IP Library Granted Patent US 8,964,645
Granted Patent B2
US 8,964,645 · App. 13/849,296 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Apparatus and method for uplink synchronizing in multiple component carrier system

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Patent No.
US 8,964,645
App. No.
13/849,296
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) is provided. The UE comprises: a receiving unit for receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell, and a radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE, and for reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.

Claims (24)

1. A user equipment (UE) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) that is a group of serving cells with an uplink configured that use the same timing reference cell and the same timing advance value, the UE comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell; and

a radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE, and for reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein if the receiving unit receives the second field with no TAG ID, the TAG includes a primary serving cell (PCell).

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the receiving unit receives the SCell configuration information through an RRC connection reconfiguration message.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the receiving unit receives the SCell configuration information when the UE performs a handover from the serving base station to a target base station.

5. A method of a user equipment (UE) for re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) that is a group of serving cells with an uplink configured that use the same timing reference cell and the same timing advance value, the method comprising:

receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell;

performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE; and

reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein if the second field includes no TAG ID, the TAG includes a primary serving cell (PCell).

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the SCell configuration information is received through an RRC connection reconfiguration message.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the SCell configuration information is received when the UE performs a handover from a serving base station to a target base station.

9. A base station (BS) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) that is a group of serving cells with an uplink configured that use the same timing reference cell and the same timing advance value, the BS comprising:

an radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for generating secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell; and

a transmitting unit for transmitting the SCell configuration information to reorganize the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.

10. The BS of claim 9 , wherein if the RRC processing unit generates the second field with no TAG ID, the TAG includes a primary serving cell (PCell).

11. The BS of claim 9 , wherein the RRC processing unit generates the SCell configuration information when the UE performs a handover from the BS to a target base station.

12. A method of a base station (BS) for re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) that is a group of serving cells with an uplink configured that use the same timing reference cell and the same timing advance value, the method comprising:

generating secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell; and

transmitting the SCell configuration information to reorganize the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein if the second field includes no TAG ID, the TAG includes a primary serving cell (PCell).

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the SCell configuration information is included in an RRC connection reconfiguration message.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the SCell configuration information is generated when the UE performs a handover from the BS to a target base station.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
To: PANTECH CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2017
From: PANTECH INC
To: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
Reel/Frame 041751/0642 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVAL OF PATENTS 09897290, 10824929, 11249232, 11966263 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040654 FRAME: 0749. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Jan 18, 2017
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 10221139 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 040005 FRAME 0257. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 10221139 SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUED IN THIS RECORDAL. Recorded Nov 7, 2016
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
Reel/Frame 040654/0749 →
DE-MERGER Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
Reel/Frame 040005/0257 →