Now, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the radio communication methods according to the herein-contained embodiments may be used individually or may be used in combination.
(Radio communication method)
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, a base station applies one of the following configurations to a UE:
(1) The base station configures SRs only in the PUCCH used in long TTIs (embodiment 1.1);
(2) The base station configure SRs only in the sPUCCH used in short TTIs (embodiment 1.2); and
(3) The base station configures SRs in both the PUCCH used in long TTIs and the sPUCCH used in short TTIs (embodiment 1.3). Now, each embodiment will be described below.
In embodiment 1.1, an SR is configured in the PUCCH, and an SR is not configured in the sPUCCH. In embodiment 1.1, after the short TTI is set for operation (short TTI operation), a base station may reconfigure the parameters related to SRs (for example, the SR periodicity, the expiration time of the prohibit timer, and so on) in a UE so as to make the transmission delay of the SR shorter.