# US 12,192,781 B2 · User terminal and radio communication method

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- Number: US 12,192,781 B2
- Document ID: US12192781B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/605,949
- Filed: 2019-04-23
- Published: 2022-07-07
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2019-04-23
- Assignees: Ntt Docomo, Inc.
- Applicants: Ntt Docomo, Inc.
- Inventors: Daisuke Murayama; Hiroki Harada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192781B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated}
- H04W 16/14: Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks}
- H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH}
- H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
- H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal}
- H04W 74/0816: with collision avoidance
- H04W 74/0866: {using a dedicated channel for access}
- 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

A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives information to be used to determine a set of resource blocks in a given interval in a given band in a carrier, and a control section that determines, as a frequency-domain resource to be assigned to an uplink shared channel or a downlink shared channel, the set determined based on the information. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately control assignment of frequency-domain resources to an uplink shared channel or downlink shared channel transmitted by interlace transmission.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A terminal comprising:
a receiver that receives frequency domain resource assignment information including information indicating a start resource block and resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block in a band to which Listen Before Talk (LBT) is applied and information indicating interlace indices; and
a processor that determines the interlace in the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block as a frequency domain resource to be allocated to an uplink shared channel,
wherein the frequency domain resource assignment information including the information indicating the start resource block and the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and including the information indicating the interlace indices is indicated by a frequency domain resource assignment field in downlink control information (DCI) format 0_1, and
wherein the processor determines association between each resource block among the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and a respective interlace index among the interlace indices based on higher layer signaling.

### Claim 2

A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:
receiving frequency domain resource assignment information including information indicating a start resource block and resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block in a band to which Listen Before Talk (LBT) is applied and information indicating interlace indices;
determining association between each resource block among the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and a respective interlace index among the interlace indices based on higher layer signaling; and
determining the interlace in the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block as a frequency domain resource to be allocated to an uplink shared channel,
wherein the frequency domain resource assignment information including the information indicating the start resource block and the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and including the information indicating the interlace indices is indicated by a frequency domain resource assignment field in downlink control information (DCI) format 0_1.

### Claim 3

A base station comprising:
a transmitter that transmits frequency domain resource assignment information including information indicating a start resource block and resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block in a band to which Listen Before Talk (LBT) is applied and information indicating interlace indices; and
a processor that controls to determine the interlace in the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block as a frequency domain resource to be allocated to an uplink shared channel,
wherein the frequency domain resource assignment information including the information indicating the start resource block and the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and including the information indicating the interlace indices is indicated by a frequency domain resource assignment field in downlink control information (DCI) format 0_1, and
wherein the processor configures, to a terminal, association between each resource block among the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and a respective interlace index among the interlace indices, using higher layer signaling.

### Claim 4

A system comprising a terminal and a base station, wherein:
the terminal comprises:
a receiver that receives frequency domain resource assignment information including information indicating a start resource block and resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block in a band to which Listen Before Talk (LBT) is applied and information indicating interlace indices; and
a processor of the terminal that determines the interlace in the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block as a frequency domain resource to be allocated to an uplink shared channel, and
the base station comprises:
a transmitter that transmits the frequency domain resource assignment information; and
a processor of the base station that controls to determine the interlace in the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block as the frequency domain resource,
wherein the frequency domain resource assignment information including the information indicating the start resource block and the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and including the information indicating the interlace indices is indicated by a frequency domain resource assignment field in downlink control information (DCI) format 0_1, and
wherein the processor of the terminal determines association between each resource block among the resource blocks contiguous from the start resource block and a respective interlace index among the interlace indices based on higher layer signaling.