Patent Publication Number: US-11039337-B2

Title: Apparatus and method

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, and a method. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In discussions on the development of mobile communication systems, improvement in throughput in communication between base stations and terminal apparatuses has always been a big issue. In particular, further improvement in throughput has been desired with an accelerated increase in data communication fees in recent years. 
     Meanwhile, improvement in throughput by shortening a minimum unit of a transmission time (transmission time interval: TTI) to reduce a delay in the communication has continuously been attempted. In a specific example, the TTI is 10 ms in a third generation wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA is a registered trademark), is shortened to 2 ms in 3.5-th generation high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), and is shortened to 1 ms in fourth generation Long Term Evolution (LTE). 
     In addition, studies regarding fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems following LTE/LTE-A (advanced) have advanced in recent years. For example, further shortening of the TTI to less than 1 ms corresponding to the conventional sub-frame length has been studied in Non-Patent Literature 1 in order to further reduce the delay. In particular, low-delay communication realized by shortening the TTI has been required by applications that require real time properties, such as network participation-type games and so-called vehicular-to-X (something) (V2X) communication in particular. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Non-Patent Literature 
     
         
         Non-Patent Literature 1: RP-150465: “New SI proposal: Study on Latency reduction techniques for LTE,” in 3GPP TSG RAN #67, Shanghai, China, March, 2015 
       
    
     DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     Meanwhile, a processing time, (hereinafter, also referred to as a “terminal processing time”) for the terminal apparatus to execute various kinds of processing from reception of data transmitted from a base station to transmission of data to the base station tends to be shorter as the TTI becomes shorter. In contrast, there are cases in which a terminal processing time required by each terminal apparatus differs in accordance with an environment of communication between the terminal apparatus and the base station, performance of the terminal apparatus, and the like. Therefore, a case in which it is difficult to sufficiently secure the terminal processing time is assumed due to the shortening of the TTI depending on conditions. 
     Thus, the present disclosure proposes an apparatus and a method capable of setting a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via wireless communication in a further preferred form in accordance with conditions. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus including: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; and a control unit that decides a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication on a basis of a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus and a second processing time that is decided in accordance with a communication environment. 
     In addition, according to the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus including: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; and a control unit that performs control such that information indicating a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus for deciding a minimum time of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication is transmitted to a base station via the wireless communication. 
     In addition, according to the present disclosure, there is provided a method including: performing wireless communication; and deciding, by a processor, a minimum unit of a transmission time on a basis of a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus and a second processing time that is decided in accordance with a communication environment. 
     In addition, according to the present disclosure, there is provided a method including: performing wireless communication; and performing, by a processor, control such that information indicating a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus for deciding a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication is transmitted to a base station via the wireless communication. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the present disclosure, an apparatus and a method capable of setting a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via wireless communication in a preferred form in accordance with conditions as described above are provided. 
     Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a data transmission timing in an uplink in LTE. 
         FIG. 2  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a synchronized HARQ timing in the uplink in LTE. 
         FIG. 3  is an explanatory diagram for describing a terminal processing time. 
         FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram for describing a terminal processing time. 
         FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a schematic configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a base station according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a terminal apparatus according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 8  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 9  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 10  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 11  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 12  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 13  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 14  is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a schematic configuration of an eNB. 
         FIG. 15  is a block diagram illustrating a second example of a schematic configuration of an eNB. 
         FIG. 16  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone. 
         FIG. 17  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation apparatus. 
     
    
    
