A method and apparatus for allocating and processing sequences in a communication system is disclosed. The method includes: dividing sequences in a sequence group into multiple sub-groups, each sub-group corresponding to its own mode of occupying time frequency resources; selecting sequences from a candidate sequence collection corresponding to each sub-group to form the sequences in the sub-group by: the sequences in a sub-group i in a sequence group k being composed of n sequences in the candidate sequence collection, the n sequences making a |r.sub.i/N.sub.i−c.sub.k/N.sub.p.sub.1| or |(r.sub.i/N.sub.i−c.sub.k/N.sub.p.sub.1) modu m.sub.k,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, till the n.sup.th smallest respectively; allocating the sequence group to cells, users or channels. It prevents the sequences highly correlated with the sequences of a specific length from appearing in other sequence groups, thus reducing interference, avoiding the trouble of storing the lists of massive sequence groups.

The present invention adopts a configuration such that when cooperative reception by a plurality of base stations is not applied, a reference signal sequence determined from a selection baseline value corresponding to the number of a sequence group allocated to a cell belonging to the device in question is selected from among a plurality of selection baseline values as a reference signal sequence for non-cooperative reception, whereas when cooperative reception by a plurality of base stations is applied, a reference signal sequence determined from one or more intermediate selection baseline values set between two adjacent selection baseline values corresponding to the number of a sequence group allocated individually to a terminal device is selected among the plurality of selection baseline values as a reference signal sequence for cooperative reception differing from the reference signal sequence for non-cooperative reception.

The present invention adopts a configuration such that when cooperative reception by a plurality of base stations is not applied, a reference signal sequence determined from a selection baseline value corresponding to the number of a sequence group allocated to a cell belonging to the device in question is selected from among a plurality of selection baseline values as a reference signal sequence for non-cooperative reception, whereas when cooperative reception by a plurality of base stations is applied, a reference signal sequence determined from one or more intermediate selection baseline values set between two adjacent selection baseline values corresponding to the number of a sequence group allocated individually to a terminal device is selected among the plurality of selection baseline values as a reference signal sequence for cooperative reception differing from the reference signal sequence for non-cooperative reception.

A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a transmission section that transmits a UL signal; and a control section that decides a number of sequences equal to or less than a defined overall number of sequences based on information and/or a sequence length notified from a base station, and controls the transmission of the UL signal to which a sequence number selected from the number of sequences has been applied. According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately control UL transmission even when a larger number of cell IDs is configured to a radio communication system than to existing LTE systems.

A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a transmission section that transmits a UL signal; and a control section that decides a number of sequences equal to or less than a defined overall number of sequences based on information and/or a sequence length notified from a base station, and controls the transmission of the UL signal to which a sequence number selected from the number of sequences has been applied. According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately control UL transmission even when a larger number of cell IDs is configured to a radio communication system than to existing LTE systems.

A signal generator 10 generates an OOK (on-off keying) modulation signal by mapping a CAZAC (constant amplitude zero auto-correlation) sequence to N subcarriers (N being an integer that is greater than or equal to 2) arranged at a determined interval among M subcarriers (M being an integer that is greater than or equal to 3) that are adjacent in the frequency domain, carrying out inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) processing on the mapped CAZAC sequence, and carrying out Manchester coding on a time domain signal generated by the IFFT processing. A radio transmitter 107 transmits the OOK modulation signal.

A signal generator 10 generates an OOK (on-off keying) modulation signal by mapping a CAZAC (constant amplitude zero auto-correlation) sequence to N subcarriers (N being an integer that is greater than or equal to 2) arranged at a determined interval among M subcarriers (M being an integer that is greater than or equal to 3) that are adjacent in the frequency domain, carrying out inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) processing on the mapped CAZAC sequence, and carrying out Manchester coding on a time domain signal generated by the IFFT processing. A radio transmitter 107 transmits the OOK modulation signal.

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for variable spreading factor codes for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). In an exemplary method, a base station assigns, from a first codebook of N short code sequences of length K, a subset of the short code sequences to a number of user equipments (UEs); receives a signal including uplink data or control signals from two or more of the UEs, wherein a first uplink data or control signal is sent using a first subsequence of one of the assigned short code sequences, and a second uplink data or control signal is sent using a second subsequence of one of the assigned short code sequences or using one of the assigned short code sequences; and decodes each uplink data or control signal in the signal based on the assigned short code sequences and subsequences of the assigned the short code sequences.

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for variable spreading factor codes for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). In an exemplary method, a base station assigns, from a first codebook of N short code sequences of length K, a subset of the short code sequences to a number of user equipments (UEs); receives a signal including uplink data or control signals from two or more of the UEs, wherein a first uplink data or control signal is sent using a first subsequence of one of the assigned short code sequences, and a second uplink data or control signal is sent using a second subsequence of one of the assigned short code sequences or using one of the assigned short code sequences; and decodes each uplink data or control signal in the signal based on the assigned short code sequences and subsequences of the assigned the short code sequences.

A method and apparatus for allocating and processing sequences in a communication system is disclosed. The method includes: dividing sequences in a sequence group into multiple sub-groups, each sub-group corresponding to its own mode of occupying time frequency resources; selecting sequences from a candidate sequence collection corresponding to each sub-group to form the sequences in the sub-group by: the sequences in a sub-group i in a sequence group k being composed of n sequences in the candidate sequence collection, the n sequences making a |r.sub.i/N.sub.i−c.sub.k/N.sub.p.sub.1| or |(r.sub.i/N.sub.i−c.sub.k/N.sub.p.sub.1) modu m.sub.k,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, till the n.sup.th smallest respectively; allocating the sequence group to cells, users or channels. It prevents the sequences highly correlated with the sequences of a specific length from appearing in other sequence groups, thus reducing interference, avoiding the trouble of storing the lists of massive sequence groups.