Patent Publication Number: US-11025329-B2

Title: Communication apparatus, communication control method, and computer program

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application is based on PCT filing PCT/JP2018/019071, filed May 17, 2018, which claims priority to JP 2017-116563, filed Jun. 14, 2017, the entire contents of each are incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a communication apparatus, a communication control method, and a computer program. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project), various techniques for improving the capacity of cellular systems have currently been studied in order to accommodate explosively increasing traffic. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
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         WO2016/121252A 
       
    
     SUMMARY 
     Technical Problem 
     Electric power and a frequency or time resource transmissible in one terminal are limited. Existing cellular systems have not been satisfactorily able to meet a demand to prioritize transmission or reception of a certain procedure over other procedures. 
     In view of this, the present disclosure proposes novel and enhanced communication apparatus, communication control method, and computer program capable of selecting a procedure to be performed when plural procedures collide with each other. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus including a control unit configured to select, based on a predetermined requirement, a signal to be transmitted in a case where transmission of user data, transmission of a first reference signal for channel status acquisition, and transmission of a second reference signal for suitable beam selection from beams emitted by a base station conflict with each other. 
     Further, according to the present disclosure, there is provided a communication control method including selecting, by a processor, based on a predetermined requirement, a signal to be transmitted in a case where transmission of user data, transmission of a first reference signal for channel status acquisition, and transmission of a second reference signal for suitable beam selection from beams emitted by a base station conflict with each other. 
     Further, according to the present disclosure, there is provided a computer program for causing a computer to execute selecting, based on a predetermined requirement, a signal to be transmitted in a case where transmission of user data, transmission of a first reference signal for channel status acquisition, and transmission of a second reference signal for suitable beam selection from beams emitted by a base station conflict with each other. 
     Advantageous Effect of Invention 
     As described above, according to the present disclosure, there can be provided the novel and enhanced communication apparatus, communication control method, and computer program capable of selecting a procedure to be performed when plural procedures collide with each other. 
     Note that, the above-mentioned effect is not necessarily limited, and any effect described herein or other effects that may be grasped from the present specification may be provided in addition to the above-mentioned effect or instead of the above-mentioned effect. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an example of a base station in a case where only digital units serve as antenna weights in beamforming. 
         FIG. 2  is an example of the base station in a case where phase shifters of analog units are included in beamforming. 
         FIG. 3  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of beam sweeping using rough beams. 
         FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of beam sweeping using accurate beams. 
         FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a rough beam. 
         FIG. 6  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of rough beam generation including bundling accurate beams. 
         FIG. 7  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a case where there are a plurality of base stations around a terminal. 
         FIG. 8  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a DL beam sweeping process by the base station and the terminal. 
         FIG. 9  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of transmission and reception of data by the base station and the terminal. 
         FIG. 10  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of transmission and reception of data by the base station and the terminal. 
         FIG. 11  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the schematic configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 12  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a base station  100  according to the embodiment. 
         FIG. 13  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a terminal apparatus  200  according to the embodiment. 
         FIG. 14  is an explanatory diagram illustrating the format of UL beam management. 
         FIG. 15  is an explanatory diagram illustrating the format of UL CQI acquisition. 
         FIG. 16  is an explanatory diagram illustrating a case where a resource is being used by UL user data. 
         FIG. 17  is a flowchart illustrating operation examples of the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  according to the embodiment. 
         FIG. 18  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to transmit UL CSI acquisition. 
         FIG. 19  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to transmit UL CSI acquisition. 
         FIG. 20  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to transmit UL CSI acquisition. 
         FIG. 21  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to perform beam sweeping for beam management. 
         FIG. 22  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to perform beam sweeping for beam management. 
         FIG. 23  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example in which a beam that travels in a plurality of directions to establish communication between the base station  100  and the terminal  200  is selected. 
         FIG. 24  is a block diagram illustrating a first example of the schematic configuration of an eNB to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. 
         FIG. 25  is a block diagram illustrating a second example of the schematic configuration of the eNB to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. 
         FIG. 26  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the schematic configuration of a smartphone  900  to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. 
         FIG. 27  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the schematic configuration of a car navigation apparatus  920  to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT 
     Now, a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. Note that, in the present specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configurations are denoted by the same reference signs so that overlapped description is omitted. 
     Note that, the following items are described in order. 
     1. Embodiment of Present Disclosure
         1.1. Background   1.2. Configuration Example and Operation Example       

