Mobile station apparatus stopping uplink transmission based on timer expiration and, method and processor corresponding to the same

• US 9,872,281 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kato, Yasuyuki, Uemura, Katsunari, Nakashima, Daiichiro, Suzuki, Shoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Aung, Sai
• Application Number:
  US14/950,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20160081080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0005 synchronizing of arrival of multiple uplinks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

In a mobile station that performs communication with a base station device via a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are grouped into a first group constituted by cells having an uplink transmission timing that is the same as that of one primary cell and a second group constituted by one or more cells having an uplink transmission timing that is different from that of the primary cell. The uplink transmission timings are each managed using a corresponding transmission timing timer for each of the groups. In a case where a transmission timing timer for the first group has expired, the mobile station stops all uplink transmissions in the plurality of cells. In a case where a transmission timing timer for the second group has expired, the mobile station stops uplink transmissions in the cells constituting the second group for which the transmission timing timer has expired.

Claims

1. A mobile station apparatus that is configured a plurality of cells by a base station apparatus, wherein

the plurality of cells are grouped into a first group and a second group,

the first group comprising one or more cells having a first uplink transmission timing, the first group including a primary cell, and

the second group comprising one or more secondary cells having a second uplink transmission timing,

the mobile station apparatus comprising:

a memory and a processor in electrical communication with the memory, the processor executing instructions stored in the memory to;

configure a first timer related to the first group and a second timer related to the second group; and

,

in a case where the first timer for the first group is expired,

consider the second timer is expired, and

stop an uplink transmission on any cells except random access preamble transmission on the primary cell; and

in a case where the second timer for the second group expired,

stop uplink transmission on any cells in the second group except random access preamble transmission on the secondary cell.

2. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the

processor further executes instructions stored in the memory to release a radio resource for an uplink physical shared channel which is periodically allocated to the mobile station apparatus.

3. A method of mobile station apparatus that is configured a plurality of cells by a base station apparatus, wherein

the plurality of cells are grouped into a first group and a second group,

the first group comprising one or more cells having a first uplink transmission timing, the first group including a primary cell, and

the second group comprising one or more secondary cells having a second uplink transmission timing,

the method comprising:

configuring a first timer related to the first group and a second timer related to the second group; and

,

in a case where the first timer for the first group is expired,

considering the second timer is expired, and

stopping an uplink transmission on any cells except random access preamble transmission on the primary cell; and

in a case where the second timer for the second group expired,

stopping uplink transmission on any cells in the second group except random access preamble transmission on the secondary cell.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprising:

releasing a radio resource for an uplink physical shared channel which is periodically allocated to the mobile station apparatus.

5. A processor mounted in mobile station apparatus that is configured a plurality of cells by a base station apparatus, wherein

the plurality of cells are grouped into a first group and a second group,

the first group comprising one or more cells having a first uplink transmission timing, the first group including a primary cell, and

the second group comprising one or more secondary cells having a second uplink transmission timing,

the processor comprising:

a first circuitry configured or programmed to;

configure a first timer related to the first group and a second timer related to the second group; and

,

in a case where the first timer for the first group is expired,

consider the second timer is expired, and

stop an uplink transmission on any cells except random access preamble transmission on the primary cell; and

in a case where the second timer for the second group expired,

stop uplink transmission on any cells in the second group except random access preamble transmission on the secondary cell.

6. The processor according to claim 5, wherein the processor further comprises:

a second circuitry configured or programmed to;

release a radio resource for an uplink physical shared channel which is periodically allocated to the mobile station apparatus.