     MODE(S) FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     Hereinafter, (a) preferred embodiment(s) of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the appended drawings. Note that, in this specification and the appended drawings, structural elements that have substantially the same function and structure are denoted with the same reference numerals, and repeated explanation of these structural elements is omitted. 
     Note that description will be given in the following order. 
     1. Introduction 
     1.1. Terminal processing time 
     1.2. Technical problems 
     2. Examples of configurations 
     2.1. Example of configuration of system 
     2.2. Example of configuration of base station 
     2.3. Example of configuration of terminal apparatus 
     3. Technical features 
     4. Application examples 
     4.1. Application examples regarding base station 
     4.2. Application examples regarding terminal apparatus 
     5. Conclusion 
     1. Introduction 
     1.1. Terminal Processing Time 
     First, a relationship between a minimum unit of a transmission time (TTI) and a terminal processing time will be described by exemplifying a case in which frequency division duplex (FDD) is employed in LTE. 
     For example,  FIG. 1  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a data transmission timing in uplink in LTE and illustrates in an exemplary case in which FDD is employed. As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a terminal apparatus (UE) performs data transmission in the uplink 4*TTI (four sub-frames) after detection of reception of uplink grant (UL Grant) from a base station (eNodeB) in a case in which FDD is employed in LTE. 
     In addition,  FIG. 2  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a synchronized hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing in the uplink in LTE and illustrates an exemplary case in which FDD is employed. In a case in which FDD is employed in LTE, transmission of various kinds of data from the base station to the terminal apparatus is performed every 8*TTI (eight sub-frames) in the synchronized HARQ in uplink transmission as illustrated in  FIG. 2 . At this time, in a case in which the terminal apparatus detects the uplink grant (UL Grant) or in a case in which the terminal apparatus detects ACK/NACK via PHICH, the terminal apparatus performs data transmission in the uplink 4*TTI (four sub-frames) later in a manner similar to the example described with reference to  FIG. 1 . 
     Here, a processing time (that is, a terminal processing time) during which the terminal apparatus is assigned to decoding of received data and generation of transmission data is generally considered to be a time from completion of data reception to start of data transmission. Therefore, in a case in which the data transmission is performed 4*TTI after the terminal apparatus receives data from the base station as described above, for example, the terminal processing time is ideally 3*TTI. 
     However, the terminal processing time is actually shorter than 3*TTI due to an influence of a transmission delay time T pd  occurring in accordance with the distance between the base station and the terminal apparatus. For example,  FIG. 3  is an explanatory diagram for describing the terminal processing time and illustrates an example of a processing timing in a case in which the terminal apparatus (UE) transmits and receives data to and from the base station (eNodeB). 
     Specifically,  FIG. 3  illustrates an exemplary case in which the terminal apparatus (UE) receives data that is transmitted at an n+0-th TTI (in other words, a sub-frame) from the base station (eNodeB). Data is transmitted to the base station 4*TTI after the reception of the data. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the terminal apparatus receives data (see Tx of eNodeB) transmitted from the base station a transmission delay time T pd  after the transmission timing of the data (see Rx of UE). In addition, the terminal apparatus transmits the data at a timing earlier than the n+4-th TTI by the transmission delay time T pd  such that the data transmitted by the terminal apparatus itself is received by the base station (see Rx of eNodeB) in the n+4-th TTI (sub-frame) 4*TTI after the base station transmits the data to the terminal apparatus (see Tx of UE). That is, in the example illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the terminal processing time is 3*TTI−2T pd . 
     Note that twice the transmission delay time T pd  illustrated in  FIG. 3  corresponds to a timing advance value T ADV  provided in a notification from the base station to the terminal apparatus. Therefore, if the terminal processing time is represented by using the timing advance value T ADV  instead of the transmission delay time T pd , the terminal processing time is 3*TTI−T ADV  in the case of the example illustrated in  FIG. 3 . 
     1.2. Technical Problems 
     Next, technical problems according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described. 
     As described above, TTI in LTE is 1 ms (1 sub-frame). Therefore, 3*TTI corresponds to 3 ms in a case in which attention is paid to the example illustrated in  FIG. 3 , and this value is a sufficiently large value relative to the maximum timing advance value T ADV  (667 μs in the case of a cell with a radius of 100 km) that is assumed in LTE. In a more specific example, the timing advance value T ADV  is about 200 μs if it is assumed that the distance between the base station and the terminal apparatus is 30 km in the example illustrated in  FIG. 3 . In this case, the timing advance value T ADV  (that is, 200 μs) represents a time ratio of about 7% relative to 3*TTI (that is, 3 ms). Therefore, it is possible for the terminal apparatus to sufficiently perform processing to be performed, such as decoding of received data and generation of transmission data, even if the terminal apparatus uses a remaining time (that is, 3*TTI−T ADV ) as the terminal processing time. 
     Meanwhile, further shortening of TTI as compared with 1 ms that corresponds to the conventional sub-frame length has been considered in LTE release 13 (LTE-ADVANCED PRO) in order to further reduce a delay. Such an improvement can also be an important technology for a so-called fifth generation (5G) mobile communication system. TTIs with TTI lengths of 7 symbols, 4 symbols, 3 symbols, 2 symbols, and 1 symbol have been considered as candidates of the shortened TTI (also referred to as “short TTI (sTTI)” in the description). Note that the simple description “symbol” in the description is assumed to represent an OFDM symbol, and for example, seven symbols correspond to one slot. In general, it is possible to expect an improvement in throughput in TCP traffic that performs so-called slow start, for example, by further shortening the TTI length. In particular, low-delay communication that is realized by shortening the TTI is required by functions (applications or the like) that require real time properties, in particular, such as network participation-type games and so-called vehicular-to-X (something) (V2X) communication. Therefore, it is desirable that the TTI length of the sTTI be able to be shortened to one symbol. 
     Meanwhile, since the terminal processing time tends to be shorter as the TTI is shortened, there are cases in which problems that do not occur in conventional systems appear. Specifically, there is a possibility of the terminal processing time (for example, 3*sTTI) not becoming sufficiently large relative to the timing advance value T ADV  due to employment of the sTTI with a further shortened TTI length. 
     For example,  FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram for describing a terminal processing time and illustrates an exemplary case in which the TTI length of the sTTI is set to one symbol length as another example of the processing timing in a case in which the terminal apparatus (UE) transmits and receives data to and from the base station (eNodeB). 
     Specifically, since the one symbol length in LTE is about 71 μs,  3 *sTTI corresponds to about 213 μs. In addition, in a case in which the distance between the base station and the terminal apparatus is assumed to be 30 km in a manner similar to that in the example in  FIG. 3 , the timing advance value T ADV  is 200 μs. That is, in the example illustrated in  FIG. 4 , T ADV  (200 μs) occupies the proportion of about 94% relative to 3*sTTI (213 μs), and the terminal processing time at this time is 13 μs. That is, it is necessary for the terminal apparatus to execute processing such as decoding of received data and generation of transmission data in a period of time that is as short as 13 μs in the exemplary case illustrated in  FIG. 4 . In particular, there are cases in which the processing time (that is, the terminal processing time) required by each terminal apparatus to execute various kinds of processing such as decoding of received data and generation of transmission data differs in accordance with performance of the terminal apparatus. 
     In addition, it is necessary to assume the cell radius of about 100 km at a maximum in the case of a macrocell for the LTE specification. Therefore, there are cases in which the timing advance value T ADV  becomes longer than 3*sTTI in the terminal apparatus located at a cell edge under a condition in which the cell radius becomes larger than 30 km. Under such a condition, it is substantially difficult to secure the terminal processing time. 
     Thus, the present disclosure will propose an example of a mechanism capable of setting a minimum unit of a transmission time in wireless communication, such as the TTI or the aforementioned sTTI, in a more preferred form in accordance with conditions. Hereinafter, details of a system according to the embodiment will be described. 
     2. Example of Configuration 
     2.1. Example of Configuration of System 
     First, an example of a schematic configuration of a system  1  according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIG. 5 .  FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of the schematic configuration of the system  1  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the system  1  includes a wireless communication apparatus  100  and a terminal apparatus  200 . Here, the terminal apparatus  200  is also referred to as a user. The user can also be referred to as a UE. A wireless communication apparatus  100 C is also referred to as UE-Relay. The UE described here may be a UE defined in LTE or LTE-A, and UE-Relay may be a Prose UE to Network Relay discussed in 3GPP or may further generally mean a communication device. 
     (1) Wireless Communication Apparatus  100   
     The wireless communication apparatus  100  is an apparatus that provides wireless communication services to subordinate apparatuses. For example, the wireless communication apparatus  100 A is a base station of a cellular system (or a mobile communication system). The base station  100 A performs wireless communication with an apparatus (for example, the terminal apparatus  200 A) located within a cell  10 A of the base station  100 A. For example, the base station  100 A transmits a downlink signal to the terminal apparatus  200 A and receives an uplink signal from the terminal apparatus  200 A. 
     The base station  100 A is theoretically connected to another base station by an X2 interface and can transmit and receive control information and the like. In addition, the base station  100 A is theoretically connected to a so-called core network (omitted in the drawing) by an S1 interface, for example, and can transmit and receive control information and the like. Note that communication between these apparatuses can be physically relayed by a variety of apparatuses. 
     Here, the wireless communication apparatus  100 A illustrated in  FIG. 5  is a macrocell base station while the cell  10 A is a macrocell. Meanwhile, the wireless communication apparatuses  100 B and  100 C are master devices that run small cells  10 B and  10 C, respectively. In one example, the master device  100 B is a small-cell base station that is fixedly installed. The small-cell base station  100 B establishes a wireless backhaul link with the macrocell base station  100 A and access links with one or more terminal apparatuses (for example, a terminal apparatus  200 B) in the small cell  10 B. Note that the wireless communication apparatus  100 B may be a relay node defined in 3GPP. The master device  100 C is a dynamic access point (AP). The dynamic AP  100 C is a mobile device that dynamically runs the small cell  10 C. The dynamic AP  100 C establishes a wireless backhaul link with the macrocell base station  100 A and access links with one or more terminal apparatuses (for example, a terminal apparatus  200 C) in the small cell  10 C. The dynamic AP  100 C may be a terminal apparatus on which hardware or software capable of running as a base station or a wireless access point is mounted, for example. The small cell  10 C in this case is a local network (localized network virtual cell) that is dynamically formed. 
     The cell  10 A may be run in accordance with an arbitrary wireless communication scheme such as LTE, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-ADVANCED PRO, GSM (registered trademark), UNITS, W-CDMA, CDMA 200, WiMAX, WiMAX 2, or IEEE 802.16. 
     Note that the concept of a small cell can include a variety of kinds of cells (for example, a femtocell, a nanocell, a picocell, a microcell, and the like) that are smaller than a macrocell, which are arranged such that they are overlaid or not overlaid on a macrocell. In a certain example, the small cell is run by a dedicated base station. In another example, the small cell is run by a terminal that is a master device temporarily operating as a small-cell base station. A so-called relay node can also be regarded as a form of the small-cell base station. The wireless communication apparatus that functions as a parent station of the relay node is also referred to as a donor base station. The donor base station may be DeNB in LTE or may more generally be the parent station of the relay node. 
     (2) Terminal Apparatus  200   
     The terminal apparatus  200  can perform communication in the cellular system (or the mobile communication system). The terminal apparatus  200  performs wireless communication with the wireless communication apparatus of the cellular system (for example, the base station  100 A, the master device  100 B or  100 C). For example, the terminal apparatus  200 A receives a downlink signal from the base station  100 A and transmits an uplink signal to the base station  100 A. 
     (3) Supplementary Note 
     Although the schematic configuration of the system  1  has been described above, the present technology is not limited to the example illustrated in  FIG. 5 . For example, a configuration that does not include the master device, small cell enhancement (SCE), a heterogeneous network (HetNet), a machine type communication (MTC) network, or the like can be employed as the configuration of the system  1 . 
     2.2. Example of Configuration of Base Station 
     Next, a configuration of the base station  100  according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIG. 6 .  FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the base station  100  according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to  FIG. 6 , 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 . 
     (1) Antenna Unit  110   
     The antenna unit  110  radiates signals outputted from the wireless communication unit  120  into space as radio waves. Further, the antenna unit  110  converts radio waves in space into signals, and outputs the signals to the wireless communication unit  120 . 
     (2) Wireless Communication Unit  120   
     The wireless communication unit  120  transmits and receives signals. For example, the wireless communication unit  120  transmits a downlink signal to the terminal apparatus, and receives an uplink signal from the terminal apparatus. 
     (3) Network Communication Unit  130   
     The network communication unit  130  transmits and receives information. For example, the network communication unit  130  transmits information to other nodes and receives information from the other nodes. Examples of other nodes include other base stations and core network nodes. 
     (4) Storage Unit  140   
     The storage unit  140  temporarily or permanently stores programs and various types of data for an operation of the base station  100 . 
     (5) Processing Unit  150   
     The processing unit  150  provides various functions of the base station  100 . The processing unit  150  includes a communication processing unit  151 , an information acquisition unit  153 , a determination unit  155 , and a notification unit  157 . Note that the processing unit  150  may further include components other than these components. In other words, the processing unit  150  may also perform operations other than the operations of these components. 
     The operations of the communication processing unit  151 , the information acquisition unit  153 , the determination unit  155 , and the notification unit  157  will be described below in detail. 
     2.3. Example of Configuration of Terminal Apparatus 
     Next, an example of the configuration of the terminal apparatus  200  according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIG. 7 .  FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a terminal apparatus  200  according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in  FIG. 7 , the terminal apparatus  200  includes an antenna unit  210 , a wireless communication unit  220 , a storage unit  230 , and a processing unit  240 . 
     (1) Antenna Unit  210   
     The antenna unit  210  radiates signals outputted from the wireless communication unit  220  into space as radio waves. Further, the antenna unit  210  converts radio waves in space into signals, and outputs the signals to the wireless communication unit  220 . 
     (2) Wireless Communication Unit  220   
     The wireless communication unit  220  transmits and receives signals. For example, the wireless communication unit  220  receives a downlink signal from the base station and transmits an uplink signal to the base station. 
     (3) Storage Unit  230   
     The storage unit  230  temporarily or permanently stores programs and various types of data for an operation of the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     (4) Processing Unit  240   
     The processing unit  240  provides various functions of the terminal apparatus  200 . For example, the processing unit  240  includes a communication processing unit  241 , an information acquisition unit  243 , and a notification unit  245 . Note that the processing unit  240  may further include components other than these components. In other words, the processing unit  240  may also perform operations other than the operations of these components. 
     The operations of the communication processing unit  241 , the information acquisition unit  243 , and the notification unit  245  will be described below in detail. 
     3. Technical Features 
     Next, technical features of the present disclosure will be described. 
     (1) Basic Idea 
     First, a basic idea of the technical features of the system  1  according to the embodiment will be described. In the system  1  according to the embodiment, the base station  100  sets the aforementioned sTTI as the minimum unit of the transmission time in accordance with the delay time in accordance with the environment of the communication with the terminal apparatus  200 , the processing time on the side of the terminal apparatus  200  in accordance with the performance and the like of the terminal apparatus  200  and the like. 
     Specifically, in the system  1  according to the embodiment, each terminal apparatus  200  notifies the base station  100  of the processing time, (that is, the terminal processing time, also referred to as a “processing tome T UE ” below) required for each terminal apparatus  200  to execute the respective kinds of processing such as decoding of received data and generation of transmission data at a predetermined timing. The base station  100  determines whether or not it is possible to set sTTI on the basis of the processing time T UE  provided in the notification from the terminal apparatus  200  and the timing advance value T ADV  in accordance with the distance from the terminal apparatus  200 . More specifically, the base station  100  sets the aforementioned sTTI as the minimum unit of the transmission time in a case in which the condition formula described below as (Equation 1) is satisfied.
 
