Timing groups and control channel groups in a wireless network

1. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of cells, wherein the cells are grouped into timing groups, and wherein the cells are grouped into control channel groups comprising:

a primary control channel group, and

a secondary control channel group comprising a control secondary cell with a secondary control channel received from the wireless device, wherein the control secondary cell is in a first timing group of the timing groups, and

in response to expiration of a time alignment timer of the first timing group:

stop transmission of downlink shared channel transport blocks to the wireless device via a first secondary cell in the secondary control channel group, the first secondary cell being different from the control secondary cell, and

continue transmission of downlink multicast channel transport blocks to the wireless device via the first secondary cell.

2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to notify a radio resource control layer to release the secondary control channel in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

3. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to stop reception of positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement for downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of an activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

4. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to stop reception of channel state information for an activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

5. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first timing group is considered:

out-of-sync in response to the time alignment timer being expired or not running; and

in-sync in response to the time alignment timer running.

6. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to clear any configured downlink assignments transmitted for an activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

7. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to continue reception of uplink packets and uplink sounding reference signals on a serving cell in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group, wherein the serving cell is in the secondary control channel group and the serving cell is not in the first timing group.

8. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to flush hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes for downlink shared channel transport blocks on an activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

9. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the timing groups comprise:

the first timing group, uplink transmission timing in the first timing group is based on a first cell in the first timing group; and

a second timing group, uplink transmission timing in the second timing group is based on a second cell in the second timing group.

10. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters comprise:

a first time alignment timer information element (IE) for the first timing group; and

a second time alignment timer IE for a second timing group of the timing groups.

11. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the control channel groups are physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups.

12. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the timing groups are timing advance groups (TAGs).

13. The base station of claim 1 , wherein:

the primary control channel is a primary physical uplink control channel; and

the secondary control channel is a secondary physical uplink control channel.

14. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the downlink multicast channel transport blocks are transmitted via a multicast channel.

15. The base station of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to stop reception of positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement for downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of an activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

16. The base station ho of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to stop reception of channel state information for an activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to clear any configured downlink assignments transmitted for the activated cell in the secondary control channel group in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group.

18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to continue reception of uplink packets and uplink sounding reference signals on a serving cell in response to the expiration of the time alignment timer of the first timing group, wherein the serving cell is in the secondary control channel group and the serving cell is not in the first timing group.

19. A system comprising:

a wireless device; and

a base station comprising:

one or more processors, and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, to the wireless device, configuration parameters of cells, wherein the cells are grouped into timing groups, and wherein the cells are grouped into control channel groups comprising:

a primary control channel group, and

a secondary control channel group comprising a control secondary cell with a secondary control channel received from the wireless device, wherein the control secondary cell is in a first timing group of the timing groups, and

in response to expiration of a time alignment timer of the first timing group:

stop transmission of downlink shared channel transport blocks to the wireless device via a first secondary cell in the secondary control channel group, the first secondary cell being different from the control secondary cell, and

continue transmission of downlink multicast channel transport blocks to the wireless device via the first secondary cell.