Secondary cell activation method, access network device, and communications apparatus and system
A secondary cell activation method and apparatus relating to the communications field are described herein. The method may include sending, by an access network device, an activation command to a terminal device, where the activation command indicates activating a secondary cell. The method may also include sending, by the access network device, first configuration information of a first reference signal to the terminal device. Furthermore, the method may include sending, by the access network device, the first reference signal to the terminal device according to the first configuration information, where the first reference signal is used to obtain a channel measurement result of the secondary cell. According to secondary cell activation methods described herein, a flexible and efficient secondary cell activation mechanism can be provided, so as to improve secondary cell activation efficiency.
1. A secondary cell activation method, comprising:
sending, by an access network device, an activation command to a terminal device, wherein the activation command indicates activating a secondary cell;
sending, by the access network device, first configuration information of a first reference signal to the terminal device;
sending, by the access network device, the first reference signal to the terminal device according to the first configuration information, wherein the first reference signal is used to obtain a channel measurement result of the secondary cell, and
wherein the first configuration information comprises a reference signal sending time, wherein the reference signal sending time of the first reference signal is a relative time difference between a time at which the access network device sends the first reference signal and a time at which the access network device sends the activation command, or is a time at which the access network device sends the first reference signal.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is located before an available second reference signal of the terminal device in a time domain, and the second reference signal is configured using second configuration information; or
the first reference signal is located between two adjacent second reference signals of the terminal device in the time domain, and the two adjacent second reference signals are configured using same second configuration information.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the activation command comprises the first configuration information; or
the access network device sends the first configuration information before the activation command; or
the activation command comprises a first part of the first configuration information, and the access network device sends a second part of the first configuration information before the activation command.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information further comprises at least one of the following information:
a reference signal sending indication;
a reference signal period;
a reference signal time domain resource location;
a reference signal frequency domain resource location; and
a reference signal configuration index, wherein the reference signal configuration index indicates a location of reference signal configuration information.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the sending, by the access network device, the first reference signal to the terminal device according to the first configuration information, the method further comprises:
when a difference between a preset time at which an available second reference signal of the terminal device is sent and a current time exceeds a first threshold, determining, by the access network device, to send the first reference signal to the terminal device, wherein the first threshold is preset.
6. A secondary cell activation method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, an activation command from an access network device, wherein the activation command indicates activating a secondary cell;
receiving, by the terminal device, first configuration information of a first reference signal from the access network device; and
receiving, by the terminal device, the first reference signal according to the first configuration information, and obtaining a channel measurement result of the secondary cell according to the first reference signal, wherein the first configuration information comprises a reference signal sending time, wherein the reference signal sending time of the first reference signal is a time difference between a time at which the access network device sends the first reference signal and a time at which the access network device sends the activation command, or is a time at which the access network device sends the first reference signal.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein:
the activation command comprises the first configuration information; or
the terminal device receives the first configuration information before the activation command; or
the activation command comprises a first part of the first configuration information, and the terminal device receives a second part of the first configuration information before the activation command.
8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first configuration information further comprises at least one of the following information:
a reference signal sending indication;
a reference signal period;
a reference signal time domain resource location;
a reference signal frequency domain resource location; and
a reference signal configuration index, wherein the reference signal configuration index indicates a location of reference signal configuration information.
9. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors, and
a non-transitory storage medium configured to store program instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, the program instructions cause the apparatus to perform a method that comprises:
determining first configuration information of a first reference signal;
sending an activation command to a terminal device, wherein the activation command indicates activating a secondary cell;
sending the first configuration information of the first reference signal that is determined by the processor to the terminal device;
sending the first reference signal to the terminal device according to the first configuration information, wherein the first reference signal is used to obtain a channel measurement result of the secondary cell, and
wherein the first configuration information comprises a reference signal sending time, wherein the reference signal sending time of the first reference signal is a relative time difference between a time at which a transmitter sends the first reference signal and a time at which the transmitter sends the activation command, or is a time at which the transmitter sends the first reference signal.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
the activation command comprises the first configuration information; or
the apparatus sends the first configuration information before the activation command; or
the activation command comprises a first part of the first configuration information, and the apparatus sends a second part of the first configuration information before the activation command.
11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first configuration information further comprises at least one of the following information:
a reference signal sending indication;
a reference signal period;
a reference signal time domain resource location;
a reference signal frequency domain resource location; and
a reference signal configuration index, wherein the reference signal configuration index indicates a location of reference signal configuration information.
12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
when determining that a difference between a preset time at which an available second reference signal of the terminal device is sent and a current time exceeds a first threshold, determining that the first reference signal is sent to the terminal device, wherein the first threshold is preset.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is temporarily sent to activate the secondary cell.
14. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first reference signal is temporarily sent to activate the secondary cell.
15. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first reference signal is temporarily sent to activate the secondary cell.
16. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors, and
a non-transitory storage medium configured to store program instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, the program instructions cause the apparatus to perform a method that comprises:
receiving an activation command from an access network device, wherein the activation command indicates activating a secondary cell;
receiving first configuration information of a first reference signal from the access network device; and
receiving the first reference signal according to the first configuration information, and obtaining a channel measurement result of the secondary cell according to the first reference signal, wherein the first configuration information comprises a reference signal sending time, wherein the reference signal sending time of the first reference signal is a time difference between a time at which the access network device sends the first reference signal and a time at which the access network device sends the activation command, or is a time at which the access network device sends the first reference signal.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein:
the activation command comprises the first configuration information; or
a terminal device receives the first configuration information before the activation command; or
the activation command comprises a first part of the first configuration information, and the terminal device receives a second part of the first configuration information before the activation command.
18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first configuration information further comprises at least one of the following information:
a reference signal sending indication;
a reference signal period;
a reference signal time domain resource location;
a reference signal frequency domain resource location; and
a reference signal configuration index, wherein the reference signal configuration index indicates a location of reference signal configuration information.
19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first reference signal is temporarily sent to activate the secondary cell.