User terminal, radio communication system, and radio communication method
AssigneeNtt Docomo, Inc.
InventorsKazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
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Abstract
HARQ-ACK is appropriately transmitted during enhanced carrier aggregation. A user terminal that can communicate with a radio base station by using six or more component carriers includes: a receiving section that receives scheduling information transmitted from the radio base station; a control section that determines based on the scheduling information to apply spatial bundling of a transmission acknowledgement signal only to a component carrier that the spatial bundling is applicable to; and a transmission section that transmits the transmission acknowledgement signal by using a PUCCH format 3.
Claims15
A terminal comprising:
- a processor that determines, based on higher layer signaling, whether or not spatial bundling is applicable to transmission acknowledgement signals for downlink data signals in a plurality of cells configured in the terminal;
- and
- a transmitter that transmits transmission acknowledgement signal bits that are generated based on whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable by using an uplink control channel,
- wherein when application of the spatial bundling in a specific cell among the plurality of cells is indicated by the higher layer signaling, the processor determines whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable in the specific cell, based on whether or not a downlink data signal is actually allocated in the specific cell.
A radio communication method for a terminal comprising:
- determining, based on higher layer signaling, whether or not spatial bundling is applicable to transmission acknowledgement signals for downlink data signals in a plurality of cells configured in the terminal;
- and
- transmitting transmission acknowledgement signal bits that are generated based on whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable by using an uplink control channel, wherein when application of the spatial bundling in a specific cell among the plurality of cells is indicated by the higher layer signaling, the terminal determines whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable in the specific cell, based on whether or not a downlink data signal is actually allocated in the specific cell.
A base station comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits, to a terminal, higher layer signaling for determining whether or not spatial bundling is applicable to transmission acknowledgement signals for downlink data signals in a plurality of cells configured in the terminal;
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- a receiver that receives transmission acknowledgement signal bits that are generated by the terminal based on whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable, the transmission acknowledgement signal bits being transmitted by using an uplink control channel, wherein whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable in a specific cell among the plurality of cells is determined by the terminal based on whether or not a downlink data signal is actually allocated in the specific cell, when application of the spatial bundling in the specific cell is indicated by the higher layer signaling.
A system comprising a terminal and a base station:
- the terminal comprises:
- a processor that determines, based on higher layer signaling, whether or not spatial bundling is applicable to transmission acknowledgement signals for downlink data signals in a plurality of cells configured in the terminal;
- and
- a first transmitter that transmits transmission acknowledgement signal bits that are generated based on whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable by using an uplink control channel,
- wherein when application of the spatial bundling in a specific cell among the plurality of cells is indicated by the higher layer signaling, the processor determines whether or not the spatial bundling is applicable in the specific cell, based on whether or not a downlink data signal is actually allocated in the specific cell, and
- the base station comprises:
- a second transmitter that transmits, to the terminal, the higher layer signaling;
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- a receiver that receives the transmission acknowledgement signal bits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.