Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit Phase-tracking reference signals (PTRS), and an higher layer processing unit configured to configure information for indicating a time density and/or a frequency density of the PTRS. A PTRS pattern is configured such that the time density of the PTRS is higher for a larger Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) scheduled for the terminal apparatus, and the frequency density of the PTRS is based on the number of resource blocks scheduled for the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A BSS to which a destination wireless communication apparatus of a physical layer frame belongs is identified, and accuracy of preamble detection is improved by changing a reception operation. A wireless communication apparatus includes a reception unit that detects a frame including information for identifying a BSS, and a control unit that switches between a first operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is associated with a BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs and a second operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is not associated with the BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs. Carrier sensing is not performed in the first operation, and the carrier sensing is performed in the second operation.

Abstract: In a case in which a plurality of mobile station apparatuses to which a plurality of sub-devices are connected through Ethernet (registered trade name) are connected to a base station apparatus, efficient communication needs to be performed through an appropriate routing process. A base station apparatus of a communication system including at least the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus including a controller configured to control a core net interface unit, a PDCP layer configured to handle a PDCP-PDU, and an RRC layer configured to perform radio resource control, in which the PDCP-PDU is able to use at least an IP packet or an Ethernet (registered trade name) frame, and in a case that the controller is configured such that the PDCP-PDU uses the Ethernet (registered trade name) frame, the base station apparatus receives, from the mobile station apparatus, an RRC message including a MAC address list of Ethernet (registered trade name).

Abstract: An apparatus generating a packet of signals, a number of preamble signals of a preamble portion for each of a number of radio transmission units, and a number of data signals of a data portion, wherein a phase rotation in frequency domain is equal to a time shift in time domain is applied to each symbol of the number of preamble signals separately, the same phase rotation is applied to each symbol separately, the amount of the phase rotation is different for each preamble signal and each data signal, the amount of the phase rotation of one of the number of data signals and one of the number of preamble signals is both zero, and the amount of the phase rotation is equal between one of the preamble signals and one of the data signals for the same radio transmission unit.

Abstract: Provided are a frequency channel allocating section (10) that allocates frequency channels, a terminal reception quality information processing section (6) that calculates an optimal modulation rate and required transmit power for each subcarrier, a subcarrier power control section (12) that controls a level of transmit power for each subcarrier, and a determining section (10) that checks a reception bandwidth of a communicating apparatus, while determining whether the communicating apparatus is a full band terminal capable of receiving all the frequency channels in the system band or is a limited band terminal capable of receiving only part of frequencies, and when the communicating apparatus is the limited band terminal, the transmit power of all or part of subcarriers is decreased in a frequency channel that is adjacent to a reception band allocated to the communicating apparatus and that is allocated to another communicating apparatus.

Abstract: Provided are communication apparatus and a communication method that allow for secure communication even in a case that an eavesdropper has multiple antennas. An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a constant amplitude signal from three or more transmit antennas; a controller configured to control a phase of the constant amplitude signal, based on channel information and a target symbol; and a modulation unit configured to generate a modulation symbol from bits. The target symbol is generated by multiplying the modulation symbol by an amplitude coefficient.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes: multiple transmission data compression and coding units configured to perform, based on one or multiple pieces of header compression and coding configuration information of transmission data included in a higher layer message, compression and coding of the transmission data. First header compression and coding configuration information includes first compression and coding profile configuration for a first communication protocol header. Second header compression and coding configuration information includes second compression and coding profile configuration for a second communication protocol header. A first transmission data compression and coding unit compresses and codes the first communication protocol header included in the transmission data, based on the first header compression and coding configuration information.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a control information detection unit configured to detect first and second DCI, and a transmitter configured to perform UL data transmission based on the first DCI or cancel a resource allocated in the second DCI. A UL grant using the first DCI is detected, when performing UL data transmission based on the UL grant, after the data transmission, a first timer for a corresponding HARQ process is started and a second timer is stopped, and when the first timer expires, the second timer for a HARQ process is started. When cancellation of the UL data transmission using the second DCI is detected, at a timing for the data transmission canceled, the second timer is restarted in a case that the first timer expires and the second timer is running, and the second timer is started in a case that the second timer is not running.

Abstract: Efficient frequency hopping is performed in a case that repeated transmission is enabled in a slot. In a case that a configuration related to inter-slot frequency hopping is configured using RRC signaling, and a higher layer parameter related to a plurality of repeated transmissions in one slot is configured, frequency hopping is applied based on the current number of transmissions of transport blocks. On the other hand, in a case that the configuration related to the inter-slot frequency hopping is configured using the RRC signaling, and the higher layer parameter related to a plurality of repeated transmissions in one slot is not configured, frequency hopping is applied based on a current slot number.

Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, and a communication method capable of improving reliability or frequency efficiency in a case of transmission by beamforming. An apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a downlink shared channel including configuration information, downlink control information, and a transport block; and a signal detection unit configured to decode the downlink shared channel by using a redundancy version included in the downlink control information. The configuration information includes the number of continuous slots in which an identical transport block is transmitted repeatedly, demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) transmitted in at least two of the continuous slots are not in a relationship of Quasi-colocation (QCL), and the redundancy version is determined from slot indexes of the continuous slots and information for indicating the QCL.

Abstract: A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including first uplink multiple access information, and a transmission unit that transmits a frame including second uplink multiple access information based on the frame including the first uplink multiple access information, and further, after standby of a predetermined period, initiates the uplink multiple access communication.

Abstract: A BSS to which a destination wireless communication apparatus of a physical layer frame belongs is identified, and accuracy of preamble detection is improved by changing a reception operation. A wireless communication apparatus includes a reception unit that detects a frame including information for identifying a BSS, and a control unit that switches between a first operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is associated with a BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs and a second operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is not associated with the BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs. Carrier sensing is not performed in the first operation, and the carrier sensing is performed in the second operation.

Abstract: Communication efficiency can be enhanced during multiplex communication. A radio control station apparatus includes a multi-beam antenna unit capable of controlling each of a plurality of beam performances and an RF system for transmission. The RF system further includes a multiplexing unit configured to perform multiplexing by using a plurality of frequency channels or a plurality of sub-carriers, allocates at least one of the plurality of different frequency channels or at least one of the plurality of different sub-carriers to each of transmit signals to be transmitted to the plurality of radio terminal apparatuses, multiplexes the above allocated frequency channels or sub-carriers in the multiplexing unit, and transmits the multiplexed signal through the multi-beam antenna unit using a plurality of beams.

Abstract: Efficient transmission is performed in a case that an allocation periodicity is shorter than an interval based on repeated transmission. For configuration grant scheduling, in a case that the allocation periodicity is shorter than the interval based on the repeated transmission, a port number for a DMRS is determined according to the number of repetitions to allow a base station apparatus to determine which periodicity corresponds to the start of the transmission. Thus, by detecting the port number for the DMRS, the base station apparatus can recognize the start or the end of the transmission by the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus and a communication method capable of improving reliability and frequency efficiency in a case that transmission is performed by beamforming. A receiver configured to receive a DMRS, DCI, and a PDSCH, and a decoding unit configured to decode the PDSCH are included, wherein the DCI includes a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) and the number of DMRS antenna ports, the TCI is information indicating a spatial reception filter for receiving the DMRS, the PDSCH includes a transport block, and in a case that two of the TCIs are indicated and the number of DMRS antenna ports is less than or equal to a prescribed number, and that the DCI includes a configuration of one transport block, the PDSCH transmitted from a part of the DMRS antenna ports is received based on a first TCI, and the PDSCH transmitted from a rest of the DMRS antenna ports is received based on a second TCI to decode the one transport block.

Abstract: To provide a terminal apparatus and a communication method capable of improving reliability and frequency efficiency in a case of transmission by beamforming. Provided are a higher layer processing unit configured with demodulation reference signal (DMRS) antenna port groups for indicating two groups of antenna ports of a DMRS, a receiver configured to receive the DMRS, downlink control information (DCI), and a downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and a decoding unit configured to decode the PDSCH, wherein the PDSCH includes a transport block, and in a case that the number of the transport blocks configured in the DCI is one, the PDSCH demodulated using a DMRS of a first group and/or the PDSCH demodulated using a DMRS of a second group is used to decode one transport block.

Abstract: A base station apparatus controls an access scheme for each radio resource by using higher layer signaling such that only signals generated by a same type of a signal generation method are multiplexed for each radio resource.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including: a multiplexing unit configured to map a PTRS signal generated based on a pseudo-random code to a resource element; and a transmitter configured to transmit a PUSCH, wherein the multiplexing unit maps the PTRS signal to a subcarrier based on at least an offset of a frequency position, a C-RNTI, the number of resource blocks to be scheduled, and a frequency density of the PTRS, and the transmitter transmits the PUSCH to which the PTRS is mapped.

Abstract: Proper use of a sparse code prevents PAPR performance from improperly degrading.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a communication apparatus can transmit OFDM signals that include at least a first period and a second period. The communication apparatus can include a transmitting section and a signal processing section. The transmitting section can transmit the OFDM signals to an additional communication apparatus by using multiple subcarriers allocated a set of two or more contiguous frequency channels. The contiguous frequency channels can be used simultaneously by the additional communication apparatus. The signal processing section is configured to not use at least all subcarriers positioned in the respective centers of these frequency channels when allocating data to the subcarriers in the frequency channels used to transmit the OFDM signals for a first period.