     2. Application Example 
     3. Conclusion 
     1. EMBODIMENT OF PRESENT DISCLOSURE 
     [1.1. Background] 
     Prior to detail description of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the background of the embodiment of the present disclosure is described. 
     (Codebook-Based Beam) 
     As described above, in the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project), various techniques for improving the capacity of cellular systems have currently been studied in order to accommodate explosively increasing traffic. With regard to the future wireless communication system (5G) that has been studied in the 3GPP, it is unlikely that a mechanism that steplessly changes a beam emitted by a base station to recreate a beam following a terminal can be provided. This is because calculation cost for recreating a new beam arises. Also in FD-MIMO in 3GPP Rel 13, there has been employed a method that creates beams emitted by a base station in every direction in advance, and selects a beam required for a terminal from the beams created in advance to provide the beam. Such beams are called “codebook based beamforming.” To prepare beams at every degree from 0° to 360° in the horizontal direction, 360 types of beams are required. In a case where the beams overlap each other by half, 720 beams, which is twice as many as 360, satisfactorily serve as codebook based beams in the horizontal direction. In addition, in a case where beams at every degree from 0° to 180° in the vertical direction that overlap each other by half are prepared, 360 beams can cover an angle of 180° from −90° to +90° with the horizontal direction being 0°. 
     (Necessity of Beam Association) 
     A quite large number of antenna elements, such as 256 (frequency band: 30 GHz) or 1,000 (frequency band: 70 GHz) antenna elements, can be mounted on base stations in the future. When the number of antenna elements increases in this way, very sharp beams can be created through beamforming processing using the antennas. For example, a very sharp beam having a half-value width (indicating the minimum degree at which a gain drops by 3 dB) of 1° or less can be provided from a base station to a terminal. 
     In order to establish communication between a base station and a terminal, it is necessary to determine what kinds of beams are to be used in the base station. In the case of downlink (DL) communication, it is necessary to determine DL beams to be provided by the base station. Further, in the case of uplink (UL) communication, it is necessary to determine UL beams that the base station is to use in reception. The UL beam, which is the latter, does not mean that the base station transmits radio waves, but means that an antenna that allows the base station to receive radio waves has directivity that is a beam. 
     (Beam Sweeping) 
     By sweeping a plurality of beam candidates from a base station (beam sweeping), a terminal observing the beam candidates can determine, of the beams that the base station may use, a beam that the terminal easily receives. Meanwhile, when the terminal transmits a UL RS (Reference Signal) and the base station receives the RS while performing beam sweeping, the base station can determine a reception beam optimal for reception of the signal from the terminal. 
     (Resource for Performing Beamforming) 
       FIG. 1  is an example of a base station in a case where only digital units serve as antenna weights in beamforming. The configuration in which only digital units serve as antenna weights in beamforming as described above is called “full-digital antenna architecture.” In the case of the full-digital antenna architecture, when Tx sweeping (transmission sweeping) is performed, as many different resources as beams are required. Meanwhile, when Rx sweeping (reception sweeping) is performed, all beams can be simultaneously received in one resource. Thus, in the full-digital antenna architecture, the number of resources in reception sweeping can be small. That is, when full-digital reception sweeping is performed in the base station, a terminal only needs to transmit a UL RS (Resource Signal) corresponding to one resource, and thus consumes electric power a little. “Resource” used herein means an orthogonal resource using a frequency or time. For example, a resource block or resource element of LTE corresponds to “resource” used herein. 
       FIG. 2  is an example of the base station in a case where phase shifters of analog units are included in beamforming. The configuration in which phase shifters of analog units are included in beamforming is called “digital-analog hybrid antenna architecture.” The digital-analog hybrid antenna architecture in  FIG. 2  includes the smaller number of digital units, each of which is hardware, and is thus advantageous in terms of cost. In the hybrid antenna architecture, however, the phase shifter connected to an antenna can only emit a beam in one direction, with the result that as many resources as the number of beams are required in transmission sweeping and reception sweeping. This means that, in order to perform reception sweeping by the base station, a terminal is required to transmit UL RSs to all resources corresponding to the number of beams. The terminal consequently consumes a large amount of electric power. 
     In light of the actual usage situation, it is assumed that the hybrid architecture illustrated in  FIG. 2  is used. How to overcome a flaw of the hybrid architecture that different beams require different frequency or time resources is therefore important. 
     (Beam Sweeping Efficiency) 
     If beams at every degree from 0° to 360° in the horizontal direction are prepared and beam sweeping is performed with the use of 360 resources to evaluate the beam one by one, the processing takes long time, the number of required resources is large, and a terminal consumes a large amount of electric power. The following technology is accordingly conceivable: a base station creates rough beams at every 10°, finds an optimal beam from the beams having a resolution of 10° by using 36 resources, and thereafter performs beam sweeping using accurate beams at every degree in the range of 10°, to thereby find an optimal beam. In this case, the base station can determine an optimal beam by using 36+10=46 resources, and hence the number of resources can be greatly reduced from 360 to 46.  FIG. 3  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of beam sweeping using rough beams. Further,  FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of beam sweeping using accurate beams. The base station may bundle plural accurate beams to use the accurate beams simultaneously, thereby treating the accurate beams as a rough beam. In that case, for example, plural (for example, three) adjacent accurate beams are simultaneously used as a rough beam. The base station may provide a bundle of three accurate beams as illustrated in  FIG. 6  to create a rough beam illustrated in  FIG. 5 . The three beams in  FIG. 6  that are transmitted at the same time and the same frequency can achieve a rough beam similar to the one in  FIG. 5 . 
     (Beam Sweeping from Plural Base Stations) 
     In a case where there are plural base stations around a terminal, it is necessary to determine transmission beams and reception beams of the plural base stations for the terminal.  FIG. 7  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a case where there are plural base stations around a terminal. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 7 , an optimal beam for a terminal  10  is a beam  2   a  of a base station  1   a , a beam  2   b  of a base station  1   b , and a beam  2   c  of a base station  1   c . As a method of determining an optimal beam, the following method is conceivable: of the plural base stations  1   a  to  1   c , a base station closest to the terminal  10  or a main base station eventually determines an optimal beam on the basis of information from the terminal  10 , and instructs other base stations. In this case, a certain base station is required to determine transmission beams and reception beams of plural base stations, and hence a burden on the terminal increases. 
     (Channel Reciprocity) 
     “Channel reciprocity” means that a UL channel and a DL channel between a base station and a terminal are the same. In TDD (Time Division Duplex) systems, since the same frequency band is used for ULs and DLs, channel reciprocity of ULs and DLs is basically held. It is, however, necessary to perform the operation of calibration to make the base station and analog units of the terminal have the same TX/RX characteristics so that reciprocity is held in both channels to the analog units of the terminal and space. 
     With this channel reciprocity held, when the terminal selects a DL beam from the base station and notifies the number of the beam to the base station, a UL beam that the base station is to use can be determined without the operation of reception sweeping. A combination of rough beams and accurate beams, which is described in the (Beam Sweeping Efficiency) section above, is made as follows. 
     (DL Beam Sweeping Process) 
       FIG. 8  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a DL beam sweeping process by the base station and the terminal. First, the base station performs transmission sweeping using a rough beam on the terminal (Step S 11 ). This transmission sweeping is performed with a sweeping pattern unique to the base station. In other words, transmission sweeping is base station-specific or cell specific. 
     The terminal reports the number of a rough beam desired for the terminal in question to the base station (Step S 12 ). The terminal determines the desired rough beam on the basis of whether a beam has the largest reception electric power, for example. 
     When receiving the report of the number of the rough beam from the terminal, the base station performs transmission sweeping using accurate beams corresponding to the rough beam (Step S 13 ). Transmission sweeping at this time may employ a sweeping pattern unique to the terminal, which has been specially prepared for the terminal. Alternatively, a sweeping pattern common to all terminals may be prepared, and the base station may notify each terminal of a portion to monitor. In the former case, the transmission sweeping pattern itself is unique to the terminal (UE specific). In the latter case, it may be said that the settings of the transmission sweeping pattern are unique to the terminal (UE specific). 
     The terminal reports the number of an accurate beam desired for the terminal in question to the base station (Step S 14 ). The terminal determines the desired accurate beam on the basis of whether a beam has the largest reception electric power, for example. 
     When receiving the report of the number of the accurate beam from the terminal, the base station transmits DL user data to the terminal by using the accurate beam (Step S 15 ). Then, in a case where channel reciprocity is supposed to be held, the base station uses the same accurate beam as the accurate beam for transmission to receive UL user data from the terminal (Step S 16 ). 
     (CQI (Channel Quality Information) Acquisition) 
     When the beam sweeping process described above has been complete, an optimal transmission beam of the base station that is used between the base station and the terminal can be determined. DL CQI acquisition is grasping a channel quality and an interference status when the determined transmission beam is used. DL CQI acquisition is required for the terminal to notify, by using a feedback using a UL, which is called “CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) feedback,” the base station of a modulation method and a coding rate that the terminal wants the base station to use in DL data transmission. This feedback is performed as follows: the base station transmits a DL reference signal to the terminal for DL CQI acquisition, and the terminal receives the DL reference signal for DL CQI acquisition to evaluate a channel status. With this, the terminal can determine a desired CQI (combination of modulation method and coding rate). 
     As described above, it is necessary that the base station first determine a desired transmission beam in the beam sweeping process, and the terminal determine a CQI in the CQI acquisition procedure and notify the CQI to the base station as a CQI feedback. 
     (URLLC and eMBB) 
     URLLC is a use case of Ultra High Reliability and Low Latency. Examples of the main use case include operating a drone and controlling a vehicle. eMBB is a use case of enhanced Mobile Broad Band and is a use case requiring the largest possible throughput, which corresponds to the related-art method of using cellular systems. 
     (Relationship Between Beam Management, CSI (Channel State Information) Acquisition, and User Data Transmission) 
       FIG. 9  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of transmission and reception of data by the base station and the terminal.  FIG. 9  illustrates an example in which DL beam management and DL CSI acquisition are performed, and DL user data transmission is performed thereafter. The beam management is a procedure of selecting an appropriate beam that is used between the base station and the terminal. The CSI acquisition is a procedure of observing the channel status of a beam selected on the basis of a beam report from the terminal, to thereby determine a modulation method and an encoding rate that are usable in transmission. 
     First, the base station performs transmission sweeping for DL beam management on the terminal (Step S 21 ). The base station transmits a reference signal subjected to beamforming. The base station provides plural beams in plural directions at different frequencies or times in a sweeping manner. The terminal replies a report for beam management to the base station (Step S 22 ). 
