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US 9,655,095 · App. 14/859,996 · Granted May 16, 2017

Method and apparatus of activating/deactivating secondary carriers in mobile communication system using carrier aggregation

Inventors: Jae Hyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Soeng Hun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Boon Loong Ng (Richardson, TX); Gert-Jan Van Lieshout (Staines, GB); Kyeong In Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Joon Young Cho (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W72/042H04B7/0626H04L5/001H04L5/003H04L5/0053H04L5/0098H04W24/02H04W24/10H04W72/0426H04W72/0453H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 9,655,095
App. No.
14/859,996
Granted
May 16, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method comprises, receiving a control message including an activation/deactivation Control Element (CE) in a first sub-frame from a Base station, identifying an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier based on the control message, determining whether a current sub-frame is a second sub-frame or not, performing at least one first operation for the at least one secondary carrier in a second sub-frame, and performing, when the activation/deactivation CE indicates deactivation of the at least one secondary carrier, at least one second operation for the at least one secondary carrier no later than the second sub-frame.

Claims (16)

1. A method by a base station for activation/deactivation of secondary carriers in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising:

generating control information including an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier;

transmitting the control information in a first subframe to a user equipment (UE);

receiving a channel state information (CSI) report on the at least one secondary carrier in a second subframe; and

terminating, if the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier, a reception of sound reference signal for the at least one carrier no later than the second subframe.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a difference of sub-frame between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame is 8.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CSI report comprises at least one of a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, and a precoder type indicator.

4. A base station for controlling activation/deactivation of secondary carriers in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the base station comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals with a user equipment (UE); and

a controller configured to:

generate control information including an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier,

transmit the control information in a first subframe to the UE,

receive a channel state information (CSI) report on the at least one secondary carrier in a second subframe, and

terminate, if the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier, a reception of sound reference signal for the at least one carrier no later than the second subframe.

5. The base station of claim 4 , wherein a difference of sub-frame between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame is 8.

6. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the CSI report comprises at least one of a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, and a precoder type indicator.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0141875 · Dec 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 14335174 · Jul 18, 2014
Continuation 14243453 · Apr 2, 2014
Continuation 13347961 · Jan 11, 2012
Provisional Application 61431635 · Jan 11, 2011
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