Abstract:
A communication control method according to a first aspect includes: starting, by a user terminal, communication according to a dual connectivity scheme, by setting a first base station as a master base station and setting a second base station as a secondary base station; and performing a procedure for changing roles of the master base station and the secondary base station, between the first base station and the second base station. The master base station is a base station that establishes an RRC connection with the user terminal in the dual connectivity scheme. The secondary base station is a base station that provides additional radio resources to the user terminal in the dual connectivity scheme.
Abstract:
A first user terminal supporting D2D (Device-to-Device) communication comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to perform processes of: receiving, D2D resource information from a base station, determining data radio resources and control radio resources on the basis of the D2D resource information, from among D2D radio resources available for the D2D communication, transmitting, D2D communication control information by using the determined control radio resources to a second user terminal, the D2D communication control information indicating locations of the determined data radio resources, and transmitting and retransmitting, D2D communication data by using the determined data radio resources to the second user terminal.
Abstract:
A first user terminal includes: a controller configured to control transmission of a D2D (Device to Device) synchronization signal, which is directly transmitted to a second user terminal; and a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, configuration information instructing the first user terminal not to transmit the D2D synchronization signal. In response to receiving the configuration information, the controller controls the first user terminal not to transmit the D2D synchronization signal upon condition that the first user terminal has an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection with a network.
Abstract:
A base station that communicates with a plurality of user terminals in a mobile communication system in which a radio signal including a reference signal for estimating a channel characteristic is transmitted and received, comprises: a control unit that changes a reference signal density that is a density of the reference signal applied to communication with the plurality of user terminals. The control unit calculates a statistics amount of communication quality information acquired for all the plurality of user terminals, and changes the reference signal density on the basis of the statistics amount.
Abstract:
A base station (200) according to one embodiment uses a specific frequency band shared by a plurality of operators and/or a plurality of communication systems. The base transmit, to a radio terminal (100-1), interference-related information relating to interference detected by the base station in the specific frequency band.
Abstract:
A base station (eNB 200-1) operated in a specific frequency band shared by a plurality of operators or a plurality of communication systems transmits, to another base station (eNB 200-2) operated in the specific frequency band, transmission request information requesting transmission of a predetermined signal for stopping transmission of an interference signal by an interference source (UE 100-2) causing interference to a radio terminal (UE 100-1) connected to the base station.
Abstract:
A user terminal according to an embodiment transmits uplink data to a base station using an unlicensed band. The user terminal includes a controller configured to, if uplink data transmission is started from a middle of a subframe according to a monitoring result of the unlicensed band, perform processing of transmitting a specific signal being different from the uplink data, at a beginning of the uplink data.
Abstract:
A base station according to an embodiment is a base station configured to perform transmission to a user terminal by use of an unlicensed band. The base station comprises: a controller configured to start the transmission from a boundary of a subframe, but also to start the data transmission from a second-half slot out of a first-half slot and the second-half slot which configure a subframe. The controller is configured to transmit downlink control information in the second-half slot to start the transmission from the second-half slot. The controller is configured to change a modulation scheme to be applied to the transmission, depending on a start timing of the transmission, while fixing a transport block size applied to the subframe. The downlink control information is a PDCCH or an EPDCCH.
Abstract:
A user terminal according to a first aspect is used in a mobile communication system. The user terminal comprises: a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, candidate timing information indicating candidate timings of an uplink transmission on an unlicensed band channel that is a frequency channel of an unlicensed band; a controller configured to determine, by monitoring the unlicensed band channel, a transmission timing at which the uplink transmission to the base station is performed, from the candidate timings indicated by the candidate timing information; and a transmitter configured to transmit, at the transmission timing, uplink data via the unlicensed band channel to the base station.
Abstract:
A base station according to an embodiment has a first cell in a licensed band and a second cell in an unlicensed band. The base station comprises: controller configured to execute control to transmit a discovery reference signal in the second cell. The controller executes: control to confirm whether or not there is an available channel in the unlicensed band, before transmitting the discovery reference signal; and control to transmit the discovery reference signal in the available channel in the unlicensed band. The discovery reference signal includes a cell-specific reference signal, a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and a channel-state-information reference signal.