Method and apparatus for activating or deactivating secondary carriers in time division duplex mobile communication system using carrier aggregation

• US 8,867,466 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Jaehyuk, Kim, Soenghun
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUDA, ADAM K
• Application Number:
  US13/400,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20120213129A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: 370/241, 370/252, 370/329, 370/331, 455/422.1
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0078 Timing of allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0098 Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for activating or deactivating a primary carrier and secondary carriers in a Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution (TDD LTE) system using carrier aggregation are provided. An apparatus includes an User Equipment employing the method corresponding the operation associated with the activation and deactivation of SCells, which thereby performs communication with eNBs without errors.

Claims

1. A method for controlling at least one secondary cell by a terminal in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a control message for activating a secondary cell from a base station;

transmitting, by the terminal, a first information using the secondary cell in a first subframe; and

transmitting, by the terminal, a second information using the secondary cell no earlier than the first subframe,

wherein the first information includes channel status information (CSI) of the second cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting a first information using the secondary cell in the first subframe comprises reporting CSI for the secondary cell,

wherein the transmitting a second information using the secondary cell no earlier than the first subframe comprises transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) for the secondary cell.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a time interval between receiving the control message and transmitting the first information is a time corresponding to 8 subframes.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

activating, by the terminal, a forward direction of the secondary cell after the transmitting the first information using the secondary cell in the first subframe.

5. An apparatus for controlling at least one secondary cell by a terminal in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation (CA), the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver for communicating with another network node; and

a controller for receiving a control message for activating a secondary cell from a base station, transmitting a first information using the secondary cell in a first subframe, and transmitting a second information using the secondary cell no earlier than the first subframe,

wherein the first information includes channel status information (CSI) of the secondary cell.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the transmission of the first information comprises reporting CSI for the secondary cell,

wherein the transmission of the second information comprises transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) for the secondary cell.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a time interval between receiving the control message and transmitting the first information is a time corresponding to 8 subframes.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller activates a forward direction of the secondary cell after the transmitting a first information using the secondary cell in the first subframe.

9. A method for controlling at least one secondary cell by a terminal in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a control message for activating a secondary cell from a base station;

activating, by the terminal, a first reverse direction transmission of the secondary cell after a duration elapsed after receiving the control message; and

activating, by the terminal, a second reverse direction transmission of the secondary cell no earlier than activating the first reverse direction transmission for the secondary cell,

wherein the first reverse direction transmission comprises reporting channel status information (CSI) for the secondary cell.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the duration is a time corresponding to 8 subframes.

11. The method of claim 9,

wherein the second reverse direction transmission comprises transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) for the secondary cell.

12. An apparatus for controlling at least one secondary cell by a terminal in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation (CA), the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver for communicating other network node; and

a controller for receiving a control message for activating a secondary cell from a base station, for activating a first reverse direction transmission of the secondary cell after a duration elapsed after receiving the control message and activating a second reverse direction transmission of the secondary cell no earlier than activating the first reverse direction transmission for the secondary cell,

wherein the first reverse direction transmission comprises reporting channel status information (CSI) for the secondary cell.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the duration is a time corresponding to 8 subframes.

14. The method of claim 12,

wherein the second reverse direction transmission comprises transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) for the secondary cell.