     Next, the base station performs transmission sweeping for CSI acquisition on the terminal (Step S 23 ). The base station transmits a reference signal by using a selected beam. The reference signal in this case desirably has a similar status to a signal to be actually used. In a case where the base station performs appropriate antenna weighting, such as TX precoding, the base station performs the processing and then transmits the reference signal. The terminal replies a report for CSI acquisition to the base station (Step S 24 ). The terminal evaluates desired modulation method and encoding rate. The terminal reports, as a recommendation value, the evaluation result to the base station with a value called “CQI (Channel Quality Indication).” 
     The base station transmits schedule information to the terminal on the basis of the CQI transmitted from the terminal (Step S 25 ), and transmits DL user data to the terminal by beamforming (Step S 26 ). Prior to DL user data transmission, the base station notifies, with a control signal, the terminal of the modulation method and the encoding rate that are being used and frequency and time resources to be used in transmission. 
       FIG. 10  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of transmission and reception of data by the base station and the terminal.  FIG. 10  illustrates an example in which UL beam management and UL CSI acquisition are performed, and UL user data transmission is performed thereafter. 
     The terminal performs UL beam sweeping unique to the terminal (Step S 31 ). This UL beam sweeping unique to the terminal is for UL beam management. The base station observes beam sweeping from the terminal, and specifies a beam required for CSI acquisition (Step S 32 ). 
     The terminal transmits, by using the beam specified in Step S 32 , a reference signal subjected to beamforming (Step S 33 ). The base station observes the reference signal to determine appropriate modulation method and encoding rate, and notifies, as a CQI indication, the terminal of the appropriate modulation method and encoding rate together with information specifying locations of UL resources (Step S 34 ). The terminal transmits UL user data with the specified frequency and time resources by using the specified modulation method and encoding rate (Step S 35 ). 
     In this way, in existing cellular systems, beam management, CSI acquisition, and user data transmission are normally performed in different times. In the existing cellular systems such as LTE, a reference signal that is used for CQI acquisition has been called “Sounding Reference Signal (SRS),” and transmitted with the last OFDM symbol of 14 OFDM symbols. Thus, user data and CQI acquisition have never collided with each other and coexisted in terms of resources. With regard to beam management, the existing cellular systems such as LTE have not had the beam management procedure, and hence a problem of a collision between beam management and CQI acquisition or user data has never arisen. 
     In future cellular systems, however, different procedures such as beam management, CSI acquisition, and a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) or a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), which corresponds to user data transmission, are sometimes unavoidably performed at the same frequency and the same time. 
     The existing cellular systems such as LTE have used a frequency band of 2 GHz for communication. However, the future cellular systems are going to use a frequency band of up to 100 GHz to perform communication. In order to compensate for a propagation loss due to a high frequency, it is necessary to use a sharp beam subjected to beamforming to have a large antenna gain. To manage this sharp beam, the beam management procedure has been required. 
     Also with regard to reference signals for CQI acquisition, it is assumed that, unlike the existing cellular system that is only required to transmit a reference signal with the last OFDM symbol of 14 OFDM symbols, the future cellular system is going to transmit a reference signal with, for example, a plurality of OFDM symbols by using a time resource that is too large to be shared with user data, in order to improve a gain. Thus, a collision between user data and the CQI acquisition procedure, which has not been a problem in the existing cellular systems, is now required to be taken into account. 
     In addition, a collision with a beam management procedure that is newly introduced in the future cellular systems is also required to be taken into account. Moreover, unlike the existing cellular systems, in the next generation communication scheme, the use case of eMBB and low latency and high reliability communication, which is called “URLLC,” are required to be simultaneously accommodated, and due to the generation of this low latency and high reliability traffic, a procedure related to the traffic is required to be performed first even if there is another procedure. In this way, with the various backgrounds that the related-art existing cellular systems do not have, new points to consider have arisen. 
     In view of the points described above, the discloser of the subject application has made an intensive study on preferred behavior of a terminal in a case where beam management, CSI acquisition, and user data transmission are unavoidably performed at the same frequency and the same time. As a result, the discloser of the subject application has devised a technology related to the behavior of a terminal in the case where beam management, CSI acquisition, and user data transmission are unavoidably performed at the same frequency and the same time, which is described below. 
     [1.2. Configuration Example and Operation Example] 
     First, with reference to the drawings, the schematic configuration of a system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is described.  FIG. 11  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the schematic configuration of the system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. With reference to  FIG. 11 , the system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base station  100  and a terminal apparatus  200 . A system  1  is a system conforming to LTE, LTE-Advanced, or the fifth-generation mobile communication system (5G), or a communication standard equivalent thereto, for example. 
     (Base Station  100 ) 
     The base station  100  performs wireless communication with the terminal apparatus  200 . For example, the base station  100  performs wireless communication with the terminal apparatus  200  positioned in a cell  101  of the base station  100 . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, in particular, the base station  100  performs beamforming. For example, the beamforming in question is large-scale MIMO beamforming. The beamforming in question may also be called “massive MIMO beamforming,” “free dimension MIMO beamforming,” or “three-dimensional beamforming.” Specifically, for example, the base station  100  includes a directional antenna usable in large-scale MIMO, and multiplies a weight set for the directional antenna in question to a transmission signal, to thereby perform large-scale MIMO beamforming. 
     (Terminal Apparatus  200 ) 
     The terminal apparatus  200  performs wireless communication with the base station  100 . For example, the terminal apparatus  200  performs wireless communication with the base station  100  in a case of being positioned in the cell  101  of the base station  100 . 
     Subsequently, with reference to  FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13 , examples of the configurations of the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  are described. 
     First, with reference to  FIG. 12 , the example of the configuration of the base station  100  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is described.  FIG. 12  is a block diagram illustrating the example of the configuration of the base station  100  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. With reference to  FIG. 12 , the base station  100  includes an antenna unit  110 , a wireless communication unit  120 , a network communication unit  130 , a storage unit  140 , and a processing unit  150 . 
     (Antenna Unit  110 ) 
     The antenna unit  110  emits, to space, signals output by the wireless communication unit  120  as radio waves. Further, the antenna unit  110  converts radio waves in space to signals, and outputs the signals in question to the wireless communication unit  120 . 
     For example, the antenna unit  110  includes a directional antenna. For example, the directional antenna in question is a directional antenna usable in large-scale MIMO. 
     (Wireless Communication Unit  120 ) 
     The wireless communication unit  120  transmits and receives signals. For example, the wireless communication unit  120  transmits downlink signals to the terminal apparatus  200 , and receives uplink signals from the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     (Network Communication Unit  130 ) 
     The network communication unit  130  transmits and receives information. For example, the network communication unit  130  transmits information to another node and receives information from the another node. Examples of the another node in question include another base station and a core network node. 
     (Storage Unit  140 ) 
     The storage unit  140  stores data and programs for operation of the base station  100 . 
     (Processing Unit  150 ) 
     The processing unit  150  provides various functions of the base station  100 . The processing unit  150  includes an information acquisition unit  151  and a control unit  153 . Note that the processing unit  150  may further include components other than these components. That is, the processing unit  150  may perform operation other than operation of these components. 
     How the information acquisition unit  151  and the control unit  153  specifically operate is described in detail below. 
     Specifically, the information acquisition unit  151  acquires information transmitted from the terminal apparatus  200 , in particular, information regarding the reception status of beams transmitted by the base station  100 . 
     Further, the control unit  153  performs control on transmission of beams from the base station  100  and the settings of beam sweeping, for example. 
     Next, with reference to reference  FIG. 13 , the example of the configuration of the terminal apparatus  200  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is described.  FIG. 13  is a block diagram illustrating the example of the configuration of the terminal apparatus  200  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. With reference to  FIG. 13 , the terminal apparatus  200  includes an antenna unit  210 , a wireless communication unit  220 , a storage unit  230 , and a processing unit  240 . 
     (Antenna Unit  210 ) 
     The antenna unit  210  emits, to space, signals output by the wireless communication unit  220  as radio waves. Further, the antenna unit  210  converts radio waves in space to signals, and outputs the signals in question to the wireless communication unit  220 . 
     (Wireless Communication Unit  220 ) 
     The wireless communication unit  220  transmits and receives signals. For example, the wireless communication unit  220  receives downlink signals from the base station  100 , and transmits uplink signals to the base station  100 . 
     (Storage Unit  230 ) 
     The storage unit  230  stores data and programs for operation of the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     (Processing Unit  240 ) 
     The processing unit  240  provides various functions of the terminal apparatus  200 . The processing unit  240  includes an information acquisition unit  241  and a control unit  243 . Note that the processing unit  240  may further include components other than these components. That is, the processing unit  240  may perform operation other than operation of these components. 
     How the information acquisition unit  241  and the control unit  243  specifically operate is described in detail below. Specifically, the control unit  243  selects, on the basis of a predetermined requirement, a procedure to be executed in a case where plural procedures conflict with each other in a frequency or time domain, or a case where an electric power resource is insufficient for execution of the plural procedures. 
     Subsequently, the operation of the terminal apparatus  200  is described. Here, procedures to consider are, as described above, beam management, CSI acquisition, and user data transmission each of which has downlink and uplink procedures. This means that the number of combinations is huge. Accordingly, in the following, cases considered to be particularly important are only described. The remaining cases include unimportant cases and important cases. What is important is that anything that is conceivable on the basis of the following description belongs to the scope of the present disclosure. 
     The terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment uses uplink common frequency and time resources in different procedures such as beam management, CSI acquisition, and data in a shared manner. The terminal apparatus  200  decides the priority of each procedure. The terminal apparatus  200  is characterized by notifying, with an indicator indicating a procedure, the base station  100  of which procedure the terminal apparatus  200  is performing. Here, a PHY indicator may be included in a common resource. Further, the indicator may be included in a UL common control signal. 
     Further, the base station  100  according to the present embodiment uses downlink common frequency and time resources in different procedures such as beam management, CSI acquisition, and data in a shared manner. The base station  100  decides the priority of each procedure. The base station  100  is characterized by notifying, with an indicator indicating a procedure, the terminal apparatus  200  of which procedure the base station  100  is performing, and the terminal apparatus  200  performs reception processing by using the indicator. 
     The prerequisites are summarized in Table 1 below. In Table 1, “CC” stands for “component carrier.” 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 In a terminal/between 
                 In the same terminal 
               
