Method and apparatus for carrier aggregation communication in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12526719-B2
Application number	US-202016901742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2020
Priority date	Mar 26, 2014
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus comprising a transceiving unit and a control unit, and a communication method using the same, wherein the transceiving unit is configured to perform communication with at least one network node in a macro cell, the macro cell comprising at least one small cell and communicating in an FDD mode, and wherein the control unit is configured to control the small cell to communicate in a TDD mode, generate control information for preventing the occurrence of handover when a terminal moves between the small cells within the macro cell, and perform control to transmit the control information to the terminal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method performed by a first base station providing a macro cell operated as a frequency division duplex (FDD) communication with a user equipment (UE), wherein a coverage of the macro cell includes at least one small cell provided by at least one second base station, and wherein the at least one small cell is operated as a time division duplex (TDD) communication with the UE, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a UE, first control information for a control plane for indicating an addition of a first small cell of the at least one small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and for indicating an activation of the first small cell; identifying whether the UE is within a coverage of the first small cell: as a result of identifying that the UE is within the coverage of the first small cell, transmitting data for the control plane to the UE while data for a user plane is wirelessly transmitted to the UE via a second user plane of the first small cell only from one of the at least one second base station providing the first small cell and data for the user plane is not wirelessly transmitted to the UE via a first user plane of the macro cell from the first base station providing the macro cell; generating second control information for the control plane for indicating to release the first small cell based on measurement information received from the UE; transmitting the second control information to the UE; and transmitting data for the user plane to the UE in response to the second control information being transmitted to the UE, wherein transmitting data, via the first user plane, is deactivated, based on identifying that the UE is within the coverage of the first small cell and the data for the user plane is transmitted to the UE via the second user plane.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, data via the first user plane, based on identifying that the UE, previously located within the coverage of the first small cell, is moved outside of the first small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and remains outside other small cells included in the macro cell.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
setting, based on the second control information, the UE to receive the control plane data from a macro cell plane, while the UE moves from the first small cell to a second small cell.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the UE, a measurement report for reporting a cell measurement result associated with a serving cell and a neighbor cell.

5 . A first base station providing a macro cell operated as a frequency division duplex (FDD) communication with a user equipment (UE), wherein a coverage of the macro cell includes at least one small cell provided by at least one second base station, and wherein the at least one small cell is operated as a time division duplex (TDD) communication with the UE, the first base station comprising:
a transceiver; and a controller operable to:
control the transceiver to transmit, to a UE, first control information for a control plane for indicating an addition of a first small cell of the at least one small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and for indicating an activation of the first small cell,
identify whether the UE is within a coverage of the first small cell,
as a result of identifying that the UE is within the coverage of the first small cell, control the transceiver to transmit data for the control plane to the UE while data for a user plane is wirelessly transmitted to the UE via a second user plane of the first small cell only from one of the at least one second base station providing the first small cell and data for the user plane is not wirelessly transmitted to the UE via a first user plane of the macro cell from the first base station providing the macro cell,
generate second control information for the control plane for indicating to release the first small cell based on measurement information received from the UE,
control the transceiver to transmit the second control information to the UE, and
control the transceiver to transmit data for the user plane to the UE in response to the second control information being transmitted to the UE, wherein transmitting data, via the first user plane, is deactivated, based on identifying that the UE is within the coverage of the first small cell and the data for the user plane is transmitted to the UE via the second user plane.

6 . The first base station of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting, data via the first user plane, based on identifying that the UE, previously located within the coverage of the first small cell, is moved outside of the first small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and remains outside other small cells included in the macro cell.

7 . The first base station of claim 5 ,
wherein the controller is further operable to: set, based on the second control information, the UE to receive the control plane data from a macro cell plane, while the UE moves from the first small cell to a second small cell.

8 . The first base station of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further operable to:
control the transceiver to receive, from the UE, a measurement report for reporting a cell measurement result associated with a serving cell and a neighbor cell.

9 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in communication with a first base station providing a macro cell operated as a frequency division duplex (FDD), wherein a coverage of the macro cell includes at least one small cell provided by at least one second base station, and wherein the at least one small cell is operated as a time division duplex (TDD) communication with the UE, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first base station, first control information for a control plane for indicating an addition of a first small cell of the at least one small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and for indicating an activation of the first small cell; as a result of identifying that the UE is within a coverage of the first small cell, receiving, from the first base station, data for the control plane to the UE while data for a user plane is wirelessly transmitted to the UE via a second user plane of the first small cell only from one of the at least one second base station providing the first small cell and data for the user plane is not wirelessly transmitted to the UE via a first user plane of the macro cell from the first base station providing the macro cell; receiving, from the first base station, second control information for the control plane for indicating to release the first small cell based on measurement information received from the UE; and receiving, from the first base station, data for the user plane in response to the second control information being received from the first base station, wherein receiving data, via the first user plane, is deactivated, based on identifying that the UE is within the coverage of the first small cell and the data for the user plane is transmitted to the UE via the second user plane.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving, data via the first user plane, based on identifying that the UE, previously located within the coverage of the first small cell, is moved outside of the first small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and remains outside other small cells included in the macro cell.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein that the UE receives the control plane data from a macro cell plane while the UE moves from the first small cell to a second small cell is set, based

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Myoungseok
• Huh Hoon
• Lee Heekwang
• Kwon Ilwon
• Jeon Jaeho
• Choi Jungah

Classifications

• H04W16/32

  Hierarchical cell structures · CPC title

• H04L5/14

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title

• H04W36/00695

  using split of the control plane or user plane · CPC title

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title