Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHIROMICHI TOMEBA, RYOTA YAMADA
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Abstract
A base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method are provided that achieve a radio access network in which beam sweeping is appropriately performed in an environment in which a plurality of frame formats are used in a multiplexed fashion. The base station apparatus according to the present invention includes an antenna unit for which a plurality of beam patterns is configurable, a frame configuration unit capable of configuring a plurality of frame configurations; and a beam sweeping unit configured to perform beam sweeping based on a prescribed frame configuration in a case that a frame configuration configured by the frame configuration unit is the prescribed frame configuration.
Claims10
A base station apparatus for communicating with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:
- an antenna unit configured to have a plurality of beam patterns configurable;
- a frame configuration unit configured to configure a plurality of frame configurations;
- and
- a beam sweeping unit configured to perform beam sweeping based on a prescribed frame configuration in a case that one of the plurality of frame configurations configured by the frame configuration unit is the prescribed frame configuration.
A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a signal transmitted from the base station apparatus;
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- a frame interpretation unit configured to interpret a plurality of frame configurations,
- wherein a beam detection operation is performed in a case that a frame configuration of the signal received by the receiver is a prescribed frame configuration.
A communication method for a base station apparatus for communicating terminal apparatus, the communication method comprising the steps of:
- configuring one of a plurality of beam patterns,
- configuring one of a plurality of frame configurations, and
- performing a beam sweeping based on a prescribed frame configuration in a case that the prescribed frame configuration is configured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.