Selective uplink transmission timing adjustment of a multicarrier wireless device
View Patent ↗A plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs) comprises a first TAG and a second TAG. Uplink transmission timing in the first TAG is derived employing a first cell in the first TAG. The second TAG comprises a first unlicensed cell and a second unlicensed cell. Uplink transmission timing in the second TAG is derived employing at least a first signal received on the first unlicensed cell and a second signal received on the second unlicensed cell.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, at least one control message comprising:
configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs) comprising:
a first TAG comprising a first subset of the plurality of cells, first uplink transmission timing in the first TAG derived employing a first cell in the first TAG; and
a second TAG comprising a first unlicensed cell and a second unlicensed cell, second uplink transmission timing of the first unlicensed cell in the second TAG derived from:
a first signal received on the first unlicensed cell; and
a second signal received on the second unlicensed cell;
receiving a timing advance command (TAC) comprising a time adjustment value and a TAG index; and
applying, based on the TAG index, the TAC to the first uplink transmission timing of the first TAG or the second uplink transmission timing of the second TAG.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an unlicensed cell is a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second TAG does not comprise an activated licensed cell.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control message comprises the TAG index.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control message comprises a time alignment timer for the first TAG.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TAG comprises an unlicensed cell.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signal comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal, a discovery signal, or a reference signal.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second signal comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal, a discovery signal, or a reference signal.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transmission of the first signal or the second signal is subject to a listen before talk (LBT) mechanism.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a second cell in the first TAG as a timing reference when a first criterion is met, a third uplink transmission timing in the first TAG derived employing the second cell.
11. A wireless device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:
receive at least one control message comprising:
configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs) comprising:
a first TAG comprising a first subset of the plurality of cells, first uplink transmission timing in the first TAG derived employing a first cell in the first TAG; and
a second TAG comprising a first unlicensed cell and a second unlicensed cell, second uplink transmission timing of the first unlicensed cell in the second TAG derived from:
a first signal received on the first unlicensed cell; and
a second signal received on the second unlicensed cell;
receive a timing advance command (TAC) comprising a time adjustment value and a TAG index; and
apply, based on the TAG index, the TAC to the first uplink transmission timing of the first TAG or the second uplink transmission timing of the second TAG.
12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein an unlicensed cell is a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell.
13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the second TAG does not comprise an activated licensed cell.
14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one control message comprises the TAG index.
15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one control message comprises a time alignment timer for the TAG.
16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first TAG comprises an unlicensed cell.
17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first signal comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal, a discovery signal, or a reference signal.
18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the second signal comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal, a discovery signal, or a reference signal.
19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein a transmission of the first signal or the second signal is subject to a listen before talk (LBT) mechanism.
20. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wireless device to select a second cell in the first TAG as a timing reference when a first criterion is met, a third uplink transmission timing in the first TAG derived employing the second cell.