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Granted Patent B2
US 10,064,163 · App. 14/900,917 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, control method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Katsunari Uemura (Osaka, JP); Yasuyuki Kato (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/0406H04L5/0053H04W16/00H04W52/0206H04W76/27H04L5/0001H04W88/08Y02D70/00Y02D70/1242Y02D70/24Y02D70/25
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Patent No.
US 10,064,163
App. No.
14/900,917
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technique related to a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a control method, and an integrated circuit which realize procedure of efficiently controlling a state of a cell for a plurality of cells. The terminal apparatus using a plurality of cells divides the plurality of cells into groups based on group identification information transmitted from the base station apparatus, receives control information indicating a change of a cell state of at least one of the cells, and controls the state of the cell based on bit map information and the group identification information, which are included in the control information and indicate the cell the state of which is to be changed.

Claims (22)

1. A terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

first circuitry configured and/or programmed to:

configure a master cell group or a secondary cell group, in dual connectivity, based on control information received from the base station apparatus, the master cell group including a first primary cell and one or more first secondary cell, and the secondary cell group including a second primary cell and one or more second secondary cell,

change a state of the first secondary cell and not changing a state of the second secondary cell in a case where a control element indicating a state of a cell is received on a cell of the master cell group, and

change a state of the second secondary cell and not changing a state of the first secondary cell in a case where the control element is received on a cell of the secondary cell group,

wherein the state of the first secondary cell or the second secondary cell is changed to activation or deactivation based on the control element.

2. A base station apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

first circuitry configured and/or programmed to:

transmit control information for configuring a master cell group or a secondary cell group, in dual connectivity, the master cell group including a first primary cell and one or more first secondary cell, and the secondary cell group including a second primary cell and one or more second secondary cell,

transmit a control element indicating a state of a cell, to a cell of the master cell group, in a case that the state of the first secondary cell is changed and the state of the second secondary cell is not changed, and

transmit the control element to a cell of the secondary cell group, in a case that the state of the second secondary cell is changed and the state of the first secondary cell is not changed,

wherein the state of the first secondary cell or the second secondary cell is changed to activation or deactivation based on the control element.

3. A control method of a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the control method comprising:

configuring a master cell group or a secondary cell group, in dual connectivity, based on control information received from the base station apparatus, the master cell group including a first primary cell and one or more first secondary cell, and the secondary cell group including a second primary cell and one or more second secondary cell,

changing a state of the first secondary cell and not changing a state of the second secondary cell in a case where a control element indicating a state of a cell is received on a cell of the master cell group, and

changing a state of the second secondary cell and not changing a state of the first secondary cell in a case where the control element is received on a cell of the secondary cell group,

wherein the state of the first secondary cell or the second secondary cell is changed to activation or deactivation based on the control element.

4. A control method of a base station configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the control method comprising:

transmitting control information for configuring a master cell group or a secondary cell group, in dual connectivity, the master cell group including at least a first primary cell and one or more first secondary cell, and the secondary cell group including at least a second primary cell and one or more second secondary cell,

transmitting a control element indicating a state of a cell to a cell of the master cell group, in a case that the state of the first secondary cell is changed and the state of the second secondary cell is not changed, and

transmitting the control element to a cell of the secondary cell group, in a case that the state of the second secondary cell is changed and the state of the first secondary cell is not changed,

wherein the state of the first secondary cell or the second secondary cell is changed to activation or deactivation based on the control element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2015
From: UEMURA, KATSUNARI; KATO, YASUYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037355/0993 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-134650 · Jun 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160157219A1 · Jun 2, 2016