[Math. 1]
 
 T   UE   +T   ADV   &lt;a *sTTI   (Equation 1)
 
     Note that in (Equation 1) above, the coefficient a is a constant decided in accordance with a period of time after the terminal apparatus  200  receives data from the base station  100  until the terminal apparatus  200  transmits data to the base station  100 . In addition, the coefficient a may be decided in accordance with a cyclic prefix (CP) type. In a specific example in which FDD is employed in LTE as described above with reference to  FIG. 4 , the terminal apparatus  200  transmits data to the base station  100  4*sTTI after the terminal apparatus  200  receives data from the base station  100 . In this case, the terminal processing time that does not take T ADV  into consideration is 3*sTTI, and the coefficient a=3. 
     Note that in a case of TDD, a period of time after the terminal apparatus  200  receives data from the base station  100  until the terminal apparatus  200  transmits data to the base station  100  (in other words, a data transmission timing) differs in accordance with an uplink/downlink configuration. Therefore, the value of the coefficient a does not necessarily satisfy a=3 and differs in accordance with the configuration. For example, Table 1 illustrated below illustrates examples of a data transmission timing after the reception of the uplink grant (UL Grant) is detected in TDD. Note that Table 1 summarizes k values in a case in which it is assumed that data is transmitted in the sub-frame n+k after the uplink grant is detected in the sub-frame n. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Transmission timing after reception of grand in TDD (k value) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 TDD 
                 Sub-frame number 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 configuration 
                 0 
                 1 
                 2 
                 3 
                 4 
                 5 
                 6 
                 7 
                 8 
                 9 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 0 
                 4 
                 6 
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
                 6 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1 
                   
                 6 
                   
                   
                 4 
                   
                 6 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 3 
                 4 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
                 4 
               
               
                 4 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
                 4 
               
               
                 5 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 6 
                 7 
                 7 
                   
                   
                   
                 7 
                 7 
                   
                   
                 5 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The value of the coefficient a in the case in which TDD is applied is decided on the basis of the content illustrated as Table 1. For example, Table 2 illustrated below illustrates examples of setting of the coefficient a in TDD. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 a value in TDD 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 TDD 
                 Sub-frame number 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 configuration 
                 0 
                 1 
                 2 
                 3 
                 4 
                 5 
                 6 
                 7 
                 8 
                 9 
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 3 
                 5 
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
                 5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1 
                   
                 5 
                   
                   
                 3 
                   
                 5 
                   
                   
                 3 
               
               
                 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
               
               
                 3 
                 3 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
                 3 
               
               
                 4 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
                 3 
               
               
                 5 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
               
               
                 6 
                 6 
                 6 
                   
                   
                   