               
                   
                 plural terminals 
                   
               
               
                   
                 In one CC/between  
                 In one CC 
               
               
                   
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                 Procedures causing 
                 UL UE specific beam 
               
               
                   
                 congestion 
                 management beam sweeping 
               
               
                   
                   
                 UL CSI acquisition 
               
               
                   
                   
                 UL user data (low latency) 
               
               
                   
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                 Focus mainly on a conflict 
               
               
                   
                   
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                 (Table 1: prerequisites of the present embodiment) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the present embodiment, a conflict between plural procedures in the same terminal in one CC is considered. The following two cases are conceivable as cases where the terminal apparatus  200  can or cannot simultaneously perform plural procedures. 
     (Case 1) 
     This is a case where since there is not an enough frequency or time resource, on the basis of traffic requirements, one or plural procedures of the three procedures in Table 1 are selected on the basis of the priority to be executed, and procedures determined not to be executed with the frequency or time resource are executed with another time or resource, or skipped. 
     (Case 2) 
     This is a case where a power amplifier of the terminal apparatus  200  has a limited capability, and the terminal apparatus  200  cannot simultaneously transmit a plurality of procedures due to the limited capability of the power amplifier. In this case, even when the base station  100  appropriately allocates resources to the terminal apparatus  200 , the terminal apparatus  200  does not have enough transmission electric power to simultaneously transmit the plurality of procedures. 
     Case 1 is first described. First, when the case where procedures conflict with each other in terms of frequency or time resources (a case where the procedures compete for the resource) happens is described. Table 2 is a table illustrating examples of cases where the respective procedures are supposed to be prioritized in the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
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                 UL user data 
                 A case where user data 
               
               
                   
                   
                 requiring low latency is 
               
               
                   
                   
                 suddenly transmitted by an 
               
               
                   
                   
                 uplink 
               
               
                 2 
                 UL CSI 
                 A case where, for data to 
               
               
                   
                 acquisition 
                 be transmitted by a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 downlink, downlink channel 
               
               
                   
                   
                 characteristics are 
               
               
                   
                   
                 suddenly grasped from 
               
               
                   
                   
                 uplink channel 
               
               
                   
                   
                 characteristics through UL 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CSI acquisition with the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 use of channel reciprocity 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (channel reversibility) to 
               
               
                   
                   
                 acquire a DL channel 
               
               
                   
                   
                 status 
               
               
                 3 
                 UL beam 
                 A case where the need of 
               
               
                   
                 management 
                 beam sweeping for UL beam 
               
               
                   
                   
                 management suddenly arises 
               
               
                   
                   
                 since beam maintenance or 
               
               
                   
                   
                 tracking has failed 
               
               
                   
               
               
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     Case 1 in Table 2 that requires prioritized transmission includes a case where the need of UL user data suddenly arises. Since UL user data requires low latency uplink transmission, the terminal apparatus  200  is sometimes supposed to transmit an uplink without the permission of the base station  100 . In such a case, UL user data requiring low latency is sometimes transmitted with the use of resources originally reserved for UL CSI acquisition or UL beam management. 
     Table 3 illustrates the priority of each procedure in Case 1 that requires prioritized transmission. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 1 (high) 
                 UL user data 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 UL CSI acquisition 
               
               
                   
                 3 (low) 
                 UL beam management 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (Table 3: priority of each procedure in Case 1 that requires prioritized transmission) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In Table 3, UL CSI acquisition has a higher priority than UL beam management, but which one has a higher priority is not a matter. What is important here is that UL user data has the highest priority. 
     Case 2 in Table 2 that requires prioritized transmission includes a case where the need of UL CSI acquisition suddenly arises. Data requiring low latency and low latency is required not only for uplinks but also for downlinks. In the case of TDD, a downlink channel can be estimated from an uplink channel. This is called that “channel reversibility (UL/DL channel reciprocity) is held.” In that case, in a case where the need of transmission of data requiring low latency by a downlink suddenly arises, the base station  100  may suddenly need to perform the UL CQI acquisition procedure. Here, DL CQI acquisition may by performed instead, but since UL CQI acquisition, which utilizes reversibility, has an advantage of allowing the base station  100  to simultaneously estimate channels to a plurality of base stations, UL CQI acquisition is often performed. At this time, beam sweeping for UL beam management set to semi-static cannot be suddenly changed in some cases. In that case, the terminal apparatus  200  determines to perform the UL CQI acquisition procedure instead of UL beam management, thereby executing UL CQI acquisition. 
     Table 4 illustrates the priority of each procedure in Case 2 that requires prioritized transmission. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Prioritization 
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                 1 (high) 
                 UL CSI acquisition 
               
               
                   
                 2 (low) 
                 UL beam management 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (Table 4: priority of each procedure in Case 2 that requires prioritized transmission) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     What is important in suddenly performing the beam management procedure in this UL CSI acquisition area is that the format of beam management is transmissible in the format of UL CSI acquisition. In CSI acquisition, a reference signal for covering a wide bandwidth in terms of frequencies is transmitted, but in beam management, such a wide bandwidth is not necessarily required to be covered. While CSI acquisition supports a very limited number of beams, in beam management, it is necessary to transmit a reference signal that supports more beams than CSI acquisition. 
     Case 3 in Table 2 that requires prioritized transmission includes a case where the need of the beam management procedure suddenly arises. Beam tracking is required for stable uplink communication. “Tracking” means periodically updating an appropriate beam between the terminal and the base station. There is a case where vehicles or humans come between the base station and the terminal, and the link of a beam between the base station and the terminal is thus lost, with the result that the need of the beam management procedure suddenly arises. Case 3 is an unforeseen event, and is a case where UL beam management is to be performed first even if scheduled UL CSI acquisition or UL user data has to be stopped. 
     Table 5 illustrates the priority of each procedure in Case 3 that requires prioritized transmission. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 5 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Prioritization 
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                 1 (high) 
                 UL beam management 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 UL CSI acquisition 
               
               
                   
                 3 (low) 
                 UL user data 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (Table 5: priority of each procedure in Case 3 that requires prioritized transmission) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
       FIG. 14  is an explanatory diagram illustrating the format of UL beam management.  FIG. 15  is an explanatory diagram illustrating the format of UL CQI acquisition.  FIG. 16  is an explanatory diagram illustrating a case where a resource is being used by UL user data. A resource that is used in the beam management procedure is a reference signal for beam management. A resource that is used in the CQI acquisition procedure is a reference signal for CQI acquisition. A resource that is used in user data transmission is user data. 
     In the present embodiment, these three procedures each have, in its beginning, information indicating whether the procedure is UL beam management, UL CQI acquisition, or user data (procedure indication). In the case of this example, 0 represents a resource used for UL beam management, 1 represents a resource used for CQI acquisition, and 2 represents a resource used for user data. This procedure indication may be transmitted by being set to the beginning of the reference signal or transmitted by an uplink control signal separately. In this way, with a format compatible with any format, even when the need of a procedure having high priority suddenly arises, the order of procedures can be switched. This enables short-time switching that cannot be achieved by RRC signaling, for example. With RRC signaling, it is impossible to suddenly switch procedures. Meanwhile, with the information representing a procedure indicated by the indicator in this way, a case where the need of switching based on priority suddenly arises can be dealt with. When the terminal apparatus  200  conveys information to the base station  100  by a procedure indication clearly indicating requested procedures, the base station  100  can correctly decide which one of the procedures has been transmitted and correctly process a necessary procedure. 
     A difference between the format of UL beam management and the format of UL CQI acquisition is described. In the format of UL beam management illustrated in  FIG. 14 , sweep is performed with beams B 1  to B 6  in different directions. In contrast to this, in the format of UL CQI acquisition illustrated in  FIG. 15 , which is intended to be used to measure a channel quality of a specified beam, only the beam B 1  is transmitted a plurality of times. With regard to user data, user data is put in portions for sweep and channel quality measurement. 
       FIG. 17  is a flowchart illustrating operation examples of the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 17  illustrates operation examples of the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  when plural procedures collide with each other in the terminal apparatus  200 , and the terminal apparatus  200  selects one of the procedures. 
     The base station  100  transmits the settings of uplink beams to the terminal apparatus  200  (Step S 101 ). Subsequently, the base station  100  transmits the settings of UL CQI acquisition to the terminal apparatus  200  (Step S 102 ). 
     Here, when plural procedures collide with each other, the terminal apparatus  200  selects one of the plural procedures on the basis of the priority as described above (Step S 103 ). After selecting the procedure, the terminal apparatus  200  transmits data based on the selected procedure to the base station  100  (Step S 104 ). 
     Uplink communication has been described above, but the same may hold true for the case of downlinks. Table 6 is a table illustrating prerequisites of the present embodiment. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 In the same terminal 
               
