Method and apparatus for communication using a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system

• US 10,542,542 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2016
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeon, Joseph, Holis, Jaroslav, Maeng, Seungjoo, An, Chanho, Han, Seunghee
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US15/547,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,436 Days
• Field of Search: 455446, 4554221, 4554561, 455436, 455522, 455450, 342464, 370329, 370328, 370347, 370206
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/32 Hierarchical cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The present invention provides a cell configuration method of a base station in a mobile communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) which includes configuring a first cell consisting of at least two sectors formed with different antennas to a terminal, configuring a second cell consisting of at least two sectors formed with different antennas to the terminal, and communicating with the terminal through the first and second cells, wherein one of the first and second cells consists of sectors using same Physical Cell Identifier (PCID) and the other consists of sectors using different PCIDs.

Claims

1. A base station for cell configuration in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and

at least one processor configured to;

control transmitting configuration information for configuring a first cell allocated with a first component carrier (CC) to a terminal,

transmit configuration information for adding a second cell allocated with a second CC to the terminal, and

communicate with the terminal via the first CC of the first cell and the second CC of the second cell,

wherein sectors of the first cell, each allocated with the same first CC, are set to a same physical cell identifier (PCID) and sectors of the second cell, each allocated with the same second CC, are set to PCIDs that are different from the same PCID set for the sectors of the first cell, and

wherein the PCIDs set for the sectors of the second cell are different from each other.

2. The base station of claim 1,

wherein each of the first and second cells includes at least two sectors, and

wherein the PCID is allocated to each sector.

3. The base station of claim 1, wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell is a secondary cell (SCell).

4. The base station of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

check mobility of the terminal, and

configure, when the terminal is mobile, the cell of which the sectors are set the same PCID as the PCell among the first and second cells.

5. The base station of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine mobility of the terminal based on at least one of channel state information or reference signal received power received from the terminal.

6. The base station of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

check location of the terminal, and

configure, when the terminal is located at cell/sector edge, the cell of which the sectors are set the same PCID as the PCell among the first and second cells.

7. The base station of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select the PCell of the terminal based on at least one of per-cell control channel amount information, uplink resource use amount information, handover information, or load information.

8. A method for cell configuration by a base station in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information for configuring a first cell allocated with a first component carrier (CC) to a terminal;

transmitting configuration information for adding a second cell allocated with a second CC to the terminal; and

communicating with the terminal via the first CC of the first cell and the second CC of the second cell,

wherein sectors of the first cell, each allocated with the same first CC, are set to a same physical cell identifier (PCID) and sectors of the second cell, each allocated the same second CC, are set to PCIDs that are different from the same PCID set for the sectors of the first cell, and

wherein the PCIDs set for the sectors of the second cell are different from each other.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell is a secondary cell (SCell).

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

checking mobility of the terminal; and

configuring, when the terminal has mobility, the cell of which the sectors are set the same PCID as the PCell among the first and second cells.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining mobility of the terminal based on at least one of channel state information or reference signal received power received from the terminal.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

checking location of the terminal; and

configuring, when the terminal is located at cell/sector edge, the cell of which the sectors are set the same PCID as the PCell among the first and second cells.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising selecting the PCell of the terminal based on at least one of per-cell control channel amount information, uplink resource use amount information, handover information, or load information.