IP Library Granted Patent US 10,530,554
Granted Patent B2
US 10,530,554 · App. 15/933,935 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method for deactivation of scell in a cell group

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Kunihiko Teshima (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/0057H04L1/1812H04L5/0098H04W24/10H04W72/0406H04W76/30H04W88/023H04L1/0026H04L5/0005H04L5/0055H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,530,554
App. No.
15/933,935
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal is disclosed including a transmitter that communicates with a first cell group (CG) including a first secondary cell (Scell) and transmits uplink control information using an uplink control channel of the first Scell. The user terminal includes a processor that deactivates the first Scell within a predetermined period from a subframe in which a deactivation command for the first Scell is reported or a subframe in which a deactivation timer applied to the first Scell expires.

Claims (26)

1. A user terminal comprising:

a transmitter that:

communicates with a cell group (CG) including a first secondary cell (Scell) and a second Scell; and

transmits uplink control information using an uplink control channel of the first Scell; and

a processor that deactivates the second Scell when a deactivation command for the second Scell is reported or a deactivation timer applied to the second Scell expires,

wherein, the processor deactivates the second Scell when the deactivation command for the first Scell is reported or the deactivation timer applied to the first Scell expires, and

when the deactivation command for the second Scell is reported or the deactivation timer applied to the second Scell expires, if a cell that transmits an uplink control channel in a CG including the second Scell is in an active state in a period after a predetermined period, then the processor causes the transmitter to perform channel state information (CSI) reporting of the second Scell.

2. The user terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor does not cause the transmitter to perform CSI reporting in the second Scell at or before a time when the first Scell is deactivated.

3. The user terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmitter communicates with a second CG including a primary cell (Pcell) and a third Scell,

wherein the transmitter transmits an uplink control channel using the Pcell, and

wherein, when the deactivation command for the third Scell is reported or the deactivation timer applied to the third Scell expires, the processor causes the transmitter to perform CSI reporting of the third Scell in a predetermined period regardless of the timing of the third Scell being deactivated.

4. The user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor deactivates the first Scell within a predetermined period from a period in which a deactivation command for the first Scell is reported or a period in which a deactivation timer for the first Scell expires.

5. A radio base station comprising:

a receiver that:

communicates with a user terminal connected with a cell group (CG) including a first secondary cell (Scell) and a second Scell; and

receives uplink control information transmitted from the user terminal in an uplink control channel of the first Scell; and

a transmitter that transmits a deactivation command for the first Scell to the user terminal,

wherein, when the deactivation command for the first Scell is transmitted, the user terminal deactivates the second Scell, and

when the deactivation command for the second Scell is transmitted, if a cell that transmits an uplink control channel in a CG including the second Scell is in an active state in a period after a predetermined period, then the user terminal performs channel state information (CSI) reporting of the second Scell.

6. A radio communication method for a user terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting uplink control information using an uplink control channel of a first secondary cell (Scell) and a second Scell in a cell group (CG);

deactivating the second Scell when a deactivation command for the second Scell is reported or a deactivation timer applied to the second Scell expires;

deactivating the second Scell when the deactivation command for the first Scell is reported or the deactivation timer applied to the first Scell expires; and

when the deactivation command for the second Scell is reported or the deactivation timer applied to the second Scell expires, if a cell that transmits an uplink control channel in a CG including the second Scell is in an active state in a period after a predetermined period, causing the transmitter to perform channel state information (CSI) reporting of the second Scell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2018
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; UCHINO, TOORU; TESHIMA, KUNIHIKO; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-187471 · Sep 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016078116 · Sep 23, 2016
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