                 6 
                 6 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     That is, the period of time corresponding to a*TTI is any one of 3*TTI, 4*TTI, 5*TTI, and 6*TTI in TDD as illustrated in Table 2. 
     As described above, the coefficient a is set in accordance with which of FDD and TDD is employed in the system  1  and the CP type. In addition, in a case in which TDD is employed, the coefficient a is set depending on the configuration. In this manner, the coefficient a is set in accordance with properties of the system. Therefore, it is only necessary for the base station  100  to recognize the coefficient a by referring to predetermined setting that indicates the properties of the system, for example. 
     Then, a*sTTI is compared with a sum of the processing time T UE  in the terminal apparatus  200  and the timing advance value T ADV  as represented by (Equation 1) in the system  1  according to the embodiment. Here, the timing advance value T ADV  is an element that is defined on the basis of the distance between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  and is not affected by the setting value of sTTI. Meanwhile, there is a possibility that T UE  is affected by a transport block size (that is, the size of data processed at one time). Therefore, it is possible to assume that T UE  is further shortened since the transport block size becomes shorter by sTTI becoming shorter. 
     In addition, there is a high possibility that hardware performance of the terminal apparatus  200  will also be diversified as applications and use cases are diversified in the future. For example, there is a possibility that operations with suppressed calculation speeds will be required by a low-cost and low-power-consumption terminal apparatus such as a machine type communication (MTC) terminal. In addition, there is also a possibility that hardware with a higher performance will be applied to a smartphone or the like with a higher performance in order to further improve throughput. 
     In the system  1  according to the embodiment, the base station  100  can recognize a processing time that differs for each terminal apparatus  200  in accordance with the communication environment and the performance by acquiring information regarding the processing time T UE  from the terminal apparatus  200  under the condition described above. In this manner, the base station  100  can selectively switch whether or not to apply sTTI and set sTTI with a more preferred TTI length in an adaptive manner in accordance with the condition. 
     (2) Processing 
     Next, an example of a flow of a series of processing regarding the setting of sTTI will be described. 
     (a) Control at Time of Establishment of Connection Between Base Station and Terminal Apparatus 
     First, an example of a flow of processing regarding the setting of sTTI will be described by focusing on processing performed when the connection between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  is established, with reference to  FIG. 8 .  FIG. 8  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the flow of the series of processing performed in the system according to the embodiment and illustrates an example of the flow of the processing regarding the setting of sTTI when the connection between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  is established. 
     Specifically, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) checks the properties of the system  1 , that is, which of FDD and TDD is employed and the CP type, and in a case in which TDD is employed, the base station  100  checks setting of the configuration and the like thereof first. Then, the base station  100  decides the coefficient a in accordance with the result of the checking of the setting (S 101 ). 
     Then, a series of processing (that is, a random access procedure) for the terminal apparatus  200  to connect to the base station  100  is executed. Specifically, the terminal apparatus  200  (communication processing unit  241 ) transmits a predetermined preamble to the base station  100  via a physical random access channel (PRACH) first (S 103 ). The base station  100  (communication processing unit  151 ) detects the preamble transmitted from the terminal apparatus  200  via the PRACH and decides an initial value of the timing advance value T ADV  on the basis of the result of detecting the preamble (S 105 ). In addition, the base station  100  (communication processing unit  151 ) transmits a random access response to the terminal apparatus  200  (S 107 ). 
     The terminal apparatus  200  (communication processing unit  241 ) receives the random access response from the base station  100  and then transmits an RRC connection request (RRC Connection Request) to the base station  100 . At this time, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) notifies the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  (for example, the processing time T UE  itself, an index value indicating the processing time T UE , and the like) in association with the RRC connection request (S 109 ). The base station  100  (information acquisition unit  153 ) receives the notification and then becomes able to recognize the processing time T UE  to address the terminal apparatus  200  that is a transmission source of the RRC connection request. Note that the notification unit  245  corresponds to an example of the “control unit” that performs control such that the information decided in accordance with the terminal apparatus (that is, the information regarding the processing time T UE ) is transmitted to the base station. 
     Note that the processing time T UE  can be calculated as a time required by the terminal apparatus  200  to perform processing on a predetermined amount of data. In a more specific example, a maximum value or a guaranteed value of the time required by the terminal apparatus  200  to complete demodulation processing of data received in a unit TTI time with a unit resource block width may be applied as the processing time T UE . 
     Then, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) determines whether or not to apply sTTI in accordance with whether or not (Equation 1) described above is satisfied on the basis of the coefficient a and the timing advance value T ADV  previously decided ant the processing time T UE  acquired from the terminal apparatus  200 . In addition, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) may set sTTI such that (Equation 1) described above is satisfied at this time (S 111 ). Then, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of sTTI (S 113 ) In this manner, the terminal apparatus  200  can recognize whether or not sTTI has been applied and the setting (for example, the TTI length and the like of applied sTTI) of sTTI. Note that the determination unit  155  corresponds to an example of the “control unit” that decides the minimum unit of the transmission time. 
     Note that a method in which the base station  100  notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of sTTI is not particularly limited. For example, the base station  100  may notify the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of sTTI by using an existing message. In a more specific example, the base station  100  may utilize “RRC Connection Reconfiguration” for notifying the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of sTTI. In this case, a notification of new information regarding setting of sTTI may be provided by an “otherConfig” information element (IE), for example. Also, a notification of information (for example, an SFN value, a value designating a resource block, and the like) that indicates a location of a resource that is a target of the setting of sTTI may be provide in addition to the information regarding the setting of sTTI. 
     In addition, a new message for providing notifications of the information regarding the setting of sTTI and the information indicating the location of the resource as the target of the setting of sTTI may be defined in another example. 
     In addition, a timing at which newly decided sTTI is applied and a method of controlling the timing may be set in accordance with the properties of the system. 
     For example, the base station  100  receives a response to the notification of the information regarding the setting of sTTI from the terminal apparatus  200  and may apply newly decided sTTI after the reception of the response. More specifically, in a case in which the terminal apparatus  200  receives the notification of the information regarding the setting of sTTI from the base terminal  100 , the terminal apparatus  200  may transmit a response message such as “PRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete” as a response to the notification to the base station  100 . In this case, the base station  100  may apply newly decided sTTI after a predetermined sub-frame from the reception of the response message from the terminal apparatus  200  or after counting of a predetermined time measured by a timer or the like. In addition, the terminal apparatus  200  may recognize a timing at which newly decided sTTI is applied by a logic that is similar to that for the base station  100 . 
     In addition, the terminal apparatus  200  may recognize the timing at which sTTI is applied on the basis of the information (for example, an SFN number and a resource pool ID (that is, a resource group to which sTTI is applied) of sTTI) indicating the location of the resource to which the newly decided sTTI is applied from the base station  100  in another example. 
     In addition, as long as the terminal apparatus  200  can notify the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE , a medium used for the method or the notification thereof is not particularly limited. For example, the terminal apparatus  200  may notify the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  by utilizing another RRC message other than the RRC connection request. In a specific example, the terminal apparatus  200  may utilize a message such as “RRCConnectionSetupComplete” or “PRCConnectionReconifigurationComplete” for the notification of the information regarding the processing time T UE . 
     In addition, the terminal apparatus  200  may utilize messages such as “Measurement Report”, “UE Capability Information”, “UE Information Response”, and “UE Assistance Information for providing the notification of the information regarding the processing time T UE  in another example. For example, the terminal apparatus  200  may include the information regarding the processing time T IDE  in “UE Information Response” when the terminal apparatus  200  transmits “UE Information Response” as a response to this “UE Information Request” transmitted from the base station  100 . For example, the terminal apparatus  200  is set by “RRCConnectionReconfiguration” such that the terminal apparatus  200  can transmit “Power preference indication” by utilizing “UE Assistance Information” to the base station  100 . In a manner similar to that in this case, the terminal apparatus  200  may be set by “RRCConnectionReconfiguration” such that the terminal apparatus  200  can transmit the information regarding the processing time T UE  to the base station  100  by utilizing “UE Assistance Information”. 
     In addition, although the above description has been given by focusing on the case in which the existing message is used, it is needless to state that a message for providing a notification of the information regarding the processing time T UE  may be newly defined. 
     The example of the flow of the processing regarding the setting of sTTI has been described above by focusing on the processing performed when the connection between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  is established with reference to  FIG. 8 . 
     (b) Resetting of sTTI in Conjunction with Updating of Timing Advance Value T ADV    
     Next, an example of a flow of processing performed in a case in which sTTI is reset (updated) in conjunction with updating of the timing advance value T ADV  will be described. 
     As described above, the timing advance value T ADV  (in other words, a transmission delay time Tpd) depends on the distance between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200 . That is, the timing advance value T ADV  changes in accordance with movement of the terminal apparatus  200 . Therefore, the base station  100  performs updating of the timing advance value T ADV  as needed on the basis of a signal received from the terminal apparatus  200 . In view of such circumstances, the base station  100  may update (reset) sTTI such that the condition described as (Equation 1) above is satisfied as needed. 
     For example,  FIG. 9  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the embodiment and illustrates an example of a flow of processing regarding the resetting of sTTI in conjunction with the updating of the timing advance value T ADV . 
     First, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) decides the coefficient a in accordance with the properties of the system  1  (S 201 ). In addition, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) notifies the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  (S 203 ). Note that this operation is similar to that in the example described above with reference to  FIG. 8 . 
     In addition, the base station  100  (communication processing unit  151 ) performs updating of the timing advance value T ADV  as needed on the basis of a signal received from the terminal apparatus  200  (S 205 ). Note that in a case in which the updating of the timing advance value T ADV  is performed, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the timing advanced value T ADV  after the updating (S 207 ). 
     Then, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) updates the setting of sTTI such that (Equation 1) described above is satisfied in conjunction with the updating of the timing advance value T ADV  (S 209 ). Then, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of sTTI after the updating (S 211 ). Note that a method of providing the notification of the information regarding the setting of sTTI is as described above. 
     The example of the flow of the processing performed in the case in which sTTI is reset (updated) in conjunction with the updating of the timing advance value T ADV  has been described with reference to  FIG. 9 . Under the control as described above, the base station  100  can reset sTTI in accordance with the environment of the communication (for example, the distance) with the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     (c) Selection of Processing Time T UE  from Candidates 