               
                   
                 plural terminals 
                   
               
               
                   
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                 In one CC 
               
               
                   
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                 Procedures causing 
                 DL UE specific beam 
               
               
                   
                 congestion 
                 management beam sweeping 
               
               
                   
                   
                 DL CSI acquisition 
               
               
                   
                   
                 DL user data (low latency) 
               
               
                   
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                 Focus mainly on a conflict 
               
               
                   
                   
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     Table 7 is a table illustrating examples of cases where the respective procedures are supposed to be prioritized in the base station  100 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
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                 Items 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 1 
                 DL user data 
                 A case where user data 
               
               
                   
                   
                 requiring low latency is 
               
               
                   
                   
                 suddenly transmitted by a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 downlink 
               
               
                 2 
                 DL CSI 
                 A case where, for data to 
               
               
                   
                 acquisition 
                 be transmitted by a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 downlink, downlink channel 
               
               
                   
                   
                 characteristics are 
               
               
                   
                   
                 suddenly acquired through 
               
               
                   
                   
                 DL CSI acquisition to 
               
               
                   
                   
                 acquire a DL channel 
               
               
                   
                   
                 status 
               
               
                 3 
                 UL beam 
                 The need of beam sweeping 
               
               
                   
                 management 
                 for DL beam management 
               
               
                   
                   
                 suddenly arises since beam 
               
               
                   
                   
                 maintenance or tracking 
               
               
                   
                   
                 has failed 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 (Table 7: specific examples of prioritized transmission) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The base station  100  decides the priority of each procedure by using tables in which “uplink (UL)” in Tables 3 to 5 above is replaced with “downlink (DL).” 
     Next, an example of Case 2 above is described. In Table 8, prerequisites of the present embodiment in Case 2 are illustrated. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 In a terminal/between 
                 In the same terminal 
               
               
                   
                 plural terminals 
                   
               
               
                   
                 In one CC/between plural 
                 In plural CCs 
               
               
                   
                 CCs 
                   
               
               
                   
                 Procedures causing 
                 UL UE specific beam 
               
               
                   
                 congestion 
                 management beam sweeping 
               
               
                   
                   
                 UL CSI acquisition 
               
               
                   
                   
                 UL user data (low latency) 
               
               
                   
                 UL/DL 
                 Focus mainly on a conflict 
               
               
                   
