# US 2018/0323934 A1 · Terminal device, base station device, communication method, and integrated circuit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0323934 A1 - Document ID: US20180323934A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/773,568 - Filed: 2016-10-24 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-13 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI; Tatsushi AIBA; Kazunari YOKOMAKURA; Wataru OUCHI; Takashi HAYASHI; Kimihiko IMAMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180323934A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04B 7/063: {Parameters other than those covered in groups H04B7/0623 - H04B7/0634, e.g. channel matrix rank or transmit mode selection} - H04B 7/0697: {using spatial multiplexing} - H04B 17/24: with feedback of measurements to the transmitter - H04L 1/0028: {Formatting} - H04L 1/0041: {Arrangements at the transmitter end} - H04L 1/0067: {Rate matching (H04L1/0013 and H04L1/08 take precedence)} - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - 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: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A terminal device and a base station device efficiently communicate with each other. For the terminal device, in a case that third information is configured, a third maximum number of the layers assumed for determining a bit width for a first RI and a fourth maximum number of the layers assumed for determining a bit width for a second RI are provided, based on the third information. In case that the third information is not configured, the third maximum number and the fourth maximum number are provided, based on a smallest one of a first number and a second number. The first number is a second maximum number of the layers indicated by second information, and the second number is a largest one of the number of antenna ports of a first CSI-RS resource and the number of antenna ports of a second CSI-RS resource. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-4. (canceled) ### Claim 5 A terminal device comprising: transmission circuitry configured to transmit a first Rank Indicator (RI) associated with a first CSI-RS resource in a first Channel State Information (CSI) process in a first downlink component carrier of a first bandwidth class of a first band in a first band combination and a second RI associated with a second CSI-RS resource in the first CSI process; and reception circuitry configured to receive a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) in the first downlink component carrier, wherein each of the first RI and the second RI is an RI for PDSCH transmission in the first downlink component carrier, and corresponds to a quantity of useful layers, the transmission circuitry is configured to transmit capability information including first information and second information, the reception circuitry is configured to receive third information indicating a first maximum quantity of layers for the first downlink component carrier, the first information indicates the first bandwidth class corresponding to a quantity of contiguous downlink component carriers in the first band to be supported by the terminal device, the second information indicates second maximum quantities of layers supported by the terminal device, the second maximum quantities corresponding to respective ones of bandwidth classes of the first band, and the bandwidth classes including the first bandwidth class, in a case that the third information is configured, a third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the first RI and a fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the second RI are determined according to the third information, in a case that the third information is not configured, the third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the first RI and the fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the second RI are determined according to a smallest one of a first number and a second number, the first number is maximum of the second maximum quantities of the layers, and the second number is a largest one of a quantity of antenna ports of the first CSI-RS resource and a quantity of antenna ports of the second CSI-RS resource. ### Claim 6 A base station device comprising: reception circuitry configured to receive a first Rank Indicator (RI) associated with a first CSI-RS resource in a first Channel State Information (CSI) process in a first downlink component carrier of a first bandwidth class of a first band in a first band combination and a second RI associated with a second CSI-RS resource in the first CSI process; and transmission circuitry configured to transmit a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) in the first downlink component carrier, wherein each of the first RI and the second RI is an RI for PDSCH transmission in the first downlink component carrier, and corresponds to a quantity of useful layers, the reception circuitry is configured to receive capability information including first information and second information, the transmission circuitry is configured to transmit third information indicating a first maximum quantity of layers for the first downlink component carrier, the first information indicates the first bandwidth class corresponding to a quantity of contiguous downlink component carriers in the first band to be supported by the terminal device, the second information indicates second maximum quantities of layers supported by the terminal device, the second maximum quantities corresponding to respective ones of bandwidth classes of the first band, and the bandwidth classes including the first bandwidth class, in a case that the third information is configured, a third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the first RI and a fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the second RI are determined according to the third information, in a case that the third information is not configured, the third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the first RI and the fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the second RI are determined according to a smallest one of a first number and a second number, the first number is maximum of the second maximum quantities of the layers, and the second number is a largest one of a quantity of antenna ports of the first CSI-RS resource and a quantity of antenna ports of the second CSI-RS resource. ### Claim 7 A communication method to be used by a terminal device, the communication method comprising: transmitting a first Rank Indicator (RI) associated with a first CSI-RS resource in a first Channel State Information (CSI) process in a first downlink component carrier of a first bandwidth class of a first band in a first band combination and a second RI associated with a second CSI-RS resource in the first CSI process; receiving a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) in the first downlink component carrier, wherein each of the first RI and the second RI is an RI for PDSCH transmission in the first downlink component carrier, and corresponds to a quantity of useful layers; transmitting capability information including first information and second information; and receiving third information indicating a first maximum quantity of layers for the first downlink component carrier, wherein the first information indicates the first bandwidth class corresponding to a quantity of contiguous downlink component carriers in the first band to be supported by the terminal device, the second information indicates second maximum quantities of layers supported by the terminal device, the second maximum quantities corresponding to respective ones of bandwidth classes of the first band, and the bandwidth classes including the first bandwidth class, in a case that the third information is configured, a third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the first RI and a fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the second RI are determined according to the third information, in a case that the third information is not configured, the third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the first RI and the fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the second RI are determined according to a smallest one of a first number and a second number, the first number is maximum of the second maximum quantities of the layers, and the second number is a largest one of a quantity of antenna ports of the first CSI-RS resource and a quantity of antenna ports of the second CSI-RS resource. ### Claim 8 A communication method to be used by a base station device, the communication method comprising: receiving a first Rank Indicator (RI) associated with a first CSI-RS resource in a first Channel State Information (CSI) process in a first downlink component carrier of a first bandwidth class of a first band in a first band combination and a second RI associated with a second CSI-RS resource in the first CSI process; transmitting a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) in the first downlink component carrier, wherein each of the first RI and the second RI is an RI for PDSCH transmission in the first downlink component carrier, and corresponds to a quantity of useful layers; receiving capability information including first information and second information; and transmitting third information indicating a first maximum quantity of layers for the first downlink component carrier, wherein the first information indicates the first bandwidth class corresponding to a quantity of contiguous downlink component carriers in the first band to be supported by the terminal device, the second information indicates second maximum quantities of layers supported by the terminal device, the second maximum quantities corresponding to respective ones of bandwidth classes of the first band, and the bandwidth classes including the first bandwidth class, in a case that the third information is configured, a third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the first RI and a fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining a bit width for the second RI are determined according to the third information, in a case that the third information is not configured, the third maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the first RI and the fourth maximum quantity of layers assumed for determining the bit width for the second RI are determined according to a smallest one of a first number and a second number, the first number is maximum of the second maximum quantities of the layers, and the second number is a largest one of a quantity of antenna ports of the first CSI-RS resource and a quantity of antenna ports of the second CSI-RS resource.