     Next, an example of an operation performed in a case in which the terminal apparatus  200  notifies the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  will be described. As described above, the terminal apparatus  200  notifies the base station  100  of the processing time T UE  required to execute various kinds of processing such as decoding of received data and generation of transmitted data. At this time, the terminal apparatus  200  may select the information to be provided in the notification to the base station in a list of predetermined candidates. Thus, an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in a case in which the terminal apparatus  200  selects the information regarding the processing time T UE  provided in the notification to the base station  100  in the list of the predetermined candidates will be described with reference to  FIG. 10 .  FIG. 10  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the embodiment and illustrates an example of a flow of the processing performed in the case in which the terminal apparatus  200  selects the information regarding the processing time T UE  in the list of the predetermined candidates. 
     In  FIG. 10 , the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) manages the list of the candidates of the processing time T UE  and distributes the list as system information to the terminal apparatus  200  in the cell (S 301 ). Then, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) selects a more preferred processing time T UE  from among the candidates in the distributed list on the basis of a time required to complete demodulation processing, for example, and notifies the base station  100  of information indicating the selected candidate as the information regarding the processing time T UE  (S 303 ). 
     Note that as long as the terminal apparatus  200  can notify the base station  100  of the information indicating the selected candidate of the processing time T UE , the method thereof is not particularly limited. For example, the terminal apparatus  200  may notify the base station  100  of the information indicating the selected candidate of the processing time T UE  through RRC signaling. Alternatively, the terminal apparatus  200  may notify the base station  100  of the information indicating the selected candidate of the processing time T UE  through media access control (MAC) control in another example. 
     Note that the following processing is similar to that in the example described above with reference to  FIGS. 8 and 9 . That is, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) sets sTTI such that (Equation 1) described above is satisfied, on the basis of the coefficient a and the timing advance value T ADV  previously decided and the processing time T UE  acquired from the terminal apparatus  200  (S 305 ). Then, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of sTTI (S 307 ). 
     Note that although the example in which the base station  100  notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the list of the candidates of the processing time T UE  has been described above, the embodiment is not necessarily limited only to the aforementioned example as long as the terminal apparatus  200  can recognize the candidates of the processing time T UE . In a specific example, the list of the candidates of the processing time T UE  may be defined in advance through an agreement or the like. In this case, the list of the candidates of the processing time T UE  may be stored in advance in the terminal apparatus  200 , for example. Alternatively, the base station  100  may individually notify the terminal apparatus  200  of the list of the candidates of the processing time T UE , through RRC signaling in another example. 
     The example of the flow of the series of processing performed in the case in which the terminal apparatus  200  selects the information regarding the processing time T UE  provided in the notification to the base station  100  in the list of the predetermined candidates has been described above with reference to  FIG. 10 . 
     (d) Resetting of sTTI in Accordance with Change in Processing Time T UE    
     Next, an example of a flow of processing performed in a case in which sTTI is reset (updated) in conjunction with a change in the processing time T UE  will be described. 
     Specifically, a case in which the processing time T UE  (for example, a time required to demodulate received data, generate transmitted data, and the like) of the terminal apparatus  200  changes can be assumed depending on a state (for example, a processing load or the like) on the side of the terminal apparatus  200 . In view of such circumstances, the base station  100  may update (reset) sTTI such that the condition described above as (Equation 1) is satisfied as needed in response to the notification of the information regarding the processing time T UE  after the change from the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     For example,  FIG. 11  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the embodiment and illustrates an example of a flow of processing regarding the resetting of sTTI in conjunction with the updating of the processing time T UE . 
     The terminal apparatus  200  (communication processing unit  241 ) updates the processing time T UE , by calculating the processing time T UE  again in a case in which the time required to demodulate received data, generate transmitted data, and the like changes in conjunction with changes in various states or conditions (S 401 ). Note that the method of calculating the processing time T UE  is as described above. Then, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) notifies the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  after the updating (S 403 ). 
     Note that a trigger by which the terminal apparatus  200  updates the processing time T UE  (in other words, a trigger by which the terminal apparatus  200  performs the calculation again) or a trigger by which the terminal apparatus  200  provides the notification of the processing time T UE  after the updating are not particularly limited. For example, in a case in which the terminal apparatus  200  detects occurrence of a phenomenon (for example, an event or the like) in which a time or the like required to demodulate received data and generate transmitted data can change, the terminal apparatus  200  may update the processing time T UE  and notify the base station  100  of the processing time T UE  after the updating. Alternatively, the terminal apparatus  200  may periodically update the processing time T UE  at every predetermined period of time and notify the base station  100  of the processing time T UE  after the updating in another example. 
     Under the control as described above, the base station  100  can recognize the processing time T UE  after the updating in the case in which the processing time T UE  is updated by the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     Then, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) updates the setting of sTTI such that (Equation 1) described above is satisfied in a case in which the base station  100  receives the notification of the processing time T UE  after the updating from the terminal apparatus  200  (S 405 ). Then, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of information regarding setting of sTTI after the updating (S 407 ). Note that a method of providing the notification of the information regarding the setting of sTTI is as described above. 
     Under the control as described above, the terminal apparatus  200  can adaptively reset the processing time T UE  in accordance with changes in various states and conditions. In addition, the base station  100  can adaptively update the setting of sTTI in accordance with the processing time T UE  after the updating even in a case in which the processing time T UE  is updated by the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     In addition,  FIG. 12  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the embodiment and illustrates another example of the flow of the processing regarding the resetting of sTTI in conjunction with the updating of the processing time T UE . Specifically,  FIG. 12  illustrates an example in a case in which the terminal apparatus  200  updates (calculates again) the processing time T UE  in consideration of the timing advance value T ADV  after the updating in a case in which the timing advance value T ADV  is updated. 
     Specifically, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the timing advance value T ADV  after updating in a case in which the base station  100  updates the timing advance value T ADV  (S 501 ) as described above. In response to the notification, the terminal apparatus  200  (communication processing unit  241 ) may update the processing time T UE  in consideration of the timing advance value T ADV  after the updating provided in the notification. Note that a relationship between the timing advance value T ADV  and the processing time T UE  (in other words, the terminal processing time) is as described above with reference to  FIGS. 3 and 4 , for example. Then, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) notifies the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  after the updating (S 503 ). 
     Note that the following processing is similar to that in the example described with reference to  FIG. 11 . That is, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) updates the setting of sTTI such that (Equation 1) described above is satisfied in a case in which the base station  100  receives the notification of the processing time T UE  after the updating from the terminal apparatus  200  (S 505 ). Then, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of information regarding setting of 1sTTI after the updating (S 507 ). 
     Under the control as described above, the terminal apparatus  200  can adaptively reset the processing time T UE  in accordance with the change in the timing advance value T ADV . 
     In addition, the terminal apparatus  200  may be triggered by a buffer status report (BSR) to update the processing time T UE  and notify the base station  100  of the processing time T UE  after the updating. For example,  FIG. 13  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processing performed in the system according to the embodiment and illustrates another example of the flow of the processing regarding the resetting of sTTI in conjunction with the updating of the processing time T UE . 
     Specifically, the terminal apparatus  200  (communication processing unit  241 ) transmits information regarding the data amount (that is, the transmission buffer amount) of uplink data that remains in the terminal apparatus  200  as BSR to the base station  100  if the uplink data as a target of transmission to the base station  100  occurs (S 601 ). At this time, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) is triggered by the BSR to notify the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  after the updating (S 603 ). Alternatively, the terminal apparatus  200  (notification unit  245 ) may notify the base station  100  of the information regarding the processing time T UE  after the updating such that the information is included in BSR in another example. 
     Note that BSR is an MAC control command and the notification of the processing time T UE  may also be provided through MAC control. In general, an MAC control command is prepared as a mechanism for providing a notification of an operation state of the terminal apparatus  200  in an MAC level in LTE. Although the MAC control command is transmitted to the base station  100  by an MAC control element, higher priority than that of user data is provided thereto when the MAC control command is multiplexed with an MAC protocol data unit (PDU). Note that as the MAC control element, there are a timing advance command MAC control element, a discontinuous reception (DRX) command MAC control element, and the like, for example, in addition to the aforementioned BSR. Note that the timing advance command MAC control element serves as a timing advance command. In addition, the DRX command MAC control element serves as a DRX command. 
     Note that the following processing is similar to that in the example described with reference to  FIG. 11 . That is, the base station  100  (determination unit  155 ) updates the setting of sTTI such that (Equation 1) described above is satisfied in a case in which the base station  100  receives the notification of the processing time T UE  after the updating from the terminal apparatus  200  (S 605 ). Then, the base station  100  (notification unit  157 ) notifies the terminal apparatus  200  of the information regarding the setting of 1sTTI after the updating (S 607 ). 
     The example of the flow of the processing performed in the case in which s TTI is reset (updated) in conjunction with the change in the processing time T UE  has been described above with reference to  FIGS. 11 to 13 . Under the control as described above, the base station  100  can adaptively reset sTTI in accordance with a state (for example, a state of a load) of the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     4. Application Examples 
     The technology according to the present disclosure is applicable to various products. The base station  100  may also be implemented, for example, as any type of evolved Node B (eNB) such as macro eNBs and small eNBs. Small eNBs may be eNBs that cover smaller cells than the macrocells, such as pico eNBs, micro eNBs, or home (femto) eNBs. Instead, the base station  100  may be implemented as another type of base station such as Nodes B or base transceiver stations (BTSs). The base station  100  may include the main apparatus (which is also referred to as base station apparatus) that controls wireless communication and one or more remote radio heads (RRHs) that are disposed at different locations from that of the main apparatus. Also, various types of terminals described below may function as the base station  100  by temporarily or semi-permanently executing the functionality of the base station. Furthermore, at least some of structural elements of the base station  100  may be realized in a base station apparatus or a module for a base station apparatus. 