                   
                 between UL procedures 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (Table 8: prerequisites of the present embodiment) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The power amplifier for transmission has a limited capability, and hence the terminal requires a very large amount of electric power to simultaneously perform a plurality of procedures. In particular, in beam management, which is a procedure that is performed prior to a determination on an optimal beam between the base station and the terminal, beams that are transmitted from the terminal sometimes have a large amount of electric power so that the beams are positively received. Further, since CQI acquisition requires transmission that occupies a wide frequency bandwidth and transmission that occupies a plurality of time slots is performed, CQI acquisition requires a large amount of electric power. Meanwhile, user data transmission does not use an entire available frequency bandwidth so often. This is because the terminal performs data transmission in cooperation with another terminal. 
     There may be a case where when the terminal communicates with the base station by using plural component carriers CC 1  to CC 4 , the CSI acquisition procedure simultaneously occurs in CC 1  and CC 2 . If beam management is being performed in CC 3  and user data transmission is being performed in CC 4  at this time, since electric power that the terminal can use is limited, the terminal has to decide which procedure has a higher priority. 
     In view of this, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment is characterized by stopping, in order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, transmission associated with any of the procedures of beam management, CSI acquisition, and UL user data transmission, to thereby reduce electric power to be used. 
     In order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may create beams not to be transmitted in transmission associated with beam sweeping for beam management, to thereby save electric power. Here, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may stop, in order to create beams not to be transmitted, beam sweeping for the links of beams kept being emitted to enhance resistance to obstacles such as vehicles or humans. 
     Further, in order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may reduce a frequency bandwidth in CSI acquisition only in a case where electric power is insufficient. Further, in order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may reduce the number of repetitive transmissions required for CSI acquisition. Further, in order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may stop CSI acquisition transmission itself. 
       FIG. 18  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to transmit UL CSI acquisition. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 18 , the terminal apparatus  200  transmits UL CSI acquisition six times by using the same beam B 1 . In a case where the capability of the power amplifier is insufficient, the terminal apparatus  200  may reduce the number of transmissions to secure electric power.  FIG. 19  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to transmit UL CSI acquisition. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 19 , the terminal apparatus  200  transmits UL CSI acquisition three times, reducing from six times, by using the same beam B 1 . 
       FIG. 20  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to transmit UL CSI acquisition. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 20 , the terminal apparatus  200  transmits UL CSI acquisition six times by using the same beam B 1  with a bandwidth that is half the bandwidth in the example illustrated in  FIG. 18 . In this way, the terminal apparatus  200  may reduce the bandwidth by half to secure electric power. 
       FIG. 21  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to perform beam sweeping for beam management.  FIG. 21  illustrates the example in which the terminal apparatus  200  performs beam sweeping by using six beams. In a case where the capability of the power amplifier is insufficient, the terminal apparatus  200  may reduce the number of beams to be used in this beam sweeping to secure electric power.  FIG. 22  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of resources that the terminal apparatus  200  uses to perform beam sweeping for beam management.  FIG. 22  illustrates the example in which the terminal apparatus  200  performs beam sweeping by using three beams out of six beams. For example, beams in important directions are used as the first three and beams not so important are used as the rest. The terminal apparatus  200  can perform beam sweeping with beams reduced in number in this way, thereby securing electric power. As a matter of course, the terminal apparatus  200  is not limited to the examples, and can also take a method of performing beam sweeping while stopping a given beam, thereby securing electric power. 
     Another method of reducing the number of beams is described. In order to enhance resistance to interference with radio waves due to objects, such as vehicles or humans, coming between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200 , a beam that travels in a plurality of directions to establish communication between the base station  100  and the terminal  200  is sometimes selected.  FIG. 23  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example in which a beam that travels in a plurality of directions to establish communication between the base station  100  and the terminal  200  is selected. One of the paths directly connects the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  to each other by the beam B 1 , and the other path connects the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  to each other by the beam B 2  reflected on the wall of a building  300 . In this case, one of the beams functions as backup. When electric power is insufficient, the terminal apparatus  200  skips the UL beam management procedure for tracking and maintenance of the beam kept being emitted to function as backup. For example, in a case where the beam B 1  is regarded as a main beam, the terminal apparatus  200  stops uplink beam transmission with the beam B 2  by beam management. By stopping transmission of a beam that functions as backup, the terminal apparatus  200  can reduce electric power. 
     Further, in order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may stop the UL beam management procedure itself. 
     Further, in order not to exceed the capability of the power amplifier, the terminal apparatus  200  according to the present embodiment may stop uplink user data transmission itself. 
     Next, how the terminal apparatus  200  adjusts the procedures on the basis of priority is described. When user data that the terminal apparatus  200  is to transmit requires low latency, the priority of the data is high. For example, with priority set as illustrated in Tables 3 to 5 in each case as illustrated in Table 2, the terminal apparatus  200  can adjust the procedures on the basis of the priority. 
     2. APPLICATION EXAMPLE 
     The technology according to the present disclosure is applicable to various products. For example, the base station  100  may be realized as any type of eNB (evolved Node B) such as a macro eNB or a small eNB. A small eNB may be an eNB that covers a smaller cell than a macro cell, such as a pico eNB, a micro eNB, or a home (femto) eNB. Alternatively, the base station  100  may be realized as another type of base station such as a Node B or a BTS (Base Transceiver Station). The base station  100  may include a main body configured to control wireless communication (also referred to as “base station apparatus”) and one or more RRHs (Remote Radio Heads) disposed in a different place from the main body. Further, various types of terminals, which are described later, may operate as the base station  100  by temporarily or semi-permanently executing the base station function. 
     Further, for example, the terminal apparatus  200  may be realized as a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook computer, a portable game terminal, a portable/dongle type mobile router, or a digital camera, or an in-vehicle terminal such as a car navigation apparatus. Further, the terminal apparatus  2200  may be realized as a terminal configured to perform M2M (Machine To Machine) communication (also referred to as “MTC (Machine Type Communication) terminal”). In addition, the terminal apparatus  2200  may be a wireless communication module that is mounted on such a terminal (for example, an integrated circuit module including one die). 
     Application Example of Base Station 
     First Application Example 
       FIG. 24  is a block diagram illustrating a first example of the schematic configuration of an eNB to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. An eNB  800  includes one or more antennas  810  and a base station apparatus  820 . The antennas  810  may each be connected to the base station apparatus  820  through an RF cable. 
     The antennas  810  each include one or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements of a MIMO antenna), and are used when the base station apparatus  820  transmits or receives wireless signals. The eNB  800  may include the plurality of antennas  810 , as illustrated in  FIG. 24 . The plurality of antennas  810  may be compatible with a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  800 , for example. Note that, although  FIG. 24  illustrates the example in which the eNB  800  includes the plurality of antennas  810 , the eNB  800  may only include one antenna  810 . 
     The base station apparatus  820  includes a controller  821 , a memory  822 , a network interface  823 , and a wireless communication interface  825 . 
     The controller  821  may be, for example, a CPU or a DSP, and operates various functions of a higher layer of the base station apparatus  820 . For example, the controller  821  generates a data packet from data in signals processed by the wireless communication interface  825 , and transfers the generated packet via the network interface  823 . The controller  821  may bundle data from a plurality of baseband processors to generate a bundled packet, and transfer the generated bundled packet. Further, the controller  821  may have a logical function of executing control such as radio resource control, radio bearer control, mobility management, admission control, or scheduling. Further, the controller  821  may execute the control in question in corporation with a neighboring eNB or a core network node. The memory  822  includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program that is executed by the controller  821 , and various types of control data (for example, terminal list, transmission electric power data, and scheduling data). 
     The network interface  823  is a communication interface for connecting the base station apparatus  820  to a core network  824 . The controller  821  may communicate with a core network node or another eNB via the network interface  823 . In this case, the eNB  800  may be connected to a core network node or another eNB through a logical interface (for example, S1 interface or X2 interface). The network interface  823  may be a wired communication interface or a wireless communication interface for wireless backhaul. In a case where the network interface  823  is a wireless communication interface, the network interface  823  may use a higher frequency band for wireless communication than a frequency band used by the wireless communication interface  825 . 
     The wireless communication interface  825  supports any cellular communication scheme such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) or LTE-Advanced, and provides wireless connection to a terminal positioned in a cell of the eNB  800  via the antenna  810 . The wireless communication interface  825  may typically include, for example, a baseband (BB) processor  826  and an RF circuit  827 . The BB processor  826  may perform, for example, encoding/decoding, modulating/demodulating, and multiplexing/demultiplexing, to thereby execute various types of signal processing of layers (for example, L1, MAC (Medium Access Control), RLC (Radio Link Control), and PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol)). The BB processor  826  may have a part or all of the above-mentioned logical functions instead of the controller  821 . The BB processor  826  may be a memory configured to store a communication control program, or a module including a processor configured to execute the program in question and related circuits. The functions of the BB processor  826  may be changed through updating of the program. Further, the module may be a card or blade that is inserted into a slot of the base station apparatus  820 . Alternatively, the module may be a chip that is mounted on the card or the blade. Meanwhile, the RF circuit  827  may include, for example, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier, and transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna  810 . 
     The wireless communication interface  825  may include the plurality of BB processors  826 , as illustrated in  FIG. 24 . The plurality of BB processors  826  may be compatible with a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  800 , for example. Further, the wireless communication interface  825  may include the plurality of RF circuits  827 , as illustrated in  FIG. 24 . The plurality of RF circuits  827  may correspond to a plurality of antenna elements, for example. Note that, although  FIG. 24  illustrates the example in which the wireless communication interface  825  includes the plurality of BB processors  826  and the plurality of RF circuits  827 , the number of the BB processors  826  or RF circuits  827  of the wireless communication interface  825  may be one. 
