Communication system for supporting carrier aggregation and method and apparatus for updating system information thereof
A communication system for supporting carrier aggregation and a method and apparatus for updating system information thereof are disclosed. A method for providing system information in the communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes: when system information of said communication system changes, generating first information including information for indicating the change of system information; determining a first cell of a terminal related to the change of system information, wherein said first cell is one of cells to which said terminal connects, and corresponds to a carrier unit currently used by said terminal for keeping connection with a base station of said communication system; and transmitting said first information to said terminal through said first cell.
1. An electronic device for use in a user equipment of a communication system supporting carrier aggregation, comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive first information transmitted to the user equipment via a first cell in response to a change in system information of the communication system, wherein the first cell is one cell to which the user equipment is connected and corresponds to a component carrier which is being used by the user equipment and is kept in connection with a base station of the communication system,
wherein the change in system information comprises different system information for another component carrier of a second cell that also communicates with the user equipment while the first cell is communicating with the user equipment to increase the communication channel capacity to the user equipment, the first information comprises system information associated with the another component carrier,
the first information further comprises system information comprising configuration information on downlink transmission bandwidth and information indicating downlink carrier frequency associated with the another component carrier, wherein the circuitry is configured to received additional information from the first cell while also receiving information from the second cell.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the additional information includes Physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) and/or Physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) information associated with the another component carrier.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the additional information includes mbsfn-SubframeConfigList information associated with the another component carrier.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the additional information includes uplinkPowerControl information and/or soundingRS-UL-Config information, and/or ul-CyclicPrefixLength information, and/or pusch-Config information associated with the another component carrier.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the additional information includes uplink bandwidth and/or uplink carrier frequency, and/or prach-Config information associated with the another component carrier.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the another carrier component is a carrier having fewer channels that the component carrier that is being used by the user equipment.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the another carrier component does not have at least one of a RACH channel, a PDCCH channel, and a PUCCH channel.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is the user equipment.
9. An electronic device for use in a user equipment of a communication system supporting carrier aggregation, comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive first information transmitted to the user equipment via a first cell in response to a change in system information of the communication system, wherein the first cell is one cell to which the user equipment is connected and corresponds to a component carrier which is being used by the user equipment and is kept in connection with a base station of the communication system,
wherein the change in system information is transmitted in a single message and comprises different system information for another component carrier of a second cell that also communicates with the user equipment while the first cell is communicating with the user equipment to increase the communication channel capacity to the user equipment, the first information comprises system information associated with the another component carrier,
the first information further comprises system information comprising configuration information on downlink transmission bandwidth and information indicating downlink carrier frequency associated with the another component carrier.
10. An electronic device for use in a user equipment of a communication system supporting carrier aggregation, comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive first information transmitted to the user equipment via a first cell in response to a change in system information of the communication system, wherein the first cell is one cell to which the user equipment is connected and corresponds to a component carrier which is being used by the user equipment and is kept in connection with a base station of the communication system,
wherein the change in system information is only transmitted via the first cell and comprises different system information for another component carrier of a second cell that also communicates with the user equipment while the first cell is communicating with the user equipment to increase the communication channel capacity to the user equipment, the first information comprises system information associated with the another component carrier,
the first information further comprises system information comprising configuration information on downlink transmission bandwidth and information indicating downlink carrier frequency associated with the another component carrier.
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored therein that when executed by circuitry causes the circuitry in a user equipment to implement a method of receiving system information in a communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising:
receiving first information from a first cell in response to a change in system information of the communication system, wherein the first cell is one cell to which the user equipment is connected and corresponds to a component carrier which is being used by the user equipment and is kept in connection with a base station of the communication system,
wherein the change in system information comprises different system information for another component carrier of a second cell that also communicates with the user equipment while the first cell is communicating with the user equipment to increase the communication channel capacity to the user equipment, the first information comprises system information associated with the another component carrier,
the first information further comprises system information comprising configuration information on downlink transmission bandwidth and information indicating downlink carrier frequency associated with the another component carrier.
12. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored therein that when executed by circuitry causes the circuitry in a user equipment to implement a method of providing system information in a communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising:
receiving first information from a first cell in response to a change in system information of the communication system, wherein the first cell is one cell to which the user equipment is connected and corresponds to a component carrier which is being used by the user equipment and is kept in connection with a base station of the communication system,
wherein the change in system information is transmitted in a single message and comprises different system information for another component carrier of a second cell that also communicates with the user equipment while the first cell is communicating with the user equipment to increase the communication channel capacity to the user equipment, the first information comprises system information associated with the another component carrier,
the first information further comprises system information comprising configuration information on downlink transmission bandwidth and information indicating downlink carrier frequency associated with the another component carrier.
13. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored therein that when executed by circuitry causes the circuitry in a user equipment to implement a method of providing system information in a communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising:
receiving first information from a first cell in response to a change in system information of the communication system, wherein the first cell is one cell to which the user equipment is connected and corresponds to a component carrier which is being used by the user equipment and is kept in connection with a base station of the communication system,
wherein the change in system information is only transmitted via the first cell and comprises different system information for another component carrier of a second cell that also communicates with the user equipment while the first cell is communicating with the user equipment to increase the communication channel capacity to the user equipment, the first information comprises system information associated with the another component carrier,
the first information further comprises system information comprising configuration information on downlink transmission bandwidth and information indicating downlink carrier frequency associated with the another component carrier.