Device and method and program for performing radio communication

• US 10,342,003 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshizawa, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Minh Trang T
• Application Number:
  US15/566,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20180110031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0003 Code application, i.e. aspects relating to how codes are applied to form multiplexed channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0007 Code type
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0077 Multicode, e.g. multiple codes assigned to one user
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2013/165 Joint allocation of code together with frequency or time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

To enable low latency uplink to be used in a more preferable mode can be provided. A device includes: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information is transmitted from the communication unit to a terminal, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from the terminal to a base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

communication circuitry configured to perform radio communication; and

a controller configured to perform control such that control information is transmitted from the communication circuitry to a terminal, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from the terminal to a base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available;

wherein after first information is transmitted to the terminal as the control information indicating that the communication scheme is available and second information is acquired from the terminal, the controller performs control such that third information for using the communication scheme is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the terminal.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the uplink resource in which the communication scheme is available do not overlap an uplink resource allocated in accordance with a scheduling request made by the terminal.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the

controller performs control such that information for designating the uplink resource in which the communication scheme is available is transmitted from the communication circuitry to a terminal.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller

determines whether to permit the terminal to use the communication scheme on the basis of the second information acquired from the terminal, and

performs control such that the third information is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the terminal in the case in which the terminal is permitted to use the communication scheme.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs control such that information regarding a period in which use of the communication scheme is permitted is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the terminal as the third information.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller acquires information regarding a condition for transmitting the data on the basis of the communication scheme as the second information.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs control such that information regarding a condition for using the communication scheme is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the terminal as information indicating that the communication scheme is available.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the controller performs control such that information regarding a restriction on use of the communication scheme is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the terminal as the control information.

9. A device comprising:

communication circuitry configured to perform radio communication; and

a receiver configured to acquire control information from a base station via the radio communication, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from a terminal to the base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available;

a controller configured to perform control such that, after first information is acquired as the control information indicating that the communication scheme is available, second information for requesting use of the communication scheme is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the base station.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the controller performs control such that information regarding a condition for transmitting the data from the terminal to the base station on the basis of the communication scheme is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the base station as the second information.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein, after the second information is transmitted to the base station, the receiver acquires third information for using the communication scheme from the base station.

12. The device according to claim 11,

wherein the receiver acquires information regarding a period in which use of the communication scheme is permitted as the third information, and

the controller performs control such that the data is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the base station within the period on the basis of the communication scheme.

13. The device according to claim 9, wherein the receiver acquires information regarding a condition for using the communication scheme as the first information, and

the controller performs control such that the second information is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the base station in accordance with the acquired information regarding the condition for using the communication scheme.

14. A method comprising:

performing radio communication; and

performing control, by a processor, such that control information is transmitted to a terminal, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from the terminal to a base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available;

wherein, after first information is transmitted to the terminal as the control information indicating that the communication scheme is available and second information is acquired from the terminal, performing control such that third information for using the communication scheme is transmitted from the communication circuitry to the terminal.