     In the eNB  800  illustrated in  FIG. 24 , one or more components in the base station  100  (for example, processing unit  150 ), which are described with reference to  FIG. 12 , may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  825 . Alternatively, at least some of these components may be implemented by the controller  821 . As an example, the eNB  800  may have mounted thereon a module including a part of the wireless communication interface  825  (for example, BB processor  826 ) or all components thereof, and/or the controller  821 , and the one or more components may be implemented by the module in question. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components (in other words, a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more components), to thereby execute the program in question. As another example, the eNB  800  may have installed thereon the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components, and the wireless communication interface  825  (for example, BB processor  826 ) and/or the controller  821  may execute the program in question. As described above, the eNB  800 , the base station apparatus  820 , or the module may be provided as an apparatus including the one or more components, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components may be provided. A readable recording medium having recorded thereon the program may also be provided. 
     Further, in the eNB  800  illustrated in  FIG. 24 , the wireless communication unit  120  described with reference to  FIG. 12  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  825  (for example, RF circuit  827 ). Further, the antenna unit  110  may be implemented by the antenna  810 . Further, an interface between the processing unit  240  and an upper node or another base station apparatus may be implemented by the controller  821  and/or the network interface  823 . 
     Second Application Example 
       FIG. 25  is a block diagram illustrating a second example of the schematic configuration of an eNB to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. An eNB  830  includes one or more antennas  840 , a base station apparatus  850 , and an RRH  860 . The antennas  840  may each be connected to the RRH  860  through an RF cable. Further, the base station apparatus  850  and the RRH  860  may be connected to each other through a high-speed line such as an optical fiber cable. 
     The antennas  840  each include one or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements of a MIMO antenna), and are used when the RRH  860  transmits or receives wireless signals. The eNB  830  may include the plurality of antennas  840 , as illustrated in  FIG. 25 . The plurality of antennas  840  may be compatible with a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  830 , for example. Note that, although  FIG. 25  illustrates the example in which the eNB  830  includes the plurality of antennas  840 , the eNB  830  may include one antenna  840 . 
     The base station apparatus  850  includes a controller  851 , a memory  852 , a network interface  853 , a wireless communication interface  855 , and a connection interface  857 . The controller  851 , the memory  852 , and the network interface  853  are similar to the controller  821 , the memory  822 , and the network interface  823  described with reference to  FIG. 24 . 
     The wireless communication interface  855  supports any cellular communication scheme such as LTE or LTE-Advanced, and provides wireless communication to a terminal positioned in a sector corresponding to the RRH  860  via the RRH  860  and the antenna  840 . The wireless communication interface  855  may typically include, for example, a BB processor  856 . The BB processor  856  is similar to the BB processor  826  described with reference to  FIG. 24 , except that the BB processor  856  is connected to the RF circuit  864  of the RRH  860  via the connection interface  857 . The wireless communication interface  855  may include the plurality of BB processors  856 , as illustrated in  FIG. 25 . The plurality of BB processors  856  may be compatible with a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  830 , for example. Note that, although  FIG. 25  illustrates the example in which the wireless communication interface  855  includes the plurality of BB processors  856 , the wireless communication interface  855  may only include one BB processor  856 . 
     The connection interface  857  is an interface for connecting the base station apparatus  850  (wireless communication interface  855 ) to the RRH  860 . The connection interface  857  may also be a communication module for communication in the high-speed line that connects the base station apparatus  850  (wireless communication interface  855 ) to the RRH  860 . 
     Further, the RRH  860  includes a connection interface  861  and a wireless communication interface  863 . 
     The connection interface  861  is an interface for connecting the RRH  860  (wireless communication interface  863 ) to the base station apparatus  850 . The connection interface  861  may also be a communication module for communication in the high-speed line. 
     The wireless communication interface  863  transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna  840 . The wireless communication interface  863  may typically include, for example, the RF circuit  864 . The RF circuit  864  may include, for example, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier, and transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna  840 . The wireless communication interface  863  may include the plurality of RF circuits  864 , as illustrated in  FIG. 25 . The plurality of RF circuits  864  may correspond to a plurality of antenna elements, for example. Note that, although  FIG. 25  illustrates the example in which the wireless communication interface  863  includes the plurality of RF circuits  864 , the wireless communication interface  863  may include one RF circuit  864 . 
     In the eNB  830  illustrated in  FIG. 25 , one or more components in the base station  100  (for example, processing unit  150 ), which are described with reference to  FIG. 12 , may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  855  and/or the wireless communication interface  863 . Alternatively, at least some of these components may be implemented by the controller  851 . As an example, the eNB  830  may have mounted thereon a module including a part of the wireless communication interface  855  (for example, BB processor  856 ) or all components thereof, and/or the controller  851 , and the one or more components may be implemented by the module in question. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components (in other words, a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more components), to thereby execute the program in question. As another example, the eNB  830  may have installed thereon the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components, and the wireless communication interface  855  (for example, BB processor  856 ) and/or the controller  851  may execute the program in question. As described above, the eNB  830 , the base station apparatus  850 , or the module may be provided as an apparatus including the one or more components, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components may be provided. A readable recording medium having recorded thereon the program may also be provided. 
     Further, in the eNB  830  illustrated in  FIG. 25 , the wireless communication unit  120  described with reference to  FIG. 12  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  825  (for example, RF circuit  827 ). Further, the antenna unit  110  may be implemented by the antenna  810 . Further, an interface between the processing unit  240  and an upper node or another base station apparatus may be implemented by the controller  821  and/or the network interface  823 . 
     Application Example of Terminal Apparatus 
     First Application Example 
       FIG. 26  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the schematic configuration of a smartphone  900  to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. The smartphone  900  includes a processor  901 , a memory  902 , a storage  903 , an external connection interface  904 , a camera  906 , a sensor  907 , a microphone  908 , an input device  909 , a display device  910 , a speaker  911 , a wireless communication interface  912 , one or more antenna switches  915 , one or more antennas  916 , a bus  917 , a battery  918 , and an auxiliary controller  919 . 
     The processor  901  may be, for example, a CPU or a SoC (System on Chip), and controls functions of an application layer and another layer of the smartphone  900 . The memory  902  includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program that is executed by the processor  901 , and data. The storage  903  may include a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk. The external connection interface  904  is an interface for connecting an external device such as a memory card or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device to the smartphone  900 . 
     The camera  906  includes an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), and generates a captured image. The sensor  907  may include a group of sensors such as a measurement sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an acceleration sensor. The microphone  908  converts sound that is input to the smartphone  900  to audio signals. The input device  909  includes, for example, a touch sensor configured to detect touch onto a screen of the display device  910 , a keypad, a keyboard, a button, or a switch, and receives an operation or information input from a user. The display device  910  includes a screen such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, and displays an output image of the smartphone  900 . The speaker  911  converts audio signals that are output from the smartphone  900  to sound. 
     The wireless communication interface  912  supports any cellular communication scheme such as LTE or LTE-Advanced, and executes wireless communication. The wireless communication interface  912  may typically include, for example, a BB processor  913  and an RF circuit  914 . The BB processor  913  may perform, for example, encoding/decoding, modulating/demodulating, and multiplexing/demultiplexing, to thereby execute various types of signal processing for wireless communication. Meanwhile, the RF circuit  914  may include, for example, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier, and transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna  916 . The wireless communication interface  912  may also be a single chip module having the BB processor  913  and the RF circuit  914  integrated thereon. The wireless communication interface  912  may include the plurality of BB processors  913  and the plurality of RF circuits  914 , as illustrated in  FIG. 26 . Note that, although  FIG. 26  illustrates the example in which the wireless communication interface  912  includes the plurality of BB processors  913  and the plurality of RF circuits  914 , the number of the BB processors  913  or RF circuits  914  of the wireless communication interface  912  may be one. 
     Furthermore, in addition to a cellular communication scheme, the wireless communication interface  912  may support other types of wireless communication schemes such as a short-distance wireless communication scheme, a near field communication scheme, and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) scheme. In that case, the wireless communication interface  912  may include the BB processor  913  and the RF circuit  914  for each wireless communication scheme. 
     The antenna switches  915  each switch a connection destination of the corresponding antenna  916  among a plurality of circuits (for example, circuits for different wireless communication schemes) in the wireless communication interface  912 . 
     The antennas  916  each include one or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements of a MIMO antenna), and are used when wireless signals are transmitted or received via the wireless communication interface  912 . The smartphone  900  may include the plurality of antennas  916 , as illustrated in  FIG. 26 . Note that, although  FIG. 26  illustrates the example in which the smartphone  900  includes the plurality of antennas  916 , the smartphone  900  may include one antenna  916 . 
     In addition, the smartphone  900  may include the antenna  916  for each wireless communication scheme. In that case, the antenna switches  915  may be omitted from the configuration of the smartphone  900 . 
     The bus  917  connects the processor  901 , the memory  902 , the storage  903 , the external connection interface  904 , the camera  906 , the sensor  907 , the microphone  908 , the input device  909 , the display device  910 , the speaker  911 , the wireless communication interface  912 , and the auxiliary controller  919  to each other. The battery  918  supplies electric power to each block of the smartphone  900  illustrated in  FIG. 26  via feeder lines, which are partially illustrated as dashed lines in  FIG. 26 . The auxiliary controller  919  operates the minimum necessary function of the smartphone  900  in a sleep mode, for example. 
     In the smartphone  900  illustrated in  FIG. 26 , one or more components in the terminal apparatus  200  (for example, processing unit  240 ), which are described with reference to  FIG. 13 , may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  912 . Alternatively, at least some of these components may be implemented by the processor  901  or the auxiliary controller  919 . As an example, the smartphone  900  may have mounted thereon a module including a part of the wireless communication interface  912  (for example, BB processor  913 ) or all components thereof, the processor  901 , and/or the auxiliary controller  919 , and the one or more components may be implemented by the module in question. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components (in other words, a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more components), to thereby execute the program in question. As another example, the smartphone  900  may have installed thereon the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components, and the wireless communication interface  912  (for example, BB processor  913 ), the processor  901 , and/or the auxiliary controller  919  may execute the program in question. As described above, the smartphone  900  or the module may be provided as an apparatus including the one or more components, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components may be provided. A readable recording medium having recorded thereon the program may also be provided. 
     Further, in the smartphone  900  illustrated in  FIG. 26 , for example, the wireless communication unit  220  described with reference to  FIG. 13  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  912  (for example, RF circuit  914 ). Further, the antenna unit  210  may be implemented by the antenna  916 . 
