IP Library Granted Patent US 10,015,757
Granted Patent B2
US 10,015,757 · App. 15/262,889 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Uplink timing advance configuration of a wireless device and base station

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC
H04W56/0005
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Patent No.
US 10,015,757
App. No.
15/262,889
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs). A TAG is configurable to consist of one or more downlink-only cells if the wireless device has a first capability, otherwise each TAG comprises one or more downlink-uplink cells. The wireless device receives at least one timing advance command (TAC) for a first TAG. The wireless device applies the TAC to uplink transmission timing of at least one downlink-uplink cell in the first TAG.

Claims (47)

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the wireless device to:

receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs),

wherein the plurality of cells consisting of:

a plurality of downlink-uplink cells, each of the plurality of downlink-uplink cells having a configured uplink and a configured downlink; and

at least one downlink-only cell, each of the at least one downlink-only cell having a configured downlink with no configured uplink; and

wherein a TAG is configurable to consist of one or more downlink-only cells if the wireless device has a first capability, otherwise each TAG comprises one or more downlink-uplink cells in the plurality of downlink-uplink cells;

receive at least one timing advance command (TAC) for a first TAG; and

apply the TAC to uplink transmission timing of at least one downlink-uplink cell in the first TAG.

2. A wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to transmit a second message to a base station, the second message comprising one or more parameters indicating the first capability.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the first TAG comprises a first subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the first TAG being derived employing a first cell in the first TAG.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein time alignment timer of a second TAG is disabled when the second TAG consists of one or more downlink-only cells.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein time alignment timer is not configured for a second TAG when the second TAG consists of one or more downlink-only cells.

6. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message comprises a TAG index for a TAG.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the TAC comprises a TAG index and a timing advance value.

8. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the wireless device to:

receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs),

wherein the plurality of cells consisting of:

a plurality of downlink-uplink cells, each of the plurality of downlink-uplink cells having a configured uplink and a configured downlink; and

at least one downlink-only cell, each of the at least one downlink-only cell having a configured downlink with no configured uplink; and

wherein a TAG is configurable to consist of one or more downlink-only cells if the one or more downlink-only cells are unlicensed cells, otherwise the TAG comprises one or more downlink-uplink cells in the plurality of downlink-uplink cells;

receive at least one timing advance command (TAC) for a first TAG; and

apply the TAC to uplink transmission timing of at least one downlink-uplink cell in the first TAG.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the first TAG comprises a first subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the first TAG being derived employing a first cell in the first TAG.

10. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein time alignment timer of a second TAG is disabled when the second TAG consists of one or more downlink-only cells.

11. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein time alignment timer is not configured for a second TAG when the second TAG consists of one or more downlink-only cells.

12. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one message comprises a TAG index for a TAG.

13. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the TAC comprises a TAG index and a timing advance value.

14. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the base station to:

transmit at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs),

wherein the plurality of cells consisting of:

a plurality of downlink-uplink cells, each of the plurality of downlink-uplink cells having a configured uplink and a configured downlink; and

at least one downlink-only cell, each of the at least one downlink-only cell having a configured downlink with no configured uplink; and

wherein a TAG is configurable to consist of one or more downlink-only cells only if the wireless device has a first capability, otherwise each TAG comprises one or more downlink-uplink cells in the plurality of downlink-uplink cells;

transmit at least one timing advance command (TAC) for a first TAG; and

receive uplink signals on a cell in the first TAG, wherein a timing of uplink signals depends, at least, on the at least one TAC.

15. A wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the base station to receive a second message from a wireless device, the second message comprising one or more parameters indicating the first capability.

16. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the first TAG comprises a first subset of the plurality of cells, uplink transmission timing in the first TAG being derived employing a first cell in the first TAG.

17. The base station of claim 14 , wherein time alignment timer of a second TAG is disabled when the second TAG consists of one or more downlink-only cells.

18. The base station of claim 14 , wherein time alignment timer is not configured for a second TAG when the second TAG consists of one or more downlink-only cells.

19. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the at least one message comprises a TAG index for a TAG.

20. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the TAC comprises a TAG index and a timing advance value.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2020
From: OFINNO LLC.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054754/0518 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MISSING 5 PAGES SHOWING CHANGE OF NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049307 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 10, 2020
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 055080/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2019
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 049307/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2016
From: DINAN, ESMAEL
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 039874/0064 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62218465 · Sep 14, 2015
Related Publication 20170078994A1 · Mar 16, 2017