Joint timing advance and cell activation signaling

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive configuration information corresponding to a Layer 1 or Layer 2 (L1/L2) inter-cell mobility operation associated with an L1/L2 mobility configured cell set; and

receive, based on the configuration information, a joint timing advance (TA) and cell activation medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a TA command and a cell activation command.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein at least one cell of the configured cell set comprises a primary cell or a secondary cell.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a first octet including a plurality of cell activation fields associated with the configured cell set.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a set of TA octet pairs, wherein a TA octet pair of the set of TA octet pairs corresponds to a first activated cell of the configured cell set.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the TA octet pair comprises:

a first octet including a first timing advance group (TAG) identifier (ID) associated with the first activated cell and a TA command associated with the first activated cell; and

a second octet including a second TAG ID and a set of cell skipping indicators indicative of a quantity of activated cells, of a subset of configured cells of the configured cell set, included in a TAG identified by the first TAG ID, wherein the subset of configured cells comprises each cell in the configured cell set that is not the first activated cell.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the second TAG is equal to the first TAG.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the second TAG is different from the first TAG, and wherein no cell in the subset of configured cells is included in the TAG identified by the first TAG ID.

8. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE includes a final TA octet associated with a final activated cell of a maximum quantity of activated cells of the configured cell set.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of cell indices associated with the configured cell set are mapped to a plurality of timing advance group identifiers according to a numerically sorted order.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit a confirmation message based on receiving the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the confirmation message, are configured to transmit an acknowledgement signal.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein receiving the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises receiving the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE from a first cell, and wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the confirmation message, are configured to transmit, to a second cell, a scheduling request based on a TA command indicated in the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE.

13. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information is indicative of a confirmation message configuration.

14. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is indicative of a plurality of potential values of a mobility parameter, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a switch indication indicative of a selected value of the potential values of the mobility parameter.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the switch indication, are configured to receive an additional MAC CE that includes the switch indication.

16. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the switch indication, are configured to receive downlink control information that includes the switch indication.

17. A network node for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

transmit configuration information corresponding to a Layer 1 or Layer 2 (L1/L2) inter-cell mobility operation associated with an L1/L2 mobility configured cell set; and

transmit, based on the configuration information, a joint timing advance (TA) and cell activation medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a TA command and a cell activation command.

18. The network node of claim 17 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a first octet including a plurality of cell activation fields associated with the configured cell set.

19. The network node of claim 18 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a set of TA octet pairs, wherein a TA octet pair of the set of TA octet pairs corresponds to a first activated cell of the configured cell set.

20. The network node of claim 19 , wherein the TA octet pair comprises:

a first octet including a first timing advance group (TAG) identifier (ID) associated with the first activated cell and a TA command associated with the first activated cell; and

a second octet including a second TAG ID and a set of cell skipping indicators indicative of a quantity of activated cells, of a subset of configured cells of the configured cell set, included in a TAG identified by the first TAG ID, wherein the subset of configured cells comprises each cell in the configured cell set that is not the first activated cell.

21. The network node of claim 18 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE includes a final TA octet associated with a final activated cell of a maximum quantity of activated cells of the configured cell set.

22. The network node of claim 17 , wherein a plurality of cell indices associated with the configured cell set are mapped to a plurality of timing advance group identifiers according to a numerically sorted order.

23. The network node of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a confirmation message based on receiving the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE.

24. The network node of claim 17 , wherein the configuration information is indicative of a plurality of potential values of a mobility parameter, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit a switch indication indicative of a selected value of the potential values of the mobility parameter.

25. The network node of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the switch indication, are configured to transmit an additional MAC CE that includes the switch indication.

26. The network node of claim 25 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the switch indication, are configured to receive downlink control information that includes the switch indication.

27. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving configuration information corresponding to a Layer 1 or Layer 2 (L1/L2) inter-cell mobility operation associated with an L1/L2 mobility configured cell set; and

receiving, based on the configuration information, a joint timing advance (TA) and cell activation medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a TA command and a cell activation command.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a first octet including a plurality of cell activation fields associated with the configured cell set, wherein the MAC CE comprises a set of TA octet pairs, wherein a TA octet pair of the set of TA octet pairs corresponds to a first activated cell of the configured cell set, and wherein the TA octet pair comprises:

a first octet including a first timing advance group (TAG) identifier (ID) associated with the first activated cell and a TA command associated with the first activated cell; and

a second octet including a second TAG ID and a set of cell skipping indicators indicative of a quantity of activated cells, of a subset of configured cells of the configured cell set, included in a TAG identified by the first TAG ID, wherein the subset of configured cells comprises each cell in the configured cell set that is not the first activated cell.

29. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:

transmitting configuration information corresponding to a Layer 1 or Layer 2 (L1/L2) inter-cell mobility operation associated with an L1/L2 mobility configured cell set; and

transmitting, based on the configuration information, a joint timing advance (TA) and cell activation medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a TA command and a cell activation command.

30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the joint TA and cell activation MAC CE comprises a first octet including a plurality of cell activation fields associated with the configured cell set, wherein the MAC CE comprises a set of TA octet pairs, wherein a TA octet pair of the set of TA octet pairs corresponds to a first activated cell of the configured cell set, and wherein the TA octet pair comprises:

a first octet including a first timing advance group (TAG) identifier (ID) associated with the first activated cell and a TA command associated with the first activated cell; and

a second octet including a second TAG ID and a set of cell skipping indicators indicative of a quantity of activated cells, of a subset of configured cells of the configured cell set, included in a TAG identified by the first TAG ID, wherein the subset of configured cells comprises each cell in the configured cell set that is not the first activated cell.