     Second Application Example 
       FIG. 27  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the schematic configuration of a car navigation apparatus  920  to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied. The car navigation apparatus  920  includes a processor  921 , a memory  922 , a GPS (Global Positioning System) module  924 , a sensor  925 , a data interface  926 , a content player  927 , a storage medium interface  928 , an input device  929 , a display device  930 , a speaker  931 , a wireless communication interface  933 , one or more antenna switches  936 , one or more antennas  937 , and a battery  938 . 
     The processor  921  may be, for example, a CPU or a SoC, and controls a navigation function and another function of the car navigation apparatus  920 . The memory  922  includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program that is executed by the processor  921 , and data. 
     The GPS module  924  uses GPS signals received from GPS satellites to measure a position (for example, latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the car navigation apparatus  920 . The sensor  925  may include a group of sensors such as a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a barometric sensor. The data interface  926  is connected to an in-vehicle network  941  via a terminal that is not illustrated, for example, and acquires data generated by a vehicle, such as vehicle speed data. 
     The content player  927  reproduces content stored in a storage medium (for example, CD or DVD) that is inserted into the storage medium interface  928 . The input device  929  includes, for example, a touch sensor configured to detect touch onto a screen of the display device  930 , a button, or a switch, and receives an operation or information input from a user. The display device  930  includes a screen such as an LCD or an OLED display, and displays an image of the navigation function or content that is reproduced. The speaker  931  outputs sound of the navigation function or the content that is reproduced. 
     The wireless communication interface  933  supports any cellular communication scheme such as LTE or LTE-Advanced, and executes wireless communication. The wireless communication interface  933  may typically include, for example, a BB processor  934  and an RF circuit  935 . The BB processor  934  may perform, for example, encoding/decoding, modulating/demodulating, and multiplexing/demultiplexing, to thereby execute various types of signal processing for wireless communication. Meanwhile, the RF circuit  935  may include, for example, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier, and transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna  937 . The wireless communication interface  933  may be a single chip module having the BB processor  934  and the RF circuit  935  integrated thereon. The wireless communication interface  933  may include the plurality of BB processors  934  and the plurality of RF circuits  935 , as illustrated in  FIG. 27 . Note that, although  FIG. 27  illustrates the example in which the wireless communication interface  933  includes the plurality of BB processors  934  and the plurality of RF circuits  935 , the number of the BB processors  934  or RF circuits  935  of the wireless communication interface  933  may be one. 
     Furthermore, in addition to a cellular communication scheme, the wireless communication interface  933  may support other types of wireless communication schemes such as a short-distance wireless communication scheme, a near field communication scheme, and a wireless LAN scheme. In that case, the wireless communication interface  933  may include the BB processor  934  and the RF circuit  935  for each wireless communication scheme. 
     The antenna switches  936  each switch a connection destination of the corresponding antenna  937  among plural circuits (for example, circuits for different wireless communication schemes) in the wireless communication interface  933 . 
     The antennas  937  each include one or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements of a MIMO antenna), and are used when wireless signals are transmitted or received via the wireless communication interface  933 . The car navigation apparatus  920  may include the plurality of antennas  937 , as illustrated in  FIG. 27 . Note that, although  FIG. 27  illustrates the example in which the car navigation apparatus  920  includes the plurality of antennas  937 , the car navigation apparatus  920  may include one antenna  937 . 
     In addition, the car navigation apparatus  920  may include the antenna  937  for each wireless communication scheme. In that case, the antenna switches  936  may be omitted from the configuration of the car navigation apparatus  920 . 
     The battery  938  supplies electric power to each block of the car navigation apparatus  920  illustrated in  FIG. 27  via feeder lines that are partially illustrated as dashed lines in  FIG. 27 . Further, the battery  938  accumulates electric power supplied from the vehicle. 
     In the car navigation apparatus  920  illustrated in  FIG. 27 , one or more components in the terminal apparatus  200  (for example, processing unit  240 ), which are described with reference to  FIG. 13 , may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  933 . Alternatively, at least some of these components may be implemented by the processor  921 . As an example, the car navigation apparatus  920  may have mounted thereon a module including a part of the wireless communication interface  933  (for example, BB processor  934 ) or all components thereof, and/or the processor  921 , and the one or more components may be implemented by the module in question. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components (in other words, a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more components), to thereby execute the program in question. As another example, the car navigation apparatus  920  may have installed thereon the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components, and the wireless communication interface  933  (for example, BB processor  934 ) and/or the processor  921  may execute the program in question. As described above, the car navigation apparatus  920  or the module may be provided as an apparatus including the one or more components, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more components may be provided. A readable recording medium having recorded thereon the program may also be provided. 
     Further, in the car navigation apparatus  920  illustrated in  FIG. 27 , for example, the wireless communication unit  220  described with reference to  FIG. 13  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  912  (for example, RF circuit  914 ). Further, the antenna unit  210  may be implemented by the antenna  916 . 
     Further, the technology according to the present disclosure may also be realized as an in-vehicle system (or vehicle)  940  including the one or more blocks of the car navigation apparatus  920 , the in-vehicle network  941 , and a vehicle module  942 . The vehicle module  942  generates vehicle data such as vehicle speed, engine speed, or trouble information, and outputs the generated data to the in-vehicle network  941 . 
     Note that, the eNBs in the above description may each be a gNB (gNodeB or next generation Node B). 
     3. CONCLUSION 
     As described above, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, there can be provided the terminal apparatus  200  configured to select, on the basis of a predetermined requirement, a procedure to be executed in a case where plural procedures conflict with each other in a frequency or time domain or a case where an electric power resource is insufficient for execution of the plural procedures. 
     The respective steps of the processing that is executed by each apparatus described herein are not necessarily performed in chronological order in the order illustrated in the sequence diagrams or the flowcharts. For example, the respective steps of the processing that is executed by each apparatus may be performed in an order different from the order illustrated in the flowcharts or performed in parallel to each other. 
     Further, a computer program for causing hardware incorporated in each apparatus, such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, to demonstrate the functions equivalent to the configurations of the apparatus can be created. Further, a storage medium having the computer program stored thereon can be provided. Further, with the respective functional blocks in the functional block diagrams achieved by hardware, a series of processes can be implemented by the hardware. 
     The preferred embodiment of the present disclosure is described in detail so far with reference to the attached drawings, but the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the example. It is apparent that various changes or modifications could be arrived at by persons who have ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present disclosure belongs within the scope of the technical ideas described in the appended claims, and it is therefore understood that such changes or modifications naturally belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure. 
     Further, the effects described herein are merely illustrative or exemplary and are not limited. That is, the technology according to the present disclosure may provide other effects that are obvious for persons skilled in the art from the description of the present specification, in addition to the above-mentioned effects or instead of the above-mentioned effects. 
     Note that the following configurations also belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure. 
     (1) A communication apparatus including: 
     a control unit configured to select, based on a predetermined requirement, a signal to be transmitted in a case where transmission of user data, transmission of a first reference signal for channel status acquisition, and transmission of a second reference signal for suitable beam selection from beams emitted by a base station conflict with each other. 
     (2) The communication apparatus according to Item (1), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the predetermined requirement in a case where a transmission area of the user data, a transmission area of the first reference signal, and a transmission area of the second reference signal conflict with each other. 
     (3) The communication apparatus according to Item (2), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the predetermined requirement that is a requirement for traffic. 
     (4) The communication apparatus according to Item (3), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the requirement for traffic that is a condition prioritizing the transmission of the user data. 
     (5) The communication apparatus according to Item (3), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the requirement for traffic that is a condition prioritizing the channel status acquisition. 
     (6) The communication apparatus according to Item (3), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the requirement for traffic that is a condition prioritizing the suitable beam selection. 
     (7) The communication apparatus according to any one of Items (2) to (6), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the predetermined requirement in a case where the transmission areas conflict with each other in a frequency domain. 
     (8) The communication apparatus according to any one of Items (2) to (6), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the predetermined requirement in a case where the transmission areas conflict with each other in a time domain. 
     (9) The communication apparatus according to Item (1), in which the control unit selects the signal to be transmitted based on the predetermined requirement in a case where the transmission of the user data, the transmission of the first reference signal, and the transmission of the second reference signal conflict with each other in terms of electric power. 
     (10) The communication apparatus according to Item (9), in which the control unit reduces at least any one of electric power required for the transmission of the user data, electric power required for the transmission of the first reference signal, and electric power required for the transmission of the second reference signal in a case where the transmission of the user data, the transmission of the first reference signal, and the transmission of the second reference signal conflict with each other in terms of electric power. 
     (11) The communication apparatus according to Item (10), in which the control unit reduces required electric power in a case where a plurality of component carriers is used. 
     (12) The communication apparatus according to Item (10) or (11), in which the control unit reduces required electric power by stopping the transmission of the user data. 
     (13) The communication apparatus according to Item (10) or (11), in which the control unit reduces required electric power by reducing the number of slots that are used in the channel status acquisition. 
     (14) The communication apparatus according to Item (10) or (11), in which the control unit reduces required electric power by reducing a frequency band that is used in the channel status acquisition. 
     (15) The communication apparatus according to Item (10) or (11), in which the control unit reduces required electric power by reducing the number of beams that are used in a optimal beam selection. 
     (16) A communication control method including: 
     selecting, by a processor, based on a predetermined requirement, a signal to be transmitted in a case where transmission of user data, transmission of a first reference signal for channel status acquisition, and transmission of a second reference signal for suitable beam selection from beams emitted by a base station conflict with each other. 
     (17) A computer program for causing a computer to execute: 
     selecting, based on a predetermined requirement, a signal to be transmitted in a case where transmission of user data, transmission of a first reference signal for channel status acquisition, and transmission of a second reference signal for suitable beam selection from beams emitted by a base station conflict with each other. 
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               100  Base station 
               200  Terminal apparatus