IP Library Granted Patent US 9,883,467
Granted Patent B2
US 9,883,467 · App. 15/123,267 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Terminal device, base station device, communication system, control method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Katsunari Uemura (Sakai, JP); Yasuyuki Kato (Sakai, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W52/365H04W52/34H04W72/0413
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Patent No.
US 9,883,467
App. No.
15/123,267
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a terminal device that uses a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are grouped into a cell group for a first base station device and a cell group for a second base station device, and processing for activation/deactivation of the plurality of cells is performed on a cell in the cell group that receive a control element indicating the activation/deactivation, and in a case where the cell group for the second base station is added, a power headroom indicating capacity available for transmit power in the plurality of cells is determined as being triggered, and power headrooms of the plurality of cells that are activated are reported.

Claims (35)

1. A terminal device configured to perform communication using a first cell group including a primary cell for a first base station device and a second cell group including a primary secondary cell for a second base station device, the terminal device comprising:

control circuitry; and

transmission circuitry that transmits a first Medium Access Control (MAC) control element; wherein

in a first case where the primary secondary cell is added:

the control circuitry:

determines that a power headroom report is triggered,

calculates a first value of a first type of power headroom information for the primary cell in the primary cell and a second value of a second type of power headroom information for the primary secondary cell in the primary secondary cell, respectively, and

generates a second MAC control element including the first type of power headroom information and the second type of power headroom information of at least the primary cell and the primary secondary cell, and

the transmission circuitry transmits the second MAC control element.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first case, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) are transmitted on a same subframe, and the control circuitry calculates the first value of the first type of power headroom information in the primary cell and the second value of the second type of power headroom information in the primary secondary cell, respectively.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the first case, cell indexes that correspond to the primary cell and the primary secondary cell are individually configured with an RRC message, and a specific value which indicates a cell that the first type of power headroom information and the second type of power headroom information is reported is configured for a bit for bitmap information that corresponds to the cell indexes.

4. A base station device configured to perform communication using a first cell group including a primary cell for a first base station device and a second cell group including a primary secondary cell for a second base station device, the base station device comprising:

reception circuitry that receives a first Medium Access Control (MAC) control element; wherein

in a first case where the primary secondary cell is added and a power headroom report is triggered:

the reception circuitry receives a second MAC control element,

the second MAC control element includes a first value of a first type of power headroom information for the primary cell and a second value of a second type of power headroom information for the primary secondary cell, the first value and the second value are respectively calculated in the primary cell and in the primary secondary cell.

5. A control method for a terminal device configured to perform communication using

a first cell group including a primary cell for a first base station device and a second cell group including a primary secondary cell for a second base station device, the control method comprising:

transmitting a first Medium Access Control (MAC) control element, wherein

in a first case where the primary secondary cell is added,

determining that a power headroom report is triggered,

calculating a first value of a first type of power headroom information for the primary cell in the primary cell and a second value of a second type of power headroom information for the primary secondary cell in the primary secondary cell, respectively,

generating a second MAC control element including the first type of power headroom information and the second type of power headroom information, and

transmitting the second MAC control element.

6. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

in the first case that, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) are transmitted on the same subframe,

respectively calculating the first value of the first type of power headroom information in the primary cell and the second value of the second type of power headroom information in the primary secondary cell.

7. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

in the first case, individually configuring cell indexes that correspond to the primary cell and the primary secondary cell with an RRC message, and configuring a specific value for a bit for bitmap information that corresponds to the cell indexes, the specific value indicating a cell that the first type of power headroom information and the second type of power headroom information are reported.

8. A control method for a base station device configured to perform communication using a first cell group including a primary cell for a first base station device and a second cell group including a primary secondary cell for a second base station device, the control method comprising:

receiving a first Medium Access Control (MAC) control element, wherein

in a first case where the primary secondary cell is added and a power headroom report is triggered:

receiving a second MAC control element, the second MAC control element includes a first value of a first type of power headroom information for the primary cell and a second value of a second type of power headroom information for the primary secondary cell, the first value and the second value are respectively calculated in the primary cell and the primary secondary cell.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: SHARP CORPORATION (A.K.A. SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059430/0697 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2016
From: UEMURA, KATSUNARI; KATO, YASUYUKI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039622/0195 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-043684 · Mar 6, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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