Method for deactivating SCells during SCG change procedure and a device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10511981-B2
Application number	US-201715728978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2017
Priority date	Aug 7, 2014
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for deactivating SCells during SCG change procedure in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring a PCell (Primary Cell) in a master base station (BS) and a PSCell (Primary-Secondary Cell) and one or more SCells (Secondary Cells) in a secondary BS; receiving an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration message indicating a SCG (Secondary Cell Group) change procedure while maintaining a connection with the master base station; and deactivating the one or more SCells in the secondary BS if the PSCell is not changed by the SCG change procedure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message for changing a Primary-Secondary Cell (PSCell) in a Secondary eNB (SeNB) while maintaining a connection with a master eNB (MeNB),
wherein the PSCell and one or more Secondary cells (SCells) belonging to a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) associated with the SeNB are configured to the UE;
changing the PSCell according to the RRC reconfiguration; and
deactivating all of the one or more SCells of the SCG in response to receiving the RRC reconfiguration message for changing the PSCell,
wherein deactivating the all of the one or more SCells of the SCG does not include deactivating the changed PSCell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the RRC reconfiguration message indicates changing from an old PSCell to a new PSCell, the RRC reconfiguration message includes at least one of:
an indication of the new PSCell;
an indication of changing from the old PSCell to the new PSCell;
an indication of releasing of the old PSCell and addition of the new PSCell;
an indication of addition of the new PSCell;
an indication of an SCell to be used as the new PSCell; or
an indication of a SeNB in which the new PSCell is changed.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
stopping SCell deactivation timers associated respectively with the all of the one or more SCells of the SCG when all of the one or more SCells of the SCG are deactivated.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a Primary Cell (PCell) and one or more Secondary Cells (SCells) belonging to a master cell group (MCG) associated with the MeNB are not deactivated when the all SCells of the SCG are deactivated.

5. A User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and
a processor operably coupled with the RF module and configured to,
receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message for changing a Primary-Secondary Cell (PSCell) in a Secondary eNB (SeNB) while maintaining a connection with a master eNB (MeNB),
wherein the PSCell and one or more Secondary cells (SCells) belonging to a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) associated with the SeNB are configured to the UE;
change the PSCell according to the RRC reconfiguration; and
deactivate all of the one or more SCells of the SCG in response to receiving the RRC reconfiguration message for changing the PSCell,
wherein deactivating the all of the one or more SCells of the SCG does not include deactivating the changed PSCell.

6. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein if the RRC reconfiguration message indicates changing from an old PSCell to a new PSCell, the RRC reconfiguration message includes at least one of:
an indication of the new PSCell;
an indication of changing from the old PSCell to the new PSCell;
an indication of releasing of the old PSCell and addition of the new PSCell;
an indication of addition of the new PSCell;
an indication of an SCell to be used as the new PSCell; or
an indication of a SeNB in which the new PSCell is changed.

7. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
stop respective SCell deactivation timers associated respectively with the all of the one or more SCells of the SCG when all of the one or more SCells of the SCG are deactivated.

8. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein a Primary Cell (PCell) and one or more Secondary Cells (SCells) belonging to a master cell group (MCG) associated with the MeNB are not deactivated when the all SCells of the SCG are deactivated.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Sunyoung
• Yi Seungjune

Classifications

• H04W76/38

  triggered by timers · CPC title

• H04W76/27 Primary

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04W76/34 Primary

  Selective release of ongoing connections · CPC title

• H04W16/32 Primary

  Hierarchical cell structures · CPC title

• H04W88/12

  Access point controller devices · CPC title