US 12,439,356 B2
User equipment and method for timing alignment
Chien-Chun Cheng, Taipei (TW); Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Taipei (TW); Chia-Hung Wei, Taipei (TW); Hai-Han Wang, Taipei (TW); and Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,691.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/186,996, filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369264 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/0055 (2013.01) [H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for timing alignment, the method comprising:
receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a Timing Advance (TA) report configuration via System Information (SI); and
transmitting, to the BS, a TA report based on the TA report configuration,
wherein:
the TA report configuration includes an indication for enabling or disabling the UE to transmit the TA report, and
the TA report comprises a least integer number of slots that is determined by applying a ceiling function to a TA value, such that the least integer number of slots is greater than or equal to the TA value.