IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,606,835
Granted Patent B2
US 11,606,835 · App. 17/232,149 · Granted Mar 14, 2023

Method and apparatus for controlling SCell state

Inventor: Sung-pyo Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04W76/27H04L5/0057H04W16/32H04L5/0073H04W36/0069H04W36/165H04W52/0206
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Patent No.
US 11,606,835
App. No.
17/232,149
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method and an apparatus for for changing or controlling a state of a secondary cell in carrier aggregation. The method includes receiving secondary cell (SCell) state indication information indicating a state for a SCell from a base station through an RRC message or an MAC control element, causing a state of the SCell to transition into a dormant state when the SCell state indication information indicates the dormant state, and transmitting channel state information reporting for the SCell in the dormant state according to an dormant state CQI report period parameter set separately from an activation state CQI report period parameter.

Claims (40)

1. An operation method of a wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the wireless device, secondary cell (SCell) state information for indicating a first state of a SCell through a radio resource control (RRC) message or a medium access control (MAC) control element; and

transitioning, by the wireless device, the SCell into the first state based on the received SCell state information,

wherein, based on the first state of the SCell:

reporting, by the wireless device, channel state information for the SCell,

wherein transmissions of i) a sounding reference signal (SRS) on the SCell, ii) an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) on the SCell, iii) a random access channel (RACH) on the SCell, and iv) a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on the SCell, are not performed by the wireless device, and

wherein a monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the SCell is not performed by the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCell state information for indicating the first state is received while the SCell is in a second state, and wherein the second state is a deactivated state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel state information includes at least one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), a precoding type indicator (PTI) or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MAC control element comprises a plurality of bits, and one of the plurality of bits is set “1” to indicate the first state of the SCell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a specific logical channel identifier (LCID) is used for the MAC control element to indicate the first state of the SCell.

6. A device, comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a controller which controls the transmitter and the receiver thereby performing operations including:

receiving secondary cell (SCell) state information for indicating a first state of a SCell through a radio resource control (RRC) message or a medium access control (MAC) control element; and

transitioning the SCell into the first state based on the received SCell state information,

wherein, based on the first state of SCell:

reporting channel state information for the SCell,

wherein transmissions of i) a sounding reference signal (SRS) on the SCell, ii) an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) on the SCell, iii) a random access channel (RACH) on the SCell, and iv) a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on the SCell, are not performed, and

wherein a monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the SCell is not performed.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the SCell state information for indicating the first state is received while the SCell is in a second state, and wherein the second state is a deactivated state.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the channel state information includes at least one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), a precoding type indicator (PTI) or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI).

9. The device of claim 6 , wherein the MAC control element comprises a plurality of bits, one of the plurality of bits is set “1” to indicate the first state of the SCell.

10. The device of claim 6 , wherein a specific logical channel identifier (LCID) is used for the MAC control element to indicate the first state of the SCell.

11. A base station, comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a controller which controls the transmitter and the receiver thereby performing operations including:

transitioning a SCell into a first state; and

transmitting secondary cell (SCell) state information for indicating the first state of the SCell through a radio resource control (RRC) message or a medium access control (MAC) control element,

wherein, based on the first state of the SCell:

receiving channel state information for the SCell,

wherein receptions of i) a sounding reference signal (SRS) on the SCell, ii) an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) on the SCell, iii) a random access channel (RACH) on the SCell, and iv) a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on the SCell, are not performed.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the first state of the SCell is a dormant state.

13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein, based on the first state of the SCell:

a transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for the SCell is not performed.

14. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the channel state information includes at least one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), a precoding type indicator (PTI) or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI).

15. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the MAC control element comprises a plurality of bits, and one of the plurality of bits is set “1” to indicate the first state of the SCell.

16. The base station of claim 11 , wherein a specific logical channel identifier (LCID) is used for the MAC control element to indicate the first state of the SCell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2021
From: HONG, SUNG-PYO
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055937/0792 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2017-0178384 · Dec 22, 2017 · national
KR 10-2018-0027301 · Mar 8, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0124177 · Oct 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16227392 · Dec 20, 2018
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