IP Library Granted Patent US 10,440,737
Granted Patent B2
US 10,440,737 · App. 15/759,865 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Terminal device that clears configured uplink grant in response to a timer, base station device that considers a configured uplink grant cleared in response to a timer, and communication method and integrated circuit corresponding to same

Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba (Sakai, JP); Shoichi Suzuki (Sakai, JP); Kazunari Yokomakura (Sakai, JP); Hiroki Takahashi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W72/14H04W56/00H04W56/0035H04W72/12H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 10,440,737
App. No.
15/759,865
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Uplink data is transmitted efficiently. A terminal device is configured to, in a case that a difference between an uplink transmission timing in a Primary Timing Advance Group of a master cell group and an uplink transmission timing in a Primary Secondary Timing Advance Group of a secondary cell group exceeds a maximum transmission timing difference, consider that a timer for the Primary Secondary Timing Advance Group of the secondary cell group has expired and clear a configured uplink grant.

Claims (26)

1. A terminal device configured to communicate with a base station device in a dual connectivity, the terminal device comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel of a primary secondary cell of a secondary cell group; and

higher layer processing circuitry configured to store the uplink grant as a configured uplink grant, wherein

the higher layer processing circuitry is configured to:

in a case that a difference between an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including a primary cell of a master cell group and an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group exceeds a maximum transmission timing difference,

consider that a timer of the timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group as expired, and

clear the configured uplink grant.

2. A base station device configured to communicate with a terminal device in a dual connectivity, the base station device comprising:

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel of a primary secondary cell of a secondary cell group; and

higher layer processing circuitry configured to consider that the uplink grant is stored as a configured uplink grant, wherein

the higher layer processing circuitry is configured to:

in a case that a difference between an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including a primary cell of a master cell group and an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group exceeds a maximum transmission timing difference,

consider that a timer of the timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group as expired,

consider that the configured uplink grant as cleared.

3. A communication method of a terminal device configured to communicate with a base station device in a dual connectivity, the communication method comprising:

receiving, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel of a primary secondary cell of a secondary cell group; and

storing the uplink grant as a configured uplink grant, wherein

in a case that a difference between an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including a primary cell of a master cell group and an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group exceeds a maximum transmission timing difference,

a timer of the timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group is considered as expired, and

the configured uplink grant is cleared.

4. A communication method of a base station device configured to communicate with a terminal device in a dual connectivity, the communication method comprising:

transmitting, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel of a primary secondary cell of a secondary cell group; and

considering that the uplink grant is stored as a configured uplink grant, wherein

in a case that a difference between an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including a primary cell of a master cell group and an uplink transmission timing for a timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group exceeds a maximum transmission timing difference,

a timer of the timing advance group including the primary secondary cell of the secondary cell group is considered as expired, and

the configured uplink grant is considered as cleared.

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 Mar 14, 2018
From: AIBA, TATSUSHI; SUZUKI, SHOICHI; YOKOMAKURA, KAZUNARI; TAKAHASHI, HIROKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045201/0826 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-185158 · Sep 18, 2015 · national
JP 2015-197492 · Oct 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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