     Further, the terminal apparatus  200  may be implemented, for example, as a mobile terminal such as smartphones, tablet personal computers (PCs), notebook PCs, portable game terminals, portable/dongle mobile routers, and digital cameras, or an in-vehicle terminal such as car navigation apparatuses. Further, the terminal apparatus  200  may be implemented as a machine type communication (MTC) terminal for establishing a machine to machine (M2M) communication. 
     Furthermore, at least some of structural elements of the terminal apparatus  200  may be implemented as a module (e.g., integrated circuit module including a single die) that is mounted on these terminals. 
     4.1. Application Examples for Base Station 
     First Application Example 
       FIG. 14  is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a 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 . Each antenna  810  and the base station apparatus  820  may be connected to each other via an RF cable. 
     Each of the antennas  810  includes a single or a plurality of antenna elements (e.g., a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna) and is used for the base station apparatus  820  to transmit and receive a wireless signal. The eNB  800  may include the plurality of the antennas  810  as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , and the plurality of antennas  810  may, for example, correspond to a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  800 . It should be noted that while  FIG. 14  illustrates an example in which the eNB  800  includes the plurality of antennas  810 , the eNB  800  may include the single 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 an upper layer of the base station apparatus  820 . For example, the controller  821  generates a data packet from data in a signal processed by the wireless communication interface  825 , and transfers the generated packet via the network interface  823 . The controller  821  may generate a bundled packet by bundling data from a plurality of baseband processors to transfer the generated bundled packet. Further, the controller  821  may also have a logical function of performing control such as radio resource control, radio bearer control, mobility management, admission control, and scheduling. Further, the control may be performed in cooperation with a surrounding eNB or a core network node. The memory  822  includes a RANI and a ROM, and stores a program executed by the controller  821  and a variety of control data (such as, for example, terminal list, transmission power data, and scheduling data). 
     The network interface  823  is a communication interface for connecting the base station apparatus  820  to the 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 (e.g., S1 interface or X2 interface). The network interface  823  may be a wired communication interface or a wireless communication interface for wireless backhaul. In the 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 a cellular communication system such as long term evolution (LTE) or LTE-Advanced, and provides wireless connection to a terminal located within the cell of the eNB  800  via the antenna  810 . The wireless communication interface  825  may typically include a baseband (BB) processor  826 , an RF circuit  827 , and the like. The BB processor  826  may, for example, perform encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, multiplexing/demultiplexing, and the like, and performs a variety of signal processing on each layer (e.g., L1, medium access control (MAC), radio link control (RLC), and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP)). The BB processor  826  may have part or all of the logical functions as described above instead of the controller  821 . The BB processor  826  may be a module including a memory having a communication control program stored therein, a processor to execute the program, and a related circuit, and the function of the BB processor  826  may be changeable by updating the program. Further, the module may be a card or blade to be inserted into a slot of the base station apparatus  820 , or a chip mounted on the card or the blade. Meanwhile, the RF circuit  827  may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits and receives a wireless signal via the antenna  810 . 
     The wireless communication interface  825  may include a plurality of the BB processors  826  as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , and the plurality of BB processors  826  may, for example, correspond to a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  800 . Further, the wireless communication interface  825  may also include a plurality of the RF circuits  827 , as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , and the plurality of RF circuits  827  may, for example, correspond to a plurality of antenna elements. Note that  FIG. 14  illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface  825  includes the plurality of BB processors  826  and the plurality of RF circuits  827 , but the wireless communication interface  825  may include the single BB processor  826  or the single RF circuit  827 . 
     In the eNB  800  illustrated in  FIG. 14 , one or more structural elements included in the processing unit  150  (at least any of the communication processing unit  151 , the information acquisition unit  153 , the determination unit  155 , and the notification unit  157 ) described with reference to  FIG. 6  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  825 . Alternatively, at least some of these structural elements may be implemented by the controller  821 . As an example, a module which includes a part (for example, the BB processor  826 ) or all of the wireless communication interface  825  and/or the controller  821  may be mounted in the eNB  800 , and the one or more structural elements may be implemented by the module. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements (i.e., a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more structural elements) and may execute the program. As another example, the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be installed in the eNB  800 , and the wireless communication interface  825  (for example, the BB processor  826 ) and/or the controller  821  may execute the program. As described above, the eNB  800 , the base station apparatus  820 , or the module may be provided as an apparatus which includes the one or more structural elements, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be provided. In addition, a readable recording medium in which the program is recorded may be provided. 
     In addition, in the eNB  800  illustrated in  FIG. 14 , the wireless communication unit  120  described with reference to  FIG. 6  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  825  (for example, the RF circuit  827 ). Moreover, the antenna unit  110  may be implemented by the antenna  810 . In addition, the network communication unit  130  may be implemented by the controller  821  and/or the network interface  823 . Further, the storage unit  140  may be implemented by the memory  822 . 
     Second Application Example 
       FIG. 15  is a block diagram illustrating a second example of a 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 . Each of the antennas  840  and the RRH  860  may be connected to each other via an RF cable. Further, the base station apparatus  850  and the RRH  860  may be connected to each other by a high speed line such as optical fiber cables. 
     Each of the antennas  840  includes a single or a plurality of antenna elements (e.g., antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna), and is used for the RRH  860  to transmit and receive a wireless signal. The eNB  830  may include a plurality of the antennas  840  as illustrated in  FIG. 15 , and the plurality of antennas  840  may, for example, correspond to a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  830 . Note that  FIG. 15  illustrates an example in which the eNB  830  includes the plurality of antennas  840 , but the eNB  830  may include the single 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. 14 . 
     The wireless communication interface  855  supports a cellular communication system such as LTE and LTE-Advanced, and provides wireless connection to a terminal located in a sector corresponding to the RRH  860  via the RRH  860  and the antenna  840 . The wireless communication interface  855  may typically include a BB processor  856  or the like. The BB processor  856  is similar to the BB processor  826  described with reference to  FIG. 14  except that the BB processor  856  is connected to an RF circuit  864  of the RRH  860  via the connection interface  857 . The wireless communication interface  855  may include a plurality of the BB processors  856 , as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , and the plurality of BB processors  856  may, for example, correspond to a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB  830 . Note that  FIG. 15  illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface  855  includes the plurality of BB processors  856 , but the wireless communication interface  855  may include the single 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 be a communication module for communication on the high speed line which 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 be a communication module for communication on the high speed line. 
     The wireless communication interface  863  transmits and receives a wireless signal via the antenna  840 . The wireless communication interface  863  may typically include the RF circuit  864  or the like. The RF circuit  864  may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier and the like, and transmits and receives a wireless signal via the antenna  840 . The wireless communication interface  863  may include a plurality of the RF circuits  864  as illustrated in  FIG. 15 , and the plurality of RF circuits  864  may, for example, correspond to a plurality of antenna elements. Note that  FIG. 15  illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface  863  includes the plurality of RF circuits  864 , but the wireless communication interface  863  may include the single RF circuit  864 . 
     In the eNB  830  illustrated in  FIG. 15 , one or more structural elements included in the processing unit  150  (at least any of the communication processing unit  151 , the information acquisition unit  153 , the determination unit  155 , and the notification unit  157 ) described with reference to  FIG. 4  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  855  and/or the wireless communication interface  863 . Alternatively, at least some of these structural elements may be implemented by the controller  851 . As an example, a module which includes a part (for example, the BB processor  856 ) or all of the wireless communication interface  855  and/or the controller  851  may be mounted in the eNB  830 , and the one or more structural elements may be implemented by the module. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements (i.e., a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more structural elements) and may execute the program. As another example, the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be installed in the eNB  830 , and the wireless communication interface  855  (for example, the BB processor  856 ) and/or the controller  851  may execute the program. As described above, the eNB  830 , the base station apparatus  850 , or the module may be provided as an apparatus which includes the one or more structural elements, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be provided. In addition, a readable recording medium in which the program is recorded may be provided. 
     In addition, in the eNB  830  illustrated in  FIG. 10 , for example, the wireless communication unit  120  described with reference to  FIG. 4  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  863  (for example, the RF circuit  864 ). Moreover, the antenna unit  110  may be implemented by the antenna  840 . In addition, the network communication unit  130  may be implemented by the controller  851  and/or the network interface  853 . Further, the storage unit  140  may be implemented by the memory  852 . 
     4.2. Application Examples for Terminal Apparatus 
     First Application Example 
       FIG. 16  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a 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 system on chip (SoC), and controls the functions of an application layer and other layers of the smartphone  900 . The memory  902  includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program executed by the processor  901  and data. The storage  903  may include a storage medium such as semiconductor memories and hard disks. The external connection interface  904  is an interface for connecting the smartphone  900  to an externally attached device such as memory cards and universal serial bus (USB) devices. 
     The camera  906  includes, for example, an image sensor such as charge coupled devices (CCDs) and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), and generates a captured image. The sensor  907  may include a sensor group including, for example, a positioning sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor and the like. The microphone  908  converts a sound that is input into the smartphone  900  to an audio signal. The input device  909  includes, for example, a touch sensor which detects that a screen of the display device  910  is touched, a key pad, a keyboard, a button, a switch or the like, and accepts an operation or an information input from a user. The display device  910  includes a screen such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, and displays an output image of the smartphone  900 . The speaker  911  converts the audio signal that is output from the smartphone  900  to a sound. 
