# US 12,003,324 B2 · User terminal and radio communication method

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- Number: US 12,003,324 B2
- Document ID: US12003324B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/431,120
- Filed: 2019-02-15
- Published: 2022-05-05
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-15
- Assignees: Ntt Docomo, Inc.
- Applicants: Ntt Docomo, Inc.
- Inventors: Kazuki Takeda; Satoshi Nagata; Lihui Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003324B2

## CPC

- H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)}
- H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy}
- H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling}
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 74/004: {in the uplink, i.e. towards network}
- H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
- H04W 74/0836: with 2-step access
- H04W 74/0838: using contention-free random access [CFRA]
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

To appropriately perform communications even when a random access procedure with less steps than existing steps is performed, an aspect of a user terminal according to the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a UL signal including a random access preamble and a certain message, a receiving section that receives a DL signal transmitted in response to the UL signal, and a control section that determines whether to retransmit the UL signal, based on at least one of a period since reception of the DL signal, an indication content of the DL signal, and a content of a bit field configured for a downlink control channel included in the DL signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A terminal comprising:
a processor that determines, based on higher layer signaling indicating transmission of message A including a random access preamble, whether or not to apply a 2-step contention-free random access procedure;
a transmitter that, when the 2-step contention-free random access procedure is applied, transmits the message A; and
a receiver that receives, as a response to the message A, message B including a downlink control channel received in a common search space set, during a given period after transmission of the message A,
wherein when the receiver does not correctly receive the message B during the given period, the transmitter transmits hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value, and the receiver receives retransmission of the message B, and
wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of downlink control information on the downlink control channel is scrambled by an identifier included in the message A.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the 2-step contention-free random access procedure is applied, the transmitter transmits the message A by using a resource corresponding to a synchronization signal block.

### Claim 3

A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:
determining, based on higher layer signaling indicating transmission of message A including a random access preamble, whether or not to apply a 2-step contention-free random access procedure;
when the 2-step contention-free random access procedure is applied, transmitting the message A; and
receiving, as a response to the message A, message B including a downlink control channel received in a common search space set, during a given period after transmission of the message A,
wherein when the terminal does not correctly receive the message B during the given period, the terminal transmits hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value and receives retransmission of the message B, and
wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of downlink control information on the downlink control channel is scrambled by an identifier included in the message A.

### Claim 4

A base station comprising:
a processor that indicates, by using higher layer signaling indicating transmission of message A including a random access preamble, whether or not to apply a 2-step contention-free random access procedure;
a receiver that, when the 2-step contention-free random access procedure is applied, receives the message A; and
a transmitter that transmits, as a response to the message A, message B including a downlink control channel received in a common search space set, during a given period after reception of the message A,
wherein when a terminal does not correctly receive the message B during the given period, the receiver receives hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value, and the transmitter performs retransmission of the message B, and
wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of downlink control information on the downlink control channel is scrambled by an identifier included in the message A.

### Claim 5

A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein
the terminal comprises:
a processor that determines, based on higher layer signaling indicating transmission of message A including a random access preamble, whether or not to apply a 2-step contention-free random access procedure;
a transmitter that, when the 2-step contention-free random access procedure is applied, transmits the message A; and
a receiver that receives, as a response to the message A, message B including a downlink control channel received in a common search space set, during a given period after transmission of the message A, and
the base station comprises:
a receiver that receives the message A; and
a transmitter that transmits the message B,
wherein when the receiver of the terminal does not correctly receive the message B during the given period, the transmitter of the terminal transmits hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value, and the receiver of the terminal receives retransmission of the message B, and
wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of downlink control information on the downlink control channel is scrambled by an identifier included in the message A.