Systems, devices, and methods for packet data convergence protocol packet data unit duplication

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to deliver one or more duplicated packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packets of a radio bearer, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a mapping configuration from a base station;

selecting at least one physical radio resource block on one or more allowed serving cells to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets after receiving an activation message of packet duplication to activate at least one logical channel corresponding to the radio bearer to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets; and

stopping applying the one or more allowed serving cells to the at least one logical channel when receiving a deactivation message of packet duplication,

wherein:

the one or more allowed serving cells are configured by the base station based on the mapping configuration;

the mapping configuration provides mapping rules between logical channels and serving cells to indicate one or more indices of the one or more allowed serving cells;

the mapping rules include at least one Serving Cell index corresponding to at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells in the mapping configuration;

a Serving Cell index value=0 is mapped to a special cell of a cell group corresponding to the at least one logical channel; and

the special cell is a primary cell (PCell) in a master cell group (MCG) or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) in a secondary cell group (SCG) of the at least one logical channel through which the UE is allowed to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one logical channel is configured with at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells; and

the one or more allowed serving cells are associated with one or more serving cell groups.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping configuration is provided by the special cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting or re-selecting at least another serving cell to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets based on one or more predefined triggering events.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is related to channel qualities of the one or more allowed serving cells.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) responses to PDCP packet delivery in each of the one or more allowed serving cells.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on a channel occupancy ratio of shared radio resources among UEs in each of the one or more allowed serving cells.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on a buffer status of the one or more duplicated PDCP packets.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on deactivation of at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells.

10. The method of claim 4 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on a radio link failure of a cell group of the one or more allowed serving cells.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

disabling a de-activation timer of at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells after receiving the activation message of packet duplication; and

enabling the disabled de-activation timer after receiving the deactivation message.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending a special buffer status report to the base station for an uplink (UL) grant request to transmit the one or more duplicated PDCP packets.

13. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media, coupled with the one or more processors, having executable instructions embodied thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a mapping configuration from a base station;

selecting at least one physical radio resource block on one or more allowed serving cells to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets after receiving an activation message of packet duplication to activate at least one logical channel corresponding to the radio bearer to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets; and

stopping applying the one or more allowed serving cells to the at least one logical channel when receiving a deactivation message of packet duplication,

wherein:

the one or more allowed serving cells are configured by the base station based on the mapping configuration;

the mapping configuration provides mapping rules between logical channels and serving cells to indicate one or more indices of the one or more allowed serving cells;

the mapping rules include at least one Serving Cell index corresponding to at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells in the mapping configuration;

a Serving Cell index value=0 is mapped to a special cell of a cell group corresponding to the at least one logical channel; and

the special cell is a primary cell (PCell) in a master cell group (MCG) or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) in a secondary cell group (SCG) of the at least one logical channel through which the UE is allowed to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein:

the at least one logical channel is configured with at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells; and

the one or more allowed serving cells are associated with one or more serving cell groups.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the mapping configuration is provided by a primary cell of a master cell group.

16. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the mapping configuration is provided by a primary secondary cell of at least one secondary cell group.

17. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform operations comprising:

selecting or re-selecting at least another serving cell to deliver the one or more duplicated PDCP packets based on one or more predefined triggering events.

18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is related to channel qualities of the one or more allowed serving cells.

19. The UE of claim 17 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) responses to PDCP packet delivery in each of the one or more allowed serving cells.

20. The UE of claim 17 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on a channel occupancy ratio of shared radio resources among UEs in each of the one or more allowed serving cells.

21. The UE of claim 17 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on a buffer status of the duplicate PDCP packets.

22. The UE of claim 17 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on deactivation of at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells.

23. The UE of claim 17 , wherein one of the one or more predefined triggering events is based on a radio link failure of a cell group of the one or more allowed serving cells.

24. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform operations comprising:

disabling a de-activation timer of at least one of the one or more allowed serving cells after receiving the activation message of packet duplication; and

enabling the disabled de-activation timer after receiving the deactivation message.

25. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform operations comprising:

sending a special buffer status report to the base station for an uplink (UL) grant request to transmit the one or more duplicated PDCP packets.