the nominal UE maximum transmit power, or may mean the rated UE maximum transmit power.
  • connection 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 the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connected” may be read as "accessed.”
  • 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.”

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Un terminal selon un aspect de la présente divulgation comprend : une unité de réception destinée à recevoir des informations relatives à une pluralité de répétitions d'un canal physique d'accès aléatoire (PRACH) ; et une unité de commande destinée à mapper la pluralité de répétitions à une pluralité de sauts de fréquence sur la base des informations. Selon un aspect de la présente divulgation, la couverture d'une procédure d'accès aléatoire peut être améliorée.
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