IP Library Granted Patent US 11,870,713
Granted Patent B2
US 11,870,713 · App. 17/444,820 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Method and apparatus for improving carrier aggregation in next-generation mobile communication system

Inventors: Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0035H04W52/0206H04W72/044H04W72/542
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Patent No.
US 11,870,713
App. No.
17/444,820
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is a method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving a message including secondary cell (SCell) configuration information from a base station; identifying whether a condition for transitioning the SCell to a dormant state is satisfied; and in case that the condition for transitioning the SCell to the dormant state is satisfied, releasing periodic transmission resources for the SCell configured in the UE.

Claims (52)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information associated with at least one bandwidth part (BWP) for a secondary cell (SCell);

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for performing a BWP switching of an active BWP for the SCell among the at least one BWP to a dormant BWP;

performing the BWP switching of the active BWP for the SCell to the dormant BWP based on the DCI; and

based on performing the BWP switching of the active BWP for the SCell to the dormant BWP:

clearing a configured uplink grant type 2 associated with the SCell; and

suspending a configured uplink grant type 1 associated with the SCell.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

clearing a configured downlink assignment associated with the SCell based on performing the BWP switching of the active BWP for the SCell to the dormant BWP.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein a periodic uplink transmission resource associated with the configured uplink grant type 1 has been provided by the RRC message,

wherein a periodic uplink transmission resource associated with the configured uplink grant type 2 has been provided by first DCI, and

wherein a periodic downlink transmission resource associated with the configured downlink assignment has been provided by second DCI.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored on the dormant BWP.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein data is not transmitted or received on the dormant BWP,

wherein a sounding reference signal (SRS) is not transmitted on the dormant BWP, and

wherein a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is not transmitted on the dormant BWP.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a random access procedure is not performed on the dormant BWP.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a periodic channel state information (CSI) for the dormant BWP is reported.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the SCell is not a special cell (SpCell) and the SCell is not configured with a PUCCH.

9. A terminal in a communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a base station via the transceiver, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information associated with at least one bandwidth part (BWP) for a secondary cell (SCell);

receive, from the base station via the transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) for performing a BWP switching of an active BWP for the SCell among the at least one BWP to a dormant BWP;

perform the BWP switching of the active BWP for the SCell to the dormant BWP based on the DCI; and

based on performing the BWP switching of the active BWP for the SCell to the dormant BWP:

clear a configured uplink grant type 2 associated with the SCell; and

suspend a configured uplink grant type 1 associated with the SCell.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

clear a configured downlink assignment associated with the SCell based on performing the BWP switching of the active BWP for the SCell to the dormant BWP.

11. The terminal of claim 10 ,

wherein a periodic uplink transmission resource associated with the configured uplink grant type 1 has been provided by the RRC message,

wherein a periodic uplink transmission resource associated with the configured uplink grant type 2 has been provided by first DCI, and

wherein a periodic downlink transmission resource associated with the configured downlink assignment has been provided by second DCI.

12. The terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored on the dormant BWP.

13. The terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein data is not transmitted or received on the dormant BWP,

wherein a sounding reference signal (SRS) is not transmitted on the dormant BWP, and

wherein a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is not transmitted on the dormant BWP.

14. The terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein a random access procedure is not performed on the dormant BWP.

15. The terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein a periodic channel state information (CSI) for the dormant BWP is reported.

16. The terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein the SCell is not a special cell (SpCell) and the SCell is not configured with a PUCCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2021
From: KIM, DONGGUN; KIM, SOENGHUN; AGIWAL, ANIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057139/0883 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0011457 · Jan 29, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0017156 · Feb 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16776087 · Jan 29, 2020
Related Publication 20210376975A1 · Dec 2, 2021
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