Terminal device, base station device, integrated circuit and communication method

• US 9,860,880 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yokomakura, Kazunari, Aiba, Tatsushi, Suzuki, Shoichi, Takahashi, Hiroki, Ouchi, Wataru
• Primary Examiner(s): Wei, Siren
• Application Number:
  US14/421,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20150245346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1664 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with payload signals; piggybacking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1893 Physical mapping arrangements physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• 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 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station device. The terminal device includes a reception unit that receives downlink control information which is used for scheduling of a physical uplink shared channel and includes first information used to trigger a report of channel state information using the physical uplink shared channel, a higher layer signal including second information used to indicate two subframe sets, and the higher layer signal including third information. The third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information, the third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value in the field of the first information, and the third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value in the field of the first information.

Claims

1. A terminal device that communicates with a base station device, the terminal device comprising:

a receiving circuitry configured to or configured and programmed to;

receive downlink control information including first information used to trigger a report of channel state information using a physical uplink shared channel, the downlink control information being used for scheduling of the physical uplink shared channel;

receive higher layer information including second information used to indicate two subframe sets for a single downlink component carrier; and

receive higher layer information including third information, wherein

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information,

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value of the field of the first information, and

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value of the field of the first information.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the receiving circuitry is configured to or configured and programmed to receive higher layer information including fourth information,

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for a channel state information process is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information,

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, and

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a transmitting circuitry configured to or configured and programmed to report, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, wherein

the transmitting circuitry is configured to or configured and programmed to report, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, and

the transmitting circuitry is configured to or configured and programmed to report, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information.

4. A base station device that communicates with a terminal device, the base station device comprising:

a transmitting circuitry configured to or configured and programmed to;

transmit downlink control information including first information used to

trigger a report of channel state information using a physical uplink shared channel, the downlink control information being used for scheduling of the physical uplink shared channel;

transmit higher layer information including second information used to indicate two subframe sets for a single downlink component carrier; and

transmit higher layer information including third information, wherein

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information,

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value of the field of the first information, and

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value of the field of the first information.

5. The base station device according to claim 4, wherein

the transmitting circuitry is configured to or configured and programmed to transmit higher layer information including fourth information,

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for a channel state information process is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information,

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, and

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information.

6. The base station device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a receiving circuitry configured to or configured and programmed to receive, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, wherein

the receiving circuitry is configured to or configured and programmed to receive, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, and

the receiving circuitry is configured to or configured and programmed to receive, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information.

7. A communication method of a terminal device that communicates with a base station device, the communication method comprising:

receiving downlink control information including first information used to trigger a report of channel state information using a physical uplink shared channel, the downlink control information being used for scheduling of the physical uplink shared channel,

receiving higher layer information including second information used to indicate two subframe sets for a single downlink component carrier, and

receiving higher layer information including third information, wherein

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information,

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value of the field of the first information, and

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value of the field of the first information.

8. The communication method according to claim 7, further comprising:

receiving higher layer information including fourth information, wherein

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for a channel state information process is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information,

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, and

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information.

9. The communication method according to claim 8, further comprising:

reporting, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information,

reporting, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, and

reporting, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information.

10. A communication method of a base station device that communicates with a terminal device, the communication method comprising:

transmitting downlink control information including first information used to trigger a report of channel state information using a physical uplink shared channel, the downlink control information being used for scheduling of the physical uplink shared channel,

transmitting higher layer information including second information used to indicate two subframe sets for a single downlink component carrier, and

transmitting higher layer information including third information, wherein

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information,

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value of the field of the first information, and

the third information is used to indicate for which subframe set of the two subframe sets the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value of the field of the first information.

11. The communication method according to claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting higher layer information including fourth information, wherein

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for a channel state information process is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information,

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, and

the fourth information is used to indicate whether or not the report of the channel state information for the channel state information process is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information.

12. The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the first value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, wherein

receiving, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the second value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information, and

receiving, using the physical uplink shared channel, the channel state information corresponding to a pair of a subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by the third value of the field of the first information, the pair of the subframe set of the two subframe sets and the channel state information process being configured by using the third information and the fourth information.