Method and device for carrier activation in carrier aggregation system
The present invention relates to a method and a device for cell activation in a carrier aggregation system, and the method for activating a cell of a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for receiving an activation message of a first cell; a step for activating the first cell when the message of the first cell is received; an information obtaining step for obtaining uplink activation information of the first cell; and a transmission determination step for determining whether to execute an uplink transmission according to the uplink activation information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, efficient carrier management plan can be provided.
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, configuration information including information associated with a timing advance group (TAG), the TAG being a group of at least one cell using same timing advance;
identifying whether a timer associated with the TAG to which a serving cell belongs is running, the timer being used to verify whether uplink time of the serving cell belonging to the TAG is aligned;
performing, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, a random access procedure based on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, in case that the timer associated with the TAG is not running; and
performing, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, an uplink transmission, in case that the timer associated with the TAG is running.
2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the timer associated with the TAG is started, in case that information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG is received.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing,. on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, the uplink transmission comprises:
receiving, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element for activating the at least one cell;
receiving, from the base station, scheduling information for the uplink transmission through a PDCCH;
transmitting, to the base station, uplink data based on the scheduling information; and
transmitting, to the base station, a sounding reference signal (SRS) based on SRS configuration information,
wherein the configuration information further includes information for adding the at least one cell and the SRS configuration information associated with the at least one cell.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the not performing, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, the random access procedure comprises:
receiving, from the base station, the PDCCH order;
transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble transmission based on the PDCCH order;
receiving, from the base station, a random access response message as a response to the random access preamble, the random access response message including information associated with a timing advance command; and
applying the information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG.
5. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information including information associated with a timing advance group (TAG), the TAG being a group of at least one cell using same timing advance;
performing an operation for receiving uplink data on a serving cell, in case that a timer associated with the TAG to which the serving cell belongs is running, wherein the timer is used to verify whether uplink time of the serving cell belonging to the TAG is aligned; and
performing, belonging to the TAG, an operation for a random access procedure on the serving cell based on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, in case that the timer associated with the TAG is not running.
6. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein the timer associated with the TAG is started,. in case that information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG is transmitted to the UE.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the performing the operation for receiving uplink data on the serving cell comprises:
transmitting, to the UE, a medium access control (MAC) control element for activating the at least one cell;
transmitting, to the UE, scheduling information for the uplink transmission through a PDCCH;
receiving, from the UE, uplink data on the serving cell based on the scheduling information; and
receiving, from the UE, a sounding reference signal (SRS) on the serving cell based on SRS configuration information,
wherein the configuration information further includes information for adding the at least one cell and the SRS configuration information associated with the at least one cell.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the performing, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, the operation for the random access procedure comprises:
transmitting, to the UE, the PDCCH order;
receiving, from the UE, a random access preamble based on the PDCCH order;
transmitting, to the UE, a random access response message as a response to the random access preamble, the random access response message including information associated with a timing advance command; and
applying the information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG.
9. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
receive, from a base station via the transceiver, configuration information including information associated with a timing advance group (TAG), the TAG being a group of at least one cell using same timing advance,
identify whether a timer associated with the TAG to which a serving cell belongs is running, the timer being used to verify whether uplink time of the serving cell belonging to the TAG is aligned,
perform, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, a random access procedure based on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, in case that the timer associated with the TAG is not running, and
perform, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, an uplink transmission, in case that the timer associated with the TAG is running.
10. The UE of claim 9 ,
wherein the timer associated with the TAG is started, in case that information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG is received.
11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a medium access control (MAC) control element for activating the at least one cell,
receive, from the base station via the transceiver, scheduling information for uplink transmission through a PDCCH,
transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, uplink data based on the scheduling information, and
transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a sounding reference signal (SRS) based on SRS configuration information,
wherein the configuration information further includes information for adding the at least one cell and the SRS configuration information associated with the at least one cell.
12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive, from the base station via the transceiver, the PDCCH order,
transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a random access preamble based on the PDCCH order,
receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a random access response message as a response to the random access preamble, the random access response message including information associated with a timing advance command, and
apply the information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG.
13. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, configuration information including information associated with a timing advance group (TAG), the TAG being a group of at least one cell using same timing advance,
perform an operation for receiving uplink data on a serving cell, in case that a timer associated with the TAG to which the serving cell belongs is running, wherein the timer is used to verify whether uplink time of the serving cell belonging to the TAG is aligned, and
perform, on the serving cell belonging to the TAG, an operation for a random access procedure based on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, in case that the timer associated with the TAG is not running.
14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the timer associated with the TAG is started in case that information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG is transmitted to the UE.
15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, a medium access control (MAC) control element for activating the at least one cell,
transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, scheduling information for the uplink transmission through a PDCCH,
receive, from the UE via the transceiver, uplink data on the serving cell based on the scheduling information, and
receive, from the UE via the transceiver, a sounding reference signal (SRS) on the serving cell based on SRS configuration information,
wherein the configuration information further includes information for adding the at least one cell and the SRS configuration information associated with the at least one cell.
16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, the PDCCH order,
receive, from the UE via the transceiver, a random access preamble based on the PDCCH order,
transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, a random access response message as a response to the random access preamble, the random access response message including information associated with a timing advance command, and
apply the information associated with the timing advance command for the TAG.