Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method

A base station apparatus configured and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

• modulation and coding scheme (MCS) configuration circuitry and downlink (DL) transmission circuitry, wherein
• the MCS configuration circuitry is configured and/or programmed to select one of a plurality of MCS indices,
• the DL transmission circuitry is and/or programmed configured to transmit radio resource control (RRC) information indicating whether a first table or a second table is applied, the first table not including 256QAM, the second table including 256QAM, and transmit downlink control information (DCI) that includes the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicating the MCS and power allocating information indicating whether multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) is applied or not, and transmit downlink data on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is applied, the RRC information indicates that the first table is applied and the DL transmission circuitry is configured and/or programmed to transmit the downlink data on the PDSCH by applying the MUST and using an MCS indicated by the one of the plurality of MCS indices, the MCS being one of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM, and
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is not applied, the DL transmission circuitry is configured and/or programmed to transmit the downlink data on the PDSCH using an MCS indicated by the one of the plurality of MCS indices based on the first table or the second table and without applying the MUST, the MCS being one of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM.

A terminal apparatus configured and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

• modulation and coding scheme (MCS) configuration circuitry and downlink (DL) reception circuitry, wherein
• the MCS configuration circuitry is configured and/or programmed to select one of a plurality of MCS indices,
• the DL reception circuitry is configured and/or programmed to receive radio resource control (RRC) information indicating whether a first table or a second table is applied and receive downlink control information (DCI) that includes the one of the plurality of MCS indices and power allocating information indicating whether multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) is applied or not,
• in a case that the RRC information indicates that the second table is applied and the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is applied, the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicates that one of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM is configured as an MCS for the terminal apparatus out of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, and
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is not applied, the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicates that one of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM is configured as the MCS for the terminal apparatus based on the first table or the second table.

A terminal apparatus configured and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

• modulation and coding scheme (MCS) configuration circuitry and downlink (DL) reception circuitry, wherein
• the MCS configuration circuitry is configured and/or programmed to select one of a plurality of MCS indices indicating an MCS configured for the terminal apparatus,
• the DL reception circuitry is configured and/or programmed to receive radio resource control (RRC) information indicating whether a first table or a second table is applied, the first table not including 256QAM, the second table including 256QAM, and transmit downlink control information (DCI) that includes the one of the plurality of MCS indices and power allocating information indicating whether multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) is applied or not, and transmit downlink data on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is applied, the RRC information indicates that the first table is applied and the DL reception circuitry is configured and/or programmed to receive the downlink data on the PDSCH, the PDSCH being multiplexed by applying the MUST and using the MCS indicated by the one of the plurality of MCS indices, the MCS being one of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM, and
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is not applied, the DL reception circuitry is configured and/or programmed to receive the downlink data on the PDSCH, the PDSCH being transmitted using an MCS indicated by the one of the plurality of MCS indices based on the first table or the second table and without applying the MUST, the MCS being one of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM.

A communication method for a base station apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the communication method comprising:

• selecting one of a plurality of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) indices indicating an MCS configured for the terminal apparatus,
• transmitting radio resource control (RRC) information indicating whether a first table or a second table is applied and transmit downlink control information (DCI) that includes the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicating and power allocating information indicating whether multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) is applied or not,
• in a case that the RRC information indicates that the second table is applied and the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is applied, the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicates that one of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM is configured as the MCS for the terminal apparatus out of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, and
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is not applied, the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicates that one of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM is configured as the MCS for the terminal apparatus based on the first table or the second table.

A communication method for a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

• selecting one of a plurality of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) indices indicating an MCS configured for the terminal apparatus,
• receiving radio resource control (RRC) information indicating whether a first table or a second table is applied and receive downlink control information (DCI) that includes the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicating and power allocating information indicating whether multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) is applied or not,
• in a case that the RRC information indicates that the second table is applied and the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is applied, the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicates that one of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM is configured as the MCS for the terminal apparatus out of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, and
• in a case that the power allocation information indicates that the MUST is not applied, the one of the plurality of MCS indices indicates that one of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM is configured as the MCS for the terminal apparatus based on the first table or the second table.