Restarting a deactivation timer of a secondary cell in a wireless network
A base station transmits a resource assignment indicating a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with a wireless device. A deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell is restarted in response to communicating an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the wireless device during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, a resource assignment indicating a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with a base station; and
restarting a deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating, via the secondary cell, an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the base station during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
restarting the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time interval is a first occurrence in the plurality of time intervals.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a time interval of the plurality of time intervals comprises a subframe.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource assignment comprises:
an index indicating the plurality of time intervals; and
a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the uplink packet comprises an uplink transport block; and
the downlink packet comprises a downlink transport block.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource assignment is included in a downlink control information received via a downlink physical control channel.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a radio resource control (RRC) message comprises configuration parameters of the resource assignment for the plurality of time intervals, and wherein the configuration parameters comprise a time duration.
9. A wireless device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:
receive a resource assignment indicating a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with a base station; and
restart a deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating, via the secondary cell, an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the base station during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:
restart the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
11. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the first time interval is a first occurrence in the plurality of time intervals.
12. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein a time interval of the plurality of time intervals comprises a subframe.
13. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the resource assignment comprises:
an index indicating the plurality of time intervals; and
a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals.
14. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein:
the uplink packet comprises an uplink transport block; and
the downlink packet comprises a downlink transport block.
15. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the resource assignment is included in a downlink control information received via a downlink physical control channel.
16. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein a radio resource control (RRC) message comprises configuration parameters of the resource assignment for the plurality of time intervals, and wherein the configuration parameters comprise a time duration.
17. 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, a resource assignment indicating a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with the wireless device; and
restart a deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating, via the secondary cell, an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the wireless device during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to:
restart the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.
19. The base station of claim 17 , wherein:
the resource assignment is included in a downlink control information received via a downlink physical control channel; and
the resource assignment comprises:
an index indicating the plurality of time intervals; and
a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals.
20. The base station of claim 17 , wherein:
the uplink packet comprises an uplink transport block; and
the downlink packet comprises a downlink transport block.