Method for acquiring system frame number by terminal, terminal, and mobile communication system
A System Frame Number (SFN) acquisition method is provided. The System Frame Number (SFN) acquisition method of a terminal according to the present invention includes receiving a first message for adding a secondary cell of a secondary base station from a primary cell of a primary base station, receiving a Master Information Block (MIB) broadcast in the secondary cell, and acquiring a SFN information for the secondary cell from the MIB, and applying the SFN information to at least one cell of the secondary base station.
1. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first base station, a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message for adding at least one secondary cell of a second base station;
receiving, on a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of the second base station, master information;
identifying a system frame number (SFN) based on the received master information; and
applying the identified SFN to communicate with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station,
wherein the dedicated RRC message includes information for the at least one secondary cell except for the SFN.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PSCell is configured with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource.
3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein a master cell group (MCG) is controlled by the first base station, and
wherein a secondary cell group (SCG) is controlled by the second base station.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a timing of the SFN associated with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is different from a time of an SFN associated with at least one cell of the first base station.
5. A method by a second base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
determining to add at least one secondary cell including a primary secondary cell (PSCell) having a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, of the second base station; and
transmitting, on the PSCell to a terminal which is connected to a first base station by a first cell, master information including a system frame number (SFN) which is applied to communicate with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station,
wherein a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message which is transmitted from the first base station to the terminal for adding the at least one secondary cell to the terminal includes information for the at least one secondary cell except for the SFN.
6. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein a secondary cell group (SCG) is controlled by the second base station, and
wherein a master cell group (MCG) is controlled by the first base station.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a timing of the SFN associated with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is different from a time of an SFN associated with at least one cell of the first base station.
8. A method by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
determining to add at least one secondary cell of a second base station to a terminal which is connected to a first cell of the first base station; and
transmitting, to the terminal, a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message for adding the at least one secondary cell of the second base station, wherein the dedicated RRC message includes information for the at least one secondary cell except for a system frame number (SFN),
wherein the SFN which is applied to the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is transmitted to the terminal on a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of the second base station.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the PSCell is configured with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource.
10. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein a master cell group (MCG) is controlled by the first base station, and
wherein a secondary cell group (SCG) is controlled by the second base station.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein a timing of the SFN associated with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is different from a time of an SFN associated with at least one cell of the first base station.
12. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to:
receive, from a first base station, a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message for adding at least one secondary cell of a second base station,
receive, on a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of the second base station, master information,
identify a system frame number (SFN) based on the master information, and
apply the identified SFN to communicate with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station,
wherein the dedicated RRC message includes information for the at least one secondary cell except for the SFN.
13. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the PSCell is configured with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource.
14. The terminal of claim 12 ,
wherein a master cell group (MCG) is controlled by the first base station, and
wherein a secondary cell group (SCG) is controlled by the second base station.
15. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein a timing of the SFN associated with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is different from a time of an SFN associated with at least one cell of the first base station.
16. A second base station in a wireless communication system, the second base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to:
determine to add at least one secondary cell including a primary secondary cell (PSCell) having a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, of the second base station, and
transmit, on the PSCell to a terminal which is connected to a first base station by a first cell, master information including a system frame number (SFN) which is applied to communicate with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station,
wherein a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message which is transmitted from the first base station to the terminal for adding the at least one secondary cell to the terminal includes information for the at least one secondary cell except for the SFN.
17. The second base station of claim 16 ,
wherein a secondary cell group (SCG) is controlled by the second base station, and
wherein a master cell group (MCG) is controlled by the first base station.
18. The second base station of claim 16 , wherein a timing of the SFN associated with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is different from a time of an SFN associated with at least one cell of the first base station.
19. A first base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to:
determine to add at least one secondary cell of a second base station to a terminal which is connected to a first cell of the first base station, and
transmit, to the terminal, a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message for adding the at least one secondary cell of the second base station,
wherein the dedicated RRC message includes information for the at least one secondary cell except for a system frame number (SFN), and
wherein the SFN which is applied to the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is transmitted to the terminal on a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of the second base station.
20. The first base station of claim 19 , wherein the PSCell is configured with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource.
21. The first base station of claim 19 , wherein a master cell group (MCG) is controlled by the first base station, and a secondary cell group (SCG) is controlled by the second base station.
22. The first base station of claim 19 , wherein a timing of the SFN associated with the at least one secondary cell of the second base station is different from a time of an SFN associated with at least one cell of the first base station.