     The wireless communication interface  912  supports a cellular communication system such as LTE or LTE-Advanced, and performs wireless communication. The wireless communication interface  912  may typically include the BB processor  913 , the RF circuit  914 , and the like. The BB processor  913  may, for example, perform encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, multiplexing/demultiplexing, and the like, and performs a variety of types of signal processing for wireless communication. On the other hand, the RF circuit  914  may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits and receives a wireless signal via the antenna  916 . The wireless communication interface  912  may be a one-chip module in which the BB processor  913  and the RF circuit  914  are integrated. The wireless communication interface  912  may include a plurality of BB processors  913  and a plurality of RF circuits  914  as illustrated in  FIG. 16 . Note that  FIG. 16  illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface  912  includes a plurality of BB processors  913  and a plurality of RF circuits  914 , but the wireless communication interface  912  may include a single BB processor  913  or a single RF circuit  914 . 
     Further, the wireless communication interface  912  may support other types of wireless communication system such as a short range wireless communication system, a near field communication system, and a wireless local area network (LAN) system in addition to the cellular communication system, and in this case, the wireless communication interface  912  may include the BB processor  913  and the RF circuit  914  for each wireless communication system. 
     Each antenna switch  915  switches a connection destination of the antenna  916  among a plurality of circuits (for example, circuits for different wireless communication systems) included in the wireless communication interface  912 . 
     Each of the antennas  916  includes one or more antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna) and is used for transmission and reception of the wireless signal by the wireless communication interface  912 . The smartphone  900  may include a plurality of antennas  916  as illustrated in  FIG. 16 . Note that  FIG. 16  illustrates an example in which the smartphone  900  includes a plurality of antennas  916 , but the smartphone  900  may include a single antenna  916 . 
     Further, the smartphone  900  may include the antenna  916  for each wireless communication system. In this case, the antenna switch  915  may be omitted from a 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. 16  via a feeder line that is partially illustrated in the figure as a dashed line. The auxiliary controller  919 , for example, operates a minimally necessary function of the smartphone  900  in a sleep mode. 
     In the smartphone  900  illustrated in  FIG. 16 , one or more structural elements included in the processing unit  240  (at least any of the communication processing unit  241 , the information acquisition unit  243 , and the notification unit  245 ) described with reference to  FIG. 7  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  912 . Alternatively, at least some of these structural elements may be implemented by the processor  901  or the auxiliary controller  919 . As an example, a module which includes a part (for example, the BB processor  913 ) or all of the wireless communication interface  912 , the processor  901 , and/or the auxiliary controller  919  may be mounted in the smartphone  900 , and the one or more structural elements may be implemented by the module. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements (i.e., a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more structural elements) and may execute the program. As another example, the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be installed in the smartphone  900 , and the wireless communication interface  912  (for example, the BB processor  913 ), the processor  901 , and/or the auxiliary controller  919  may execute the program. As described above, the smartphone  900  or the module may be provided as an apparatus which includes the one or more structural elements, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be provided. In addition, a readable recording medium in which the program is recorded may be provided. 
     In addition, in the smartphone  900  illustrated in  FIG. 16 , for example, the wireless communication unit  220  described with reference to  FIG. 7  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  912  (for example, the RF circuit  914 ). Moreover, the antenna unit  210  may be implemented by the antenna  916 . Further, the storage unit  230  may be implemented by the memory  902 . 
     Second Application Example 
       FIG. 17  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a 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 global positioning system (GPS) 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 an SoC, and controls the navigation function and the other functions of the car navigation apparatus  920 . The memory  922  includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program executed by the processor  921  and data. 
     The GPS module  924  uses a GPS signal received from a GPS satellite to measure the position (e.g., latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the car navigation apparatus  920 . The sensor  925  may include a sensor group including, for example, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a barometric sensor and the like. The data interface  926  is, for example, connected to an in-vehicle network  941  via a terminal that is not illustrated, and acquires data such as vehicle speed data generated on the vehicle side. 
     The content player  927  reproduces content stored in a storage medium (e.g., CD or DVD) inserted into the storage medium interface  928 . The input device  929  includes, for example, a touch sensor which detects that a screen of the display device  930  is touched, a button, a switch or the like, and accepts operation or information input from a user. The display device  930  includes a screen such as LCDs and OLED displays, and displays an image of the navigation function or the reproduced content. The speaker  931  outputs a sound of the navigation function or the reproduced content. 
     The wireless communication interface  933  supports a cellular communication system such as LTE or LTE-Advanced, and performs wireless communication. The wireless communication interface  933  may typically include the BB processor  934 , the RF circuit  935 , and the like. The BB processor  934  may, for example, perform encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, multiplexing/demultiplexing, and the like, and performs a variety of types of signal processing for wireless communication. On the other hand, the RF circuit  935  may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits and receives a wireless signal via the antenna  937 . The wireless communication interface  933  may be a one-chip module in which the BB processor  934  and the RF circuit  935  are integrated. The wireless communication interface  933  may include a plurality of BB processors  934  and a plurality of RF circuits  935  as illustrated in  FIG. 17 . Note that  FIG. 17  illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface  933  includes a plurality of BB processors  934  and a plurality of RF circuits  935 , but the wireless communication interface  933  may include a single BB processor  934  or a single RF circuit  935 . 
     Further, the wireless communication interface  933  may support other types of wireless communication system such as a short range wireless communication system, a near field communication system, and a wireless LAN system in addition to the cellular communication system, and in this case, the wireless communication interface  933  may include the BB processor  934  and the RF circuit  935  for each wireless communication system. 
     Each antenna switch  936  switches a connection destination of the antenna  937  among a plurality of circuits (for example, circuits for different wireless communication systems) included in the wireless communication interface  933 . 
     Each of the antennas  937  includes one or more antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna) and is used for transmission and reception of the wireless signal by the wireless communication interface  933 . The car navigation apparatus  920  may include a plurality of antennas  937  as illustrated in  FIG. 17 . Note that  FIG. 17  illustrates an example in which the car navigation apparatus  920  includes a plurality of antennas  937 , but the car navigation apparatus  920  may include a single antenna  937 . 
     Further, the car navigation apparatus  920  may include the antenna  937  for each wireless communication system. In this case, the antenna switch  936  may be omitted from a 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. 17  via a feeder line that is partially illustrated in the figure as a dashed line. Further, the battery  938  accumulates the electric power supplied from the vehicle. 
     In the car navigation apparatus  920  illustrated in  FIG. 17 , one or more structural elements included in the processing unit  240  (at least any of the communication processing unit  241 , the information acquisition unit  243 , and the notification unit  245 ) described with reference to  FIG. 7  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  933 . Alternatively, at least some of these structural elements may be implemented by the processor  921 . As an example, a module which includes a part (for example, the BB processor  934 ) or all of the wireless communication interface  933  and/or the processor  921  may be mounted in the car navigation apparatus  920 , and the one or more structural elements may be implemented by the module. In this case, the module may store a program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements (i.e., a program for causing the processor to execute operations of the one or more structural elements) and may execute the program. As another example, the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be installed in the car navigation apparatus  920 , and the wireless communication interface  933  (for example, the BB processor  934 ) and/or the processor  921  may execute the program. As described above, the car navigation apparatus  920  or the module may be provided as an apparatus which includes the one or more structural elements, and the program for causing the processor to function as the one or more structural elements may be provided. In addition, a readable recording medium in which the program is recorded may be provided. 
     In addition, in the car navigation apparatus  920  illustrated in  FIG. 17 , for example, the wireless communication unit  220  described with reference to  FIG. 7  may be implemented by the wireless communication interface  933  (for example, the RF circuit  935 ). Moreover, the antenna unit  210  may be implemented by the antenna  937 . Further, the storage unit  230  may be implemented by the memory  922 . 
     The technology of the present disclosure may also be realized as an in-vehicle system (or a vehicle)  940  including one or more blocks of the car navigation apparatus  920 , the in-vehicle network  941 , and a vehicle module  942 . In other words, the in-vehicle system (or a vehicle)  940  may be provided as an apparatus which includes at least any of the communication processing unit  241 , the information acquisition unit  243 , and the notification unit  245 . The vehicle module  942  generates vehicle data such as vehicle speed, engine speed, and trouble information, and outputs the generated data to the in-vehicle network  941 . 
     5. Conclusion 
     The embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above in detail with reference to  FIGS. 1 to 17 . As described above, the terminal apparatus  200  notifies the base station  100  of the processing time T UE  decided in accordance with the terminal apparatus  200  in the system according to the embodiment. In addition, the base station  100  decides the minimum unit (that is, sTTI) of the transmission time in communication with the terminal apparatus  200  on the basis of the processing time T UE  decided in accordance with the terminal apparatus  200  and the timing advance value T ADV  decided in accordance with the environment of the communication with the terminal apparatus  200 . With such a configuration, according to the system of the embodiment, it is possible to set the minimum unit of the transmission time in the wireless communication in a more preferred form in accordance with the environment of the communication between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  and the state, the performance, and the like of the terminal apparatus  200 . 
     In addition, according to the system of the embodiment, it is possible to adaptively update the minimum unit of the transmission time in accordance with the change in conditions even under the condition in which the environment of the communication between the base station  100  and the terminal apparatus  200  and the state (for example, a processing load) of the terminal apparatus  200  change. 
     The preferred embodiment(s) of the present disclosure has/have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, whilst the present disclosure is not limited to the above examples. A person skilled in the art may find various alterations and modifications within the scope of the appended claims, and it should be understood that they will naturally come under the technical scope of the present disclosure. 
     Further, the effects described in this specification are merely illustrative or exemplified effects, and are not limitative. That is, with or in the place of the above effects, the technology according to the present disclosure may achieve other effects that are clear to those skilled in the art from the description of this specification. 
     Additionally, the present technology may also be configured as below. 
     (1) 
     An apparatus including: 
     a communication unit that performs wireless communication; and 
     a control unit that decides a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication on a basis of a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus and a second processing time that is decided in accordance with a communication environment. 
     (2) 
     The apparatus according to (1), in which the control unit performs control such that information regarding the decided minimum unit is transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication. 
     (3) 
     The apparatus according to (1) or (2), in which the control unit decides the minimum unit sTTI such that a following condition is satisfied on a basis of a predetermined coefficient a in a case in which the first processing time is defined as T UE  and the second processing time is defined as T ADV .
 
