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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Shotaro Maki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hongchao Li, Langen, DE;
Ayako Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Xuan Tuong Tran, Singapore, SG;
Yoshihiko Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
According to the present invention, the received quality of a terminal is improved. The terminal comprises: a reception circuit, which receives information for providing a notification of the port of a reference signal for a downlink data signal; and a control circuit, which controls the reception of the downlink data signal and the reference signal, on the basis of a number of ranks less than the number of ports indicated by the received information.