# US 12,120,649 B2 · Terminal device, base station device, and communication method for communicating according to a determined subcarrier spacing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,649 B2 - Document ID: US12120649B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/370,953 - Filed: 2023-09-21 - Published: 2024-01-11 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-21 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120649B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0042: {Intra-user or intra-terminal allocation} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04B 7/068: {using space frequency diversity (space-frequency coding H04L1/0606)} - H04B 17/382: for resource allocation, admission control or handover - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - 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 27/2666: {Acquisition of further OFDM parameters, e.g. bandwidth, subcarrier spacing, or guard interval length} - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04W 56/002: {Mutual synchronization} - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04L 1/1893: {Physical mapping arrangements (physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00)} - H04L 47/70: Admission control; Resource allocation - H04L 67/141: Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 72/231: the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - 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) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A terminal device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to set at least one first RAT and at least one second RAT by signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to receive a transmission signal in the first RAT and a transmission signal in the second RAT. The transmission signal in the first RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter for each sub frame. The transmission signal in the second RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one or more physical parameters for each sub frame and is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter in a predetermined resource included in each of the sub frames. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment comprising: a transceiver; and a processing circuitry configured to control the transceiver to: receive a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in a New Radio (NR) cell, and acquire first information indicating a starting predetermined resource of predetermined resources that are successive in a frequency direction, wherein the SS and the PBCH are received in the predetermined resources, wherein a subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is predefined for the predetermined resources in which the SS and PBCH are received; wherein the SS and the PBCH are mapped to the predetermined resources based on: the predefined subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH, and the first information, wherein the SS includes a Primary Synchronization signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and wherein the predetermined resources that are successive in the frequency direction are expressed as a number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is one of 3.75 kHz, 7.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, or 60 kHz. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The user equipment according to claim 2, wherein a bandwidth of the predetermined resources is an integral multiple of the subcarrier spacing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the first information is acquired based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction is a predefined number of multiple subcarriers, and wherein the predetermined resources comprise the predefined number of multiple subcarriers and a predefined number of symbols. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The user equipment according to claim 5, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive the SS and PBCH transmitted based on the predefined number of multiple subcarriers and the predefined number of symbols. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: perform carrier aggregation using a first cell for which Time Division Multiplex (TDD) is used and a second cell for which Frequency Division Multiplex (FDD) is used; and receive the SS and PBCH in one of the first cell or the second cell. ### Claim 8 A base station apparatus comprising: a transceiver; and a processing circuitry configured to control the transceiver to: transmit a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in a New Radio (NR) cell, and provide first information indicating a starting predetermined resource of predetermined resources that are successive in a frequency direction, wherein the SS and PBCH are transmitted in the predetermined resources, wherein a subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is predefined for the predetermined resources in which the SS and PBCH are transmitted, wherein the SS and the PBCH are mapped to the predetermined resources based on: the predefined subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH, and the first information, wherein the SS includes a Primary Synchronization signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and wherein the predetermined resources that are successive in the frequency direction are expressed as a number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The base station apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is one of 3.75 kHz, 7.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, or 60 kHz. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The base station apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a bandwidth of the predetermined resources is an integral multiple of the subcarrier spacing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The base station apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first information is acquired based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The base station apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction is a predefined number of multiple subcarriers, and wherein the predetermined resources comprise the predefined number of multiple subcarriers and a predefined number of symbols. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The base station apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the SS and PBCH based on the predefined number of multiple subcarriers and the predefined number of symbols. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The base station apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: provide carrier aggregation using a first cell for which Time Division Multiplex (TDD) is used and a second cell for which Frequency Division Multiplex (FDD) is used; and transmit the SS and PBCH in one of the first cell or the second cell. ### Claim 15 An electronic device comprising: a processing circuitry configured to control a radio transceiver to: receive a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in a New Radio (NR) cell, and acquire first information indicating a starting predetermined resource of predetermined resources that are successive in a frequency direction, wherein the SS and the PBCH are received in the predetermined resources, wherein a subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is predefined for the predetermined resources in which the SS and PBCH are received; wherein the SS and the PBCH are mapped to the predetermined resources based on: the predefined subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH, and the first information, wherein the SS includes a Primary Synchronization signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and wherein the predetermined resources that are successive in the frequency direction are expressed as a number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The user equipment according to claim 15, wherein the subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is one of 3.75 kHz, 7.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, or 60 kHz, and wherein a bandwidth of the predetermined resources is an integral multiple of the subcarrier spacing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: perform carrier aggregation using a first cell for which Time Division Multiplex (TDD) is used and a second cell for which Frequency Division Multiplex (FDD) is used; and receive the SS and PBCH in one of the first cell or the second cell. ### Claim 18 A method for a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in a New Radio (NR) cell, and acquiring first information indicating a starting predetermined resource of predetermined resources that are successive in a frequency direction, wherein the SS and the PBCH are received in the predetermined resources, wherein a subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is predefined for the predetermined resources in which the SS and PBCH are received; wherein the SS and the PBCH are mapped to the predetermined resources based on: the predefined subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH, and the first information, wherein the SS includes a Primary Synchronization signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and wherein the predetermined resources that are successive in the frequency direction are expressed as a number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction. ### Claim 19 A method for a base station apparatus, the method comprising: transmitting a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in a New Radio (NR) cell, and providing first information indicating a starting predetermined resource of predetermined resources that are successive in a frequency direction, wherein the SS and PBCH are transmitted in the predetermined resources, wherein a subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is predefined for the predetermined resources in which the SS and PBCH are transmitted, wherein the SS and the PBCH are mapped to the predetermined resources based on: the predefined subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH, and the first information, wherein the SS includes a Primary Synchronization signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and wherein the predetermined resources that are successive in the frequency direction are expressed as a number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction. ### Claim 20 A method for an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in a New Radio (NR) cell, and receiving first information indicating a starting predetermined resource of predetermined resources that are successive in a frequency direction, wherein the SS and the PBCH are received in the predetermined resources, wherein a subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH is predefined for the predetermined resources in which the SS and PBCH are received; wherein the SS and the PBCH are mapped to the predetermined resources based on: the predefined subcarrier spacing for the SS and the PBCH, and the first information, wherein the SS includes a Primary Synchronization signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and wherein the predetermined resources that are successive in the frequency direction are expressed as a number of multiple subcarriers in the frequency direction.