Method and apparatus for supporting a carrier aggregation group in a wireless communication system

• US 9,565,668 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2013
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yi, Yunjung, Kim, Bonghoe, Ahn, Joonkui
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefcheck, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): ULYSSE, JAEL M
• Application Number:
  US14/433,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/34 TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

A method for and apparatus for supporting a carrier aggregation group in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers is provided. A wireless device receives a RRC configuration signal including one or more serving cells from a macro cell and a RRC configuration signal including one or more serving cells from a small cell, and configures at least two carrier aggregation group (CAG)s based on the RRC configuration signal each. And, this invention includes that cell planning for multi-CCs is provided more accurately and efficiently.

Claims

1. A method for supporting a carrier aggregation group in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers, the method performed by a wireless device and comprising:

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message including a first parameter related to one or more serving cells from a macro cell and a second parameter related to one or more serving cells from a small cell; and

configuring two or more carrier aggregation groups (CAGs) based on the first parameter and the second parameter,

wherein a medium access control (MAC) main configuration is configured independently per each CAG of the two or more CAGs,

wherein the MAC main configuration includes a CAG identification (ID) for the configuration of two or more CAGs,

wherein a release, an addition or a modification of a secondary cell (SCell) in a first CAG of the two or more CAGs is applied in accordance with a first parameter related to a common SCell radio resource configuration and a second parameter related to a dedicated SCell radio resource configuration,

wherein the first CAG of the two or more CAGs is a group of one or more serving cells employing carrier aggregation,

wherein the RRC configuration message is used to modify an RRC connection between the wireless device and a eNodeB (eNB), and

wherein a primary serving cell (PCell) for each CAG of the two or more CAGs is configured independently from each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a PCell of the macro cell is aggregated as a master PCell (M-PCell), which is a PCell for the first CAG of the two or more CAGs, and

wherein an eNB for the macro cell and an eNB for the small cell are connected via an X2 interface or an Xa interface.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

configuring the M-PCell to handle a user equipment (UE) mobility of the wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to one CAG PCell for component carriers belonging to a same CAG.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring Common Search Space (CSS) of the PCell for the each CAG of the one or more CAGs.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring a random access channel (RACH) configuration for the each CAG of the one or more CAGs; and

transmitting a Physical RACH (PRACH) to the PCell for the two or more CAGs without a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order or a PRACH resource signaled by a higher-layer.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a Radio Link Failure (RLF) for the PCell for the each CAG of the two or more CAGs;

configuring a handover procedure for a master primary serving cell (M-P Cell); and

reconfiguring the each CAG of the two or more CAGs for the RLF.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring one or more Time Advance groups (TAGs) per the each CAG of the two or more CAGs.

9. A wireless device for supporting a carrier aggregation group in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers, the wireless device comprising:

a radio frequency unit configured to receive a radio signal; and

a processor, operatively coupled with the radio frequency unit,

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message including a first parameter related to one or more serving cells from a macro cell and a second parameter related to one or more serving cells from a small cell, and

configure two or more carrier aggregation groups (CAGs) based on the first parameter and the second parameter,

wherein a medium access control (MAC) main configuration is configured independently per each CAG of the two or more CAGs,

wherein the MAC main configuration includes a CAG identification (ID) for the configuration of the two or more CAGs,

wherein a release, an addition or a modification of a secondary cell (SCell) in a first CAG of the two or more CAGs is applied in accordance with a first parameter related to a common SCell radio resource configuration and a second parameter related to a dedicated SCell radio resource configuration,

wherein the first CAG of the two or more CAGs is a group of one or more serving cells employing carrier aggregation,

wherein the RRC configuration message is used to modify an RRC connection between the wireless device and a eNodeB (eNB), and

wherein a primary serving cell (PCell) for each CAG of the two or more CAGs is configured independently from each other.