# US 12,010,050 B2 · Transmitting device, receiving device, transmitting method and receiving method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,050 B2 - Document ID: US12010050B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/429,264 - Filed: 2020-01-28 - Published: 2022-04-28 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-14 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Takashi Iwai; Hidetoshi Suzuki; Quan Kuang; Tomofumi Takata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010050B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0039: {Frequency-contiguous, i.e. with no allocation of frequencies for one user or terminal between the frequencies allocated to another} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 27/26025: {Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003)} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - 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 Provided is a terminal which appropriately transmits and receives signals when operating in an unlicensed band. A terminal (200) is provided with: a mapping unit (207) for allocating a signal to a resource on the basis of control information indicating allocation of groups among a plurality of groups obtained by grouping a plurality of blocks into which a frequency band has been divided, and allocation of resources in the blocks; and a transmitting unit (209) for transmitting the signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication apparatus comprising: circuitry, which, in operation, receives control information including a first resource assignment information; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits to a base station a signal on resources determined based on the first resource assignment information, wherein the first resource assignment information indicates a set of one or more interlace indices, each of which indicating a plurality of resource blocks with a determined interval in a frequency domain, wherein, for a first subcarrier spacing, the first resource assignment information indicates a starting interlace index and a number of contiguous interlace indices, and wherein, for a second subcarrier spacing larger than the first subcarrier spacing, the first resource assignment information includes a bitmap indicating the set of one or more interlaces. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first resource assignment information indicates the starting interlace index and the number of contiguous interlace indices in a case where the first subcarrier spacing is smaller than or equal to a threshold. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first resource assignment information includes the bitmap indicating the set of one or more interlaces in a case where the second subcarrier spacing is larger than a threshold. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control information includes a second resource assignment information indicating a starting resource block set index and a number of contiguous resource block sets, and the resources are determined based on an intersection of first resource blocks of the set of one or more interlace indices and second resource blocks determined based on the second resource assignment information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the contiguous resource block sets is sized 20 MHz. ### Claim 6 A communication method performed by a communication apparatus comprising: receiving control information including a first resource assignment information; and transmitting to a base station a signal on resources determined based on the first resource assignment information, wherein the first resource assignment information indicates a set of one or more interlace indices, each of which indicating a plurality of resource blocks with a determined interval in a frequency domain, wherein, for a first subcarrier spacing, the first resource assignment information indicates a starting interlace index and a number of contiguous interlace indices, and wherein, for a second subcarrier spacing larger than the first subcarrier spacing, the first resource assignment information includes a bitmap indicating the set of one or more interlaces. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first resource assignment information indicates the starting interlace index and the number of contiguous interlace indices in a case where the first subcarrier spacing is smaller than or equal to a threshold. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first resource assignment information includes the bitmap indicating the set of one or more interlaces in a case where the second subcarrier spacing is larger than a threshold. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control information includes a second resource assignment information indicating a starting resource block set index and a number of contiguous resource block sets, and the resources are determined based on an intersection of first resource blocks of the set of one or more interlace indices and second resource blocks determined based on the second resource assignment information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each of the contiguous resource block sets is sized 20 MHz.