 T   UE   ±T   ADB   &lt;a *sTTI  [Math. 2]
 
(4)
 
     The apparatus according to any one of (1) to (3), including: 
     an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding the first processing time from the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication. 
     (5) 
     The apparatus according to (4), 
     in which the control unit performs control such that information regarding a candidate of the first processing time is transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication, and 
     the acquisition unit acquires the information regarding the first processing time from the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication after the information regarding the candidate of the first processing time is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. 
     (6) 
     The apparatus according to (5), in which the control unit performs control such that the information regarding the candidate of the first processing time is transmitted as system information. 
     (7) 
     The apparatus according to any one of (1) to (6), in which the second processing time is decided in accordance with a distance from the terminal apparatus. 
     (8) 
     The apparatus according to any one of (1) to (7), in which in a case in which the first processing time is updated, the control unit newly decides the minimum unit in accordance with the first processing time after the updating and performs control such that information regarding the decided minimum unit is transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication. 
     (9) 
     The apparatus according to any one of (1) to (8), in which in a case in which the second processing time is updated, the control unit newly decides the minimum unit in accordance with the second processing time after the updating and performs control such that information regarding the decided minimum time is transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication. 
     (10) 
     An apparatus including: 
     a communication unit that performs wireless communication; and 
     a control unit that performs control such that information indicating a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus for deciding a minimum time of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication is transmitted to a base station via the wireless communication. 
     (11) 
     The apparatus according to (10), including: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding the minimum unit decided on a basis of the first processing time and a second processing time decided in accordance with a communication environment from the base station via the wireless communication. 
     (12) 
     The apparatus according to (11), in which the acquisition unit acquires the information regarding the minimum unit from the base station via the wireless communication after the information regarding the first processing time is transmitted to the base station. 
     (13) 
     The apparatus according to (11) or (12), in which in a case in which the second processing time is updated, the control unit performs control such that information indicating the first processing time in accordance with the second processing time after the updating is transmitted to a base station via the wireless communication. 
     (14) 
     The apparatus according to any one of (10) to (13), in which the control unit performs control such that information regarding the first processing time decided from among predetermined candidates is transmitted to the base station via the wireless communication. 
     (15) 
     The apparatus according to (14), in which information regarding the candidates of the first processing time is transmitted from the base station via the wireless communication. 
     (16) 
     The apparatus according to any one of (10) to (15), in which in a case in which a report regarding a transmission buffer amount is transmitted to the base station, the control unit performs control such that the information indicating the first processing time is transmitted to the base station in association with the report. 
     (17) 
     A method including: 
     performing wireless communication; and 
     deciding, by a processor, a minimum unit of a transmission time on a basis of a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus and a second processing time that is decided in accordance with a communication environment. 
     (18) 
     A method including: 
     performing wireless communication; and 
     performing, by a processor, control such that information indicating a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus for deciding a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication is transmitted to a base station via the wireless communication. 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
     
         
           1  system 
           100  base station 
           110  antenna unit 
           120  wireless communication unit 
           130  network communication unit 
           140  storage unit 
           150  processing unit 
           151  communication processing unit 
           153  information acquisition unit 
           155  determination unit 
           157  notification unit 
           200  terminal apparatus 
           210  antenna unit 
           220  wireless communication unit 
           230  storage unit 
           240  processing unit 
           241  communication processing unit 
           243  information acquisition unit 
           245  notification unit